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Bloodstock is pleased to confirm that Finnish Metallers WINTERSUN have been confirmed as a UK Exclusive for next years Bloodstock Open Air 2009. This will coincide with the bands long awaited new album tentatively entitled Time which will also be out in August 2009 .

The amazing artwork from the self-titled debut album "Wintersun", courtesy of Necrolord already gives you a hint where this act might come from, exactly, Finland! Hailing from the land of the thousand lakes where the winters are long and cold, WINTERSUN is the new project of singer and multi instrumentalist Jari Maenpaa, who recently left his former band ENSIFERUM.
Powerful and majestic with a lot of energy, the music of WINTERSUN mainly flows with great melodies influenced by folk and Scandinavian traditional music. If you enjoy bands like AMORPHIS (in their early days), CHILDREN OF BODOM, FINNTROLL or ENSIFERUM, "Wintersun" is the right choice for you! Lyrically the album deals with mastermind Jari's life, feelings, emotions, hallucinations and dreams, facts that make the record a very personal piece of work.

Beside Jari, drummer Kai Hahto from the Finish Grindcore/Death Metal band ROTTEN SOUND plays on "Wintersun" and provided the album with a hellish pummelling in all or more of the right parts.

The rest vocals, guitars, bass and programming was done completely by the perfectionist Maenpaa. They both managed to create a diversified song spectrum from speed metal tracks over heavy guitar tracks to bombastic mid tempo opuses. While fast songs like opener 'Beyond The Dark Sun' and 'Winter Madness' stress out the high technical abilities of WINTERSUN, epic songs with big choruses like 'Sleeping Stars' and 'Death And The Healing' show the unique feeling of Jari for emotional and melancholic melodies. The vocals always fit perfectly to the present mood Jari masters everything, no matter if you take melodic clean vocals, brutal screams or Viking-like chants.

The band is delighted to be performing at next years Bloodstock Open Air Festival this will be a long overdue UK appearance for Wintersun and will be their ONLY UK show for 2009!

Bloodstock takes place on Friday 14th, Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th August at Catton Hall, Walton on Trent in Derbyshire.


WINTERSUN Summer Madness - BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2009.

AMON AMARTH UK FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE FOR 2009 !!

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Viking metallers AMON AMARTH have been added to the bill for BOA 2009.

Amon Amarth were formed in Stockholm in 1992, issuing several demos during the next few years which eventually led to a deal with Pulverised Records who released the mini-album Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds in 1996. Metal Blade were suitably impressed with the bands epic death metal and promptly signed them on a long term contract. Their first full-length album Once Sent From The Golden Hall appeared in 1998 and saw the band embark on an album-tour-album cycle which laid the foundations for a wider international profile. Both The Avenger (1999) and The Crusher (2001) built on the success of Once Sent From The Golden Hall, with relentless touring taking the bands increasingly impressive live show to bigger and bigger audiences.

2002 Versus The World and 2004 Fate Of Norns saw the band break through to the next level, extensive worldwide touring, a triumphant show at Wacken 04 and a legendary performance at Bloodstock indoor in 2005 capping a highly successful period. Following Fate Of Norns was never going to be easy, but 2006 With Oden On Our Side did just that with consummate ease. Clearly the bands most carefully crafted album to date, it saw them tour worldwide yet again and begin to win support from the wider metal community. Their current album Twilight Of The Thunder God has continued their global rise, charted impressively all over the world and seen them raid UK shores once more as part of the recent Unholy Alliance tour. Expect tattered banners and bloody flags when they return to Bloodstock ..

CLICK the Link Below to view the AMON AMARTH Bloodstock Band Profile Page .

http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/bands-profile.php?id=327

AMON AMARTH Live For The Kill - BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2009.



DATE: 14TH 15TH 16TH August 2008
VENUE: Catton Hall, Walton On Trent, Derbyshire
BANDS
SO FAR: Saxon, Amon Amarth, Candlemass, Satyricon, Turisas, The Haunted,
Katatonia, Wintersun, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Sabaton


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