Two more bands have just confirmed their appearances at this year?s edition of the Metal Hammer Festival in Poland. Swedish atmospheric rock/metal outfit Katatonia and the leading progressive rock band from Poland Riverside will share a stage with KoRn!

Two more bands have just confirmed their appearances at this year?s edition of the Metal Hammer Festival in Poland. Swedish atmospheric rock/metal outfit Katatonia and the leading progressive rock band from Poland Riverside will share a stage with KoRn! Three more names are yet to be announced. Metal Hammer Festival will take place on 27th August in Spodek Hall in Katowice (Poland).

Katatonia - a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The early Katatonia albums are noted for the overall bleak melancholy and despair of their sound, often giving them the classification of doom metal or death/doom metal. Katatonia's more recent albums have progressed to a wider sound, with modern overtones, dropped guitars, symphonic synths and arrangements, alternative sounds and generally heavy riffs. The early Katatonia albums are sometimes, along with albums by bands such as My Dying Bride, Anathema and Paradise Lost, considered forerunners of the death/doom metal genre. Katatonia's most recent release, 2009's ?Night Is the New Day?, has received widespread critical acclaim, with one reviewer describing it as "an album staggering in both its ambition and its accessibility, showcasing beauty and despair in equal measure".
Line-up: Jonas Renkse, Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström, Daniel Liljekvist, Per "Sodomizer" Eriksson, Niklas "Nille" Sandin

Riverside - one of the most important progressive rock bands! Riverside hailing from Warsaw, Poland, can best be described as a stylistic blend of atmospheric rock and metal elements, resulting in a sound similar to that of Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Dream Theater, and Tool, while still maintaining an identity of their own. Since the release of their debut album, the band have built a solid fan base in progressive rock genre. Riverside was founded by guitarist Piotr Grudzinski, drummer Piotr Kozieradzki and vocalist/bassist Mariusz Duda in 2001. Soon after the recording of their debut album, ?Out Of Myself?, keyboardist Michal Lapaj joined the band, completing the line-up which has impressed fans and media alike with their great technical skills. The band?s most recent fourth full-length album ?Anno Domini High Definition? was released in mid 2009. The album sees Riverside take another step in the evolution of their extremely significant sound, showing a total focus on the here and now. ?We don?t want to be one of those living-in-the-past prog bands,? Mariusz Duda (vocal/bass) points out. ?We feel that we have something new to say, and lots of moments on this album feature a fresh approach to some things. First of all, our main influence ? our lives, or to be more precise, the speed of our lives. That?s why we had to cut an extremely dynamic and pretty short record, which suits the times we live in.? In January 2010 Riverside released their first ever live DVD entitled ?Reality Dream?.
Line-up: Piotr Grudziński (Guitar), Mariusz Duda (Vocals, Bass), Piotr Kozieradzki (Drums), Michał Łapaj (Keyboards).

27.08.2010 - Metal Hammer Festival 2010

KORN (US)

Katatonia (SE)

Riverside (PL)

+

3 more bands tba soon

Doors open: 14.00
start: 15.00

Ticket prices:
VIP seats ? 400 PLN / 450 PLN (doors)
Red sector H & J ? 275 PLN / 300 PLN (doors)
Red and blue sectors (seats 1-10) ? 170 PLN / 185 PLN (doors)
Blue sector (seats 10+) ? 140 PLN / 150 PLN (doors)
Standing floor ? 160 PLN / 175 PLN (doors)

For tickets go to: www.metalopolis.pl , www.ticketpro.pl, www.ebilet.pl, www.ticketonline.pl, www.ticketportal.pl, www.kupbilet.pl,  www.eventim.pl www.bileteria.pl