- Metal Female Voices Fest
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Metal Female Voices Fest Location(s) Wieze, East Flanders, Belgium Years active 2003 – present Date(s) Autumn Genre Heavy metal Website metalfemalevoicesfest.be Metal Female Voices Fest is a heavy metal music festival held annually in Belgium since 2003. It is organized by the Metal Organisation agency. The seventh edition took place at Oktoberhallen in Wieze in the municipality of Lebbeke on October 17 and October 18, 2009.[1]
Contents
Lineups
2011
October 21
- Battlelore
- Xandria
- Bare Infinity
October 22
- Doro
- Leaves' Eyes
- Diabulus In Musica
- Trail of Tears
- Benedictum
- Dylath-Leen
- Deadlock
- Amaranthe
- Kivimetsän Druidi
- Coma Divine
- Nemhain (band)
- Hanging Doll
October 23
- Therion
- Visions of Atlantis
- Draconian
- Stream of Passion
- System Divide
- Midnattsol
- Triosphere
- VelvetSeal
- Operatika
- Diary About My Nightmares
2010
October 22
- Hells Belles
- Manic Movement
- The Veil
October 23
- Arch Enemy
- ReVamp
- Krypteria
- Tristania
- Dylath-Leen
- Visions of Atlantis
- Skeptical Minds
- 69 Chambers
- Unsun
- Godyva
- Pythia
October 24
- Epica
- Leaves' Eyes
- HolyHell
- Diabulus in Musica
- Sarah Jezebel Deva
- The Agonist
- Omega Lithium
- Ram-Zet
- Anwynn
2009
October 17
Held at Oktoberhallen in Wieze
- Epica (special DVD recording)
- Delain
- Midnattsol
- Krypteria
- Flowing Tears
- Autumn
- Amberian Dawn
- Kivimetsän Druidi
- Unsun
- Manic Movement
- Pinky Doodle Poodle
- Whyzdom
October 18
Held at Oktoberhallen in Wieze
2008
The line-up included a variety of bands, including former Nightwish Vocalist Tarja, the Dutch formation Asrai, the oldschool hard rock band Girlschool, and many more. After hours of traffic delay Midnattsol was cancelled.
October 17
Held at Oktoberhallen in Wieze.[1]
- White Skull
- Ethernity
- Girlschool
- Why She Kills
- Izegrim
- ChaosWave
- Eths
- Benedictum
- Dylath-Leen
October 18
Held at Oktoberhallen in Wieze.[1]
- L'Âme Immortelle
- Midnattsol (canceled)
- Edenbridge
- Atargatis
- Markize
- Kells
- Tarja
- Diablo Swing Orchestra
- Macbeth
- Asrai
- Trail of Tears
- Epica
2007
Theatre of Tragedy, who had already pulled out of the 2006 festival,[2] were initially scheduled to perform on October 20 as the fifth band on the bill. On February 2 it was announced that they had decided to cancel their appearance, with no explanation given. They were replaced by Autumn. The Gathering and After Forever also canceled, respectively on February 15,[3] being replaced by Delain, and May 4,[4] being replaced by Flowing Tears. The lineup was later reshuffled so Sirenia and Epica ended up taking After Forever and The Gathering's place. Darzamat, Autumn and Imperia also pulled out shortly before the date of the festival.[5][6][7]
October 13 (Warm Up)
Held at Ten Weyngaert in Brussels.[8]
October 19
Held at Oktoberhallen in Wieze.[1]
- Doro
- Holy Moses (special 25th anniversary show)
- Dylath-Leen
- Darzamat (canceled)
- Benedictum
October 20
Held at Oktoberhallen in Wieze.[1]
- Leaves' Eyes (special headlining recorded for upcoming DVD)
- Sirenia
- Epica
- Autumn (canceled)
- Flowing Tears
- Seraphim
- Delain
- Elis
- Draconian
- Battlelore
- Distorted
- Imperia (canceled)
- Valkyre
- Interria
2006
Held on October 21 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze. Theatre of Tragedy canceled their appearance on October 20 because two band members were sick.[2] Delain were initially going to play as a special guest,[9] but they effectively replaced Theatre of Tragedy in the lineup.
- Tristania
- Delain
- Lullacry
- Midnattsol
- Forever Slave
- Xandria
- Sengir
- Visions of Atlantis
- Skeptical Minds
- Naio ssaion
- The Legion of Hetheria
- Anachronia
- Theatres des Vampires
- Macbeth
2005
Held on October 22 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze.
- Lacuna Coil
- After Forever
- Epica
- Leaves' Eyes
- Autumn
- Elis
- Midnattsol
- Mercury Rain
- Asrai
- Skeptical Minds
- The Legion of Hetheria
- Diluvium
2004
Held on November 7 at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels.
- Nightwish
- Epica
- Flowing Tears
- Darkwell
- Sengir
- Visions of Atlantis
- Syrens Call
- Ashes You Leave
2003
Held on November 8 at Ten Weyngaert in Forest.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Metal Female Voices Fest V". http://www.metalfemalevoicesfest.be/. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ a b Theatre of Tragedy (2006-10-20). "ToT gig at Metal Female Voices Fest canceled!". Archived from the original on 2006-04-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20060423023200/http://www.theatreoftragedy.com/news.shtml#newsitemEEyEFkApZEQIzAPYDM. Retrieved 2006-01-13.
- ^ The Gathering. "The Gathering will not play at the Metal Female Voices Fest". http://www.gathering.nl/archives.php?id=0.
- ^ After Forever. "After Forever not at Metal Female Voices Fest 2007". http://www.afterforever.com/newsdetail.aspx?id=31.
- ^ "Darzamat's official website". http://www.darzamat.art.pl/main.php?v=en.
- ^ "Autumn tour history". http://www.autumn-band.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=20&Itemid=92.
- ^ "Imperia tour history". http://www.helena-michaelsen.com/gigspast.html.
- ^ "Metal Female Voices Fest Warm Up". http://www.metalfemalevoicesfest.be/warmupBe.htm.
- ^ Delain. "Delain on clubtour!". http://www.delain.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=1. Retrieved 2006-01-13.
10. Pictures of the edition of 2007 - From www.metal-ways.com
External links
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