Martin Guindon

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BIOHAZARD and ULVER at this year’s Brutal Assault festival

The reunited original lineup of the New York hardcore/metal band BIOHAZARD and avand-garde Norwegian band ULVER has been confirmed for this year's Brutal Assault Open Air festival, set to take place on August 6-8th 2009 in Old Army Fortress Josefov, Czech Republic.

ULVER performed for the first time in 15 years in May and Brutal Assault Festival will be their only one festival appearance in this summer.

Reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL, Swedish progressive formation OPETH, Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT, extreme gang BRUJERIA, Peter Tägtgren..s project PAIN, NY hardcore legends MADBALL, death metallers SUFFOCATION or WALLS OF JERICHO are also among the confirmed bands. At the festival are gonna be more than 60 bands of all extreme genres from all over the world.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ACTION - ADOR DORATH - ANAAL NATHRAKH - ASHES YOU LEAVE – ATHEIST – ATROX - BENEATH THE MASSACRE – BIOHAZARD - BLACK BOMB A – BRUJERIA - BRUTAL TRUTH – CARNIFEX – CASKETGARDEN - CRIPPLE BASTARDS – CYNIC - DAGOBA - DARK FUNERAL – DARKANE - DEMONIC RESURRECTION – DEPRESY - EVERGREEN TERRACE – EVILE – FDK - FORGOTTEN SILENCE – GADGET - GAMA BOMB - GHOST BRIGADE – GRAVE - HATE ETERNAL – IMMORTAL – MADBALL – MARDUK - MISERY INDEX – MITHRAS - NEGURA BUNGET - NOVEMBERS DOOM – OBSCURA – OPETH - ORPHANED LAND – PAIN – PESTILENCE – PSYCROPTIC – RAUNCHY - ROTTING CHRIST – SADUS – SKEPTICISM – SUFFOCATION – TESTAMENT - THE FACELESS - THE RED CHORD – TURISAS – ULVER – VOMITORY – VREID - WALLS OF JERICHO - WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH

Brutal Assault festival takes place in unique Old Army Fortress Josefov (130km from Prague), Czech republic. For more info visit official website www.brutalassault.cz.

BRUTAL ASSAULT FESTIVAL vol. 14
3 DAYS FULL OF METAL MUSIC – 2 EQUIVALENT STAGES – 60 BANDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

Thursday – Saturday
August 06.-08.2009)
JAROMER – Old Army Fortress JOSEFOV, Czech Republic
www.brutalassault.cz

Brutal Assault Festival vol. 14 is coming! Check out the Czech prime metal meeting, this time with such bands as so far confirmed IMMORTAL, OPETH, TESTAMENT, BRUJERIA, DARK FUNERAL, MADBALL, WALLS OF JERICHO and many others! The festival takes place in unique Old Army Fortress in Jaromer (130km from Prague) in the Czech Republic.

After the last year’s successful edition, which was visited by 13 000 metalheads from all over the world, the next volume is coming and promises next impressive experiences. From year to year the festival’s program is more and more attractive and promises more and more well-known metal crowd-pullers for all fans of various extremely musical genres.

The festival takes place in unique festival ground in Jaromer, in the Old Army Fortress called Josefov. Imagine musical festival to be held at an old army fortress! This place has a huge history and unique atmosphere. There are many parts of the fortress and one of courtyard will be used as the festival ground. The fortress was built 1780 - 1789 for the Emperor Josef II. It comprises ramparts (in the form of octagonal bastions), extensive casemates (to a length of some 45km, of which 5km are open to the public), the headquarters building, a hospital, barracks, the armory, the Church of the Ascension and houses. Jaromer is situated 130 km east of Prague, 20km north from Hradec Kralove.

As usual, at the festival are gonna be more than 60 bands from all over the world! Check the actual line-up (in alphabetical order): Ador Dorath, Anaal Nathrakh, Atheist, Beneath The Massacre, Bonded By Blood, Brujeria, Brutal Truth, Dagoba, Dark Funeral, Darkane, Depresy, Evile, FDK, Gama Bomb, Gwar, Hate Eternal, Immortal, Krisiun, Madball, Marduk, Misery Index, Negura Bunget, Obscura, Opeth, Orphaned Land, Pestilence, Psycroptic, Rotting Christ, Sadus, Suffocation, Suicide Silence, Skepticism, Testament, The Faceless, Turisas, Vreid, Vomitory, Walls Of Jericho + many more to be confirmed!!

Tickets available in presale for only 45 EUR for 3 orgasmic days! Ticket at the door is for 54 EUR. For more info regarding tickets visit our official websites: http://brutalassault.cz/en/tickets/.

The festival is starting on Thursday, August 06, 2009 at 3pm. Camping and parking nearby the festival ground is free of charge, open on Wednesday, Aug 05, 2009.

More information: www.brutalassault.cz www.myspace.com/brutalassaultcz or get in touch with us : infoassault@centrum.cz or call directly hotline +00420774220183.