Rock Music Festivals

ALICE COOPER, MIKE PORTNOY, JORDAN RUDESS Confirmed For Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp

Alice Cooper, Mike Portnoy (ADRENALINE MOB, FLYING COLORS, DREAM THEATER) and Jordan Rudess (DREAM THEATER) have been confirmed for the Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy Camp‘s next Las Vegas event, set to take place February 14-18 at the MGM Grand. Remember

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE To Perform Entire ‘Alive Or Just Breathing’ Album At CALIFORNIA METALFEST VI

Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their landmark release, 2002′s genre-defining “Alive Or Just Breathing”, by performing the entire album during their headlining set at the California Metalfest VI, set to take place on Saturday, November

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PIG DESTROYER, REPULSION, MUNICIPAL WASTE To Play DECIBEL’s 100th Issue Celebration Show

The Mayans were off by a month: The world will officially end on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when Decibel magazine proudly presents its truly apocalyptic 100th Issue Celebration Show, sponsored by its friends at

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WARLORD To Perform At Germany’s KEEP IT TRUE XVI Festival

Reunited ’80s metallers WARLORD, featuring guitarist William J. Tsamis and drummer Mark S. Zonder (FATES WARNING) will perform at the Keep It True XVI festival, set to take place April 19-20, 2013 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Koenigshofen, Germany. This will mark

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SLAYER, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BRING ME THE HORIZON Added To SOUNDWAVE Festival

SLAYER, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BRING ME THE HORIZON and SICK OF IT ALL are among the newly confirmed bands for for next year’s Soundwave festival in Australia, set to take place in late February/early March. Tickets are priced at

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ANTHRAX Confirmed For Next Year’s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

ANTHRAX has been confirmed for next year’s edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 9-11, 2013 at Catton Hall in Walton On Trent, Derbyshire, England. More acts will be announced soon. ANTHRAX recently spent time

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PRONG Replaces SHADOWS FALL At Wisconsin’s WIIL ROCK FEST

PRONG has replaced SHADOWS FALL on the billing of this weekend’s WIIL Rock Fest 2012, in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin (an hour and a half drive from downtown Chicago). Also scheduled to appear are FEAR FACTORY, ALL THAT REMAINS, BLACK STONE

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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2012: Festival Highlights Posted Online

A four-minute video clip featuring highlights from this year’s edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany, can be seen at this location. DEEP PURPLE, NIGHTWISH, AMORPHIS, ARCH ENEMY, SABATON, DORO, ANTHRAX and

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GOD FORBID Forced To Cancel HEAVY MTL Appearance

Due to reasons beyond the band’s control, New Brunswick, New Jersey’s melodic, thrash-metal warriors GOD FORBID have been forced to cancel their appearance at this year’s edition of the Heavy MTL festival, set to take place this weekend (August 11-12)

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METALLICA, LINKIN PARK, A PERFECT CIRCLE, ANTHRAX Confirmed For SOUNDWAVE Festival

METALLICA, LINKIN PARK, ANTHRAX, A PERFECT CIRCLE, DUFF MCKAGAN’S LOADED, KYUSS LIVES! and STONE SOUR are among the confirmed bands for next year’s Soundwave festival in Australia, set to take place in late February/early March. Tickets are priced at $189

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