The Best of 2015 year-end lists

After much careful consideration each of the Jukebox:Metal staff have drawn up their top 10 albums of the year. Check out the full lists here, with top picks being awarded to Tremonti, With The Dead, Iron Maiden, One Machine, Rush, and Caspian.

December 2015 reviews update

Fozzy - LIVE: Islington Academy, London by Andy Lye
Apocalyptica - LIVE: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London by Andy Lye
Danzig - Skeletons by Andy Lye
Ufomammut - Ecate by Chris Poling
Avatarium - LIVE: The Underworld, London by Andy Lye
Leslie West - Soundcheck by Andy Lye
Vinnie Moore - Aerial Visions by James Abel
Skindred - Volume by Ellis Davis
Jared James Nichols - Highwayman by James Abel
Ghost - Meliora by Andy Lye
Dan Patlansky - LIVE: Borderline, London by Andy Lye
The Dead Daisies - LIVE: The Garage, London by Andy Lye

Festival Updates 31/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Freak Valley (DE)
Confirmed: Graveyard
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Metal Assault (DE)
Confirmed: Blizzen, Evil Invaders, Angel Sword
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Metalfest Czech Republic
Confirmed: Almanac
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Trondheim Metalfest (NO)
Confirmed: Pagan's Mind, Finntroll, Aborted, Wolfheart
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Festival Updates 29/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Download (UK)
Cancelled: Motörhead
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Motörhead
Cancelled: Motörhead
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Wacken (DE)
Confirmed: Whitesnake, Motörhead, Twisted Sister
Cancelled: Motörhead
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Festival Updates 23/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Bang Your Head!!! (DE)
Confirmed: Battle Beast
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Inferno (NO)
Confirmed: Månegarm
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Leyendas del Rock (ES)
Confirmed: Lords of Black
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Rock Fest Barcelona (ES)
Confirmed: Twisted Sister, Battle Beast
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Sabaton Open-Air (SE)
Confirmed: D-A-D
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: In The Woods, Versengold
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Tuska Open-Air (FI)
Confirmed: Avantasia
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Wacken Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Lamb of God, Symphony X, Monuments, Panzerballett
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Tour Updates 22/12

Anthrax
New dates: Graspop Metal Meeting (BE), Allmend Rockt Festival (CH)
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Apocalyptica
New dates: Woodstock Festival (PL), Graspop Metal Meeting (BE), Allmend Rockt Festival (CH)
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Children of Bodom
New dates: Nashville (US), Austin (US), Memphis (US), Jacksonville (US), Tampa (US), St. Louis (US), Corpus Christi (US), Birmingham (US), Lawrence (US)
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Dirkschneider
New dates: London (UK), Manchester (UK), Tallinn (ET), Newcastle (UK), Tilburg (NL), Sheffield (UK), Norwich (UK), Buckley (UK), Heidelberg (DE)
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Exodus
New dates: Mexico City (MX), Karlsruhe (DE), Cham (DE), Slegen (DE), Osnabrück (DE)
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Joanne Shaw Taylor
New dates: London (UK), Manchester (UK), Glasgow (UK), Newcastle (UK), Bristol (UK), Leamington Spa (UK)
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King Diamond
New dates: CopenHell Festival (DK)
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KISS
New dates: Moonstone Music Festival (US)
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Slayer
New dates: Graspop Metal Meeting (BE), Sweden Rock Festival, With Full Force Festival (DE), Allmend Rockt Festival (CH)
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Testament
New dates: Summer Breeze Open-Air Festival (DE)
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Rob Zombie
New dates: Northern Invasion Festival (US)
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Festival updates 22/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Allmend Rockt (CH)
Confirmed: Anthrax, Gojira, Apocalyptica, Ghost, Slayer, Tremonti, The Raven Age, Wild Lies
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Blastfest (NO)
Confirmed: Evig Natt, Sahg, El Caco, In Vain, Vredehammer, Oslo Faenskap
Cancelled: Tristania
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Desertfest (UK)
Confirmed: Pelican, Oranssi Pazuzu, Bast, Blood Ceremony, Stoned Jesus, Lionise, Ohhms, Sunder, Monmouth, Black Pussy, Asteroid, Poseidon
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Durbuy Rock (BE)
Confirmed: Komah, Mondo Drag
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Inferno (NO)
Confirmed: Mysticum
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Neuborn Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Mantar
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Roadburn (NL)
Confirmed: Peter Pan Speedrock, Mondo Drag, Bliksem, Blind Idiot God
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Fear Factory, Pain, Letzte Instanz, Toxpack, The Other, Wolfheart, Nasty
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Wacken Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Blue Oyster Cult, Metal Church, Clutch, Kampfar, Devildriver, Year of The Goat, The Vintage Caravan, Deez Nuts, Insidious Disease, The Beards, Serum 114, Nasty, Watch Out Stampede
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With Full Force (DE)
Confirmed: Slayer
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Festival Updates 18/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Graspop Metal Meeting (BE)
Confirmed: Slayer, Zakk Wylde, Nightwish, Anthrax, Shinedown, Apocalyptica, Tremonti, Moonsorrow, Saxon, Gojira, Raven, Atreyu, Windhand, Heaven Shall Burn, The Amity Affliction, Devil You Know, Turnstile, The Raven Age, Skillet, The Wild Lies, Amaranthe, In The Woods
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Metaltown (SE)
Confirmed: Heaven Shall Burn, Tribulation, Nightrage, Trailer Park Sex, We Dream Alone
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Party.San (DE)
Confirmed: Whiplash, Isvind
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Resurrection (ES)
Confirmed: Bring Me The Horizon, Attila, Thirteen Bled Promises
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Satyricon, Thundermother, Beyond The Black, Skálmöld
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Sweden Rock
Confirmed: Slayer, Shinedown, Halestorm, The Hooters, Soilwork, King Kobra, Grand Slam, Therapy?, Mike Tramp, Eric Sardinas, The Struts
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Tons of Rock (NO)
Confirmed: Ghost, Rival Sons, Tremonti
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Wacken Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Vader, Ektomorf, Immolation, Tuxedo, Sub Dub Micromachine, Sector, Eat The Turnbuckle
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Festival Updates 16/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Freak Valley (DE)
Confirmed: Spidergawd
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Hamburg Metal Dayz (DE)
Confirmed: Equilibrium, D-A-D, Primordial, Gloryhammer, Orden Ogan
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Headbangers Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Holy Moses
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Ramblin' Man Fair (UK)
Confirmed: Black Stone Cherry, Airbourne, Von Hertzen Brothers, The Graveltones, IO Earth, The Fierce & The Dead, Blurred Lines, The White Buffalo, Frost*
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Resurrection (ES)
Confirmed: Dark Tranquillity, Graveyard, Municipal Waste, Nashville Pussy, Angelus Apatrida, In Mute
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Agnostic Front, Grand Magus, Vader, Mantar, Bury Tomorrow
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Wacken Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Gloryhammer, Elvenking, Sebastien
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Festival Updates 15/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Bang Your Head!!! (DE)
Confirmed: Satan, Nitrogods, Stallion
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Bloodstock (UK)
Confirmed: Fear Factory, Acid Reign, Symphony X
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M3 Rockfest (US)
Confirmed: Vince Neil, Tesla, Tom Keifer, Kix, Night Ranger, Slaughter, Lynch Mob, Britny Fox, Quiet Riot, Y&T, Firehouse, Enuff Z'Nuff, Adler, Steelheart, Faster Pussycat, Gabbie Rae, Heaven's Edge, Every Monther's Nightmare, 86 Bullets, Bad Seed Rising
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Moonstone (US)
Confirmed: KISS, Def Leppard, Kansas, Scott Stapp, Sebastian Bach, Surfer Blood, Flaming Lips, Vintage Trouble, The White Buffalo, Raveneye
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Northern Invasion (US)
Confirmed: Rob Zombie, Disturbed, KoRn, Shinedown, Chevelle, A Day To Remember, Ghost, Lamb of God, Sixx:A.M., Bring Me The Horizon, Seether, Pop Evil, Sevendust, Clutch, Hellyeah, Babymetal, P.O.D., Black Stone Cherry, Trivium, Asking Alexandria, Parkway Drive, and 17 more
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Devildriver, Illdisposed
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SWR Metalfest (PT)
Confirmed: Violator, Monolord, Misthyrming, Dementia 13, Infra
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Wacken Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Tsjuder, King Dude
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Festival Updates 14/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Brutal Assault (CZ)
Confirmed: Immolation, Parkway Drive, Devildriver, Vektor, Angelcorpse, Tribulation, Disavowed, Iron Reagan
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CopenHell (DK)
Confirmed: King Diamond, Blind Guardian, Decapitated, Beartooth
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In Flammen (DE)
Confirmed: Insanity Alert
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Party.San Metal Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Angelcorpse, Rectal Smegma
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Resurrection (ES)
Confirmed: Madball, No Fun At All, The Casualties, Angel Crew, Frank Carter, Rise of The Northstar, True Mountains
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Testament, D-A-D, Rotten Sound, Obscura, Stick To Your Guns
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Wacken Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Triptykon, Benediction, Marduk, Aura Noir, Bliksem, Hämatom, Bembers, Feuerschwanz, Reliquiae, Monstagon
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Festival Updates 11/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Durbuy Rock (BE)
Confirmed: Moonsorrow, Hangman's Chair
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Gods of Metal (IT)
Confirmed: Gamma Ray
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Soundwave (AU)
Confirmed: Walls of Jericho, Reliant K, Darkc3ll
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Moonsorrow, Psychopunch
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Väsby Rock (SE)
Confirmed: Trixter, Powerwolf, FM, Crunge, Fearless
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Wacken Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Loudness, The Other, Bon Scott
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Festival Updates 10/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

California Deathfest (US)
Confirmed: Black Breath, Exhumed, Mantar, Hooded Menace, Unholy Grave, Splatterhouse, Mitochondrion, Vastum, Verbal Abuse
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Durbuy Rock (BE)
Confirmed: Pentagram
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Freak Valley (DE)
Confirmed: White Hills
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Gods of Metal (IT)
Confirmed: Sixx:A.M.
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Kaltenbach Open-Air (AT)
Confirmed: Jungle Rot
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Metal Assault (DE)
Confirmed: Grim Reaper
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Ramblin' Man Fair (UK)
Confirmed: Whitesnake, Uriah Heep, Walter Trout, Europe, Ginger Wildheart, Procol Harum, Hawkwind, Hayseed Dixie, King King, Lifesigns
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Resurrection (ES)
Confirmed: Iron Maiden
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Nile, Soilwork, Heart of A Coward, Lost Society
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Wacken (DE)
Confirmed: Snowy Shaw, Therapy?, The Haunted, Fateful Finality, Jesus Chrüsler Supercar
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Tour Updates 9/12

Anthrax
New dates: Carolina Rebellion Festival (US)
Full itinerary

Avantasia
New dates: São Paulo (BR), RockHarz Festival (DE)
Full itinerary

Children of Bodom
New dates: New York (US), Chicago (US), Houston (US), Dallas (US), Calgary (CA), Philadelphia (US), Los Angeles (US), San Francisco (US), Phoenix (US), Denver (US), Salt Lake City (US), Las Vegas (US), Edmonton (CA), Boston (US), Quebec City (CA), Honolulu (US), Niagara Falls (US), Bangor (US), Moose Jaw (CA), Dawson Creek (CA), Penticton (CA), Bethlehem (US)
Full itinerary

Iron Maiden
New dates: Rock Fest Barcelona (ES), Madrid (ES), Resurrection Festival (ES), Lisbon (PT)
Full itinerary

Megadeth
New dates: Carolina Rebellion Festival (US), New York (US), Chicago (US), Houston (US), Dallas (US), Calgary (CA), Philadelphia (US), Los Angeles (US), San Francisco (US), Phoenix (US), Denver (US), Salt Lake City (US), Las Vegas (US), Edmonton (CA), Boston (US), Quebec City (CA), Honolulu (US), Niagara Falls (US), Bangor (US), Moose Jaw (CA), Dawson Creek (CA), Penticton (CA), Bethlehem (US)
Full itinerary

Queensrÿche
New dates: Charlotte (US), Sioux Falls (US), Pompano Beach (US)
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Rob Zombie
New dates: Carolina Rebellion Festival (US)
Full itinerary

Festival Updates 8/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Carolina Rebellion (US)
Confirmed: Scorpions, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Disturbed, Collective Soul, A Day To Remember, Megadeth, Lamb of God, Deftones, Bring Me The Horizon, Cypress Hill, Anthrax, Ghost, Pennywise, Pop Evil, Sixx:A.M., 3 Doors Down, Between The Buried And Me, Black Stone Cherry, Hellyeah, Parkway Drive, Clutch, Sevendust, and 34 more
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Download (UK)
Confirmed: Saxon, Killswitch Engage, Down, Tremonti, Ghost, Gojira, Shinedown, Rival Sons, Skindred, Breaking Benjamin, Delain, Skillet, Havok, Halestorm, Atreyu, Billy Talent, Tesseract, Frank Carter, and 15 more
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Fort Rock (US)
Confirmed: Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Bring Me The Horizon, 3 Doors Down, Sixx:A.M., Megadeth, Lamb of God, A Day To Remember, Anthrax, Sevendust, Ghost, Bullet For My Valentine, Pop Evil, Pennywise, Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Red Sun Rising, Saint Asonia, Issues, Avatar, The Glorious Suns
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Leyendas del Rock (ES)
Confirmed: Fear Factory, Whiplash
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MetalDays (SL)
Confirmed: Devildriver, Sacred Reich, Secrets of The Moon, Napalm Death, Arkona, Rossomahaar
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RockHarz (DE)
Confirmed: Avantasia
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Stone Free (UK)
Confirmed: The Darkness
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Eisbrecher, Terror, Arkona, Unleashed, Coppelius
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Wacken (DE)
Confirmed: Saxon, Girlschool, Equilibrium, Negative Approach, John Coffey, Dritte Wahl, Stick To Your Guns, The Goddamn Gallows, Torfrock, 9mm Assi Rock'n'Roll
Full details

Welcome To Rockville (US)
Confirmed: Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, ZZ Top, Shinedown, Bring Me The Horizon, Hellyeah, Sixx:A.M., Megadeth, Lamb of God, A Day To Remember, 3 Doors Down, Clutch, Bullet For My Valentine, Cypress Hill, Sevendust, Ghost, Anthrax, Pop Evil, Collective Soul, Pennywise, Trivium, Asking Alexandria, Filter, Candlebox, and 22 more
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Festival Updates 5/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Bloodstock Open-Air (UK)
Confirmed: Slayer
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Durbuy Rock (BE)
Confirmed: Korpiklaani, Ithilien
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FortaRock (NL)
Confirmed: Obituary
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In Flammen (DE)
Confirmed: Malignant Tumour
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Masters of Rock (CZ)
Confirmed: Uriah Heep
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Roadburn (NL)
Confirmed: Converge
Cancelled: Midnight
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Rock Hard (DE)
Confirmed: Sodom, Kadavar, Riot V, Accuser, Black Trip
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RockHarz (DE)
Confirmed: Tankard, Illdisposed, Hackneyed, Axxis
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Lord of The Lost, Dying Fetus, Blues Pills, Iron Reagan, Deez Nuts, Omnium Gatherum
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Tons of Rock (NO)
Confirmed: Megadeth, Pain, Nekromantheon, Eurotrash
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Wacken Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Tarja, The Black Dahlia Murder, Red Fang, 1349, Myrkur, Serious Black
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With Full Force (DE)
Confirmed: Grave, Turnstile, Fallujah, Buster Shuffle
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Tour Updates 5/12

Anthrax
New dates: Rockavaria Festival (DE)
Full itinerary

Iron Maiden
New dates: Milan (IT), Sonisphere Festival (IT), Trieste (IT)
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King Diamond
New dates: London (UK)
Full itinerary

Maiden United
New dates: London (UK)
Full itinerary

Megadeth
New dates: Tons of Rock Festival (NO)
Full itinerary

Rob Zombie
New dates: Rock On The Range Festival (US)
Full itinerary

Testament
New dates: Wacken Open-Air Festival (DE)
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Threshold
New dates: Bang Your Head!!! Festival (DE)
Full itinerary

Festival Updates 1/12

The following line-up changes have been made to festivals in 2016:

Alcatraz Metal (BE)
Confirmed: Within Temptation, Airbourne, Ministry, Children of Bodom, Devildriver, Lita Ford, Metal Church, Flotsam And Jetsam, Korpiklaani
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Bang Your Head!!! (DE)
Confirmed: Threshold, Leatherwolf, Night Demon
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Bloodstock Open-Air (UK)
Confirmed: Slayer
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In Flammen (DE)
Confirmed: Deströyer 666
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Leyendas del Rock (ES)
Confirmed: Symphony X, Mayhem
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Rock On The Range (US)
Confirmed: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Megadeth, At The Drive In, Lamb of God, Sixx:A.M., Pennywise, Hellyeah, Ghost, Wolfmother, Steel Panther, and 40 more
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Sonisphere Italy
Confirmed: Iron Maiden
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Summer Breeze (DE)
Confirmed: Parkway Drive
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Wacken Open-Air (DE)
Confirmed: Testament, Cripper, Drone
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With Full Force (DE)
Confirmed: The Amity Affliction
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