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For nearly a quarter of a century, Dong Open Air has stood as one of Germany’s most beloved independent metal festivals, bringing together passionate fans, legendary artists, and rising stars in a truly unique setting. Perched atop the scenic Halde Norddeutschland in Neukirchen-Vluyn, the festival combines breathtaking views with thunderous riffs, creating an atmosphere unlike any other event on the …

Sepultura stand as one of the most influential metal bands ever to emerge from South America, but the story of the Brazilian pioneers has entered its final chapter over the last five years. Formed in 1984 in Belo Horizonte, Sepultura spent decades reshaping heavy music through a groundbreaking blend of thrash metal, death metal, groove metal, hardcore, and Brazilian musical …

It was after seeing a show at The Tote Hotel in Melbourne that Floodlights came together. When the band gathered, Louis Parsons and Ashlee Kehoe both played guitar and sang, with Parsons taking the lead vocals and Kehoe adding harmonica. Joe Draffen played bass and Archie Shannon, a member of the more experimental Dragoons, drummed and used his experience to …

Lily Allen is heading Down Under for her biggest Australian and New Zealand headline tour to date, bringing her acclaimed fifth album, West End Girl, to arenas across the region this October and November. The tour marks Allen’s first Australian and New Zealand shows in more than seven years, following her 2019 No Shame tour. Few British pop artists have …

For more than two decades, August Burns Red have been proving that metalcore can be both brutally heavy and ridiculously ambitious. Formed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 2003, the five-piece have built a reputation on precision riffing, throat-shredding vocals, breakdowns that hit like a wrecking ball and a willingness to push their sound beyond genre boundaries. Albums such as Constellations (2009) …

Slift was formed in Toulouse in 2016 by brothers Jean and Remi Fossat. Jean handled guitar, vocals, and synthesizers; Remi was on bass; and the band was rounded out by drummer Canek Flores. Their first recordings were more on the psychedelic garage rock side of things, with undercurrents of science fiction and space rock influences. This sound showed up on …