Rockstadt Extreme Fest

14/01/2025

Lineup's ready, daily running order ready, all that's left are finishing touches on the brand new artwork for this year's edition.

Until then, back to some recap. Emerging at the tail end of the '90s with their breakthrough debut, 1998's cult classic Wisconsin Death Trip, STATIC X rocketed to stardom in the heavy music world, their image boosted by frontman Wayne Static's distinctive hair and vocal delivery.

While maintaining momentum into the 2000s with additional efforts like Machine and Shadow Zone, Static's passing in 2014 effectively halted the group in their tracks. However, at the turn of the decade, the original lineup made a big comeback with the help of previously recorded Static vocals and compositions, issuing Project Regeneration, Vol. 1 in 2020 and its sequel Vol. 2 in 2024.

Starting from a slew of unreleased demos, the group went into the studio, once again with Ulrich Wild, where they stripped Wayne's vocals from the demos and composed entirely new tunes around them. The resultant album, Project Regeneration, was released in two volumes, with Vol. 1 arriving in the summer of 2020. To support the release, the band embarked on tour with a new, masked frontman named Xer0 (the identity of whom most fans have already figured out). Lead single "Hollow" crashed the U.S. Dance/Electronic chart, peaking in the Top 15. With a well-received tour under their belts and an extended stint with Sevendust carrying them into 2024, they returned to work on the sequel Vol. 2 in January.

Get your passes now, prices may go up soon! Tickets and payment plans available at https://rockstadtextremefest.ro/tickets/

13/01/2025

MASTER revine in Romania pentru doua concerte la Bucuresti si Cluj Napoca, alaturi de KING PARROT!

MASTER a luat nastere in 1983, in Chicago si este una din primele formatii de pe mapamond ce a adoptat, imbratisat si primit eticheta de pioniera a muzicii death metal. Emblema sa, Paul Speckman a ramas membru activ pana in ziua de azi. La Bucuresti, MASTER vor promova cel mai nou album, Saints Dispelled, lansat in 2024 via Hammerheart Records.

In retrospectiva, importanta MASTER pentru scena metal inernationala a fost deseori subapreciata. De-a lungul anilor, insa, contributia si inovatia adusa acestui gen musical le-a oferit un loc printre mai marii genului, Obituary, Atheist, Morbid Angel, sau Death.

Master au avut un rol esential in crearea muzicii death metal si chiar grindcore. Trupe precum Obituary, Exhumed, Na**lm Death, Repulsion sau Benediction deseori au citat Master ca o influenta directa asupra muzicii lor.

Invitatii speciali sunt KING PARROT, una din trupele de suflet ale lui Phil Anselmo, emblematica voce Pantera. Cunoscuti in special pentru haosul creat intr-un scenariu live, King Parrot sunt puternic influentati de sonoritatile thrash, grind, hardcore si punk ai anilor 80/90, conturandu-si insa propriul sound contemporan.

King Parrot sunt recunoscuti drept una din cele mai emblematice trupe australiene ale genului.

Biletele vor fi puse in vanzare pe 17 ianuarie. Un eveniment prezentat de Rockstadt Extreme Fest.

31/12/2024

Rockstadt Extreme Fest wishes you a Happy New Year! May we all party hard tonight.

See you in January with a ton of updates and news!

30/12/2024

Tickets for the upcoming Dark Tranquillity, Moonspell and Hiraes shows in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca are now online at the following links below.

First 100 tickets are available at 130 lei.

Bucharest> https://rockstadtextremefest.ro/event/dark-tranquillity-24-04-2025-quantic-bucuresti/

Cluj-Napoca> https://rockstadtextremefest.ro/event/dark-tranquillity-23-04-2025-form-space-cluj-napoca/

24/12/2024

Legendarul grup DARK TRANQUILLITY va sarbatori lansarea noului lor album cu a doua parte a turneului European Endtime Signals, intr-un pachet cu adevarat legendar care va ajunge si in Romania, la Bucuresti in Quantic si Cluj Napoca in /FORM Space!

Alaturi de formatia suedeza, invitati speciali vor fi MOONSPELL si HIRAES.

Biletele pentru acest doua showuri cu adevarat istorice vor fi puse in vanzare pe data de 30 decembrie, ora 11:00, exclusiv pe site-ul Rockstadt Extreme Fest.

Lansat pe 16 august, Endtime Signals s-a bucurat de o receptive extraordinara, fiind totodata cotat drept unul din cele mai bune albume de profil ale anului, insa bucurandu-se si de una din cele mai bune receptii din partea fanilor.

Nu doar ca acesta marcheaza al treisprezecelea album din cariera suedezilor, insa este si al zecelea album lansat sub egida Century Media Records. Construind pe urma succesului lui Atoma (2016) care a urcat pe locul 2 in clasamentul suedez si Moment (2020), gratie caruia au bifat un trofeu suedez Grammi, Dark Tranquility continua sa redefineasca si sa ofere o experienta muzicala la cel mai inalt nivel.

Cat despre MOONSPELL, acest nume nu are nevoie de prezentare. Stabiliti in 1992, MOONSPELL a devenit unul din cele mai emblematice nume ale scenei europene de metal. Grupul portughez se afla intr-o campanie de celebrare a 30 de ani de activitate, de la lansarea EP-ului Under the Moonspell si pana la legendarul Wolfheart in 1995.

Urmasul, Irreligious, a propulsat trupa pe intreg mapamondul, iar de atunci MOONSPELL n-au incetat in a oferi albume noi si diverse, pastrand vie intreaga comunitate de fani de pe toate cele cinci continente.

Atat DARK TRANQUILLITY cat si MOONSPELL sunt nu doar nume emblematice pentru scena metal europeana, insa si printre cele mai iubite trupe de profil in randul publicului roman, numarul impresionant de showuri sustinute in tara noastra stand dovada in acest sens.

Un eveniment prezentat de Rockstadt Extreme Fest.

21/12/2024

FYI: 100 tickets remaining for our Extreme Xmas Sale.

Available on our official website, until tomorrow night!

19/12/2024

All 500 passes are now gone.

Fear not, Christmas is coming with 300 extra passes available at the same promotional price of 900 lei (180 EUR). Find țhem on our official website.

But these are the last ones, hurry up!

19/12/2024

Less than 100 full passes available on our XMAS SALE Special! Available for 900 lei (180 EUR) only on our official website!

Thank you for your endless support!

17/12/2024

Still haven't found the perfect Christmas gift? Here's a thought!

500 passes for Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2025, available at 900 lei (180 EUR). Available between Dec 18-22.

Missed the count on how many names are confirmed? See below. We're releasing the full lineup in January, be ready!

15/12/2024

15/12/2024

Let's do this one last time for 2024.

Tonight, Expirat! No barriers front of stage, all night stagedive! Tickets online and at doors!

12/12/2024

This Saturday, prepare for a Siberian sonic assault. Joining them, HOSTVGE and Grinder.

See you at Expirat. Tickets on our official website and at doors! Be on time!

11/12/2024

Join us for our last show of the year!

Sunday, please welcome MALEVOLENCE, Taking Back August and Take No More at Expirat. Tickets on our official website and at doors!

Schedule below.

10/12/2024

The Ocean Collective are coming to Bucharest, this Saturday, for one of the very few European shows that will mark 'The End Of An Eon'. Special guests, Bipolar Architecture

This will be your last chance to see the band in it's current lineup, with a special visual and audio performance of over 2 hours. Please see schedule below.

Tickets available on https://rockstadtextremefest.ro/tickets/ and at doors.

09/12/2024

KERRY KING IS COMING TO ROCKSTADT!

A thrash metal icon like no other, Kerry King, Paul Bostaph, Kyle Sanders , Phil Demmel and Mark Osegueda are coming over to Transylvania for a full on sonic assault, full of original songs and also Slayer cuts.

Slayer’s final gig was on November 30, 2019, in the band’s Los Angeles hometown. But the night marked a new beginning for iconic Slayer songwriter/guitarist Kerry King. The band co-founder wasn’t nearly finished; he had much more brutal and provocative music brewing, stages to dominate, heads to roll. King’s sound and vision manifest in the 13 songs on From Hell I Rise, the first solo outing in King’s four decades of slaying the metal universe. His particular brand of blunt power, incisive lyrical themes, and aural assault are finally unleashed on May 17, 2024.

The arrival of one of the most anticipated albums of 2024--and one of the most eagerly awaited metal records ever—finds King beyond stoked. “It’s the best feeling I've ever had. There will be some faces punched in,” he says. The guitarist quickly addresses the most-asked question: “I think people are going to compare it to Slayer. I'm not afraid of that because I think it stands up to anything we've done in our history, musically, performance-wise.” That said, “There will be people complaining, ‘Why does it sound like Slayer?’ And ‘why doesn’t it sound more like Slayer? That's just what people do.”

Joining the King crusade is a lineup that began with Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph. “Paul's kind of like my [Vinny] Appice to Ronnie James Dio,” King says. “I knew Paul wanted to be part of this since 2018. My initial plan was to bring [Gary] Holt, but then I thought I probably shouldn’t have any more Slayer pieces, so that went Phil Demmel’s way.” The band is completed by bassist Kyle Sanders (Hellyeah), and in the much-talked-about vocalist spot, Mark Osegueda (Death Angel), a friend of King’s since the early ‘80s Cali thrash days. The lineup kills. From the instrumental entrée “Diablo” into the relentless, repentless “Where I Reign,” to the last cut, the statement-making, full-circle title track “From Hell I Rise,” King and co. are in full control. Music and lyrics are very intentional, with song topics including war, women’s rights, current American politics…and one-tune inspired by The Scorpions and Halloween-style riffs. (“That one, ‘Shrapnel,’ was something super-indulgent for me, and it came out really cool,” he says.)

King’s got, freedom, boundless creativity and the band to make it happen. Rightfully proud of his Slayer history, King’s unafraid to both mine it and to simultaneously move forward.

Get your passes now, prices may go up soon! Tickets and payment plans available at https://rockstadtextremefest.ro/tickets/

08/12/2024

Join us Siberian Meat Grinder / HOSTVGE / Grinder - 14.12 - Expirat, Bucharest