Festival Announcements

As 2017 settles in, four more brutal bands are locked in for August’s best metal weekender; BLOODSTOCK! Swedish metal marauders, SOILWORK are confirmed for a main stage slot at Catton Park. Frontman Björn ‘Speed’ Strid tells us “We are really thrilled to return to UK soil after a killer mini-tour …

It seems like forever since Download Festival last made an announcement of bands, but good things come to those who wait and the bigwigs have officially made their first announcement of 2017 – and what an announcement! 48 new bands have been added to the bill including several big names …

Amplified Open Air Festival launches / New bands added to line-up / Day splits announced / Early bird tickets now on sale What? Amplified is an exciting new three-day rock/metal festival featuring a top quality line-up of chart-topping artists, breaking new bands, great food and drink, and excellent amenities. When? …

Ramblin’ Man Fair have announced three new acts –  Saxon, Last in Line, Graham Bonnet Band, all of which will play on the Friday – an extra day for the festival. The festival will be split into four stages over three days. Stages announced so far include Mainstage, Prog In …

HRH (Europe’s leading residential festival provider) Launches HRH Sleaze Often described as “heavy metal’s bastard child”, Sleaze is as much about the attitude and pose as the music: music full of rebellion, aggro, and downright nastiness, not to mention more tight black leather and tattoos than most can comfortably dream …

Ramblin’ Man Fair have announced more acts…. Extreme (Mainstage Headliner/ UK Exclusive) The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (Outlaw County Stage Headliner) Rival Sons (Grooverider Stage Headliner) Dokken (UK Exclusive) Blues Pills British Lion Colour of Noise Focus I Am The Morning The Gift Ghoultown Whiskey Dick Jessica Lynn Vintage Caravan …

TUSKA 2017 – ELECTRIC WIZARD, BARATHRUM AND ORANSSI PAZUZU ADDED Right before Christmas, Tuska Open Air announced 3 more deep-digging artists to next summer’s festival. Read the details below: British doomsters Electric Wizard, led by Jus Osborn, will make sure the skies are overcast as they return to Tuska after several …

BLOODSTOCK is excited to kick off the New Year by announcing MEGADETH as their Sunday night headliner! MEGADETH’s mainman, Dave Mustaine tells us “We kick off 2017 by announcing we’ll be headlining Sunday night at Bloodstock, one of my favourite, purely metal, British festivals!  Megadeth had a blast last time …

Bloodstock Releases Remaining VIP Tix & Announces 2017 Payment Plan   With Christmas almost upon us, BLOODSTOCK HQ is a-buzz with 2017 planning.  The remaining VIP ticket allocation is now available for purchase, as well as VIP upgrades for those who’ve already purchased their weekend ticket.  Don’t hang around to …

We are delighted to announce that London’s finest nutty boys, Madness will close our 10th birthday party on Sunday night on the Pallet Stage. Bearded Theory will reverberate with the sounds of classic hits including ‘Our House’, ‘Baggy Trousers’ and ‘One Step Beyond’. We are also proud to announce a …

HEAVY SCOTLAND just got all the heavier with the addition of Finntroll, Destruction, Fleshgod Apocalypse and Ingested. Held at Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange between the 1st-2nd April, they join the already hard hitting line-up that’s set to make this the go-to Scottish metal festival in 2017. They join: Behemoth (UK/EIRE Exclusive) …

BLOODSTOCK wish you a Metal Christmas! As we pelt into December, BLOODSTOCK HQ is getting some Christmas treats ready!  As well as preparing the on-sale dates of VIP upgrades, the remainder of the VIP ticket allocation and this year’s deposit scheme, we’ve three more bands to announce for 2017! Joining …

– Apocalyptica, Dirkschneider, Wintersun, Anneke Van Gierbergen’s Vuur, Avatarium and Battle Beast added to the line-up – Tuska at Suvilahti, Helsinki 30.6.-2.7.2017 – Special priced ”Early Crow” 3-day tickets available until 31.12. To celebrate jingle bells and the last month of an exquisite year, Tuska announces more metal madness to …

Tis the season to…announce festival bands? It’s certainly not as catchy, but Download Festival have confirmed over twenty names to play at Donington Park next summer and leave us all feeling a little more jolly. They’ve also started to build the day splits already AND announce the headliners for the …

BLOODSTOCK ANNOUNCE 3 MORE BANDS FOR 2017 BLOODSTOCK is excited to roll out their next band announcement for 2017 and it’s a brutal one! Florida death metal kingpins, OBITUARY land themselves a Sunday slot on the main stage.  With a brand new studio album coming in Spring 2017 via Relapse …

Even as Hard Rock Hell‘s triumphant flagship celebration of their first decade comes to a close,  HRH looks to the future with next year’s festival. It’s no surprise that HRH have partied loud and hard in 2016, celebrating the landmark first 10 years of Hard Rock Hell on Earth.  The …

Everyone’s favourite ragga-metallers Skindred, are set to headline the inaugural HRH Metal next February, alongside Sodom, Raging Speedhorn, Evile, Lawnmower Deth, Hell, Winterfylleth and over 30 other metal bands from around Europe. To get a feel for HRH Metal, check out the promo video below   HRH CEO Jonni Davis …

Vader & Immolation will now be co-headlining Bristol Deathfest on Saturday night whilst Hour of Penance and Defeated Sanity will co-headline Sunday night of the festival. After releasing their eleventh brand new studio album ‘The Empire’ through Nuclear Blast, Vader confirm they will be co-headlining the first night of Bristol …

On the BBC1 Sunday Rock show this morning Bloodstock Festival  announced their first seven acts, including the the first headline. Amon Amarth top the bill on the Friday supported by Blind Guardian.  Other bands appearing over the weekend on the Ronnie James Dio Stage will be Testament, Hatebreed, HELL, Possessed …

The road to Download 2017 has begun, with the festival announcing its first batch of bands that will take to the stage at the hallowed turf of Donington Park next year, including all three Main Stage headliners. Aerosmith, Biffy Clyro and System of a Down will top the bill over …