Friday, February 25, 2011

Warriors Of Metal Fest lV, Coming June 17 and 18!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2-24-2011

Warriors Of metal Fest IV Open Air is proud to announce the participation of the world renouned Puerto Rican Doom Metal band DANTESCO for a return performance on our stage after their very first continental United States Live concert at Warriors Of Metal Fest III Open Air last year when after just half a set, it was decided that they should be re-invited to once again infuse this Festival with their Metal spirits. Stormpspell Records has released the self-titled Demo recordings of Dantesco along with 3 bonus tracks as a newly re-released album in 2011 in addition to their new full length album called "7 Years Of Battle" which is currently on sale at their website. It was, therefore with anticipation of quite a bit of new materials that frontman and band leader Erico "La Bestia" Morales proclaimed "Brother, tell everyone that Dantesco will destroy WOM Fest this year"!!!

Also coming from Puerto Rico, and signed to Erico La Besstia's Jurakan Records, AURA AZUL, with a self-titled album under their belt and an Iron Maiden Tribute album in the works will be making their mainland America debut performance at Warriors Of Metal Fest IV Open Air in 2011. Plans are afoot for a 2.5 week tour in USA from Miami, Florida to Fort Wayne, Indiana during 1.5 weeks of which they will be joined by Chicago's Very own Progressive Power Metal band SACRED DAWN who will be supporting the March 2011 release of their 3rd album entitled "A Madness Within", distributed worldwide through Dark Star Records. SACRED DAWN will return to Warriors Of Metal Fest Open Air after 2 years when they supported Twisted Tower Dire on WOM Fest II in 2009. The band states that "from their numerous live appearances across the Midwest to playing alongside international acts such as Symphony X, Testament, Cage, Firewind, Kamelot, and Epica, Sacred Dawn has garnered critical acclaim as well as fans around the world and are now very excited to not only tour with their Metal brothers of AURA AZUL from Puerto Rico but to return to the Warriors Of Metal Fest Open Air to showcase their new brand of dark progressive power metal for their fans".


Chillicothe, Ohio's own Power Thrash Metal young guns, AGE OF DISTRUST who last played in Warriors Of Metal Fest II Open Air in 2009 supporting of their hometown heros of LUNARIUM will return to the Fest this year, emboldened with the addition of the talented guitarist Kurt Miller who himself participated in the 2009 Festival with his own band Mutilist. AGE OF DISTRUST are currently in the process of recording their Debut EP to be ready by Fest time.

ARGONAUT is a new project of most of the old crew of the Fort Wayne, Indiana Progressive Speed Metal band Zephaniah that has gone through a transformation to venture more into the progressive aspects of Speed & Thrash Metal subgenres. Now reformed and re-energized, ARGONAUT will kickstart the Warriors Of Metal Fest IV Open Air on Friday, June 17th with the furious showmanship and the technical expertise we have come to expect from these talented musicians.

LORDS OF THE TRIDENT from Madison, Wisconsin made a big impression on the Fest's fans with their stage antics and tongue-in-cheek lyrics accompanied by crushing US Power Metal style last year and even Sean Peck from CAGE noted, having played in Wisconsin prior to the Fest that "Rapeshore [one of their songs] rules! We said Rapeshore the whole rest of the tour"! And now, having released their 2nd album "Chains On Fire" on January 28th to such an accolade as "a healthy mixture of Priest’s rocking early 80s antics and traditional US power metal....with songs that go back and forth between melodic and catchy and more crushing and doomy" from UK's Rock On The Web.com, we are very excited to see the Lords in action again in 2011.

DEATHALIZER from New York City appealed directly to the Fest organizers' love for old school Thrash Metal with high powered riffing and great progressive elements and their showcasing became a must early on. According to the band, they "start right were Metallica and Pantera left off, mixing the best elements of groove and thrash metal into an elegant and melodic speed metal experience". Their debut EP, "It Dwells Within" has now been expanded to a full length album with further additions of great quality songs every couple of months at a time since the EP's release in August of 2009 and they're all available for download on www.deathalizer.com ! Guitarist Antonio Calaf explains "this will be our first chance to play at a festival and what better way than this to get started with other quality metal bands and great organizers?!" The Mayo Music Review describes DEATHALIZER as a band that "...has taken the best things from metal, great riffs, attitude, the sound, and used them to create musical magic, these guys aren't musicians, they are magicians!”

Last but not least, while Portage, Indiana's Skullview is in hiatus, Earthquake Quimby Lewis and Dean Tavernier have formed their new Doom Metal project by the name of STONE MAGNUM and they are in the process of preparing their self-titled debut album to be released in early summer of 2011 through R.I.P. Records. Having witnessed their very first Live performance at the Bang Your Head Or Die Festival on February 11th & 12th, the WOM Fest IV organizers decided to extend an invitation to this True Metal band to kickstart their 2nd day of the show.

More bands shall be announced next week. For more information please visit http://www.warriorsofmetalfest.com/

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