Festivals · 16.04.2026
L'équipe de « Heavystoned » tient à remercier François pour son invitation à ce festival emblématique. Le BetiZfest existe depuis plus de 20 ans et certains groupes y ont joué plusieurs foix. Pour nous, ce fut un véritable choc culturel. D'abord, voir plusieurs générations faire la fête ensemble, sans aucun problème ni inhibition. Ensuite, constater qu'un festival, ou son organisateur, ne prélève pas 30 à 40 % des bénéfices du merch, comme c'est le cas en Allemagne. Ce qui m'a...
Festivals · 29.01.2026
The name of this festival in Cambrai comes from the local delicacy called "Bêtises". These are very sweet, very colorful and very varied candies, which are also mentioned in the Asterix volume "Tour de France". “Bêtises” means stupidities and so the origin of the festival name would be clarified. This festival has been around since 2003 and the line-ups read like a who's who of the French metal and punk scene. The 10 bands of this year´s lineup present also 10 different brands of music,...
Daily Peaks · 03.10.2025
The Scottish trio reduces all the hassle of actual music to speed, power, and somewhat meaningless lyrics, and then the song kicks in after a short intro, breaks your neck after two minutes, and you're left wondering: why isn't there more from this band, or rather, more music like this? Especially when even hardcore bands are now trying to write complex songs? Hey, it's 1, 2, 3, 4, and then the band is going to blow you, the listener or spectator, to the back wall of the venue, and afterwards...
Festivals · 16.09.2025
Thanks to an invitation from the non-profit association "La Boite en Métal," we spent two days in the beautiful town of Crest, located in the heart of the Dròme department, where the fifth edition of the "Bridge to Hell" festival took place. In 2024, this festival also served as a warm-up for Hellfest, and the lineup reads like a who's who of the French metal scene. All the hottest bands except Gojira played there, and in addition to local and French bands, big names like this year's...
Festivals · 27.07.2025
We live close to the Alps, close to the river Isar, where we float and swim and we listen to Heavy Metal. If you visit Tolminator, you have everything of that in one place; a stunning landscape, a beautiful river and a line-up 10/10. The location and the two stages have the right size for an intimate and international festival. We met and talked with 12 different nationalities, heard almost that much of different styles and enjoyed the beauty of Heavy Metal listening to Heavy Metal Bar piano...
Festivals · 26.06.2025
Bored of the perpetual mud and rain at Wacken, the gigantomania of the GrasPop Metalfest, or the confines of the artificial world of Hellfest? Then it's time to turn your attention to Slovenia, where the successor festival "Tolminator" is taking place at the site of the already legendary Metaldays. Tolminator means: 5,000 spectators, or 5,000 nerds, who will party, bang, and relax for four days, off the beaten festival path, in beautiful nature on the banks of the Soča River. Is that even...
Festivals · 09.06.2024
Wir möchten uns an dieser Stelle ganz herzlich für die Einladung für dieses Kleinod an Festival bedanken. Die Organisation trotzte dem Wetter, sie war flexibel genug, als auf der A5 ein Unfall passierte und Destruction in Zeitnot kamen, sie organisierte Traktoren, um die Zuschauer aus den nassen und schlammigen Wiesen abzuschleppen. Die Location ist wunderschön gelegen. Von den einzelnen Campinggelegenheiten hat man einen unglaublichen Blick über das Osthessische Bergland und die Bühne...
Festivals · 04.05.2024
Some of these bands are mentioned in this fantastic documentary on arte. Sorry, it´s made for ze Germans.
