Rock the Nation
Rock the Nation (abbreviated RTN ) is a concert and artist agency that specializes in metal and hard rock and is based in Salzburg , Austria . Since 1989, when company founder Stefan Hattinger brought metal shows to Austria, Rock the Nation has worked with greats such as Rammstein , Kiss , Faith No More , Motörhead , Nightwish , Slayer and many others.
history
The company goes back to a spontaneous idea of Hattinger's band at the time and the youth center and event location Alter Schlachthof in Wels . At the time, Hattinger was asked if his band would like to hold metal concerts there. So it came to the first self-organized concert together with Obituary , Morgoth and Demolition Hammer . Until 1993, numerous concerts were organized by Hattinger and his band as part of the Alter Schlachthof cultural association , until in 1994 they founded their own association called The Ape Limited . In the following two years, therefore, increasingly larger bands, including Slayer and Machine Head, were booked, and in 1996 a first festival was held, which attracted around 8,000 paying visitors. Around this time the decision was made to use the name Rock the Nation and there was a cooperation with Thomas Zsifkovits (now at Nova Music ) in order to be able to offer concerts all over Austria. A little later, however, the collaboration was ended again.
Service sector
Rock the Nation operates under the name rtn-touring as an international concert and artist agency . The company also acts as a festival tour organizer throughout Europe and also promotes bands in Austria and Slovenia . The company also owns the NoiseArt Records label, which is important for the scene .
In addition, RTN still publishes the first German-language free metal magazine Noizeletter at the beginning of the 90s and has been presenting the Rock The Nation Award since 2009 , in which bands of all metal styles from all over the world can apply for a label and booking contract.
Regular events
When selecting the bands for the festival tours, the booking agency rtn-touring always places great value on engaging the big names in the scene. Bands like Kreator , Behemoth , Finntroll , Eluveitie , Exodus etc. have been booked more often . The regular events include the following:
Indoor festival tours
| Surname | Genres | countries | Event period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full of hate | Death / Thrash Metal | Belgium , Denmark , Germany , France , Italy , the Netherlands , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , the Czech Republic | 2009–2012 |
| Hatefest | Death / Black Metal | Belgium, Germany, France, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic | 2011 |
| Rock Revelations Tour | Retro skirt | Germany, Austria, Switzerland | 2014-2015 |
| Into Darkness Festival | Synth rock , metal , dark wave | Belgium, Germany, France, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary | 2009 |
| Power of Metal | Heavy / Power Metal | Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland | 2011 |
| Thrashfest | Thrash metal | Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, England | 2010 |
| Neckbreaker's Ball | Pagan / Thrash / Death / Melodic Death Metal | Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, England | 2008-2011 |
| Pagan Festival | Pagan / Folk / Viking Metal | Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, England | 2007-2015 |
| Pagan Festival | Pagan / Folk / Viking Metal | Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland , Switzerland, Slovenia , Hungary , England | 2008-2015 |
Open air festivals
| Surname | Genres | countries | Event period | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme festival | Extreme metal and related genres | Germany, Austria, Switzerland | 2012 | Three independent festivals at the same time with the same line-up, with the bands performing on different days. Organizationally comparable to Rock im Park and Rock am Ring |
| Metal camp | All metal genres | Slovenia (originally Austria) | 2002–2012 | |
| Metalfest | All metal genres | Germany (until 2011 also Austria & Switzerland) | 2009-2014 | Three independent festivals at the same time with the same line-up, with the bands performing on different days. Organizationally comparable to Rock im Park and Rock am Ring |
| Out and Loud | All metal genres | Germany | since 2013 (first as Beastival - since 2014 as Out And Loud) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Hattinger (Rock The Nation) - East 17 und die Ignoranz der Medien , resonance.at, 2006, accessed on September 18, 2011.
- ↑ Company ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , rockthenation.eu, accessed September 17, 2011.
