Festival Announcements

OUT OF THE ASHES is a three day rock and metal event that features around a hundred bands playing across three stages. The venue for the festival is the Vauxhall Motors Sports and Social Club, Ellesmere Port and will be held on the 11th-13thJuly 2014. The festival is an opportunity …

Graspop Metal Meeting 2014 has just announced 22 new names for this year’s massive event. Rob Zombie, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice in Chains, Mastodon and Meshuggah and many more have bolstered an already solid bill that features Black Sabbath, Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat, Sabaton and Soundgarden. The new bands added are …

The Warriors of Metal, Inc. non-profit organization has confirmed the addition of West Coast heavy metallers RESISTANCE to the Warriors of Metal VII Fest. Only the third California-based act in the fest’s year history, the Lion Music Recording artists will be supporting the release of their fourth studio album, tentatively …

Not long into the new year & we have yet more exciting news of additions to our line-up for the Dean Hocking (main) Stage. We’re joined by London thrash metallers SAVAGE MESSIAH, LORD VOLTURE bringing the classic metal from the Netherlands, whilst Fahran & SKAM bring a welcome dose of …

BLOODSTOCK is becoming the serious metal fan’s festival of choice in 2014, now adding their three headliners for the Sophie Lancaster Big Top stage. Friday’s Sophie stage headliners are Greek extreme metal overlords ROTTING CHRIST.  Much revered, ROTTING CHRIST were one of the first black metal bands in the region, …

Electro Metal five-piece, Combichrist, are the first of several new additions to Alt-Fest taking place 15-17th August at Boughton Estate, Kettering. The band will bring their collision of hardcore and electronic sounds to the main stage in a UK festival exclusive after having been heavily requested to appear by Alt-Fest …

.@DownloadFest adds more bands! Download Festival confirmed another 23 bands to their already bulging bill tonight a mere two weeks after their last announcement – and there are some very impressive names on the lineup. Killswitch Engage will be making their only European festival appearance of 2014 at the festival, with New …

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Metal Promotions – “we have some news regarding new confirmations the UNDER THE BLACK SUN 2014 for you” BELPHEGOR: The Austrian Extreme Metal masters will attend Helenau for the first time. Of course, BELPHEGOR will play a headliner show at UNDER THE BLACK SUN 2014. Their new album will be out …

In  the middle of May, Cornerstone will take part at the Pop Overthrow Festival in Liverpool, their second time at the festival.  This event usually takes place in the U.S.A., but also in two European cities – London and Liverpool – therefore the band will perform in the legendary CAVERN-CLUB, …

With ten fantastic acts already announced, including headliners THE PRODIGY, IRON MAIDEN & METALLICA, SONISPHERE has revealed ten more bands that will join the 2014 line up. The inimitable LIMP BIZKIT return to Knebworth as special guests to THE PRODIGY. One of the biggest bands to emerge from the Nu-Metal …

America’s premier rock festival, ROCK ON THE RANGE, will bring the likes of Guns N’ Roses, Avenged Sevenfold, Kid Rock and many more to Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH on May 16, 17 & 18. To guarantee that festival-goers will experience true, blistering heavy metal during this monumental weekend, …

CHAGSTOCK FESTIVAL is one of the Westcountry’s best-loved festivals. Set in 70 acres of farmland on the edge of Dartmoor, Chagstock is renowned for its stunning location, diverse line-up of artists and non-corporate, family friendly atmosphere. Chagstock showcases the very best music, food and entertainment that the Westcountry and the …

@DownloadFest adds fifteen more acts to the lineup for 2014! @bfsrocks @ZakkWyldeBLS Download Festival added another 15 bands to their bill on Monday night, with some more big names in amongst the lot announced. Leading the way are pop punk masters Bowling For Soup, who will be making their return to …

BLOODSTOCK 2014 are excited to announce four more bands to the 2014 bill! East Coast metal/hardcore legends, BIOHAZARD join the Ronnie James Dio stage line up.  The band are hard at work on a brand new album due for release this year via Nuclear Blast Records.  Band leader Billy Graziadei …

Bro(UK) Promotions, Beatdown Records, High Roller Records, Unsilent Tombs Records, Gabriel Management, Iron Fist Magazine, Rock Hard Magazine, Renegade Rock Radio… proudly present a weekend of legendary NWOBHM – BROFEST(UK) #2 Taking place in Newcastle, UK on Feb 28th – Mar 02nd, featured bands include :- Vardis, Fist, Gaskin, Soldier, …

Roadburn 2014 Afterburner: The Ultimate Festival-Within-A-Festival! Each year, the Roadburn Afterburner always deserves a special mention. Although technically part of the festival, it really has a vibe all of its own. Naturally, the chosen bands form a line-up you won’t find anywhere else. Many will agree that the best thing …

Once again the event will take place in the renowned LIVE MUSIC CLUB in Trezzo sull'Adda, Milan.

SONISPHERE 2014 4th – 6th JULY 2014 KNEBWORTH’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY. THE PRODIGY / IRON MAIDEN / METALLICA ** FURTHER NAMES ANNOUNCED TODAY ** AIRBOURNE / ALICE IN CHAINS / GHOST / GOJIRA / KARNIVOOL / MASTODON / SLAYER Sonisphere 2014 is proud to announce the first wave of bands who …

Wipe away those January ‘back to reality’ blues with a great deal from those lovely BLOODSTOCK Festival folks!  The very popular deposit scheme is now on sale to help you spread the burden of paying for your 2014 weekend ticket.  Now you can secure your wristband for 2014’s heaviest festival …