Dark Tranquility are one of the kings of melodic death metal. On last year's 'Endtime Signals' it comes out brilliantly for them. They tackle there fears and confusion, and they can nail it just as well as they can lead you to shrug it off. Moonspell have put Portugal on the metal map of the world and are still its leading representatives. Moonspell, thus icons of atmospheric metal, have been doing their thing for more than three decades and are not catching any breath. The bands' tour guest will be the band Hiraes.

DARK TRANQUILLITY (Sweden) melodic death metal:
They invented the formula for melodic death metal in the 1990s, but they don't bow to the weight of their legend. They have heat, it's easy to be charmed by their melodies, and the occasional gothic influence only embellishes these powerful and masterfully arranged songs.

MOONSPELL (Portugal) gothic metal.
If you love gothic metal, you probably also love Moonspell. Portuguese specialists in all things dark and mystical, they know how to put the jigsaw puzzle together so that metal and atmosphere fuse into a cohesive whole. Majesty and gloomy hits - that's them.

HIRAES (Germany) melodic death metal.
"I'm running away from the pain / And I'm in a frenzy". - sings Britta Görtz in 'Undercurrent'. It's easy to fall into a frenzy with this music, because it's energetic and compact melodic death metal. The very essence of heaviness and catchiness.