The final bands for the 2009 Flight of the Valkyries festival have been announced! Get your tickets now and please continue to check back for further festival updates.
For more information on sponsorship, vendoring, and promotional opportunities, please visit the Promo page of our Web site.
Thank you...
to all our 2007 and 2008 Flight of the Valkyries Bands who made our first two year so successful! These bands are still listed under the "Sounds Like" section below. Please check out their pages.
Rock on and Fly Strong!
Influences
Female warriors, women with soul, headbangers, and - of course - THE FANS!
Sounds Like
Female-fronted metal - power, symphonic, epic, death, thrash, black, progressive, and heavy metal
Please note the recent change on the bill. Rott has replaced Blood Blood Corps (Virginia) as the opening act for this summer's festival. Nina Osegueda, singer for Blood Corps, will still be in attendance at this year's festival and will be making special appearance onstage that evening.
The History of Flight of the Valkyries
The timing couldn't have been better.
2007 was the year for female-fronted metal in the U.S.
With culminating events like the "Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour," and the ascending amount of female-fronted metal bands both debuting and touring in the US (including Nightwish, After Forever, Within Temptation, Visions of Atlantis, Echoes of Eternity, In This Moment, The Agonist, and many others), the U.S. metal scene was begging for an all female-fronted metal festival.
Word was announced that Doro Pesch (Warlock, Doro) was making her return to the US for her first North American tour in several years. The timing was just perfect.
Nathan "The SwordLord" Block of SwordLord Productions considered himself fortunate enough that the Doro tour came to St. Paul, Minnesota on a Saturday.
The stars had aligned and SwordLord Productions was soon announcing the first ever FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES metal festival - the ONLY annual US festival dedicated to metal bands with female lead vocalists.
The festival debuted in June of 2007, including additional bands on the roster such as Vainglory, Earthen, The Ottoman Empire, Visideon, Spiritual Decay, and Sirens of Titan.
In June of 2008, the Flight of the Valkyries returned to Station 4 for it's 2nd annual installment featuring Unexpect, Shadowside, Benedictum, Dendura, Visideon, Earthen, Something to Fear, and Aria Sharp.
Now on Saturday, June 27, 2009, the Flight of the Valkyries will soar over Station 4 once again! Bands confirmed for this years festival include Bendictum, Luna Mortis, Todesbonden, Hydrogyn, A.D.D., Sirens of Titan, Kaptivating Kate, and Rott.
Thanks from the Promoter:
Thank you everyone who has supported SwordLord Productions in the efforts to make the Flight of the Valkyries festival a reality. Thank you to all the bands and their management for joining me in delivering the best in female-fronted metal to the fans of the US!
Power METAL to the People!
SwordLord Productions
2002 - 2009
7 YEARS & GOING STRONG!!! www.myspace.com/SwordLord
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CALLING ALL FEMALE-FRONTED METAL BANDS
If you are a metal band with lead female vocals, we want to hear from you.
Interested in playing a future Flight of the Valkyries Metal Festival?
Please visit the FAQ page of the Flight of the Valkyries Web site or visit our blog on how to get your bands name in front of the promoter - SwordLord Productions. Click here for all the details.
Please understand that this is the proper way to contact us about your interest in being on the festival. While we appreciate and welcome all your comments and message on MySpace, simply leaving us a comment about your interest in playing the fest or sending us a message on MySpace will not get the necessary information to the promoter. Please visit the FAQ section of our Web site or click the link above.
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