Včeraj se je začela prodaja vstopnic za festival 70000 Tons of Metal 2023. Svojo sobo lahko rezervirate tukaj.

Do zdaj potrjeni bandi so: Abysmal Dawn, Amorphis, Cynic, Decrepit Birth, Destruction, Evergrey, Fallujah, Feuerschwanz, Fractal Universe, Insomnium, Jungle Rot, Kamelot, Korpiklaani, Kreator, Mǻnegarm, Melechesh, Nightmare, Nightwish, Novembre, Obscura, Oceans Of Slumber, Rotting Christ, Sirenia, Uli Jon Roth, Visions Of Atlantis, Warbringer.

Night Demon so objavili koncertni video za priredbo Scorpions klasike In Trance, v kateri se jim je pritdružil tudi Uli Jon Roth, nekdanji kitarist skupine Scorpions.

 

Kanadski rockerji Toque so objavili videospot za skladbo Never Enough For You, ki se nahaja na njihovem aktualnem drugem albumu z naslovom Never Enough.

Toque sestavljajo vokalist/kitarist Todd Kerns (The Age Of Electric, ex-Slash, ex-Sin City Sinners), basist Brent Fitz (ex-Alice Cooper, ex-Slash, ex-BulletBoys), bobnar Shane Gaalaas (ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, ex-Michael Schenker Group, ex-Uli Jon Roth) in kitarist Cory Churko (Shania Twain, Kelly Clarkson).

Uli Jon Roth je objavil skladbo In Trance z albuma Scorpions Revisited, ki bo izšel marca in vseboval na novo posnete klasike skupine Scorpions. /P.G./

Uli Jon Roth bo 10. marca izdal album Scorpions Revisited, trenutno pa že lahko prisluhnete komadu Catch Your Train. /T.U./

Uli Jon Roth bo marca izdal dvojni album Scorpions: Revisited, na katerem se bo nahajalo devetnajst klasik zasedbe Scorpions, ki pa jih bo Uli odigral nekoliko drugače. /T.U./

Kitarski mojster Michael Angelo Batio (Nitro) je objavil videospot za single 8 Pillars Of Steel z novega albuma Intermezzo. Skladbo je Batio napisal skupaj z dolgoletnim prijateljem Marcom McNallyjem, gostujoče solaže pa so prispevali tudi George Lynch (ex-Dokken, Lynch Mob, KXM), Elliott Dean Rubinson (Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker), Jeff Loomis (Conquering Dystopia, ex-Nevermore, ex-Sanctuary), Craig Godly (ex-Dio), Dave Reffett (Shredding The Envelope), Andrea Martongelli (Arthemis), Rusty Cooley (Day Of Reckoning) in bobnarski virtuoz Joe Babiak. /B.B./

Sabaton, U.D.O., Eskimo Callboy, Van Canto in Circle II Circle (s posebno setlisto hitov skupine Savatage) so nove potrjene skupine za festival Full Metal Cruise, ki se bo odvijal od 5. do 12. maja na križarjenju na poti Hamburg, Southampton, Le Havre, Amsterdam, Hamburg. Omenjene skupine se pridružujejo že potrjenim bandom: Doro, Gamma Ray, Firewind, Betontod, Mambo Kurt, Bembers in headlinerjem In Extremo. Na ladji bosta s svojimi klinikami prisotna tudi bobnar Jörg Michael in kitarist Uli Jon Roth. /P.G./

Circle II Circle, Arsis in The Absence so zadnji potrjeni bandi za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal med 24. in 28. januarjem 2011 na križarjenju od Miamija do mehiškega otoka Cozumel. Poleg njih bodo nastopili Agent Steel, Amon Amarth, Blackguard, Blind Guardian, Cripper, Dark Tranquillity, Death Angel, Destruction, Duskmachine, Ensiferum, Epica, Exodus, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Forbidden, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, Korpiklaani, Malevolent Creation, Marduk, Moonspell, Nevermore, Obituary, Rage, Raven, Sabaton, Sanctuary, Saxon, Sodom, Sonata Arctica, Swashbuckle, Testament, Trouble, Twilight Of The Gods, Týr, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed, Voivod in Witchburner. Vsak band bo nastopil dvakrat. /P.G./

Destruction in Malevolent Creation sta nova potrjena banda za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal med 24. in 28. januarjem 2011 na križarjenju od Miamija do mehiškega otoka Cozumel. Poleg njih bodo nastopili Agent Steel, Amon Amarth, Blackguard, Blind Guardian, Cripper, Dark Tranquillity, Death Angel, Duskmachine, Ensiferum, Epica, Exodus, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Forbidden, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, Korpiklaani, Marduk, Moonspell, Nevermore, Obituary, Rage, Raven, Sabaton, Sanctuary, Saxon, Sodom, Sonata Arctica, Swashbuckle, Testament, Trouble, Twilight Of The Gods, Týr, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed in Witchburner.

DuskMachine so 37. izmed 40 bandov, ki bodo nastopili na festivalu 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal med 24. in 28. januarjem 2011 na križarjenju od Miamija do mehiškega otoka Cozumel. Poleg njih bodo nastopili Agent Steel, Amon Amarth, Blackguard, Blind Guardian, Cripper, Dark Tranquillity, Death Angel, Ensiferum, Epica, Exodus, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Forbidden, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, Korpiklaani, Marduk, Moonspell, Nevermore, Obituary, Rage, Raven, Sabaton, Sanctuary, Saxon, Sodom, Sonata Arctica, Swashbuckle, Testament, Trouble, Twilight Of The Gods, Týr, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed in Witchburner.

Voivod so nov potrjen band za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal. Poleg njih so potrjeni tudi Agent Steel, Amon Amarth, Blackguard, Blind Guardian, Cripper, Dark Tranquillity, Death Angel, Ensiferum, Epica, Exodus, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Forbidden, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, Korpiklaani, Marduk, Moonspell, Nevermore, Obituary, Rage, Raven, Sabaton, Sanctuary, Saxon, Sodom, Sonata Arctica, Swashbuckle, Testament, Trouble, Týr, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed in Witchburner. /P.G./

Air Force so posneli EP s štirimi skladbami in omogočili brezplačen dostop do njega. Gre za »all-star« projekt, ki ga je ustanovil Ango Tasso (Mike Vescera Project), njegovi člani pa so še vokalist Mark Boals (ex- Malmsteen, Uli Jon Roth, Royal Hunt, itd), basist Mike LePond (Symphony X) in bobnar Rhino (ex- Manowar). Lokacije, s katerih lahko posnamete EP, najdete na MySpace strani projekta. /M.P./

Blind Guardian in Blackguard sta nova potrjena banda za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal. Poleg njih so potrjeni tudi Agent Steel, Amon Amarth, Cripper, Dark Tranquillity, Death Angel, Ensiferum, Epica, Exodus, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Forbidden, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, Korpiklaani, Marduk, Moonspell, Nevermore, Obituary, Rage, Raven, Sabaton, Sanctuary, Saxon, Sodom, Sonata Arctica, Swashbuckle, Testament, Trouble, Týr, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed in Witchburner. /P.G./

Dark Tranquillity so nov potrjen band za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal. Poleg njih so potrjeni tudi Agent Steel, Amon Amarth, Cripper, Death Angel, Ensiferum, Epica, Exodus, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Forbidden, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, Korpiklaani, Marduk, Moonspell, Nevermore, Obituary, Rage, Raven, Sanctuary, Saxon, Sodom, Sonata Arctica, Swashbuckle, Testament, Trouble, Týr, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed in Witchburner. Vsak band bo nastopil dvakrat: Saxon bodo v enem nastopu odigrali album Wheels Of Steel v celoti, v drugem pa album Strong Arm Of The Law. /P.G./