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RoadTrip: KREATOR, AS I LAY DYING Confirmed For Germany’s Wacken Open Air

(Bravewords) – KREATOR and AS I LAY DYING are the latest acts confirmed for the Wacken Open Air, which is scheduled for August 4th – 6th, 2011 in Wacken, Germany.

Acts on the bill now include: ACCUSER, APOCALYPTICA, AS I LAY DYING, AVANTASIA, BLAAS OF GLORY, BLIND GUARDIAN, BLOWSIGHT, CHILDREN OF BODOM, CRADLE OF FILTH, EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS, EXODUS, THE HAUNTED, HAYSEED DIXIE, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, HELLSAW, ICED EARTH, IN SOLITUDE, JUDAS PRIEST, KHOLD, KNORKATOR, KREATOR, MAYHEM, MORBID ANGEL, MORGOTH, MOTÖRHEAD, OZZY OSBOURNE, PRIMAL FEAR, THE PROPHECY²³, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, RUSSKAJA, SALTATIO MORTIS, SEPULTURA, SIRENIA, SKÁLMÖLD, SKI KING, SMACK BALLZ, SODOM, STIER, SUBWAY TO SALLY, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, TAUTHR, TOKYO BLADE, TRIVIUM, TSJUDER, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, VOLCANO, VREID, WARRANT.

READ OUR KREATOR INTERVIEW IN ISSUE 11

LISTEN TO OUR AS I LAY DYING PODCAST INTERVIEW HERE

For more info visit Wacken.com or the Wacken Open Air Myspace page.

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DVD/CD Review: Immortal – Live at Wacken 2007- The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh

DVD/CD Review –  Immortal
Live at Wacken 2007- The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh
Nuclear Blast

Immortal’s latest release The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh documents the band’s epic performance at the Wacken Open Air festival back in 2007. Having temporarily called it quits in 2003 due to personal issues, their Seven Dates of Blashyrkh mini-tour in 2007 was an important comeback; reasserting the band’s dominance in a genre that has had a strong resurgence with an increase in media attention and various documentaries over the past 5 years.  This package is pretty straightforward- live performance on the DVD, live audio on the CD, no bonus features, just straight-up Norwegian Black metal the way the legendary Immortal’s been doing it since 1990.

The current line-up consisting of Abbath (Vocals/guitars), Apollyon (bass) and Horgh (drums) stormed the stage to greet the 70,000 + fans in attendance. Though they had most likely suspected it from the start, those present were in for a treat. With the exception of Blizzard Beasts, Immortal played at least one track from every album in their discography including favorites such as “At the Heart of Winter,””Wrath From Above,””One by One” and “Blashyrk (Mighty Ravendark).” To top it all off, the pyrotechnics and lights added a nice touch and coupled with the high sound quality of the recording made for an entertaining and seamless audio/visual combination.

Just like the CD/DVD package, their performance was pretty bare bones, no surprises here. Realistically this is for the best-fans attended the performance with certain expectations in mind and while Immortal didn’t make history here, they met those expectations without letting anyone down. One of the highlights on stage was Abbath’s showmanship which always somehow contains brief moments of hilarity- need I mention his infamous ‘crab walk’? It’s nice to see a band kick ass on stage all the while not taking themselves too seriously.

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