Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the “unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-Seventies”. They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as “the globe’s loudest band” for a 1972 concert at London’s Rainbow Theatre, and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide, including 17.5 million certified units in the US. Their recent album Now What?! (2013) brought them again on well-deserved Nr.1 Chart positions all over the place!
Alice Cooper at Wacken Open Air 2013
Famous for his outstanding performances featuring guillotines electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, ‘The Godfather of Shock Rock’, Alice Cooper, is delivering a live show you have to see at least once in life!
Franz Ferdinand at Rock ‘n’ Heim Festival
Franz Ferdinand – Scotland´s finest – were part of the mid-2000s Post-Punk Revival along with The Arctic Monkeys and Kaiser Chiefs. Their debut, went straight on No.#3 on the UK Charts – and the band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize, two BRIT Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act, and NME named Franz Ferdinand as their Album of the Year. The band’s second album was platinum-selling in the UK, gold-selling in the US and the album topped the UK Charts, and made the top ten in the Billboard 200 and so the story continued. In August 2013 – shortly after their amazing live performance at RNH Festival – their fourth studio album ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’ saw the light of day – again with Top Chart Positions stating the next successful chapter of the bands career.
Wacken Open Air 2011
With 80,000 festival visitors, and including personnel a total of roughly 86,000 attendees in 2011, the Wacken Open Air Festival attracts all kinds of metal music fans and hard rock from around the world. The festival, first held in 1990 as a small event for local bands, is now one of the biggest festivals worldwide. C Major Entertainment is proud to present the highlights of Wacken 2011 in two 60’ min ‘BEST OF’ compilations. —– Part 1: Trivium: In Waves + Intro / Black / Throes // As I lay Dying: Within destruction // Iced Earth: The Hunter / Sepultura: Relentless / Territory // Blind Guardian: Time stands still // Children of Bodom: Follow the reaper // Airborne: Black Jack / No Way but the hard way / Too much, too young, too fast —– Part 2: As I lay Dying: Anodyne Sea / Confined // Iced Earth: I died for you / Iced Earth // Heaven Shall Burn: Behind a wall of silence / Return to sanity // Sepultura: Roots // Avantasia: Lost in Space / Farwell // Blind Guardian: Bards Song / Blind Guardian / Mirror Mirror // Kreator: Hordes of chaos // Children of Bodom: Are you dead yet? / Hate Crew Death Roll