Festival Announcements

Dave Ritchie -And so we get to announcement number 5 for Les-Fest 2013. We believe the addition of the following bands helps to cement our place as a serious contender on the UK Rock and Metal Scene and undoubtedly Scotland’s best festival, with a diverse and interesting range of Rock …

BLOODSTOCK are excited to announce the first batch of breaking bands to grace their freshly designed ‘New Blood’ stage in 2013. The stage is sponsored by BOA’s favourite thirst-quenchers, Hobgoblin. Bloodstock has always been proud to support new bands from all over the world and the ‘New Blood’ stage gives …

GHOSTFEST have announced six additions to the UK’s premiere indoor metal and hardcore festival, which takes place at Leeds Student Union on 29-30th June, including Terror, KnuckleDust, Breaking Point, Azriel, Mind X Control and Grader. They join THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THE ACACIA STRAIN, VEIL OF MAYA, I WRESTLED A BEAR ONCE, BURY YOUR DEAD, HARMSWAY, …

Hammerfest 5 have released the stage times for next months festival. The festival runs from the 14th through to the 17th March 2013 at Haven Hafan Y Môr Holiday Park, Pwllheli, North Wales. Thursday 14th March 2013 Stage 2 – Samurai Stage 17:00 – 17:40 Goddamn Electric 17:55 – 18:45 …

Download 2013 latest announcement – Papa Roach, Rise To Remain, Gogol Bordello, Lit, Escape The Fate and Blitz Kids are amongst the 49 new acts added to our 2013 line up. Taking on the world, this year’s line-up continues to bring the best international rock acts from every corner of …

You thought the main part of the #HELLFEST threat had been revealed, well you were wrong because we are proud to announce the confirmation of the legendary DEF LEPPARD on Clisson’s lands. A big come back in France after 17 years of absence. And why should we stop to a …

Bloodstock’s latest band announcement: Seminal thrash titans, EXODUS join the main stage ranks at this year’s hottest metal festival. The Nuclear Blast band are currently gearing up to release their eleventh studio album, and they tour the US next month in the company of Bloodstock buddies, Anthrax. Frontman Rob Dukes …

R-MINE METALFEST 2013 takes place on the  21th – 23th June in Tongeren, Belgium. SYMPHONY X recently annouced as headliner with RHAPSODY OF FIRE and HELL. Acts confirmed for the festival include: Friday 21/06 – RHAPSODY OF FIRE, JORN, NIGHTMARE, EVIL MASQUERADE, FATE, VOODOO HIGHWAY, EX LIBRIS, ETHERNITY, AZYLYA (tickets …

Two more bands have been confirmed for this year’s Rockharz Festival. DRAGONFORCE It’s the first time: The band were an hour only lasts fourty minutes! The band were the guitarist is done ten minutes earlier! The band who has shown a new standard on Guitar Hero! Experience the fastest confirmation …

Do you and your friends want the chance to win some cool stuff in return for helping promote the UK’s best metal festival?!  Sure you do! Bloodstock Open Air is pleased to announce the launch of their 2013 e-team! With a hugely successful army of teamers driving the festival forward …

Slam Dunk are pleased to announce some very exciting additions to the Festival and as always there is something there for everyone! First up, there is the announcement of probably the top upcoming rock band in the UK at the moment… Deaf Havana.  Slam Dunk Festival will see the first …

Hard Rock Hell 7 (Cirque Du Rock) which takes place on the 28-30th November at  Hafan Y Môr Holiday Park in Phwelli , N.Wales is pleased to announce its first round of acts for this year’s event including a co-headline appearance by Black Star Riders. This brand new band featuring Thin Lizzy …

Dave Ritchie – So we get to our 4th announcement for Les-Fest 2, Scotland’s award winning Rock and Metal Festival and our first announcement of 2013. Both Fede and I have been working away trying to finalise the last few bands for the Main Stage and hopefully we have a …

Queens of Metal festival is proud to announce more bands for this years festival. Here are the bands: Knorkator Enforcer Debauchery Hail of Bullets Steelwing Accusser   So one half of all bands is confirmed now: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Eluveitie Knorkator Legion Of The Damned Orden Ogan Debauchery Enforcer Dr. …

The Bloodstock Team are thrilled to announce the addition of occult metal overlords, HELL and Austrian death/black metallers, BELPHEGOR to the 2013 bill. BELPHEGOR are celebrating their 20 year anniversary this year and readying the release of their tenth studio album this summer, via Nuclear Blast. Take a peek at …

Swedish street metallers Hardcore Superstar have been confirmed for Download Festival 2013 which takes place from the 14-16th June at Donington Park, UK. They join a stella line up that includes headliners Slipknot, Iron Maiden & Rammstein along with Bullet For My Valentine, Queens Of The Stone Age, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Korn, Motorhead, Limp Bizkit …

Download 2013 takes place on June 14th – 16th at Donnington Park. They have released the next instalment of band this morning. Today’s announcement was: Limp Bizkit, Korn, Cancer Bats, Down, Airborn, Amon Amarth, 3 Doors Down, UFO, The Sword, Black Dogs, Huntress, Jimmy Eat World, In This Moment, Five …

Wipe away those ‘back to reality’ January blues with a great deal from those nice folks at Bloodstock Festival!  They’ve organised a deposit scheme to help you spread the burden of paying for your 2013 weekend ticket. Now you can secure your festival wristband for three incremental payments of around …

Alt-Fest – a brand new radical alternative music and lifestyle festival with a totally wicked edge, has been confirmed to take place on August 15th, 16th and 17th 2014 at a 50,000 capacity site in the South East of England, to be announced soon.  Yes you did read that right …

Hellfest have released their second instalment of bands for the 2013 event. As promised, here is the second announcement of 34 more bands, in addition to the first 50 names … The new confirmed bands are : ZZ TOP HELLOWEEN – SAXON – KREATOR – IMMORTAL – AT THE GATES …