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Should BOLT THROWER Play Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival? You Decide

November 6, 2007

British death metal veterans BOLT THROWER have posted the following message on their official web site:

"As most of you probably know, BOLT THROWER don't like to play festivals, but as a lot of you want to see us playing festivals, we try and play at least one festival a year. After receiving numerous offers, we now have to choose which festival to play next summer, and would like you to help us decide.

"As BOLT THROWER are not financially driven, the fee is pretty irrelevant, as is whether we play to 1,000 people or 100,000. Our main requirement would be to have our usual merchandise / meet and greet booth, with no price restrictions.

"Wacken Open Air festival have asked us again to play next summer, and the date would fit in with the gap in our planned recording and mixing schedule for next year. A lot of you have asked us to play Wacken over the years, and a lot of you have advised us not to play it, for various reasons.

"So now, we would like you to help us decide by taking part in the following poll.

"Poll: Would you like to see BOLT THROWER play the Wacken Open Air festival?

"We'd really like to hear your opinions, so please vote..."

Professionally filmed video footage of BOLT THROWER performing the song "The Killchain" (from 2005's "Those Once Loyal") at the 2006 edition of Germany's Rock Hard Festival (which took place June 2-4, 2006 in Gelsenkirchen) can be viewed below.

BOLT THROWER in 2006 completed a European tour in support of its new CD, "Those Once Loyal", which entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 76 — the group's highest-charting release in Germany so far. The follow-up to 2001's "Honour, Valour, Pride" was recorded at Andy Faulkner's Sable Rose studios and is the band's first album since the return of original vocalist Karl Willetts as a full-time member.

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