Festival Announcements

The 19th TUSKA OPEN AIR METAL FESTIVAL takes place over Helsinki next summer. As in previous years, we’re heading towards three days of metal mayhem which will include top-notch bands, great people and high-class area services. TUSKA 2016 will be held at Suvilahti, Helsinki from Friday 1.7.2016 to Sunday 3.7.2016. …

Glam metal legends Twisted Sister have been confirmed as the Friday headliner for next year’s Bloodstock festival. They join fellow headliners Mastodon, as well as Behemoth and Venom. Bloodstock will be the only UK date on Twisted Sister’s ‘Forty And Fuck It’ farewell tour. Guitarist Jay Jay French commented: “Our …

Wildfire Festival, Scotland’s only 3 day rock and metal festival returns in 2016 to celebrate its 5th anniversary. The now well established and highly acclaimed event returns to Wiston Lodge, with 3 stages over 3 days and with over 60 acts! Bigger and better than ever before. Friday nights headline …

Mastodon Confirmed as your Saturday Bloodstock 2016 Headliners BLOODSTOCK is thrilled to unveil their first 2016 headliner; Atlanta’s mighty beasts, MASTODON!  They will headline the Saturday night at the Catton Park festival. Loved and respected by critics, music fans, and their peers, this will be MASTODON’s first performance at BLOODSTOCK!  The band’s …

Following on from last years storming day long two stage event, we are proud to announce Doom Over London 2016 – The Sixth Edition. Expanded to take in three stages across  two days, with an exclusive single stage preshow on the first day. Hosted in the North London enclave of …

The third edition of STOCKHOLM ROCKS is taking place at Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden on October 24th, 2015. Confirmed bands are: Corroded, Sparzanza, Xandria and The Murder Of My Sweet. CORRODED is a Swedish heavy metal band from Ånge, Sweden. Corroded are musically inspired by Black Sabbath and Machine Head. SPARZANZA is one of Swedens best metal bands. If you want great metal you have …

As the lineup for DESERTFEST BELGIUM 2015 is now getting complete, day schedule as well as day tickets have been made available on the festival’s website. To cap things off, we have the pleasure to announce the ultimate batch of bands with burbling infernal doomsters BELZEBONG, raw psychedelic rockers MAUDLIN and infernal stoners …

FROST & FIRE FESTIVAL Set To Bring America’s Finest Traditional Heavy Metal Bands To Ventura There is no denying that Europe has been the heavy metal hotbed on this planet for several decades, particularly when it comes to the traditional forms of the musical style: clean vocals, soaring guitar harmonies, …

GHOSTFEST has announced stage times for its 10th anniversary festival this weekend with HATEBREED, EMMURE, HEART OF A COWARD and many more at Leeds Students Union and Bristol Motion. Stage times are as follows: Saturday 5 September, Leeds:     Sunday 6 September, Bristol:   For more information: http://www.ghostfestofficial.com/ Get …

Desertfest are pleased to announce the first acts for the 2016 London edition, including the first headliner for next year’s proceedings. It’s no easy feat to try and top your biggest success to date, but we’re ready. Here’s a fistful of acts to get you excited for what we have …

ONLY  DAYS  TO  GO  UNTIL UNDERCOVER FESTIVAL III Bisley Pavilion, Nr Woking, Surrey GU24 0NY 18 / 19 /20 September 2015 “QUITE POSSIBLY OUR BEST LINE UP SO FAR” The South East’s truly “alternative” and “independent” festival 3 Alternative Packed Day of Punk / Ska / Dub / Reggae / …

For its next-to-last announcement, DESERTFEST BELGIUM is proud to welcome megalithic legends EARTH to the bill, for the first time ever at Desertfest! In addition, the festival also confirmed Ukraine’s number one heavy mongers STONED JESUS, Copenhagen’s instrumental drone trio PAPIR, eclectic foursome USA OUT OF VIETNAM, Argentina’s sludgers BANDA DE LA …

The third annual Table Rocks Music Festival, featuring headliners Candlebox with special guests Puddle of Mudd, Saliva, Adelitas Way, recently announced the addition of alt-electronic rock band Orgy to the line-up! Presented by K&K Promotions LLC with Vape Saliva, the Table Rocks Music Festival will take place in Central Point, …

Step right up! Now is the best time to grab your tickets to the first annual FOOD TRUCK & ROCK CARNIVAL, taking place September 18th, 19th and 20th at Oak Ridge Park in Clark, NJ. This massive event – featuring a classic carnival experience, FREE food truck competition featuring 40+ …

 MammothFest 2015 – Final Line Up Confirmed MAMMOTHFEST ANNOUNCEMENT:  FINAL ACTS CONFIRMED FOR THE MAIN EVENT! Mammothfest have revealed the final bands to play the festival in October, taking the number of confirmed acts to over 80! The team have been around the country and secured 29 incredible underground acts following …

 Metallica have promised fans the biggest and most expensive stage show in the history of the Leeds Festival. The San Francisco four-piece are set to close this year’s festival and told attendees to expect “an unmissable and unforgettable” show. A source close to the band told the YEP: “Metallica is …

The sixth instalment of Blazefest – the annual event which brings together rockers and metallians to raise money for the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children – will take place on Saturday March 19 2016. Once again, the event will take place at the Empire Music Hall in Belfast. The …

  European heavy/stoner/doom gathering DESERTFEST BELGIUM has a few more announcements coming this summer, and we’re happy to bring four more bands to the 2015 bill today: France’s finest heavy psych trio MARS RED SKY, San Diego’s cosmic jammers HARSH TOKE, some straightforward rock’n’roll with Eindhoven’s BLACK-BONE, and last but not …

28TH – 30TH August  2015, Bank Holiday Weekend  Reading & Leeds Festivals announce  BBC INTRODUCING STAGE FOR 2015 With less than a month to go until the biggest weekend of music this summer, the countdown is on for Reading & Leeds 2015. Forever championing up and coming talent, the BBC …

Venom and Behemoth Announced for Bloodstock 2016 As the sun comes down on BLOODSTOCK’s most successful year to date, the independent metal festival is excited to announce the first confirmed bands for 2016, which will take place 11th – 14th August at Catton Park, Derbyshire. In a UK festival exclusive, …