Indian Metal Bands To Pay Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO

DEMONIC RESURRECTION will headline the Cemetery Gates festival in Bangalore, India on Sunday, August 8 as a way to pay homage to the legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, RAINBOW, DIO),who recently died of stomach cancer.

The Cemetery Gates festival is organized by the Kyra Theatre in Bangalore and will be the first-ever indoor festival of its kind. The festival will begin at 8 a.m. and end at midnight and will feature 23 bands from India.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

Heaven By Day (Morning & Afternoon Session)

LAKE OF DEATH
CRYPTED
MECHANIX
ATOMIC MELTDOWN
BLIND IMAGE
INFERNAL WRATH
ESCHER'S KNOT
ASTHRA
VERSES
WOLVESLAIR
CORRODE
SCRIBE

Hell By Night (Evening & Night Session)

ECCENTRIC PENDULUM
ABANDONED AGONY
VELVET TRAP
ROCKSAULT
SLAIN
UNDYING INC
BAND AID
PURPLE BLOOD
THEORIZED
INNER SANCTUM
DEMONIC RESURRECTION

The festival will also release a special limited-edition double CD with songs from all the performing bands.

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/cemeterygatesfestival.