The 2008 Castle Fest offers a completely unique experience for metal fans and festival-goers in Europe. On one side, it is a heavy metal festival of the highest order - featuring the metal world's most prominent superstars, greatest legends, and most exciting new bands on two state-of-the-art stages. On the other hand, Castle Fest is an experience like no other – unfolding on the grounds of a breathtaking 15th century Byzantine fortress in the Serbian town of Smederevo. DarkPlanet is Castle Fest's official partner.
Just as Serbia has for centuries been a cultural crossroad where West and East meet, Castle Fest is, in a similar fashion, a perfect symbiosis of a sophisticated festival event of the most professional caliber and an Old World ambience, offering a unique experience to all who attend.Smederevo is located 45 kilometers southeast of Serbia's capital Belgrade, making it easily accessible by bus and train lines. The expansive medieval fortress itself overlooks the right bank of the Danube River, accentuating the already impressive setting for an open-air metal festival of this size.
Serbia has recently, with other music festivals, gained a reputation as one of the best places for music lovers to spend their holidays, with many visitors lauding the inexpensive prices, delicious local cuisine and, last, but certainly not least (especially for metal fans), very affordable beer. One should not forget the intangibles - hospitality, politeness, friendless and sincerity that the Serbian people have gotten a reputation for having.
The bottom line, Castle Fest is not only Southern Europe's largest exclusively metal music festival, it is an experience like no other – the experience of a lifetime.
For details look at official page of the Castle Fest.
Line up:
Adagio, Agonize, Alister, At The Gates, Avantasia, Bombarder, Boneyard, Brutal Truth, Casketgarden, Cavalera Conspiracy, Consecration, Dismember, Downstroy, Draconic, Ensiferum, Evergrey, Expedition:Delta, Helloween, Innerwish, Judas Priest, Lordi, Manticora, Negura Bunget, Nuclear Assault, Saturnus, Secret Sphere, Silent Kingdom, Sodom, Soilwork, Sybreed, Usud, Toxicdeath, Tyr, Victim Yield
