Po tem, ko so pred kratkim turnejo odpovedali White Ward, je ista usoda doletela blackened death metalce 1914 iz Ukrajine. Upamo, da se stvari umirijo in nas bo zasedba lahko obiskala letos poleti na festivalu Črna Loka. Sledi bandova izjava za medije:

»Many of you could have been noticing a recent wave of European tours cancellations by UA bands. Unfortunately, 1914 is not an exception here. With heavy hearts we must inform you that we cannot play for our fans this April and have to cancel our upcoming tour.

Just to make it clear, it is still a 'wartime' on the territory of our land, and this specific time makes it impossible to leave the borders by the men of a conscript age. How could we travel last year? It was possible to get a special permission from the state authorities for the artists to leave the country and do shows and other activities in order to aid the country and spead the truth about unprovoked and brutal war started by russia. There were some irresponsible people who used such permissions to leave the country and never come back, and after it became public and went through a media - the state authorities stopped granting the special permissions for the artists by artificially overcomplicating the process of getting all the necessary documents, by enlarging the list of the documents and making it impossible for bands to obtain what is needed. This affected a lot of different bands in UA.

Last couple of weeks for us were in a constant fight with that new stupid system trying to show that we had a positive experience of returning back home after foreign tours, trying to display the value of such tours for our country benefit, but no matter how hard we tried - we couldn't break that system and it made impossible for us to go and play this time. We want to apologize to our fans, other bands, promoters, but currently we are powerless here. We will work hard to be able to get to our other shows this year, maybe the ice will melt and we will see some easement in the future, but currently we just did everything we could.

Міністерство культури та інформаційної політики України - Thank you for nothing!«

Blaze Bayley, nekdanji vokalist zasedbe Iron Maiden, je prejšnjo soboto doživel srčni infarkt in bil zaradi tega hospitaliziran. Njegovo stanje je že stabilno, žal pa je zaradi tega moral odpovedati turnejo. Več lahko preberete v uradni izjavi:

»We sincerely regret to announce that Blaze had a heart attack at home yesterday evening & is now in hospital in a stable condition, awaiting news of further surgery/treatment. He is in good spirits in the circumstances but utterly disappointed to have to postpone our imminent shows due in March & April. Ticket refunds will be available at source but we truly hope you will keep your tickets & make it to the new dates which we will be announcing as soon as they are scheduled.

Regarding shows already booked for June-November this year, we understandably have to wait a short while to see how quick Blaze’s recovery will be, so please stay tuned & meanwhile most importantly we're sure you will join us in wishing him a complete & speedy recovery.

Blaze misses you, cannot wait to regain full health & see you all again.

Every Storm Ends… ‘your heart will heal’

Thank you so much everyone for your understanding & support.

Mark Appleton & Christopher Appleton (management / bookings)«

Wilderun so odpovedali svojo udeležbo na turneji s Kataklysm in Soilwork. Zamenjali jih bodo finski melodičarji Horizon Ignited. Zasedbe lahko nam najbližje ujamete 22. aprila v zagrebškem klubu Boogaloo.

Koncert zasedb Loudness, Grey Attack in Thola, ki bi se moral zgoditi 15. aprila v ljubljanskem Orto Baru, je odpovedan. Dejansko je odpovedana celotna evropska turneja. Tukaj pojasnilo banda:

»We are very sorry that we must announce, the European Tour of Loudness is cancelled. We discussed multiple options back and forth in order to find a solution.

However, we can’t perform the tour under the circumstances given.

We are very sorry for everyone, who looked forward to these shows and hope to be back as soon as possible.«

Organizator koncerta pa še dodaja: »Kupnina vstopnic bo povrnjena na mestu nakupa.«

Nemški melodični folk/death metalci Suidakra so bili zaradi zdravstvenih težav primorani odpovedati vse napovedane koncerte. Na odre naj bi se vrnili oktobra letos.

Organizatorji festivala Inferno Metal Festival 2023 sporočajo, da so svoj nastop bili primorani odpovedati Vredehammer. Vskočila bo norveška blackened doom metal zasedba Slegest. Festival se začne čez dobra dva tedna, natančneje bo potekal med 6. in 9. aprilom v Oslu.

Ukrajinska post/black metal zasedba White Ward je bila zaradi situacije v Ukrajini žal primorana odpovedati vse načrtovane nastope in turneje. Spodaj lahko preberete izjavo banda:

»Dear friends,

With a heavy heart, we need to inform you that our April tour is canceled. Last 2 weeks we fought for the fate of the tour. We tried all the possible ways, but the system proved to be stronger.

So, let's make it clear about what happened and about the reasons for the cancellation.

Right now “wartime” restrictions are applied in Ukraine, and they include limitations for men in ages 18-60 to cross the border, because it is a range when men are available for military service. So, there is a need to get special permission from state authorities to travel out of Ukraine. During the year 2022 the Ministry Of Culture helped Ukrainian musicians and different artists and assisted in acquiring such permits (for a limited time) and that is why we, and many other bands, were able to play in Europe last year.

But a working algorithm that allows to control the “way back” was not created and responsibilities related to the violations of the permission terms - were nowhere written. And that is why some impudent people just used this opportunity to run out of Ukraine and decided not to come back. Very few cases are known, but after the last one, which raised a lot of noise and dissatisfaction in the media, the Ministry Of Culture decided to implement immediate changes and new rules, even for artists who have already sent a request for permit weeks before an accident - we have sent such request on February, 20th. That is the reason why many Ukrainian bands like Schizogen, Bezlad, The Hypnotunez, Kazka, and many more have already canceled or almost canceled their tours. Some bands were affected when they were already at the border and shows should take place the next day, but due to new rules, they were not allowed to leave Ukraine!

The new rules suppose some additional documents to a request. In our case, every member of the band has his own difficulties in acquiring that, even with an immediate start - there is no guarantee that the process will be successful and accomplished in time. Also, that is anyway not a guarantee that the request will be approved - our colleagues` request was refused even with all the requested documents. So, we just can't get this permission and it is over.

We have tried everything, and the media noise was our last hope. But it hasn’t worked, unfortunately. Months of work, preparations, money - all this is now in vain.
We sincerely apologize to our fans, promoters, and everyone who helped us with this tour. We hope that one day we will make this tour real, and you will wait for us. We will still try to figure something out before Hellfest and August festivals, but no new tour announcements till the end of the war will be made.

But, the one and only responsible for this is russia. They broke everything by invading our country, killing our children, bombing our cities, destroying our culture, and applying all fascist methods to destroy us and we will never forget what they DID and are still DOING!«

Društvo Železni Aktivizem sporoča, da je sobotni koncert Iron Median zaradi bolezni odpovedan.

A je že znan nov datum koncerta, in sicer je to 8. april. Že kupljene vstopnice veljajo tudi za nov datum.

Po odpovedanem koncertu, ki naj bi ga scarlet doom zasedba Messa imela maja v Ljubljani, je zdaj napovedala nove koncertne datume. Gre za zelo posebno turnejo, na kateri bodo nastopili v razširjeni postavi, s katero so prvič nastopili lansko leto na festivalu Roadburn. Zasedba bo tako na promocijski turneji v čast albumu Live At Roadburn 15. maja nastopila v dvornani Libertas v Kopru. Ker gre za zelo poseben dogodek, je število obiskovalcev omejeno na 100, svojo vstopnico pa lahko rezervirate na tem naslovu: spellkraftprod@outlook.com.

Po tem, ko so svoj nastop na letošnji ediciji festivala Kaltenbach Open Air odpovedali Abrupt Demise, so hitro vskočili barbarski thrash metalci Tulsadoom. Festival se bo odvijal med 18. in 20. avgustom v kraju Spital am Semmering.

Ekipa R.A.F.A.L. sporoča, da so Messa žal odpovedali majski koncert z Natt v ljubljanski Gromki. Italijansko scarlet doom zasedbo lahko ujamete avgusta na festivalu MetalDays.

Po odpovedi koncerta na Dunaju so se Pantera odločili za dodaten koncert v madžarski prestolnici. V Budimpešti bodo tako nastopili 30. in 31. maja, s tem da je prvi koncert že razprodan. Prodaja vstopnic za sredo, 31. maja, se začne danes ob 10. uri na tej povezavi.

Organizatorji festivala Črna Loka so v nedeljo razveselili z vestjo, da bodo na letošnji izvedbi festivala nastopili death metalci Siderean, ki so lani morali odpovedati nastop zaradi bolezni.

Črna Loka se bo letos odvijala od 7. in 8. julija v Škofji Loki, doslej potrjene skupine pa so 1914, Psychonaut 4, Cvinger, Ulvedharr, Britof in Kamra. Vstopnice so letos v predprodaji na voljo prek založbe On Parole in znašajo 42 EUR.

Ekipa festivala Metaldays, ki bo letos prvič v Velenju, je objavila sveženj nastopajočih na letošnjem festivalu. Kot headlinerji bodo nastopili Killswitch Engage, potrdili pa so še zasedbe Brand Of Sacrifice, Cro-Mags, Urne, Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Helleruin, Blođ, Lizzard, Messa, OvO, Caronte, Stillbirth, Temperance, Hierophant, Cartagods, Chemicide, Souls Of Diotima ter kupček zasedb, ki naj bi igrale na odpovedanem festivalu New Metal Fest: Hats Barn, When Plagues Collide, Dethrone The Corrupted, Beyond God, Scardust, Arises, Infinitas, Black Sonic Pearls, Scarlean, Insolvency in Siderean.

Včeraj so organizatorji prav tako objavili ponudbo prenočišč v glamping hiškah v neposredni bližini prizorišča. V ceno je vključena hiška s 4 ležišči, več informacij pa je na voljo tukaj.

Princ teme Ozzy Osbourne sporoča, da je zaradi zdravstvenih težav primoran odpovedati evropsko turnejo. S tem se verjetno tudi za vedno poslavlja od koncertnih/festivalskih odrov. Več si lahko preberete v spodnjem sporočilu: