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 …
In support of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and in the spirit of #fuckcancer, HOSTAGE released its new single ‘Cancer’! Check out this amazing, hard-hitting, yet thought-provoking masterpiece from our friends from HOSTAGE. It is a song “about lung cancer with all its ups, downs and its effects on the human physique and psyche”. Lung cancer, …
Attending this years 2021 Virtual Rotary International Convention? Visit the Rotarian Metalhead Fellowship at the virtual House of Friendship and register for an once in a lifetime online event experience…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Wacken 2019 is over … and it´s been a BLAST!!! Once again, more than 75.000 metalheads from all over the globe came together in the little German town called Wacken to celebrate their love for metal music. With more than 200 bands and live acts, it was the loudest and heaviest party of the year. …
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 …
