Posts Tagged ‘Mastodon’

QUEEN, FAITH NO MORE & KISS TO HEADLINE SONISPHERE FESTIVAL UK With a quarter of a century having since passed, rock legends QUEEN are to return to play a second concert at the venue that provided them with the setting for one of their biggest and most historic concerts. QUEEN’s Brian May and Roger Taylor [...]

WERCHTER BOUTIQUE LINE UP IS NOW COMPLETE! Werchter Boutique presents Metallica with Soundgarden, Mastodon, Channel Zero, Gojira and Ghost!  This year, Werchter Boutique, which will take place at the Festival Park in Werchter (Belgium) on Whit Monday May 28th, is all about heavy rock and metal. Metallica will play their magnum opus ‘Metallica’ (1991) in [...]

SONISPHERE SWITZERLAND ANNOUNCES DATES AND BANDS! Just announced are the dates for the latest Swiss edition of the touring Sonisphere festival! Taking place on the 30th May at Yverdon-les-bains Sonisphere Switzerland will have the mighty METALLICA playing the Black album in full and will be joined by SLAYER, MOTÖRHEAD, MASTODON, GOJIRA and ELUVEITIE. Tickets are [...]

ROCK WERCHTER ANNOUNCES 26 MORE ACTS FOR 2012! That summer feel! Thanks to an astonishing load of 26 new names, Rock Werchter keeps the summer alive even during the coldest winter days. This year, apart from the Main Stage and the Pyramid Marquee, Rock Werchter is coming up with a third stage. This means: more [...]

MASTODON ADDED TO SWEDEN ROCK LINE UP! America’s most important metal band at present? One thing’s for sure, the ten years that have passed since Mastodon released their debut album ”Remission” in 2002 have been one continuous honeymoon with both audience and critics! The quartet from Atlanta combines aggression, groove, unpredictability and skill in a [...]

METALLICA, MACHINE HEAD AND SLAYER TO HEADLINE NOVA ROCK 2012 Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Black Album METALLICA will play the whole album plus a selection of other hits Organisers have revealed the first acts for 2012, check them out – Slayer, Machine Head, Within Temptation, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Dimmu Borgir, Killswitch Engage, [...]

SONISPHERE FESTIVAL TURKEY ANNOUNCES FIRST BANDS! The last of this year’s Sonisphere festivals to announce dates and line up sees the mighty IRON MAIDEN taking the headline slot with special guests SLIPKNOT taking up the supporting role! Other bands also confirmed so far include ALICE COOPER, MASTODON and IN FLAMES For more SONISPHERE FESTIVAL TURKEY [...]

GRASPOP FESTIVAL ADDS 6 MORE TO THIS YEAR’S LINE UP Organisers have announced that MASTODON, MOONSORROW, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, KYLESA, PROTEST THE HERO and GWAR have all been confirmed to play at Graspop this year! For more GRASPOP FESTIVAL information – click here >>>

MORE BANDS ADDED TO THE LINE UP! Soon after Iron Maiden revealed that they were headlining this year’s Sonisphere festival in Bulgaria, festival organisers have announced the addition of Slipknot, Alice Cooper, Mastodon and Apcalyptica to the line up! For more SONISPHERE FESTIVAL BULGARIA information – click here >>>

SONISPHERE GREECE ANNOUNCES FIRST BANDS Announced on their Facebook page earlier Sonisphere festival Greece has released the names of the first 5 bands to play this year’s festival in Terra Vibe Park – IRON MAIDEN, SLIPKNOT, MASTODON, GOJIRA, VIRUS For more SONISPHERE FESTIVAL GREECE information – click here >>>

METALLERS MATSODON JOIN ROSKILDE LINE UP MASTODON (US) play their third concert at Roskilde Festival this summer. The mix of classic heavy metal, progressive rock and great technicality has made the band from the deep US south darlings with both metal fans, critics and music fans that are not normally into hard rock. Two smaller [...]

SLIPKNOT, IN FLAMES AND A NEW VENUE FOR SONISPHERE SWEDEN Now in it’s 3rd year Sonisphere festival once again decends upon Sweden!  This year Sonisphere will take place in Stockholm but not at Stora Skuggan as with last year but a new venue in the South of the city in and around the Globe arena. [...]

SLIPKNOT AND IN FLAMES AND MORE FOR SONISPHERE FESTIVAL FINLAND It’s the turn of Soniphsere Finland to reveal their line up, let’s hope the weather is better this year!  So joining SLIPKNOT and IN FLAMES amongst the first bands to be announced are MASTODON, OPETH, SONATA ARCTICA, STAM1NA! For more SONISPHERE FESTIVAL FINLAND information – [...]

SONISPHERE CZECH REPUBLIC IS BACK FOR A 2ND YEAR! The second annual Sonisphere festival will take place on June 11th at Milovice airport – about 30 km from Prague. The headliners are heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN who will be joined by nu-metal pioneers KORN, Brazilian fighters led by the brothers Cavalera that are CAVALERA [...]

SONISPHERE FESTIVAL FRANCE ADDS 8 MORE BANDS Team Sonisphere France have revealed that AIRBORNE,  MASTODON, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BRING ME THE HORIZON and GOJIRA have been added to the July 8th line up with headliners Slipknot whilst PAPA ROACH and MASS HYSTERIA will be joining the Big 4 on July 9th More acts to [...]

SONISPHERE FESTIVAL ITALY MAKES ITS FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT! Saturday, June 25 will be headlined by the legendary IRON MAIDEN with their mega show, which alternates passages of the great classics to the most recent production.  Immediately prior to the Iron Maiden will be the turn of the wild SLIPKNOT. Saturday will also see the highly anticipated [...]

MORE ACTS COMING TO SONISPHERE FESTIVAL SPAIN IN 2011 With the mighty Iron Maiden installed as headliners of this year’s Sonipshere festival Spain, organizers have revealed that they will be joined by ALICE COOPER, APOCALYPTICA, MASTODON and VALIENT THOR. For more SONISPHERE FESTIVAL SPAIN information – click here >>>

15 MORE BANDS ADDED TO SONISPHERE FESTIVAL SWITZERLAND Sonisphere Switzerland organisers have announced a huge 15 new bands that will join headliners Iron Maiden and guests Slipknot and we expect this stop on the Sonisphere train to be a very popular one this year! Check out these names – JUDAS PRIEST, WHITESNAKE, MR. BIG, IN [...]

FOUR MORE ADDED TO SONISPHERE UK LINE UP! MOTÖRHEAD make their debut appearance at Sönisphere this summer, giving fans their first chance to see songs from the recently released “The World Is Yours” album in a festival setting MASTODON return to Knebworth this summer, having played at the inaugural Sonisphere back in 2009. Their progressive [...]