HEAVY METAL MANIACS FESTIVAL VI (HOL) Articles / Concert News Date: Jul 16, 2005 - 12:59 AM PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT HEAVY METAL MANIACS FESTIVAL VI -- 25 years of New Wave of British Heavy Metal Show -- SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2005, MANIFESTO, HOORN (Holland) *** CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL!!! *** At the 29th of October the 6th Heavy Metal Maniacs festival will be held. This year it will be the 25th birthday party of the NWoBHM. Out of this movement came a lot of bands who became an inspiration for many other bands (for example Metallica to name one). Holland was one of the countries where the English bands had a lot of success. Some bands even played more in Holland than in the UK. Reasons enough to organise a NWoBHM festival in Holland. Beside 4 original NWoBHM bands we have added 1 young UK band who play in the same vein and two Dutch bands who were also around in the early 80s and can be described as New Wave of Dutch Heavy Metal. The bill: BLITZKRIEG (uk) WITCHFYNDE (uk) AVENGER (uk) SAD IRON (nl) PREDATάR (uk) CONQUEST OF STEEL (uk) BLACKOUT (nl) + small market and DJoBHM Martin Motφrhead We hope you can support us in some way and celebrate with us the glorious NWoBHM in October! See you there! On the behalf of the HM Maniacs crew, Stefan van Zijl E-mail: zijlsg@zonnet.nl Just drop a line for info/more promo material/accreditation Festival info: Doors open: 15.00 (3.00 pm) Address: Manifesto, Holenweg 14c Hoorn Tel: ++ 31 (0)229-249839 Ticket: 17 euro Pre-sale: 15 euro Website: www.heavymetalmaniacs.com Biography bands: Blitzkrieg Finally, there will be a Blitzkrieg over Holland as well. Brian Ross is one of the living legends of the NWOBHM scene. Do you know of any other singers, besides Alice Cooper, who regularly went on stage singing with a real boa constrictor around their neck?? Together with his band Blitzkrieg, he owes his success to the very energetic and powerful live shows, and decent metal songs like 'Armageddon', 'Inferno' and 'Blitzkrieg' which was borrowed by Metallica. Their single 'Buried Alive' / 'Blitzkrieg' is easily the most wanted Neat single release ever, and not undeserved, if I may say so. The release of the album 'A Time Of Change' took place twenty years ago, but with the new CD 'Sins And Greed', Blitzkrieg still proves that they belong to the metal top in the world. Hiding in the shelters won't help you anymore, 'cause Blitzkrieg will invade Hoorn real soon! Witchfynde When I say 'Give 'Em Hell', then I'll hear every NWOBHM fan say Witchfynde. The band of guitar wizard Montalo can be seen as one of the celebrities in the scene. The dark, mystical image of the band, gives them an unique touch, that will appeal to many fans. During their live performances, the band shows that they still stand with both feet in the NWOBHM scene, while other bands are only a weak reflection of what they once sounded like. Montalo, Pete, Gra and Harry will leave their fans astonished and with their mouths wide open, when they are finished with their 'witching hour' on stage. They'll give you hell!!! You simply cannot not miss them. Avenger Avenger will always be part of the holy trinity Avenger, Satan and Blitzkrieg for every NWOBHM fan out there. Their albums 'Blood Sports' and 'Killer Elite' belong to the classics in the scene, and it's a real privilege to present you the reunion of Avenger here in Hoorn. Ian Davison Swift, who also was the singer for great bands like Satan and Atomkraft, will let us enjoy his remarkable voice once again, in a set that will be talked about for a long, long time. Avenger will show us, that they are too wild to tame. You may enter the hall at your own risk only! Sad Iron Bernard Rive is not unknown in Hoorn, and with Sad Iron he wrote metal history. The album 'Total Damnation' may not be missed in any metal collection, because it's simply one of the loudest, heaviest and wildest albums in the Dutch metal history. On this festival, the band will prove again that they don't stand for any nonsense. Singer Herke has already trained his vocal cords, and Bernard is ready to call the 'total damnation' over the Manifesto this evening. The days of 'Lolita, the limping stripper' may be over, but luckily there are other ways to make the crazy metal fans go out of their minds. Just leave that to Sad Iron. Predatόr Just because there wasn't enough money available to get the real Status Quo to Hoorn, we choose for the best alternative available. Forget about Spider, because for twenty-five years already Predatόr delivers the twelve bar boogie to their fans. Band member Mick Hughes even played in the Quo tribute band Quotations. Predatόr shared the stage with bands like Samson, Y&T, Tygers Of Pan Tang and Slade, and they still know how to reform every hall into a swirling mass. Baz Barry and his mates will make it happen, that's for sure. This is also a unique opportunity to buy yourself a copy of the recent album 'Mean', and hear these songs live on stage. Let's boogie, boys! Conquest Of Steel Also in the NWOBHM scene there are new stars on the horizon. Bands, that carry the torch, given to them by their predecessors that existed long before the speed and thrash metal sound made its entry in the metal scene. Conquest Of Steel is such a band, influenced by the pure sound of the true NWOBHM heroes (think about bands like Saxon and Iron Maiden). Founded in 1998, they are really becoming the new 'Priests Of Metal' (which is also the title of their debut album, by the way), and Hoorn will be the church in which they will preach their metal verses. If you want to see one of the truest NWOBHM shows, complete with lots of spikes, chains, leather, denim, swords and sweat, then you must check this one out. As you can see 'You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise'!! Black Out Black Out can be titled as one of the very few New Wave Of Dutch Heavy Metal bands. With their album 'Evil Game', that was released in 1984, they surprised friend and foe, and received many positive reactions. Needless to say, that this band is almost seamlessly connected with the British invasion that will enter our country. It won't be too difficult for these head bangers from Zwolle, to heat up the fire on the evening that the Dutch Heavy Metal Maniacs will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of NWOBHM. This article comes from Holy Sword http://www.truemetal.org/holysword/ The URL for this story is: http://www.truemetal.org/holysword/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=80