Breathtaking proggers Acolyte to livestream from Chapel off Chapel

All bands add a lot to the music cosmos. But having had a ear on the single "Entropy" of Acolyte took my breathe. What I heard was pure crying from the very depths of the soul. 

It's not happening often that I can hear the heartbeat of a band but Acolyte provided this through their music to me. While most of the track comes a heavy way it's the transition towards a slow and dream/nightmare-like style at the end that never seems to end that got me in so deep. 

And this very band is going to host a global streaming event at the intimate and iconic venue in Melbourne, 'Chapel off Chapel'. Acolyte's live performance guarantees a stunning, powerful and emotive musical experience that will bring their new songs to life in a live setting. 

The interactive streaming event will premiere on SUNDAY JUNE 6TH 2021 [But will be available for rewatch] 9pm AEST/ 7pm AWST / 12pm BST/ 1pm CEST / 9am EDT 

Tickets on sale now and there is a tiered pricing structure so fans can choose what they wish to pay to discover and experience the fast rising prog metal act. https://acolyte.veeps.com/ 

Livestream Calendar 2020/2021

Since the pandemic is still having us all in heavy grip the only way to have some live music experience is coming through the internet. My last post about this is already a bit older so I decided to open up a new one.  
 
Please consider giving a little donation or buy some band merch if you like what you see or hear. Broadcasting livestreams sadly ain't a free thing. Bands need to have some equipment for it that they usually don't have so they need to buy or lend it at least mostly in exchange for some cash.  

Upcoming shows

John Diva & The Rockets Of Love

Online Release-Show for the new album "American Amadeus"

Friday 15th 2021, starts at 20h CET

https://getnext.to/john-diva?fbclid=IwAR0Ke1yqKqXVyfKMS_mAFmDXxcV3MEXGqwJdblSN06I_HRXKq7GjyI719Aw

 

Leprous

perform "The Congregation" album in it's entirely

Saturday 16th 2021, 20h

Tickets https://watch.munin.live/products/leprous-the-congregation-live?fbclid=IwAR0bSbsuYmgg-Iec8mGpahZ4uiDDMGo_D426j-D5TXi3yecWsJoGGrrIQB0 

OPUS' BLIZZARD B-DAY BASH 2021
Saturday 23th January 2021
Starts at 7PM. Sharp!
Featuring...
DEAD BY WEDNESDAY
EARTH (BLACK SABBATH Tribute USA - Special Unplugged Acoustic Set)
KINGS & LIARS
MARC RIZZO (Guitarist of SOULFLY - Solo Shred)
*Plus more surprises!!!

*Includes premier of DBW's new song "Mars in Exile" & more TBA!!!

Streaming Live on:
YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, & TWITCH here:

YT: https://www.youtube.com/combatrecords

FB: https://www.facebook.com/toadsplaceofficial

Twitch: @BrainwaveHQ

Metal Storm: The Deep Freeze Fest 

Saturday, January 23rd 2021 starting at 8pm ET 

https://www.twitch.tv/rock_addict_radio

hosted by RAR personality, DJ REM.
 
Featured bands include:
Viral Strain (UK)
Brotality (US)
Matalobos (Mexico)
Blood of Angels (US)
Corners of Sanctuary (US)
Pressure (Sweden)
Illusions of Grandeur (US)

 

Past Shows  

Little Caesar 

streaming their entire debut album

Saturday, December 26th at 3 PM, Eastern

https://www.facebook.com/bravewords or 

https://www.youtube.com/user/Bravewords666?sub_confirmation=1

  

 

Maahes

The Egyptophile black metallers are streaming their complete "Live at Woid Weyd Metal" show on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/MaahesOfficial

 

 

Wrecking Ball Metal Fest 

Saturday,December 12th 2020

the first band performing at 1pmET.  

https://www.rockaddictradio.com/video-stream.php or

Twitch TV channel at https://www.twitch.tv/rock_addict_radio

Bands schedule to perform include:

Syteria (UK)

Strike Master (Mexico)

Corners of Sanctuary (US)

Agressor (Costa Rica)

Threatpoint (US)

The Recasts (US)

Seventh Chaos (US)

Powerless Rise (US)

 

 

Online charity Mezivrchy Festival

December 19th 2020, at 2 PM UTC+01 – DEC 20 AT 12 AM UTC+01. 

Bands schedule to perform include: 

Purnama [death/black metal]

Welicoruss [symphonic black metal]

INNERSPHERE [thrash/melodic-death metal]

Pačess [metal]

V.A.R [thrash metal]

We Are Dust You Turn Into [death metal]

F.A. King [rock]

In addition, you will see a fire show by Alterna!

https://rb.gy/2tkoz8

Livestream-Review: Anvil - L'Anti Bar, Quebec City 04.07.2020

Can a livestream event really fit properly to showcase a band's abilities? Anvil proved that it is possible.

Anvil at the very beginning of the set.

The Canadian legend Anvil is well known for all their classics. Recently the band dropped a new full length called "Legal at last". Like so many other bands they had to cancel the already booked shows. The guys behind the L'Anti Bar invited the band for a livestream performance. People who wanted to attend needed to purchase a virtual ticket in advance but were rewarded very well for their money.

The band opened up with a blast of a instrumental intro. It gave a taste that a well balanced and crystal clear sound has been set up. They were on fire that night.

You could see that Anvil had a lot of fun. They smiled all the way through the set, most of all Lips who once more showed why he is a solid frontman. Bassist Chris Robertson choose to move back and forth to the whole songs while showing grimace every here and there. Very cool!

The band showed that they had a lot of fun performing live.

Other times the band showed some guitar-posing in the form of Accept. Applause was added to the sound as no real audience was allowed to show up but the text responses in the chatbox spoke for themselves. They were some lags in the beginning of the stream. Maybe a control panel to change the quality of the steam could help out to prevent such things the next time.

Lips had his typical humor and short banter with him. He had a great high-toned voice on that night. I liked the band introduction. Everyone was allowed to do a solo starting with bassist Chris Robertson. Robb Reiner was unbelievable on that night. He showed a precise drumming that sharply followed the guitars on every step. His drum solo was one of the most entertaining one's I've heard and seen in a long time. Finally Steve Kudlow gave his well known dildo-guitar performance. It was a lot of fun.

Robb Reiner performed a impressive drum solo and overall performance.

The band played for a good ninty minutes and rounded the set with a blasting cover of "Born to be wild" and the iconic classic "Metal on metal". I can only hope they will do more live shows in the near future. I would choose to see them every time again.

Keep a eye on the band's Facebook page. Let's hope we're lucky enough to see the band performing live in the future again.

Livestream Calendar opens it's doors

Currently the only way to have liveshows for musicians goes over the route of the World Wide Web. In the course of the recent days I got some info for upcoming shows I'd like to hand further to you.

Most of the performances are offered for free. If you can somehow support the musicians and / or organizers please do so with handing some bucks through the donation channels mentioned on the event pages.

Upcoming shows

17.7.2020 22h CEST Victoria K. (Symphonic Metal), free
https://www.twitch.t0v/rockshotsrecords

18.07.2020 Bang your head Open Air Online Special. Start time 16h CEST, free
Music clips, full shows, talks, behind the scene material from past years and more.
www.youtube.com/user/byhfestival

18.07.2020 Dance Gavin Dance (Post Hardcore), paid
https://www.dancegavindance.live/

18.07.2020 18:30-23:30 GMT Wolf Jaw, Hollowstar, Black Tree Vultures and False Hearts (Rock), £12.50 per Ticket
Live-Performances and Interviews and interactive Q&A sessions. The event will be hosted by Pete K Mally and Natalie Asteria.
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/502115

If you have info on upcoming shows please don't hesitate and send them my way. 

You may also leave a comment below or send stuff with a message through the Facebook page for the Heavy Metal Underdogs blog.

Past shows

Jupiter Hollow (Prog Metal), free
29.06.2020 (8:00 pm - EST)
30.06.2020 (8:00 pm - EST)
01.07.2020 (6:00 pm - EST)*
02.07.2020 (8:00 pm - EST)
* (Show on Canada Day will only be 50-60 mins)
Facebook.com/JupiterHollowOfficial 
IInstagram.com/jupiterhollow_

Candlemass (Doom Metal), paid
03.07.2020 20-22h CEST
https://blackbox.solidtango.com/live/candelmass-live-from-studio-grondahl?utm_source=Press+News&utm_campaign=1cb52f86ef-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_24_09_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7e4e555b47-1cb52f86ef-26346391

Monte Luna (Doom), free
July 3rd at 6:30 pm PDT
https://youtu.be/F404rOYGJ_A

03. & 04.07.2020 Lost Horizon - Festival, free
feat. Tallah (Nu Core Metallers with Max Portnoy on drums)
https://www.losthorizonfestival.com

The logo of the Lost Hoizon Festival

04.07.2020 Anvil (Thrash), paid
The event will begin at the following times: Saturday, July 4th at 5pm (EST), 10pm (UK), 11pm (CET) and Sunday, July 5th for 6am (JAP), 7am (AUS).
https://thepointofsale.com/tickets/d7p200704001

Until July 14th there's a chance to see the show (again) if you missed it out or want to watch it a second time (it's still a paid stream).
https://thepointofsale.com/tickets/abs200707001

04.07.2020 Space Of Variations (Modern Metal),
8:00pm Kyiv time/7:00pm CET, free
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAcsDTlPlUZmBBcdpqRRMCA

09.07.2020 Jinjer (Modern Metal), concert recording, free
www.knotfest.com

10.07.2020 Trivium (Modern Metal), paid, 20h CET
http://live.trivium.org

11.07.2020 Leatherjacks (Rock), free 06:00-09:00 UTC-03
https://www.indiestarradio.com/

11.07.2020 Magistarium (Power Metal), free, 20h CET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyBR46IB-zQ

Livestream Event celebrates 80s Photographer Mark "Weissguy" Weiss

These days livestreaming seems to be one of the few possibilities to stay in touch with fans, supporters and to spread the word that music is still alive and kicking.

David Ellefson and Thom Hazaert, with legendary music photographer Mark “Weissguy” Weiss will go online on Saturday, May 30 6PM CST/ 7PM EST to celebrate "THE DECADE THAT ROCKED".

Artwork: Melody Myers

Everything in this issue of the "Oh say you can stream" series is focussed on the work of photographer Mark "Weissguy" Weiss and his upcoming book, THE DECADE THAT ROCKED: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF MARK “WEISSGUY” WEISS, which will be available June 2nd from Insight Editions.

The book features almost 400 pages of Weiss’ iconic images, with over 700 photographs of legendary artists including Motley Crue, Guns N’ Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Megadeth, Twisted Sister, Joan Jett, Van Halen, Aerosmith, KISS, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, and many more.

The livestream event will feature a massive guest list that contributes:

Zakk Wylde
Scott Ian (Anthrax)
Charlie Benante (Anthrax)
Don Dokken (Dokken)
Tamie Downe (Faster Pussycat)
Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Ozzy)
Stephen Pearcy (Ratt)
JJ French (Twisted Sister)
Jack Russell (Great White)
Jacob Bunton (Mick Mars, Adler)
Mark Slaughter
Roxy Petrucci (Vixen/Madam X)
Maxine Petrucci (Madam X)
PJ Farley (Trixter)
Dave Alvin (White Trash)
Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys, Broken Teeth, Evil United)
Carmine Appice (Ozzy, Blue Murder, Vanilla Fudge)
Marc Storace (Krokus)
Bruce Kulick (KISS)
John Gallagher (Raven)
Dean Davidson (Britny Fox, Blackeyed Susan)
Bob Chiappardi (Concrete Marketing)
Andre Comeau (The Real World NYC)
Fred Coury (Cinderella)
Steve Lacy (FOX 5 NYC)
Steve Whiteman (KIX)
Chip Z’Nuff (Enuff Z’Nuff)
THOR
And more TBA!

The David Ellefson Youth Music Foundation (DEYMF) has also set up an eBay auction in connection with the event, with auctions running all week including signed Mark Weiss prints, a collection of Ellefson’s stage-used clothing and gear, and other donated items. You can find the listings at: https://www.ebay.com/usr/ellefsonyouthmusicfoundation

You can stream the event at:

twitch.tv/grammymusiced 
facebook.com/davidellefson 
youtube.com/davidellefson 
facebook.com/grammymusiced 
facebook.com/thedeymf

Arte Concert streams With Full Force 2018

Just got the info that this weekend's With Full Force Festival will be livestreamed through the internet by Arte Concert. Here's is the schedule for the stream of  the festival featuring mostly bands from the heavier side of metal:

Friday 14th June 2018 (all times CEST)

  Stray From The Path 18:00 h
  Kataklysm 18:40 h
  Stick To Your Guns 19:30 h
  Lionheart 20:15h
  Body Count feat. Ice-T 21:00 h
  Caliban 21:50 h
  Tbc 22:45 h
  Belphegor 00:00 h

Best of all you can watch it straight here, thanks to the kind embed option on the Arte Concert livestream page.

A full schedule of all the bands performing at the festival can be found on the official festival homepage.
Check the Arte Concert streaming page for updates on the livestream schedule as well as for info which bands they will show in the coming two days.

Rock Hard Festival 2017 livestream confirmed

This weekend has a double-treat coming up for us - not only will the Rock am Ring festival take place but the Open Air of the megazine of the same name (Rock Hard) will also open it's gates.

Anyway it has just been announced that there will be a livestream of this festival, too.
You can watch the shows at the homepage of the legendary TV format "Rockpalast".

So far it's sure that the broadcast times will be as follows:

Friday, 02.06.17: 16:00 – 23:00 h
Saturday, 03.06.17: 14:00 – 23:00 h
Sunday, 04.06.17: 18:30 – 23:00 h

The traditional way live videos were recorded back in the day...

Here's the running order taken of the Rock Hard festival website:

Friday, 2. Juni

21:30 - 23:00 BLUES PILLS
19:45 - 21:00 CANDLEMASS
18:15 - 19:15 THE DEAD DAISIES
17:05 - 17:50 MANTAR
16:00 - 16:40 ROBERT PEHRSSON‘S HUMBUCKER
15:00 - 15:40 DUST BOLT

Saturday, 3. Juni

21:30 - 23:00 BEHEMOTH
19:45 - 21:00 D.A.D.
18:15 - 19:15 EXODUS
16:45 - 17:45 ASPHYX
15:35 - 16:20 SKYCLAD
14:30 - 15:15 THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA
13:30 - 14:10 KETZER
12:30 - 13:10 MONUMENT

Sunday, 4. Juni

21:30 - 23:00 OPETH
19:40 - 21:00 DIRKSCHNEIDER („Farewell To Accept“)
18:00 - 19:10 FATES WARNING
16:30 - 17:30 ROSS THE BOSS („Manowar-Classics“)
15:15 - 16:00 DEMON
14:05 - 14:50 SECRETS OF THE MOON
13:00 - 13:40 BLOOD CEREMONY
12:00 - 12:40 NIGHT DEMON

In addition to all of this there will be a broadcast of shows via german television station WDR. The exact dates are give below:

19.06.17:  00:45 - 04.15 h
26.06.17:  00:45 - 04:15 h
03.07.17:  00:45 - 04:15 h

Rock am Ring 2017 livestream coming up

Speaking of livestreams - the festival season once again is drawing near.

One of the biggest of them is Rock am Ring here in Germany. The message just came in that this year there will be a livestream once again hosted on the sites of the german Telekom (a big telephone and cellphone service provider in Germany).

It will start on June 2nd and feature seven livestreams all based at this location. For the first time you'll be able to capture one of the streams with the 360 degrees feature. This should give you at least a little more festival feeling with it.

All recordings of the shows will stay online as a stream on demand for 30 days.

These years line-up of Rock am Ring features System of a Down, In Flames. Airbourne, Alter Bridge and many more. Just check the schedule to see who's playing and when.

Finally remember to visit local Open Airs from time to time and support organizers and bands with a purchase there. You'll help to keep the festivals and bands alive who all have costs to cover as well all have to. Please keep that in mind.

Tethra to play and stream live show on empty venue

I dislike to complain. It's useless to me in life. But facing the fact that it's hard to make people attend a live show these days needs to be talked in my eyes. I know from self experience that we are all cut short of money.

But only attending performances through a livestream? I stream a lot here on the page through embeding stuff.  But it's all just to give everyone a quick check in to music.

At least one show at a time should be able to many people. So this experiment of Italy's melancholic doom/death metallers Tethra found my attention. This should help us all to get the focus on the topic.

The band says in their own words: "In recent years, many small and medium-sized clubs dedicated to metal music have closed or changed their genre because of the low attendance at the concerts.

It's a global phenomenon that, if it does not have a clear turnabout, will oblige all industry employees to make drastic decisions.

We would like to raise awareness among all fans of the genre, assuming a catastrophic scenario for the next future: what will happen when the last live club closes its doors? Will emerging bands play no more or will they totally rely on aseptic live streaming from rehearsal studio and improvised venues?

For this reason, Thursday 8th June at 22pm (CET time), we'll play a full set Live Streaming show in a real live venue open just for us, furthermore, to give everyone the opportunity to participate in this event, we'll keep the video online for 24 hours.

You can follow the event through our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TethraHell

The flyer for the Tethra show at a empty venue, (c) by Tethra, used with kind permission

This is our particular contribution to the cause, hoping to be able to induce a reflection before this catastrophic scenario becomes a reality, because that night we will create a paradox that more than one band has had to endure in its career: playing in an empty room ... will you be with us?"

If you don't know the band yet here's their current lyric video:

French version of Download Festival to be streamed live plus VOD

Yeah, Open Airs are going on to no end in the upcoming months and so do the livestreams. :-)

More Open Air stuff is going to be recorded and streamed by ARTE concert

Just got the news coming in that the french version of the traditional Download Festival is going to be streamed online via ARTE concert this year. You can watch it on the subpage of ARTE concert or directly here since the people behind the TV station have been so kind to let the people share the stream via their website/blogs.

And this is what you can expect to see (all times MEST):

Update 2016/06/11: the complete schedule for the livestream along with the recorded material has been released:

15:00 Lofofora
16:00 Avatar (Replay)
17:00 Children of Bodom
18:00 Beartooth (Replay)
19:00 Rival Sons
20:00 Apocalyptica (Replay)

Sunday 12th June 2016

15:00h  Lofofora
17:00h  Children of Bodom
19:00h  Rival Sons

More stuff from the other festival days including bands like APOCALYPTICA / AVATAR / BEARTOOTH will be available on the streaming page as videos on demand. That's also the place where you can find more information on the bands if you don't know them yet.

Watch Rock am Ring festival 2016 via Livestream

The open air season goes on! This weekend the legendary Rock am Ring festival will take place. For all those who cannot make it there it's surely great news that their will be a livestream of that event already starting TODAY!

The portal ARTE concert has announced to stream the following bands or set up videos as a stream on demand service (all times are MEST)

Friday 03. June 2016

15:35 - 16:30h  Amon Amarth
16:55 - 17:50h  Breaking Benjamin 
17:50 - 18:45h  Frittenbude    
18:45 - 19:45h  Disturbed   
19:50 - 21:20h  Tenacious D.
21:20 - 22:00h  Panic At The Disco
22:00 - 00:00h  Volbeat  
00:00 - 01:10h  The 1975 (Recording)

Saturday 04. June 2016
Foals / Trivium / Billy Talent / Heaven Shall Burn / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Bullet For My Valentine

Update for day 3 of the Rock am Ring livestream: the organizers have decided to close the festival due to another massive warning on the weather forecast and the city Mendig having taken down the permission for the festival. So there will be no performances and no broadcast. The linked stream page offers some of the shows of the past days as video on demand (scroll down to the bottom of the website).

Update 2 on the Rock am Ring livestream: the concerts and the broadcast will continue on 21h (MEST). The exact schedule is to be confirmed yet. Please check the subpage of the livestream for details.

Update for the Rock am Ring livestream Saturday 04. June 2016: currently the livestream shows only recorded material from yesterday. There has been a electric power failure but the staff is working hard to get the live broadcast back online again. Current plans say that it should be back at 20h (MEST) but a thunderstorm has been announced in the weather forecast so changes are always possible. The current schedule looks like this:

19:50 - 21:20 Uhr: Billy Talent

21:20 - 22:00 Uhr: Killswitch Engage

22:00 - 23:10 Uhr: Heaven Shall Burn

23.13 - 00:45 Uhr: Red Hot Chili Peppers

00:45 - 02:00 Uhr: Bullet For My Valentine

Sunday 05. June 2016
Wirtz / Johnossi / Bring Me The Horizon / SDP / Korn / Alligatoah / Biffy Clyro / Fettes Brot

The performance of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers will also be broadcasted on german television!

Stay tuned to this page as I update it wth info as soon as possible. Or have a eye on my Facebook page that I'll update with the latest info, too.

You'll find the stream of the Open Air and the on demand stuff on the website of ARTE concert.

Scorpions Show at Barclays Center on 12th September to be streamed for free

The liveshow of the Scorpions at Barclays Center, Brooklyn NY will be streamed for free on Sep 12, 2015, 9:05 p.m. ET. through the Yahoo Live service. You can see the show in the player below or check out the event page for more details on the stream.

Rock am Ring 2015 shows to be streamed online and later on demand / TV

Yeah, the festival season has opened up it's doors. Next to go is the famous "Rock am Ring" festival which will take place the coming weekend from Friday 5th June to Sunday 7th June 2015.

You can also be part of the show if you can't make it there (like me)! There will be a free and legal livestream available on the websites of SWR (german TV station), DasDing and on the sites of Ring Rocker. All the streams start daily at 18 pm (CEST, german time) and will run up to 3 am in the night.

The exact timetable and the list of the bands that will be streamed will be released in the upcoming days. So far it is confirmed that the gigs of the Foo Fighters, Slipknot, Beatsteaks, Broilers, Eagles of Death Metal, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Clueso,Bad Religion, Kraftklub, Slash, Interpol, Papa Roach and Yellowcard will be shown online.

I'll update this article as soon as I have info on that so please keep checking back from time to time. 

Update 2015/06/08: Is it all over now? Yeah, the festival is over. But streaming is not. :-) This week TV station EinsPlus is showing Best Of stuff from Rock am Ring 2015 starting today until coming Friday. Best of all: you can watch the stuff online at this location.

Update 2015/06/07: Here we go again. :-) This is day three and the final one of Rock am Ring 2015. Today we can look forward to some special shows I think. Let's hope the stream capacities and our internet connections will keep going strong. Always keep in mind that there's also a audio only stream out there. That one worked out fine for me yesterday. :-)

Livestream 1: EinsPlus	Livestream 2: SWR3	Livestream 3: DASDING
00:00 Slipknot
21:30 Foo Fighters	20:30 In Flames
19:15 Beatsteaks	20:00 Beatsteaks
18:55 Parkway Drive	18:55 Parkway Drive	19:15 Beatsteaks
18:35 Eagles of Death Metal / Godsmack	17:10 Papa Roach	16:30 Papa Roach
18:00 Papa Roach / Frank Turner	16:10 Frank Turner	16:10 Frank Turner
	15:25 Godsmack
	14:55 Eagles of Death Metal	14:55 Eagles of Death Metal

Update 2015/06/06: Here comes the timetable for today (Saturday). I still hope they will show the set from Slash as announced some days ago. Let's hope and see...

DASDING

21:50 KIZ

21:35 Prinz Pi

20:05 Kraftklub

18:45  Fritz Kalkbrenner (showing for the second time)

18:00 Bilderbuch

17:00 Interpol

SWR3

21:50 KIZ

21:35 Prinz Pi

20:05 Kraftklub

19:35  Fritz Kalkbrenner (showing for the second time))

18:25 t. b. a.

18:00 Bilderbuch

17:00 Interpol

EinsPlus

01:45 Marsimoto live

01:05 KIZ

23:35 Deichkind Live

22:50 Interpol

21:55 Prinz Pi

20:20 KraftKlub

19:35 Bilderbuch

18:25 t. b. a.

18:05 Feine Sahne Fischfilet

Update 2015/06/05: The timetable for friday has been released. The shows will be shown on three different webpages. Each site features one stream that will only broadcast a part of the festival. Here's the exact overview with direct links to all the three streaming sites, all times are CEST.

If you prefer to listen only to the shows then you might be happy to know that the Ringradio also streams the shows but they start airing off stuff not before 18h daily.

Livestream 1: EinsPlus	Livestream 2: SWR3	Livestream 3: DASDING
01:35 Uhr Fritz Kalkbrenner
01:00 Uhr Concert-Highlights
00:40 Uhr Bad Religion
23:45 Uhr Mighty Oaks
23:10 Uhr Concert-Highlights
21:55 Uhr Clueso	21:55 Uhr Clueso	21:55 Uhr Clueso
21:30 Uhr Yellowcard	20:25 Uhr Tocotronic
20:25 Uhr Tocotronic	18:20 Uhr Broilers
19:20 Uhr Donots	15:50 Uhr Bad Religion	13:45 Uhr Donots
18:20 Uhr Broilers	14:50 Uhr Yellowcard
18:05 Uhr TÜSN

For all those living in germany it should be mentioned that the show of Die Toten Hosen will be aired exclusively through the TV station Das Erste. From 8th to 14th June special broadcasts of the format "BEATZZ in concert" will daily show off stuff of the festival starting each day at midnight.

Prior to the Rock am Ring fest a radio stream will update people in germany and nearby of the things going on in the festivak location Mendig. For all those who don't live there: you can listen to it through the apps for amartphones. Pick your copy for the iOS or get the version for the Android smartphone system.
A webbased version of this so called Ringradio can be found on the website of SWR3.

After the festival you'll find some stuff of the festival online from 8th June to 12th June 2015 on the websites of SWR and DasDing.

Most of all: have fun through the festival days and enjoy summer!

Rock Hard Festival 2015 Livestream announced for this weekend

Yes! I've had a eye upon this during the last days and nearly lost the hope but finally the announcement has been made that the german TV station WDR is going to broadcast shows of the Rock Hard Festival 2015 online during a livestream!

So far the schedule for tomorrow, Friday the 22th May 2015 has been confirmed.
You can find the startbutton to the stream itself at the homepage of the Rockpalast. Just hit the button labeled "Live Video". A new window on the PC will open up with the video.

Please not that I include the timetable for the other shows as well but can't say if they are going to be streamed, too. As soon as I've have information on that I'll update the article.

Update 2015/05/28: Some nice stuff has been released after the festival closed it's doors.
You can watch accoustic clips from the BLACK STAR RIDERS, REFUGE, SANCTUARY, AVATARIUM, PENTAGRAM and ARCHITECTS OF CHAOZ that have been recorded in the backstage section right here.

HMTV has put together a nice round-up of the festival. They also included stuff of the bands that were not shown during the stream (SPACE CHASER, DESERTED FEAR, MOTORJESUS, VOIVOD and CHANNEL ZERO). Check it out below:


Update 2015/05/22: It's confirmed! All the bands that are listed here in the timetable will be shown during the livestream. Enjoy! :-)

The links underneath the bandnames will take you to interview video footage that can been seen at the homepage of the TV show that makes the stream possible (it's the legendary Rockpalast show).

Friday the 22th May 2015

21.30 - 23.00 (9.30 pm CEST) Venom
19.45 - 21.00 (7.45 pm CEST) Pentagram
18.15 - 19.15 (6.15 pm CEST) God Dethroned
17.05 - 17.50 (5.05 pm CEST) Flotsam And Jetsam
16.00 - 16.40 (4.00 pm CEST) Architects Of Chaoz

Saturday, 23th May 2015

21.30 - 23.00 Kreator
19.45 - 21.00 Doro (Early Days Metal Show)
18.15 - 19.15 Sanctuary
17.00 - 17.45 Kataklysm
15.50 - 16.35 Avatarium

Sunday, 24th May 2015

21.30 - 23.00 Black Star Riders (mit Thin-Lizzy-Classics)
19.40 - 21.00 Overkill
18.00 - 19.10 Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock
16.30 - 17.30 Refuge

Concert blast Sylvester 2014/2015

German TV station 3sat will show Rock and Pop concert recordings the whole day 31st 2014 up to new years eve! Here's a link to the schedule:
http://www.3sat.de/programm/?viewlong=viewlong&d=20141231&dayID=ClnDaN31&cx=95 

There's also a livestream available but I don't know if it also shows the conert recordings outside of germany:
http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=live

For all readers from germany here's the direct link to the 3sat internet livestream:
http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=42667

So far it has been announced that this years edition will feature a lot of old recordings from the first days of bands like Queen, Deep Purple, The Rolling Stones, Genesis and Phil Collins up to presen show recordings from artists like Muse, Depeche Mode and ZZ Top (mostly 2013 and later).

Have fun and have a safe going over to 2014, read you there!

Update 2015-01-03: Happy new year everyone! Hope you had a good start into 2015.
If you missed out on the previous concert event then you may still be in luck.
TV station 3sat has added a lot of the concert footage to their streaming archive.
Just look at the results of the search page 1 and page 2 to find the show you want. Not all have been added but there's quite a lot of the shows online. Better hurry anyway, since it's mostly online for a limited time only.

Rockpalast to stream shows from AREA 4 Festival

The well-known Rock music show "Rockpalast" from german TV station WDR has announced to stream some of the shows of the AREA 4 Festival taking place at this sunny weekend at Lüdinghausen. The stream will be placed right at the startpage of the internet-presence. The following bands are confirmed to be shown at the stream, here's a list along with the corresponding show-times in german-time (see the livestream picture at the Rockpalast website for CEST times):

21.45 - 23.00  Heaven Shall Burn
20.15 - 21.15  Donots
19.00 - 19.45  Boysetsfire
16.35 - 17.15  Touché Amoré

Bullet for my Valentine (one of the bands from Saturday) 


Sick of it All


Update 2012-08-30: The TV station has put some of the shows in their online archive for free viewing! I've added the links, just click on the name and a new tab will open with the stream. Enjoy!

Livestream from Wacken 2012 is coming!

There will be a internet livestream from the Wacken 2012 Festival! The following bands already confirmed that their shows will be shown online: Overkill, Dimmu Borgir, U.D.O. und Hammerfall.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday the stream will be online, starting at 18h (german time) and end at 1h in the night. On Sunday their will be a stream up from some shows of the previous days that hasn't been shown in the time before. More details like the full time-table will follow in the next days. I'll update this post when new info arrives.

The internetstream can be seen at this site of the german TV station NDR, thanks to them that they will give us the possibility to take part of this great event also in 2012!

Update 2012/07/31: The first version of the timetable has been released! So far the following shows will be streamed (all times german time):

Keep in mind, that changes are always possible so make sure to check this site for updated information!

Last Update of the time-table: 03.08.2012 15:35h

Freitag, 3. August

Zeit	Band	Info
17.15 - 18.15	The Boss Hoss	Live, True Metal Stage
18.30 - 19.30	Opeth	Live, Black Stage
19.45 - 20.45	Hammerfall	Live, True Metal Stage
21.00 - 22.00	Broilers	Aufzeichnung 3.8., 16.00 - 17.00 Uhr, Party Stage
22.00 - 22.20	Fateful Finality	Aufzeichnung 1.8., 13.35 - 13.55 Uhr, WET Stage
22.30 - 23.15	Unearth	Aufzeichnung 2.8., 21.35 - 22.20 Uhr, WET Stage
23.30 - 00.30	Overkill	Aufzeichnung 3.8., 16.00 - 17.00 Uhr, Black Stage
00:30 - 01:45	In Extremo	Live, Black Stage

Samstag, 4. August

Zeit	Band	Info
TBA	TBA	TBA
18.45 - 19.45	Cradle Of Filth	Live, Black Stage
19.45 - 20.45	Betontod	Aufzeichnung 3.8., 11.00 - 12.00 Uhr, Party Stage
20.45 - 21.15	Jim Breuer	Aufzeichnung 3.8., 16.50 - 17.20 Uhr, True Metal Stage
21.30 - 22.30	D-A-D	Aufzeichnung 4.8., 02.00 - 03.00 Uhr, True Metal Stage
22.45 - 23.45	Dark Funeral	Aufzeichnung, 4.8., 18.45 - 19.45 Uhr, Party Stage
23.45 - 00.45	Athonite	Aufzeichnung, 3.8., 00.30 - 01.30 Uhr, Party Stage
00.45 - 01.45	Ministry	Live, Black Stage

Sonntag, 5. August

Zeit	Band	Info
16.30 - 18.00	Saxon	Aufzeichnung 2.8., 20.45 - 22.15 Uhr, Black Stage
18.00 - 18.35	Amaranthe	Aufzeichnung 2.8., 18.20 - 18.55 Uhr, Headbanger Stage
18.35 - 19.35	Watain	Aufzeichnung 5.8., 00.45 - 01.45 Uhr, Party Stage
19.35 - 20.55	Leaves' Eyes	Aufzeichnung 3.8., 21.00 - 22.30 Uhr, Party Stage
20.55 - 21.40	Circle II Circle	Aufzeichnung 2.8., 22.25 - 23.10 Uhr, WET Stage
21.40 - 22.40	Edguy	Aufzeichnung 5.8., 02.00 - 03.00 Uhr, True Metal Stage
22.40 - 23.55	Amon Amarth	Aufzeichnung 4.8., 20.00 - 21.15 Uhr, True Metal Stage
23.55 - 01.05	Volbeat	Aufzeichnung 2.8., 22.30 - 24.00 Uhr, True Metal Stage

 :
Update 2012/08/03:
ZDF kultur will broadcast some of the shows live through their TV station on 4th August 2012. The following bands will be shown at the mentioned german time:

20.00 Uhr, Amon Amarth (LIVE!)

21.25 Uhr, Volbeat

22.50 Uhr, Scorpions (LIVE!)

23.15 Uhr, Machine Head (LIVE!)

Update 2012/08/05: ZDF kultur has put the video for this online, full four hours of live-stuff!!!
But hurry, it's only up for a week.

The highlight shows in the week after the Wacken Open Air will contain the following bands at the mentioned days with german timeframe:

Update 2012/08/07: Seems like every show will be added to the on-demand-archive of the TV station for free watching after the broadcast so I'll add the links here as fast as I can. Just click on the desired show and a new window with the chosen on-demand stream will appear. :-) But hurry, every video is only up for a week. Enjoy!


6. August, 17.55 Uhr: Sepultura & Les Tambours du Bronx

7. August, 17.55 Uhr: Hammerfall

8. August, 17.55 Uhr: D.A.D und The Boss Hoss

9. August, 17.55 Uhr: Saxon

10. August, 18 Uhr: Dimmu Borgir & Orchestra

13. August, 17.55 Uhr: Edguy

14. August, 17.55 Uhr: Testament

15. August, 17.55 Uhr: Ministry


16. August 17.55 Uhr: In Extremo

17. August, 18 Uhr: In Flames

More info on the timetable regarding the broadcast on german TV station zdf kultur and the highlight shows can be found on this site  

The TV NDR station has put up the full Show from Cirle II Cirle for seven days on the Wacken subpage. The band performed Savatage's "The wake of Magellan" album in it's entirely so it's something very special.