French power metallers NIGHTMARE have announced their confirmation for the Ilha Do Ermal 2009 Festival scheduled for August 28th - 30th in Vieira do Minho, Portugal.

The band is due to play on August 30th at 7:55 PM.

Confirmed acts for the festival now include: NIGHTMARE, NIGHTRAGE, BLIND GUARDIAN, SEPULTURA, OBITUARY, ANGRA, KORPIKLAANI, FIREWIND, PESTILENCE, TEXTURES, HATESPHERE, DISBELIEF, DARK MOOR, ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, WYKKED WYTCH, DE PROFUNDIS, RAMP, HEAVENWOOD, THE TEMPLE, MEN EATER, SWITCHTENSE, THANATOSCHIZO, THE FIRSTBORN, PITCH BLACK, DESIRE, W.A.K.O., CONCEALMENT, R.C.A.

Festival information can be found here.

Nightmare will release their seventh studio album, Insurrection, through AFM Records on September 11th.

The band have revealed the album artwork (click image on the left to enlarge) by Swedish artist Par Olofsson, and have posted a video trailer for the forthcoming release, check it out below.

The band have been recording the album, co-produced by Patrick Liotard at Peek studio in France and Achim Koehler (PRIMAL FEAR, EDGUY, MASTERPLAN) at U3multimedia and Indiscreet Studios in Stuttgart, Germany.

Nightmare's 2009 line-up is: Jo Amore on vocals, Franck Milleliri and JC Jess on guitars, Yves Campion on bass and David Amore on drums.

The new album will feature nine songs including one exclusive concept-song in two parts with two different singing on the same song: the part II entitled 'Cosa Nostra... ' will be featured as a bonus track for Japan and limited editions together with one more extra song.

Some of the new song titles are: 'Insurrection', 'Three Mile Island', 'The Gospel Of Judas', 'Decameron', 'Angels Of Glass' and 'Legions Of The Rising Sun.'

Special guest vocalist on the album is Fabrice Emmanuelsson from ELLIPSIS.

To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the band will perform a special show as headliner for a DVD filming in their hometown of Grenoble at the venue, Salle Edmond Vigne in Fontaine (France) on October 31st 2009 with special guests Ellipsis, AMON SETHIS and RISE OF DOOM. Part of the special Metal Night : Metal Breakdown 3 Halloween Party.

For more info visit myspace.com/nightmareofficial.