METALIUM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

June 3, 2003

Germany's METALIUM are the latest band to have been officially confirmed for this year's installment of Wacken Open Air festival.

The event, which is scheduled to take place Jul. 31-Aug. 2, 2003 in Wacken, Germany, will include performances from the following artists (in alphabetical order):

ANCIENT RITES
ANNIHILATOR
ASSASSIN
CIRCLE II CIRCLE
DARK AGE
DARKANE
DARK ANGEL
DEW -SCENTED
DIAMOND HEAD
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
DISMEMBER
EIDOLON
EXTREME NOISE TERROR
FREEDOM CALL
GAMMA RAY
HEAVENSHALLBURN
ICED EARTH
IN FLAMES
KATAKLYSM
LORDI
LOTTO KING KARL
MALEVOLENT CREATION
MASTERPLAN
METALIUM
NILE
PRIMAL FEAR
RAGE
RAUNCHY
RUNNING WILD
SENTENCED
SINISTER
SINNER
SLAYER
SOILWORK
SONATA ARCTICA
STRATOVARIUS
SUBWAY TO SALLY
TESTAMENT
THE ALMIGHTY PUNCHDRUNK
THE CROWN
THYRFING
TWISTED TOWER DIRE
VADER
VICTORY

In other news, METALIUM will be part of an upcoming Universal Records compilation titled "Be(a)st of Metal". The 2-CD compilation will reportedly feature a classic METALIUM song ("Metalium" from the group's 1999 debut) and an as-yet-undisclosed brand new track.

METALIUM's fourth album, "In League As One - Chapter Four", is due in late 2003 through Massacre Records. The follow-up to last year's "Hero-Nation Chapter III" will reportedly contain the longest song of METALIUM's career — an as-yet-unnamed 13-minute epic that includes a "very unusual" middle section featuring METALIUM bassist Lars Ratz on fretless bass.

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