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WIN A SATURDAY TICKET FOR DEFENDERS OF STEEL 2026

Defenders of Steel Festival has teamed up with TheNwothm.com to give you the chance to win a Saturday day ticket for this year’s event. The festival spans two nights, and while Friday’s show at KAPU is already sold out, Saturday is still open for anyone ready to dive into a full evening of heavy metal. On May the 9th, Alter Schachthof in Wels hosts a stacked lineup featuring Demon’s first-ever appearance in Austria, along with The Night Eternal, Mindless Sinner, Wytch Hazel’s second set, Vulture, Eisenhand, and Zeper. It’s a huge night, and one lucky winner will get to experience the entire Saturday show for free.

How to enter

To enter you have to do 2 simple tasks:

Answer this question: What is the name of the venue that the Saturday event is happening in?

Tag us/comment: leave a comment with @thenwothm and @defendersofsteel followed by giveaway.

You can enter by doing these two actions anywhere on our social media or as a comment on this post!

The winner will be announced Saturday 28th of February via the site only. Be weary of comments from pages that may look like us – sadly there are a lot of scammers out there!

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Torpedo Promotion

Fri, 08/05/2026, 19:00 – Sat 09/05, 23:59 CEST

Alter Schlachthof, Dragonerstraße 22, 4600 Wels, Österreich

On Saturday, May 9, 2026, children and teens under 16 can attend the event for free, if accompanied by an adult.
This offer is only valid at the box office and only as long as the event is not sold out.
Teens aged 16 to 18 can purchase tickets at a reduced rate.
A valid ID is required for entry.

Demon (UK)
Website
The Night Eternal (Germany)
Bandcamp
Mindless Sinner (Sweden)
Bandcamp
Vulture (Germany)
Bandcamp
Wytch Hazel SET B (UK)
Bandcamp
Eisenhand (Austria)
Bandcamp
Zepter (Austria)
Bandcamp

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For #11 on my #Top20SongsOfTheYear we put on a leather jacket, hop on a Harley and travel to charming Wiener Neustadt in Austria.

Because that's where Roadwolf are from:

🎵 High Under Pressure by #Roadwolf

https://song.link/y/SVIlrpwrYQQ

Another great Rock'n'Rolly Heavy Metal song.

And it has a sax solo. A bloody fantastic sax solo!

10/21 #SOTY2023 #TomsMusic

For today's #MetalheadClubAwards @HailsandAles gave us a big one:

Song of the year.

My song of the year is Made To Parade by #QueensOfTheStoneAge

But since QOTSA is not metal, here is my metal song of the year is:

Kingmaker by #Screamer 👑

https://wearescreamer.bandcamp.com/album/kingmaker?t=1

That intro riff is just so damn good 🤘

Honourable mentions:

#Hellripper - I, The Deceiver
#KingGizzard - Dragon
#Smoulder - Spellforger
#Katatonia - Austerity
#Eridu - Clay, Blood and Vengeance
#Roadwolf - High Under Pressure

Today’s category for @HailsandAles' 2023 #MetalheadClubAwards is Discovery of the year: A band that released music in 2023 that you had never listened to before?

Erm... it feels like 90% of bands I listened to this year fit into that category.
So I'll crank it up an choose from bands I never even heard of before.

It's a close one, but my winners are:

#GreenLung 🏆

Honourable mentions:

#Endseeker
#Smoulder
#Eridu
#Allfather
#TheRollingStones
#Roadwolf
#Primordial
#Drain
#Memoriam
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