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

Strekkode for Metal Merchants Festival:

The past and the future – one giant THANKS to all of you!

So Metal Merchants Festival 2009 is history. But what a great piece of history! We won’t mention names, because people competed in being the best, the nicest and the most motherfucking metal beings the world has ever seen. We’ve had feedback from bands, crew, audience, parents, girlfriends, mothers in law, the owner of the venue, every god damned soul ever affected by heavy metal in Norway, that this was one for the books.

And to be honest, we totally agree. We won’t make this very long, but it goes out to all of you when we say “THANK YOU, HEADBANGERS!” We’ve added a few pics to the site, but if you want to check out even more pictures, look up Audun Nordseth on Facebook, or Red Art on Myspace.

And for the last issue that everyone’s been asking; is there gonna be another Metal Merchants Festival? It’s no secret that we lost some money on this. Not to mention all the work we had to put into it, maybe leaving both girlfriends and jobs behind. Besides that, we really wouldn’t like to have a reputation of giving too much beer and too loud music to metal fans all over. Really, we’d prefer staying home, having a zip of wine, watching Desperate Housewives. Or….? Fuck that, we’ll see you all around for METAL MERCHANTS FESTIVAL II IN 2010!!! TAKE CARE!

Sigurd, Ronny and Stian
February 7th 2009