Winterfest 2009 is set to feature DEICIDE, SAMAEL, VADER, DEVIAN, ORDER OF ENNEAD and THE AMENTA. Organizers have issued the following update:

"As early as Thursday, January 8, we go on with the long-prepared Winterfest Tour 2009! There have appeared some doubts about the tour coming into effect on the Net, as a result of the concert in Stuttgart (January 14) being called off. Winterfest 2009 is not cancelled. We're going to play all gigs that have been planned and all the bands are going to give their performances with Glen Benton and DEICIDE as a headliner!"

About the Stuttgart date Massive Music adds: "The months of hard work on preparing the tour were screwed up by the promoter from Stuttgart - Georg Weihrauch (LKA-Longhorn Club). It's arrogance, a lack of respect and any rules of professional cooperation! It's not the way you treat people, Mr. Weihrauch! This business is made of risk and if you want to hold concerts you need to be ready to take that risk! Everyone would like to make money on gigs but sometimes it's not like that. Sometimes one needs to behave as a professional promoter who unfortunately you seem not to be. The more I am surprised with the call-off, as you took my offer months ago, you cancelled the gig at the last moment leaving us in a hard situation and you ignored my suggestion that we took the risk by half. I've been working in the business for 20 years and it happened for the first time! You, as the owner of a large club in huge city, decided to close the door and hang out a notice - called off! All of you, remember - Georg Weihrauch, LKA- Longhorn Club, Stuttgart, Germany. The worst club in Europe!

We warn all the concert agencies against this place. You'd better always take advance money, a big one, so that Mr. Georg Weihrauch never takes anybody in again. As for good news, we're holding talks with another promoter and club to move the cancelled gig. We hope that we'll play on January 14, somewhere around."

Winterfest dates can be found here.