NEWS

BW&BK has received the following press release:

After a very successful Metalmania Festival 2008 we are proud to announce the dates of the 2009 edition. As every year, the Festival will take place in Poland and in Czech Republic.

Metalmania Festival 2009:

-- Friday, 6th March 2009, Zlin (CZ), Novesta Hall
-- Saturday, 7th March 2009, Katowice (PL), Spodek Hall

The 23rd edition of the Metalmania Festival - the biggest metal fest in Central-Eastern Europe – will guest over 20 bands that will perform for thousands of metal freaks!!!!

The Metalmania Festival has a long and great history. Running for over 20 years, it has become the biggest and the most important metal festival in Poland and Czech Republic. In the past, the Festival hosted over 300 artists including MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, BLAZE BAYLEY, ENTOMBED, DESTRUCTION, BENEDICTION, ZYKLON, THERION, NEVERMORE, ANATHEMA, MOONSPELL, SAMAEL, APOCALYPTICA, CRADLE OF FILTH, NAPALM DEATH, SOULFLY, TIAMAT, MORBID ANGEL, OPETH JUDAS PRIEST, DIMMU BORGIR and many more.

The recent edition of the Festival, which took place on the 7th March (in Czech Republic) and 8th March 2008 (in Poland), gathered on one stage such great bands as MEGADETH, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SATYRICON, VADER, IMMOLATION, ARTILLERY, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, and MARDUK to name a few. Each edition is very well documented, as the show in Katowice is recorded and released as DVD+CD compilations.

Metalmania Festival is also a perfect place to shoot a live DVD. In the past, such bands as Anathema, Pain, Vital Remains, Blaze Bayley, and Decapitated have released DVDs recorded during their shows in Poland. The forthcoming DVDs of Artillery (One Foot in the Grave, The Other One in the Trash) and Flotsam And Jetsam (Once in a Deathtime) feature their performances on the Metalmania Festival’s stage!

Bands interested in performing on the side stage during Metalmania 2009 can send their applications (bio, link to website, link to mp3 files etc) to the following e-mail address: sidestage@metalmind.com.pl. The deadline: November 30, 2008.

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