Changes in stage times

Due to bad weather conditions in Helsinki, Solitaire will not get to Oslo in time to open 19.15. Anihilated will therefore open tonight’s show, and hopefully Solitaire will be the second band on stage.

The new stage times are:

19.15: Anihilated
20.20: Solitaire
21.25: Lamented Souls
22.40: The Lamp of Thoth
00.30: Tank

Playing times

And now we also have set the stage times for each band:

Friday, January 29th

Solitaire 19.15–20.00
Anihilated 20.20–21.05
Lamented Souls 21.25–22.20
The Lamp of Thoth 22.40–00.00
Tank 00.30–02.00

Saturday, January 30th

Torch 18.15–19.00
Necronomicon 19.30–20.15
Dark Quarterer 20.45–22.00
Slough Feg 22.30–00.00
Omen 00.30–02.00

Day distribution

The bands are to play on the following days:

Friday, January 29th

Solitaire
Anihilated
Lamented Souls
The Lamp of Thoth
Tank

Saturday, January 30th

Torch
Necronomicon
Dark Quarterer
Slough Feg
Omen

Announcing Dark Quarterer

So, You thought we couldn’t go further back or more underground? Think again! This band is older than all of the promoters of Metal Merchants Festival, and is truly one of the hidden treasures and godfathers of epic heavy metal. From Italy, we present the one and only DARK QUARTERER! The fact that no album was released until the godlike debut “Dark Quarterer” in 1987, with the insane follow up of classic “The Etruscan Prophecy”, cannot diminish DARK QUARTERER’S earlier existence, of which you all can find on i.e Youtube. For the first time we present keyboards at Metal Merchants Festival, and for the first time we can really titulate ourselves an epic festival! Not all roads leads to Rome, but the Etruscan way leads to Oslo in January!

http://www.myspace.com/darkquarterer

That means it looks like this:

OMEN
TANK
SLOUGH FEG
THE LAMP OF THOTH
NECRONOMICON
ANIHILATED
LAMENTED SOULS
DARK QUARTERER
TORCH
SOLITAIRE
Get Your tickets at www.billettservice.no.

Ronny of Mire, Sigurd of Hell and Stian of Argil.

Torch to Metal Merchants Festival

Greetings, metalheads!

We are truly proud to present one of the original Scandinavian heavy metal bands at Metal Merchants Festival 2010. Founded in 1979, and releasing classics such as “Torch” and “Electrikiss” throughout the 80’s, Dan Dark and company made sure that Swedish heavy metal wasn’t soon to be forgotten. After touring with the likes of Motörhead and Warlock, TORCH was put on hold, until Dan Dark once again lit the flame a few years back. In January they will be raising fire at John Dee, and YOU better be there!

Torch at MySpace

As for the general circumstances, we’re marching steadily on towards January, and everything is in order. The bands are looking forward to it, we are looking forward to it, and hopefully you all are as well. There’s still one more band to come, as well as some small surprises if we can arrange it.

Cheers!

Cut Throat Ronny, Bad Girl Sigurd and Fire Raiser Stian.

8 bands ready

Greetings, fellow metalheads! It’s been a while since our last update, but now that the summer soon is over, and we’re on our way into the real metal season, it’s time to give you all an update on the METAL MERCHANTS FESTIVAL 2010 lineup. Alongside the bands already announced, which are OMEN (US), SLOUGH FEG (US), THE LAMP OF THOTH (UK), NEKRONOMICON (DE) and SOLITAIRE (FIN), we’re proud to present:

TANK (UK)
Really, there’s no need to say much about TANK, being one of the real legends of NWOBHM, and we’re extremely happy to welcome the heavy metal war machine to the Oslo winter nights. Since the start back in 1980, TANK has presented classic stuff for fans of all ages, and delivering magnificent albums throughout the 80’s alongside heavy touring, the revitalized filth hounds of Hades are ready for the payback attack on the vikings!

www.myspace.com/tankheavymetal

ANIHILATED (UK)
This is a personal moment of joy for us at Metal Merchants Festival. Long before thrash metal had gotten a grip on the British metal scene, ANIHILATED laid ground for vicious crossover and thrash metal, and even punk in the early days, for a whole scene. There will be innocent victims and slaughter at Metal Merchants Festival when ANIHILATED kicks off.

http://www.myspace.com/anihilated

LAMENTED SOULS (NOR)
Norwegian doom isn’t really the first blend people think of when it comes to metal. But if we had more bands like LAMENTED SOULS, it could easily be. In good doom tradition, things have never gone fast with LAMENTED SOULS, but since the start in 1991, they have at least managed to gather their do(om)ings on the highly recommended “The Origins of Misery”. Much of the lack of productivity could be set in relation to the many other bands the guys are working with, so it’s extra nice that they put in an effort to visit us in January. We’re really looking forward to seeing LAMENTED SOULS back on stage, taking their time with us Metal Merchants in an otherwise busy time schedule.

http://www.myspace.com/lamentedsouls

A couple of more bands, as well as maybe a little daytime surprise, will follow throughout the fall. We would also advise you all to get your tickets at Billettservice as the venue only takes about 350 people, and it will be sold out.

Best regards and a big cheers from us at Metal Merchants Festival.

Ronny Blood, Sigurd Guts and Stian Beer.

Get your t-shirts!

Get your exclusive t-shirts from the first ever Metal Merchants Festival now! We still have more festival t-shirts left from February, and have decided to put them up for sale through the excellent distro Unborn Productions. The shirts are available in black shirt with white/red graphics or white shirts with black/red graphics. They come in several sizes, including girlies.

Head over to unbornprod.shore-of-nothingness.com for more details and ordering, or send an e-mail to unbornprod at gmail.com.

Five bands announced and tickets for sale

Yessire!

We’re happy to announce that ticket sales now are open, and with a capacity of 350 people, you shouldn’t wait too long before you get your festival pass at www.billettservice.no . The price is NOK 500.

Why should you attend? Besides the great party, here’s five damned good reasons!

OMEN (US)
Kenny Powell and his legendary OMEN is considered one of the godfathers of US Metal. With thousands of gigs, but none in Norway, we’re looking forward to that moment when we’re all singing “Death Rider”.
MySpace

SLOUGH FEG (US)
(The Lord Weird) SLOUGH FEG we’ve already given you the key notes on, but make sure you get familiar with the heavy metal brilliants before january.
Official website
MySpace

NECRONOMICON (GER)
The german book of death is once again opened, and its most thrashy parts you’ll read in Oslo! This is a treat.
Official website
MySpace

THE LAMP OF THOTH (UK)
Probably our youngest starter in 2010, nonetheless with the quality and sound of ages melted together. Imagine Cathedral doing theatre with the help of Lamented Souls. This is what you get. Weird, funny and GREAT doom metal.
MySpace

SOLITAIRE (FI)
We started a speed metal ball this year with Beehler and Enforcer, and we loved it. Therefore we decided to look to the speed metal desert of Finland, and invite the awesome SOLITAIRE. This is gonna be kickass on stage! Be there!
Official website

And there will of coure be more to come!

Cheers,
Sigurd, Ronny and Stian

One band announcement and date for ticket sales!

Greetings!

Hope you all enjoyed the first edition of METAL MERCHANTS FESTIVAL, we can assure you that we did!

Time has come to start planning for 2010’s edition, set to take place at John Dee in Oslo on january 29th and 30th of 2010. John Dee is located in central Oslo, a decision we took based on the fact that Kanonhallen unfortunately seemed a little complicated to find. Besides, John Dee is a great and extremely professional venue, with a small capacity of 350 people. So make sure to get your tickets early, this one’s gonna be full! Ticket sales starts on april 1st, through www.billettservice.no. The price for the weekend ticket will be NOK 500,–.

As for the bands, we will announce five bands in the april edition of Norway’s Scream Magazine, and of course by a newsletter to all of you. The rest of the bands will be announced throughout the summer and fall. But we’re so excited by our bookings so far, that we’ve decided to throw you all a bone, and presenting the first band for METAL MERCHANTS FESTIVAL 2010:

(THE LORD WEIRD) SLOUGH FEG
Back at the end of the 80’s, heavy metal seemed like a sinking ship, more or less finished with the party, and ready to pass on the alternative rock throne to grunge and its likes. But fortunately not everyone saw that as a great idea. Releasing three demos in the first half of the 90’s, Slough Feg soon became an instant cult classic in the frontline of the campaign of true metal. Now, for the first time, we’re going to see this awesome act on these shores, and alongside other great bands, they’re welcoming you all to the METAL MERCHANTS FESTIVAL 2010!

MySpace

Official website

Cheers,
The Sigurd, Weird Ronny and Lord Stian.

Metal Merchants Festival og Grasrotandelen

The following is only relevant to Norwegian residents.

Norsk Tipping har nå begynt med noe som heter «grasrotandelen». Det betyr at man selv kan velge en «veldedig» organisasjon som inntil 5% av det man tipper for skal gå til. Og hva er vel mer veldedig enn metal og øl? Nei, nettopp! Så here it is, Metal Merchants og Trond Giske hånd i hånd!

Vil du gi din støtte til METAL MERCHANTS FESTIVAL? Grasrotandelen er en ordning fra Norsk Tipping, hvor du som registrert spiller kan velge ett lag eller én forening som du ønsker å støtte – din Grasrotmottaker. Vi oppfordrer deg til å støtte oss i METAL MERCHANTS FESTIVAL!

Tenk deg at du kan spille favorittspillene dine – Lotto, Tipping og Joker for eksempel – og samtidig gi noe mer til det laget eller den foreningen du selv ønsker å støtte. Dette er nå mulig via Grasrotandelen. Ved spill hos Norsk Tipping vil 5 % av innsatsen gå direkte til ditt lag eller forening (gjelder ikke Extra og Flax). Merk at Grasrotandelen ikke på noen måte går ut over innsatsen eller premien din – du blir ikke belastet noe for å være grasrotgiver. Du trenger Norsk Tipping Spillerkort for å knytte deg til Grasrotandelen. Spillerkort får du kjøpt hos kommisjonær, eller du kan bestille det på www.norsk-tipping.no.

Vi oppfordrer deg til å knytte deg til ordningen allerede i dag, og du gjør det på en av følgende måter:

1. Hos Kommisjonær: Ta med deg strekkoden (se under) og ditt spillerkort til en av Norsk Tippings mange kommisjonærer.
2. SMS: GRASROTANDELEN 993200832 til 2020 (tjenesten er gratis).
3. Internett: grasrotandelen.no eller norsk-tipping.no.
4. Norsk Tipping Mobilspill.

Mer informasjon finnes på www.grasrotandelen.no. Her vil du også kunne følge med på hvor mye Grasrotandelene genererer for de enkelte Grasrotmottakerne.

Takk for at du støtter oss via Grasrotandelen!

Metal Merchants Festival
6. mars 2009

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