Wacken, 2nd August 2026: This was the kind of birthday party one could only wish for to mark the 35th anniversary. Once again, the scene’s stars handed the instruments to one another on the stages – figuratively speaking, at least. 85,000 metalheads from all over the world celebrated international bands …
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Thursday review, HERE Friday review, HERE Saturday review, HERE Le Off review, HEREThe reason for the relatively early finish on Day Three was that this reviewer was desperate to be on site early to catch The Funeral Portrait, who have become one of my favourite bands recently. As the first …
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Wacken, July 21st, 2026 – Wacken Open Air 2026 is sold out! All 85.000 tickets for the 35th edition of the festival taking place from July 29 to August 1 have been sold. “We’re delighted to celebrate this anniversary with such a huge crowd,” says W:O:A founder and promoter Thomas …
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“I’m still fucking here. Is that all you fucking got?” It only takes a few words to create a reaction. To create an emotion. To create a feeling. And the first words that Chris Motionless screams on Motionless in White’s 7th album, Decades, do just that – because right from …
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Today, SEVEN SPIRES is proud to announce the Master Key Edition of their acclaimed recent album ‘A Fortress Called Home,’ set for release on September 4th via Frontiers Music Srl. To mark the occasion, the band also shares the new single “Songs Upon Wine-Stained Tongues (Orchestral Version),” alongside a visualizer, …
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ANTHRAX have released ‘The Edge Of Perfection’, the second single from their long-awaited 12th full-length studio album Cursum Perficio out September 18 via Nuclear Blast Records and Megaforce Records (North America). The new single is highlighted by clean guitar echoes and cymbals that gently shake until a blastbeat blows open …
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Iconic Swedish heavy metallers Amon Amarth approach a new way of songwriting on their first-ever acoustic excursion “Upphaf”. The song strips away the fury of modern melodic heavy metal to reveal the ancient, skeletal frame of a Norse epic. Reimagined for the gathering space of a longhouse hearth, the song …
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German heavy metal legends ACCEPT release another single from their upcoming new album, Teutonic Titans 1976-2026. Today they release an explosive new rendition of the genre classic, ‘Balls to the Wall’, featuring ‘Metal God’ Rob Halford and guitar icon Matthias Jabs. Serving as the second single from their massive 50th-anniversary …
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New free Smart TV channel brings music videos, concerts, and documentaries to rock and metal fans around the clock, filling the gap left as MTV fades and on-demand streaming takes over. Metal.Rocks, a new hand-curated television channel dedicated entirely to heavy music, is officially live and streaming free on Smart …
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The heavy metal visionaries collectively known as AVATAR are elated to announce a monumental evening of music, pipe organs, dancers and theatrics at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall on March 30, 2027. The band will present ’10 Years of Feathers & Flesh’, a one-night-only performance celebrating the tenth anniversary of …
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