POWERWOLF Announces 'Summer Of The Wicked 2025' European Headlining Tour

German metallers POWERWOLF have announced the "Summer Of The Wicked 2025" European headlining tour. Featuring huge festival performances and headline shows all over the continent, the tour begins only one month after the completion of POWERWOLF's 2025 "Latin American Crusade" headlining tour.

"Summer Of The Wicked 2025" tour dates:

June 06 - FR - Nancy / Heavy Week-End
June 07 - DE - Nuremberg / Rock Im Park
June 08 - DE - Nurburg / Rock Am Ring
June 10 - FR - Toulouse / Zenith (+ DRAGONFORCE)
June 11 - FR - Lyon / Halle Tony Garnier (+ DRAGONFORCE)
June 13 - AT - Nickelsdorf / Nova Rock
June 15 - NL - Leeuwarden / Into The Grave
June 17 - FR - Lille / Zenith (+ DRAGONFORCE)
June 20 - DE - Rostock / Stadthalle (+ DRAGONFORCE)
June 21 - DK - Copenhagen / Copenhell
June 22 - SE - Huskvarna / Folkets Park (+ AMARANTHE & DRAGONFORCE)
June 24 - SE - Uppsala / Fyrishov (+ AMARANTHE & DRAGONFORCE)
June 25 - NO - Oslo / Tons Of Rock
June 27 - EE - Tallinn / Tallinn Rock Festival
June 28 - FI - Helsinki / Tuska Festival
June 30 - PL - Lodz / Atlas Arena (+ EPICA & DRAGONFORCE)
July 02 - HU - Dunaujvaros / Rockmaraton
July 04 - DE - Ballenstedt / Rockharz Festival
July 11 - DE - Saarbrücken / E-Werk Open Air (+ WARKINGS)
July 13 - CZ - Vizovice / Masters Of Rock
August 02 - RO - Rasnov / Rockstadt Extreme Fest
August 09 - ES - Villena / Leyendas Del Rock

POWERWOLF's latest studio album, "Wake Up The Wicked", came out in July via Napalm Records. The highly anticipated follow-up to the extremely successful "Call Of The Wild" (2021) was once again produced by Joost Van Den Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities and marks a new benchmark and undisputed career highlight for the band. The new album is hard, surprising and full of variety. While staying true to their established, loved sound, POWERWOLF go one step further and showcase a different facet of their deft musical and technical skills. This is evident, for example, on the outstanding single "1589", which is based on a true story from the 16th century.

20 years after their formation in 2004, POWERWOLF are expanding their repertoire with the highest quality and adding many future live hits to their extraordinary discography. "Wake Up The Wicked" is yet another statement cementing the status of the band as a leading force in the world of heavy metal.

The first single from "Wake Up The Wicked", "1589" tells the story of Peter Stump, who lived near Cologne, Germany in the 16th century and is known today as the Werewolf Of Bedburg. After being defamed as a werewolf, the farmer confessed to several murders under torture and was cruelly executed on October 31, 1589. This morbid story has fascinated people all over the world ever since and has been picked up by National Geographic, among others.

For the video for "1589", POWERWOLF traveled to England to stage Stump's fate in the dark woods in a cinematic way. With carefully selected locations, countless actors and crew members, and impressive special effects, it marks the most elaborate music video production in the band's history to date.

POWERWOLF are undoubtedly one of the most celebrated and successful heavy metal bands of the last decade. Multiple No. 1 album chart entries, gold and platinum records, huge sold-out arena shows, as well as headline slots at the biggest festivals have paved their way. In 20 years of band history, POWERWOLF has made it to the very highest league of heavy metal.

POWERWOLF has conquered countless stages at the world's biggest summer festivals, and their last "Wolfsnächte" headline tours (2019, 2022),as well as their North American debut in early 2023, were almost completely sold out — resulting in a massive triumph. They have performed headlining sets at Wacken Open Air and Summer Breeze, as well as held premium slots at genre festival giants such as Hellfest, Graspop Metal Meeting, Masters Of Rock and many more, captivating enormous audiences. No other German metal band has been able to write a success story even remotely comparable in recent years.

The story of the frontrunners of today's German metal scene, POWERWOLF, began in 2004 and only knows one direction: ever upwards. Their trajectory may seem like something out of a fairytale, but it is the result of the band embodying the highest quality of heavy metal in the universe. Outstanding album production, bombastic live shows and a tireless drive for perfection on and behind the stage are what this exceptional band is known for around the world.

Over the course of their career, the band has not only fascinated metal fans, but has also won over international press and critics. Countless cover stories in the most important magazines, critics' awards such as the Metal Hammer Award, and effusive album and concert reviews underpin POWERWOLF's outstanding international status.

POWERWOLF is:

Attila Dorn - vocals
Falk Maria Schlegel - organ
Charles Greywolf - guitar
Matthew Greywolf - guitar
Roel van Helden - drums