KATAKLYSM Frontman's EX DEO Confirmed For PaganFest Europe 2009
April 9, 2009, 15 years ago
EX DEO, the new band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono will make their live debut this September/October on the special edition trek of Europe’s biggest pagan/folk-metal tour, PaganFest.
Co-headlining throughout will be Finland’s KORPIKLAANI and Germany’s DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER. Support will come from Sweden’s UNLEASHED, United Kingdom’s ALESTROM, EX DEO and Canada’s BLACKGUARD.
Special appearances will be made by Finland’s MOONSORROW and Norway’s EINHERJER on select dates.
Paganfest Europe 2009 dates:
September
11 - Backstage – Munich, Germany12 - Hellraiser – Leipzig, Germany
13 - Columbia Club – Berlin, Germany
14 - Hirsch – Nürnberg, Germany
15 - Markthalle – Hamburg, Germany
16 - Patronaat - Haarlem, The Netherlands
17 - Batschkapp – Frankfurt, Germany
18 - Stadtgarten – Erfurt, Germany
19 - FZW – Dortmund, Germany *
20 - Hof Ter Loo – Antwerpen, Belgium *
21 - Elysee Montmartre – Paris, France
22 - Ninkasi Kao –Lyon, France
23 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland
24 - Illipse – Illingen, Germany
25 - Effenaar - Eindhoven, The Netherlands
26 - LKA Longhorn – Stuttgart, Germany *
27 - Masters Of Rock Café - Zlin, Czech Republic
28 - Diesel – Budapest, Hungary
29 - Seifenfabrik – Graz, Austria
30 - Music Drome – Milan, Italy
October
1 - Hafen – Innsbruck, Austria2 - Arena – Wien, Austria
3 - Posthof – Linz, Austria
* Extended shows with special guests
For more info visit www.myspace.com/paganfest
Ex Deo's Romulus is due on June 19 (Europe) and June 30 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded with producer (and Kataklysm guitarist) Jean-Francois Dagenais (MISERY INDEX, DESPISED ICON, MALEVOLENT CREATION).
A video for the CD's title track was filmed in early March with renowned director Stanimir "Staca" Lukic (MOONSPELL,
KAMELOT, DEATHSTARS, TYPE O NEGATIVE) in Belgrade, Serbia.
Romulus tracklisting: 'Romulus', 'Storm The Gates Of Alesia', 'Cry Havoc', 'Surrender The Sun', 'Invictus', 'The Final War (Battle Of Actium)', 'Legio XIII', 'Blood, Courage And The God's That Walk The Earth', 'Cruor Nostri Abbas', 'In Her Dark Embrace', 'The Pantheon (Jupiter's Reign)'.