Abstract: The outflowing casting metal on the path to solidification is no longer subjected to reoxidation and degassing of the casting metal in case of unkilled melts and can immediately be performed ahead of the casting process in a method for continuous casting of metal strands from high-melting metals with cross-sections close to the end dimensions according to the principle of the communicating pipes, and further a temperature and analysis correction can be performed. These conditions are fulfilled by pressing the casting metal from a higher disposed storage container through the communicating channel pipe (8) into a pressure vessel (13) with a gas dome (20), where the casting metal is further transported through an immersion pipe (14), which immerses into the casting metal through the gas dome, into a substantially vertically oscillating independent continuous casting die (15) and where the casting strand formed is deflected in an arc from the vertical direction into the horizontal direction and is withdrawn.