🇫🇮 MOONLIGHT SORCERY - official announcement for ZappenDuster Festival 2026
We are honoured to present one of the most unique and visionary forces in today’s Black Metal scene and our Friday headliner: MOONLIGHT SORCERY (FIN).
In 2026, the band will appear only at a very limited number of selected shows across Europe.
Among these rare performances, one stands out:
Their official Germany Debut — exclusively at ZappenDuster 2026.
To mark this exceptional moment, we are sharing the band’s own words:
'It’s about time to reveal all the faces of the night!
The long enchantment beneath frost and ice has come to an end.
While Moonlight Sorcery is weaving new offerings into existence, we will emerge from our veiled dominion to take the stages for a few shows in 2026.
It is our privilege to perform at ZappenDuster festival for our first, exclusive gig in Germany, and we eagerly await sharing this special occasion with all who gather.
The Wolven Hour has come! Time to unveil our Majestic Symphonies of the Nightside!'
📅 12 & 13 June 2026
📍 Sputnikhalle Münster (DE)
🎟 Tickets exclusively at blacksilence.de / link in bio
⚡ Nearly half of the cheaper Early Bird tickets are already gone — secure yours while they last.
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⚔️ RUNNING ORDER ⚔️
🔥ZAPPENDUSTER 2026🔥
Friday:
Doors 15h
Start 16h - indoor stage
Saturday:
Doors 14h
Start 15h - open air stage
Indoor stage and open air stage will alternate
— no overlapping sets.
Please arrive early to avoid delays at entry.
🎫 Day-ticket: 69€ (Lim. 100 each day)
more tickets & info: blacksilence.de / link in bio
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🇫🇮 MOONLIGHT SORCERY - live at ZappenDuster 2026
🔥Germany live debut & exclusive show 2026🔥
📍12. & 13.6. - Sputnikhalle Münster
🎫 tickets & info under: blacksilence.de / link in bio
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ZappenDuster Festival 2026 🏴 curated by darkness
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Moonlight Sorcery live debut setlist
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💥 ZAPPENDUSTER - EXCLUSIVE SHOWS 💥
This year's ZappenDuster festival has some exclusive shows in store for you.
🔥Kampfar's only performance in Germany in 2026 will be at this year's edition of the festival.
🔥Moonlight Sorcery will be celebrating their very first show in Germany at ZD26. It will also be their only show in 2026 in Germany.
🔥Secrets of the Moon will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their LP 'Antithesis' with a special set. This will also be their farewell concert in their home area.
🔥And Abigail Williams will be playing their only show in 2026 in Germany as well.
So there are plenty of good reasons not to miss the ZAPPENDUSTER FESTIVAL 2026!
🎫 tickets and info under blacksilence.de / link in bio
☝️Mid Bird tickets 90% sold out!
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Guess what, 50% of the early bird tickets have gone, once the remainings are sold out you'll have to purchase your ticket at full price. Our fest is a small one, don't sleep on it and remember this will be one of the very few chances to see @vinterlandofficial and @moonlight.sorcery on stage!
Tickets available on @dicefm , see you on September 5th at @legendclubmilano !
#AvantgardeMusicFestival #AvantgardeMusic #vinterland #moonlightsorcery
Seems like we're doing it again! After the overwhelming response to our first edition, we are proud to announce that the #AvantgardeMusicFestival returns in 2026, once again in collaboration with @occultbooking ! Tickets now available via @dicefm .
🇸🇪 @vinterlandofficial : a cult name in Swedish #blackmetal history, whose legacy continues to inspire generations of bands worldwide. In 2026 the band will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their only studio album "Welcome My Last Chapter" with a selection of exclusive gigs throughout Europe, and they chose Avantgarde Music Festival as their Italian stop, which also marks the first Italian gig ever for the Swedes.
🇫🇮 @moonlight.sorcery : one of the most exciting forces in contemporary Finnish black metal, blending ferocity, melody and epic atmospheres into a spellbinding live experience. Moonlight Sorcery only plays a very limited number of shows every year, Avantgarde Music Festival will be their very first Italian gig and one of the few international appearances of the band in 2026.
More bands will be announced soon. Expect a carefully curated lineup that embodies the essence of Avantgarde Music: uncompromising, visionary, and deeply rooted in the underground. The festival will once again be held at Legend Club, in the heart of Milan, Italy.
The first four bands announced for Fortress Presents: Tynebound @ Anarchy Brewery are here:
Moonlight Sorcery isn't a band that performs regularly so we are honoured to welcome their return to the UK for another exclusive performance following their spellbinding show in the Grand Hall at Fortress Festival last year. The band headlines the Sunday at Tynebound. "Prepare, wanderer, to meet the Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle once again."
The musical and lyrical aspects of Inferno have been guided by inner impulses escaping comprehension. Expressed either in fiery primitivism of old or in form of mind-altering cacophonies of tomorrow, Inferno portrays the pervading greatness of powers from beyond and within. Follow us into a mesmeric journey through veiled psychic recesses and towards the infinite.
From the northern edge of the world, where rain eats the stone and the wind remembers every betrayal, Aristarchos will surface again for a rare performance. No faces. No names. Only a signal carried through mist and static.
Lastly, their recently announced new album, 'A Cry For The Slain' marks Cnoc An Tursa's long-awaited return, and perhaps their most powerful, emotive work yet. Black metal collides with evocative Gaelic melodies as tales of banshees, giants, dragons and ancient legends are brought roaring to life.
We have room to welcome 500 guests at Anarchy Brewery for this event on Sep 05/06 so capacity is strictly limited for our first edition of what we hope will become a long-standing event in the North of England. Secure entry now via the Reaper BigCartel.
The local hotel economy is very fair in Newcastle and in-depth travel info can be found within the event listing. Make your plans early and join us!
🇫🇮 MOONLIGHT SORCERY - official announcement for ZappenDuster Festival 2026
We are honoured to present one of the most unique and visionary forces in today’s Black Metal scene and our Friday headliner: MOONLIGHT SORCERY (FIN).
In 2026, the band will appear only at a very limited number of selected shows across Europe.
Among these rare performances, one stands out:
Their official Germany Debut — exclusively at ZappenDuster 2026.
To mark this exceptional moment, we are sharing the band’s own words:
'It’s about time to reveal all the faces of the night!
The long enchantment beneath frost and ice has come to an end.
While Moonlight Sorcery is weaving new offerings into existence, we will emerge from our veiled dominion to take the stages for a few shows in 2026.
It is our privilege to perform at ZappenDuster festival for our first, exclusive gig in Germany, and we eagerly await sharing this special occasion with all who gather.
The Wolven Hour has come! Time to unveil our Majestic Symphonies of the Nightside!'
📅 12 & 13 June 2026
📍 Sputnikhalle Münster (DE)
🎟 Tickets exclusively at blacksilence.de / link in bio
⚡ Mid Bird Tickets (lim.100) running fast.
Artwork by Apes of Doom
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As the icy scroll of 2025 closes, we look back on a year carved in quiet triumph. New Moonlight Sorcery music is being forged as we speak, awaiting its dawn in the year to come.
2025 has been a year deeply important to us. We took the stages for the first time and made our international debut at the mighty Fortress festival, legendary Nummirock and sold-out club halls. To all who stood with us and made it happen: our gratitude is boundless.
Lastly, we also returned to our primitive form of Ruttomieli and Loitsumestari Taikakallo, the creative force behind Moonlight Sorcery since its inception.
The frost will soon crack, and what sleeps beneath will rise… Stay tuned.
All visuals: @dvsk.photography at Fortress Festival
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