Wednesday, October 10, 2012

KRAMPUS: DRUMMER STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND LEAVES BAND

Italian folk metal warriors KRAMPUS have announced the exit of drummer "Carlo" as he was struck by lightening in a freak accident and is unable to play drums. 
KRAMPUS unleashed "Survival Of The Fittest" 8/24/2012 on NOISE ART RECORDS. 

 Hailing from Italy, Krampus is an 8 piece folk death metal band who launched themselves to the forefront of the folk metal scene. Krampus offers an eclectic array of folk sounds with the usage of bagpipes, flutes, whistles, violins, and the Irish Bouzouki partnered with the modern metal sounds of heavy guitars, aggressive vocals, and melodic keyboards. In addition to creating a new breed of sound
, Krampus focus’ on their lyrical content while addressing themes such as issues with humanity and nature, and environmental awareness . In March of 2011, the band released its first EP, Shadows of Our Time. While playing major festivals in Europe, the band then released the second EP, Kronos’ Heritage in the summer of 2011 to high praise amongst the metal community.
                                                                                                                             FROM KRAMPUS:  
    As you may know Carlo is not with us anymore. For THIS TOUR ONLY we'll have a temporary Replacement, a very talented drummer!

We would like to thank our friend Sasha from Despite Exile ! He will cover the drums position for the Heidenfest!

The New Official drummer name, that will join us after this tour, will be revealed in the upcoming weeks! Stay Tuned!

- Fear the Krampus -

                                                                                                                            With one laughing and one crying eye we have to announce that our drummer Carlo has left Krampus effective immediately. He has, in fact, been struck by lightning and considers himself lucky to not have gotten hurt worse. He is ok, but will not be able to play the drums for some time to come. Carlo is a great friend of us and we would like to thank him for the great effort and dedication he has had
 for the band. We wish him good and full recovery and all the best for his future endeavours.
The good news is that we are already working on a replacement, and will have exciting news to announce sooner rather than later. One hint for now: He's a very talented musician, and you have most likely already heard of him with his current band!



Running order announced!

In the last couple of years, the Heidenfest turned out to be a unique and not-to-be-missed tour package when it comes to the biggest names in the field of heathen/viking metal and bands offering you the best in between war anthems and drinking horn frenzy! Which is why the 2012 line up looks like the wet dream of every heathen metal warrior again: WINTERSUN, KORPIKLAANI,

VARG, TROLLFEST and KRAMPUS will enter the European clubs from October 19th on. Furthermore FINNTROLL as well as EISREGEN (GER-shows) and ARKONA (NL-show) will be involved at the EXTENDED SHOWS.

Now the running order for this great package is fixed! Here you can find the details:
http://www.heidenfest.eu/dates.html

HEIDENFEST 2012
Presented by Metal Hammer, Legacy, Noizeletter, Musix, X-tra-X, Metalnews.de, BLAST!

WINTERSUN
KORPIKLAANI
VARG
TROLLFEST
KRAMPUS

+ SPECIAL GUESTS at extended shows*
FINNTROLL + EISREGEN (DE Shows) + ARKONA (NL Shows)

19.10.2012 DE - Oberhausen, Turbinenhalle *Extended Show*
20.10.2012 DE - Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn *Extended Show*
21.10.2012 NL - Tilburg, 013 *Extended Show*
22.10.2012 CH - Pratteln, Z7
23.10.2012 CH – Fribourg, Fri-Son ***NEW***
24.10.2012 IT - Bologna, Estragon
25.10.2012 AT - Wien, Gasometer
26.10.2012 DE - Leipzig, Hellraiser
27.10.2012 CZ - Prague, KD Vltavska
28.10.2012 PL - Krakow, Studio
29.10.2012 DE - Hamburg, Markthalle
30.10.2012 DE - Berlin, Postbahnhof
31.10.2012 DE - Munich, Backstage
01.11.2012 DE - Saarbrücken, Garage
02.11.2012 DE - Geiselwind, Music Hall *Extended Show*
03.11.2012 DE - Giessen, Hessenhallen *Extended Show*
04.11.2012 BE - Antwerp, Trix
Tickets: www.hardticket.eu

www.heidenfest.eu
www.facebook.com/heidenfest
www.rockthenation.eu


VIDEO BELOW: KRAMPUS" "KRONUS HERITAGE": 


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-