HELLFEST ANNOUNCE FULL LINE-UP FOR 2025 EDITION - 184 BANDS !!!!

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Hellbangers, the wait is finally over—the lineup for Hellfest’s 18th edition has been unveiled!

This year, 184 bands and artists will storm the six stages of Hellfest, with one last very special guest yet to be announced. Among them, 106 will make their debut in Clisson, a testament to how alive and dynamic the “extreme music” scene remains.

We’re thrilled to welcome LINKIN PARK back to Hellfest for only the second time in the festival’s history, celebrating their remarkable comeback. Alongside them, hard rock legends SCORPIONS and nu-metal pioneers KORN will take the stage, setting the tone for an unforgettable weekend. And for the first time ever, British powerhouse MUSE will grace Clisson with their stadium-filling rock, a bold choice that’s sure to win over even the doubters.

On Friday, Mainstage 2 will shine a spotlight on women in music, with a lineup featuring female-led or all-female bands like Within Temptation, Heilung, Epica, Spiritbox, Kittie, Future Palace, Amira Elfeky, Charlotte Wessels, and Sun. With more than 42 bands including female musicians, this year’s Hellfest promises to champion diversity like never before.

This edition also ushers in a new wave of headliners, including Electric Callboy, Turnstile, Knocked Loose, Jinjer, and Leprous, while honoring genre veterans such as Judas Priest, Dream Theater, Savatage, and the legendary duo Satriani/Vai, blending fresh energy with timeless legacie

2025 also welcomes breakout stars like Falling in Reverse, Poppy, Kim Dracula, Imminence, and Dethklok, who’ve rapidly become household names in the scene. Fans of darker, more intricate sounds can look forward to special moments like the Blood Fire Death tribute to Bathory and long-awaited returns from Kylesa, The Kovenant, and Sunn O))).

Discover the full lineup and start planning your Hellfest experience—we’ll see you in 193 days at CLISSON ROCK CITY! 

https://hellfest.fr/en

DRUPARIA RELEASE VIDEO FOR "SEVER THE ROOTS"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Melodic Death Metal crew, Druparia, have released the official video for "Sever The Roots," the second single from forthcoming album, The River Above.

Check it out on The Circle Pit YouTube Channel: youtu.be/DbXjCs4rgzo

Druparia will release long-awaited debut full-length album, The River Above, on December 27!

The River Above is chock full of riff-heavy melodic death metal, similar to Character- era Dark Tranquillity and Mors Principium Est, with the atmosphere and emotion of Insomnium and Darkest Hour.

The album's first single, the title track, is streaming on Bandcamp at: druparia.bandcamp.com/track/the-river-above

The word "Druparia" is a pseudo-synonym for the blackthorn plant that plays a part in some circles of occultism and witchcraft, and fits into the band's visual and lyrical themes of nature and mysticism. Other lyrical themes include sadness, regret, mythology, and perseverance through hardship.

FFO: Sylosis, The Absence, Light This City, Gates of Ishtar, and Skeletonwitch.

Pre-order:

druparia.bandcamp.com/album/the-river-above

Track Listing:

1. Voiceless Regret

2. Under the Shade of Sand 

3. Bereavement 

4. Kintsugi 

5. In Repose, Descend 

6. Sever the Roots [Video]

7. The River Above

8. Of Firmament... And the Renewal

9. Bled For Comfort 

10. When Cranes Return

11. The Violet Hour [The Civil Wars]*

Credits:

All Lyrics by David Moran except "Kintsugi" by Tyler Clark.

Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Dan Paddy at Blackroom Studios, Copley Ohio.

Cello and Strings by Christopher “Kakophonix” Brown.

Keyboard programming and backing vocals by Dan Paddy.

Cover Art by Mark Erskine (Erskine.designs).

Druparia Logo by Alex Zarko.

Photos by Lance Littlefield (Lancesphotos.com)

Layout and Design by Alex Yarborough (@dr_metal_design)

Copyright 2024 Druparia Music. “Voiceless Regret” is dedicated to DJ Sprague.

*All songs written by Druparia, Brendan King, Dan Paddy, and Jeff Spencer, except for “The Violet Hour,” owned by The Civil Wars and Sensibility Music.

Line-Up:

Tyler Clark: Guitars

Josh Gatka: Guitars

David Moran: Vocals

Kyle Lash-Taylor: Bass and Vocals

Noah Van Dyke: Drums and Percussion

BIO:

Druparia formed with members of past bands in the Cleveland area coming together to make new music. Ideas for The River Above have been brewing since about 2011, maybe even earlier and thanks to some gracious friends outside of the band who have contributed and allowed the ideas to live on, the songs have finally come to fruition. Tyler Clark (ex-Inoculation, Mythrias, Once Flesh) came together with old Apothean bandmate Kyle Taylor (ex-Monastery) who had found young drummer Noah Van Dyke (Sea Biscuit) in November 2018. Once Flesh vocalist David Moran had agreed to do vocals if ever a project was started and Druparia had begun. After a few rehearsals, Josh Gatka (ex-Mythrias, Eternal Legacy) was recruited as guitarist the following summer and a full lineup was formed and the band released their first demo entitled Alfhem in the spring of 2020.

Influences include but are not limited to Dark Tranquillity, Darkest Hour, Sylosis, Sacramentum, Insomnium, Fallujah, Mors Principium Est, Inferi, Children of Bodom, and whatever weirdness Noah happened to be listening to at the time. 

druparia.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/druparia

instagram.com/druparia_official

youtube.com/@drupariaofficial

Druparia on Spotify

music.apple.com/us/artist/druparia/1514151204