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LACUNA COIL
SLEEPLESS EMPIRE TOUR 2025
Special Guests: NONPOINT
Admission: 7:00 p.m. | Start: 8:00 p.m.
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For over three decades, Lacuna Coil from Milan have been working tirelessly on the development of multifaceted metal and their international career. On nine studio albums, they have developed an individual sound between death metal, threatening gothic, modern alternative metal and that successful touch of pop that has helped their music gain great recognition outside the scene. This has brought the band around the charismatic singer Cristina Scabbia worldwide success. “Sleepless Empire”, their tenth album, which will be released on February 14th, provides further proof of their special class. Like every album they release, “Sleepless Empire” is a richly textured soundtrack of its time: dark, cinematic, orchestral, and unmistakably true to the unique qualities that have earned Lacuna Coil a celebrated entry in the annals of metal music.
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LACUNA COIL
SLEEPLESS EMPIRE TOUR 2025
Special Guests: NONPOINT
Admission: 7:00 p.m. | Start: 8:00 p.m.
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For over three decades, Lacuna Coil from Milan have been working tirelessly on the development of multifaceted metal and their international career. On nine studio albums, they have developed an individual sound between death metal, threatening gothic, modern alternative metal and that successful touch of pop that has helped their music gain great recognition outside the scene. This has brought the band around the charismatic singer Cristina Scabbia worldwide success. “Sleepless Empire”, their tenth album, which will be released on February 14th, provides further proof of their special class. Like every album they release, “Sleepless Empire” is a richly textured soundtrack of its time: dark, cinematic, orchestral, and unmistakably true to the unique qualities that have earned Lacuna Coil a celebrated entry in the annals of metal music.
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Controversial and at the same time adored heavy metallers W.A.S.P. are returning to Zagreb after a long 21 years to put on a concert and spectacle to remember! This can be confirmed by their fantastic concert in mid-July in Belgrade, which was talked about in superlatives for days afterwards. Led by the charismatic Blackie Lawless, on this occasion, as part of the “Album ONE Alive” world tour, they will play their entire debut album on 28.10. at Boogaloo, thus marking the 40th anniversary of its release. Along with hits such as “I Wanna Be Somebody”, “School Daze” and “L.O.V.E. Machine”, many other songs from their rich career are expected. A limited contingent of early bird tickets priced at 44 euros will be available from Friday, 22 August at 10 am on the Hangtime website. The pre-sale price of tickets is 49 euros, and if there are any left, they will cost 55 euros on the day, but realistically, don’t count on that. Hard copy tickets will also be available soon at the Dirty Old Shop.
But, as it was in Belgrade, from the pen of Darija Đumić (Balkanrock):
“It is very rare that after the end of a concert by a band of this caliber, there is always that part of the audience that seems to be purposefully looking for something to criticize and highlight as bad, and to diminish and spoil the experience. In this case, however, it is almost an impossible mission, because last night was one of those when absolutely all the pieces fit together. In 2025, to witness a magnificent revision of the chapter of heavy metal that is crucial, is a true privilege, honor and happiness. Being yourself and being consistent with yourself, despite and in spite of all the pressures from outside and the norms that are mercilessly served, is a universal foundation for all those who want to be someone. Blackie Lawless broke countless rules and laws long ago, opposed a cold and calculated system, and all this through his music, as an essential reflection of his being. Thanks to this, he is a kind of icon today, and the fruits of his rebellion are still being harvested and will be harvested – fiercely, deliciously, passionately, just as befits us, “wild children.”
W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 in Los Angeles, and the meaning of the acronym itself remains unknown to this day, or as Blackie himself says: “We Ain’t Sure, Pal.” The band quickly became known for its controversial lyrics, theatrical performances that included raw meat, chainsaws and pyrotechnics, as well as the provocative image that they still cultivate today. During the 1980s, W.A.S.P. was under attack from conservative groups for various forms of “explicitness,” which made them a symbol of freedom of expression in heavy metal and related genres. Albums such as “The Last Command” (1985) and “Inside the Electric Circus” (1986) solidified their popularity on a global scale, especially while touring with bands such as Iron Maiden, Slayer and Saxon.
They have released 16 albums in a very fruitful and colorful career, and Lawless says of their debut album: “A furious album recorded by a furious band. It not only reflected the attitude of the band members who created it, but also the spirit of the times in which it was created.” This album became one of the leaders of the metal scene of the 80s and remains one of the best debut albums of all time. In addition to Blackie, the band today consists of bassist Mike Duda, guitarist Doug Blair and drummer Aquiles Priester. See you at Boogaloo on October 28th, secure your tickets in time! The event is organized by the Hangtime agency.

DOOM AND GOTH METAL LEGENDS, BRITISH PARADISE LOST AS PART OF THE “ASCENSION OF EUROPE TOUR 2025 – PART 1” TOUR, WHERE THEY PROMOTE THEIR NEW ALBUM “ASCENSION” AFTER EIGHT YEARS, ARE COMING TO ZAGREB AGAIN, ON THURSDAY, 30.10.2025. TO CLUB BOOGALOO! AS GUESTS WITH PARADISE LOST, THE GROUPS MESSA AND LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE WILL BE COMING.
On Thursday, 30.10.2025. to the Zagreb club Boogaloo after eight years as part of the European tour “Ascension Of Europe Tour 2025 – Part 1”, British doom and goth metal legends, Paradise Lost, are coming back! This time they present their new, seventeenth studio album “Ascension” (Nuclear Blast), which will be officially released on September 19th, and so far two or three highly praised singles have been released from it: “Silence Like the Grave”, “Serpent on the Cross” and “Tyrants Serenade”.
Paradise Lost first performed in Croatia exactly 20 years ago, on May 25, 2005, at Zagreb’s Boogaloo, then again in 2010, in 2012 they performed at Zagreb’s Pogon Jedinstvo, in 2015 at Zagreb’s Vintage Industrial Bar and in 2017 again at the Boogaloo club, so this will be their sixth visit to Zagreb and fourth visit to the Boogaloo club!
Paradise Lost, whose name is inspired by the poem of the same name by J. Milton from 1667, began their journey back in 1988. The albums “Lost Paradise” (1990), “Gothic” (1991) and “Shades of God” (1992) are considered classics of death/doom metal. With the albums “Icon” (1993) and “Draconian Times” (1995), Paradise Lost entered the then popular gothic metal waters and thus became world famous. This was followed by the even more successful album “One Second” (1997), which brought them closer to dark/goth rock and on which they began to use electronics, and their single “Say Just Words” became and remains their most successful single to this day. Then they signed a contract with one of the world’s largest record companies, EMI, and released the album “Host” (1999), with which they ventured into dark synth waters, and the single “So Much Is Lost” is often compared to Depeche Mode. However, with the next albums “Believe In Nothing” (2002) and “Symbol Of Life” (2002), they returned to a stronger sound, this time with an undertone of electro industrial rock. A return to the heavy-gothic sound follows with the albums “Paradise Lost” (2005). The albums “In Requiem” (2007) and “Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us” (2009) followed. In 2015, they released the album, “The Plague Within”, and in 2017, “Medusa”, with which they returned to their darkest doom metal phase from the beginning of their career. In 2020, the album “Obsidian” and the single “Ghosts” will follow, with which they return to more commercial dark/goth metal waters. In 2023, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the release of the album “Icon”, they are releasing a re-recorded album called “Icon 30”.
With more than a few great releases and a bunch of timeless hits, Paradise Lost’s big asset is that almost the entire line-up, consisting of Nick Holmes (vocals), Greg Mackintosh (guitar), Aaron Aedy (guitar) and Steve Edmonson (bass) has been together since the beginning, while Jeff Singer (he played in Paradise Lost from 2004 to 2008) is back on drums, coming from Kill II This, playing in My Dying Bride, to 2025 returned to Paradise Lost.
Paradise Lost, even though they are presenting a new album, always play a cross-section of their career from the very beginning to the new album on their tours, so we will be able to hear most of their hits such as “As I Die”, “True Belief”, “Forever Failure”, “Hallowed Land”, “Say Just Words”, “One Second”, “So Much Is Lost”, “Rotting Misery”, “Ghosts”, “The Last Time”, “Gothic”, “Embers Fire”, “Pity the Sadness”, “Blood of Another”,…..
Paradise Lost is supported by the increasingly popular Italian doom metal alchemists Messa, who are promoting their new, fourth album “The Spin” (Metal Blade Records) on this tour. Based on an eclectic, self-defined “crimson doom” sound, Messa’s music rises, falls, floats, bites, comforts and destroys, all the while echoing with instinctive magic and an obsessive atmosphere with recognizable twists of musical styles.
German gothic metallers Lacrimas Profundere are the first to open the concerts on this tour. Their name means “to shed tears” in Latin, and their stylistic aesthetic has changed over time; originally gothic death-doom, the band eventually turned to a more commercial dark/goth rock sound following the example of groups like Tiamat, HIM, The 69 Eyes,… but with their twelfth studio album “Bleeding the Stars” from 2019, they are returning to their doom/goth metal roots, while their latest album “How To Shroud Yourself With Night” from 2022 has a more commercial dark metal sound.
Doors open at 19:00 and the concert will start at 19:30. Tickets are priced at €45.00 in advance and €50.00 on the day of the concert and can be purchased via the Entrio.hr system, Entrio points of sale, Dirty Old shop – Tratinska 34, Zagreb, Rockamark – Hrvatske Bratske zajednice 4, Zagreb and Dallas Music Shop – Splitska 2a, Rijeka. They can also be purchased at the entrance to the club, if the concert is not sold out, as some Paradise Lost concerts on this tour have already been.

SABATON
Support: The Legendary Orchestra – performing Sabaton
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‘THE LEGENDARY TOUR – EUROPE 2025’
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21. November 2025
WIENER STADTHALLE
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Tickets: 15.11.24, 10.00 Uhr https://shorturl.at/OusLM
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In the more than two decades since their launch, Swedish metallers, SABATON, have achieved quadruple-platinum sales, headlined major festivals and sold-out arena concerts across the globe, and earned a legion of loyal fans by carving out a reputation as one of the hardest working bands in rock. SABATON combines standout stage design and production with epic concept albums, linking real-life historical war events with classic kick-ass metal. To date, the band has released ten studio albums, amassed six Gold, two Platinum, and one four-times-Platinum awards, seen eight of its albums score Top 10 international chart status, and six claim the Top 5. The band has earned eight Metal Hammer/Golden Gods Awards nominations, taking home the award for “Breakthrough Artist” in 2011 and “Best Live Band” in three different years, and a Grammis nomination (Swedish equivalent to the U.S. GRAMMY) as Best Heavy Metal band. SABATON has also accumulated more than two billion streams across all streaming platforms.

Till Lindemann, exceptional artist and singer of the industrial metal group Rammstein, will grant audiences an insight into the depths of his world in 2025 – from the end of October until the end of the year, fans can look forward to over 25 raw and completely reconceptualized arena shows on his solo “Meine Welt” tour across 17 countries in Europe.

Tickets on sale from Nov 18th at 4pm CET