Katatonia

Last year the PROGNOSIS festival made its mark by hiring mostly first-class prog bands such as Leprous, Vola or TesseracT as well as providing a lot of additional happenings such as clinics of singing, drumming, composing etc. with Devin Townsend, Baard Kolstad of Leprous, Giancarlo Erra among others. This year’s edition will be held in [...]

Occurring for ten years— the second part of June in Copenhagen equals the biggest metal event in Denmark: Copenhell. The 10th edition of this metal event took place as always, in Copenhagen’s Refshaleøn. Counting with tens of thousands of fans invading the place eager to listen to some good music. DAY 1: The whole event [...]

After kicking-off the announcements with the strong confirmations of Tool and Slipknot as headliners, Copenhell has presented their final lineup for this year’s edition. Copenhell is considered the true metal holiday in Denmark. On top of the earlier presented bands Copenhell team managed to book additional names presenting mixture of music styles to please different taste [...]

Colorado Springs one-man outfit Buried Realm released a single from debut album, ‘The Ichor Carcinoma’. The song “Asphyxiation’s Lullaby” features Teemu Mäntysaari of Wintersun and Ryan Strain. The album is due out late spring of this year. The debut Buried Realm album ‘The Ichor Carcinoma’ features current and former members of Arch Enemy, Soilwork, The [...]

VOA Fest returned under a new name and venue, the chosen place was Quinta da Marialva in Corroios. At first this change was heavily criticized by many Portuguese fans, however, given the flux of people in there we might say all was forgotten and a chance was given to this reborn festival on its new [...]

It’s that time of the year, festival season, and one of the biggest metal festivals in Portugal is back, for its 8 consecutive year, although it comes with a different name and location. The event previously known as Vagos Open Air, moved to Quinta da Marialva in Corroios, and change its name to VOA Fest. [...]

Not everyone is familiar with this fact, but absolutely worth mentioning: Tuska 20th anniversary happens in 2017 and to celebrate the occasion the organisers announced that a book, with the attempted title ”Tuska 20-vuotta”, will be written by the rock journalist Jone Nikula (involved in the festival organization since its origins). Tuska Festival book will be [...]

KATATONIA have released a new song, “Serein” on streaming, and you can listen to it bellow. This is the second track taken from their forthcoming record, “The Fall Of Hearts”, the first one was “Old Heart Falls” and is available in here. The new record, which is set to be released on the 20th of [...]

After having revealed its location and name change earlier this year, VOA Fest has closed its band billing for this year’s edition. The newly confirmed groups Equaleft, Abbath, Schammasch, Admiron and Soldier. These will join the previously announced bands Anthrax, Opeth, Kreator, Anathema, Katatonia, Mantar and Dark Oath. The event will take place in Corroios [...]

KATATONIA has released a new lyric video, for the track “Old Heart Falls” which can be seen bellow. This track was taken from their upcoming record “The Fall of Hearts”, that is due on the 20th of May via Peaceville Records. [...]

Karmøygeddon team organizes several club concerts and two festivals per year: Karmøygeddon (April) and Karmøygeddon Arctic (October) Karmøygeddon Metal Festival 2016 will be held on April 28-30 in Kopervik, Norway. With a pretty luxurious lineup, there is no surprise that organizers already announced that the tickets sales for the festival already surpassed the previous editions. [...]

“The Great Cold Distance” landmark album on KATATONIA’s career is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2016 and for the occasion they will perform an exclusive show in Bulgaria on the 22th of September. The event will take place at the majestic Roman Theater in Plovdiv, they will divide their performance in two sets. For the [...]

KATATONIA 10th album entitled “The Fall of Hearts” will be released on the 20th of May, featuring for the first time Roger Öjersson (Tiamat) on guitars and Daniel ’Mojjo’ Moilanen on the drums. With a long time collaboration with KATATONIA, the amazing artwork of the album was once again the work of designer/ illustrator Travis [...]

The festival previously known as Vagos Open Air is back, and with a few changes. First of all, the festival has changed its name to VOA Fest, and contrary to their previous editions, this year will take place on Corroios at Quinta da Marialva, on the 5th and 6th of August. The organization, Prime Artists, [...]