LEAFMEAL

LEAFMEAL – A Feast Of Friends

Autumn will be heavy, with an excellent selection from the voltage field of Post-Punk, Doom, Heavy Rock, Stoner and Death Metal blasting the last remaining leaves off the trees in Dortmund’s FZW.

The festival was brought into being by Mike Heinemann of Dortmund-based agency Continental Concerts, whose annual Rock Hard Festival in the amphitheatre of Gelsenkirchen has been successful since 2003; Bastian Brühl of Red Shift Music, who has worked with several bands in this scene for Siegen’s Vortex Club and Freak Valley Festival; and Jens Prüter, Chief A&R at Century Media Records.

The first edition of LEAFMEAL will be carried out on 27 November 2015 and will continue annually in autumn.

Both FZW’s big and small stage offer a perfect sound which is unbeatable within a broad periphery. Located at the Western side of Dortmund city centre, FZW is in walking distance of the main station; it provides sufficient parking, and a vibrant scene of record stores (Idiots Records, Black Plastic and Amsterdam Records), bars (BlackEnd, Kraftstoff, et al.), galleries and accommodation.

The first 6 out of 12 bands can be announced already. Swedish whiz kids DEAD LORD, the “rock band currently most talked about” (MetalHammer) will be there. Their debut album ‘Goodbye Repentance’ made it to WDR Rockpalast in no time. Back then, Götz Kühnemund wrote in Rock Hard Magazine: “For me, DEAD LORD are the best hard rock newcomer of the past year (which means a lot considering the current glut of fresh talent) and may well ignore the accusation of plagiarism. Phil Lynot is dead; there won’t be another Thin Lizzy album to reach the level of ‘Goodbye Repentance’”. Their new album ‘Heads Held High’ will be published on 21 August, and it will increase the already high standard even more.

GORILLA MONSOON from Dresden approach Black Sabbath’s heritage a bit rougher when it comes to their Fuzz Riffs. They proved to be a good live band already doing various shows with established bands like Trouble or Crowbar. CHAPEL OF DISEASE from Cologne, on the other hand, dig deep in the bowels of Death Metal; and their extreme individual doomy sound made it to one of the best bands of the new German scene in no time, in line with SULPHUR AEON. SULPHUR AEON’s second album has therefore been honoured as album of the month May 2015 in Rock Hard Magazine and resurrects the Cthulhu during one of their rare gigs.

In Münster, however, earthy Heavy Blues is still being valued. ZODIAC have managed to blow the dust off their heroes ZZ Top, Free and Thin Lizzy on their so far three albums – and they still keep it dirty. KAMCHATKA, who have played a few shows with ZODIACS at the start of the year, take a similar direction. The Swedes around Per Wiberg (ex Opeth, Spiritual Beggars) have just launched their new album ‘Long Road Made Of Gold’ and got euphoric press reactions everywhere. Metal Hammer gave 6 out of 7 points: “Timeless Rock that does not meet any expiry date with this quality”.

Friends of classic Doom Metal will be served by Swedish legends SORCERER, who thrilled the scene with an iconic demo in 1989. 26 years later, they launched an acclaimed debut album, which became 'Album Of The Month April 2015' in the Rock Hard Magazine ​with justice. More doom!

From Barcelona, Spain, we will welcome hard rockers '77. They will present their new album which is due to be launched in October and has been produced by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Ghost, Paradise Lost, Cathedral).

And of course, there is also some "home town" on the agenda. Long Distance Calling are from Dortmund, Münster and Freiburg. As one of the headliners they will bring us the finest Post and Prog Rock!

Tickets are 39 Euro plus advance booking fee and are available here:

http://www.metaltix.com/leafmeal-festival-tickets-30931.html

http://www.konticket.de/Suchergebnis.html?shopsuche=Leafmeal

More info on headliners, further bands, running order and outline program soon!

Leafmeal – A Feast Of Friends

27.11.2015 FZW, Ritterstraße 20, 44137 Dortmund, Germany

Doors Open: 16:00

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