ENSLAVED, NIFELHEIM, THE BATALLION Confirmed For Germany's FESTUNG OPEN AIR

October 29, 2007

ENSLAVED (Norway),NIFELHEIM (Sweden),THE BATALLION (Norway) and SVARTAHRID (Norway) are the first four confirmed bands for next year's Festung Open Air festival, set to take place May 10-11, 2008 in Bitterfeld, Germany.

A flyer for the event can be found at this location.

For more information, visit www.united-metal-maniacs.de.

ENSLAVED was honored with the Spellemann award (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Award) in the "Metal" category for its "Ruun" album, which came out in May 2006 via Tabu Recordings (Candlelight in the U.S.). The largest and oldest Norwegian music awards show was held on January 27, 2007 at the Thalia Theater, Chateau Neuf in Oslo, Norway and was broadcast live on the Norwegian channel TV2.

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