I want to start with a little confession: I don’t like progressive metal in its pure form. I mean, I can appreciate playing techniques and sophisticated melodic lines ...
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This year Rage celebrates the band’s 40 years anniversary. 40 years! Such numbers still impress me, while Judas Priest celebrated 50 years. Also considering an amount of Rage ...
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Since 2007 Italians Furor Gallico advance their own vision of folk metal consistently, mixing brutal riffs and extreme vocals with some various folk instruments. Now, after five years ...
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There is not much known about the band Karkosa: these guys are from Fort Wayne, IN, formed not a long time ago and released their debut EP Harvest ...
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I remember when I heard Dust Bolt for the first time: it was in 2016, when they released their Mass Confusion album. Despite there was nothing essentially new, ...
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Hellfest announces additional bands for 2024 line-up: Kerry King will perform on the Mainstage 1 on Thursday, 27.06.2024 Polyphia, 7weeks and Throne also added to the festival’s line-up. ...
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Our world is volatile and now it staggers from the menace of nuclear war with another world wide pandemic to some tectonic changes in the society. So when ...
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Arcane Tales is an Italian Symphonic Power Metal one man band. I never heard of it up to day, to be honest and there was almost nothing about ...
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After giving you the first exclusive names a few weeks ago, Hellfest are now able to announce the continuation of the line-up for this 17th edition of the ...
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In 2020 Night Crowned became probably the biggest new name with their debut longplay Impius Viam. After a year and a half these guys have evolved their ideas ...
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We met Efthimis and Fotis from Nightfall at Hellfest 2023 and had a great talk about new music, metaphors in lyrics and everything around. Thanks to Season Of ...
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Approaching the last wave of 4-day pass tickets, Hellfest announcing first bands that will perform at 2024 festival edition: Queens Of The Stone Age The Offspring Megadeth Dropkick ...
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Droll and Zhes met Saor at Hellfest 2023 and had a great talk about last album, which split the fanbase, writer’s block and many more! Thanks to Season ...
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My last Hellfest was four years ago, in 2019. The last year of calm and measured life. In 2020 COVID-19 will lock up people in their houses and ...
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Israeli progressive metal band Stormy Atmosphere is back with their new anti-war single “Rewarlution”. The band states: It was written almost entirely in one day at 24.02.2022, taking ...
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In 2017 the self-titled Obituary album was released. It hit the highest positions in various charts for all time the band exists (however, does it mean something nowadays?) ...
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Three Ukrainian bands: 1914, Stoned Jesus and White Ward will play at Hellfest 2023. Hellfest 2023 will take four days, from 15 to 18 June, 2013 at Clisson, ...
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Hellfest 2022 application available now! It includes cashless, a site map and other practical information. You can select your favorite bands to be notified of their performance during ...
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In their previous album, No More Hollywood Endings, Battle Beast defined the new direction of their music: it became more symphonic, more pretentious and there were even some ...
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There is a belief in my country that it’s better not to start a new year with the debts from the previous one, so it’s time to pay ...
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