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05.12.2008
Essen Show moved to JUZ Papestrasse (read more)

For reasons of fire prevention the METALFEST Extended Show in Essen has been moved to the Jugendzentrum Pappestrasse. Tickets for this show will be out of print soon.

11.11.2008
And the winner is... (read more)

After a hard fight here is the final decision: Together with the METALFEST bands following bands will make this evening an unforgettable one!

In Pratteln: Omophagia
In Bamberg: god..s second son
In Osnabrück: Deus Inversus
In Essen: Demise Empire
In Amsterdam: Carach Angren

Let the carnage begin!

31.10.2008
Voting ended

The bandvoting for the metalfest has ended. We will now count the votes and announce the winners on Nov 11th.

27.10.2008
Belphegor to perform in Munich!

The extreme metal package of the year gets diabolical support in Munich! No less a figur than Austrias death/black-metal figureheads BELPHEGOR will join METALFEST in Munich and will raze the Backstage club to the ground! Bondage Goat Zombies in pure culture!

04.10.2008
Local Support Voting

Thank you very much for the great zeal and fair game during the METALFEST Local Support Voting! You can cast your vote for your personal favourite-band until 1st of October. Afterwards we will check out the validity of all votes before it goes on to say: "... and the winner is:" - Good Luck!

04.10.2008
Metalfest Web-Shop Online!

Dear friends of extreme sound-creations! From now, the official METALFEST online shop offers you sufficient munition for taking part in the most extreme tour of the year. Apart from the original hardtickets for different dates, you have the opportunity to order the limited special-packages (ticket + t-shirt + flag) and instantly you find yourself in the core of the battle next to MORBID ANGEL, KATAKLYSM & Co. You want to join this total armaggeddon? Then it would be better to order your tickets immediately...

28.08.2008
THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT in Antwerpen (read more)

Another representative of Hollands ambitious death metal scene will make a guest performance at the METALFEST TOUR 2008 - together with METALFESTs finest death artists, THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT will raze the Hof Ter Loo in Antwerpen to the ground!

06.08.2008
THYRFING & HACKNEYED confirmed for Extended Shows! (read more)

Pagan & Gore @ METALFEST! With THYRFING a community of heathen sorcerers, who are spiritually immersed in the black metal horizon, enrich the METALFEST-Line-Up on 2 of 5 Extended-Show-evenings in total. The brutal-death-fraction can start looking forward to the youngsters of HACKNEYED, who will be included in the package for 3 times and definitely care for a champion-like gore-experience in the modern way of grinding. Fasten your seat belts, because this is certainly not enough…

05.12. CH - Pratteln, Z7 + Aborted + Thyrfing
06.12. DE - Bamberg, Hauptsmoorhalle + Aborted + Thyrfing + Hackneyed
19.12. DE - Osnabrück, N8 + Aborted + Hackneyed
20.12. DE - Essen, Weststadthalle + Aborted + Hackneyed
21.12. NL – Amsterdam, Melkweg + Aborted + Hail Of Bullets

04.08.2008
Keep Of Kalessin - New Video Interview (read more)

Eternal Terror webzine recorded an informative video-interview with Norwegian dark bards KEEP OF KALESSIN at the Slottsfjell festival in Tonsberg, Norway. You can watch the 8-minute clip, which includes performance and backstage footage, here.

Besides that, KEEP OF KALESSIN recently finished their recordings for their new video-clip for the song "Ascendant". Director Patrick Ullaes, who has already worked with bands like Dimmu Borgir, Within Tempation and In Flames, was responsible for the production. Watch the clip at the band's myspace-site

www.myspace.com/keepofkalessin

31.07.2008
A new star upon the death-metal-horizon (read more)

Holland strikes back with a new, mighty death-hammer called HAIL OF BULLETS. The all-star-team, which is formed by past and present members of the bands Asphyx, Gorefest and Thanatos, rises the old-school-sceptre at the METALFEST Extended Show in Amsterdam (Melkweg) and completes the heavy package with original brutality from the Netherlands. Tales of frost and war become cruel reality!

21.12.2008 NL - Amsterdam, Melkweg + Aborted + Hail Of Bullets

31.07.2008
Your band at METALFEST 2008? (read more)

You are an aspiring metal band and you want to present your music to a huge audience? Now you get this unique opportunity to contribute as special guest to the extreme-metal-package of the year. On one of the upcoming METALFEST EXTENDED SHOWS, your band can become the opening act of legendary top-bands as MORBID ANGEL, KATAKLYSM, MARDUK, KEEP OF KALESSIN and ARSIS. For further infos check SUPPORT. Lets go!

31.07.2008
METALFEST Extended Shows: More Bands, more Metal, more Thrills! (read more)

Exorbitant death-indulgence satisfies your metallic dispositions on 5 respectively selected dates of this year’s METALFEST tour and dismembers your dark souls like rasping balm:

05.12.2008 CH - Pratteln, Z7 06.12.2008 DE - Bamberg, Hauptsmoorhalle 19.12.2008 DE - Osnabrück, N8 20.12.2008 DE - Essen, Weststadthalle 21.12.2008 NL - Amsterdam, Melkweg

Beside the standard line-up, other international acts of the current, brutal superlative will contribute to the upcoming metal-massacre tour and provide you with the rest of a total, acoustic overkill. On the spot, the Belgian slaughterers of ABORTED, who have recently released their latest apocalyptic carnage “Strychnine 213”, will occupy all 5 dates. More special guests for the Extended Shows go official soon! What a hammer!

31.07.2008
Let the slaughter begin - METALFEST Tour 2008! (read more)

Dear friends of extreme sound-creations! Prepare your spikes, leather and denim for the upcoming winter coldness, because this year's winter will become the darkest and coldest ever! This secenario will be caused by an international mob of death- and black metal creatures, which will provide you with a total armaggeddon that your souls will fall into pieces. Welcome on bord, merciless top-acts out of the present scene, who'll make the hearts of extreme-metal-purists beat harder:

MORBID ANGEL KATAKLYSM MARDUK KEEP OF KALESSIN ARSIS & Special Guest (Voting Winner)

Be there and prepare for bestial attack on the club near you!

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