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Heavy MTL confirmed the addition of WARRANT, YOUR FAVORITE ENEMIES and DEATH BOAT to the second day of HEAVY MTL held on Sunday, June 22nd at Parc Jean-Drapeau. And to kickoff the head banging fury a pre-party will take place on June 20th at Club Soda featuring BRANT BJORK, BIONIC and ALPHA GALATES. Multi-platinum selling rock band WARRANT, best known for their classics "Cherry Pie," "Heaven," and rock anthem "The Down Boys" will perform at Heavy MTL marking the reunion of its original line-up including Jani Lane (vocals); Joey Allen (lead guitar); Jerry Dixon (bass); Erik Turner (Guitar) and Steven Sweet (drums) for the first time in 14 years. YOUR FAVORITE ENEMIES, a band of 6 musicians from Montreal, who have just been called one of the TOP 5 bands to watch out for in 2008 by Billboard Magazine is also one of the most exciting new "Do It Yourself" bands to emerge from the non-traditional music model. They created a record label in order to sell their EP via their own online store, and they ended 2007 with more than 30,000 sold copies of their EP and a first European headlining tour. If you’re looking for power rock that goes beyond any expectations, you’ve found it. Montreal band, DEATH BOAT, will also perform on Sunday and leave you begging for more. To kick off Heavy MTL we are happy to announce the addition of a launch party at Club Soda on Friday June 20th. Hometown boys BIONIC are going to be bringing the sound Exlcaim calls “The perfect balance between progressive metal and ballsy punk rock’n’roll …” to help celebrate the first-ever Heavy MTL festival. Joining them on stage will be BRANT BJORK and ALPHA GALATES. **A special ticket is required for this show; tickets can be purchased at all Ticketpro outlets.** Heavy MTL is also proud to partner with the movie GLOBAL METAL. From the creators or METAL: A HEADBANGER’S JOURNEY the movie reveals how heavy metal has impacted the world’s cultures beyond Europe and North America. The movie will hit theatres in Montreal on June 27th. Unfortunately REV THEORY will no longer be performing at Heavy MTL due to scheduling conflicts. Loud, intense, heavy, HEAVY MTL will feature numerous hard rock and metal bands performing on different stages located outdoors on the breathtaking site that is the Saint-Hélène Island. From Hard Rock to Death metal, from 80’s Glam to Modern Rock, Heavy MTL gives fans a chance to celebrate their love for all things heavy!
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May 5, 2008 - Gillett Entertainment Group is proud to announce the addition of Disturbed, Voivod and Rev Theory to the second day of HEAVY MTL held on Sunday, June 22nd at Parc Jean-Drapeau.
Hard rockers Disturbed have a lot on their plate in the coming months, with a new album on deck and tour dates around the world. Lead singer David Draiman mentions that, while the new material has its melodic aspects, it is darker, faster, heavier and more complex than Disturbed's past couple of records. Since forming in 1996, the Chicago-based quartet has sold 10 million albums worldwide.
Voivod, a progressive metal band originally from Jonquière formed in 1982 will play live for first time in 5 years. Respected, influential and always amazing, Voivod is possibly the most creative band to master the metal form. In a homage to the guitar legend of Piggy (Denis D'Amour) and the legacy of 25 years of a brotherhood forged by exploring metal, rock and punk ethics with an other worldly premise, Voivod will play on June 22nd as a thank you to the fans and to bring closure to a great career.
With the lead single "Hell Yeah" from their upcoming album Light it Up rapidly climbing the radio charts, Rev Theory is set for breakthrough year in 2008. The band has already been embraced by the WWE as the title track “Light it Up” was the theme for Wrestlemania 24 and "Hell Yeah," has been chosen for inclusion in EA Sports' best-selling video game Madden '09.
Loud, intense, heavy, HEAVY MTL will feature numerous hard rock and metal bands performing on different stages located outdoors on the breathtaking site that is the Saint-Hélène Island. From Hard Rock to Death metal, from 80’s Glam to Modern Rock, Heavy MTL gives fans a chance to celebrate their love for all things heavy!
Heavy MTL Line Up
Gillett Entertainment Group is proud to announce the creation of HEAVY MTL, a unique event in North America, which will take place on Saturday June 21st and Sunday June 22nd at Parc Jean-Drapeau.Loud, intense, heavy, HEAVY MTL will feature many hard rock and metal bands performing on different stages located outdoors on the breathtaking site that is the Saint-Hélène Island.To launch this premier new Metal event we are delighted to announce that we are bringing metal legends Iron Maiden and their “Somewhere Back in Time Tour World Tour” to Montreal for the opening day, Saturday June 21nd. ‘Maiden Mania’ has been gripping countries around the planet as tickets for the tour fly out of box offices everywhere. In Canada alone the major arena in Toronto sold out 3 months in advance and recently it took just a couple of days for Maiden to sell out all 60,000 tickets for their five shows in Western Canadian arenas! And HEAVY MTL now gives metal fans in Eastern Canada a chance to see this inspirational band and spectacular show outdoors in a wonderful setting.The “Somewhere Back in Time – World Tour 08” was inspired by Maiden’s recently released DVD, Live After Death (EMI Records) which debuted at No 2 in Canada’s DVD chart. Filmed and recorded over four memorable nights at Long Beach Arena on the “Powerslave Tour” in 1985, this has long been a benchmark for rock concert videos and live albums, and the CD remains one of the biggest-selling live albums ever with sales in excess of six million worldwide. This tour revisits the band’s history by focusing almost entirely on their classic 80’s period in both choice of songs played and the stage set, which is based around the legendary Egyptian Production of the 1985 ‘Powerslave Tour’ as portrayed on the Live After Death DVD. This is arguably the most elaborate and spectacular show the band has ever presented.Says founder member Steve Harris; “The Province of Quebec has always been close to our hearts and l think we have played there on every tour we have ever done, going right back to Le Club in Montreal in 1981 and many many times since – we always ensure its on our tour schedule! So you could say we feel very much at home there and we have always had a fantastic welcome from the fans, who are without question right up there with the best and loudest on the planet. This region was the first in North America to really get behind us and has always been incredibly loyal to us so it’s an honour for us to be headlining the opening of this tremendous new metal festival for our fans there. For the launch of HEAVY MTL we will bring along the full show with all of Eddie’s toys which we couldn’t get on our plane during the recent first leg which included Toronto. We very much look forward to seeing all our fans in Quebec Province, including those maniac Beavers!!!” Headlining on Sunday June 22 will be Mötley Crüe, who, since the band’s beginnings in 1981, have become one of rock music’s most notorious acts. Multi-platinum albums like Girls, Girls, Girls and Dr. Feelgood have cemented the group’s place in rock royalty and produced a string of top ten hits. The band also immortalized its exploits in the 2001 autobiography “The Dirt”, which made the New York Times Bestseller List.Following yesterday’s (April 15) press conference held in Los Angeles, Mötley Crüe revealed that the original members of the band (Bass guitarist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and singer Vince Neil) will go on tour this summer as part of “Crüe Fest 08”.. During the press conference, Mötley Crüe also announced that they will release “Saints of Los Angeles,” their first new studio album recorded with all of the original band members in over a decade, on June 17th.Click here for Heavy MTL Line Up.