CANDLEMASS Replaced By METAL CHURCH At Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

May 20, 2006

The organizers of the Headbangers Open Air festival — which is set to take place June 14-15 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany — have issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of CANDLEMASS' appearance at the event:

"After we tried to clear the situation with CANDLEMASS in the last days we got the final statement of the management. CANDLEMASS will definately not play the HOA because [singer] Messiah left the band [as exclusively reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on April 28 — Ed.]. Therefore we were able to sign more than an alternative: the legendary METAL CHURCH, who got the headliner slot on July 15."

The festival billing is now shaping up as follows:

BLITZKRIEG
CHAIN RECTION
GIRLSCHOOL
GOAT HORN
HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH
HOLY MOSES
ICARUS WITCH
IVORY TOWER
KORPIKLAANI
MARTYR
METAL CHURCH
METAL INQUISITOR
MILES BEYOND
ORDER OF NINE
POWERSLAVE
PRAYING MANTIS
ORIGIN: GB
PYRAMAZE
TALES OF HORROR
TRINAKRIUS
ULYSSES SIREN

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