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Sziget Festival has reached a new milestone by selling out all of the 7 Days Passes before July. The Island of Freedom will also set a new record in the number of nationalities represented at the event, as presales ticket buyers come from a total of 102 countries. Important hint for late-buyers: day tickets are still available, but make sure you decide quickly!

The Budapest-based major festival has attracted a growing number of visitors for the last years and – in spite of an increased capacity – has already sold all 5 Days and 7 Days Passes for the 2016 edition. All Sziget passes include camping possibility, so the organizers also wanted to make sure Szitizens staying onsite can find enough places for their tents.

‘2016 is clearly a record-breaking year for us...

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We are again giving You the opportunity to create Your own Brutal Assault poster! Our simple website app lets You pick 10 of Your favourite bands from this year’s line-up and put them in order based on Your preferences. In the next step You can add info about the total number of editions You’ve visited and then we’ll generate the poster for You. The poster is available for download or sharing on Your facebook page. There are several genre-centred versions of the poster based on the selected bands, so we have something for everyone! As a bonus, You can win the festival hardcover book we put out last year to celebrate 20 years of the festival and festival hoodie simply by sharing Your poster on facebook! Available designs in the photo below, info on the book in here: http://brutalassault...

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One of the final lineup updates will leave us with only five announced bands but unfortunately starts with bad news as EYEHATEGOD had to postpone all their European appearances including Brutal Assault. They’ll be replaced by Latvian sludgy post metal TESA. Next on the lineup are the Hungarian Soulfly-style-epigones EKTOMORF and a handful of Czech bands. These however are no fillers, make sure to check them out! First double death metal combo lead by the same mastermind: BRUTALLY DECEASEDand HEAVING EARTH. The first are playing classic Swedish death with their own twist to it, they got their third album on the way and deffo are not just a plain retro but a true powerhouse of their own! The 2015 album Denouncing the Holy Throne by HEAVING EARTH was one of the best death metal record...

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As announced before the RheinRiot 2016 at the Live Music Hall in Cologne will take place after W:O:A has ended.

The party begins on August 7th, 2016 and therefore during the deconstruction phase of the W:O:A. So this might be the perfect break for everyone who is traveling back south after W:O:A has ended and for those who can’t get enough Metal!

The event will be headlined by the incomparable Arch Enemy. The band just had some lineup changes and got even stronger with the new lineup.

DevilDriver from the USA are a true guarantor for epic live shows too and we are looking forward to hear their new songs live!

The program continues with Bliksem from Belgium, which are producing grade A Thrash Metal and also rely on female power at the mic. More Thrash you say? Here wo go, with Kryptos, the ...

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You still got seven weeks of dusting Your bones before the festival hell breaks out, but we have already revealed 95% of the line-up and right now we’re bringing You the festival SCHEDULE, where You can find out which bands play in the respective days.

Also we are again giving You the opportunity to create Your own Brutal Assault poster! Our simple website app lets You pick 10 of Your favourite bands from this year’s line-up and put them in order based on Your preferences. In the next step You can add info about the total number of editions You’ve visited and then we’ll generate the poster for You. The poster is available for download or sharing on Your facebook page...

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You still got seven weeks of dusting Your bones before the festival hell breaks out, but we have already revealed 95% of the line-up and right now we’re bringing You the festival SCHEDULE, where You can find out which bands play in the respective days.
http://brutalassault.cz/en/schedule/

Also we are again giving You the opportunity to create Your own Brutal Assault poster! Our simple website app lets You pick 10 of Your favourite bands from this year’s line-up and put them in order based on Your preferences. In the next step You can add info about the total number of editions You’ve visited and then we’ll generate the poster for You. The poster is available for download or sharing on Your facebook page...

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Idag lanserar vi en kampanj som handlar om Bråvalla. Det handlar inte om artister eller några nyheter för årets festival. Vi vill presentera Bråvalla på ett annat sätt, där vi beskriver hur vi jobbar, hur vi ser på saker och ting och vad vi tycker att en festival ska vara. Vi kallar det för Vi Är Festivalen. Vi gör detta för att det finns så mycket mer med festivalen att prata om än vad som ryms i en facebookpost eller på 140 tecken. På www.viärfestivalen.se får du träffa några av oss som jobbar med festivalen. Pantea som ser till att allt finns på plats när du kommer till festivalen, Johanna som har hand om alla artister och Julia som ser till att det finns en massa god mat att äta på festivalen.

Allt du läser om på sajten handlar om gemenskap, för när man kokar...

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We can present you the Wacken Open Air Running Order for 2016!

The Running Order is available HERE.

Born to lose, live to win – A Farewell to Lemmy
This year’s Night to Remember is going to end with an homage to the passed away Lemmy Kilmister. Motörhead wanted to rock Wacken again, but it sadly came differently.

Dio Disciples feat. a very special guest
At the end of the festival, we will remember another legend. The Dio Disciples, friends and co-musicians of Ronnie James Dio, will share the stage with very special guest.

At the same time we also have to announce the cancellation of Lamb of God. The band is going to record a new album and called off the scheduled shows.

FESTIVAL ALPHABET 2016 IS ONLINE!
The reworked Festival Alphabet for W:O:A 2016 is online...

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First of all thank you for your support and amazing interest in the early bird tickets! Out now for sale is the final edition of the tickets priced at 80€. This edition is available ’till August 8th and we strongly recomend you not to wait for the box office tickets, that will be available only if the fest is not sold out. The box office price will be 88€.

Next, we have acquired new hotel rooms, that are now available for purchase via our hotel order form here. These hotel Ales rooms are located in the same building where hotel Alessandria is and they even share the same reception. Available is only a limited quantity of double and triple rooms and couple of 4 beds suites.

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36 dagar är allt som står mellan oss och sommarens bästa fest. Nu kan vi presentera ytterligare åtta akter från hela musikspektrat! Vi välkomnar Graveyard, Laakso, Movits!, Børns, Mwuana, Tired Lion, Public Service Broadcasting och Smith and Thell.

GRAVEYARD
Trummisen Axel Sjöberg har en axeltatuering som försäkrar att han spelar ”true Göteborg gubbrock” och det är något som alla medlemmar i det internationellt hyllade Graveyard gärna står bakom. Utifrån publikens perspektiv är rock/bluesbandet ett band man efter fyra album nämner i samma andetag som legendarerna i Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy och Led Zeppelin. Precis som om att det är de som bibehåller nostalgisk rock i modern tid, och kanske för att deras förmåga att göra det är så förbannat bra...