Nuclear Blast issued: After the announcement of next year’s “Dong Open Air” (with ANTHRAX, EXODUS, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER + MANTAR) another festival is proudly announcing the first wave of bands, including also some Nuclear Blast bands: The “Rock Fels Open Air”, which will take place from June 21st-23rd in St. Goarshausen, Loreley. The billing includes ACCEPT, AMORPHIS, BATTLE BEAST and KATAKLSYM among others. See below some info about these bands:

With their latest studio album »The Rise Of Chaos« (released on August 4th, 2017), heavy metal pioneers ACCEPT entered the charts in various parts of the world, e.g. #3 in Germany, #4 in Switzerland, #5 in Finland, #5 in Czech Republique, #10 in Sweden and many more! In early 2018, the band will embark on a European tour, supported by heavy metallers NIGHT DEMON. Order »The Rise Of Chaos« now: http://nblast.de/AcceptRiseOfChaosNB

Finnish masters of melancholic progressive metal, AMORPHIS, recently released their new tour edition! The package includes the entire album »Under The Red Cloud« with two bonus songs as well as the live tracks from their special shows (»An Evening With Friends« @ Juhlaviikot – Huvila) in Helsinki, where they have performed a very special setlist with guest musicians and friends. Order »Under The Red Cloud (Tour Edition)«, here: http://nblast.de/AmorphisRedCloudNB

Finnish heavy metallers, BATTLE BEAST, unleashed their fourth studio record titled »Bringer Of Pain« in February 2017 through Nuclear Blast. This release resulted in several chart entries all over the world, including #1 in Finland, #14 in Germany and #16 in Switzerland. Get »Bringer Of Pain« here: http://nblast.de/BBBringerOfPainNB

Montreal based extremists KATAKLYSM recently announced their next offering, »Meditations«, which is slated for an April 2018 release via Nuclear Blast Records. For this album, they have enlisted acclaimed Los Angeles based producer Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR) to mix and master their new upcoming album.
Get their current release, »Of Ghosts And Gods«, here: http://www.nuclearblast.de/suche/kataklysm

Of course even more bands will be announced soon for the festival, so be prepared for more news! In the meantime, get your tickets here: http://www.nuclearblast.de/de/produkte/tickets/open-air/ticket/rockfels-festival-rockfels-2017.html