Beyond The Black

In 2022 they fired the opening rock shot for the 26th festival at the castle ruins - five years on, the symphonic metal band fronted by the charismatic Jennifer Haben is back in the festival tent!

Founded in 2014 by five students of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim - with Saarland-born Jennifer Haben (vocals) at the helm - the band debuted at Wacken Open Air that very same year and toured the UK with Saxon. Their debut album "Songs Of Love And Death" (2015) set the success story in motion: it hit hard, spent weeks in the Top 15 of the charts, and won the prestigious Metal Hammer award for Best Debut. The follow-up, "Lost In Forever", climbed to No. 4 on the German charts. A mammoth tour followed, stretching from Germany and the UK through Russia all the way to Japan. Along the way, the band served as a celebrated support act for Aerosmith, Korn, Scorpions, and Within Temptation.

Autumn 2019 brought their first headline European tour - with sold-out venues throughout. Jennifer Haben also proved her exceptional musical range beyond metal on Germany's most popular music show, "Sing meinen Song". The fourth studio album "Horizons" reached No. 3 on the album charts, while the self-titled fifth album went even higher, debuting at No. 2. The "Dancing In The Dark" Tour in 2023 became the band's most successful European headline run to date. Now the "Rising High" Tour 2026 is setting its sights on new records...