Indianapolis will rock in September!

The second annual Indianapolis Metal Fest will take place on September 26th & 27th, 2008 at the Madame Walker Theater, located at 617 Indiana Avenue in Indianapolis. This year's festival line-up will feature performances from such metallic faves as Bleed The Sky, Daylight Dies, Kittie, Dew Scented, Into Eternity, Divine Heresy, Psyopus, Black Chapel, Mustasch and Demiricous, among many others; a total of 60 bands will perform across the two-day event.

"In addition to a great American lineup, we're bringing in bands from Sweden, Germany, France, South America, and Canada," says festival promoter Rob Mason. "Mustasch, for example, are huge in Europe. They recently won the Swedish equivalent of a Grammy award, and they're making their U.S. debut at Indianapolis Metal Fest."

Launched to widespread acclaim in 2007, the festival has already outgrown its humble roots, but still provides support for up-and-coming metal bands. "Even though the fest has increased in size, I'm very dedicated to the idea that IMF will be a catalyst to present opportunities to local and regional talent," says Mason. "A band we put on the stage at IMF last year was signed as a direct result of their performance. They weren't a local band, but the opportunity was there."

Tickets to this enormous event are already on sale ($30 advance/$40 at the door for both days) and can be purchased through the Indianapolis Metal Fest website.

Demiricous (photo above, courtesy Metal Blade Records) - "To Serve Is To Destroy"

The Red Chord & Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival

Metal Blade label band The Red Chord will be hitting the road this summer as part of the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. The Red Chord will be performing on the Hot Topic stage along with Underoath, Black Tide and 36 Crazy Fists.

Co-sponsored by Revolver magazine, the festival also offers plenty of other face-bashers, head-bangers and ear-mashers. Machine Head, Airbourne, Five Finger Death Punch and Walls of Jericho will be appearing on the Jagermeister stage while Mastodon, Dragonforce, Disturbed and Slipknot will tear up the main stage. Full details on the event can be found on the Mayhem Festival website.

Johnny Orlando Jr. of the Antibiotic Resistant Metal Show interviewed Guy Kozowyk about The Red Chord's metal from the 22nd century. Check out the video on MySpace metal.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM FESTIVAL
07/09 - Seattle WA @ White River Amphitheatre
07/11 - Sacramento CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
07/12 - San Francisco CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre (Mountain View)
07/13 - San Bernardino CA @ Glen Helen Pavilion
07/15 - Fresno CA @ Save Mart Center
07/16 - San Diego CA @ Coors Amphitheatre
07/18 - Phoenix AZ @ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
07/19 - Albuquerque NM @ Journal Pavilion
07/20 - Denver CO @ Coors Amphitheatre (Fiddler's Green)
07/22 - Kansas City MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
07/23 - St. Louis MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/25 - Dallas TX @ Superpages.com Center
07/26 - San Antonio TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
07/27 - Houston TX @ Sam Houston Race Park
07/29 - Tampa FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
07/30 - W. Palm Beach FL @ Cruzan Amphitheater
08/01 - Virginia Beach VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
08/02 - Pittsburgh PA @ Post-Gazette Pavilion
08/03 - Uniondale NY @ Nassau Coliseum
08/05 - Boston MA @ Tweeter Center for Performing Arts
08/06 - Scranton PA @ Toyota Pavilion
08/08 - Toronto ON @ Downsview Park
08/09 - Detroit MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/10 - Chicago IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
08/12 - Atlanta GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
08/13 - Indianapolis IN V@ erizon Wireless Music Center
08/15 - Camden NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
08/16 - Hartford CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
08/17 - Washington DC @ Nissan Pavilion
08/19 - Buffalo NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Metalmania 2007 DVD

The annual Metalmania festival may well be the biggest, baddest shindig on the European continent, and our friends at Music Video Distributors will be bringing the best of the fest to your home on May 13, 2008. Last year's festival will be released as Metalmania 2007, a two-disc, DVD/CD set with an explosive line-up of talent.

The Metalmania 2007 DVD features performances by metal legends Testament and Sepultura; doom-metal giants Paradise Lost and Entombed; cult bands Vital Remains and Destruction; and up-n-coming bands like Zyklon, Darzamat and Korpiklaani. Shot with an amazing seven cameras, the performances caught on tape are the next best thing to being there. The DVD also includes band biographies and discographies, web links, a photo gallery, festival history, desktop images, and short interviews with all the main stage bands.

The bonus CD focuses on the developing young Polish metal scene, featuring electric performances from bands like Tyr, Carnal, Horrorscope, Witchking, Benediction and others. This incredible two-disc set runs over four hours altogether, and will sport an affordable $19.95 list price – crazy-cheap, really, for a boppin' metal set of this magnitude!

Paganfest 2008 North American Tour

Fresh from stomping across Europe, Finnish folk-metal titans Ensiferum will be headlining the 26-date North American Paganfest tour, beginning on April 25th, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario. Turisas, Tyr and Eluveitie will be sharing the stage with Ensiferum, bringing each band's riff-happy brand of pagan metal to the masses. Dates are listed below, check out the Paganfest web site for more info, etc.

04/25/2008 @ The Opera House - Toronto, ON
04/26/2008 @ Medley - Montreal, QC
04/27/2008 @ The Palladium - Worcester, MA
04/28/2008 @ Jaxx - Springfield, VA
04/29/2008 @ Peabody’s Down Under - Cleveland, OH
04/30/2008 @ Harpo’s - Detroit, MI
05/01/2008 @ Chicago Powerfest (Pearl Room) - Mokena, IL
05/02/2008 @ Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
05/03/2008 @ Cervantes Masterpiece - Ballroom Denver, CO
05/05/2008 @ Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
05/06/2008 @ Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
05/07/2008 @ The Boardwalk - Sacramento, CA
05/08/2008 @ House of Blues - Hollywood, CA
05/09/2008 @ The Avalon - San Francisco / Santa Clara, CA
05/10/2008 @ The Vault - Long Beach, CA
05/11/2008 @ The Cell Block - Phoenix, AZ
05/12/2008 @ Chics - El Paso, TX
05/13/2008 @ The Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
05/14/2008 @ Crush Lounge - Tulsa, OK
05/15/2008 @ Ridglea Theater - Fort Worth, TX
05/16/2008 @ The White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
05/17/2008 @ Java Jazz - Houston, TX
05/19/2008 @ The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
05/20/2008 @ Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
05/21/2008 @ Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA
05/22/2008 @ BB Kings Blues Club - New York, NY

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival

This year the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary with the event's biggest and baddest line-up yet! The largest and most successful metal festival in the United States, this year's show will be presented by ESP, Randall, EMG and exclusive magazine presenter, Metal Maniacs. The festival will take place the weekend of April 25-27 at the Palladium in Worcester, Mass, the event's home since its inception a decade ago. Sumerian Records will sponsor the “Summer Slaughter Tour” second stage.

Hosting this year's "Gigantour," Friday night's festivities will feature Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job For A Cowboy and High On Fire. Saturday's event will be headlined by Dimmu Borgir, Shadows Fall and Behemoth while Ministry, Meshuggah and Nevermore will officially close out the festival on Sunday night

Other bands scheduled to perform this year include: A Life Once Lost, Dead to Fall, Demiricous, Dillinger Escape Plan, Emmure, Ensiferum, God Forbid, Hate Eternal, Hemlock, Keep Of Kalessin, Overkill, Shai Halud, Sons of Azrael, Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganze, Tyr, Veil of Maya, Vital Remains, Waking the Cadaver, Winds of Plague, and many more!

The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is also sponsored by Metal Edge magazine, Monster Energy drink, All In Merchandise, 518 Prints, The Syndicate, Mazur PR, Heavy Hitter, Scott Lee Clothing, and others to be announced.

Tickets will go on sale Friday, February 15 at 10 a.m. EST. The cost is $47.50 for Friday, $45 for Saturday, $45 for Sunday, or $129 for a three-day pass. Tickets available at all Strawberries / FYE Stores, by calling (800) 477-6849 or online at tickets.com.

Link to: New England Metal and Hardcore Festival