Loud And Proud Fest 2026 - Praying Mantis @ Slaughter Club, Milan

Loud And Proud Italy, Slaughter Club, Rocker Sound Agency and Rock On Agency are proud to

present the Loud And Proud Fest 2026, which will take place on Sunday, November 22, 2026 at the

Slaughter Club in Paderno Dugnano (Milan).

It will be a special evening, dedicated to celebrating three cult albums released in the 1980s by

as many historic formations.

The headliners of the evening, who have already announced their European tour dates, will be the

legendary Praying Mantis, a British group born before the NWOBHM, but always associated with that

famed movement, while offering a personal style characterized by progressive and melodic hard rock

influences. The band led by the Troy brothers will perform their debut record 'Time Tells No Lies' live

in its entirety to mark its forty-fifth anniversary, while also leaving room for other classics and more

recent tracks, interpreted by the voice of the talented John Cuijpers (Ayreon, Star One).

Before them, Tuscany's Sabotage will perform, one of the most representative formations of the Italian

metal scene of the eighties, which live has always impressed with the intensity and visceral charge of a

raw, spontaneous, and uncompromising heavy sound. Frontman Morby, the Caroli brothers, Danilo Bacherini,

and Popi will celebrate with us the incendiary debut 'Behind The Lines', an authentic classic, forty years

after its release, having enough time available to propose other songs and make their show even more memorable.

Bologna's Crying Steel formed back in 1982 and in 1987 released their first album, 'On The Prowl',

a cult record that combines fast tracks bordering on speed metal with the chromed melodies of the most

inspired hard & heavy. The work will be re-proposed in its entirety by the lineup, which still includes

two original members, guitarist Franco Nipoti and drummer Luca Ferri, with a thoroughbred frontman

like Tiziano Sbaragli (Angel Martyr, Etrusgrave) behind the microphone. The band has also just

released their new work 'Agent Steel'.

This trio of historic groups will be preceded by the show of Entropy from Campania, born in 1991 and recently

returned to the scene with their comeback record 'Dark Signs'. In 1996 the band released their appreciated

debuts 'Wrong Days', a well-structured heavy metal featuring thrash influences, groovy moments, and traits

that recall American power metal in a nineties key.

The Loud And Proud Fest 2026 will be opened by the enthralling Konquest, the emerging project of Alex Rossi

who is convincing for the credibility with which he proposes traditional and retro heavy metal, inspired by bands

like Heavy Load, with a sound matrix that harks back to the early '80s. Alex recently released his third

studio album 'Dark Waters' for No Remorse Records, promising a flying start.

On Sunday, November 22, 2026, we look forward to seeing many of you at the Slaughter Club in Paderno Dugnano (Milan)

for the 2026 edition of the Loud And Proud Fest. It will not only be a moment of sharing our common passion

for heavy metal, but also a culturally significant appointment that, through the re-proposal of three cult albums,

intends to celebrate the history of this genre and make people relive the unrepeatable magic of the eighties heavy metal scene.

Event details:

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Sunday, November 22, 2026

Loud And Proud Fest 2026

Full bill:

- Praying Mantis ('Time Tells No Lies' 45th Anniversary show)

Sabotage ('Behind The Lines' 40th Anniversary show)

- Crying Steel ('On The Prowl' in its entirety)

- Entropy

- Konquest

Slaughter Club

Via Angelo Tagliabue 4, 20037 Paderno Dugnano (MI)

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