THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES
The timing couldn't have been better.
2007 was the year for female-fronted metal in the U.S.
With culminating events like the "Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour," and the ascending amount of female-fronted metal bands both debuting and touring in the US (including Nightwish, After Forever, Within Temptation, Visions of Atlantis, Echoes of Eternity, In This Moment, The Agonist, and many others), the U.S. metal scene was begging for an all female-fronted metal festival.
Word was announced that Doro Pesch (Warlock, Doro) was making her return to the US for her first North American tour in several years. The timing was just perfect.
Nathan "The SwordLord" Block of SwordLord Productions considered himself fortunate enough that the Doro tour came to St. Paul, Minnesota on a Saturday.
The stars had aligned and SwordLord Productions was soon announcing the first ever FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES metal festival - the ONLY US festival dedicated to metal bands with female lead vocalists.
The festival debuted on June 16, 2007, including additional bands on the roster such as Vainglory, Earthen, The Ottoman Empire, Visideon, Spiritual Decay, and Sirens of Titan.
Flight of the Valkyries looks forward to many more years of bringing great female-fronted metal to the fans and offering metal bands with female lead vocalist more opportunities for exposure among their target audiences.
FLIGHT OF THE VALKYRIES PAST LINE UPS
Flight of the Valkyries 2007 Line-up:
DORO (Germany)
Vainglory (Georgia, USA)
Earthen (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Visideon (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
The Ottoman Empire (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)
Spiritual Decay (Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA)
Sirens of Titan (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
ABOUT THE PROMOTER:
SwordLord Productions, Inc. is an independent concert production and promotion company in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. SwordLord Productions was started in 2002 by Nathan “The SwordLord” Block in response to poor support for smaller touring metal bands.
Although The SwordLord’s specialty is promoting power metal bands such as Blind Guardian & Symphony X (2002) and Sonata Arctica (2006). SwordLord Productions has promoted thrash bands such as Metal Church (2004) and Overkill (2003), classic acts such as Joey Belladonna (2004) and Doro (2007, 2008), industrial overlord Prong (2005) and even several festivals including Minnesota Metal Festival, devoted to black and death metal bands, and Flight of the Valkyries, devoted to female-fronted metal bands.
The SwordLord treats all bands with the respect they have earned as accomplished musicians. The SwordLord promotes and produces shows he believes in. The SwordLord has a day job, therefore his primary concern when producing a show is not the Almighty $. He has been and always will be 100% about the music.
Thank you to all the bands and their management for joining me in delivering the best female-fronted metal to the fans!
Power METAL to the People!
SwordLord Productions -- 6 years old!
2002 - 2008
GOING STRONG!!!
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