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TESTAMENT's Manager Clears Up Confusion Over Poland's METALMANIA Festival

January 6, 2006

TESTAMENT's manager, Phil Arnold of the Thrill Entertainment Group, has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding the confusion over the group's previously announced (and subsequently cancelled) appearance at Poland's Metalmania 2006 festival, which is scheduled to take place March 4, 2006 at Spodek in Katowice:

"Tommy Dziubinski of Metal Mind Productions (Poland) and Balazs Varga of Negative Art Productions (Hungary) announced on December 5th that TESTAMENT will headline their festivals, because they had sent a 10% negotiation binder to Maximus Entertainment [TESTAMENT's booking agent] on these dates for TESTAMENT. Maximus Entertainment had adopted a new international booking policy that they would require international buyers to deposit a 10% negotiation binder fee. The promoters believed that this binder policy confirmed the band, but neither TESTAMENT nor Thrill Entertainment Group were aware of it and had not agreed to it at that time.

"When TESTAMENT's manager, Phil Arnold, was informed of this new policy, he refused to agree to subject TESTAMENT to it. However, Maximus Entertainment had already taken the 10% binder fee from Tommy and Balazs. TESTAMENT's manager informed Maximus Entertainment at that time the band could not yet be confirmed, anyway. In the meantime, the promoters had already began to advertise because they had sent the binder fee.

"On December 27th ,TESTAMENT determined they could not appear due to schedule conflicts. The festival offers were officially declined by TESTAMENT at that time. Neither the promoters, TESTAMENT, nor their manager were at fault in this matter at any time. The responsibility and communication breakdown on this matter falls on the shoulders of Maximus Entertainment. Maximus has already issued a formal appology to the promoters and to TESTAMENT for this oversight.

"TESTAMENT may take one or two more tours to Europe later in 2006, and will seek to include shows with these same promoters. TESTAMENT's manager hopes the fans understand that TESTAMENT did not make a false commitment and that the promoters did not knowingly seek to falsely advertise the band."

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