Dutch symphonic metal outfit DELAIN have been confirmed as headliners of the 2013 edition of The Dames Of Darkness Festival, which will take place at The Robin 2 in Bilston, near Birmingham. The event which returns by popular demand after five years is set to take place on Saturday, May 11th and features eight female-fronted metal bands from the UK and Europe.

Delain who released their album in June on Roadrunner Records entitled We Are The Others are looking forward to playing to their UK fans again having last played in the UK before the album was released due to label politics. A much publicised campaign by their fans to get it released was successful and now they will get their chance to see the band perform songs now familiar to them.

Also on the bill are VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, a band which formed in 2000 and are currently signed to Napalm records. Visions of Atlantis are well known in the genre and have toured the world supporting acts such as NIGHTWISH and EPICA. They have not however played in the UK before so the festival will be their UK debut, much to the pleasure of their UK fans.

French philharmonic metal band WHYZDOM have just released their second album Blind and will be playing the UK for only their second time but first with new singer Elvyne Lorient. Festival creators and hosts APPARITION are amongst the bands and they have also invited AZYLYA from Belgium and EX-LIBRIS from The Netherlands.

Kicking things off will be INCARNA, followed by CHEMIKILL both from the UK.

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