Have you guys seen the lineup for Metaldays!?

ABBATH / ARISES / ARCHSPIRE / AT THE GATES BEARTOOTH / BELPHEGOR / BEYOND GOD / BIOHAZARD /BLACK SONIC PEARLS / BLACKOUTT / BLEED FROM WITHIN / BLÓĐ / BRAND OF SACRIFICE / BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE / CAPRA / CARONTE CARTHAGODS / CHEMICIDE / CHURCH OF THE COSMIC SKULL COBRA THE IMPALER / COLD SNAP / CRO-MAGS / CRYPOSIS / DEAD CORCORAS / DEAR MOTHER / DECLINE THE FALL / DESTRUCTION / DETHRONE THE CORRUPTED / DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA / DIAMOND DUST / DISLOCATED / ELAINE / ELEMENT / ENDSEEKER / ENEMY INSIDE / EQUILIBRIUM / EXTREME SMOKE 57 / FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY / FLESH / GATECREEPER / GHOST OF VERONICA / GORAGORJA / GRAPHIC NATURE / GUATTARI / HANABIE / HATS BARN / HEAVEN SHALL BURN / HEI’AN / HEILUNG / HELLERUIN / HELLOWEEN / HERE COMES THE KRAKEN / HIDEOUS DIVINITY HIEROPHANT / HIPPPOTRAKTOR / I AM MORBID / IGNEA / IN FLAMES / IN HEAVEN / INFINITAS / INMATE / INSOLVENCY / KADAVAR / KAOZ / KATAKLYSM / KEEP OF KALESSIN / KILLSWITCH ENGAGE / KREATOR / LIZZARD / MARDUK / MASS HYSTERIA / MESSA / MOSHEAD / NAPALM DEATH NERVOSA / NOCTEM / OBITUARY / OKL’S FRUITLOOPS / ORBIT CULTURE / OVO / PARADISE LOST / RAZVALINA / RUSSIAN CIRCLES / SACRED REICH / SAKRABOLT / SCARDUST / SCARLEAN / SECRET SPHERE / SIDEREAN / SITIS / SKYEYE / SNØGG / SÓLSTAFIR / SOULS OF DIOTIMA / SPIRIT MOTHER / SPIRITS OF STYGIA / STENGAH / STILLBIRTH / TEMPERANCE / TERROR / TESSERACT / THE AGONIST / THE BROKEN HORIZON / THE CALLOUS DAOBOYS / THE RAVEN AGE / THE VOYNICH CODE / THROATTWISTER / THUNDERMOTHER / UNTO OTHERS URNE / VENUS 5 / VITAL REMAINS / WHEN PLAGUES COLLIDE / WOLFHEART / WUCAN

12 New Forces Bands Announced!

????????Attention metalheads! We're excited to announce that we've added 10 incredible New Forces bands to the lineup for MetalDays 2023! These up-and-coming acts are sure to blow you away with their raw talent and passion for metal. Get ready to bang your heads to the sounds of CORPUS, ENTORIA, FATAL ERROR, MASKERATT, OFFSCORE, PEACE IS JUST A BREAK, PENNHURTS, SCHRODINGER, TASTE OF PLAGUE, TOL MORWEN, VERSATILE and ZENOTH. That’s not all. The next set of New Forces bands will be announced next week.
Don’t miss your chance to witness the next generation of metal greatness! Get your tickets now and join us for an unforgettable week of headbanging, moshing, and mayhem at MetalDays 2023!

Russian Circles, the instrumental post-metal trio from Chicago, is set to make their first-ever appearance at MetalDays 2023. Known for their dynamic and captivating live performances, the band has been eagerly anticipated by fans of the festival. Their live shows are a sight to behold, with the band's tight musicianship and intense energy captivating audiences around the world. Whether playing in small clubs or on festival stages, Russian Circles never fails to deliver an unforgettable experience.
MetalDays 2023 promises to be an epic event, and Russian Circles' debut appearance is sure to be one of the highlights of the festival. Fans of heavy, atmospheric music won't want to miss this incredible performance. MetalDays 2023 just got even better with the addition of four great new bands to the lineup. Please welcome GHOST OF VERONICA, MOSHEAD, OKL’S FRUITLOOPS and SITIS.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, headliner 03.08.2023, BRAND OF CACRIFICE, CRO-MAGS, URNE, CHURCH OF THE COSMIC SKULL, HELLERUIN, BLÓĐ, LIZZARD, MESSA, OVO, CARONTE, STILLBIRTH, TEMPERANCE, HIEROPHANT, CARTHAGODS, CHEMICIDE, SOULS OF DIOTIMA, and bands that were supposed to perform at the New Metal Festival that didn't materialize; HATS BARN, WHEN PLAGUES COLLIDE, DETHRONE THE CORRUPTED, BEYOND GOD, SCARDUST, ARISES, INFINITAS, BLACK SONIC PEARLS, SCARLEAN, INSOLVENCY, SIDEREAN.

Tickets: https://shop.metaldays.net/metaldays

Full Lineup: www.metaldays.net/running-order

Venue: https://www.metaldays.net/vista-metaldays-venue

--Bypass road update--

As promised, we are sharing with you the current situation regarding the bypass road in Tolmin and what impact it has on MetalDays 2022.

The construction site will take up a large part of the camp space as well as the space where our main stage stands.
Therefore, it is necessary to make certain changes in the configuration of the festival itself.
Although the festival is feasible in the same dimensions as before, the following changes are necessary:
1. Group camping will not be possible this year.
2. Parking & Camping part of the festival camp will be much smaller than usual.
3. A certain number of cars will have to be parked about 5 min walking distance from the festival in the area we normally used for additional 1day parking.
4. The main stage will have to be slightly smaller than usual and there are two options regarding the location:
Option A: The main stage remains in the same place as before. The area of the main stage will be smaller than usual, and the place for visitors will be obtained in such a way that the big tent behind the mixing desk tower will be removed.
Option B: The main stage moves to the 2nd stage position, and the 2nd stage goes to the New Forces Stage location, near the second beach.

Needless to say, there will be enough space for camping. Soca and Tolminka are not part of the construction work, so both rivers will be as clean as before, and will offer the same conditions for swimming and fun on the beaches.

Of course, all change brings with it also unpleasant experiences, but you can be relaxed; we will do our best to make you feel less of this change, and we will do our best so that you can enjoy the festival as you have so far.

For now, we are not 100% sure which of these two options will be final, but we guarantee that in no case will you be deprived of the experience you are used to and expect from MetalDays.

The festival map will be published sometime in May when we are 100% sure what all the changes in the setting of the festival will look like.

We want you to know that we are really enjoying the production of the 2022 festival. It is great to be back at what we do best and we can’t wait to see you all together again after such a long break.

Enjoy life!

Tickets: https://shop.metaldays.net/produkte/34178-tickets-metaldays-2022-full-festival-ticket-sotocje-tolmin-slovenia-tolmin-am-2022-07-24




If you want to take part in a relaxed debate on everything related to MetalDays, and have the opportunity to ask questions directly to the festival organizers, we invite you to become a member of the MetalDays FB group. Join us!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/792939387703972

--Various information about Metaldays 2022--

EARLY ARRIVAL

Unfortunately, Early Arrival will not be possible in 2022.
This decision is conditioned due to the construction works on the road that is being built on the site of the festival.
Please understand, and we urge you not to come earlier than necessary because you will not be able to enter the camp before 24.07.2022 at 08:00.
We emphasise that you will have more than enough time to set up your tents and settle in before the concert.

PRE-PITCHED TENTS

mein-zelt-steht-schon

Also in 2022, our friends from mein-zelt-steht-schon will be present at the festival. If you want to take full advantage of a tent already set up, contact them directly.

Kartent
If you would like to use all the Kartent benefits like access to the Green Camp Area for the duration of the festival, having your KarTent set up and ready as you arrive or charging your phone with solar energy, and at the same time support this great ecology initiative, please get in touch with Kartent.

GROUP CAMPING

Group camping infos are coming soon. Keep visiting our webpage for more information.

TRANSFER

Book your Airport Transfer with our official partner Markun Shuttle (https://www.markun-shuttle.com/en/2021/06/23/metaldays-shuttle-2021/)

VOLUNTEER AT METALDAYS

As in previous years, MetalDays festival will continue the tradition of having volunteers at our festival. For this year's MetalDays 2022 edition, we will open our application form on www.metaldays.net on the 1st of May. The application process, in which you can submit your volunteer application, will last until the 1st of June 2022. You will be notified upon selection process by no later than 20th of June 2022. For open questions, please contact us at volunteer@metaldays.net, or visit this FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1638010809789194/

WEDDING AT METALDAYS
Due to the very complex organization of the festival in the year 2022, we are not able to offer and organize weddings on the beach as in the past.

Thanks for understanding.

See you in Tolmin!

MetalDays 2022, lineup announcement!

14 killer bands are joining Metaldays 2022 fantastic lineup.

Please welcome (A-Z):

CABAL, CELESTE, DEATHCHANT, GHØSTKID, HANGMAN’S CHAIR, INCANTATION, MENTAL CRUELTY, MOLASSES, PARTY CANNON, SICK OF IT ALL, STAM1NA, THE DEVIL’S TRADE, UNEARTH, YEAR OF THE GOAT.


Although we said that this is going to be the last lineup announcement for the MetalDays 2022, we still have two bands to announce very soon.

May this announcement keep you warm in these winter days!

See you all in Tolmin, July 24-30-2022.

11 more bands confirmed for Metaldays 2022!

BOUND TO PREVAIL, BRITOF, CHAINS, EVOKEN, HEGEMONE,

IN TWILIGHT'S EMBRACE, OBSIDIOUS, PANZERFAUST, SAOR, TRUCHŁO STRZYGI and UADA!

MetalDays 2022 lineup A-Z
AMENRA
ANGELUS APATRIDA
BOUND TO PREVAIL
BRITOF
BRUTAL SPHINCTER
CARNATION
CHAINS
COLD SNAP
CONVICTIVE
COUNTLESS SKIES
CYPECORE
DARKFALL
DEATH ANGEL
DECAPITATED
DOODSESKADER
ETERNAL DELYRIA
EVOKEN
FLESHCRAWL
GUTALAX
HEGEMONE
INCURSED
INMATE
IN TWILIGHT'S EMBRACE
JEGULJA
JINJER
MANNTRA
MERCYFUL FATE
MESHUGGAH
METALSTEEL
MIST
MOONSPELL
MOROST
NANOWAR OF STEEL
NOCTEM
NOCTIFERIA
OBSIDIOUS
ORANGE GOBLIN
PANZERFAUST
PILGRIMAGE
ROTTING CHRIST
SAOR
SHORES OF NULL
SIGNS OF ALGORITHM
SKINDRED
SKYEYE
SRD
STALLION
SUFFOCATION
SYLVAINE
TESTAMENT
THE COMMITTEE
THE GREAT OLD ONES
THE PRIVATEER
TRUCHŁO STRZYGI
UADA
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS
VOICES
VULTURE INDUSTRIES
WHISKEY RITUAL

Grab your ticket here: https://shop.metaldays.net/kategorien/metaldays-tickets

With more than half of the lineup released, MetalDays 2022 is getting closer every day and after two lost editions, we all need it more than ever.

For all those who still do not have secured tickets, visit our ticket shop and secure the best week in 2022:
https://shop.metaldays.net/kategorien/metaldays-tickets

Support us and visit our merch shop:
https://www.onlymetal.shop/metaldays

Line up so far (A-Z):
AMENRA
ANGELUS APATRIDA
BRUTAL SPHINCTER
CARNATION
COLD SNAP
CONVICTIVE
COUNTLESS SKIES
CYPECORE
DARKFALL
DEATH ANGEL
DECAPITATED
DOODSESKADER
ETERNAL DELYRIA
FLESHCRAWL
GUTALAX
INCURSED
INMATE
JEGULJA
JINJER
MANNTRA
MERCYFUL FATE
MESHUGGAH
METALSTEEL
MIST
MOONSPELL
MOROST
NANOWAR OF STEEL
NOCTEM
NOCTIFERIA
ORANGE GOBLIN
PILGRIMAGE
ROTTING CHRIST
SHORES OF NULL
SIGNS OF ALGORITHM
SKINDRED
SKYEYE
SRD
STALLION
SUFFOCATION
SYLVAINE
TESTAMENT
THE COMMITTEE
THE GREAT OLD ONES
THE PRIVATEER
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS
VOICES
VULTURE INDUSTRIES
WHISKEY RITUAL

Metaldays has it’s mobile app!

We are happy to present you the MetalDays app, done with a help from our friends from Viberate.
Download it and get the full festival experience, including:
Complete festival line up and running order.
Notification when your favourite artists gets on stage.
Chat with other festival goers.
Win cool prizes.
Get information about the special food and drinks offer.
Information about the additional beach program.
...and much more.
Enjoy it!
https://festivals.viberate.com/metaldays
*app will be updated frequently

Running order for MetalDays 2019 is now available : https://www.metaldays.net/Line_up.

Total Lunar Eclipse?
MetalDays fans! For all the nerds out there, but also for our dreamers : did you know, that you will have an unique chance to enjoy MetalDays festival AND follow Total Lunar Eclipse?


I know you didn't, but we do! Total Lunar Eclipse will begin on 27 Jul, 21:30:15, reaching its maximum eclipse at 22:21:44 and ending at 23:13:11. Which means that somewhere between Cannibal Corpse and Epica on Lemmy stage and Goatwhore and Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult on Second stage, our Moon will vanish and come back again!

How epic is that?


We will take care of good music in between, however you need to take care of all the party and good weather with no clouds, yes, that is on you! :)

Now all that is left is to get the tickets and book your holidays.

See you in Tolmin this summer!

Running order Lemmy stage & New bands!
MetalDays 2018 announcement!
We've added 5 new bands to the bill!


Igorrr Black Star Riders Obituary Tremonti and Cold Snap are added to already killer line up for MetalDays 2018.
There are still 1 headliner + 9 bands to be announced in near future.


Running order for Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister stage is also announced and for all of you that can not join us for whole week we are happy to inform you that 1day and 3day tickets are on sale here:
https://www.mhshop-online.com/c373/metaldays-2018

Enjoy your week!

A Greener Festival award winner!
MetalDays and AGF Award!
We are so very proud that MetalDays have attained a Greener Festival Award 2017 for the second year in a row!

Festivals and events from 12 countries participated in the award in 2017. Applicants undergo a rigorous assessment, site visit and post event analysis of their events sustainability actions. Events are assessed on 11 main areas including transport, waste, power, water and local area impacts.

An Awards ceremony for winners was held at Eurosonic Noorderslag, Netherlands on Thursday 18th January, 2018. AGF Director’s Teresa Moore and Claire O’Neill presented certificates to winners.

Claire O’Neill, A Greener Festival Co-Founder commented, “We are extremely proud of the winners of the AGF and TGEA awards. They have to meet very strict criteria to be awarded, and their actions and passion for sustainability set them aside as the future of festivals and events in the industry. There’s always further to go, and these winners are paving the way for the benefit of us all.”

We are so very proud, that our small steps and improvements into ecology and sustainability direction are showing to be the right one and that they do have impact. We have made so many little steps, that we have already stopped counting them. But - just a reminder of a few of them : few years ago we started to supply every visitor with biodegradable tent pegs, last year we have replaced all the plastic cups, spoons, forks, plates etc. with biodegradable ones, our toilet papers and napkins are made of recycled and organic materials, we have running clean and drinkable water thru the festival area, that allows our festival visitors to refill their bottles at all times (yes, there is no need for plastic water bottles from the shop), we have installed a new sewage and drainage system, that will reduce the amount of plastic chemical toilets used at the festival area, we are the pioneers and have invented so called "garbage deposit" that motivate every visitor to clean up his/her own thrash, we replaced 50% of meat and dairy food with vegan food, and so many more... Of course all of this little steps towards our Green journey to reduce environmental impact of our festival would not be possible without you, our dear visitors.
Therefore we would like to encourage you even more to help us and cooperate with us in our green journey endeavours!

MetalDays is excited to announce JUDAS PRIEST as main headliner for 2018.

The Metal Gods are one of the most-requested bands by the festival’s loyal fan base and will make their MetalDays debut in Tolmin on July 26th 2018.

MetalDays festival tickets and 1day tickets for July 26th are on sale now. Get yours here: https://www.mhshop-online.com/c373/metaldays-2018

Sun is finally shining and KATAKLYSM, SOULFLY, LEPROUS, TESSERACT, MONUMENT AND ASOMVEL are added to already killer line up for MetalDays 2018.
...and we still have 5 bands to announce



Enjoy your weekend.



Ticket link: https://www.mhshop-online.com/c373/metaldays-2018

MetalDays is excited to announce JUDAS PRIEST as main headliner for 2018.
The Metal Gods are one of the most-requested bands by the festival’s loyal fan base and will make their MetalDays debut in Tolmin on July 26th 2018.

MetalDays 2018 full festival tickets and 1-day tickets for July 26th are on sale here: https://www.mhshop-online.com/c373/metaldays-2018

As you may see we are not able to announce all headliners yet. It has to do with their tour routings and we will announce them as soon as we get green light from their Managements. But MetalDays is not just about headliners, is it? MetalDays is about Metal in general, great music, awesome party and we did not want you to wait any longer; therefore we are very excited to be able to announce lineup for MetalDays 2018, as there are so many amazing bands in our bill; Accept, Hatebreed, Alestorm, Cannibal Corpse, Epica, Municipal Waste, Ensiferum, Primordial, Watain, Hate, Rage, Jinjer, Goatwhore, Belphegor, and many, many more!

Like in year 2017, there will be 3 festival stages : Ian Fraser Lemmy Kilmister stage (main stage), Bosko Bursac stage (2nd stage) and NewForces stage, dedicated fully to newcomer bands.
As always metalDays 2018 will be limited to 12000 tickets only and until now over 70% are sold already, so hurry up.

We are sure, that there is something in our lineup for each and everyone of you. Do not hesitate and purchase your festival tickets on time on: https://www.mhshop-online.com/c373/metaldays-2018.
While we will be working on getting our festival lineup even more amazing, all you need to do is purchase a ticket, book your holidays and enjoy the weeks in front of you.
Looking forward seeing you all in Tolmin next summer!

Single girls camping on MetalDays!

Are you a single girl, travelling alone and want to meet and hang out with other girls at the festival? On the festival camping area, right next to the Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister stage (beginning of the camp), on the right hand side, next to the first warm showers, there will be an area in the camp, that is near all the important facilities, offers secure access and additional light, so we believe the spot is perfect for those, who maybe feel a little bit insecure in sleeping alone. Don't be shy, join the Single girls camping area, enjoy and have fun!

See you all in Tolmin!

Real MetalDays wedding is back also in year 2017!
Keeping up the lovely tradition from year 2016, we have decided to organize real and legitimate MetalDays wedding in year 2017; so, everyone - please welcome MetalDays Wedding #2!

We are very curious - are there any couples out there amongst our visitors, that would like to get bounded for forever (and ever) to your loved one and want to share that with our visitors as well? We will help you in making it happen! We are aware that there will be quite some logistics and paperwork needed (from your side as well), but hey...we are here to help.

If there are any couples, that find the idea of getting married at our MetalDays festival 2017 appealing, please send us an e-mail to : media@metaldays.net with a short intro about both of you and some personal details. We will then send you further details about all the paperwork needed for a real metal wedding and we will take further steps towards the realisation together.
“Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect him/her, forsaking all others and holding only unto him/her? “
“I do.”

MetalDays – Final band announcement
Right on time for Easter, MetalDays gave us 14 reasons to be excited: The last bands for the 2017 edition of the ultimate metal holiday are here!
Unfortunately, there is also a less exciting news as Goatwhore had to cancel their gig at this year's MetalDays.
Nevertheless, with these newly added top bands there is still enough reason for anticipation: HEAVEN SHALL BURN, SÓLSTAFIR, BÖMBERS, GRAVE DIGGER, FIRESPAWN, RAVEN, LIK, BOTANIST, THE CRAWLING, GREYBEARDS, SEVEN SPIRES, PANTALEON, PIKES EDGE and NORD.
The full line up as well as information on all bands can be found here: www.metaldays.net/Line_up

Those who don't have a ticket yet, should be quick to grab one as MetalDays is faster than ever on its way to "sold out" this year.
Festival tickets as well as 3-day- and 1-day-tickets are still available here:
https://www.mhshop-online.com/c365/metaldays-2017
The full line up of MetalDays 2017, taking place in Tolmin, Slovenia, on July 23rd - 29th, reads as follows:
Abbath, ABSU, Amon Amarth, Amorgen, Angelus Apatrida, Architects, Aversions Crown, Aaven, Battlesword, Batushka, Beheaded, Blood Ages, Bloodbath, Blues Pills, Bömbers, Botanist, Burn Fuse, Cancer, Carnage Calligraphy, Carrion, Centuries, Chontaraz, Crisix, Dead End, Death Angel, Dool, Dordeduh, Doro, Ebony Archways, Equilibrium, Evil Invaders, Fallen Tyrant, Fir Bolg, Firespawn, Firtan, Fit for an Autopsy, For I am King, Fractal Universe, Grand Magus, Grave Digger, Greybeards, Grime, Gust, Gutalax, Heaven Shall Burn, Hell, Hellcrawler, Iced Earth, Immorgon, In the Crossfire, Infected Chaos, Kadavar, Katana, Katatonia, Kobra and the Lotus, Krisiun, Lik, Loathe, Lost Society, Loudness, Macabre, Marilyn Manson, MGLA, Moros, Morywa, Mynded, Myriad Lights, Na Cruithne, Nemost, Nord, Novacrow, Omophagia, Opeth, Ortega, Overtures, Pain, Pain Is, Pantaleon, Persefone, Pikes Edge, Rapid Force, Raven, Rectal Smegma, Reverend Hound, Sanctuary, Sasquatch, Selfmachine, Seven Spires, Shining, Shotdown, Sinister, Sleepers' Guilt, Snake Eater, Sober Assault, Sólstafir, Spasm, Srd, Stortregn, Suicidal Angels, Tears of Martyr, The Black Court, The Crawling, The Foreshadowing, The Great Discord, Transceatla, Triosphere, Turbowarrior of Steel, Tyrmfar, Tytus, Vasectomy, Venom inc., Vexevoid, Vision of Atlantis, Warbringer, Whorion, Witchfynde, Xandria, Zayn

2017 line up: Marilyn Manson (yes, him, the legend himself!), Amon Amarth, Opeth, Doro, Iced Earth, Katatonia, Pain, Blues Pills, Bloodbath, Death Angel, Abbath, Shining, Loudness, Kadavar, Equilibrium, Sanctuary, Architects, Venom Inc., Grand Magus, Batushka, Persefone, Krisiun, Gutalax, Hell, Xandria, Spasm, MGLA, Cancer, Triosphere, Sinister, Suicidal Angels, Goathwhore, Witchfynde, Macabre, Absu, Warbringer, Lost Society, Kobra and the Lotus, Visions of Atlantis, Fit for an autopsy, Loathe, Katana, The great discord, Angelus Apatrida, Aaven, Aversions Crown, Evil Invaders, Rectal Smegma, Dool, Centuries, For I am a King, Rapid Force, The Foreshadowing, Dordeduh, Na Cruithne, Dead End, Morywa, Nemost, Mynded, Ortega, Crisix, Hellcrawler, Reverend hound, The black court, Srd, Transceatla, Chontaraz, Shot down, Grime, Gust, Tears of martyr, Moros, Stortregn, Turbowarrior of steel, Tytus, Myriad lights, Whorion, Fractal universe, Sober assault, Fallen tyrant, Omophagia, Sasquatch, In the crossfire, Infected chaos, Firtan, Amorgen, Blood ages, Novacrow, Overtures, Vasectomy, Burn fuse, Sleepers’ guilt, Carnage calligraphy, Vexovoid, Battlesword, Fir bolg, Zayn, Immorgon, Carrion, Snake eater, Tyrmfar, Ebony archways, Pain is & Selfmachine.

The excitement does not end here. Your ultimate metal holiday also got a new, 3rd stage, dedicated fully to newcomer bands. We strongly believe that the youth metal bands are something that is worth investing in, so the 3rd stage was a logical consequence. Make sure you show your support to them as well by visiting!


Due to countless requests, we have decided for the first time to start selling 3-day and 1-day tickets as well so far in advance. So besides regular festival ticket and Real Marjan package, from now on you can also buy a 3-day ticket or 1-day ticket in our shop : https://www.mhshop-online.com/c365/metaldays-2017. There are only a bit less than 6000 festival tickets available and the amount of 1-day and 3-day tickets is also limited, so please make sure you purchase your ticket in time!

To make the 5th festival anniversary even better, we have some other smaller surprises for you coming up in the next months. We can’t wait to welcome you all on, without a doubt, best edition of MetalDays festival ever!

Have a great one and see you all in Tolmin in July!

MetalDays receives AGF Award for ecology and sustainability
The many small steps and improvements towards eco-friendliness and sustainability have paid off: The MetalDays Festival was honored with an AFG Award 2016. The A Greener Festival Award (AFG), that just celebrated its 10th anniversary, goes to festivals that show outstanding efforts concerning ecology and sustainability. For 2016, 25 festivals across 13 countries were awarded. The award’s committee applauds MetalDays’ significant engagement with the process of reducing its environmental impact and its great communication and cooperation with the audience as exemplary.

A few years ago, the festival organizers started to supply every visitor with biodegradable tent pegs and since last year, all plastic crockery is replaced with biodegradable dishes, toilet papers and napkins are made of recycled and organic materials, they serve vegan food and running clean and drinkable water through the festival area allows the festival visitors to refill their bottles at all times so that there is no need for additional plastic water bottles. They furthermore installed a new sewage and drainage system, that will reduce the amount of plastic chemical toilets used at the festival area.
The organizers of MetalDays are proud and happy about the award and consider it an incentive. They empathize the role of every single visitor in this “green journey” to reduce the environmental impact of the festival that has only just begun and would not be possible without everyone's help and cooperation. Therefore they would like to encourage their visitors even more to help them and cooperate with them in their green journey endeavors.

The day that fans have been waiting for so long is finally here: MetalDays announces most of its 2017 line-up.
2017 will be the fifth edition after renaming the festival. This anniversary is the main reason why it has to be celebrated in style! And what could be better than a huge party with 110 killer bands on 3 stages?! Curious?
Here are the so far announced bands:

Marilyn Manson (yes him! The legend himself!), Amon Amarth, Opeth, Doro, Iced Earth, Katatonia, Pain, Blues Pills, Bloodbath, Death Angel, Abbath, Shining, Loudness, Kadavar, Equilibrium, Sanctuary, Architects, Venom Inc., Grand Magus, Batushka, Persefone, Krisiun, Gutalax, Hell, Xandria, Spasm, MGLA, Cancer, Triosphere, Sinister, Suicidal Angels, Goathwhore, Witchfynde, Macabre, Absu, Warbringer, Lost Society, Kobra And The Lotus, Visions Of Atlantis, Fit For An Autopsy, Loathe, Katana, The Great Discord, Angelus Apatrida, Avven, Aversions Crown, Evil Invaders, Rectal Smegma, Dool, Centuries, For I Am A King, Rapid Force, The Foreshadowing, Dordeduh, Na Cruithne, Dead End, Morywa, Nemost, Mynded, Ortega, Crisix, Hellcrawler, Reverend Hound, The Black Court, Srd, Transceatla, Chontaraz, Shot Down, Grime, Gust, Tears Of Martyr, Moros, Stortregn, Turbowarrior Of Steel, Tytus, Myriad Lights, Whorion, Fractal Universe, Sober Assault, Fallen Tyrant, Omophagia, Sasquatch, In The Crossfire, Infected Chaos, Firtan, Amorgen, Blood Ages, Novacrow, Overtures, Vasectomy, Burn Fuse, Sleepers’ Guilt, Carnage Calligraphy, Vexovoid, Battlesword, Fir Bolg, Zayn, Immorgon, Carrion, Snake Eater, Tyrmfar, Ebony Archways, Pain Is and Selfmachine.

There's even more reason to be excited: Your ultimate metal holiday will also get a new third stage in 2017, fully dedicated to newcomer bands. There are so many metal bands that are worth being supported, so the 3rd stage was a logical consequence. Show your support and visit them in July!
Due to countless requests, the 1-day- tickets and 3-day-tickets will be available way earlier this time. So besides the regular weekly tickets and the Real Marjan upgrade, you can now buy your 1-day-tickets and 3-day-tickets as well:
https://www.mhshop-online.com/c365/metaldays-2017

There are less than 6000 weekly tickets left and the amount of 1-day-tickets and 3-day-tickets is also limited. If you want to be a part of the ultimate metal holidays, please make sure to buy your ticket in time!
And to make the fifth anniversary even better, there will be plenty more surprises over the next months.
Have a great time, take care and see you in Tolmin!

- 6 new bands announced. Rent a tent – 20% discount -

Short but Strong Metal Injection!

We just simply could not wait. First, we planned to make one big announcement and another one somewhere around Easter. But this was too exciting not to be shared with you, our fans. This summer, we will have 6 more very exciting bands hitting our 2 stages in Tolmin. Curious? Here they are:

You will be trashed with Arizona trash metal band SACRED REICH, your ass will be seriously kicked by DEVILDRIVER, joined by some pagan metal sounds with ARKONA, shaken to the roots by German SECRETS OF THE MOON, taken to extremes by NAPALM DEATH and last but not least - here is the Sanguine Reign of Terror : ROSSOMAHAAR.

Tickets are running out like crazy, but still available at http://www.mhshop-online.com/Shop/Category/1386/metaldays-2016. Make sure you get yours in time!

You can expect next announcement around Easter with more exciting bands to come!

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Rent a tent: 20% discount

You're too lazy to suffer through the hassle of pitching your tent? Or too clumsy to put all the pieces together? You don't even own a tent? Don't worry, the guys of mein-zelt-steht-schon.de got you covered!

As in the previous years, their crew will take over the exhausting job of putting up your comfy home for your stay at MetalDays.
Just arrive at the festival, throw your bags in your prepared fabric palace and get the party started!
Sounds great, doesn't it? If you're convinced already, there's more for you: Only from December 8th to December 11th, you can snatch a pre-Christmas discount of 20% on your order.

Just visit the mein-zelt-steht-schon website and check out the discounted prices after the login.

Here are the bands:

AT THE GATES, BLIND GUARDIAN, TESTAMENT, ARKONA, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, CATTLE DECAPITATION, DARK FUNERAL, DELAIN, DEVILDRIVER, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DRAGONFORCE, DYING FETUS, ELECTRIC WIZARD, EXODUS, GRAVEYARD, IMMOLATION, INCANTATION, MARDUK, MELECHESH, NAPALM DEATH, OBSCURA, SACRED REICH, SECRETS OF THE MOON, SKÁLMÖLD, SKINDRED, BURY TOMORROW, GAMA BOMB, GUTALAX, HORNA, JESS COX, MONOLITHE, ORPHANED LAND, RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR, ROSETTA, ROSSOMAHAAR, SKYFORGER, THE STONE, VALKYRJA, CRYPTEX, DEAD LABEL, DIRGE, DOUBLE CRUSH SYNDROME, DRAKUM, GLORYFUL, HACKNEYED, INFERNAL TENEBRA, LARCENY, LITTLE DEAD BERTHA, NAMELESS DAY RITUAL, NIGHTMARE, OBSCURITY, PAINFUL, PENITENZIAGITE, SARCASM, THE CANYON OBSERVER, VICTIMS OF CREATION, WEEPING SILENCE, BLAZE OF SORROW, DEAD END, DESERTED FEAR, ELFERYA, ENTHROPE, ERUPTION, FLESHDOLL, FOGALORD, HALO CREATION, HOWLING IN THE FOG, JIODA, KAIN, LAYMENT, MIST, MORANA, MORYWA, MYNDED, NA CRUITHNE, NEMOST, NOLENTIA, RETRACE MY FRAGMENTS, SABAIUM, SANITY’S RAGE, SARCOM, SCARRED, SEDUCED

There’s only one month left until more than 100 bands will take the stage at MetalDays. The three latest additions to the lineup are England’s Blitzkrieg who will replace M.O.D., Canada’s Striker who will perform instead of Wehrmacht, Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench replacing Broken Hope and the winner of Austrian Metalchamp contest, SiliuS.
With the billing of 2015 MetalDays being final now, the running order section on metaldays.net shows the play times for each band.

In order to prepare all the visitors for the festival, the area map is published. Besides all the obvious whereabouts, it contains the new supermarket: For the first time, MetalDays will offer an entire store’s range of goods on the camping ground to ease shopping for the visitors.

Another useful service, though not for the first time at MetalDays, is the tent renting service of mein-zelt-steht-schon.de, which offers prepared roosts for everyone who doesn’t want to get stressed with schlepping and pitching their tent.

And there’s even more to come: Slovenian band and dedicated MetalDays fans Metalsteel created the first anthem for the festival that unites all the different nations represented at MetalDays.

For more information please check MetalDays online and on Facebook.

Pre-sale of 1-Day-Tickets started!

The wait is over: The pre-sale of 1-Day-Tickets for the MetalDays was finally launched!

There’s a specific day at the festival you just don’t want to miss out because all your favorite bands are playing? Click here, choose your preferred day and get your e-ticket right now! The tickets are available for only 49€ and limited to 500 tickets per day.

Nevertheless, those of you who think one day in the beautiful Soča valley isn’t enough, still have the chance to get week tickets via mhshop-online.com as well.

New bands, cancellations and replacements

There are a few news for you concerning the MetalDays line-up: Unfortunately Darkest Hour, Cattle Decapitation, The Contortionist and Internal Bleeding aren’t able to perform at this year’s MetalDays due to the current Dollar-Euro exchange rate. Many bands cancelled whole tours and unfortunately MetalDays was no exception.

But luckily, there are already adequate replacements: Please welcome sludge legends Crowbar, French deathcore squad Betraying The Martyrs, Blutmond from Switzerland as well as the US death metallers from Broken Hope. Furthermore, Bavarian dark metal specialists Dark Fortress are part of this year’s line up.

For more information please check MetalDays online and on Facebook.

LET'S TAKE A STROLL DOWN THE MEMORY LANE!

Another week of partying with good and loud music in Tolmin is coming closer every day. But many visitors of our and your favourite festival can only guess how it was back in 2004 when hard riffs and thundering drums filled Tolmin with sound for the first time. A new festival was built from the mud and over the years it has grown into an event for which we return to Tolmin every year.

We would like to invite everybody who spent that rainy weekend in Tolmin to help us awake memories. Share your beautiful, funny or crazy story with us and the MetalDays fans. Did you swim in the river Soča despite the rain? Do you remember the small stage at the beach with promising bands playing? How did you like Danzig? What about the storm during Hypocrisy’s show, which stopped neither the band nor the audience? Any happenings from the camp? Did torrent flush away your pot with pasta? Have you met the love of your life? Or did you make interesting friends?
We believe that there are lots of stories. Write them down and send them to us. Add a photo or two and we will publish them (with your permission of course :-) ). At the end, we will choose someone who will get festival tickets for the MetalDays 2015. It is definitely worth giving it a shot and maybe you'll experience another memorable adventure in Tolmin.

Send your stories to media@metalholiday.com with the subject “I was in Tolmin in 2004” until May 1st. For practical reasons we are kindly asking you to send your texts (also) in English.


Thank you and good luck :-)

1-day-tickets available on May 20

We have great news for all you metalheads who would love to be part of this year’s MetalDays festival but just can’t make time for an entire week. The pre-sale of 1-day-tickets will start on May 20! After many messages concerning 1-day-tickets, we decided to start the pre-sale earlier this year – an offer that should especially appeal to fans of Black Label Society and Dream Theater. You can get an e-ticket for the day of your choice via mhshop-online.com, we will post the link as soon as the pre-sale starts.

The line-up for Metaldays 2015 with high-class acts such as Dream Theater, Accept or Behemoth is almost complete.
For all those metalheads out there who can’t wait anymore to plan their metal holiday of the year, we already present you the provisional running order: If you wanna know which band hits which stage at what time...

We will display the exact play times as well as the buttons for PDF download of your personal running order later.

Read more here, http://metaldays.net/News/418/Metaldays-2015-provisional-running-order-online

Win a coach trip to Metaldays!

MetalDays are the ultimate summer holiday: rock out to your favorite bands and party like there’s no tomorrow! The only problem: Nobody really wants to be the designated driver. MetalDays and MH Travel will give you the chance to win a coach trip to your ultimate festival experience and back. Detailed information on the raffle will follow next week!
In the meantime you can check out MH Travel online and on facebook for more information on the trips and to find your point of departure.

First official Trailer for MetalDays 2015
After last months' band announcements, the MetalDays team is now providing you with the right teaser to escape the grey, cold winter-ish spring these days and to get you in the right mood for your summer vacations and an awesome week at Europe’s most beautiful festival location.


In a nutshell, it features every basic information and impressions you need to know about the upcoming festival in July 2015: Beers at the beach, headbanging while wearing a bikini, crowdsurfing musicians and – of course – a quick look at the 98 bands, that are confirmed so far and will shape the line-up this year. MetalDays - “What Else Matters?”

A legend is doing the honors: We proudly present you Riot, one of the pioneers of American Power Metal. After moving years including line-up changes, farewells, comebacks and even more exciting live shows, the band will play for you in Tolmin this summer. Espacially for all you oldschool 80’s metalfolks out there. For all of you who enjoy yourselfs more listening to annihilating grunts and insane blastbeats will find Cattle Decapitation very satisfying. Warm up your necks and let your heads roll! The band enriches their progressive and partially catchy Death Metal with grindcore elements to create a haunting, gloomy but always thrilling sound. Haunting? Gloomy? Thrilling? Sounds very much like Helheim. You should not even try to look for flutes, tromps or jew’s harps here - the band has plain audible Black Metal influences that take the listener on a journey to the upper north while crossing rough, cold and dark realms. Out of a more tropcial area the maltesian Beheaded are going to give a you a hellish perfomance aswell. With five recorded albums to this day, including their most recent release “Never to Dawn”, they’ve got some explosive material to chop off some heads at Metaldays! Metaldays in Tolmin – 20th to 26th of July.

Confirmed for METALDAYS 2014 are: Volbeat, Megadeth, Opeth, Sabaton, Heaven Shall Burn, Children Of Bodom, Satyricon, My Dying Bride, Amorphis, Tiamat, Moonsorrow, Suffocation, Saltatio Mortis, Obituary, Borknagar, Possessed, Grave, Immolation, Vader, Prong, Riot, Kadavar, In Solitude, Inquisition, Aborted, Ghost Brigade, Asphyx, Artillery, Benighted, Cattle Decapitation, Havok, Helheim, Beheaded, Valient Thorr, Alpha Tiger, Manilla Road, Turning Golem, Cripper, Soen, Vanderbuyst, Nocturnal Depression, Gold, Downfall Of Gaia, Scarab, Pyrexia, Metalsteel, Brutality Will Prevail, Condemnatio Cristi, Black Diamond, Cruel Humanity, Rising Storm, Roxin' Palace, African Corpse, Sapiency, Zanthropya Ex, Darkfall, Inciter, Alogia, Rest In Fear, Space Unicorn On Fire, Within Destruction, Skelfir, Torture Pit, Deadend In Venice, Zaria, Mephistophelian, Armaroth, Dead Territory, Fallen Utopia, As It Comes, Lord Shades, From The Depth, Duirvir, Total Annihilation, Abinchova, Chain Of Dogs.

www.metaldays.net

METALDAYS FESTIVAL – Children Of Bodom in Tolmin!!

The sixth and final headliner for Metaldays 2014 is certain: Children Of Bodom! It's time to once again get lost in the moshpit of the Finnish band and fall prey to the guitar skills and melodies of Alexi Laiho. Get trashed, lost and strung-out at the Metaldays! The next band established some years later, but they're roaring their handmade hardcore sound in their very own way out of the speakers. The Welshmen from Brutality Will Prevail recorded the new album without the useless and bourgeous computer equipment. Don't miss the opportunity to see a real hardcore band at the Metaldays this year! Metaldays 2014 in Tolmin – July 20th till 26th!
Klick zum DownloadConfirmed for METALDAYS 2014 are: Volbeat, Megadeth, Opeth, Sabaton, Heaven Shall Burn, Children Of Bodom, Satyricon, My Dying Bride, Amorphis, Tiamat, Moonsorrow, Suffocation, Saltatio Mortis, Obituary, Borknagar, Possessed, Grave, Immolation, Vader, Prong, Kadavar, In Solitude, Inquisition, Aborted, Ghost Brigade, Asphyx, Artillery, Benighted, Havok, Valient Thorr, Alpha Tiger, Manilla Road, Turning Golem, Cripper, Soen, Vanderbuyst, Nocturnal Depression, Gold, Downfall Of Gaia, Scarab, Pyrexia, Metalsteel, Brutality Will Prevail, Condemnatio Cristi, Black Diamond, Cruel Humanity, Rising Storm, Roxin' Palace, African Corpse, Sapiency, Zanthropya Ex, Darkfall, Inciter, Alogia, Rest In Fear, Space Unicorn On Fire, Within Destruction, Skelfir, Torture Pit, Deadend In Venice, Zaria, Mephistophelian, Armaroth, Dead Territory, Fallen Utopia, As It Comes, Lord Shades, From The Depth, Duirvir, Total Annihilation, Abinchova, Chain Of Dogs. More to come.

Time travel is no longer science fiction, but a perfectly feasible journey and Kadavar can take you there! The Berlin trio creates rock in genuine manner, still remembered from the good old days when music was still an art. There is definitely some art in Valient Thorr as well! They bring a good portion of humor, thought-provoking lyrics and the skills of conjuring some videos from outer space, produced only with some small magic auxiliaries. You might now think: "Aww.. c'mon!" Watch the video. They already rocked club stages all over Europe and played as opening act for W.A.S.P. – Alpha Tiger are one of the most popular German newcomer bands that are rising from the underground. This is heavy metal at its finest – soaked in young blood! Similar to Metalsteel, who reveal you that also the younger generations in Slovenia breed authentic and honest heavy metal! This is the perfect soundtrack for you to go crazy at the Metaldays. A good representative of the great newcomer scene in the UK are Cruel Humanity! They already played two times at our partner festival Bloodstock Open Air (UK)! A real treat for all of you who dig modern thrash metal is Inciter. Their interesting vocals sure elevates them from the gray average. Enjoy the show of the Serbian melodic metal champions Alogia! The perfectionists know how to handle their instruments and fascinate the audience. In every lineup, there is one band name, that you either forget immediately or remember forever. Space Unicorn On Fire. They will take you on a journey, arouse you from your daydreams and let you take part in their wildest ideas. Confused? One dose of burning outer space unicorn will bring relief. From progressive tones to the extreme realms – Rest In Fear covers an expressive wide range and will set every metalhead in front of the stage in motion. They delivered a terrific debut with "Insert Yourself" and will present themselves at their best in Tolmin. Another band that conquers the stage two years in a row now is Within Destruction. We have hosted them on our festival last year and they convinced us to invite them this year again. The roaring of Within Destruction is spreading like a plague, do not resist them! Metaldays 2014 in Tolmin – July 20th till 26th!

METALDAYS FESTIVAL - Volbeat, Suffocation and many more bands confirmed!!

We are proud to present you a bloody hell of a live act – Volbeat! Who doesn’t know the Elvis of Metal? Who can resist the sympathic voice of Michael Poulsen? Be thrilled by this high-energy live show! The musical opposite is truly given by the technical Death Metal pioneers Suffocation, they ensure broken necks! But what kind of line-up would it be without one of the cofounders of Death Metal itself? We don’t want to make a secret of Possessed, joining this year Metaldays. With Alcest and their self-made genre “Blackgaze” we embark on a journey into new musical realms and to forraign worlds. Enough of chill-out music? No worries! Thrash metal act Havok will make you mosh ‘till your neck is a pain in the ass. But if you like more the relaxed way join the epic songs of Manilla Road.
On top of that we give 15 newcomer bands the chance to proof themselfes on the stage this year. See below for more.

Klick zum DownloadConfirmed for METALDAYS 2014 are: Volbeat, Megadeth, Opeth, Sabaton, Heaven Shall Burn, Satyricon, My Dying Bride, Amorphis, Tiamat, Moonsorrow, Suffocation, Saltatio Mortis, Obituary, Borknagar, Possessed, Grave, Immolation, Vader, Prong, In Solitude, Inquisition, Aborted, Ghost Brigade, Asphyx, Artillery, Benighted, Havok, Manilla Road, Turning Golem, Cripper, Soen, Vanderbuyst, Nocturnal Depression, Gold, Downfall Of Gaia, Scarab, Pyrexia, Skelfir, Torture Pit, Deadend In Venice, Zaria, Mephistophelian, Armaroth, Dead Territory, Fallen Utopia, As It Comes, Lord Shades, From The Depth, Duirvir, Total Annihilation, Abinchova, Chain Of Dogs. More to come.

METALDAYS FESTIVAL - headliner No. 4 confirmed: Heaven Shall Burn (+ more bands)

They are pure energy on stage, with a cutting-edge, stirring sound while being steadfast when it comes to lighten social and ecological issues in their lyrics. No doubts here – Heaven Shall Burn are bringing the Endzeit to Tolmin! The duo from Satyricon will be comfortable with in environment! Their whole creative process has one thing in common with their stage performance - perfection. Experience their diabolical roar coming from the METALDAYS stage. For some, the Endzeit is not enough, so we are conjuring a polar night above Tolmin, where you can indulge yourself in embrace of melancholy with Ghost Brigade! More diversion? No problem! With the female fronted band Gold we are truly bringing the golden era of music to us, straight from Holland! Downfall Of Gaia have toured all over the world, now it's time to return to Slovenia. If you like atmospheric music, progressive but still heavy, you should definitely check them out on METALDAYS! Expressing the feelings and experiences with their music, Scarab's lyrical themes are mainly about spirituality, theories and philosophies in how they perceive the world around them and how to survive and deal with the chaotic human nature. In the meantime while Pyrexia generals will drill into your brain, the tanks will roll into the streets of Tolmin. There is no escape!

Confirmed for METALDAYS 2014 are: Megadeth, Opeth, Sabaton, Heaven Shall Burn, Satyricon, My Dying Bride, Amorphis, Tiamat, Moonsorrow, Saltatio Mortis, Obituary, Borknagar, Grave, Immolation, Vader, Prong, In Solitude, Inquisition, Aborted, Ghost Brigade, Asphyx, Artillery, Benighted, Turning Golem, Cripper, Soen, Vanderbuyst, Nocturnal Depression, Gold, Downfall Of Gaia, Scarab, Pyrexia. More to come.

METALDAYS FESTIVAL - Megadeth and Sabaton confirmed as headliner + more bands announced!

It's taking way too long for the common Metalhead, but next July 12.000 of them will celebrate their heroes in the paradisaical Tolmin! Under the sun, in front of the stage, at the beach, in the water, in the shades of the trees and at the bar we will jump around, party and relax! The METALDAYS 2014 in Tolmin take place from July 20th until 26th. Two more headliner and many more brilliant bands can be confirmed today, so the pleasant anticipation will keep on growing. One of the Big 4 will visit us next year at the METALDAYS – a huge welcome to Megadeth! Dave Mustaine and his fellows strike up the Symphony Of Destruction and will headline next years festival! Just like Sabaton, who will fill the Julian Alps with their bombastic sound. From a small Swedish town to New York – the death metal lords from Immolation, who rule the underground for more than a quarter of century, are far from being your ordinary extreme metal band. Neither is the Polish band Vader! In their three decades long career they became a synonym for Eastern European death metal, recorded eleven albums and participated in countless crusades over Europe and other continents. Also new on board: Inquisition, founded by Dagon in the underground of Colombian heated streets, the band raised above the underground black metal scene to become one of the leading artist in the genre. What Turning Golem created, might be a new genre called metal-theatre. While performing, a group of actors is practicing the weirdest things on stage while the rest is inspired by the music of ancient sumerians – the oldest written music that has been found to date. Enjoy the French band Nocturnal Depression on upcoming METALDAYS – moments of tormented and oppressed atmosphere awaits you.

Confirmed for METALDAYS 2014 are therefore: Megadeth, Opeth, Sabaton, My Dying Bride, Amorphis, Tiamat, Moonsorrow, Saltatio Mortis, Obituary, Borknagar, Grave, Immolation, Vader, Prong, In Solitude, Inquisition, Aborted, Asphyx, Artillery, Benighted, Turning Golem, Cripper, Soen, Vanderbuyst, Nocturnal Depression. But this is just the tip of the iceberg.

METALDAYS FESTIVAL - Opeth confirmed as headliner + more bands announced!

It’s getting cold. Freezing cold. It’s about time to think of nice and warm things. What exactly? Sun, heat, beach and fresh, aquamarine water, green forests. breath-taking mountains, a BBQ, beer and METAL - and all of this for a whole week at one place! Doesn’t exist? Sure it does! METALDAYS festival in Tolmin from JUNE 20th to 26th 2014! The first headliner is confirmed: Opeth, early pioneers when it comes to Death Metal, who quickly developed into musical planeswanderers. Result: goosebumps in the middle of the summer! Also freshly confirmed: Tiamat, who also present an amazing progress with their music. They will take you into their obscure and hypnotical darkness. Moonsorrow will cover you in a musical blanket of Scandinavian romance and paganism - great, if someone’s there with you who needs to cuddle! Always leave them wanting more, say Moonsorrow. So throw away the blanket, unbag the sticks and get the burial shroud to welcome Aborted! Retro rockers In Solitude will present you sounds of the early Metal music and Benighted will show you something nobody could even think of back then, at the dawn of Metal. Cripper, really five of a kind in the world of German Thrash Metal, are no longer a newcomer and will therefore finally rock the main stage this time. Plus there will be Progressive Metal - Soen, who are putting their own exceptional kind of sounds to this genre.

Confirmed for the METALDAYS 2014 are: Opeth, My Dying Bride, Amorphis, Tiamat, Moonsorrow, Saltatio Mortis, Obituary, Borknagar, Grave, Prong, In Solitude, Aborted, Asphyx, Artillery, Benighted, Cripper, Soen, Vanderbuyst. But this is just the tip of the iceberg.

METALDAYS FESTIVAL - First bands confirmed!

My Dying Bride

Amorphis

Asphyx

Artillery

Saltatio Mortis

Obituary

Borknagar

Grave

Prong

Vanderbuyst

We are happy that the METALDAYS 2013 in Tolmin ,Slovenia will start in a bit more then a week (21. – 27. of July). Reason enough to make one more announcement for this blast of an event! Be quick and save yourself the last tickets!

Trying to serve all tastes of Metal, the diversity of genres grows and grows continuously and the billing counts tons of high-class bands!

Bands:

IN FLAMES
KING DIAMOND
HYPOCRISY
ICED EARTH
WINTERSUN
SONATA ARCTICA
ANNIHILATOR
MAYHEM
OVERKILL
METAL CHURCH
MESHUGGAH
SOILWORK
ENSIFERUM
SUBWAY TO SALLY
POWERWOLF
IHSAHN
TURISAS
DYING FETUS
ALESTORM
SAMAEL
PRIMORDIAL
UNLEASHED
CANDLEMASS
PENTAGRAM
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
ARKONA
VICIOUS RUMORS
SOLSTAFIR
ENSLAVED
Pet The Preacher
ONSLAUGHT
AURA NOIR
TSJUDER
SHINING
TAAKE
BLEED FROM WITHIN
ORANGE GOBLIN
ANAAL NATHRAKH
LOCK UP
BRUTAL TRUTH
BENEDICTION
EXHUMED
SVART CROWN
LEPROUS
GRAVEWORM
TORCHE
EYEHATEGOD
HAMMERCULT
MUSTASCH
EMERGENCY GATE
THE ROTTED
MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT
GLORYHAMMER
COLD SNAP
KISSIN´DYNAMITE
NIGHTMARE
SPITFIRE
CRIPPER
SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH
STEEL ENGRAVED
BLIKSEM
META-STASIS
OTARGOS
BLOODSHOT DAWN
4ARM
ATTICK DEMONS
NYA
INCINERY
ARSEA
REST IN FEAR
DARK SALVATION
HERFST
PARASOL CARAVAN
NEUROTECH
EXTREME SMOKE 57
BLYND
ACID DEATH
RAVENBLOOD
UNDER THE ABYSS
KARLAHAN
VALLORCH
STORMCAST
MYSTERY
IMPERIUM
DRAKUM
NEMESIS MY ENEMY
DARKEST HORIZON
GONOBA
THE CANYON OBSERVER
SPACE UNICORN ON FIRE
AVICULARIA
KARNAK
LAST DAY HERE
WITHIN DESTRUCTION
AGAN
CHAINED PISTONS
FROM THE DEPTH
RISING DREAM
INVERTED PUSSYFIX
RAPID STRIKE
CALDERAH
PHANTASMAGORIA
DICKLESS TRACY
COMA
THE LOUDEST SILENCE
CHRONOSPHERE
ETERNAL DEFORMITY
CALLING OF LORME

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This is the awesome line-up at Metaldays in Slovenia

4ARM | Acid Death | Agan | Alestorm | Anaal Nathrakh | Annihilator | Arkona | ArseA | Attick Demons | Aura Noir | Avicularia | Benediction | Blaakyum | Bleed From Within | Bliksem | Bloodshot Dawn | Blynd | Brutal Truth | Calderah | Calling Of Lorme | Candlemass | Chained Pistons | Chronosphere | Cold Snap | Coma | Cripper | Dark Salvation | Darkest Horizon | Dickless Tracy | Drakum | Dying Fetus | Emergency Gate | Ensiferum | Enslaved | Eternal Deformity | Exhumed | Extreme Smoke 57 | Eyehategod | From The Depth | Gloryhammer | Gonoba | Graveworm | Hammercult | Herfst | Hypocrisy | Iced Earth | Ihsahn | Imperium | In Flames | Incinery | Inverted Pussyfix | Karlahan | Karnak | King Diamond | Kissin Dynamite | Last Day Here | Legion Of The Damned | Leprous | Lock Up | Mayhem | Meshuggah | Meta-stasis | Metal Church | Mouth of the Architect | Mustasch | My Dying Bride | Mystery | Nemesis My Enemy | Neurotech | Nightmare | Nya | Onslaught | Orange Goblin | Otargos | Overkill | Parasol Caravan | Pentagram | Phantasmagoria | Powerwolf | Primordial | Rapid Strike | Ravenblood | Rest In Fear | Rising Dream | Sabbath Judas Sabbath | Samael | Shining | Soilwork | Sólstafir | Sonata Arctica | Space Unicorn On Fire | SpitFire | Steel Engraved | Stormcast | Subway To Sally | Svart Crown | Taake | The Canyon Observer | The Gates Of Slumber | The Loudest Silence | The Rotted | Torche | Tsjuder | Turisas | Under The Abyss | Unleashed | Vallorch | Wintersun | Within Destruction |

E-tickets now available!
Dear friends,

last week we have presented to you news about new payment system, vegan food, and security improvement. This week we will present another improvement to you.


From now on you will be able to buy E-TICKETs at our shop Ticket4You.
With this you will be able to save your shipping costs. Simply chose the E-TICKET option and pay with your credit card. You will receive your E-TICKET immediately. Everything you have to do is to print it and take it to the festival.
If you are still old school and you feel that you need your hard ticket, you can still purchase those as well.

See ya in Tolmin

Your metaldays team

Metaldays goes vegan!
For the first time we will offer also real vegan food to you.
Just another improvement...

ATTENTION: 3-day tickets limited!
Due to high ticket sales, 3day tickets for METALDAYS 2013 will be limited to 1000 tickets only.

If you decided to visit METALDAYS 2013 just for 3 days, please visit our shop and get your ticket now!

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Calderah - hardcore brain drill
We never stop our search for fresh blood. This time, we took a look around in Austria and found CALDERAH, the winners of the Metalchamp battle. These energetic youngsters, who like to define their music as hardcore metal / rock, will undoubtedly convince you of their prowess with their powerful performance that cuts straight into the brain. Check them out at METALDAYS 2013!
Calderah is an energetic Hardcore Metal Rock band from Austria. The Band was formed in 2006. After some early shows and band member obscurities a sort of magic triangle persisted. Riff checker Jakob, drum captain Basty and bass-face Orso shape this fundamental. Through a succession of riffs and consequential growing song material they picked out five numbers which was recorded within 3 days and named it “THE FIVE ELEMENT”.
In 2012 they have been promoting their new record and receiving very good reviews. They also started playing live shows and by the way they won the Austrian Metalchamp2013. If you need a powerful live performance straight into your mind Calderah invite you to come to their show.

Samael - Swiss precision!
A band straight from the land of cheese, watches and fine chocolate: SAMAEL. They formed in late eighties as an old-school black metal act and slowly progressed to industrial metal. They are considered one of Europe’s most unique metal acts. No matter the stage of their musical development, SAMAEL never took any compromises and always kept their distinctive sound. In July l SAMAEL will again sit on their Baphomet's throne and rule the METALDAYS festival with their intensive live performance.
S A M A E L existed long before brothers Vorphalack and Xytraguptor began turning gears in a bunker on the 14th of July 1988 – but that was the day it awoke. While practicing daily during that summer, the duet had one thing in mind: conquer the world.



The first small step toward that goal was the recording of their self-financed EP Medieval Prophecy in October ’88. The following year they wrote more songs and played shows in Germany, France, Switzerland and Poland, before taking the decisive step to record an album. On their way to rehearsal on the 12th of December 1989, the brothers stopped by bassist Masmiseîm’s place to talk him into joining S A M A E L . He accepted on the spot but remained with his former band Alastis for a few months.



The trio booked a studio for March 1990, and by April 1991, debut album Worship Him became the first release on newly-formed French label Osmose Productions. With this incisive step, S A M A E L began its invasion of the worldwide underground. A crucial series of concerts culminated with two monumental shows in Moscow. The following year the band signed a multi-album deal with fast growing label Century Media. By autumn 1992, Xytraguptor, Masmiseîm and Vorphalack were in studio, working for the first time with producer Waldemar Sorychta. From that recording session emerged Blood Ritual, 11 tracks of occult dark metal. Following its release, the band set out on its first European tour with label mates Unleashed and Tiamat. Later shows included the band’s first appearance at German festivals Wacken Open Air and Popkomm.



His head boiling with new ideas, Xytras took over composing Samael’s music while Vorphalack focused on lyrics. As the new songs were taking shape, it became clear that keyboards were needed for the next album, leading the band to invite local goth Rodolph H. to come ride a few miles with them. Recorded and mixed in 10 days at Woodhouse studios in Hagen, Germany, Ceremony of Opposites crowned S A M A E L as rulers of the underground. The album took the band on three European tours and their first North American tour (where they opened for Cannibal Corpse). To keep the band on the road, S A M A E L recorded Rebellion in February 1995, an EP that included an Alice Cooper cover (“I Love the Dead”) and an instrumental track constructed entirely with programmed drums, the latter presaging the future of the band’s evolution.



For fourth album Passage, Waldemar Sorychta went to Switzerland for pre-production work and was surprised with all the changes that occurred in the band since the Ceremony album. Rodolph was no longer part of the team, Xy moved from the drums to the keyboards and programmed all drum parts on a machine. The band had also hired a second guitar player named Kaos. A few months later, in Woodhouse studio again but with more time to spend, the band recorded 15 new songs and new versions of two songs from Ceremony of Opposites. The bulk of the tracks were used on Passage, while six of them were saved for an EP – Exodus – to be released later on. The overwhelming reaction of journalists invited to the studio to listen to some of the new songs was a positive sign; Passage was no ordinary album. The band’s credibility and popularity skyrocketed after the album’s release. A first headlining tour all over Europe was followed by many festival appearances including Dynamo Open Air, Wacken Open Air and With Full Force.



After the phenomenal success of Passage, in order to stay relevant to their artistic ideals, the band had to further develop their views and enlarge the spectrum of their music. Their already unique sound would be enriched with rock elements and with experimentations flirting with jazz and electronica. Eternal was the result, a self-produced album recorded in the nearby Mountain Studio; the album was engineered and mixed by David Richards, more known for his work with Queen and David Bowie than for his association to metal. Xy and Vorph would go to London to master the album with Toni Cousin (veteran of various Peter Gabriel and Genesis projects), another name alien to

S A M A E L’s usual surroundings. Following the release of Eternal in August 1999, the band embarked on their first headlining tour of North America. The next year saw the band playing selected summer festivals including Artefacts Festival in Strasburg (France) where they shared the stage with Iron Maiden.



The title of Eternal proved appropriate as of 2001 when the band entered a period of stasis. Session guitarist Kaos, who had been with S A M A E L for five years, announced that he wanted to retire from music; Vorph and Xy worked on different side projects; Mas built his own recording studio. In that entire year, S A M A E L practically did not exist. In January 2002, eager to give Eternal a proper European tour, the brothers started to look for a new guitar player; one name came highly recommended and all it took was a phone call from Xy, and Makro – from doom metal act Sludge – became the fourth member the band so desperately needed.



Summer 2002 saw S A M A E L back on its feet and ready to kill, playing their first show at Summer Breeze Festival (Germany), a concert that was immortalized with the release of the Black Trip DVD. At the beginning of 2003 the band toured Europe despite the fact that Vorph broke his ankle just before the tour commenced; he played all shows sitting on a chair, proving that nothing could stop the rejuvenated quartet in their undying quest to move forward. The appropriately named “Redemption Tour” then made its way through North America, with support coming from Strapping Young Lad and Cathedral.



By January 2004 S A M A E L completed working on their long-delayed next album. Xy wanted an external ear on the recording, and so called the dependable Sorychta, who drove to Switzerland to check out the new material and put his magic touch on the album. Recording was done in three different studios in Switzerland, and for the mix the band flew to Sweden to utilize the services of Stefan Glaumann. Reign of Light was the first album released on the band’s own imprint, Galactical Records; licenses were granted to Regain Records for Europe and Nuclear Blast for the US. The album got tremendous feedback from the international press and was named “album of the month” in a few European magazines, including Germany’s Metal Hammer. In Paris, the band was awarded Best Industrial Metal Album by Hard Rock magazine. Two singles were extracted from Reign of Light: “Telepath,” for which a video clip was shot, and “On Earth,” which also featured a cover of Depeche Mode’s “I Feel You.”

The seventh S A M A E L opus, Solar Soul, was released in June 2007 and followed a nearly identical pattern to Reign of Light: the creation, recording and mixing processes were done the same way at the same places with the same people. Musically and lyrically the album was an attempt at summarizing the spirit of S A M A E L. “Valkyries’ New Ride” was chosen as the first single (only available on download), and a video clip was shot for “Slavocracy,” where for the first time all members of the band were featured. Between their European and North American tour the band took a short break to put the final touches on Above, a side project that had been a long time in the making. The album was mixed in a few days during summer 2008, and when mastering was done it was decided it would be the new S A M A E L album. Above was released in February 2009 in Europe – March 7th in North America – and the band went back on the road for a marathon tour starting in the US, going twice around Europe and culminating with the band’s first-ever visit to South America, where they headlined the 2010 edition of Rock al Parque playing in front of 100,000 metal fans.



On November 19th 2010, Antigod was unleashed. Originally intended as a single, it eventually took the shape of an EP due to the amount of tracks; one them being the re-recording of “Into the Pentagram,” which first appeared on 1988’s Medieval Prophecy EP. The appearance of this refurbished old song effectively built a bridge over the band’s two decades of musical evolution, and their return album, Lux Mundi – released in Europe through Nuclear Blast in April 2011 and in North America through Season of Mist in July –shines brightly above it.

ATTENTION: 1-day Metaldays tickets limited!
Hi METALDAYSies, due to high ticket sales, 1day tickets for METALDAYS 2013 will be limited to only 500 tickets.


If you decided to visit METALDAYS 2013 just for one day, please visit our shop and get your ticket now.

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King Diamond - hail to the King!
With great pride and joy we would like to announce the last METALDAYS 2013 headliner KING DIAMOND on 26th of July. One of the greatest and most influential musicians in heavy metal, with absolute and undisputed cult status will rule the stage on our metal holiday. KING DIAMOND, who has been sitting on his throne for over three decades, will prove to you with his bombastic performance that his kingdom is eternal. The climax of this year's METALDAYS festival is an evening of first class heavy metal that could not be more spectacular and epic. KING DIAMOND.

Taake - lets fog the Metaldays Festival!
It's time for some real Norwegian Black Metal that arrives to the METALDAYS festival straight from the North. Bergen's TAAKE will provide true old school Black Metal performance. It’s front man and absolute band leader Hoest swears to darkness and decay. For years he stands on the battlefront of true black metal and defends the legacy that originates in his home town. In the midst of hot summer, TAAKE will create the icy atmosphere of real hellish hate on the METALDAYS 2013 stage.

ATTENTION: RUNNING ORDER!
Hey-ho METALDAYSies - what's the crucial item the lack of which would render an event a cosmic joke? Exactly, a fucking RUNNING ORDER! Now what's the crucial item you've been missing until now? Exaaaactly... take "UNTIL NOW" for granted and hit the "LINE-UP AND RUNNING ORDER" link in the sitemap, fellows! Wanna know how shit works?


Right next to the "In alphabetic order" button you find 5 new motherfuckers, each one giving you the running order for one out of five METALDAYS – hit the mofos! Better yet, each band's panel indicates the band's gig duration by its height. Later, when everything's confirmed, the play and pause times will be visible in there, too. Also, when you compare main stage and 2nd stage against each other, you can easily see which bands are going to overlap (playtimes on both stages (partially) simultaneous), as the panels are arranged by timeline.

ATTENTION: it's a good idea to check this section from time to time, since there will be changes here and there. This is because we are still refining the running order, but would like to share it with you nevertheless ;-)

Now what can we do to make this bitch a real beauty? Simple: make it ALL YOURS! Just click – across all days, it will remember – as many bands as you'd comment: "I'd sell my mother to see these on stage!" and hit the "CHOSEN BANDS AS PDF" button to get a PDF file with YOUR PERSONAL RUNNING ORDER and save it on your cellphone, share it with frieds or print it and wipe your a**es with it - stop, don't do the latter, that was a stupid idea.

ATTENTION AGAIN: from the moment on when we publish the play/pause times in the running order, the PDF-BUTTONS will also generate PDF files containing the exact play/pause times! Could it get better? Sure! There will then be a hint in the PDFs attached to each band which is gonna have a playtime overlap with another band on the other stage, telling you that and the other band's name in a red warning.

We really hope you like the new running order section - do you?

Sabbath Judas Sabbath - a travel into the past
What a nice surprise, Helstar-frontman James Rivera provides to us! SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH is the newest musical coup of this metal-master, which is completely dedicated to the glorious hymns of the heavy-metal-legends Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. Oh yeah, James Rivera’s SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH is a pure Black Sabbath and Judas Priest Tribute Band! With a wide range of all-star-musicians the Helstar-mastermind is travelling from city to city, to awake the myth and spirit of old-school-days for a new. Luckily James Rivera will also stop at your METALDAYS! Time for nostalgia-feelings!
BIOGRAPHY:


SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH, a tribute to heavy metal icons Black Sabbath (primarily the Dio years) and Judas Priest, is a product of Houston, Texas–based national recording artist, James Rivera. The front man is best known for his long running career as the voice behind Progressive Thrash metallers HELSTAR, a cult metal band that was popular in the 1980’s, which in recent years, has resurfaced with a reunited lineup. Rivera is also famous for his opuses DESTINY’S END and DISTANT THUNDER, in addition to his stint with San Francisco Bay area group VICIOUS RUMORS, as well as SEVEN WITCHES. Although the singer has had quite a productive and lengthy music career, Rivera chose to create tribute bands to perform with during times when he is on break from recording or touring with his original acts.

Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, two of Rivera’s main idols, have played a highly influential role in his musical profession. Many have compared Rivera’s singing capabilities to the vocal styles of Rob Halford and Ronnie James Dio. As a great form of flattery, Rivera felt it appropriate to showcase the effects these artists have had on his music career by dedicating his tribute bands to them.

SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH came to fruition in 2002, although Rivera actually started this concept years earlier as two separate tributes; CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE, A Tribute to Black Sabbath and METAL GODS, A Tribute to Judas Priest. Both tribute bands originated in Houston, Texas, and became a commodity in the local metal scene, also performing regionally, as well as outside of Texas. Rivera ultimately decided to combine the forces of the two bands to create one superior tribute band, in which he chose the fitting moniker of SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH.

Eventually, demand in other market territories including regional, Texas, and out-of-state areas, heightened the band’s exposure. This led Rivera to develop chapters of SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH in various cities and states where it has the strongest followings. These chapters extend across the U.S., in the cities of Houston, Texas, and El Paso, Texas, as well as the states of Florida and Utah, and at one time even in Phoenix, Arizona. In the year 2009, Rivera composed the first European-based SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH and held the band’s premier overseas show in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This opportunity has opened the doors for SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH to perform and tour in Europe. The European metal community is already familiar with Rivera from his main acts and the continent provides a broader market for these specialty shows.

Rivera has chosen musicians for SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH that he feels are “top notch” and can effectively hypnotize audiences with a musical illusion of being at a Black Sabbath or Judas Priest concert. The crowds are always in awe over the intensity of the songs SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH performs from their favorite groups.

Notable recording artists and musicians presently or previously in SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH:
METALSTEEL band, Slovenia – European Chapter
Larry Barragan, guitars (HELSTAR) – Houston, TX Chapter
Eric Halpern, guitars (KRUCIBLE, MINDCRIME, ex-HELSTAR) – Houston, TX Chapter
Richard Bateman, bass (NASTY SAVAGE, GARDY-LOO) – Tampa, FL Chapter
Jerry Abarca, bass (HELSTAR) – Houston, TX Chapter
Mike Heald, guitars (ex-HELSTAR) – Houston, TX Chapter
Mike Theriot and Darrin Goodman, guitars (KATAGORY V) – Utah Chapter
Michael Gilbert, guitars (FLOTSAM & JETSAM) – Phoenix, AZ Chapter
Eric Bongiorno, Chris Catero, Paul Sullivan (WARDOG, RAZER) – Phoenix, AZ Chapter

SABBATH JUDAS SABBATH delivers a strong performance containing classical songs from a vital part of rock history by showcasing two of heavy metal's most influential, powerful and defining bands!

My tent is already here!
Do you want to travel to the METALDAYS completely relaxed - without any hurry or stress? Do you want to enter the festival and its campground without having any own camping equipment? The service of mein-zelt-steht-schon makes it possible! You order tents and accessories very easily and it'll be built up for you. You only have to move in and start partying!

Do you want to travel to the METALDAYS completely relaxed - without any hurry or stress? Do you want to enter the festival and its campground without having any own camping equipment? The service of mein-zelt-steht-schon makes it possible! You order tents and accessories very easily and it'll be built up for you. You only have to move in and start partying!

Want a bucket fulla beer? Easter bunny got it covered!
The easter bunny has something for you!!

A big pallet of BEER!
You can get it for free – just purchase at least 4 tickets for METALDAYS.
On top you can choose between crisps or barbecue sausages.
But hurry – the offer ends on easter.



The easter bunny has something for you!!

A big pallet of BEER!
You can get it for free – just purchase at least 4 tickets for METALDAYS.
On top you can choose between crisps or barbecue sausages.
But hurry – the offer ends on easter.