WOLVERINE Cancels GOTHENBURG METAL FESTIVAL Appearance

April 28, 2007

Swedish metallers WOLVERINE have cancelled their previously announced appearance at the Gothenburg Metal Festival, which is scheduled to take place April 29-30 at Musikens Hus in Göteborg, Sweden. "The reason is that Mikael [Zell] has injured his left wrist by playing indoor bandy three days ago and is unable to play the guitar," bassist Stefan Zell writes on the group's web site. "According to the doctor he's not suffered any fractures but he needs a few days rest to get his wrist working properly again.

"Because of the short notice it's impossible for us to get someone else to fill in. We were hoping all up until today that Mikael would get well enough to play but we have to realize now that that won't be the case.

"We were so much looking forward to playing Gothenburg again (we've only played there once) and it would also be the perfect moment for us to stir up some interest for our gig there in August. We do however have to accept our surrender to the circumstances this time around.

"I really hope that those of you who were going there mainly to see us play live, will go there anyway and support the metal community. It seems to be a great festival and there are plenty of great acts playing there. We need festivals like these to keep the music scene alive and well.

"WOLVERINE would like to wish the organizers all the best with the festival! To all of you that had bought tickets to see us we are very sorry for the inconvenience. Hopefully we can make it up to you in the near future.

"This whole situation confirms what I've always believed: Don't mix sports and music! The combination is lethal..."

WOLVERINE's latest album, "Still", was released in the U.S. in July via Candlelight Records. The CD was recorded in part at Spacelab studio in Tönisvorst, Germany. The follow-up to 2003's "Cold Light of Monday" was produced by Oliver Philipps, Christian "Moschus" Moos and WOLVERINE and was mixed at the end of August 2005.

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