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UNEXPECT, SHADOWSIDE To Headline FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES Festival

February 16, 2008

Montreal's "classical/black metal" act UNEXPECT and Brazilian female-fronted power metallers SHADOWSIDE have been confirmed as the headliners of this year's Flight Of The Valkyries festival, set to take place June 28 at Station 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Also scheduled to appear are DENDURA, SOMETHING TO FEAR and ARIA SHARP.

"We had a good start to the festival with the 2007 show and I've tried to step it up a notch with the variety of genres and amount of high-profile bands we are placing on this year's bill," says Nathan "SwordLord" Block, Flight Of The Valkyries festival promoter and founder of SwordLord Productions.

"UNEXPECT has been a third-tier support act for various bands touring the U.S., including EPICA and most recently Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS," adds Block. "This will be a very rare opportunity to experience a full headline set from this absolutely indescribable metal act."

Additional bands will be confirmed and announced in the coming months.

"There are so many great metal bands with female lead vocals that don't get enough exposure or get it often enough," says Block. "Flight of the Valkyries is a chance for those bands to really shine. I'd like to continue this festival for many more years and I hope that the fans will support me in that!"

Tickets for the Flight of the Valkyries festival will go on sale on Saturday, February 16 at 10:00 a.m. Ticket prices are $15 in advance or $20 on the day of show. Doors will open at 3:00 pm. The show is 18+.

Flight Of The Valkyries is the only music festival of its kind in the US devoted to metal bands with female lead vocalists. The festival showcases all metal sub-genres with the only unifying factor being that a female vocalist obviously must front the band.

The festival debuted in June of 2007, showcasing a variety of female-fronted metal bands such as DORO, VAINGLORY, EARTHEN, THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, VISIDEON, SPIRITUAL DECAY and SIRENS OF TITAN.

For more information, visit www.femalemetalfest.com.

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