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Mercyful Fate, Emperor and Mayhem confirmed to play Psycho Las Vegas 2022

Author Arto Mäenpää - 25.8.2021

Psycho Las Vegas which will be held from August 19th to August 21st next year has announced new bands to perform at the festival next. So far the line-up for the festival looks like this:

Mercyful Fate
Emperor
Mayhem
Satyricon
Watain
Wolves In The Throne Room
Samael
Boris
MGLA
Cirith Ungol
King Woman
Marissa Nadler
Bombers
Year Of No Light

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