 Pioneers of Ukrainian Pagan Black metal Paganland set to play on Infinite Agony Ritual 3! Infinite Agony Ritual 3 fest will take place on May 4th and 5th (2018) in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania, featuring bands from Ukraine, Lithuania, Finland, Poland and Estonia!
Paganland recently performed XX anniversary show within West Ukrainian Division Act III. Full show available here: https://youtu.be/AxO3zhlOd_s Infinite Agony Ritual 3: https://www.facebook.com/events/412241062537610/ https://www.facebook.com/events/151043175612280/ PAGANLAND was founded in 1997 by Ruen and Bilozor in Lviv – one of the most beautiful Ukrainian cities, whose developed traditions incorporated the European cultural spirit of the last millennium, and every stone breathes with centuries-old history of decline and revival, wars and temporary rest. The natural mysticism hidden in the Carpathians’ greatness, the dense woods and pure mountain sources could not but affect musicians with Pagan outlook, therefore their debut demo "Gods of Golden Circle" (1999) and the demo "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" (2008) one way or another had been nearly related to Pagan Metal. The line-up’s changes, routine of rehearsals, hardships of concert activity caused the group’s breakup in 2005, but three years later the group revived and in 2011 recorded the first full-length album "Wind Of Freedom", having resumed their concert activity. This album was released in 2013 by Svarga Music. One year later band records a second album called "Fatherland" which is dedicated to all Patriots of Ukraine fighting against Russian aggression. PAGANLAND is a group of persons holding the same views, who respect and love their native land, their nation, their language and who are convinced that the Ukraine is the cradle of all Slavonic people with improbably interesting history forgotten and distorted for the last ten centuries. Megaliths and petroglyphs of Kamennaya Mogila (the Stone Grave), the sanctuary-observatory of Khortytsia, the ancient observatory of Mavrinsky Maidan, the mysterious zone of Suppert… The runes of "Veles’ Book" and runic manuscripts from the library of Anna Yaroslavna (Queen of France and Princess of Ukraine)… Secret knowledge of molfars and volkhves… How many of the people worldwide at least simply heard about all of this? The group members try to express their love of the native land, the nature in their lyrics and music, as well as draw attention of their listeners to the fact that not only money and lie rule the world in the period of the Epoch of Pisces. The human can and has to stand up for the truth, and the truth of life had been established long ago by our ancestors. All meaning of the group’s creative activity is the tribute to our land, our ancient culture, our history. https://www.facebook.com/Paganland-954616864663390/ https://vk.com/paganlandofficial https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0sn0Klluncg4WhRSi1JEkA/videos https://soundcloud.com/user-321982068-78112625
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 There are your standard heavy metal festivals – and there is 70000TONS OF METAL. Just imagine: You’ve just returned from a beautiful island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after spending hours enjoying the sun and white sand on a wonderful Caribbean beach. Feeling the warm wind blowing in your face, you are now sitting in a hot tub on a giant cruise ship, up close to a large stage, headbanging to your favourite band. You are watching from one of six whirlpools with a direct view of the stage on the pool deck, which is the biggest open air stage structure to sail the seas. It’s loud. It’s full of metalheads from all over the world. Sounds perfect? Well, it is ...... It’s been more than a week now since most fans have returned home from a more than successful 70000TONS OF METAL 2018 - round 8, more than a few of them still suffering from a serious case of PCD (post cruise depression) following four incredible days on board the Independence Of The Seas. More than 3,000 metalheads boarded the ship together with 61 bands, each of which was going to perform at least two shows (124 shows on 4 stages in total) during this unique event at sea. Some fans spent the shore day in Turks and Caicos with their favourite band during one of the various artist-led shore excursions. Picture yourself swimming with Meshuggah in the awe inspiring presence of majestic stingrays, or snorkeling with Aborted and Exhumed by your side to make you feel safe. Wolves on a safari? Sure, go on a coast-to-coast island tour with Wolfchant! On top came the one of a kind All-Star performance “Jamming With Waters in International Waters” featuring members e.g. from Kreator, Sabaton, Cannibal Corpse, Destruction, Sonata Arctica, Meshuggah, Enslaved, Primal Fear, Dark Tranquility, Voivod, Seven Spires and many more, playing all time heavy metal and hard rock classics together on stage for the first time ever. And there was another premiere, a record rather, that no one expected to be broken after last year’s peak of 74 different nationalities represented on board: 2018 beat 2017 by one more nation and proved once again that 70000TONS OF METAL is the most global cruise, uniting 75 nations on board this year. Germany, USA and Canada were among the top five of the most represented nations aboard. The youngest sailor was only 1 year old, the oldest turned 79 on the ship.  Coming up: Round 9
So watch out, Sailors: After the cruise is before the cruise. Fans can already look forward to round 9 of 70000TONS OF METAL, THE original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise sailing from Miami/Ft. Lauderdale to Labadee, Haiti and back, January 31 – February 4, 2019.  British metalcore group Confessions Of A Traitor have announced an 11 date European tour supporting Crazy Town in January 2018. This comes hot on the heels of their UK dates in Swansea, Basingstoke and Bradford on January 12th, 13th and 14th. The band have an enjoyed a successful 2017 with the release of their EP Illuminate via Sliptrick Records and a lot of touring which has helped them reach out even further to the masses. They aim to kick off 2018 in the same vein with more gigs, new recordings and spreading the Confessions Of A Traitor word! Read more about Illuminate …here Get your copy of Illuminate at: Shop Sliptrick | Amazon | iTunes Illuminate | Released worldwide via Sliptrick Records on June 13th European Tour dates: Jan 18 | Viper Room | Vienna, AU Jan 19 | Bozidarac | Belgrade, SRB Jan 20 | Form-Space Cluj | Napoca, RO Jan 21 | Hard Rock Cafe | Bucharest, RO Jan 22 | Oddity | Iasi, RO Jan 23 | Sentrum | Kiev, UA Jan 24 | Fest Republic | L’viv, UA Jan 25 | Eleven Club | Brno, CZ Jan 26 | Barrak | Ostrava, CZ Jan 27 | Club DK Luksus | Wroclaw, PL Jan 28 | Cross Club | Prague, CZ All dates below are supporting Crazy Town and with For The Win   Melodic metal masters Arch Enemy are ready to conquer fans worldwide as they embark on their headlining international "Will To Power Tour"! Jinjer will support Arch Enemy on this intense tour run! The first leg of the tour will trek across Eastern Europe from September 15th until October 11th! The second round of dates for the "Will to Power Tour" will take place in early 2018 from January 12th until February 7th across Western Europe, and feature support from Wintersun and Tribulation as well! Arch Enemy bandleader and chief songwriter Michael Amott comments: “Very happy to already announce our “Will To Power" European headline tour for early 2018. We can't wait to get back out there with a new fresh Arch Enemy show full of cool surprises! And what a line-up! We have assembled a killer tour package with some amazing bands for you. Wintersun, Tribulation and Jinjer are all bands with their own unique and impressive live performances. This all adds up to an epic night of Metal that should not be missed!" While Jinjer chimed in stating, "We are literally counting the days until this tour starts! It's everything that we've been working up to for the past few years: bigger venues, bigger crowds and smashing the stage every night with the likes of a heavy metal giant like Arch Enemy. This tour will be one for the record books for sure!" Don’t miss out on this tour run! Tickets can already be purchased HERE!  JINJER as Support of ARCH ENEMY “Will To Power Tour 2018” w/ Wintersun, Tribulation 12.01.2018 DE - Munich, Tonhalle 13.01.2018 DE - Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn 15.01.2018 CH - Zurich, Komplex 17.01.2018 IT - Milano, Alcatraz 18.01.2018 FR - Lyon, Transbordeur 22.01.2018 FR - Toulouse, Le Bikini 23.01.2018 FR - Paris, Bataclan 24.01.2018 BE - Antwerp, Trix 26.01.2018 DE - Oberhausen, Turbinenhalle 27.01.2018 DE - Geiselwind, Music Hall 29.01.2018 DE - Hamburg, Große Freiheit 31.01.2018 SE - Malmö, KB 01.02.2018 NO - Oslo, Rockefeller 02.02.2018 SE - Stockholm, Arenan 03.02.2018 SE - Gothenburg, Trädgarn 05.02.2018 DE - Berlin, Huxleys 06.02.2018 DE - Wiesbaden, Schlachthof 07.02.2018 DE - Saarbrücken, Garage JINJER Line-Up: Tatiana Shmailyuk - Vocals Roman Ibramkhalilov - Guitars Eugene Kostyuk - Bass Vladislav Ulasevish – Drums www.facebook.com/JinjerOfficial  Multi-platinum rock band Evanescence are set to play their first UK dates for 5 years. They appear at London’s Eventim Apollo on June 13th & 14th. More info available at http://www.evanescence.com/shows/ Led by Amy Lee’s operatic and passionate vocals, Evanescence has sold nearly 25 million albums since the band’s 2003 debut, Fallen. The album’s lead single, “Bring Me To Life” won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. Other massive hits followed including “My Immortal,” “Going Under,” and “Call Me When You’re Sober,” establishing Evanescence as worldwide tour headliners. Lee comments "Coming back to Europe has been a high priority for us and we are very excited for the shows this summer. The band has a special new energy right now and we are pushing ourselves and more than ever onstage, and enjoying ourselves immensely. Can't wait to share it with you!" Full European tour dates are below: June 10th – Vantaa, Finland @ Rockfest June 13th - London, UK @ Eventim Apollo SOLD OUT June 14th – London, UK @ Eventim Apollo SOLD OUT June 18th – Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop June 20th – Warsaw, Poland @ Torwar June 21st – Trakai, Lithuania @ Sunset Festival June 26th – Kiev, Ukraine @ Stereo Plaza June 29th – Bucharest, Romania @ Arenale Romane July 2nd – Athens, Greece @ Rockwave Festival July 4th – Milan, Italy @ Milano Summer Festival July 6th – Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic @ Rock for People July 8th – Pratteln, Switzerland @ Summer Nights Open Air July 9th – Cologne, Germany @ Palladium Amy Lee recently announced that the band are working with an orchestra on new album ‘Synthesis’. They will be re-recording core Evanescence tracks as well as showcasing a couple of new songs. You can watch the announcement here: https://www.facebook.com/Evanescence/videos/10154322072766786/ Evanescence is: Amy Lee: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards Will Hunt: Drums Troy McLawhorn: Guitar Jen Majura: Guitar, Vocals Tim McCord: Bass https://www.facebook.com/evanescence  Following their critically-acclaimed debut album Fall of Humanity, Italian Death Metal act Banned From Hell are proud to announce the 8 dates of their upcoming Eastern Europe tour. The tour will kick off in Ukraine on May 26th, finishing off in Latvia on June 3rd. Tour dates: 26.05 Krivoy Rog, UKR | Madison 27.05 Dnepr, UKR | Rk 28.05 Zaporozhe, UKR | Chicago Blues 29.05 Nikolaev, UKR | Phoenix 30.05 Kiev, UKR | Barvy 01.06 Riga, LV | Nabaklab 02.06 Daugavpils, LV | Artilerijas Pagrabi 03.06 Liepaja, LV | Fontaine Palace Fall of Humanity | Released June 30th, 2016 on Sliptrick Records   Japanese Thrash Heroes Survive have announced their headlining tour in Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine and Russia, kicking off on June 16th in Kaunas, Lithuania. The tour trek includes also a show in Kiev, supporting the legendary New Jersey thrashers, Overkill! "Human Misery Assault Tour 2017" dates: 16.06 Kaunas (Lithuania) - Lemmy 17.06 Kekavas Novads (Latvia) - Metalshow Open Air 2017 - https://www.facebook.com/events/391739884527674/ 20.06 Kiev (Ukraine) - with OVERKILL - Bel étage Concert Club - https://www.facebook.com/events/1937947483095339/ 21.06 Kharkov (Ukraine) - Zhara 22.06 Zaporizhia (Ukraine) - Chicago Blues 24.06 Moscow (Russia) - Rock House 25.06 Saint Petersburg (Russia) - Zoccolo 2.0 Survive released their latest album “Human Misery”, on September 30th, 2015 via Rebel Recordings. Check out “Shred them All” video from the album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP98KdggW4A Survive – formed in 1998 – have released 9 albums, 1 DVD and played several festivals (Loud Park, Beast Fest, Multiplex-motorbike event, Korean Live Rock, Formoz Festival, Asia Metal Festival, Dongducheon Rock Festival, Trendkill Extreme Feast, etc.), and toured all over the world with Behemoth, United, Killswitch Engage, Dope, Pulling Teeth, Testament, Outrage, Anthrax, Hatebreed, Napalm Death, just to name a few of them. http://www.rebel-survive.com – https://www.facebook.com/survive333 https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement  Ukrainian barbaric black metal horde Balfor to tour across Poland, Czech and Slovakia together with Degoryen, Raventale, Vrani Volosa! 05.05. Banska Bystrica - Rock Klub Tartaros (SK) 06.05. Presov - Amfiteater (SK) 07.05. Roznava - Rakwa Music Club (SK) 08.05. Brezno - Dart Club (SK) 10.05. Bielsko-Biala - Rudeboy Club (PL) 11.05. Dubnica nad Vahom - Pivaren (SK) 12.05. Wroclaw - Ciemna Strona Miasta Rock Club (PL) 13.05. Brno - Faval (CZE) http://balfor.info/ https://www.facebook.com/balforofficial/  Italy, Naples-based symphonic metallers Poemisia are confirmed, as main support, for Russian folk / pagan metallers Arkona on their show in Kiev, on March 12th! Poemisia comments: "For all our beautiful Ukrainian fans, this is for you! After our very first show in Kiev just two years ago, our second one last year, we couldn't miss this year, so it's time for the third one! We're very glad to support Arkona for this show and would be very pleased to meet all of you amazing people again! See you on stage!!"  The musical style of Poemisia is focused on sounds which combine metal music to opera and symphonic elements. This duality leads to a tendency to mark the continuous conflict between darkness and light, between death and life, between Hell and Heaven, sometimes also in a peculiar grotesque way. This is fully reflected also in the lyrics which have always a refined nature. Poemisia https://www.facebook.com/Poemisia https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement https://www.facebook.com/arkonarussia/   Ukrainian metal act Aftermoon are proud to announce "Phase One Tour 2016"! Tour dates: 30.10 Iasi (RO) – Indoor Metal Festival 1.11 Romnicu Valcea – Aby Stage Bar 2.11 Varna (BG) Varna Live Club 3.11 Cluj Napoca (RO) – Hard Club 4.11 Satu Mare – (RO) Club Algeria 5.11 Szekesfehervar (HU) – Nycolas Muhely 6.11 Targu Mures (RO) – Jazz & Blus Pub 7.11 Oradea (RO) Club Mozskva 1.11 Chisinau (MD) Albion Club facebook.com/aftermoonkiev youtube.com/aftermoonkiev soundcloud.com/aftermoon_official reverbnation.com/aftermoonband http://www.wormholedeath.com https://www.facebook.com/WormHoleDeath |
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