The initial lineup has been revealed for next year’s Wacken Open Air festival. The event will be held in Wacken, Germany on July 30 to August 2 and it will feature: Machine Head, Saltatio Mortis, Papa Roach, Gojira, Apocalyptica, Saxon, Within Temptation, Dimmu Borgir, Ministry, Michael Schenker (“My Years With UFO” set), Peyton Parrish, Beyond…
The nominees have been unveiled for this year’s German Metal Hammer Awards. You can see who got nominated in each category below. The event will take place at the Uber Eats Music Hall in Berlin, Germany on August 31. Nominees: Best German: * Accept * Big Teutonic Four (Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, Tankard) * Dirkschneider /…
Apocalyptica have announced a headlining North American tour. Nita Strauss will open. Tour Dates: 02/06 Washington, DC – Warner Theatre 02/07 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia 02/08 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre 02/11 New York, NY – Brooklyn Paramount 02/12 Montreal, QC – MTELUS 02/13 Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre 02/14 Cincinnati, OH…
Apocalyptica have shared their cover of Metallica’s “The Call Of Ktulu.” The track, which features the late great Cliff Burton’s original bassline, is from the band’s new album, “Apocalyptica Plays Metallica, Vol. 2,“ which will be released on June 7. Eicca Toppinen commented: “I’ve learned in life that if you have crazy ideas it’s always…
Apocalyptica have premiered a new video for their cover of Metallica‘s “One.” The track, which features Metallica‘s James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo, is from the band’s new album, “Apocalyptica Plays Metallica, Vol. 2,“ which will be released on June 7. Eicca Toppinen commented: “I think it’s incredible that James wanted to do it. We were…
Apocalyptica have revealed that their cover of Metallica’s “One” will be released on May 17. The track, which features Metallica’s James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo, will appear on the band’s new album “Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2.” That effort will be released on June 7. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Apocalyptica…
Apocalyptica have premiered a new video for their cover of Metallica’s “The Unforgiven II.” That track is from the band’s new covers album, “Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2,” which will be released on June 7. Cellist Perttu Kivilaakso said the following about the single: “We wanted to balance what we were doing between old and…
Apocalyptica have premiered a new video for their cover of Metallica’s “The Four Horsemen.” The track, which features Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, will appear on the band’s new covers album “Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2.” That effort will be released on June 7. The group commented: “The first single we want to present to you…
Apocalyptica have parted ways with drummer Mikko Sirén. The band commented: “Some of you may have already seen us playing without our drummer Mikko Siren in Brasil and Mexico earlier this year…or have heard rumors to this effect. We are very sorry to have to inform you that we have amicably parted ways with Mikko…
Apocalyptica will be hitting the road on the “Plays Metallica Vol. 2” tour later this year. You can find the dates for that European run below. Tour Dates: 06/08 Helsinki, FIN – Ice Hall 09/13 Dubai, UAE – TBA 09/19 Istanbul, TUR – Zorlu PSM 09/21 Stockholm, SWE – Kagelbanan 09/22 Oslo, NOR – Rockefeller…
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