REF 2024 ANUNTA 4 TRUPE NOI (SÓLSTAFIR, URNE, LASTELLE SI TAKE OFFENSE) SI 2 ANULARI

SólstafirUrneLastelle și Take Offense sunt cele mai noi nume anunțate la Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2024.

În mai puțin de 80 de zile vom sărbători muzica, unitatea și experiența unică, cu 3 scene în aer liber și 6 zile pline de metal.
Sólstafir urcă pe scenă de peste 20 de ani, cu inima în mână încă de la prima notă, neîncetând să uimească publicul. Sunetul lor unic, un amestec de rock’n’roll islandez și o atmosferă specifică, îi convinge întotdeauna pe cei care sunt martori ai decorurilor lor epice, ducând ascultătorul într-o călătorie prin gheață și zăpadă, focul, lava și peisajele sonore uluitoare ale patriei lor.

La line-up se adaugă Urne, trio-ul londonez stoner/sludge/metalcore, Lastelle, trupa de atmospheric post-hardcore din Marea Britanie și, de asemenea, Take Offense, o trupă de hardcore crossover.

Din păcate show-urile After The Burial și Devil Master au fost anulate. Ambele trupe au decis să-și anuleze turneul european din motive independente de voința lor. Ne cerem scuze pentru oricine a așteptat cu nerăbdare aceste spectacole, ca întotdeauna vom încerca să reprogramam pentru anul viitor.

Lineup-ul complet și orarul zilnic se vor anunta la sfârșitul acestei luni! Toate biletele și informațiile pot fi găsite pe www.rockstadtextremefest.com.

Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2024 anunta 22 trupe noi si programul pe zile

Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2024 anunta 22 nume noi ce se vor alatura editiei din acest an, alaturi de programul REF pe zile.

Trupele noi anuntate sunt: Suicidal TendenciesSaxonFear FactoryJinjerDelainDragonforceBaronessWatainLoatheFrog LeapTherapy?EivorCrownshiftAnaal NathkrathJesus PieceA Place To Bury StrangersShow Me The BodySvalbardD.R.I., Cro-MagsUfomammutSerrabulho.

Program REF 2024, marti, 30 iulie 2024

Scena Adrian Rugina
Behemoth
Loathe
+4 trupe

Program REF 2024, miercuri, 31 iulie 2024

Scena Adrian Rugina
Amon Amarth
Testament
Brutus
The Black Dahlia Murder
Toxic Holocaust
Svalbard

Scena Brasov
Special guest TBC
DragonForce
Suffocation
Gutalax
Cancer Bats

Scena Andrei Calmuc
Converge
Terror
Jesus Piece
Combichrist
D.R.I.
Ufomammut
Arkona
Devil Master
Bipolar Architecture

Program REF 2024, joi, 1 august 2024

Scena Adrian Rugina
Kreator
Eluveitie
Baroness
Destruction
Tankard
+1 trupa

Scena Brasov
Hatebreed
Sodom
Bury Tomorrow
Destroyer 666
Gaerea

Scena Andrei Calmuc
Eivor
Amenra
Venom Inc.
Whitechapel
Massacre
Cro-Mags
Comeback Kid
+2 trupe

Program REF 2024, vineri, 2 august 2024

Scena Adrian Rugina
Dimmu Borgir
Abbath performs Immortal
Dark Tranquillity
Imminence
Cynic
+1 trupa

Scena Brasov
Saxon
Delain
Order Ogan
Anaal Nathrakh
Strigoi

Scena Andrei Calmuc
Therapy?
1349
Ho99o9
Deicide
Aborted
Havok
Saturnus
Bodysnatcher
+1 trupa

Program REF 2024, sambata, 3 august 2024

Scena Adrian Rugina
Suicidal Tendencies
Jinjer
Leprous
Crownshift
Stoned Jesus
Slope

Scena Brasov
Opeth
The Halo Effect
Kvelertak
Emmure
Serrabulho

Scena Andrei Calmuc
Paradise Lost
My Dying Bride
Dark Funeral
The Exploited
1000 Mods
Left To Die
Nanowar Of Steel
Humanity’s Last Breath
Dopelord

Program REF 2024, duminica, 4 august 2024

Scena Adrian Rugina
Pendulum
Kk’s Priest
Lacuna Coil
Textures
A Place To Bury Strangers
Show Me The Body

Scena Brasov
Fear Factory
Exodus
Napalm Death
After The Burial
Misery Index

Scena Andrei Calmuc
Frogleap
Watain
The Amity Affliction
God Is An Astronaut
Insomnium
Armored Saint
Incantation
Maybeshewill
Shy, Low
The Devil’s Trade

Din pacate cei de la Cattle Decapitation si Darkest Hour au anulat turneul european, asa ca nu vor fi prezenti in cadrul acestei editii.

Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2024 va avea loc in perioada 30 iulie – 4 august 2024, unde veti putea vedea peste 106 trupe, la 3 scene, un adevarat regal de metal & more timp de 6 zile.

Biletele se pot cumpara de pe site-ul oficial: https://rockstadtextremefest.ro/tickets/

Kreator, Amon Amarth, Dimmu Borgir si alte 27 trupe anuntate la Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2024

KREATORAMON AMARTH și DIMMU BORGIR sunt cativa din headlinerii noi confirmati la Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2024!

Pe langa acestea, lineup-ul REF 2024 va fi completat cu inca 27 de trupe:
ABBATH performs IMMORTAL / ABORTED / AMENRA / ARMORED SAINT / BODYSNATCHER / COMBICHRIST / CONVERGE / DARK TRANQUILLITY / DARK FUNERAL / DEICIDE / DOPELORD / DARKEST HOUR / EMMURE / EXODUS / GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT / KK’s PRIEST / HAVOK / HUMANITY’S LAST BREATH / IMMINENCE / MAYBESHEWILL / NANOWAR OF STEEL / ORDEN OGAN / SATURNUS / SLOPE / THE AMITY AFFLICTION / THE HALO EFFECT / WHITECHAPEL.

Noul val de bilete e disponibil la pretul de 850 de lei (aproximativ 170 €), pentru experiența de 5 ZILE DE ROCK ȘI METAL, pe 3 SCENE în OPEN AIR! Doar un număr limitat de bilete este disponibil la acest preț.

Biletele se pot achiziționa cu ZERO TAXE și FĂRĂ COMISION de pe site-ul oficial REF. (link mai jos)
Luati-va biletele la acest pret din timp, si haideți să ne vedem în perioada 31 iulie – 4 august 2024 ca sa sărbătorim împreună Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2024, la Cetatea Râșnov. Cea de-a 10-a ANIVERSARE se anunta monumentală. Pregateste-te!

Bilete aici: https://rockstadtextremefest.ro/

Biletele pentru Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2024 s-au pus in vanzare

Organizatorii au anuntat si trupe noi!

Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2024 va sarbatori aniversarea de 10 ani in perioada 31 iulie – 4 august 2024! Primele bilete s-au pus la vanzare pe site-ul oficial https://rockstadtextremefest.ro/
In aceasta etapa, costul este de 750 de lei (150 de euro) pentru 5 zile, 100 trupe și 3 scene in aer liber.
Dar doar 2000 dintre ele vor fi disponibile la acest preț, până la 1 octombrie 2023, după care prețul va crește.

De asemenea, organizatorii au anuntat multe trupe noi, astfel ca urmatoarele trupe se alatura lineup-ului:
1349After The BurialBury TomorrowComeback KidDevil MasterDestroyer 666GaereaIncantationStoned JesusShy,LowToxic HolocaustThe Devils Trade.

ROCKSTADT EXTREME FEST 2024 VA AVEA LOC IN PERIOADA 30 IULIE – 4 AUGUST 2024

Primele trupe anuntate pentru Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2024

Primele trupe anunțate: Arkona, Cattle Decapitation (ANULAT), Ho99o9InsomniumKvelertakMy Dying BrideParadise LostSuffocationThe Black Dahlia MurderBipolar ArchitectureVenom Inc şi Massacre.

Biletele early-bird se pot achiziționa în cadrul festivalului, până pe 6 august 2023.

Prețurile REF 2024:
– 550 ron, primele 2000 bilete
– 650 ron, următoarele 1500 bilete.

REF 2022 – LINE-UP COMPLET – 19 TRUPE NOI

Organizatorii REF (Rockstadt Extreme Fest) au anuntat line-up-ul complet pentru editia REF 2022!
Astfel, se vor alatura trupelor deja anuntate urmatoarele formatii: Bullet For My ValentineCattle DecapitationRings Of SaturnOrbit CultureKnifeEvokenSpoil EngineNero Di MarteAvianaSerrabulhoDon GattoFallcieNemesisSinneryVorkuttahWinterhordeAbove Us The WavesArhat si Nobody’s Straight.

Katatonia va sustine un show aniversar la Rockstadt Extreme Fest

Katatonia, unul dintre cele mai cunoscute nume ale industriei muzicale internationale, va sarbatori 10 ani de la lansarea albumului ‘Night Is The New Day’, pe scena Rockstadt Extreme Fest.

‘Night Is The New Day’ s-a bucurat de recenzii deosebit de bune venite din partea criticii de specialitate: 

* ‘Cu o abordare cu adevarat unica asupra genului metal, Katatonia a adus la lumina o capodopera’, Guitarist magazine.

* ‘Cu ‘Night Is The New Day’, Katatonia au dovedit atingerea unui nivel remarcabil de rigurozitate muzicala, acompaniata de curaj artistic si de o intelegere mult mai profunda a posibilitatilor oferite de genurile abordate’, Prog Magazine

* ‘Night Is The New Day’ este un tur de forta metal aproape fara cusur’, Power Play Magazine

Povestea Katatonia incepe in 1991, in Stockholm, Suedia, cand Anders Nystrom (‘Blakkheim’) si Jonas Renkse (‘Lord Seth’) si-au reunit fortele pentru a explora posibilitatile nelimitate oferite de genurile doom si death metal.

Trupa a atras rapid aprecierea scenei underground inca de la primul album, ‘Dance Of December Souls’ (1993) considerat un clasic al genului doom metal. in scurt timp, si-a construit un adevarat renume pe scena internationala, purtandu-si fanii, de-a lungul carierei, de la atmosfera intunecata si sunetul melancolic, adeseori dur, al primelor albume, la un note mai soft, accesibile unui public mai larg.

Cu un sound ce era in egala masura familiar si fresh, datorita abordarilor creative aduse de fondatori genurilor sub semnul carora grupul a luat fiinta, Katatonia a evoluat permanent de la sunetul traditional al doom metal-ului catre teritorii muzicale neexplorate. Albumul ‘Brave Murder Day’ (1996, marcat de pasajele vocale dure ale lui Mikael Akerfeldt – Opeth) reprezinta punctul de turnura al acestui traseu, care a continuat cu explorarea colturilor celor mai intunecate ale metal-ului, insumate in ‘Discouraged Ones’ (1998) si s-a indreptat catre experimentarea potentialului oferit de rock-ul progresiv si de alte elemente muzicale non-metal.

Cu ‘Tonight’s Decision’ (1999) si ‘Last Fair Deal Gone Down’ (2001), Katatonia si-a uimit fanii prin ingeniozitatea pasajelor muzicale, intregite de un dinamism emotional devastator, care a permis radacinilor doom metal ale trupei sa fie imbogatite de diversitatea texturilor si abordarilor oferite de alte genuri muzicale. intretesute intr-un sound ce a evoluat si continuat mereu sa surprinda, cavalerii tristetii au inclus noi si noi elemente in lucrarile lor, intensul amalgam emotional culminand cu ‘Night Is The New Day’, album aparut in 2009 si larg acceptat drept capodopera. Reconstructia si reinterpretarea cu succes a radacilor metal, imbogatite de influentele stilistice oferite de alte zone muzicale, a continuat cu ‘Dead End Kings’ (2012), fiind intregit de ‘Dethroned & Uncrowned’ (2013) si de ‘The Fall Of Hearts’ (2016), cel de-al 10-lea album al Katatonia, considerat drept unul dintre cele mai puternice si profunde materiale ale trupei.

Biletele se gasesc in format electronic pe www.iabilet.ro si in magazinele Flanco, Diverta, Carturesti, Metrou Unirii 1, Muzica, IQ BOX, Uman, Libmag, Casa de Balet si pe terminalele Selfpay. Online, puteti plati cu cardul, Paypal, pe factura la Vodafone sau Orange sau ramburs prin Fan Courier oriunde in tara.

Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2018- Review

After four days and four nights of extreme metals and some not so extreme but still around, I finally found my words. I wish I could but I have nothing bad to say about Rockstadt Extreme Fest. I truly believe that it is one of the best metal festivals, if not the best, we have in Romania. Everything was flawless, from my point of view.
The info point was much appreciated and also that liitle flyer with the map and the schedule made things a lot easier for many of us.


The location of the festival is just stunning, surrounded by mountains, close to the beautiful city of Rasnov, but at same isolated. Being at the base of the citadel, it allowed us to take short trips, to visit the surroundins, the cave, the city, and, of course, Râșnov citadel. One thing that was difficult to take was the temperature difference. During the day, you could’ve gotten a nice tan by only walking around the are, while during the night, if you were not drunk enough, you needed a long sleeve, a hoodie and a jacket.

About the pricing system, there was some waiting, but most of it was at the entrance. It’s hard to let hundreds of people in through only three checkpoints, while there were others trying to get out. Other  than that, I understand the food bar was a bit crowded, and that is pretty much all. Personally, I never stood more than five minutes for a beer or anything to drink. For tokens, tho, the line was always busy. The food was very good and eveyone appreciated the longdrinks, shots and the others alcooholic drinks the bar served.

I didn’t sleep in the camping areas but I think there some things worth metion. First, in spite of the all complaints, I think the price was really cheap, for what you get. Both camping areas were clean, organised, had security, so only the people with those special bracelets could get inside and some of the nicest bathrooms I saw, regarding the live show. First, there were separate spaces for women and men, and both areas had showers (in containers, with sinks and mirrors) and very clean toilets (from what I’ve heard, there was someone who came once in a while to clean them). I am sure everyone appreciated that, especially the girls. Still, the one thing that kept the campings from perfection was the lack of shade. Of course, the area was surrounded by forests so there was plenty outside the campnig.

Also, two bands were not able to perform but the organizers dealt with the problems in such way it was not even noticeable and everything went on schedule.

Every  night had an after-party where people had lots of fun. It was interesting and satisfying at the same time to see hundreds of metalheads dancing on metal/rock/pop, dubstep and many others genres. I think that says a lot about the maturity of the audience, being able to have fun no matter the music. Last night had a special edition of ’90 tunes, which was a real blast, with people dancing on the stage, everyone jumping around on songs like Captaion Joe (and actually doing the dance), la isla bonita and so on. It was quite an end after four days of extreme metals.

I think that other things that people appreciated were the concrete sidewalks, the ”charging area” for those who slept in tents and had little access to a power source for their phones, and the organizers attetion for preventing the „mud”, the classical mud we’re used to at this event. Fortunately, the weather was on our side and we received four full days of sun. There was also a pretty generous merchandise area, with a wide range of t-shirts and CD-s.

About the concerts, I think every band brought something different  and unique on the stage. Though I appreciated every person  that got up on the stage, I didn’t got to see all of bands (but I’ve heard most of them). Regarding the show, the sound was almost flawless, with small exceptions, but overall better than what I got from a festival so far.
Because it would take many pages and much time for you to read them, I will stick to what I think were the best live actions. I will also be a bit cliche, but most of the headliners slayed the stage. WASP came with so much energy and power, it shocked everyone, and I am so grateful I got to see a piece of music history along with some other thousands of people. Powerwolf put on one hell of a show, even without all their fire toys, kept the audience alive with energy and enthusiams, while singing about werewolves and vampires in their homeland. Some people complained about the sound not being high enough. I think it was more than decent. Amorphis was impressive in a… different way. Their music has lots of soul and feeling, so it was more emotional, to say so, with songs like Silver Bride and House of Sleep. One great thing about Amorphis. Their live performance is so close to the recoreded version, it hurts. Obituary is not my cup of tea but people described the show with some big words.

 

In the last night, InFlames ended the festival with a show to remember. With a full Wacken stage set, with lights, led screens, projections, light pillars and fireworks, everything was insane. It was late, after four days of boiling during the day and freezing during the night and everyone enjoyed every second of the show. There was a great communication with the audience, the guys smiled all the time and were obviously excited to be there.
I will also mention Septicflesh here because they had a show that impressed me beyond any expectation and I think they deserve to be close to the headliners.  Their music is more than fascinating and seing them live really brings everything to a whole new level. You can’t help but feel their music.
Other bands I really enojoyed from the main stage were Dirty Shirt (which I saw before but never get tired of), Brujeria, which were totally crazy, with their mexican vibes and funny attitude combined with the hard guitar riffs and drums. GoatWhore had an interesting sound and Belphegor made a really nice show.
Fleshgod Apocalypse finally managed to get on the romanian shores, after being robbed and having to cancel their concerts, including the one from the Indoor Rockstadt. Man, they killed that stage. First, their costumes, make up, attitude were basically yelling that was going to be good. Their mix of classical, renaissance sound combined with extreme drums and guitars, alongside the beautiful opera voice of Veronica  and the deep powerful vocals of the leadsinger just takes you to a very interesting trip through „space and time”.

About the second stage, first band that got my attention was W3 4R3 NUM83R5, which was also the first band I got to see from all the festival. I knew some songs from them but never got the chance to see them performing live. Pleasant surprise. The sound was very good, some nice djent, lots of energy, great communication with the public.  Also, Sur Astru was a very interesting experience and I think these guys are going places. Impure Vilhelmina and The Thirteenth Sun had pretty good shows but I would enjoy more to see them in separate shows, as I think they could do even better.  Gutalax was at least fuuny to watch, and they had show people kept talking about.  As for the main stage, the sound was nice and clean and every band played according to schedule, no events, just more crowded by the day, which was a good thing.

As I said before, I wish there was something even remotely bad about this festival, but it isn’t. I talked to people that never missed an edition of REF and they said this festival is just getting better and better, more and more professional. I asked some that came this year for the first time and they were surprised. As for me, I shall never miss a year of Rockstadt Extreme Fest. Congrats to everyone who puts tons of  effort, every year, into making this, the best metal festival from Romania.

ROCKSTADT EXTREME FEST 2018 – LINEUP FINAL SI PROGRAM PE ZILE

Ca in fiecare an, Rockstadt Extreme Fest va gazdui doua scene, programul integral fiind disponibil mai jos. Peste 50 de formatii si artisti din Europa, Africa de Sud, Canada si America de Nord si Sud vor concerta in perioada 2-5 august, pe deja cunoscutul teren de Biatlon din Rasnov.
Lineup-ul final este completat de SINCARNATE, INDIAN FALL, CODE RED si HARMED. De asemenea, si in acest an vom incheia festivalul cu showul pirotehnic oferit de HYPNOSIS FIRESHOW, in timp ce deja celebrul Afterparty revine pe scena a doua, pe parcursul noptii si pana la rasarit.
Biletele sunt disponibile online cat si in retele locale via:
www.rockstadtextremefest.ro
www.iabilet.ro
www.myticket.ro
www.bilete.ro
Abonamentele sunt disponibile atat online cat si in retea nationala si internationala si vor putea fi achizitionate inclusiv pe toata perioada festivalului, de la intrarea oficiala.
La fel ca si in editiile anterioare, nu vor exista bilete pe zile, ci doar abonamente ce asigura accesul in toate cele patru zile ale festivalului.