Hey there!
Well, guys, let me tell how things are gonna be this year at the Dong stage: Ralf, the ninja and I, we figured it'd be a neat idea to chip in some money together and to get you
DARK TRANQUILLITY! When in the year of '89 the Berlin wall was taken down, they were all like "Dude, there's all kinds of stuff happening in the world... Just Sweden is kinda boring!" So they sat down with In Flames and decided to invent this music called Melodic Death metal, which the kids these days like soo much. Yeah, back in the day...
We couldn't quite afford an entire division with the money we were left with, so we figured we'd just go get a panzer battallion this year! Of course we're talking about
SABATON who have made themselves a name on the board of awesome live bands during the last festival season. Coming from traditional heavy metal, the Swedes join bellicose true metal posing with fascinating tunes, bombast drama and lyrics about war, war... oh and did I mention war? Rather untypical for the genre, but working perfectly with the music, singer Joakim's vocals cover the deeper range than what might be expected, winning over even people who claim to be rather skeptical of true metal.
Those of you who honored us with their visit in 2006 are probably going to have pleasant memories regarding
COMMANDER. The Bavarians sound like Bolt Thrower were jamming with Bloodbath and both bands felt like playing a bit of thrash.
Don't get in their way for they will chop down anything with the deep rumbling and aggressive growls. Frantically fast and relentlessly stomping riffs along with breaks en masse, short shreds of tune spice up the carnage. This all combines to modern and authentic death metal that makes any metal head turn their head.
Just like last time the guys are going to show up bringing a brand new album to wow even the veterans among you. Fans of brute metal should not miss out on this show.
SCARLET FIRE are going to be a bit smoother. Haven't heard of that? Well, asking Dr Google, you'd find out that's either a beer from Pennsylvania or a rock band from Gießen. We had meant to not tell you which one is to play at our hill, to keep things interesting and to throw in a bit of an extra thrill, but unfortunately someone in our forum has already spilled the beans. So here it is:
Scarlet Fire play groovy heavy rock with mosh part and funk elements, blending in nicely with fast riffs. The wonderfully diverse vocals of singer Christina will certainly enchant the audience. If you enjoyed Cheeno last you, you should make a huge red mark next to the gig of this band on your festival schedule.
The award for the most charming application of the year is to be awarded to
NOHELLIA who are from sunny Nice. These Frenchies do not only have the prettiest handwriting ever, but are mostly known for their symphonic avant garde black metal at its finest!
Naturally, their music can't be described satisfactorily here, but be assured: Friends of unorthodox and different kinds of music shall have a great time!
Last, but not least another piece of information lots of you have waited for so dearly.
Tuesday, March 18th, at midnight (0:00) we are going to start out
ticket sale! So if you really want one of those first tickets (at this year's price of 26,66€), stay up on Monday night and don't leave your computer until you ordered your ticket!
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Until Tuesday... take care,
your Dong team