From King Diamond facebook:
North America, We heard you and now it’s your turn… MERCYFUL FATE are headlining this year’s Psycho Las Vegas in August, this will be our only appearance in North America this year. Get your tickets now at vivapsycho.com | The curse of the pharaoh awaits…
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From the W.A.S.P. facebook:
W.A.S.P. is happy to announce their participation in the upcoming KnotFest Festival in Bogota, Colombia, on December 6th 2019.
We look forward to seeing you there!!
Festival info: https://knotfestcolombia.com/
For more W.A.S.P. – W.A.S.P. Nation (Official)
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Italian Legendary Heavy Metallers SKANNERS are confirmed for Metal for Emergency Festival, taking place on August 4th in Bergamo, Italy! Free entrance. The festival will be headlined by ANTHRAX. Get more information here: http://www.metalforemergency.it
SKANNERS released their new album “Temptation” on April 26th in Europe via Self Distribuzione Milano and CODE 7 /Plastic Head UK for ALPHA OMEGA Records! The album is available for streaming and orders at:
Bandcamp: https://skanners.bandcamp.com/releases
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2No1bt9aP1PD9tsK0cNBY8?si=0_apHhgLT–sBySDNQa67g
Just recently SKANNERS unleashed a new video for the song “In Flammen 666”, taken from the band’s new album “Temptation”! Watch “In Flammen 666” video here:
Click here for the SKANNERS YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/W6S2p2JgtlM
Next SKANNERS shows:
July 11th-13th – In Flammen Open Air – Germany
August 4th – Metal For Evergecy Festival – Italy
More dates TBA.
Bolzano, Italy based heavy metal legends SKANNERS were formed in 1982. In 1986 they released the debut LP “Dirty Armada”, in Germany the band won widespread public approval and critical acclaim, becoming pioneers in the New Wave of Italian heavy metal. SKANNERS have shared stages with legends as DEEP PURPLE, IN FLAMES, SAVAGE, DARK FUNERAL, VADER, METAL CHURCH, GIRLSCHOOL, MOTORHEAD, HALLOWEEN, SAXON, MANOWAR, DIO, TWISTED SISTER and many others. SKANNERS’ latest, eighth album (CD/DVD) “Eins Zwei Drei Metal Party Live” came out in 2015 (dedicated to their former guitarist and founding member, Max Quinzio, who died in February of 2014). The band’s new album “Temptation” has been released in Europe on April 26th via Self Distribuzione Milano and CODE 7 /Plastic Head UK for ALPHA OMEGA Records!
More information at:
BAND: https://www.facebook.com/Skanners-319842227237 | http://www.skanners.it
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement
Source: Alpha Omega Management
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Happening on: June 29-30 – Lone Butte, BC
Lone Butte, BC, Canada will once again be shaken by the sounds of heavy metal on Canada Day weekend with the 2019 edition of Metalocalypstick Festival. Over the course of the weekend, 22 bands will take the stage, each featuring at least one woman in a show of feminine power across metal, punk and rock.
This year, bands from Canada, Tasmania, Mexico, Egypt and USA will gather for the one of a kind festival in the Canadian wilds. The non-profit organization is dedicated to giving back to the community and donating 100% of the proceeds to local charities including Girls Rock Camp and the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter. Each year an independent band is also sponsored by the festival to further their musical pursuits.
Spotify Playlist here – Festival Digital Sampler of 2019 Performing Bands – Metal Queens Vol. 3
Promo video (clips from 2017):
The lineup for 2019 includes:
Attack The Fire (Vancouver)
Call Of The Siren (Edmonton)
Chaos Century (Vancouver)
Crimson Caliber (Medicine Hat)
Fallen Stars (Vancouver)
Forsaken Rite (Edmonton)
Interitum (Launceston, Tasmania)
Kayas (Vancouver)
Kelevra (Regina)
Kosm (Vancouver)
Lost Nebula (Hermosillo, Mexico)
Massive Scar Era (Vancouver/ Cairo, Egypt)
Obsidian (Vancouver)
Ophelia Falling (Vancouver)
Orchestry (BC)
Sins Of Sorrow (Edmonton)
Siren’s Rain (Puget Sound, USA)
Subterranea (Toronto)
Sugar Wash (Edmonton)
The Shit Talkers (Vancouver)
Violent Betty (Saskatoon)
The Vth Circle (Vancouver)
Tickets for the event and more information is available through the official website: http://metalocalypstickfest.rocks/
About:
Featured in publications such as Metal Hammer and Billboard, Metalocalypstick Fest not only celebrates women in metal but also gives back to the community. Formed in 2016 as a non-profit organization, they are dedicated to raising funds and donating 100% of proceeds to local charities Girls Rock Camp, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, and Earth Protectors plus they sponsor an independent band picked by Metalocalypstick Fest judges.
The festival was founded by Kaija Kinney of Vancouver’s Anarcheon after researching a lack of female based metal festivals to apply her band to, Kinney took matters into in her own and decided to produce the event.
“This festival means the celebration of both sexes coming together and creating something amazing. People like to say women in metal aren’t a big deal anymore and that we are all the same. I feel that is untrue, this is still a male dominated world and woman are still looked as lesser. I want to showcase all these bad ass ladies and celebrate the differences of men and woman rather than pretend we are all equal. Truth is we are different why can’t we celebrate that?” says Kinney.
Festival Location:
Lone Butte Community Hall
5994 Hwy. 24
Lone Butte, BC
Links:
Billboard Magazine: Canada’s Metalocalypstick Fest Will Celebrate Women in Rock While Giving Back
Vancouver Sun: Metalocalypstick Festival showcases women of metal
FB: www.facebook.com/metalocalypstickfest
2019 Partners:
Absolute Underground Mag
Atonita Draws
Asher Media Relations
Broken Neck Radio
Exclaim!
Metal Devastation Radio
Metal Master Kingdom
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Prairie Fire Events
PureGrainAudio
Pure Rock Radio
Whitelf Films
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Slovenia’s legendary NOCTIFERIA are just confirmed for this year’s Metal Days 2019, going onstage on Tuesday 23rd July! With these underground legends, ALPHA OMEGA Management will bring to the festival in all 11 bands from its roster, which are in alphabetical order: ALTAIR, ANIMAE SILENTES, ATREXIAL, FALLEN ARISE, HYDRA, KAIROS, NOCTIFERIA, NOX VORAGO, SISKA, UNHUMAN INSURRECTION and W.E.B.!
Metal Days 2019 organizer stated:
“This is the last Artist Announcement for 2019, and all we can say is; be ready for the best Summer Metal Party!”
Get more information at https://www.metaldays.net
The updated running order of Alpha Omega roster bands, is the following:
Monday 22nd July
Ian Fraser Lemmy Kilmister Stage: UNHUMAN INSURRECTION (alongside Arch Enemy, Neurosis etc.)
Bosko Bursac Stage: SISKA (alongside Necrophobic, Dornenreich etc.)
Tuesday 23rd July
Ian Fraser Lemmy Kilmister Stage: W.E.B. (alongside Architects, Finntroll etc.)
Bosko Bursac Stage: NOCTIFERIA, KAIROS (alongside In The Woods, Tribulation etc.)
Wednesday 24th July
Ian Fraser Lemmy Kilmister Stage: ALTAIR (alongside Dream Theater, Philip H. Anselmo etc.)
Bosko Bursac Stage: ATREXIAL (alongside Akercocke, Saturnus etc.)
Thursday 25th July
Ian Fraser Lemmy Kilmister Stage: HYDRA (alongside Demons & Wizards, Hypocrisy etc.)
Bosko Bursac Stage: FALLEN ARISE (alongside God is an Astronaut, Gaahls Wyrd etc.)
Friday 26th July
Ian Fraser Lemmy Kilmister Stage: NOX VORAGO (alongside Dimmu Borgir, Tarja etc.)
Bosko Bursac Stage: ANIMAE SILENTES (alongside Impaled Nazarene, The Ruins of Beverast etc.)
Official FB Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1149599001844843
Tickets: https://www.mhshop-online.com/c381/metaldays-2019
Source: Alpha Omega Management
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Following the success of the inaugural version in 2017, MASS DESTRUCTION FESTIVAL will return to Atlanta for a second installment in November 2018. This year’s bill will span two days and include headliners TERRORIZER and NASTY SAVAGE.
Fest co-organizer Amos Rifkin commented:
“Our inaugural event was a huge step forward in establishing ourselves as a legitimate heavy metal festival, we hope to build on last’s year’s experiences and success and continue to grow this into something bigger and better every year.”
Co-organizer Cody Martin further commented:
“Last year was a dream come true for me and I had an absolute blast, a feeling that was palpable from the audience and bands alike! A second year was absolutely mandatory. We’re going full steam ahead.”
Preliminary line-up:
FRIDAY:
Nasty Savage (headliner)
The Chasm
FIN
Abysmal Lord
Hellgoat
+ TBA
SATURDAY:
Terrorizer
The Accused AD
Kommandant
Perdition Temple
+ TBA
Pre-order tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/MDMF2018
More information will be announced in the near future. In the meantime go to Mass Destruction Metal Fest
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Saturday August 11th in Battle Creek, Michigan!! Ardent Entertainment, Next Level Entertainment welcomes Michigan Metal Fest 2018 in BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN w/ Whitechapel, Lorna Shore, Falsifier, Raven Black, A War Within, SYKOSIS, Beyond Threshold, Dead Eyes Always Dreaming Nuskin, Krosis, Hive Accursed Creator, The Convalescence, Nuskin, Recorruptor Bog Wraith, I Transfigure, After The Minor, Obliterate, DRINK THEIR BLOOD Goat Blood Fetish, ACCURSED CREATOR, Heart Of Jordan, Trademark Zero, Eye Remain, The Outliers, Falsifier, HIVE, Coffin Talk, NAGAZImetalshop, G lethal 9, Laurentian Tides, Five Hundredth Year, Oceans Beneath Us, The Alexander Project , Assume Nothing, My Own Will and many more!
40 Bands, 4 stages, 10 Food Vendors, 10 Arts and Craft vendors, and various beer gardens!! Tickets available at the Music Factory in Battle Creek, MI., Chronocade in Richland, MI, through the MMF bandcamp page and online at: www.showclix.coM
Source: Michigan Metal Fest facebook
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