X-Mass Festival

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = X-Mass Festival


location = Europe
years_active= 1999 – present
dates = December
genre = Heavy metal

X-Mass Festival is a heavy metal festival/tour held annually in Europe since 1999. It is organized by the Belgian booking agency Metallysee. The 2006 and 2007 editions have been cancelled, and the future of the festival is in doubt. Metallysee plans to launch a new tour in January 2008 under the name Black Winter Festival. [ [http://www.metallysee.com/news.htm Metallysee news] ]

History

The 2006 edition was cancelled after Unleashed, Six Feet Under, God Dethroned, Cataract and soon later Krisiun decided to pull out, Trail of Tears disbanded and Soilwork refused to headline the tour. The last announced lineup featured Gorefest, Belphegor, Prostitute Disfigurement, Madder Mortem, SkyForger and Darzamat. The owner of the agency blamed one of his employees for the cancellation, and this person left the company. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=72989 "Belgian booking agency apologizes for string of European tour cancellations"] , Blabbermouth.net, May 21, 2007] Despite this, the 2007 edition was also called off without a reason. The lineup should have featured Mayhem, Samael, Malevolent Creation, Onslaught, Wykked Wytch, Blood Red Throne and Inner Fire. The Onslaught website claims that the festival has been postponed, and will be held in January 2008 under the name Black Winter Festival. [ [http://www.onslaughtfromhell.com/news.html Onslaught news] ]

Lineups

2005

*Hypocrisy
*Exodus
*Entombed
*Naglfar
*Wintersun
*Fear My Thoughts

2004

*Marduk
*Napalm Death
*Finntroll
*Vader
*The Black Dahlia Murder

2003

*Deicide
*Destruction
*Nile
*Amon Amarth
*Dew-Scented
*Graveworm

2002

*Six Feet Under
*Marduk
*Immolation
*Kataklysm
*Hate Eternal
*Dying Fetus
*Impaled Nazarene
*Macabre
*Ragnarok

2001

*Cannibal Corpse
*Kreator
*Marduk
*Nile
*Krisiun
*Vomitory

2000

*Morbid Angel
*Enslaved
*The Crown
*Dying Fetus
*Behemoth
*Hypnos

1999

*Morbid Angel
*Krisiun
*God Dethroned
*Amon Amarth
*Gorgoroth
*Occult

References

External links

* [http://www.metallysee.com/tours/ Official website]