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MASTERS OF ROCK 2024 – 11. – 14. 7. 2024, VIZOVICE, R. Jelínek´s distillery – SECOND STAGE
The program of the SECOND STAGE of the MASTERS OF ROCK 2024 festival will be full of great bands again this year! Be sure to stop by! Today we're adding another quartet of confirmed bands!
APRIL WEEPS – Slovak atmospheric-metal staple. Their work is a varied mixture of doom, gothic, groove, death and black metal. They have three full-length albums to their credit, and as one of the very few Slovak bands, they managed to perform at the legendary Wacken Open Air festival. This year, ...
METALFEST OPEN AIR 2024 – 31st of May – 2nd of June 2024, Amphitheater Lochotín, PILSENThe SAFEBOX service, i.e. a locker, is becoming an integral part of summer festivals. Pilsen´s METALFEST, which starts in the Lochotín amphitheater already on May 31st, offers it for you too!SAFEBOX lockers are under the supervision of cameras and staff and also offer phone CHARGING and ALCO-TEST as separate services! Locker = a 50x30x30cm box to which you get a key and have NON-STOP access. A refundable key deposit of CZK 100 will be collected on the spot. Order your locker a...
...Masters of Rock Café!
ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN – Heavy Strings – 18.05.2024, 20:00 – ZLÍN, Masters of Rock Café
The nice and likeable singer ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN probably needs no further introduction. Rock-metal fans fell in love with her a long time ago, from her time in melancholic-metal band THE GATHERING. But ANNEKE loves music in all its forms and shapes and has managed to build a dazzling solo career!
The day after tomorrow, ANNEKE is coming to the Masters of Rock Café in Zlín with her new project "Heavy Strings"! This tour features a wide selection of he...
METALFEST OPEN AIR 2024 – 31. 5. – 2. 6. 2024, Amphitheater Lochotín, PILSENPILSEN is primarily the capital of beer. But also a very beautiful city with a varied tourist offer, interesting events and a relaxed atmosphere. And in addition, this year for the thirteenth time, also a city where metal fans from all over the world will gather at the end of May to experience 3 unforgettable days full of the best metal! METALFEST OPEN AIR will start in the Lochotín amphitheater on Friday, May 31st, and metal will rumble there until Sunday, June 2nd!And especially for MET...
...in March 2025 in PRAGUE! Ticket sales open!
DIRKSCHNEIDER – Balls To The Wall 40th Anniversary Tour – 1/3/2025 – PRAGUE, SaSaZu
German heavy metal singer UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER began his professional career in the mid-1970s with ACCEPT. Bassist Peter Baltes, the newest member of U.D.O. / DIRKSCHNEIDER bandy was also very involved in the creation of ACCEPT. During their time together in this legendary band, the famous record "Balls To The Wall" was also created. And it was this album had 40th Anniversary!
Udo's band DIRKSCHNEIDER, which plays only ACCEPT materi...
ENEMY INSIDE + special guest – European Tour 2025 – 14/03/2025 – PRAGUE, Storm club
The young metal band from Germany, ENEMY INSIDE, has not been on the world metal scene for long, but with their debut "Phoenix" (2018), they already made a great impression. Their willingness to experiment and create a special sound on the border between dark rock and modern metal paid off. With their second album "Seven", which thematically deals with the seven deadly sins, the band cemented its place at the top of the world's modern metal!
ENEMY INSIDE are going to tour Eu...
METALFEST OPEN AIR 2024 – 31.5. – 2. 6. 2024, Amphitheater Lochotín, PILSENThe 13th METALFEST OPEN AIR international metal festival is here in 2 weeks plus and English rock-metal sensation CRIMSON VEIL can't wait to see you all there! CRIMSON VEIL will appear on the stage of the Lochotín Amphitheater on Saturday, June 1st, before noon!
Brits CRIMSON VEIL create unique, ominous soundscapes. The band of four talented multi-instrumentalists who ingeniously combine elements of rock, metal and film music while lyrically covering esoteric themes accompanied by a dark visual aestheti...
...in October in PRAGUE!
POWERWOLF, HAMMERFALL, Wind Rose - Wolfsnächte Tour 2024 – 26.10.2024 – PRAGUE, Fortuna sports hallThat's right, less than a year after the last bow of the "United Forces" tour, the HAMMERFALL quintet of guitarist Oscar Dronjak, vocalist Joacim Cans, bassist Fredrik Larsson, guitarist Pontus Norgen and drummer David Wallin is back with ten brand new pieces of classic heavy metal! Their new record "Avenge The Fallen" will be released on August 9th!
“This is our 13th album”, Joacim Cans says with pride. “How do you still stay r...
...with a European tour next year! Live in March in PRAGUE!
DIRKSCHNEIDER – Balls To The Wall 40th Anniversary Tour – 1.3.2025 – PRAGUE, SaSaZu
DIRKSCHNEIDER. That's a name that means much more than just the second incarnation of U.D.O., the band of master and metal legend Udo Dirkschneider. In this form, the quintet pays tribute to the entire musical history of its iconic singer. As a composer, and even a founder, Udo was, in the 70s, one of the main characters in the success story of ACCEPT. Bassist Peter Baltes, the newest member of U.D.O. / DIRKSCHNEIDER band was also very i...
...in PRAGUE! We have a video invitation for you.
APOCALYPTICA – Plays Metallica Vol. 2 Tour 2024 – 11.10.2024 – PRAGUE, O2 universumFinnish cello legend APOCALYPTICA arrives on October 11th, 2024 as part of the European tour “APOCALYPTICA – Plays Metallica Vol. 2 Tour 2024" with a brand new, fantastic show to Prague's O2 universe.The guys made a new video invitation for you! They promise that this new show of theirs will be another unforgettable musical experience for you!APOCALYPTICA returns to its famous roots and releases a new album "Plays Metallica vol...
Live in November in PRAGUE!
THE IRON MAIDENS + Darkness Surrounding – 4/11/2024 – PRAGUE, Storm club
On November 4th, famous IRON MAIDEN hits will be performed in PRAGUE by the infamous, all-girl, well-known tribute band THE IRON MAIDENS! The girls can boast not only their visual beauty, but especially their excellent musical talent and remarkable live shows! THE IRON MAIDENS play IRON MAIDEN hits from all eras of the band's career, and as part of their great show, Iron Maiden's famous mascot Eddie also appears on stage!
THE IRON MAIDENS now confirm a special guest...
...next Saturday in ZLÍN!
ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN – Heavy Strings – 18.5.2024 – ZLÍN, Masters of Rock CaféMay is the time of love and we cordially invite you to a unique romantic evening in the company of the nice and likeable Dutch singer with an angelic voice, ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN, accompanied by a masterful string quartet and piano! This musical treat will take place next Saturday, May 18th, at the Masters of Rock Café in ZLÍN, and no rock, metal or classical music lover should miss it!
ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN's new music project is called "Heavy Strings" and it w...
MASTERS OF ROCK 2024 – 11. – 14. 7. 2024, VIZOVICE, R. Jelínek´s distillery – SECOND STAGE
On the SECOND STAGE of this year's jubilee, 20th edition of the MASTERS OF ROCK festival in VIZOVICE, more and more interesting bands are gradually being added. The SECOND STAGE program will be very diverse and colorful again! Today, the following bands are added to the list of performers: LORETTA, FORREST JUMP, PAVEL HANUS and METANOL.
LORETTA - metal dragon ladies from Brno are celebrating a spectacular return to the stages! Their melodic metal is always very welcome to the progr...
METALFEST OPEN AIR 2024 – 31.5. – 2.6. 2024, Amphitheater Lochotín, PILSEN
The 13th year of the international metal festival METALFEST OPEN AIR will start in PILSEN, Lochotín Amphitheater soon! The festival kicks off on Friday, May 31st at 12:30pm! The entrance to the festival area traditionally opens for you one hour before the start of the festival program, i.e. on Friday, May 31st at 11:30am!
This year, for the third time, METALFEST will run in a proven and reliable cashless payment system in the area and in its immediate vicinity. Paying with this "cashless" system i...
...at "MASTERS"!
MASTERS OF ROCK 2024 – 11. – 14. 7. 2024, VIZOVICE, R. Jelínek´s distillery After almost three years of hard work, famous metal matadors RAGE released their first double-album "Afterlifelines"! Just in time to celebrate its 40th anniversary! And they are coming to combine this beautiful anniversary with the important anniversary of their favorite festival, MASTERS OF ROCK in VIZOVICE, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! RAGE are preparing a brand new, spectacular show for you with the Lingua Mortis Orchestra and the main stage, called t...
Ticket sales are open!
FREEDOM CALL, Dragony - Silver Romantic Metal Nights5.12.2024 – PRAGUE, Storm6.12.2024 – ZLÍN, Masters of Rock Café"Silver Romance" is the name of the new album of German melodic-power metallers FREEDOM CALL, which out this Friday! This name fits perfectly in two ways. It not only marks the band's 25th anniversary, which singer/guitarist and band founder Chris Bay refers to as "our silver wedding anniversary", but also applies to the content of the record. “Quality, purity and brightness, freedom and lightness, these are the qual...
...one-day parking on sale!
METALFEST OPEN AIR 2024 – 31.5. – 2.6.2024, Amphitheater Lochotín, PILSEN
We managed to secure a new camping area, it is located in the near of the festival grounds. The new "RED CAMP" can be found on the festival map under number 8. Like the sold out campsites (blue and green), this campsite will be guarded, equipped with mobile toilets and shower trucks will be located nearby (for a fee). Please note, in campsites isn´t parking - only a short stop will be allowed to unload tents and luggage.
Parking is possible, for example...
...festival in MORAVSKÝ KRUMLOV!
ROCK CASTLE 2024 – 15th – 17th of August 2024, castle park, MORAVSKÝ KRUMLOVModern metal unit AD INFINITUM is setting the stage for a brand new chapter in the band's history! They released a new single "Outer Space"! The song comes with a visually interesting music video that opens the doors to an exciting and unexpected universe waiting to be discovered!
AD INFINITUM on “Outer Space”: “Welcome to a new page of the AD INFINITUM story where a new era begins. A journey from the ominous darkness of the Abyss to the freeing and ...
ROCK CASTLE 2024 - castle park, MORAVSKÝ KRUMLOV – 15th – 17th of August 2024For the fourth time this year, in the middle of August, rock and metal of world quality will be heard in the picturesque South Moravian town of MORAVSKÝ KRUMLOV, in the local pleasant castle park. The 4th edition of the 3-day international rock-metal festival ROCK CASTLE will take place from Thursday, August 15th to Saturday, August 17th, featuring 32 great bands from all over the world! The festival program is already online and you can find it
...and coming to present it in November in ZLÍN! Ticket sales start!
RHAPSODY OF FIRE, The Unity – Challenge The Wind European Tour 2024 – 22.11.2024 – ZLÍN, Masters of Rock Café
For over thirty years, fans of symphonic melodic metal can count on one thing: RHAPSODY OF FIRE do nothing by halves! These Italian masters of music can look back at their impressive catalog of 14 studio albums, three EPs and two live recordings to date, all of which contain warm heart, passion and an inexhaustible amount of ideas. Since 1993, the main brain of the band has been its founder Alex Sta...
SEPULTURA, Jinjer, Obituary, Jesus Piece – 23.11.2024 – PRAGUE, O2 universum – SOLD OUT!SEPULTURA, Jinjer, Obituary, Jesus Piece – 24.11.2024 – PRAGUE, O2 universum – ADDED DATE!Brazilian metal legends SEPULTURA are having a really lively year! Celebrating an incredible 40th anniversary already, they embarked on their last major world tour, the "Celebrating Life Through Death Farewell Tour", which is officially considered, indeed, a farewell. On top of all that, they are undergoing a major lineup change! Longtime drummer Eloy Casagrande recently left the band to pursue other mus...
MASTERS OF ROCK 2024 – 11. – 14. 7. 2024, VIZOVICE, R. Jelínek liquor store premises – SECOND STAGE
We continue to reveal the confirmed bands for the SECOND STAGE of this year's, jubilee, 20th edition of the MASTERS OF ROCK festival in VIZOVICE. The bands confirmed so far already indicate that the SECOND STAGE of the festival will once again have a very varied and interesting program. Today we confirm another quartet of bands. REVOLTONS, ROXOR, HAMR and TORRAX.
REVOLTONS - Italian heavy metal band active for more than 20 years! Last year they released their sixth album
Live in October in BRNO!
KISSIN´DYNAMITE, Massive Wagons, Airstrike – “Back With A Bang – Europe Tour 2024” – 12.10.2024 – BRNO, Sono CentrumKISSIN ́ DYNAMITE it´s always an explosion of energetic and catchy hard-rock! Now the boys are sending another of their new, highly addictive anthem 'My Monster', the second single from their upcoming album 'Back With A Bang', (out July 5th)! And the eternal flame of 80s glam-metal nostalgia burns on…
KISSIN DYNAMITE on “My Monster”: “Our new Single ‚My Monster‘ is about the monster within, every human knows. Yo...
MASTERS OF ROCK 2024 – 11th – 14th of July 2024 –R. Jelínek´s distillery, VIZOVICE
There is only a month and a half left until the start of the 20th edition of your favorite metal festival MASTERS OF ROCK in VIZOVICE. Most of you are already planning your stay in this picturesque Wallachian town, which become,s for four days in July, for 20 years already, an important place for all fans of metal music. Even for this year's festival, you are offered the option of accommodation almost in the center of the action, in the local CAMP SOKOLOVNA.
Accommodation here is possible ...
METALFEST OPEN AIR 2024 – 31.5. – 2.6.2024, Amphitheater Lochotín, PILSENMetal will roar again in PILSEN! And it will be very soon! Exactly in a month! From Friday 31st of May to Sunday 2nd of June in the traditional amphitheater Lochotín! Have you got your tickets yet? Are you getting ready? The 13th edition of this popular international metal festival will start on Friday, May 31st, already at 12:30 p.m., with the well-known and likeable German rockers APRIL ART! And then it will run like a well-oiled metal machine! A total of 25 world metal stars will be play on the festival stag...