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A bustling scene at the merchandise area of Graspop Metal Meeting 2024, with festival-goers exploring stalls filled with band t-shirts, hoodies, and exclusive metal merchandise, under bright festival lights and banners.

Festival History: Graspop Metal Meeting 2024

Graspop Metal Meeting 2024 has come and gone, but the reverberations of its power are still echoing through the metal community. This year’s edition of Graspop wasn’t just another festival—it

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Alternative Sex Education: Resources and Discussions within Metal and Goth Communities

Sex education is a topic that is often framed by norms, judgment, and an almost militant aversion to diversity. When mainstream educational channels attempt to tackle the intricacies of human

A metalhead man with long hair and a spiked leather jacket stands beside a gothic woman in a black lace gown, set against a fiery, apocalyptic background with ruins and a blood-red sky.

The Relationship Between Metal Music and Violence

Metal music has long been the punching bag of the morally outraged. For decades, the genre has been accused of promoting violence, fostering rebellion, and even corrupting the souls of

A cinematic depiction of Summer Breeze 2025 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany, featuring a massive metal festival crowd, an electrifying stage with pyrotechnics, and medieval architecture in the background under a dramatic evening sky.

Summer Breeze 2025: Unleashing Metal Mayhem in Dinkelsbühl

Metalheads, rejoice! The annual pilgrimage to the hallowed grounds of Dinkelsbühl, Germany, is upon us once again. Summer Breeze 2025 is set to ignite the heart of Bavaria with its

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Misanthropy: The Dark Lens Through Which Metalheads View the World

Misanthropy is a concept that resonates deeply within the metal community. It's not just a word, but a mindset that has found a home in the hearts of many metalheads

Iconic image of a metalhead man and woman standing together on stage at Bloodstock 2024, with the man holding a guitar and the woman holding a microphone, both wearing gothic attire with a large crowd of metalheads in the background.

Festival History: Bloodstock 2024

When it comes to heavy metal festivals, there are a few names that rise above the rest, standing tall like colossal monuments of sonic intensity and community spirit. Bloodstock Open

A close-up scene of a man and woman at Wacken Open Air 2024, both dressed in metal attire, headbanging and enjoying the concert together. In the background, a massive crowd of metalheads dressed in black cheers in front of a grand stage with elaborate lighting and pyrotechnics. The sky is dark, filled with fireworks and laser lights.

Festival History: Wacken Open Air 2024

Ah, Wacken Open Air. Just the name sends shivers down the spine of every true metalhead. This year, the mighty Wacken Open Air 2024 promised to be a festival to

Old school metalhead man with a bandana and long hair, wearing a leather jacket and holding a guitar, next to a new metalhead woman with brightly colored hair and a polished look. The background shows a gritty setting on the left and a more modern, clean environment on the right.

Modern Metal Lacks the Edge

The raw power and unfiltered emotion that once defined metal are fading into oblivion. As someone who's lived and breathed metal through its golden eras, I can't help but lament

Hellfest 2025

When the midsummer sun beats down on the quaint town of Clisson, France, there's only one place a true metalhead wants to be: Hellfest. Scheduled from June 19th to June

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