Tag: Wacken

Interview: GWAR talk “The New Dark Ages” with KnotFest!

Or to be a little more precise, GWAR talk about their new album “The New Dark Ages” and it’s Graphic Novel counterpart “The Duoverse Of Absurdity” with Sophie K from KnotFest at Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany. All of which can only mean that the band actually survived their August tour with Party Cannon,

Interview: Nasty talk Wacken with KnotFest!

Armed with a pair of new singles, German Hardcore Heavyweights Nasty joined the masses at Wacken Open Air Festival but not without taking a moment to speak to Sophie K from KnotFest. The topic of conversation ranges from the meaning of new single “Resurrection“, recording a new album, playing to different types of crowds and

Bootleg: “Shadowminds” from The Halo Effect!

It’s seems incredible but Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany reached its 31st incarnation this summer. There to celebrate were Swedish Melodic Death Metal Supergroup The Halo Effect, four parts former members of In Flames alongside Dark Tranquillity vocalist Mikael Stanne who offer a path the the roots of the Gothenburg Sound with their debut

Bootleg: Nephylim at Wacken Metal Battle 2022!

Grabbing the Bull by the horns Dutch Melodic Death Metallers Nephylim got Magenta Musik to film their set as they finished 4th of 28 bands to take on the challenge of the Wacken Metal Battle. The band blitz through four cuts in this 20 minute set with their 2020 full length album “Severance Of Serenity”

Documentary: Bleed From Within at Wacken Open Air Festival 2022!

Tom JD Armstrong got behind the camera to document this behind the scenes featurette as Glaswegian Metalcore Kings Bleed From Within walked where Gods fear to tread and took on the main stage at the legendary Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany for the first time. Part of a wider summer Festival run around the

Bootleg: Skeletonwitch at Wacken!

Long before the magnificent “Devouring Radiant Light” was even a twinkle in the evil eyes of Skeletonwitch, descended on the legendary Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany for a set of Blackened Thrash nightmares. Including “Upon Wings Of Black“, “Beyond The Permafrost” and “Crushed Beyond Dust“, the pro-shot full set features original vocalist Chance Garnette

Bootleg: Sepultura at Wacken in 2018!

We could argue long into the night over a bottle of Bourbon around a campfire about which Sepultura songs qualify as bonefide classics but with this portion of the Brazilian Thrash Gods set at the Bullhead City Circus at Wacken in 2018, the organizers have expressed their opinion. To be fair, they wouldn’t be too

Bootleg: Sepultura at Wacken!

Celebrating the last decade of aggression, the organisers of Wacken Open Air Festival have shared a full pro-shot set from Brazilian Thrash Gods Sepultura in 2011. The set comes as the band have announced that they will be releasing a quarantine collaboration album on 13th August titled “SepulQuarta” that will see the bands collaborations with

Bootleg: Deathstars at Wacken!

Oh what might have been had 2020 not been ripped from our arms by the Great Plague. Swedish Industrial Masters Deathstars would have been on a European tour trek for one thing but instead we are left remaining with this pro-shot full set from 2019 when they played the Bullhead City Circus at the 30th