Metalmania
Location(s)	Budapest, Hungary Katowice, Poland
Years active	1986-present
Date(s)	Spring
Genre(s)	Heavy metal, hard rock
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Metalmania is the biggest heavy metal music festival in Eastern Europe, held annually since 1986. The 2007 edition was held on March 23 at Almássy in Budapest, Hungary and on March 24 at Spodek in Katowice, Poland. Image File history File links Logo_metalmania. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Panorama of Katowice at night Katowice (pronunciation: [] (Czech: Katovice, German: Kattowitz) is an important city of the historical region of Upper Silesia in southern Poland on the KÅ‚odnica and Rawa rivers. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as; musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. ... Regions of Europe as delineated by the United Nations[1] (UN definition of Eastern Europe marked salmon):  Northern Europe  Western Europe  Eastern Europe  Southern Europe Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (83rd in leap years). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (84th in leap years). ... Spodek is an arena in Katowice, Poland. ... Panorama of Katowice at night Katowice (pronunciation: [] (Czech: Katovice, German: Kattowitz) is an important city of the historical region of Upper Silesia in southern Poland on the KÅ‚odnica and Rawa rivers. ...

2007 lineup

• Sepultura
• Paradise Lost
• Testament
• Destruction
• My Dying Bride
• Blaze
• Entombed
• Jorn Lande
• Korpiklaani
• Crystal Abyss
• Zyklon

Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band. ... Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band formed in 1988 in Halifax, UK. Along with countrymates Anathema and My Dying Bride, they are credited for creating the subgenre known as doom/death metal. ... Testament is an American thrash metal band from California. ... Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in Lörrach, Germany in 1982. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... Blaze is a British heavy metal band formed in 1999 by former Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley. ... Entombed is a Swedish metal band which formed in 1987 (see 1987 in music) under the name of Nihilist. ... Photo of Jorn Jorn Lande (born May 31st 1968) is an in demand singer from Norway. ... Korpiklaani (Forest Clan in Finnish) is a folk metal band from Finland. ... Zyklon is a Norwegian blackened death metal band formed in 1998 by members of Norwegian black metal band Emperor Samoth and Trym, as well as former members of Myrkskog in order to make up for the fact that Emperor were no longer playing live. ...

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• Official Polish website

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