Mark Your Calendar: Metal Female Voices Fest IX

What: Metal Female Voices Fest IX – the first and biggest female-fronted metal festival in the world!

When: Friday, October 21 – Sunday, October 23

Where: Oktoberhallen, Schrovestraat 18, in Wieze, Belgium

Tickets: Click here to find a number of ticket sellers for this year’s MFVF.

What Is It?: Any fan of female-fronted metal should know what Metal Female Voices Fest is. It was the first-ever festival to feature only female-fronted bands. Now in its ninth year, MFVF continues to raise the bar as the most prestigious and well-known event of its kind. (And yes, that’s right: 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of MFVF!) Past MFVF headliners include the genre’s biggest names: Epica, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Tristania, Leaves’ Eyes, Doro, Girlschool, Tarja Turunen, and Arch Enemy.

This year, MFVF brings back fan favorite Doro as the Day 1 headliner and welcomes Swedish operatic metal giants Therion for its first MFVF appearance as the Day 2 headliner. Other highlights that have already been announced: the release of the first MFVF DVD, which includes footage from the 2009 and 2010 editions; the world premiere of Diabulus in Musica’s first video for their upcoming second album; and the release of Skeptical Minds’ live DVD “Watch Your Live!” as well as their comic book series, “Broken Dolls.” Also, expect some guest performers during the sets for Diabulus in Musica and Leaves’ Eyes! Much more is bound to happen to besides all that. After all, this is MFVF – and surprises come in plenty there!

Below is the complete line-up for MFVF IX. Headliners are shown in bold. All bands previously featured here at UtF are shown in italics and links.

Friday, October 21st – Warm-Up Show

• Battlelore
• Xandria
• Bare Infinity

Saturday, October 22nd – Day 1

• Doro
• Leaves’ Eyes
• Diabulus in Musica
• Trail of Tears
• Dylath-Leen
• Benedictum
• Deadlock
• Amaranthe
• Kivimetsan Druidi
• Coma Divine
• Nemhain
• Hanging Doll

Sunday, October 23rd – Day 2

• Therion
• Visions of Atlantis
• Draconian
• Stream of Passion
• Midnattsol
• System Divide
• Triosphere
• Velvet Seal
• Operatika
• Diary About My Nightmares

If you already have your tickets, that’s fantastic! We’d love to hear how the festival went afterwards.  And if you don’t have your tickets yet and will be in the Weize / Aalst / Dendermonde area in Belgium next weekend, get your tickets NOW! You won’t want to miss this special event!

Visit these links for more information on MFVF:

Official Website

Facebook

Twitter

~ Sara

June BotM Poll Ends; July Poll Begins!

Our Band of the Month for June 2011 is…

Regardless Of Me

Death metal fans came out swinging for this poll. Amaranthe took a whopping lead early on, but halfway through the month Regardless Of Me made a charge for the top. In the end, the Swedes couldn’t hold off the Italians. So, Regardless of Me is Unleash the Furies’ new Band of the Month!

Click here to visit of Band of the Month page on Regardless Of Me.

Thanks to fans and readers, our second Band of the Month Poll was an even bigger hit than our first! Over 550 votes were cast by the end of the month. Here are the final results:

1. Regardless Of Me: 271 votes (49.18%)
2. Amaranthe: 146 votes (26.5%)
3. Whyzdom: 54 votes (9.8%)
4. ReVamp: 53 votes (9.62%)
5. Solsikk: 27 votes (4.9%)

And now, here are our nominees for Band of the Month Poll for July 2011:

• Benedictum, a heavy metal band from San Diego, California. Benedictum recently released its third album, Dominion, on Frontiers Records and will make its second appearance at Metal Female Voices Festival later this year.
• Kells, a symphonic nu metal band based in Lyon, France.  Kells has toured extensively with Tarja Turunen in Europe this year. The band’s third album is due for release via Season of Mist later this summer.
• Skeptical Minds, an electro rock/metal band from Brussels, Belgium.  Last October, Skeptical Minds released its third album, Skepticalized, which is its first album with Polish-born singer Karolina vel Death.
• Stream of Passion, a symphonic progressive metal band based in The Netherlands and led by Mexican vocalist Marcela Bovio. Stream of Passion will release their third album, Darker Days, in late June via Napalm Records.
• Visions of Atlantis, a symphonic power metal band from Styria, Austria. Visions of Atlantis is currently touring to promote its fourth album, Delta, which is the band’s first album with Greek singer Maxi Nil (formerly of Elysion).

To cast your vote, visit our WordPress site and scroll down to find the poll on the right-hand sidebar. Voting closes on Thursday, June 30^th, and you can vote once a day!

Which bands would you like to see featured in our next Band of the Month Poll? Let us know by sending an email to unleashthefuriesmetal@gmail.com!

~ Sara