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News : Vanishing Point to headline Stormrider Heavy Metal Festival

By on February 27, 2016

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Melbourne premier progressive metal band Vanishing Point have been chosen to headline Stormrider Festival, the Perth based heavy metal festival celebrating the best in traditional, power, thrash and prog metal at the Amplifier Bar in Perth on Friday, 17th June 2016.. Vanishing Point were set to perform at last year’s instalment of Stormrider, but sadly withdrew shortly after their announcement.

The band will be returning to Perth for the first time since supporting Iron Maiden in 2008 on the “Somewhere Back In Time” Australia tour. Vanishing Point have since released, ‘Distant is the Sun’, the band’s fifth studio album, and will be performing at ProgPower in Atlanta, USA this September.

Stormrider Heavy Metal Festival, Western Australia’s only annual metal festival dedicated to Traditional, Power, Thrash, Prog and Speed Metal, returns for its third year in a row. Stromrider will be held at its new inner city venue at the Amplifier Bar in Perth on Friday, 17th June 2016.

Head to the official Facebook page for more details.

The full Stormrider line-up includes:

Vanishing Point (VIC)
Silent Knight (WA)
Mason (VIC)
Necromancer (WA)
Bloodlust (WA)
Hidden Intent (SA)
Taberah (TAS)
Cold Fate (WA)

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