Celebrating a Milestone: 250 Metalheads Strong and Roaring!

\m/ Fellow Metalheads and Rotarians, \m/ We are stoked to announce that the Rotarian Metalhead Fellowship has officially crossed the epic threshold of 250 members worldwide! This is not just a milestone – it’s a headbanging triumph that echoes across the globe! Our fellowship was founded by people of the Rotarian family who live and …

RMF @ Wacken 2023 – Part 1: Our booth

Once again, the Wacken Open Air – the holy grail of Metal festivals in Northern Germany – is coming up and we are frickin’ full of anticipation!!! The festival, which has been dubbed the Mecca of Heavy Metal culture, will take place from August 2 to 5, 2023. As true metalhead fellows, this date has been marked …

RMF joining the ranks of Amon Amarth, Volbeat, Nightwish and Heaven Shall Burn … well, sort of

What do band members of Amon Amarth, Heaven Shall Burn, Nightwish, Within Temptation, Volbeat and the Rotarian Metalhead Fellowship now all have in common? They have all been featured on Metalogy – the German magazine for Metalheadz. In an interview, our founder Felix Heintz spoke about Rotary, our fellowship and the social aspect of heavy …

Don’t bottle it up! Don´t suffer in silence! – Metal star campaigning for Rotarian initiative

1 in 4 people in the UK officially suffer with some form of mental illness – in reality, almost everyone will encounter a mental health issue either directly or indirectly at some points in their lives. Despite this huge number of people affected, mental health is still not something that´s spoken about enough in our …

‘Loud enough’ just doesn’t exist … RMF featured in Rotaract Podcast (German only)

A few days ago, our founder and president Felix Heintz and board member Philipp Reitz had the pleasure of giving an interview to Alexander Danner, a German Rotaractor who is the mastermind of the German Podcast: “Rotaract – Motto: Helfen, Lernen, Feiern”. We talked about our passion for metal music, about the basics of Rotarian …

You think Metal music and Rotary don’t mix? Think again!

In the latestet issue (December 2020) of the Rotary magazine the Rotarian Metalhead Fellowship has been featured for the second time since its foundation back in 2018. In this article, written by Joseph Derr, we had the chance to focus primarily on our passion of metal music and not only talk about the service we do. A bunch …

RMF Face Masks – will keep you safe and healthy

Due to the Corona lockdown, all of the events that we had planned to attend, such as the Rotaract Germany conference, the Rotary International conference as well as two major Metal festivals in Germany, were cancelled. Hence, we had to come up with alternative ideas to promote our fellowship and to foster our love for …

Our first anniversary \m/

The general idea about starting the Rotarian Metalhead Fellowship dates back to 2013. 5 years later, in August 2018 the chair and founder got in touch with Rotary International to discuss the idea and possibilities of starting the Rotarian Metalhead Fellowship. On December the 4th 2018, after having successfully submitted the names of the founding board members, the board of …

Officially recognized by RI

Yes, it´s true! And we´re super excited!!! 🙂 \m/ *heart-pounding air guitar solo* \m/ We´re officially recognized as a Rotary Fellowship by the Rotary International Board. Above, you can see an excerpt of the email our founder Felix had received which delivered the good news. Soon, we will give you some more updates on RMFs …