METALSUCKS PRESENTS THE HEATHENFEST TOUR, FEAT. ELUVEITIE, BELPHEGOR, ALESTORM, KIVIMETSAN DRUIDI, AND VREID
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 10:36am by Vince Neilstein
The headline says it all; isn’t that lineup awesome? It’s kind of like Paganfest except slightly less dorky / more evil (nothing against Paganfest — we love that tour too). We were bummed Eluveitie canceled this year’s Paganfest II appearance so we’re excited to see them again, and we’re all for a tour that includes blackened death metallers Belphegor and the better-of-the-two pirate metal bands, Alestorm. Kivimetsan Druidi and Vreid are mostly new to me but they seem like they’ll fit right in on this tour.
Honestly, this year’s Paganfest was a bit underwhelming so perhaps this is a chance for redemption. Korpiklaani shouldn’t have been headliners, and while the lineup was solid it wasn’t strong enough to bring out all the crazy pagan-metal partiers: I was the only douchebag in the entire place wearing a viking helmet, for realz. Seeing as Heathenfest kicks off in the dark, dim early days of November, maybe it’ll provide a good excuse for sun-deprived metalheads to go and get rowdy with some frosty brews and pagan metal. Psyched!
-VN
Man I would go to this if it wasn’t in Cleveland. I fucking hate Peabody’s and I’m sick of driving almost 4 hours to shows. I had fun at Paganfest, even though Korpiklanni kind of blew that night. Moonsorrow were amazing, and I still prefer Swashbuckle over Alestorm for some reason (beyond even my understanding).
Tell me about it. Why couldn’t they have in it Cincy or something. I hate driving to that shithole Cleveland. Although, Cincy is still a shithole too.
I think the only band I would be really excited about would be Vreid or Eluveitie. Vreid is fucking awesome. Belphegor isn’t bad though. It’s still not worth a 3 or 4 hour drive.
I only willingly do it for Maiden anymore. I’m fairly close to Dayton…about 20 minutes north…so Cinci or Columbus are easily do-able. But Cleveland is a long, boring, traffic ridden drive.
Yea. I’m living in Fairfield (Trenton soon) and that Cleveland drive is an asskicker.
you WILL like vreid!
Damn straight
OH MY GOD VREID IS IN THE FUCKING STATES. OH MY FUCKING GOD.
It’s about time this site sponsors a tour worth going to. I’m so at Worcester.
Wonder how many shows will happen until A) Half of the touring roster drops off the bill or B) the entire tour is scrapped. My guess is 40%.
Belphegor, Vreid, and my namesake all kick ass. Alestorm’s not bad either. Never heard Kivimetsan Druidi though.
Hell yeah your namesake kicks ass. I’m not going to lie, I’m hitting this show up for them. I’ll check out the other bands, if I like them, great, but I’m going no matter what for Eluveitie.
Absolutely. Eluveitie deserves to be the headliner. Best and most original of all the Folk metal bands out there.
I hope I can make it, I’m from Cleveland but I live in Athens, Ohio (hometown of Skeletonwitch) for college now. Hopefully I can find some other buddies who’ll want to drive 4 hours to Cleveland to see them.
Is it me, or does Belphegor look really out of place on that bill? I’m not just talking logo-wise, either…
The rest of the bands do seem a little folksy in comparison, but I’m not gonna complain cuz I love them all
Its funny you say that because I saw this show posted on a Vancouver metal message board and the line-up was the same except with Tyr instead of Belphegor. I guess someone got the wrong info…
What an original name for a tour…
Still, I think these folk-themed “pagan/heathen” tours are a bit stupid. At least Alestorm is fun live (even though I hate their music, they put on a good enough show). Good to see Vreid on this, though. Great new album.
EVERY single folk metal tour skips Pittsburgh. I don’t care if there isn’t a huge market for it here, but it’s annoying as fuck to have to go to Cleveland for these shows when Peabody’s isn’t even that good of a venue. I’m still holding out hope for Ensiferum, though they’ll rip my heart out too.
Sounds like a good lineup. I’ll be glad I don’t have to wait for Paganfest 2010.
Holy awesome. You can bet Northern Sword will be opening this.
Vreid are amazing…. I seem to recall a review on their last album from this website…
My girlfriend literally had an orgasm when they announced this. I am little more than indifferent about it.
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it’s times like these that make me glad to live in New England…Can’t wait till Nov. 3rd FUCK YEAH!!!
KIVIMETSAN DRUIDI is from Finland and Leeni-Maria sings!