Prophecy Fest announces MOONSPELL “Wolfheart & Other Stories”

Prophecy Fest proudly announces a special MOONSPELL concert entitled “Wolfheart & Other Stories” for its 2025 edition. The Portuguese dark metal pioneers‘ career-defining breakthrough album “Wolfheart” will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year.

Moonspell comment: “We are excited to finally play at the amazing Prophecy Fest at the Cave of Balve in Germany”, charismatic frontman Fernando Ribeiro writes. “Our concert will take place on September 13th, 2025 and it’s going to be special as we’re going to celebrate the 30 years of Wolfheart together and perform the album in its entirety and with the original order of tracks. In addition, we will be throwing in more musical gems from that period and even before. So let’s make it a date and prepare to be under the spell next year. We can hardly wait!”

Martin Koller adds: “We are thrilled to welcome Moonspell in Balve next year”, the founder of the fest states. “We are trying to present the amazing legacy bands whose music has particularly influenced the course of Prophecy Productions over the years. Moonspell definitely belong alongside such iconic acts as Celtic Frost/Triptykon, My Dying Bride, and Paradise Lost that we have invited in recent years.”

Prophecy Fest 2025 will bring dark, forward thinking music with an attitude to one of the world’s most fascinating cultural locations, the legendary, natural Cave of Balve (“Balver Höhle”). The three-day event will commence on Thursday, September 11 and it will conclude with a final concert starting before midnight of Saturday, September 13. The price for a 3-Day-Pass 2025 has been set at 149 € (plus service charge).

These acts have now been confirmed, with many more bands to be added in due time (in alphabetical order): ARTHUR BROWN, DORNENREICH, KALL, MOONSPELL, SOROR DOLOROSA, THE VISION BLEAK.

TICKETS 2025

3-Day-Pass 149 Euro (plus 10% service charge)

Comfort-Pass supplement 70 Euro (plus 10% service charge)

Prices for parking and overnight sleeping at the festival site in 2025 will be announced in due time.

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LOCATION & TRAVEL

Prophecy Fest was founded in 2015 and sold out its first edition. This singular event for dark and innovative music takes place in the Balver Kulturhöhle (“Balve culture cave”) in the Hönnetal (“Valley of Hönne”) near the town of Balve in the Sauerland region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The naturally formed karst cave has been used by humans since the early Stone Age (paleolithic). This important archaeological site has yielded remains from many periods through the ages until medieval times. According to Germanic legend as told in the old Icelandic Thidreksaga, the mythical blacksmith Wayland came to this cave to learn his magical craft from the dwarven masters that were dwelling there.

The gravity of its history and the special acoustics of the Balver Cave provide a unique atmosphere that perfectly echoes the musical spirit of Prophecy Fest.

For detailed information about accommodation, travel, & parking, please consult the Prophecy Festival page: https://fest.prophecy.de

The page will be updated regularly towards the festival.

MOONSPELL placed Portugal onto the map of heavy music and they have been one of the most creative forces that envisioned a darker and more ‘gothic’ style of metal in the 90s. Their musical legacy is already firmly secured, but the band has always been open to experiments and pushed hard at all genre boundaries. In Balve, MOONSPELL will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their beloved seminal album “Wolfheart” and with even more classics.