Not many bands can claim their ninth album as the most powerful, dynamic, and downright aggressive of their career, but then Amon Amarth have consistently upped their game with every successive release. Having exploded onto the Swedish melodic death metal scene with 1998’s Once Sent From The Golden Hall every album has arrived bursting at the seams with power, melody and immersive storytelling centered around the richness of Norse mythology. Deceiver Of The Gods captures the quintet at the peak of their powers! And brought them several top#10 positions around the world.

Apocalyptica have played over 1,000 concerts in more than 50 countries, released 7 studio albums and worked with renowned artists like Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Gavin Rossdale (Bush), Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Ville Valo (HIM), and Till Lindemann (Rammstein).The university graduate musicians started to blend rock and metal with classical music in the early nineties, celebrating worldwide success and until today. The collaboration with the Finnish “Avanti! Orchestra” is a long-cherished project. The set will solely consist of instrumentally performed Apocalyptica songs, especially arranged for the band and the 25-piece orchestra.

Steel Panther is mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics as well as their exaggerated on-stage personae that parody the stereotypical view of lifestyle in the 1980s. With their major record label debut Feel the Steel they hit the international charts. With their sophomore Balls Out Steel Panther continued their revival of the 80’s heavy metal genre and debuted at No. 1 on the UK iTunes Rock chart surpassing Megadeth’s TH1RT3EN and Lou Reed’s and Metallica’s Lulu.

Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band, formed in 2002 and based in Glasgow. The band has been known for being one of the most popular post-punk revival bands. They have been nominated for several Grammy Awards and have received two Brit Awards – winning one for Best British Group, as well as one NME Award.