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Hammerfest 5 (In Fear of the Dragon) is pleased to announce that Germanys finest thrash/black metal act Sodom will join next Springs already well received bumper packed line-up which already features the likes of Hatebreed, Enslaved , Destruction , Iron Saviour , Huntress , Napalm Death , M-Pire of Evil , Senser and Evil Scarecrow to name a few.

Sodom are considered as being one of the big three Teutonic thrash metal acts alongside Destruction (who are also confirmed for next Springs event) , they are also felt by many to not only of greatly influenced Death Metal but also heavily influenced many late eighties and early nineties black metal bands too.

For a taster of Sodom’s video for City of God . Click below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa6cINHLqRc

We are also pleased to welcome Dutch Viking folk Metallers Heidevolk to next springs Hammerfest who bring their own unique beer swilling blend of enjoyable yet aggressive folk metal riffage to the proceedings.

To see their video for Nehalennia click below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBpDom4QWHE

Now if that’s not enough for you we are similarly stoked to announce that one of the hottest female fronted acts in Europe Swedish Heavy Metal act Sister Sin are also jetting in for a one-off Hammerfest special performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB3UiwAdfec

Other acts also just confirmed and added to this weekends announcement include fretboard favorites Sacred Mother Tongue featuring renowned guitarist Andy James and Italys favorite thrashers Arthemis featuring shred metal guitarist Andrea Martongelli. Who will win the battle of the Fretboards?.... You decide?

Finally to round off this weeks announcement we have also confirmed Flayed Disciple, Absolva , Line of Fire

and No Hammerfest would be complete without our resident house band Oaf.

That’s it Folks for this weeks instalment.

So all in all here is a list of the acts confirmed so far for Hammerfest 5.

Hatebreed

Candlemass

Sodom

Destruction

Napalm Death

Enslaved

Huntress

Senser

Iron Saviour

Heidevolk

Sister Sin

Evil Scarecrow

M-Pire of Evil

Def Con One

Texas Hippie Coalition

Shear

Chimp Spanner

Abadden

Winterfylleth

Empress

Commander in Chief

4Arm

Stuka Squadron

RSJ

Triaxis

Sacred Mother Tongue

Jaguar

Vicous Nature

Absolva

Flayed Disciple

Line of Fire

Driven

Black Acid Souls

For more information & to get a ticket go tohttp://www.hammerfest.co.uk/ or call the office line 0870 0110034

or give Terri a call on 0208 133 4741

More acts still to be announced.

Hammerfest is now at its new location of Haven.

Hagan y Moor Holiday Park,

Pwllheli,

Gwynedd,

North Wales.

Hammerfest 5 confirms Destruction , Hatebreed , Iron Saviour, Huntress, Evil Scarecrow & many more acts for next Springs event with yet more announcements imminent.

Hammerfest 5 (In Fear of the Dragon) are proud to announce that Connecticuts finest hardcore metal crossover act Hatebreed will join next Springs already well received lineup.

Anyone that needs a reminder of how good Hatebreed are live should watch this clip of Destroy Everything shot at With Full Force Festival.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBwgX8yBqsw

Hot off the press and just confirmed Hammerfest would  like to also welcome German Thrash Metal legends Destruction who similarly add to what is already turning into a humdinger of a lineup and similarly anyone in need of a reminder as to how good they are live should watch this Live clip from Wacken playing Thrash Till Death..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o1w35P48Xo

Joining Destruction and also from Germany are Power Metals finest Iron Saviour the band fronted by ex Gamma Ray producer Piet Sielck .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfSAcSPcBPs

If that’s not enough still for you Hammerfest are also dead pleased to be able to bring you L.A. s hottest new metal act Huntress too.  To watch their video to Eight of Swords click below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SKELDVRJDY

Following last years performance at Hammerfest that scored a maximum ten out of ten there was no way we could nt invite back Evil Scarecrow  to host their own alternative midnight black mass on our second stage .

Hammerfest would also like to welcome a host of great International acts including Southern metal act Texas Hippie Coalition , (No guesses where they are from.) Finland’s most talked about new female fronted metal act Shear and Norway’s hottest guitar shredding sensation The Commander in Chief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY99K4EX1yA

While moving quickly back to homegrown talent we have a cracking bunch of hot acts to that we are pleased to announce including Def Con One the band founded by former Venom drummer Antton Lant whom if their new album is anything  to go by are set for much bigger things.

Also after stepping in last  minuite last year and putting in a stirling shift we felt Yorks finest new metalcore act  RSJ earned themselves a proper slot in 2013. Meanwhile Essex’s instrumental progressive metal virtuoso Paul Antonio Ortiz aka Chimp Spanner will also be colouring the proceedings with his unique and euphoric fusion of prog tech ambient and electro metal .

Then for those that like something more uptempo we have one of the countries best new breed of Thrash acts Rising Records Abadden a band that take no prisoners and always deliver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnOGgkAaUHQ

Winding up the last of the new acts in attendance we have the bulldozing dualing guitar sounds of London new metal act Driven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WwIlKJ1Kqo

and the more solid trad metal sounds of BlackAcid Souls.

Lastly no Hammerfest would be complete without a few old school NWOBHM acts on the bill and this year is no exception we are pleased to have Viscous Nature (featuring ex Clovenhoof and Marshall Law members) and Bristol’s original NWOBHM act Jaguar whowill both grace the stage on Thursday night.

So all in all here is a list of the acts confirmed so far

Hatebreed

Candlemass

Destruction

Napalm Death

Enslaved

Huntress

Senser

Iron Saviour

Evil Scarecrow

M-Pire of Evil

Def Con One

Texas Hippie Coalition

Shear

Chimp Spanner

Abadden

Winterfylleth

Empress

Commander in Chief

4Arm

StukaSquadron

RSJ

Triaxis

Jaguar

Vicous Nature

Driven

BlackAcid Souls

For more information & to get a ticket go to www.hammerfest.co.uk or call 0870 0110034

The event is already close to fifty percent Sold and selling very fast so don’t delay grabyours today .

We also have a ton of other great acts still to announce so grab your tickets fast this one isflying…….

Hammerfest is now at its new location of Haven.

Hafan y Môr Holiday Park,

Pwllheli,

Gwynedd,

North Wales.

LL53 6HX

Hammerfest 5 announces first round of acts including Candlemass, Enslaved and Napalm Death & many more with more announcements imminent.

Hammerfest 5 (In Fear of the Dragon) are proud to announce that the Kings of Swedish Doom Metal Candlemass will grace the event now in its new location at Haven in Pwllheli in North Wales.

For  those of you that need a reminder of Doom at its most glorious click below at Candlemass"s classic video for Bewitched.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3uvf0cn0jo

Hammerfest are also extremely happy to welcome back Birminghams finest grindcore/ extreme Metal band

The legends that are Napalm  Death. Anyone that witnessed their set the last time they played would understand why we had to have them back.

Click below to watch Napalm Death - When all is said and Done

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIRUzqHTNh8

Lining up alongside the above are none other than Norways Enslaved fronted by Bjørnson and Kjellson who add their fine blend of progressive Black Metal to the proceedings.

To watch the brilliant video to Path to Vanir click below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNUJ0l32YQw

In 2012 Rap rockers Senser also delivered a blinding performance and won over the Hammerfest crowd so much so that they earned themselves an immediate recall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmLb5rszAh8

Moving swiftly on  we bring you Australian Thrash Metallers 4Arm a cracking band that deserve to be taken notice of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbR7q0GiZ_0

Plus we have Trad Metallers and firm Hammer favorites Stuka Squadron,  Manchesters trad black Metallers Winterfylleth , prog metallers Empress who impress and Welsh Metallers Triaxis .

Finally to wind up our first announcement we are also pleased to add Black Metal legends Jeff Dunn and Tony Dolans MPIRE OF EVIL The Venom, Mantas and The Demolition man have returned and get set to play a classic set of old and new material at Hammerfest 5.

For more information & tickets go to www.hammerfest.co.uk  or call 0870 0110034

The event is already close to fifty percent Sold and we have a ton of great acts still to announce so grab your tickets fast .

Hammerfest is now at its new location of Haven.

Hafan y Môr Holiday Park,

Pwllheli,

Gwynedd,

North Wales.

LL53 6HX

Hard Rock Hell & Hammerfest Festivals upgrade to bigger location

After 4 successful sell out years at Prestatyn, Hard Rock Hell and Hammerfest have now decided to leave Prestatyn and venture along the North Wales Coast to a bigger more tailored site location.

The new larger Haven site @ Hafan y Môr in Pwllheli, will see a major hike in quality units along with bigger venues, more eateries and generally wider facilities on site . This also means that both events will effectively be increasing their capacity to bring in an altogether new more tailored Rock n Metal experience which will commence at Hard Rock Hell 6 in December.

Hard Rock Hell & Hammerfest are operated by Chic Festivals SLU, Europe’s number one operator of boutique residential festivals . John Davis MD of Chic Festivals SLU said " This is the first step for us in what we see as a natural progression and is all about giving better value and an altogether better experience to the ticket buyer. For many people Hard Rock Hell and Hammerfest are the number 1 holiday weekend destinations for the rock and metal community and we intend to give them an even better more memorable experience as well as a fantastic spread of great music.

Acts so far confirmed for this years Hard Rock Hell include Ace Frehley , Molly Hatchet , Blackfoot, The Dogs D"Amour , LA GUNs, Graveyard ,Die So Fluid and many more.

For more details or to buy a ticket to this years event go to

www.hardrockhell.com

www.hammerfest.co.uk

www.chicfestivals.com

Just finishing off the Thursday night pre party to HF4, we had two slots pending which are now slam, dunk n sorted

Joining the other Classic brigade on stage 2, NWOBHM legends, Saracen make a healthy HF debut, ready to take a drive down the classics as well as a couple of newbies from their latest effort Marilyn.

Last Vic slot goes to a Thousand enemies, who have come about as a new mix of musicians from earlier projects but now have a developed sound that can ignite both sides of the Rock N Metal spectrum and deliver exactly what we need to get this festival started on the right footing.

Lets FKN have it !!!

Hail the Hammer

Well were only 8 weeks or so to the big HF4, so it would prudent to start spanking some more Talent in and letting you know what we’ve got lined up for the Thursday night pre party.

Thursday will be kicking off in the Vic with a UK trio of fresh Talent, namely Perpetuate,One More Victim and Flame Fracture.

The main frame will be a trip of Metal Nostalgia, which will call upon the talents from the vaults of Black Rose,Pagans Altar,Blitzkreig and after the response at HRH, we had to get The Sanity Days back in and give us that original Onslaught sound once more. Well also finish the night with a bit of fun like we did last year, but this years will be with Dirty DC.

Friday sees three more additions, namely Irish legends Waylander, Americas new boys Diamond Plate and by demand HF favs Ravenface…..Lastly three more for the Metal Forge of raw talent…bring on Elimination, Drip Back and Lets Play God…..

Looks like HF4 accommodation will totally sell out sometime this week, so stay tuned and if you haven’t booked..then I’d strongly advise to ring immediately…day passes are under a 100 now, so with that in mind, Id say its all pretty much in the bag…..Slots will be up 4 weeks prior as usual and we will be doing an Unplugged stage as well as a surprise chalet party..all going off at HF4…..couple of slots left but, heh, anything can happen

Looking forward to catching up

HRH Watchtower

www.hammerfest.co.uk

Accommodation packages running low......

Hammerfest 4 is selling out fast.... to secure your room on site you can book on line by going to the ticket pages, you call the box office on

08700 1100 34 or you can call Terri on 0208 133 47471.

Be sure not to miss what is set out to be the biggest and best Hammerfest yet !!!

www.hammerfest.co.uk

Day Tickets released...

As the accommodation has almost sold out the Day Tickets have now been released.

You can book these either online, by calling the box office on 08700 1100 34 or by calling Terri on 0208 133 47471.

www.hammerfest.co.uk

Viking Metal Mayhem reaches Hammerfest IV

Further to recent speculation, we can now confirm that the mighty Amon Amarth will be tearing apart Hammerfest on main stage, Saturday night. With the Hammer of Thor being the theme for March, its only too right we make sure that these Viking Gods grace the stage and do what they do best……tear yer heads off!!!

Joining them will be German power Metallers….Wizard…who will be concocting their own set of Norse Mythology just to stay in line with AA. And just to add a curve ball, we have The Painted Smiles joining us , led by ex Six Th frontman, Mikee Goodman.

Last weekend saw the finals of Highway to Hell 2 produced 6 New Blood bands for HF IV, Overall winners were Gentleman of Distorted Sound, with will earned coveted slots going to Trucker Diablo, Kyrbgrinder, Savage Outlaw, Spirytus and Inferno for good measure. HTH2 had over 1000 bands apply and these finalist slots were selected from a final 24 play off in Glasgow’s Classic Grand last weekend.

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American Thrashers go head to head at Hammerfest IV

Well, well, well, ..If it wasn’t enough to get Anthrax slamming their sound n couture all over Friday night, we now see them going head to head with American Thrash lords…Exodus..who now take centre stage for a double Thrash header which should blow the place to smithereens ….HF4 just seems to go on an all out… line up of destruction and seeing American Thrash Legends Exodus going on full assault with their Thrashtastic brothers only seems to sum up what’s going down at this years Hammerfest.

On to this announcement we see  us adding…. a Phoenix USA debut for Chemicals of Democracy, who Jonni’s new Rock agency Chic Talent, have been rigorously scouting out over the last 3 months, and now bring forward to their first UK performance albeit in front of the HRH / HF loyal. Joining them we have HF fav’s Arthemis and Scottish blood metalers Archen…all in all..another ballsy addition to an already incredible line up for HF 4.

Come forward and be FKD…hard !!!...This is true metal at its best

If you ain’t feeling it, you are already FKD !!!

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Hammerfest 4 already over 50% sold…. in under 5 weeks !!!!

Well we warned you and its now happened, ALL VIP and Gold Plus rooms have sold out in record time, which is exactly what happened with its sister brands HRH at HRH IV. We are lost for words at the response for HF4, which only goes to show it’s everything the fans wanted and more. We are already eating into Silver and Gold rooms, so If you want to feel the Hammer of Thor !!!, then you have to shift your arse quick.. Ring Fleur on 08700 110034 or book online at www.hammerfest.co.uk

Line up so far is below with plenty of classic Metal n Thrash to come

Skindred

Anthrax

Paradise Lost

Chimaira

Hell

Lawnmower Deth

Heavens Basement

Sci Fi Mafia

Holosade

Virus

Mortad

Fury UK

Evil Scarecrow

Hammer of the Gods

Anterior

Well, after our last few announcements, people will start to see the new sound n talent were looking at for HF4. First new addition has been popular with the HF “oathsworn” and its with the usual HF pleasure we welcome the multi talented Hell to the front ranks. Joining them after a recent debut, we had to ask back the incredible show of Evil Scarecrow who will be throwing everything at The Fridays special sounds stage.

Local Welsh nutters Anterior are now recruited and have promised blood on their soil with their own special killer performance. From the Old Skool Thrash ranks, we’ve brought back two classics with that indigenous sound..We are so honoured to have Holosade and Virus charge our Sat night’s Thrash classic stage. Pure 80’s Thrash nostalgia at its best….

Lastly, after some very visual and special performances we also welcome “Hammer of the Gods”, after their recent shows n tours…not Viking..but full of battle blood, , we just couldn’t say no

Latest Line up stands as

Skindred

Anthrax

Paradise Lost

Chimaira

Hell

Lawnmower Deth

Holosade

Virus

Evil Scarecrow

Heavens Basement

Sci Fi Mafia

Fury UK

Mortad

Anterior

Hammer of the Gods

www.hammerfest.co.uk/tickets

Following an incredible European rout of everything musical, 2011 has seen Skindreds career catapult them into the premiership and up their capacities round the globe. Its with great pleasure Benji and the boys take the Saturday night throne at Hammerfest 4 and do what they do best….blow yer face off with an onslaught of their self styled ragga metal. Skindred fans can expect a headline set from hell with a few surprises thrown in, just to rock the foundations of Prestatyn that bit more.

Making their HF debut, are Heavens Basement, who are no strangers to the scene but are well up for leading the charge on the special sounds stage on Friday. After a gruelling 3 years of non stop touring, we felt it was right for them to join the HF ranks and give it to us full throttle.

Lastly are new HRH discoveries Sci Fi Mafia, as Jonni Davis would describe it…it’s a metal version of Hawkwind and highly entertaining…Industrial Metal with electronic riffage…utterly FKN mental….have a listen www.myspace.com/sciencefictionmafia

Were down to our last 11 VIP rooms and Gold is double on last year…so shift it

Line up now stands as

Skindred

Anthrax

Paradise Lost

Chimaira

Lawnmower Deth

Fury UK

Heavens Basement

Sci Fi Mafia

Mortad

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Hammerfest IV…runic metal mayhem launches its first 5

….Since the discovery of the multiple rune stones on the Northern shores of Norway, it has always been hard to believe the true meaning of that ancient runic inscription that marks out very clearly the birth of Hammerfest. To some it’s a town in Norway to the deeper readers, its origin is a Metal Valhalla.

The Runes tell of the early days of Hammerfest’s creation, as it was cast by the norns on that fateful day at the well of Urur ( well of fate) 3 years past. Make no mistake, this tale is not one spun lightly by neither the norns themselves nor the Volva faces of their dark seidr metal masters. Quite possibly the Alfather has had his say as has the rest of the Norse Gods at Asgard, but one fact is for sure…when the Valkyries, ..our dark angels of death…march and lead the HF “Oathsworn” to the next gathering for our metal thing !...so will commence a sonic battle like none staged from this ancient world…..we can also be sure that when Mjolnir..Thor’s supernatural Hammer… casts the first drum and brings every Metal Berserker from the oathsworn into this dark metal hall for 120 decibels of pure FKN Heavy Metal at its best….then the human shield wall will be up and the heads of hair will be flying………. From every distant land on the Norse Whale road…we will witness a holmgang of bands who will ignite the sacred flame and commence Hammerfest IV………The Hammer of Thor…Loud as FK!!...Masters of Metal…..

Leading the charge will be none other than NYC's Metal Legends......Anthrax who will be doing a special classics set as well as some super cuts from the forthcoming new album which is something of a nugget.

On the flank we have the UK dealers of Doom, ,...Paradise Lost who just seem to be growing year on year and will be doing what they do best at HF

On a rare trip, we also welcome NWOAHM…Chimaira who drop in from the US to dish out a selection of their notable metal grooves.

Another UK classic band who will be doing 3 decades of their own special Thrash are now back on the scene and it's with pride that Lawnmower Deth take the ranks in a line up that will rock the very foundations of Prestatyn.

Finally Manchesters Fury UK take up the rear in this first Hogs Snout of shields to call to arms the full HF " Oathsworn"....

Let the Battle begin…

VIP is all but gone, so if you want to get onboard, then ring Fleur on 08700 110034 or e-mail / FB her rapido. DC n Vet deals only last til 1st October or until we run out, whatever comes first.

The HF Oathsworn has been summoned

Pre party Thursday 15th March 2012, Main Event Friday 16th and Saturday 17th March

www.hammerfest.co.uk/tickets 0870 0110034