Minnesota-based Metal Promoter Announces First All Female-fronted Metal Festival to Grace the United States' Midwest Featuring Headliner Doro Pesch (Doro/Warlock)

SwordLord Productions will debut the Flight of the Valkyries metal festival on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Station-4 in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Doors open at 3:30 pm. The show is 18+. Ticket prices are $20 in advance or $30 on the day of show.

Flight of the Valkyries 2007 will be the United State's only music festival devoted to metal bands with female lead vocalists. Confirmed bands for the 2007 complete festival line-up include headliner, Doro Pesch (Warlock/Doro), and supporting acts, Vainglory, Earthen, Visedon, The Ottoman Empire, Sirens of Titans and Spiritual Decay.

Nathan "SwordLord" Block, Flight of the Valkyries festival promoter and founder of SwordLord Productions explains how the festival came about, "I've had this idea in the works for a while and this summer's US Doro tour was just timed perfectly. When the tour stop came to St. Paul on a Saturday, I said to myself, well this is it. So, Flight of the Valkyries has been born!"

With this year's festival line-up, SwordLord Productions has represented a number of metal sub-genres including power, thrash, death, classic and folk. Block says that SwordLord Productions wants to showcase all metal sub-genres at the festival. "The only unifying factor," he says, "being that a female vocalist obviously must front the band."

Block also has intentions for the festival to become an annual event, but is waiting to see how successful this year's show will be. This year's festival mainly showcases US-based bands, with Doro (from Germany) being the only band based outside of the country. In future years, SwordLord Productions plans to expand the geographic regions represented to include other countries.

"I have high hopes for this festival and I intend to do at least one or two more based on the long wish list of potential bands I've already created for myself," says Block. "Wait till you see what I have planned for next year if this year goes well!"

For more information on the Flight of the Valkyries festival, please visit the festivals web site at www.femalemetalfest.com or on myspace at www.myspace.com/femalemetalfest. For more information on SwordLord Productions, visit www.MySpace.com/SWORDLORD

Advanced tickets for the festival can be purchased here: http://swordlordproductions.indietic...tomer/home.php

FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES
Female Metal Festival
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Station 4 - St. Paul, Minnesota

DORO (Germany) - The most celebrated female vocalist in the US and Europe for over 20 years!
http://www.doropesch.com/
http://www.myspace.com/doroband

Source:	femalemetalfest.com
Band profile:	Doro