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The Gathering confirmed for REF 2026
What a wonderful surprise. The Gathering reunited in 2025, thus celebrating 30 years since the release of the highly influential and generation stapling album, titled Mandylion. The good news is that they will be performing at REF 2026. A lunch…
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REF 2026 line-up
The festival’s official poster has just dropped, complete with the day-by-day running order. It’s safe to say this is easily the most eclectic lineup across all editions, offering a little something for everyone attending. The special moments of the festival, in my book, will definitely be The Gathering, Nevermore, In…
Mystic Sound Gathering
An interesting event just crossed my radar, that I find genuinely intriguing, quite apart from any alleged healing angles. The draw, pure and simple, is the presence of two minds whose individual creativity and artistic synergy are nothing short of sublime. And it’s especially interesting when you realize that just…
The Gathering confirmed for REF 2026
What a wonderful surprise. The Gathering reunited in 2025, thus celebrating 30 years since the release of the highly influential and generation stapling album, titled Mandylion. The good news is that they will be performing at REF 2026. A lunch meeting in 2023, following the presentation of a gold record…
REF 2025 line-up
We have the final line-up (small modifications may occur) to this year’s edition of Rockstadt Extreme Fest, that will take place in Râșnov from July 30th to August 3rd. The 11th edition of the festival will be also the last one that will take place in the forests around Râșnov…
REF switches location in 2026
Starting with 2026 the Rockstadt Extreme Festival will take place in Ghimbav. The new location is located on a large field just across the railway station. Three stages, as you got used to at the last three editions, camping with RV area, food courts, various amenities and, first time in…
Metal
Vola, the band that flew under my radar
At least up until the fall of 2024. This band will rock your inner worlds. And I mean it. Vola…
Sara – Hallava
On January 17, 2025, Sara released their highly anticipated tenth studio album, Hallava, marking a historic milestone for the band…
The Hallo Effect – March of the Unheard
The Halo Effect, a Swedish melodic death metal collective comprised entirely of pioneering alumni from the seminal band In Flames, released their highly anticipated second studio album, March of the…
Electronic
Future Islands – From a hole in the floor to a fountain of youth
On May 22, 2026, the Baltimore-based post-wave quartet Future Islands released From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain…
Red Mecca – I will be that dying star on your sky
Red Mecca officially released their eighth studio album, I Will Be That Dying Star in Your Sky, on May 22,…
Younger Brother – Mutual Assured Distraction
Long awaited release, Mutual Assured Distraction is Younger Brother‘s fourth studio album, who finally hits our speakers, breaking more than a decade of studio silence. Formed in 2003 by United…
Alira Mun – Eclipsa
This song will eclipse pretty much everything you know is coming from the Balkans. At least that’s what I thought when I realized that the composer/singer does not come from…
Rival Consoles – Landscape from Memory
The British electronic project Rival Consoles, helmed by Leicester-born and London-based producer Ryan Lee West, has long occupied a unique space in contemporary electronic music. As the inaugural signee to…
Sara – Hallava
On January 17, 2025, Sara released their highly anticipated tenth studio album, Hallava, marking a historic milestone for the band. The title “Hallava,” translating from Finnish to “pale,” “pale gray,”…
REF 2026, July 27 – 31
