ROCK THE NATION has issued the following:

You are tired of band contests and competitions which doesn’t change anything for your bands future? You think you got the HOT SHIT and your band is ready to become THE metal band of tomorrow?

Then we got the real deal for you – the ROCK THE NATION AWARD 2011!

The ROCK THE NATION AWARD 2011 is being presented by NOISEART RECORDS, ROCK THE NATION, NOIZELETTER, TERRORIZER UK, METALLIAN France, METAL HAMMER Spain, ROCK HARD Italy, ROCK HARD Greece, metalnews.de, INFERNO Finland and ROCK TRIBUNE Belgium!

Winners SUICIDAL ANGELS and STEELWING of the first edition of the award both have successfully released new albums and played many tours (e.g. EXODUS, KREA TOR, DEATH ANGEL, SABATON, BLIND GUARDIAN, ACCEPT, OVERKILL, KATAKLYSM, BELPHEGOR and more….) and festivals all over Europe (Sonisphere, Wacken, Metalfest, Metalcamp, Party:San, SummerBreeze…). The current Award winner SKULL FIST from 2010 will be releasing their debut album “Head öf the Pack”, which is highly anticipated by the metal scene, the press and foremost the fans. After the release of their EP “Heavier Than Metal” and the tour with Enforcer/Bullet in April this year they are about to take off big time. In September SKULL FIST will hit the road alongside Sabaton, Grave Digger and Powerwolf on the Power of Metal tour!

SUICIDAL ANGELS are in writing mode for their new album which is due early 2012, their latest album “Dead Again” was released end of 2010 and they also played the Thrashfest tour with KREATOR, EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL as well as plenty of summer festivals such as METALFEST and METALCAMP. STEELWING on the other side are abou t to enter the studio to record their second album. STEELWING have so far played support tours with BLIND GUARDIAN, ACCEPT and SABATON.

again the motto is – the winner takes it all – read hereinafter what the winners benefit would be:

1) a record deal with NOISE ART records – with worldwide distribution

2) a worldwide booking contract with one of the leading metal agencies/management companies ROCK THE NATION which is the home of bands such as KREATOR, BEHEMOTH, DEATH ANGEL, SABATON, KATAKLYSM, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, ELUVEITIE, FINNTROLL, WINTERSUN and many more…

3) touring Europe in 2012 – Rock The Nation books highly successful festival tours these days, like FULL OF HATE, NECKBREAKERS BALL, HEIDENFEST, PAGANFEST, THRASHFEST or your band will be touring with bands of the Rock The Nation roster (whatever fit’s to your bands style best).

4) guaranteed summer festival appearances in 2 012 (METALCAMP Slovenia, METALFEST GER/AT/CH)

5) plus many more festivals and future tours…

6) presentation through Europe’s premiere metal magazines who present the RTN award – they not only present the award, but also introduce the winner – followed by a huge European wide campaign.

and this all is just the beginning…

If this is what your metal band was waiting for, fill in the form and you are maybe just one step away from a dream career. Application is possible from August 1st to September 2nd, 2011. Go to Aplication form – For more information, please visit: www.award.rockthenation.eu