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RUNNING ORDER CONFIRMED!!

The Visigoth and Liburnian stages will be the center of all musical events at the Metalfest 2012 and will host more than 70 bands in three days. Both stages will be near the sea and therefore offer the possibility of attending concerts while enjoying the view over the beautiful sea, a feature that really makes the location special. Lie on the beach or swim in the sea and at the same time attend the performances of some of the greatest Metal bands of today is a privilege that you will only have as a visitor of Metalfest Croatia.

RUNNING ORDER 2012

EXELLENT REGIONAL BANDS ON METALFEST!

Some of the finest regional bands have been confirmed for METALFEST 2012 in Croatia! A lot of quality bands will be performing on the ‘Liburnian Stage’, and you can expect a lot of new material, as well as some album and lineup promotion. Placed in the shade of pine trees the ‘Liburnian Stage’ will be a kind of safe spot from the sun after going swimming and the location will serve as a big surprise for most of you. For some of you it will also be the first time watching some of the hidden treasures European metal has to offer. Starting today, you can check out links of the confirmed bands and prepare your ears for the finest metal music of the region. ‘Eat Your Brains’ are the winners of the big METALFEST band battle, so be sure to check out their music carefully. Their ‘Action Metal’ is waiting for you!

MONOX
MORTUS DELICT
ASHES OF ETERNITY
EMBRIO
MINDARK
AGHARTI
WAR-HEAD
SUFOSIA
STIMULANS
MOLTENCORE
PROGNAN
FLAMETHROWER
KRYN
CHAINED IN AGONY
INSOLITVS
THE EQUASION
EAT YOUR BRAINS (band battle winners)

ELUVEITIE CONFIRMED!

Swiss folk-metal-maniacs ELUVEITIE started a new, aspiring and flourishing era of heathen metal – “New Wave Of Folk Metal” – with their output “Spirit”, released in 2006, and turned everything upside down within the whole scene. Influenced by Celtic music and mysticism, this pagan circle reached to unite two total different styles. ELUVEITIE play traditional, authentic folk combined with modern melodic death metal in the classical Göteborg-vein. Nevertheless the band also concentrates on topics and stories behind their songs, which are about the daily life and the spirituality of the Helvetic Celtic tribe, like they did on their masterpiece “Everything Remains (As It Never Was)”. They just released another chart breaking album called „Helvetios“ and they are in perfect shape after the Paganfest tour to rule at METALFEST 2012!

NOCTIFERIA, BEJELIT AND SIN DEADLY SIN CONFIRMED – DEADLINE FOR CHEAPER TICKETS

Friday and Saturday (30 and 31.03.) will be the last chance to get tickets for the Metalfest Croatia buy at a lower price of 54 euro (plus comission), because from Sunday, 1. April, their price will be 429 kuna/59 euros (plus Commission).

NOCTIFERIA

Noctiferia is metal band from Ljubljana, SLO, its beginning 1992. when it was created under the name Emetic, which two years later changed to the present, experimenting with sound and it is impossible to include in one, limited by genre. The band is now, after Orange in the eighties, a decade later launched a new ‘revolution’ in Slovenia, then the ‘dreamy’ metal scene. They passed the way from raw, ‘old school’ via modern, Black Symphony, melodic death and ‘true’ death, groove, to the industrialized metal with electronic elements. So far Noctiferia played before an audience of many countries, shared the stage with greats such as Enslaved, Absu, Hypocrisy, Cannibal Corpse, Malevolent Creation, Immolation, Cradle of Filth, Marduk, Samael, In Flames, Mayhem … The first significant achievement was the live album “Eternal Blasphemy” (1997.) and “Baptism at the Savica Fall” (1998), and was a huge success, “Per Aspera” (2002), mostly thanks to the video “Fond Of Lies”, which is achieved incredible success on the Slovenian national television and the band opened the first door at home, and then in Europe, America, and eventually throughout the world. This was followed by another significant album, ” Slovenska Morbida” (2006), a 2010. the contract was signed with Listenable Record, who published the same year “Dead Culture” and Noctiferia confirmed as the strongest regional metal band, but it even closer to fans on the world stage. Album has accompanied numerous concerts, and to allocate tour with In Flames fall 2011th. Noctiferia working on a new album this year, a lot of live performing, including performances will be central to the Metalcamp and Metalfest.
Noctiferia on Facebook
Fond Of Lies on Youtube

BEJELIT

Italian power heavy metal band Bejelit behind more than a decade and discography debuted 2004th with the acclaimed album “Hellgate”, after which he announced “Age of Wars” (2006.) and “You and I. .. Die” (2010), in meanwhile did many concert appearances, and the band stands out among the most important ones in Slovenian Metalcamp 2006 and 2011. The 2012th Bejelit signed with Bakerteam Records who released their fourth album “Emerge” with 13 heterogeneous and energetic power metal songs enriched with deep lyrical themes and epic atmosfere. The music is aggressive, but not destructive, it is ready to take the listener from any adverse situation. Added the instruments like the accordion, classical guitar and violin (with guest appearance from Laura Brancorsini of Furor Gallico), which reached a strange taste of music that will attract the most demanding audience. Bejelit has become one of the most important Italian power metal bands, as shown by the fact that support Rhapsody Of Fire on the European tour and other appearances, including the one at the Metalfest in Zadar, Croatia

Bejelit on Facebook
Emerge on Youtube

SIN DEADLY SIN

For three years there is this Italian gothic metal band, and was built on the ashes of former major Italian gothic doom band Evenfall, whose members are Roberta Staccuneddu (vocals) and Max Boi (keyboards) decided to form Sin Deadly Sin to increase their experience with rich Gothic and electronic music and mix it with new influences, creating his own musical style. 2010th they were joined by Alessio Bergamo (bass), Z. Marinkovic (drums) and Mattia Mariotti (guitarist and arranger), who have brought their musical influences and experiences. Sin Deadly Sin is a music defined, but different musical style result of the peculiarities of its members, which are mixed and make an improved in their songs. After a long work on new material recently released debut album “Fall from Heaven”, which will be the basis of their performance in Zadar.

Sin Deadly Sin on Facebook
Your Heaven on Youtube

ZADAR DARK RIDE

EXPLORE THE DARK SIDE OF ZADAR’S HISTORY

METALFEST in Zadar offers to it’s visitors unforgettable experience of exploring the dark side of Zadar’s history throughout tales and legends in interpretations of two archaeologists, who will lead groups of curious fans through 3000 years old town Zadar, to show and tell them what they surely won’t find in tourist brochures and guides. With stories about dark rituals, great historical conspiracies, crusade siege and destruction of Zadar, tortures, public punishments, Pope’s famous cursing, and unexplained wonders, in 66 minutes and 6 seconds visitors are going to be walked through the oldest town center; town bastions, old Roman Forum, Five Wells Square, KalelargA, and other historic sites, including the visit to the Zadar’s archaeological museum. All that for only 6.66 euros. Click on the website of our partners www.fullmetalservice.com/darkride.htm and book your tour. Our archaeological team speaks english, german and croatian.

NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS: KELLER & INSANE!

Thrash metal band Keller from Slovenia and Hungarian rock/metallers Insane are new bands on METALFEST Croatia 2012 billing.

KELLER

The story of KELLER begins in 2008 when drummer Matjaz and guitarist Etien formed the band. First speeding songs quickly took shape, and the original line-up recorded “Awake The Forgotten” demo, which fell into the hands of hundreds of heavy thrash metal fans around the globe, engaging in an unexpected newborn revival era of European thrash. Although just formed, the band immediately gained respect because of it’s unmerciful, brutal live performances and on-stage attittude. Keller, in year of it’s formation, played numerous shows across Slovenia (over 20), and all it’s festivals (Metalcamp, Paranoid Open Air, Haliaetum, Metal Kramp etc) in years 2008 and 2009. Great concerts, quality reviews and ever supporting metalhead’s word of mouth unexpectedly attracted the attention of Canada’s own metal start-up, NHR Records,which signed the Keller with a multi-record deal in 2009 and immediately put them to work on their first album. After a few line-up changes, Keller, in a matter of weeks, recorded the debut album, entitled Spreading Evil. NHR Records released it worldwide (Canada, USA, Asia) in late 2010 and since unleashing the beast, the reviews had been nothing but positive and ever growing. It was (and still is) an unmerciful debut, it’s crude thrashing sound quickly spread across the media and had the underground metal world a-buzzing with excitement immediately. Unfortunately, shortly after the debut album, Spreading Evil, was finally released in Slovenia (2011), Etien – one of the founding members of the band – decided to leave Keller behind and start a Heavy metal project. But there’s nothing to worry… The Keller stays unbreakable, new soldiers have already been engaged. New metal creations are getting in complete shape, the newest material is faster, more brutal, rougher, more speedy, technical and more thrashing than ever. Defenitly different, yet still carrying traditional Keller trademarks, as probably everyone expected. Reborn, standing on the altar of sacrifice, back from the dead and ready to attack. Beware; the Keller is here to destroy!

INSANE

The band Insane founded by Gábor Érsek and Oszkár Knapp in 1999 has gone through constant development and many changes. Till 2005 the band released 3 studio albums, and some video clips, played by local music televisions. Till 2007 the band built up its present lineup except for one guitarist post, as Bertalan Tóth and Bálint Molnár took the bass player and vocal posts. Till that time the band had already been to 15 several foreign countries, and they had opened for several headliner foreigner bands. In 2008 they recorded their 4th studio album, which was followed by a Europe tour, and in September they released a video clip for the song Hocus Pocus, which reached the 2nd place in MTV Rockchart in 4 weeks, and 6th place in the yearly chart. In 2009 the 10 year old band held a birthday tour, and the most important event happened to them – Insane won the Fonogram award – the biggest Hungarian musical award, in the „best hard rock/metal album of the year” category for Our Island – Our Empire. In august the band got a contract from the British Life Burns Records. The most important event in 2010 was the endorsement contract the band signed at first hand amongst eastern European bands with Monster Energy Inc. At that time the band had been to 23 countries already. In the end of summer a new guitarist came called Balázs Szakonyi, thus completing the present lineup. Metalfest Croatia will be their biggest concert in Croatia and band promise shocking good gig.

FUTURE OF METAL ON METALFEST!

BEHOLDER

Beholder is delighted to be invited to METALFEST 2012 and promise to turn heads and melt faces with pure British Metal fury! Beholder are momentarily escaping from the studio where they are currently recording the follow up to the 2009 release ‘The Awakening’ – the release set for later in the year is an aggressive, hard hitting traditional metal album with the true melodic Beholder sound and lyrically it points the finger and spits the truth about the current situation we ALL find ourselves in – both as individuals and as a world at large.

Frontman (Simon Hall) ‘It’s great to be invited to share our music with our brothers and sisters in Croatia – this is going to be a show of un rivalled power – METALFEST are you ready?’

RE-ARMED

Re-Armed have been up since 2001, when five guys in Kerava, Finland, decided to start playing music similar to so-called ‘Göteborg metal’. Their musical style has evolved in the course of several acclaimed demo tapes. Their style has formed into a combination of technical, grooving death metal with influences from thrash and grind, spiced up with melodic lines. They have toured extensively in Finland and abroad. During the years, some line-up changes have occurred in the band, but they have still managed to grow both musically and as individuals. Their debut album, ‘Worldwide Hypnotize’, was released on January 27, 2012, and upcoming tour with Chimaira and summer festival shows will confirm that new metal stars from Finland are on their way!

RAPID STRIKE

Rapid Strike is a Thrash metal band from Split, Croatia, formed under the name ‘Azazel’. In 2011, after numerous shows, gigs and 2 Demo tapes, the band’s name is changed to ‘Rapid Strike’, and under that name the album ‘God Take Me To Hell’ is recorded. After the album came out, all of the members were changed except for the band’s founder and main songwriter Hrvoje Madiraca. New members were then brought into the band, and while working on the material for the new album, the band is doing live gigs and shows. 2 girls in thrash metal lineup (bass guitar and voval) is rare fact, so check their show on METALFEST 2012.

BRAINSTORM, STEELWING, GRAVEWORM, FUELED BY FIRE, NEXUS INFERIS, HUNTRESS AND EMERGENCY GATE CONFIRMED!

Dear METALFEST friends! This week we´ll continue with 7 band announcements and we´re happy to offer a wide range of musical styles to you. With this very announcement, the weekly band updates terminate and the METALFEST line-up 2012 is almost final and about 95% done. From now on we´ll have lots of competitions and specials on Facebook and our official homepage. Check it out!

BRAINSTORM

They are high-rated representatives of the German power metal-community and care for extraordinary and “spicy” hymns of melodic aggression at its best. BRAINSTORM is a band, which has grown upon their own international cult-status in the meanwhile. Their current, still hot release titled “On The Spur Of The Moment”, an album that shows the group’s creativity, joy of playing and musical refinement, is just another evidence for. So BRAINSTORM deal generously in their sound with powerful metal-burner, exciting melodies, impressing atmosphere and aggression. The voice of singer Andy B. Franck makes the sound-scenery complete and gives the band another, unmistakable trademark. Now these guys get ready to storm your dirty metal-brains at METALFEST. Not only a must for power metal-maniacs.

STEELWING

Are you ready for the next roadkill? Unpack your spikes, leather and denim-jacket for this upcoming assault happening at METALFEST 2012. The young full-blood-heavy-metallers of STEELWING will kick your dirtbag-asses live on stage. Recently these old-school-junkies released a new monument full of true-metal-hits titled “Zone Of Alienation”, raping your sense of hearing! So its time for STEELWING to catch your metal-souls and present their brandnew material with damned big balls live on stage. In the past the band already show us, that they got the true metal spirit by mother’s milk. This is why these guys live “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll” as excessive as it gets. Loud, melodic guitars, storming drums and a voice, that awakes pure feelings of nostalgia, make STEELWING to a kind of modern Iron Maiden with a very special, individual flavour. Just rock on with these dirty bastards!

GRAVEWORM

The Italian dark metallers of GRAVEWORM conquer the metal-world once again with mystical, dark and melodic death music. Their actual album “Fragments Of Death” doesn’t leave any wishes: This dark crew seduces gothic black/death-metal-lovers with intense, emotional and apocalyptic songs, darker and colder than it could be in a monster-worm’s hole. Harsh death-romanticism meets honest conflicts with the burdens of life, freezing your hearts for eternity. GRAVEWORM are still on top with their unique concept of gothic meets extreme metal – just think about classical albums such as ”When Daylight’s Gone”, “Engraved In Black” or “(N)utopia”. GRAVEWORM are simply brilliant and a guarantor for dreadful live-feelings.

FUELED BY FIRE

The thrash-bludgeon strikes back! The Californian floggings of FUELED BY FIRE release their long awaited second output “Plunging Into Darkness” via NoiseArt Records in April 2012. Of course, these mad contemporaries don’t want to waste any time and will convince you of their thrashing qualities at METALFEST 2012. What will await you? An ingenious, old-school thrash assault, that strongly reminds on the sound of old Slayer, Overkill and Testament. Stop praying immediately, because it doesn’t help against these aggressive demons, playing their thrash as tight as being brothers in blood with the horned god himself. Malevolent, brutal and addicted to high-speed, this US-combo beheads all his listeners with the glorious might of thrash metal!

NEXUS INFERIS

There exists one band that truly hates every form of narrow-minded making music: NEXUS INFERIS. This dark trio recently brought a sensational album named “Vision Of The Final Earth” – a true all-time-masterpiece, to the world of metal. This output is definitely not only a simple creation of music. It’s “Future Extreme Metal”, a style invented by the angry men of NEXUS INFERIS, which is composed by a lot of different dark soundscapes. For your imagination: NEXUS INFERIS sound like an innovative and ingenious hybrid of Dimmu Borgir and Meshuggah. In short: Infernal killer-music meets electronic tunes and evil vocals. Hailing from England this combo gives a serious fuck on the self-made boundaries of the scene and are in war with categories and genre-limits. Now the time has come for NEXUS INFERIS to shake up the metal-jungle!

HUNTRESS

HUNTRESS are considered one of THE hottest bands right now! The band was birthed in the underground of Highland Park, California, clawing at the roots of heavy metal. Lead singer Jill Janus is an operatic banshee with an unparalleled four-octave range and lust for the occult. Born and raised in the Catskill Mountains of New York, she toured Europe as a teenage opera starlet. Upon her return to the States, Janus embraced Manhattan nightlife, creating Felliniesque cabarets and parties in a nihilistic club scene. Years later, Janus moved to Los Angeles and began the gestation period of Huntress. In 2009 she met underground metal band Professor. The universe spread her legs and delivered Huntress to Janus, combining former members of Professor, Dark Black and Skeletonwitch. The powerful pentad signed to Napalm Records in November 2011. They unleashed their first music video for “Eight of Swords” in October 2011 and their debut album is slated for release Spring/Summer 2012 on Napalm Records.

Watch their amazing video for „Eight of Swords“ here :

EMERGENCY GATE

Only a few bands got the power to produce a sound that is marked by extravagance and very special progressive elements within the base song-structures. EMERGENCY GATE belongs to this sort of music-groups who got this speciality. So the German sextet builds up true musical monuments composed by modern, melodic death metal, power metal hymns and a healthy portion of nu metal. Focused on technical virtuosity and experience, EMERGENCY GATE always convince metal-fans of their own individual sound-concept that blows your ears clean. Don’t miss this highlight at METALFEST.