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Festival News: Symforce II Announces Line Up, Opeth Are Headliners

Posted on Tuesday, February 19 @ 05:14:43 UTC by nightowl

It is with great pleasure that we can announce that none other than Opeth will headline the second edition of Symforce. With a ninth studio album in the pipeline our Swedish friends are playing a one-off at Symforce II and they'll deliver their full show! With a ninth studio album under their belt for sure this will a memorable concert!

Second band in the main hall will be none other than Pain of Salvation. Known the world over for their diversity and quality, PoS is also playing a one-off at Symforce II and they will also play their entire show.



Opening in the main hall will be a sixpiece from Tilburg called Textures. These young guys will release their third studio offering in March/April. Known for their technical metal approach the band has promissed us to play a special progressive set exclusively for Symforce II.

Due to the length of the Opeth and Pain of Salvation shows there will only be three bands in the main hall!

Main attraction in the small venue will be Dutch classic proggers Alquin. The band has been around since 1971 and are one of Mikael Akerfeldt's alltime favourite bands. The last time the band played at the 013 they sold out the small venue. In 2008 the band will also record a brand new album, songs from which will most certainly be played during Symforce II.

These are the first four bands for you. Six more acts will be added as time evolves and we'll be informing you as soon as we can.

Tickets go on sale this coming Saturday, 23rd February priced 47,50 euros.

May the Symforce be with you!

more info at www.013web.nl

[In an earlier press release, festival organizer John "Bobo" Bollenberg apologized to "the people of the Crescendo Festival in France for having to organize Symforce II during the same weekend. This was beyond everyone's control as all of the free dates in September had already been booked and August 23rd seemed to be the only solution." -ed.]

[Symforce II, John "Bobo" Bollenberg]

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