Festival Announcements

European stoner/doom/psych festival DESERTFEST LONDON just unveiled the first batch of bands to be part of its fourth edition, taking place on April 24-26th, 2015 in Camden. Tickets are on sale now, so it’s time to make plans for next spring! First bands confirmed are: SLEEP   (headlining Koko’s on Sunday …

The Eindhoven Metal Meeting organization is very proud to announce that with the addition of In Solitude, Valkyrja, Thanatos, Skyforger, DUST BOLT, The Committee & Miasmal the line-up for this year’s edition is now complete. The Dutch all-female death metal band Sisters Of Suffocation will perform on Friday December 12th …

Roadburn Festival – ‘We are honored to announce that British gothic rock innovators Fields Of The Nephilim will be gracing the stage twice at the 20th edition of the Roadburn Festival at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands. In addition to serving as the Saturday headliner on April 11, …

Reading & Leeds 2014 – One Of The Best Yet! A limited number of Weekend and Early Entry Tickets for 2015 available now With the dust still settling over the sites of Reading & Leeds, the buzz of three amazing days will live on for months to come. The good …

After the success of the Eve’s Apples performances at recent MFVFs, this year sees a new collaboration for the Friday night.  Metal Female Voices United will gather 7 singers on stage who will perform their favourite cover songs. The artists performing are Ailyn Giminex (Sirenia), Maxi Nil (Jaded Star and …

Hard Rock Hell 8 is pleased to announce the addition of more acts including The Vintage Caravan, Blues Pills, Horisont, Spiders and Santa Cruz as well as a host  of other great International new acts as this year’s edition looks to be one of the best to date. They join …

With a new name and new location, the Les-Fest organisers have launched a kickstarter campaign. Keen to push the newly branded Wildfire Festival, the campaign is primarily aimed at investing in infrastructure, main bands and advertising projects. Launched only 2 days ago it has already superseded it’s initial target. Wildfire …

HRH Prog 3 is extremely pleased to welcome Rick Wakeman, the Ex Yes, Strawbs, Bowie, Juniors Eyes, Black Sabbath and all round Keyboard legend to top the bill of our third weekend celebrating the progressive genre.   Rick has guested on over 2000 records for such amazing artists as Marc Bolan, …

Hammerfest 7 announces that on Saturday March 14th,  its sister brand HRH will host a special HRH Stoner Rock Stage at this forthcoming Spring’s event.   Bands set to perform on the HRH Stoner rock stage include the already announced acts Sahg and Hang the Bastard. Joining them are PIST, …

The PlanetMosh backed Monsters Of Rot has confirmed that local brewery Inishmacsaint has come on board as the event’s latest sponsor, and is to sell a specially brewed IPA at the festival, which takes place at Letterbreen in County Fermanagh next Saturday (August 16). The artwork for a specially commissioned …

Tomorrow heralds day one of BLOODSTOCK Festival!  However, from Friday 8th August, if you can’t make the festival in person, you can watch the show from the comfort of your own home.   Once again, BLOODSTOCK have partnered with live streaming website, Daily Motion to enable those who can’t get …

Hammerfest 7 is pleased to announce its sister brand HRH, will host its own specialist Doom afternoon, aptly titled HRH Doom at next March’s event on Friday March 13th.   The  following acts have been confirmed to play; Dysteria GURT Spider Kitten Limb The Bendal Interlude Diesel King   For …

It’s BLOODSTOCK week and the site build is almost done (check out the photos on Facebook)!  Exciting times at Catton Park!   This year, if you’re coming along, download the BLOODSTOCK app from the iTunes or Play Store, which’ll give you all the band stage times, travel info and other …

Wacken 2015 sold out in just 12 hours! Wacken – For the 10th time in a row Wacken is sold out! The deconstruction of the W:O:A festival site has just begun and the last Metalheads have left the Holy Ground less than 24 hours ago. Never had we expected that …

Wacken Open Air has just released its 2015 trailer featuring footage from the festival and names already confirmed for next year. Bands announced include: TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and SAVATAGE Only live shows in Europe in 2015! Paul O´Neill and Jon Oliva are coming to W:O:A with their most important projects! Trans-Siberian …

Hammerfest 7 is pleased to announce the return of Swedish Doom metal legends Candlemass,  one of the best bands in our opinion to have ever graced the Hammerfest stage.   Dani Filth’s (Cradle of Filth) new band Devilment are confirmed to play their first Hammerfest as well as the first …

The temperature is rising, and the Les-Fest 4 anticipation is spreading like Wildfire. Already established with a formidable reputation, Scotland’s premier rock and metal festival is back for 2015 with a new name, and a promise that it’s going to be bigger and better than ever. Returning to the picturesque …

The artisan CYNOSURE GUITARS have been invited to participate at this years Bloodstock Festival in the UK, which runs from 7-10th August. Established over a decade ago by renowned fantasy artist, Paul Raymond Gregory and run by the Gregory Family, BLOODSTOCK Festival is set to host another metal spectacle, gathering …

Catch up on the latest news from Wacken! The Badpiper replaces the Metal Battle Russia finalist Due to organizational reasons, Russia can’t send a finalist to this year’s Metal Battle finals at Wacken. Because of this, The Badpiper and his unique performance will fill the free slot. W:O:A Metal Battle …

Following on from last weekend’s event, organizers of the Steelhouse Festival have announced that early bird prices will be frozen at this year’s price of £55 for the first 500 bookings. The fifth anniversary edition of the festival, which takes place at Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm, just outside Ebbw Vale in southern …