As previously reported, the 10th Anniversary of the Summer Breeze Festival is scheduled for August 16th - 18th in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Organizers have issued the following update:

"The voting for the Newcomer Stage (www.newcomer-stage.de) contest is finished. After a long check and count of votes the winners are finally certain. The result is tight enough to make us change the procedure. With BRESCHDLENG, KARMA.CONNECT, LAST ONE DYING, MIGHT OF LILITH, STITCH and UNBLEST we have decided to let six bands instead of five compete for the opening slot.

On Wednesday, August 15th at 4 pm, the battle will start off and the winner is to play the Pain Stage opening up Summer Breeze 2007 the day after. Herewith we would like to take the opportunity to say thank you to everybody for his voting!

As announced some time ago AMON AMARTH plan to come up with something special for both, on stage and off stage! To celebrate our tenth anniversary the band has decided to bring on stage the biggest stage set and show they ever had in their entire history. This includes a stage set up which has been produced for this show especially. Not to mention a gigantic pyro show and about 25 jomsvikings who will be part of the show. But even off stage the show will continue. Just nearby the entrance area a Viking camp will be set in which the Vikings will present themselves during their entire stay at Summer Breeze. More fights will be fought and lessons in the science of arms can be taken. And even you can take arms and take a lesson in sword fighting. Who knows the Amon Amarth boys knows wild horses won't keep them away from all that. So chances are good to cheer up with them with a horn of met. And you never know, maybe you have the chance to go to arms against Johann Hegg.

And the last band missing on our billing we will present to you now: BLITZKID will horrify the Summer Breeze! This US horror punk's career seems to move on big time. In the US they boys around Argyle Goolsby and TB Monstrosity are the most important representatives for this genre as the so called leader of the scene seem to fade away. Blitzkid prove horror punk is not just worshipping THE MISFITS. Long live the horror!

So all bands are confirmed and the running order will be released within the next weeks."

Acts on the Summer Breeze bill now include (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE, AFTER FOREVER, AMON AMARTH, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, BLACK MESSIAH, BLITZKID, 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, SYCRONOMICA, TANKARD, TANZWUT, VOLBEAT, WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH and XANDRIA.