GOREGON METAL FEST 2012: June 22nd and 23rd 2012 @ Branx. Portland, OR

Promoters for the 2012 GOREGON METAL FEST set to take place June 22nd and 23rd 2012 @ Branx. Portland, Oregon have announced the first bands confirmed.

FROM GOREGON 2012 PROMOTERS:
Next 5 bands confirmed for GMFIII are D.I.S.(ca), TRANSIENT(or), EX DEMENTIA(nj), ELITIST(or), and VIOLENCE OF HUMANITY(or)!!! Next update in a few weeks... you just might shit yer pants.
Confirmed bands so far:
PHOBIA(ca)
GRAVEHILL(ca)
D.I.S.(ca)
EX DEMENTIA(nj)
SORROWER(az)
TRANSIENT(or)
COFFIN DUST(pa)
RITUAL NECROMANCY(or)
ELITIST(or)
WEREGOAT(or)
VIOLENCE OF HUMANITY(or)
THEORIES(wa)
NIGHT NURSE(or)
DR. LOOMIS(or)

MORE BANDS TBA
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

HENRY ROLLINS: ANNOUNCES WINTER 2012 SPOKEN WORD TOUR

Post punk icon and spoken word artist HENRY ROLLINS has announced a winter 2012 European and U.S. spoken word tour.

FROM HENRY ROLLINS:
0907 hrs. At the office. Traditionally, this is the weekend when I get off the road for a little while and catch my breath. This year will be a little different. I will be in and out of town for another month or so.


I got back from Cuba a couple of days ago. It was an interesting trip and if you have not been, you might want to put that one on your list of places to go.


There is no way I could live there. It’s too slow moving and non moving for me. There are parts of Havana that are falling apart and while it looks somewhat beautiful in its decay, it’s still falling apart.


I didn’t meet any Cuban people who anything less than incredibly friendly. Cuba is a tremendous piece of land as far as what I saw. I wonder if there were parts of the country that Cuba didn’t want me to see. That’s the thing I couldn’t stop thinking about when I was there—that I was being told the better part of the story.


I did get to go to Hemingway’s home there, I never thought I would see that place. His writing room was worth the trip.


A lot going on this week. If you are in the Los Angeles area and have the time, there is a benefit happening for Drop In The Bucket. http://www.dropinthebucket.org/


It’s Wednesday night at the Avalon. I will be your host with the most. You can go here for more information: http://www.dropinthebucket.org/news/corey-taylor-and-friends.


December will be the month of the Dinosaur!: As you might know, earlier this year, Dinosaur Jr. played dates on the East Coast and rocked their Bug album in its entirety. I interviewed the band onstage before they did the set. It was not only a great time but also some of the best damn Dinosaur Jr. shows I have ever seen and I have been checking them since 1986. We are doing it again on the West Coast this December. Below are the dates. I can’t wait.


12. Costa Mesa CA @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts
13. Solana Beach CA @ The Belly Up
14. Los Angeles CA @ The Music Box
15. San Francisco CA @ The Fillmore
16. Portland OR @ the Crystal Ballroom
17. Seattle WA @ The Showbox
18. Vancouver BC @ The Commodore Ballroom


Also, on January 5, I will be at Largo with Jeff Garlin. He’s a cool guy and this should be a great night. http://largo.laughstub.com/show.cfm?id=121034. This is a charity event. All proceeds will go to Drop In The Bucket.


I don’t know if I have gone through all this with you yet but as I do at the beginning of a tour, I wanted to give you a few of the stats.
Next year, I will start a tour called The Long March. It will go through 2012 and hopefully into 2013. If you look on the site, there are dates set until about June. About seventy-five shows are on sale at this time.
I am getting a lot of letters from people asking why I am not coming to their city. Chances are, I am, just in the second half of the year. Someone wrote me from Minneapolis asking if I was going to go there. As if I would EVER leave out Minneapolis! No way. So, yes, I will be all over for quite awhile. You know me by now, I live for the tour. Being off the road, while now and then is not bad but for the most part, I would rather be out there, in it, doing it and having to prove it night after night.


What I am asking is this. If you don’t see your city listed, check this basic tour sketch below. It is what we hope will be the plan. This is at least, what we are working on at present. Things in life do not always go as planned but this is at least what we are trying for:

2012
January: UK / Europe
February: Europe
March: USA
April: New Zealand / Australia
May: Australia / South Africa
June: Canada
July: TBA
August: Europe (Festivals, Edinburgh!!!, etc.)
September: USA
October: USA
November: USA
December: USA / TBA


That’s it, basically.


There are some ideas I have been working on that I will write about when I can. I will post them on the site. Cuba gave me a lot to think about. The Republican debates as well.


There’s a lot of stuff I have to get on today, so I better close. Thanks for reading this. Henry

11-30-11 Avalon
Hollywood, CA, An Evening with Corey Taylor & Friends, hosted by Henry Rollins for Drop in the Bucket
12-12-11 Segerstrom Center For The Arts
Costa Mesa, CA, interviewing Dinosaur Jr.
12-13-11 Belly Up Tavern
Solana Beach, CA, interviewing Dinosaur Jr.
12-14-11 The Music Box
Los Angeles, CA, interviewing Dinosaur Jr.
12-15-11 The Fillmore
San Francisco, CA, interviewing Dinosaur Jr.
12-16-11 Crystal Ballroom
Portland, OR, interviewing Dinosaur Jr.
12-17-11 Showbox at the Market
Seattle, WA, interviewing Dinosaur Jr.
12-18-11 Commodore Ballroom
Vancouver , BC, interviewing Dinosaur Jr.
01-05-12 Largo
Los Angeles, CA, Jeff Garlin in Conversation with Henry Rollins for Drop in the Bucket
01-12-12 Bridgewater Hall
Manchester, UK
01-13-12 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Glasgow, UK
01-14-12 Carnegie Hall
Dunfermline, UK
01-15-12 Tyne Theatre
New Castle, UK
01-16-12 Memorial Hall
Sheffield, UK
01-17-12 St George’s
Bristol, UK
01-18-12 Academy
Oxford, UK
01-19-12 Wulfrun Hall
Wolverhampton, UK
01-20-12 Royal Festival Hall
London, UK
01-21-12 De La Warr Pavillion
Bexhill, UK
01-22-12 Vicar Street
Dublin , Ireland
01-29-12 Garage
Saarbrucken, Germany
01-30-12 Gloria
Cologne, Germany
01-31-12 Huxley’s
Berlin, Germany
02-01-12 Fabrik
Hamburg, Germany
02-03-12 Bremen
Copenhagen, Denmark
02-05-12 Tradgarn
Gothenburg, Sweden
02-06-12 Palladium
Malmo, Sweden
02-07-12 Rival
Stockholm, Sweden
02-10-12 Posthof Linz (Grosser Saal)
Linz, Austria
02-11-12 Konzerthaus (Mozartsaal)
Vienna, Austria
02-12-12 Muffathalle
Munich, Germany
02-13-12 Alte Feuerwache
Mannheim, Germany
02-15-12 Alcatraz
Milan, Italy
02-16-12 Estragon
Bologna , Italy
03-01-12 Rialto Theatre
Tucson, AZ
03-02-12 Kimo Theater
Albuquerque, NM
03-03-12 Murchison Performing Arts Center
Denton, TX
03-05-12 House of Blues (New Orleans)
New Orleans, LA
03-06-12 Workplay Theater
Birmingham, AL
03-07-12 40 Watt Club
Athens, GA
03-08-12 House of Blues (Florida)
Lake Buena Vista, FL
03-09-12 Revolution
Fort Lauderdale, FL
03-10-12 Capitol Theatre (Florida)
Clearwater, FL
03-11-12 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
03-12-12 The Orange Peel
Asheville, NC
03-13-12 Bijou Theatre
Knoxville, TN
03-15-12 Union Transfer
Philadelphia, PA
03-16-12 Baltimore Soundstage
Baltimore, MD
03-17-12 Carnegie Lecture Hall
Pittsburgh, PA
03-18-12 Town Ballroom
Buffalo, NY
03-20-12 Headliners Music Hall
Louisville, KY
03-21-12 State Theater (Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo, MI
03-22-12 Michigan Theater
Ann Arbor, MI
03-23-12 Turner Hall Ballroom
Milwaukee, WI
03-24-12 The Pageant
St. Louis, MO
03-26-12 Boulder Theater
Boulder, CO
03-27-12 Belly Up Aspen
Aspen, CO
03-29-12 Mystic Theatre
Petaluma, CA
03-30-12 Downtown Brew
San Luis Obispo, CA
03-31-12 San Diego Woman’s Club
San Diego, CA
04-18-12 The National Theatre
Melbourne, VIC
04-19-12 The National Theatre
Melbourne, VIC
04-22-12 Her Majesties Theatre
Adelaide , SA
04-24-12 Panthers
Newcastle, NSW
04-25-12 The York Theatre (Seymour Centre)
Sydney , NSW
04-26-12 The York Theatre (Seymour Centre)
Sydney , NSW
04-29-12 Darwin Entertainment Centre
Darwin, NT
05-01-12 Tanks
Cairns, QLD
05-02-12 Powerhouse
Brisbane, QLD
05-03-12 Powerhouse
Brisbane, QLD
05-05-12 Theatre Royal
Hobart, TAS
05-06-12 The Street Theatre
Canberra , ACT
05-08-12 IPAC
Wollongong, NSW
05-10-12 Margaret River Cultural Centre
Margaret River, WA
05-11-12 Astor Theatre
Perth, WA
05-12-12 Astor Theatre
Perth, WA



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

ITP V.011 UPDATE: MORE REVIEWS (DECAPITATED, HATE ETERNAL) WILL BE POSTED BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND/METAL NEWS FEATURES WILL BE POSTED THIS WEEK

ITP V.011 UPDATE: MORE REVIEWS (DECAPITATED, HATE ETERNAL) WILL BE POSTED BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND/METAL NEWS FEATURES WILL BE POSTED FIRST HALF OF THIS WEEK.
11/27/2011: DECAPITATED: CARNIVAL IS FOREVER
11/27-28/2011: HATE ETERNAL: PHOENIX AMONGST THE ASHES (OVERNIGHT)
MONDAY: 11/28/2011: ITP V.011 NOTES FROM THE EXTREME METAL UNDERGROUND
TUESDAY: 11/29/2011: ITP V.011 DAMNED IN BLACK (BLACK METAL NEWS)
WEDNESDAY 11/30/2011: ITP V.011 HUMANITY IS DOOMED (DOOM METAL NEWS)
ITP RE RATE (RE RATE OF OVER OR UNDER RATED REVIEWS): (2009, 2010, 2011) will be posted in MID DECEMBER.

ITP V.011 THE ART OF DANCE LATER THIS WEEK
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

ITP V.011 REVIEW: LEVIATHAN: TRUE TRAITOR, TRUE WHORE

BAND: LEVIATHAN (San Francisco, California, USA) GENRE: BLACK METAL/AMBIENT RECORD LABEL: PROFOUND LORE RECORDS RELEASE DATE: 11/8/2011









PREVIOUS RELEASES (CATALOG): (SPLIT-SIC LUCEAT LUX-Leviathan/Acherontas-2009-ZYKLON B PRODUCTIONS), MASSIVE CONSPIRACY AGAINST ALL LIFE-(2008-MORIBUND RECORDS), THE BLIND WOUND (EP-2006), THE SPEED OF DARKNESS (EP-2006-VIVA HATE RECORDS),SAPHTHURAN/LEVIATHAN (SPLIT-2006-BATTLE KOMMAND RECORDS),HOWL MOCKERY AT THE CROSS (2005-MORIBUND RECORDS), TOTENHANZ II/POTRAIT IN SCARS (SPLIT-2005-
ISO666 Releases),A SILHOUETTE IN SPLINTERS (2005-PROFOUND LORE)) DEMOS TWO THOUSAND (2005-BFD RECORDS), LEVIATHAN/XASTHUR (2004-PROFOUND LORE), BLACK METAL AGAINST THE WORLD (2004-SPLIT-Funeral Winds / Leviathan / Ad Hominem / Eternity-UNDERCOVER RECORDS), TENTACLES OF WHORROR (2004-MORIBUND RECORDS), CREBAIN/LEVITHAN (SPLIT-2004-tUMULt), THE TENTH SUB LEVEL OF SUICIDE (2003-MORIBUND RECORDS), LIVE IN ETERNAL, SIN AND THE SPEED OF DARKNESS (SPLIT-IUVENES/LEVIATHAN-2003-NO COLOURS RECORDS), VERRATER (2002-COMPILATION-tUMULt RECORDS)

DEMOS: Time End Demo (1998)
Three (Demo 3) Demo (1998)
MisanthropicNecroBlasphemy Demo (2000)
Shadow of No Light Demo (2000)
Seven & Slaveship Demo (2000)
Video Brolo (Demo 8) Demo (2000)
V (Demo 5) Demo (2000)
Sacrifice Love at the Altar of War (2001)
Nine (Inclement Derision) Demo (2001)
Howl Mockery at the Cross Demo (2001)
Ten Demo (2001)
Intolerance (XI) Demo (2001)
White Devil, Black Metal Demo (2002)
The 10th Sub Level of Suicide Demo (2002)
XV Demo (2002)

BEST RELEASE (s): THE TENTH SUB LEVEL OF SUICIDE (2003), MASSIVE CONSPIRACY AGAINST ALL LIFE (2008), THE BLIND WOUND (2006), A SILHOUETTE IN SPLINTERS (2005)

TRACKLISTING:LEVIATHAN:TRUE TRAITOR,TRUE WHORE:
1. True Whorror
2. Her Circle Is The Noose
3. Brought Up To The Bottom
4. Contrary Pulse
5. Shed This Skin
6. Every Orifice Yawning Her Price
7. Harlot Rises
8. Blood Red And True




ITP RATING: *** 1/2
PRODUCTION: ***
SONGWRITING: *** 1/2
PERFORMANCE: ****


Founded in 1998, San Francisco based black metal project LEVIATHAN is the brainchild of WREST (AKA: Jef Whitehead). LEVIATHAN is a one man black metal project as all instruments are recorded and performed by WREST. WREST has contributed to ambient extreme projects SUNN O)))(Black One & Solstitium Fulminate), TWILIGHT, KRIEG, NACHTMYSITIUM and LURKER OF THE CHALICE.

LEVIATHAN was put on hold after the release of the critically acclaimed 2008 release "Massive Conspiracy Against All Life" after a legal battle against LEVIATHAN's former label MORIBUND RECORDS. In 2011, LEVIATHAN re activated and inked a deal with PROFOUND LORE RECORDS.

LEVIATHAN's WREST (Jef Whitehead-tattoo artist) was arrested and charged with criminal sexual assault and aggravated domestic battery on 1/9/2011 (Chicago, Illinois: http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/3229375-418/according-whitehead-police-tattoo-report.html) and held on $350,000 bond after allegedly attacking his girlfriend and raping her with tattoo tools. Whitehead was released on $100,000 (bail dropped) bail. The criminal case vs. Jeff Whitehead is still pending as the re activated LEVIATHAN have unleashed a new offering, a middle finger against his enemies and critics entitled "TRUE TRAITOR, TRUE WHORE".

LEVIATHAN's "TRUE TRAITOR,TRUE WHORE" kicks off with the track "True Whorror", a trippy grunted intro, non English spoken word segues into a blast beat hell ride with screamed vocals evoking the first wave of black metal. Dissonant, punky riffs paint the portrait of "True Whorror" as LEVIATHAN delves into a psychedelic horror trip out (3:40), psychotic and tortured. \m/ \m/

LEVIATHANS's "Her Circle Is The Noose" enters mid pace, with varied, tribal drumming, employing enough psychedelic reverb to provoke psychotic hallucinations. WREST's vocals are tortured screams from the abyss of despondency as the song varies tempo with tight blastbeats and a perfectly timed scream, (2:52) as if this is last day of your existence, and release from life's mundane tortures is a relief.

LEVIATHAN's "Brought Up To The Bottom" evokes traditional black metal with awesome guitar effects (:32) and perfectly timed blast beats accentuating a misanthropic hell ride. Quality, melodic and varied riffing flow freely to the surface of LEVIATHAN's "Brought Up To The Bottom" as the tune floats into your subconscious.

LEVIATHAN's "Contrary Pulse" evokes a dramatic intro of psychotic screams, and snare military styled drumming before segueing into beautiful melodic riffing and back into misanthropic chaos. Bi Polar in song structure, LEVIATHAN's "Contrary Pulse" wavers back and forth from beautiful, melancholic textures to apocalyptic, psychotic episodes ending in ambient beauty.

LEVIATHAN's "Shed This Skin" enters with some truly disturbed spoken word before segueing into blast beats (:46), shifting into spoken word and whispered vocals, evoking a creepy atmosphere and wooh..(2:11), a truly horrifying vocal segues into tight blast beats evoking a traditional black metal hellride... LEVIATHAN's "Shed This Skin" evokes a jazzy passage, as if MR. BUNGLES tripped out on DARKTHRONE releases (2:47). LEVIATHAN's "Shed This Skin" continues to spit in the face of all detractors with a quality back and forth interplay of tight, and kult, sludge passages into blastbeats.

LEVIATHAN's "Every Orifice Yawning Her Price", enters with an gorgeous ambient acoustic intro into a quality back beat of dark black metal. Employing light keyboards and WRESTS tortured rasps, LEVIATHAN's "Every Orifice Yawning Her Price" is the projects most accessible track to date. UNTILL..WREST's mood changes as LEVIATHAN evokes a psychotic/psychedelic passage as by now the listeners serotonin levels have dropped, and the song sinks into a dark abysmal, depressive, despondency.

LEVIATHAN's "Harlot Rises" evokes mid pace, with quality syncopated drumming, as WREST's sick rasps segue into some quality, and bizarre riffing. WRESTS's drumming is creative, carrying the composition as "Harlot Rises" trips out into a bizarre psychedelic passage (1:57) and a sludge, crusty black metal interplay. LEVIATHAN's "Harlot Rises" wondrous experimentation twists and turns from blackened crust, to sludge to the most ambient psychedelic textures, all in a blink of eye.

LEVIATHAN's "TRUE TRAITOR, TRUE WHORE" closes with the track "Blood Red And True", a sludgy black metal composition of enough spite, venom and creepy atmospheres to over turn grave stones. LEVIATHAN's "Blood Red And True", again evokes a psychedelic trip out, (2:47) employing effective spoken word vocals as the song sobers into a bi polar sludge anthem, picking up the pieces and frayed ends of loyalty and betrayal.

LEVIATHAN's "TRUE TRAITOR, TRUE WHORE" was intended to be a personal and spiteful release as reflected in the song titles. LEVIATHAN's psychedelic and ambient dirges are often misplaced and in-cohesive, trading in the musical misanthropy for ambient downfalls, as "TRUE TRAITOR, TRUE WHORE" doesn't rip you a new asshole, sounding more like LURKER OF CHALICE.

A bone to pick with LEVIATHAN's production as drums are turned down or are too loud, as the mix for "TRUE TRAITOR, TRUE WHORE" does not do this ambitious release justice.
Ideally, LEVIATHAN's experimentation of combining punkier black metal, crust, sludge, with psychedelic textures is an ingenious one, the execution of quality riffing and songwriting is lacking although WREST's drumming can be creative. When LEVIATHAN's musical ambitions are realized and correctly executed, it is truly mesmerizing, horrifying and groundbreaking.

Despite, imperfections and it's bi polar delivery, LEVIATHAN's "TRUE TRAITOR, TRUE WHORE" is an intriguing release with it's share of genre bending moments.

I shutter to think what WREST can accomplish in the context of LEVIATHAN if he's angry, so should you.


ITP RATING: *** 1/2
PRODUCTION: ***
SONGWRITING: *** 1/2
PERFORMANCE: ****

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

CANNIBAL CORPSE: ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2012 FRENCH DATE WITH CHILDREN OF BODOM

Florida, USA death metal legends have announced a summer 2012 French date with Finnish extreme metal warriors CHILDREN OF BODOM. No word as of press date if this scheduled (6/20/2012 ETIENNE, FRANCE) date will be a part of a FULL summer 2012 European tour with CHILDREN OF BODOM.

FROM CANNIBAL CORPSE: France with COB!
6/20/2012 ETIENNE, FRANCE @ LE FIL

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

ITP V.011 UPDATE: REVIEWS THIS WEEKEND, METAL NEWS FEATURES FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK

ITP V.011 UPDATE: I'm STILL working on the review of the new LEVIATHAN release "True Traitor, True Whore" as that will posted later today, I'm tired, and that was the longest discography I've had to write in a while, lol.

So, while I'm trying to feel better after getting sick (toothache/cold), ITP V.011's author has ben cramming in the reviews.
OK, this repetitive journal entry seems redundant, I'll have to be more organized and post the metal news features, lmao. Yeh, you're probably saying "I want NFTEMU, DAMNED IN BLACK and HUMANITY IS DOOMED, get it over with." I'm working on it.



Yes, the ITP V.011 news feature procrastination CONTINUES, as I write about writing ITP news features, more so than actually getting it done, I know, pathetic, LMAO (although blogging isn't high priority). I was wondering if writing the metal news features monthly (NFTEMU, DAMNED IN BLACK and HUMANITY IS DOOMED) would be a little redundant, (I used to post ITP METAL NEWS FEATURES MONTHLY).. I'm thinking about perhaps posting the metal news features bi monthly or quarterly, per quarter touring cycle. There fore, more potential time for ITP V.011 REVIEWS:

ITP V.011 UPDATE: ITP V.011 REVIEWS: (Sorry about the LEVIATHAN spelling error, tired)


11/26/2011: LEVIATHAN: TRUE TRAITOR, TRUE WHORE (LATER TODAY)
11/26/2011: DECAPITATED: CARNIVAL IS FOREVER (OVERNIGHT)
11/27/2011: HATE ETERNAL: PHOENIX AMONGST THE ASHES
MONDAY: 11/28/2011: ITP V.011 NOTES FROM THE EXTREME UNDERGROUND
TUESDAY: 11/29/2011: ITP V.011 DAMNED IN BLACK (BLACK METAL NEWS)
WEDNESDAY 11/30/2011: ITP V.011 HUMANITY IS DOOMED (DOOM METAL NEWS)
ITP RE RATE (RE RATE OF OVER OR UNDER RATED REVIEWS): (2009, 2010, 2011) will be posted in early DECEMBER.

ITP V.011 THE ART OF DANCE NEXT WEEKEND
ITP V.011 REVIEWS ITP V.011 REVIEWS WILL BE POSTED ON WEEKENDS as will be announced mid week on the disclaimer on the right of this journal.

Through everything I've been through, I've been very dedicated to writing and keeping ITP updated even if it meant using public access 'puters through some dark times in my life. I can NOT express the dedication of ITP's READERS and thank them enough as ITP's readers are international from my homeland in the USA to Norway, to Australia, to South America, Germany, UK everywhere. ITP's author/editor thanks YOU the READERS, a mighty SALLLUTE and HAILS to you all for being dedicated readers. I would honestly be writing ITP even if no one read it, as an expression, but I must give the metal horns to ITP's readers as YOU INSPIRE ME.


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BEHEMOTH: CONFIRMED TO HEADLINE (FRIDAY) 2012 BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR

Polish blackened death metal warriors BEHEMOTH have been confirmed as headliners of Friday's 2012 BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR set to take place 8/10-12/2012 CATTON HALL UK.

FROM BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR PROMOTERS:
Polish blackened death metal monsters BEHEMOTH have announced an exclusive UK festival appearance at BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2012. Originally scheduled to perform at the 2010 event, the band were forced to cancel after frontman NERGAL was diagnosed with Leukemia. After undergoing treatment including a bone-marrow transplant, the enigmatic frontman is fighting fit and ready to bring BEHEMOTH’s brutality back to the UK:

“We couldn’t do the show for obvious reasons last time, I was in a deep shithole with my sickness, but I really felt obliged to come back and do BLOODSTOCK as soon as possible. We are really fortunate that they invited us back, we couldn’t turn it down, and this is the perfect opportunity to make this up to the people that missed us last time. For us it’s a great pleasure to come back to the UK after two years, and I can promise we will bring full production - lights, pyro - it’s gonna be awesome and we can’t wait. This is not only the first time we headline a festival, but also our first open air appearance in the UK, so it’s gonna be special!”

"Bringing Behemoth back to Bloodstock in 2012 was our mission, they have been one of the MOST requested bands we have ever been asked for” states festival booker Vicky Gregory. “We know the fans will give them one hell of a reception. The show is their full production and what better place for them to return than as headliners for the Friday night”

Their ninth studio album, 2009’s “Evangelion” saw BEHEMOTH make a giant leap from a cult black metal act to internationally acclaimed metal act, gracing magazine covers and even newspapers across the globe, truly breaking out of the underground despite the uncompromising and fiercely brutal ten tracks it contains. Having the honour of being opening band at the first ever performance of Metal’s Big Four - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax - at Sonisphere Poland in 2009, BEHEMOTH are no strangers to the big stage and this exclusive headline appearance - their first outdoor show in the UK, and only festival performance in this country in 2012 - will be a triumphant return, and one that will no doubt be talked about for years to come.

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2012 takes place at Catton Hall August 9th - 12th. With four day camping tickets on sale for just £90 (plus booking fee) until December 16th - a MASSIVE saving of £25 - there is no reason to wait.

Tickets for the 2012 event are on sale now at www.bloodstock.uk.com


BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2012 9th - 12th AUGUST 2012
Line Up So Far:

RONNIE JAMES DIO STAGE

ALICE COOPER

ANVIL - WATAIN - PARADISE LOST - DIMMU BORGIR - HATEBREED - CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - SANCTUARY - GRAND MAGUS - THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER

SOPHIE LANCASTER STAGE

ORANGE GOBLIN - ANAAL NATHRAKH -

www.bloodstock.uk.com

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