Thankyou for coming !

by Eric Mackinnon There’s not much better than standing with your friends, enjoying a cold one and watching some of the world’s best rock and metal bands bring their A game live on stage – except maybe doing all that with the blaze of the...
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Slipknot returns

Eric Mackinnon There was no doubt Paul Gray was very much still with his Slipknot family tonight as the band returned to the live stage for the first time since his sudden and tragic death last year. Standing symbolically at the back of the stage was...
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Interview: Rotting Christ

by Eric Mackinnon Rotting Christ frontman Sakis Tolis admits he is more nervous ahead of closing the Saturn Stage at tonight’s Sonisphere Festival in Athens than he is facing a baying mob of protesters on the other side of the world. Tolis, who is...
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Οι Iron Maiden με έκαναν να κλάψω

“Οι Iron Maiden ήταν η πρώτη metal συναυλία που είδα χωρίς τους γονείς μου, κι από τότε άλλαξε η ζωή μου” είπε ο Mike Squires, κιθαρίστας των Duff McKagan’s...
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Bohemians in Rhapsody

Iron Maiden never fail to deliver and Sonisphere Czech Republic was no exception. The 25,000 sell-out show was palpably throbbing with anticipation before one of Britain’s finest exports took to the stage. The Czech Republic is a European hotspot when...
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Return of the killer tees

For the last three years cult artist Godmachine has created exclusive, intricate designs for Sonisphere that have had bands banging on the doors of our backstage portacabins begging for t-shirts in their size. This year he’s outdone himself. Pull...
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Sonisphere Poland

By Andrew Watson from rockaaa.com Europe’s premier touring festival exploded into life in Warsaw, Poland, today with over 8 hours of live bands thrilling the crowds who turned out in their many thousands despite chilly and overcast conditions. A combination...
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Paul Gray 1972-2010

Η σημερινή μέρα σηματοδοτεί τη συμπλήρωση ενός έτους από τότε που ο μπασίστας των SLIPKNOT, PAUL GRAY (RIP), βρήκε τραγικό θάνατο. Μοιάζει να έχει μεσολαβήσει...
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Flight 666

Οι εξαιρετικές επιδόσεις του frontman των Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson, στο πιλοτάρισμα, είναι μέρος της μυθολογίας των Maiden όσο και η μασκότ με το πρόσωπο-κρανίο...
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Ώρες Sonisphere

APOLLO STAGE Iron Maiden 21:15-23:15 Slipknot 18:55-20:10 Mastodon 17:30-18:30 Moonspell 16:15-17:15 Nightfall 15:00-16:00 SATURN STAGE...
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