Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 21, 2019
When the summer festival season arrives, bands tend to pack in a few extra dates to make a short tour out of it. With these particular treks, it can make any fan feel extra special as there’s some unspeakable uniqueness about it. For those who recently attended one of Gojira’s sold out shows on their […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on June 13, 2019
Jacksonville, Florida has been host to Welcome To Rockville since its inception in 2011. Located along the banks of the St. Johns River, Metropolitan Park came to life once again when roughly 99,000 people attended the sold-weekend this past May 3rd-5th. Day 1: Friday, May 3rd As my first-time attending Welcome To Rockville, I was […]
Posted by Metal Insider on May 7, 2019
Meshuggah are currently touring across the U.S, which includes a handful of festival dates. Next week, these “apologetic djent pioneers” will make an appearance at New York City’s Hammerstein ballroom with The Black Dahlia Murder on May 16th. To celebrate the group’s return, we are giving away a pair of tickets. All you have to […]
Posted by Joe Koza on February 1, 2019
With 2019 just underway, it’s time to start preparing for the year’s most anticipated touring cycles. Here are ten North American treks we’re looking forward to see so far. 10) Children of Bodom (w/ Swallow the Sun, Wolfheart) Finland’s Children of Bodom will be hitting the road this March in support of their tenth studio album, Hexed, […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 22, 2019
Meshuggah will be performing at a handful of festivals this summer including Welcome t Rockville, Epicenter, Sonic Temple, and Chicago Open Air. To celebrate their appearance, these Swedish extreme tech-metal (apologetic djent pioneers) innovators will embark on a U.S treck. The band will continue to promote their latest effort, 2016’s The Violent Sleep of Reason […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on December 11, 2018
When Chicago Open Air made its debut in 2016 it came out swinging! Spread over three days at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois with inaugural headliners like Rammstein, Disturbed, and Slipknot the bar was set extremely high. It was aimed to be the place every metal fan wanted to be in July. Running two years […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on December 10, 2018
Announced today, the debut of Epicenter by Danny Wimmer Presents, will bring three days of Rock ‘N Roll to Rockingham, North Carolina. Mark your calendars, for May 10th, 11th & 12th, 2019, because the newly created Rockingham Festival Grounds will play host to the first-ever Epicenter Festival. Foo Fighters, Tool and Korn are set to […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on December 3, 2018
With all the new festivals being revealed by Danny Wimmer in the past few months, an announcement today saw the return of Welcome To Rockville in Jacksonville, Florida. Metropolitan Park will once again play host over three days in May 2019 as more than 50 bands, and 90,000+ fans converge in Jacksonville the weekend of […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 6, 2018
Wacken Open Air festival just ended this past Saturday (4th) and today (6th), over 50,000 tickets have been sold for next year. 2019 will mark the festival’s thirtieth anniversary as the event is scheduled to return on August 1st through 3rd. Eleven bands have been confirmed thus far, including celebrating 20 years of Sabaton. Check […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 24, 2018
The popularity with many metal subgenres can be compared to the consistency of a rollercoaster – It moves in all directions, for better or worse. With that said, who can forget djent? Whether you’re a fan or not, experimental metal giants Meshuggah are considered the father of the genre and guitarist Mårten Hagström has apologized […]
