DARK FORTRESS and SAMSAS TRAUM have cancelled their appearance at the 10th Anniversary of the Summer Breeze Festival which is scheduled for August 16th - 18th in Dinkelsbühl, Germany.

Acts on the bill now include (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE, AFTER FOREVER, AMON AMARTH, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, BLACK MESSIAH, BOLT THROWER, COMMUNIC, CREMATORY, DAGOBA, DARK FUNERAL, DARK TRANQUILLITY, DEADLOCK, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DISILLUSION, DORNENREICH, DORO, EISBRECHER, ELUVEITIE, FALL OF SERENITY, FEAR MY THOUGHTS, FINNTROLL, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, HELRUNAR, HEVEIN, ILLDISPOSED, IMMOLATION, IMPIOUS, IN EXTREMO, JUSTICE, KARKADAN, KOLDBRANN, KRYPTERIA, LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE, L'ÂME IMMORTELLE, MACHINEMADE GOD, MAROON, MOONSORROW, NECROPHOBIC, NEVERMORE, NIGHTRAGE, OOMPH!, PAIN, POISONBLACK, POWERWOLF, PRESIDENT EVIL, RAGE, SECRETS OF THE MOON, SIRENIA, SOULFLY, SQUEALER A.D., SUFFOCATION, SWALLOW THE SUN, TANKARD, TANZWUT, VOLBEAT, WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH and XANDRIA.

In other news, organizers have announced that Newcomer Stage is online.

According to a festival update: "At www.newcomer-stage.de you can find all information about the remaining 20 bands taking part in our new comer contest. For each band we have set up an own info page incl. a two track player. Any registered user of our community has the opportunity to judge each band with one (bad) to five (very good) points until May, 31st 2007. To avoid chiselling we will analyse each valuation manually. The top five have to face you, the fans as well as a renowned jury on Wednesday, August 15th on the party tent stage. The winner will fill in the opening slot the next day. We would like to take the opportunity to say thank you to everyone participating and supporting our newcomer contest!"