Metal Hammer Festival 2011

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Metal Hammer Festival 2011

Metal Hammer Festival returns! The new edition will take place on 10th August in Spodek Hall, Katowice (Poland) and will be headlined by JUDAS PRIEST!

Full line-up:

JUDAS PRIEST (UK)

MORBID ANGEL (USA)

EXODUS (USA)

VADER (PL)

TANK (UK)

MECH (PL)

SOULBURNERS (PL)

ANIMATIONS (PL)

Doors open: 13.00, start: 13.45
ANIMATIONS

Band formed in Jaworzno, Poland in 2006. They are inspired by such musical genres as prog rock, metal, fusion and jazz. Their debut selftitled album was released in 2007. "Reset Your Soul", their sophomore release was out two years later. The band is currently working on their third studio album.
EXODUS

Exodus is an American heavy metal band formed in 1980 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California by guitarist Gary Holt, current Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, and drummer Tom Hunting. Spanning a career of 30 years, Exodus has gone through numerous lineup changes, two extended hiatuses, and the deaths of two former band members. With nine studio albums, two live albums and two compilations, Exodus has released a total of thirteen albums since their debut in 1985. Gary Holt remains the only constant member of the band, appearing on all their releases. Drummer Tom Hunting is one of the founding members, and departed from the band twice but has since returned to the lineup. Their most recent album is Exhibit B: The Human Condition, released in 2010.
JUDAS PRIEST

Judas Priest are a Grammy Award-winning English heavy metal band from Birmingham, formed in 1968. They have been cited as an influence on many heavy metal musicians and bands after Black Sabbath. Their popularity and status as one of the definitive heavy metal bands has earned them the nickname "Metal Gods" from their song of the same name.
MECH

Mech - a hard rock/heavy metal band formed by vocalist Maciej Januszko in Warsaw, Poland in 1977. The band is currently working on their new album entitled "Zwo" which will be released by Metal Mind Productions in Spring 2011.
MORBID ANGEL

Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its "Top 40 greatest death metal albums", with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1. Decibel Magazine also rated guitarist Trey Azagthoth as the number one "death metal guitarist ever". The band's songs are complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable technical skills of both Azagthoth and drummer Pete Sandoval.
SOULBURNERS

Polish Rock'n'Roll band formed by the members of such bands as Black River, Wrinkled Fred, El Dupa, Coalition, Hundred Inch Shadow, Poker Face just to name a few.
TANK

Tank - one of the best heavy metal bands around. The history of this legendary band goes back a long way and is full of great albums, alcohol fuelled debauchery and several line-up changes. Tank, featuring Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on guitar alongside ex-Rainbow/Yngwie Malmsteen frontman Doogie White, ex-Bruce Dickinson bassist Chris Dale and ex-Zodiac Mindwarp drummer Dave 'Grav' Cavill return in 2010 with a brilliant new album "War Machine" and established themselves once more as one of Britain’s finest rock bands. The production of the album was handled by Pedro Ferreira (known from his previous work with The Darkness, Therapy?, Meatloaf) and the recording was done at Pedrock Studios, London, UK. Drums were recorded by Tony Newton at Steve Harris' (Iron Maiden) Barnyard Studios. Due to the changed line-up, “War Machine” combines all the influences and experience of individual band members.
VADER

There are very few bands that have managed to weave a web of mystery around them. Very few have survived and kept going strong until today. When faced with the question 'which' people tend to mention American death-mongers with the likes of Morbid Angel, Deicide or Cannibal Corpse... However, for a few years now in the same breath many have named Vader - perhaps the only band from Europe which has sustained it's status for a number of years. Theirs is the cult of musical brutality and the urge to succeed. Few may remember that Vader were the first band ever from behind "the Iron Curtain" to sign to a Western label while their 1990 demo "Morbid Reich" is still considered to be the best selling demo tape in the history of death metal. The band was formed in 1986. In 1993 they released their debut album titled "The Ultimate Incantation" (Earache) which has since become one of the milestones of European death metal. These were also the first brutal sounds from behind "the Iron Curtain" which reached the audiences all over the world.