ATHEIST COMPLETES LINEUP FOR CHICAGO POWERFEST 2007

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Reunited technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have just confirmed for CHICAGO POWERFEST 2007 as the Saturday night headliners. The 5th annual metal festival will take place on Friday, April 20th and Saturday, April 21st at The Pearl Room in Mokena, IL (located just outside Chicago).

According to the band, this will be ATHEIST's final performance ever in the midwest United States before the band is put to rest for good. The band's featured lineup will include members Kelly Shaefer (vocals), Steve Flynn (drums), Tony Choy (bass), Chris Baker (guitar), and guitarist Sonny Carson (who will be playing Shaefer's guitar role due to Shaefer's long-running battles with tendonitis and carpal tunnel). If you live in the Midwest, you do not want to miss this show!


Final Powerfest lineup:

Friday:

LETHAL (co-headliner)
SOLITUDE AETURNUS (co-headliner)
BENEDICTUM
SHATTER MESSIAH
SUSPYRE

Saturday:

ATHEIST
MARTYR
SATURNUS
NOVEMBERS DOOM
THURISAZ

Tickets for the fest are on sale now via all Ticketmaster outlets, and will also be made available at various Chicago area locations (The Colliseum, Threshold Music, Discount Records, Metal Haven & Impulse Music) within the next couple weeks on a "cash only" basis. Chicago Powerfest will be an all-ages event, and advance ticket prices are $18 per day or $30 for 2-day pass.

For more information regarding the fest and the bands, please visit www.ChicagoPowerfest.com or www.myspace.com/chicagopowerfest
 
I'm not real familiar with them, but I know they have a nice underground cult type of following. Hopefully it will help put some asses in the venue. I'll check them out in the coming weeks, and try to get up to speed on some of their material. If you were to pick one disc from them folks ... what would it be?

Britt
 
Unquestionable Presence. Regarded by some as one of the most influential technical death metal albums of all-time.

Zod

Absolutely. An absolute great cd by one of my favorite bands. I wish I could make it to Chicago for this, Atheist would be worth the price alone for me.
 
If Mystic Prophecy was still on the bill alongside Atheist and November's Doom, I'd go. But unfortunately, these two are not enough to make me travel all the way to Chicago. There's no other bands on the bill I'd be interested in seeing, honestly.

Maybe next year. :)

EDIT: Forgot about Saturnus!
 
AngraRULES, what about Saturnus? That band is fucking amazing.

Or are you not much of a doom fan?

I'm a huge doom fan, and I think Saturnus is about as boring as they come. They're the only band on the bill that I don't currently like... I'm hoping their live show changes my mind.