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Festival News: Texas Madfest Announces Two Bands On 2007 Line-Up

Posted on Friday, February 09 @ 06:32:59 UTC by nightowl

Houston's Texas Madfest (July 13 - 14, 2007) will feature 8 premiere bands in the progressive, power, and thrash metal genres. The first four bands to be announced are Eternity Black, Six Minute Century, Meyvn, and Dark Empire.

Eternity Black, featuring ex-Helstar members Larry Trevino, Rob Barragan, and Russell DeLeon, will open the event on Friday night. Hailing fom Houston and endorsed by Diamond Amplification, Eternity Black infuse heavy metal with hard-hitting thrash riffs and extreme vocals.

Saturday's events will begin with Six Minute Century, a melodic progressive band also from Houston. Six Minute Century combine heavy metal with classical orchestraions and technical proficiency to create a mood for their songs relating to historical events.



"I am ecstatic to be playing Madfest and to finally bring [New York based progressive-thrash metal band] Dark Empire to the stage for our fans in Texas," said guitarist and founder Matt Moliti. The band who is fronted by Jens Carlsson (Persuader, Savage Circus), released their debut album Distant Tides last year and received raving reviews from around the globe. "We look forward to rocking faces with lots of new songs from our forthcoming release, Humanity Dethroned, as well as some favorites from our debut, Distant Tides," Moliti added. Dark Empire will be taking the second slot in the order of appearance on Saturday. The show, scheduled for July 13-14, 2007 is the very first confirmed live appearance of Dark Empire in its history.

Meyvn, who has been considered the best Texan act more than once by many publications will be bringing their astounding combination of great musicianship, catchy melodies and passionate lyrics to Texas Madfest. The band's debut album Splintered Skies was released by KillZone Records, generating a lot of buzz in the specified media, and will certainly surprise many at Texas Madfest.

"I couldn't be more proud of what we're accomplishing with this," said Tammy Zepp, co-coordinator of Texas Madfest. "Meyvn has long been one of the top names in the Texan metal scene, and I'm totally euphoric about having Dark Empire playing their first show ever at the fest. Fans can be certain that these two bands will deliver a top-notch performance."

Texas Madfest will be taking place at F.B.I. Rocks #1 in Houston, Texas on July 13-14, 2007. More bands, along with ticket info and event details, will be announced in the upcoming weeks. Visit myspace.com/madfest for more info and official forum link.

-Tammy Zepp, Texas Madfest Co-Coordinator

myspace.com/eternityblack
myspace.com/sixminutecentury

Nightmare Records is a sponsor of this event.

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