Quality fan-filmed video footage of ACCEPT‘s June 11, 2011 performance at the Sauna Open Air festival in Tampere, Finland can be viewed below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Quality fan-filmed video footage of ACCEPT‘s June 11, 2011 performance at the Sauna Open Air festival in Tampere, Finland can be viewed below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Swedish metallers STEELWING have posted behind-the-scenes footage from the band’s January/February 2011 tour of European as the support act for reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. STEELWING states: “Belgian rabbits, Spanish ducks and French timber were some of the things we encountered on our journey!” Source: Blabbermouth.net
Fan-filmed video footage of ACCEPT‘s February 19, 2011 headlining performance at the Finnish Metal Expo at Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki, Finland can be viewed below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Helsinki Metal Meeting taking place during Feb 17.-19. has completed the line up for the main event at the Cable Factory. Norwegian up-and-comers KVELERTAK and Sweden’s GHOST have been added to the bill. Both of these new additions will be performing on Saturday 19.2.
Complete Finnish Metal Expo 2011 roster reads as follows:
Accept, Sabaton, Triptykon, Symfonia, Kvelertak, Ghost, Turmion Kätilöt, Deathchain, The Man-Eating Tree, myGrain, Corroded, Dreamshade, For The Imperium, Battle Beast, Zeroscape
Artists for the Industry Day at the Virgin Oil Co. on Thursday 17.2.2011 will be announced later.
Century Media Records’ band contest SUOMI METAL STAR, has now advanced to the public voting phase. The link to the nominees is found at www.suomimetalstar.com. Voting period ends on 31.12.2010 and 4 bands that receive the most votes will be performing at the SUOMI METAL STAR –finals at the Finnish Metal Expo on Saturday 19.2.2011. Check it out and make your vote count.
Tickets for Finnish Metal Expo are now on sale at http://www.lippupalvelu.fi and http://www.tiketti.fi. One day tickets only. Tickets cost 35 euros in advance and 40 euros at the door (if not sold out). Possible ticket agency fees will be added to the advance ticket price.
Along with FME-tickets, there are now special prized 3-day tickets available for TUSKA OPEN AIR METAL 2011. Limited edition available until the end of the year at Tiketti and Lippupalvelu. Make sure to check out new TUSKA 2011 visual at www.tuska-festival.fi.
FME is an all-ages event with bars to those over 18 and feeling the urge for such services.
Source: http://www.fme.fi
Accept, Lordi and Death Angel have been confirmed for next year’s edition of Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place July 15-16, 2011 in Balingen, Germany.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):
ACCEPT, AMORPHIS, ASPHYX, CRASHDIET, CRIMSON, GLORY, D-A-D, DEATH ANGEL, IMMORTAL, LORDI, OVERKILL, PSYCHOTIC WALTZ, SONATA ARCTICA, STORMWARRIOR.
Launched in 1996, the Bang Your Head!!! festival has become one of the most prominent metal festivals in central Germany, drawing an audience of thousands from all over the world. For more information, visit www.bang-your-head.de.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Reformed heavy metal legends Accept will perform at next year’s edition of the Helsinki Metal Meeting, set to take place February 17-19, 2011 at the Cable Factory (Kaapelitehdas) in Helsinki, Finland. The band will appear on Saturday, February 19.
More artists will be announced on October 25 and tickets for the event will go on sale on November 1.
For more information, visit http://www.fme.fi.