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Metalmania was a heavy metal music festival in Central Europe. It was held annually from 1986 to 2009, and returned in 2017. The 2008 event was held on 8 March at Spodek in Katowice , Poland.

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24-1322: First Day : Super Box, Vincent Van Gogh, 666XHE, Jaguar, Test Fobii, Wolf Spider, Turbo , Killer, Alaska Second Day : Voodoo, Ferrum , Vader , Dragon, Stos, Kat , Alaska First Day : Hammer, Destroyer, Turbo , TSA , Overkill , Running Wild , Helloween Second Day : Dragon, Stos, Wolf Spider, Open Fire, Kat , Overkill , Running Wild , Helloween Lineup : Genocide, Awgust, Hammer, Citron, Wolf Spider, Rage , Kreator , Destroyers, Ossian, Dragon, Turbo Lineup : Egzekuthor, Dragon, MCB, Open Fire, Arakain, Gomor, Hammer, Astharoth , Alastor, Turbo , Protector, Sacred Chao, Coroner Lineup : Destroyers, Alastor, Dragon, Acid Drinkers , Astharoth, Wolf Spider, Hammer, Turbo , Kreator , Protector, Bulldozer Lineup : Egzekuthor, Despair, Vader, Pungent Stench, Holy Moses , Dragon, Massacra , Acid Drinkers , Candlemass , Atrocity Lineup : Danger Drive, Sparagmos, Acid Drinkers , Master , Demolition Hammer, Grave , Paradise Lost , Sepultura , Massacre Lineup : Betrayer, Sparagmos, Kat , Valdi Moder, Therion , Messiah , Cannibal Corpse , Carcass , Death Lineup : Pandemonium, Betrayer, Hazael, Quo vadis, Magnus, Ghost, Vader, Samael , Unleashed , Cannibal Corpse , Morbid Angel Lineup : Death , Unleashed , Grave , Samael , Head Like

48-538: A CD, titled 20012000 . In 2001, after a ten-year break, another LP was released. Awatar ( The Avatar ) was an experimental, new-sounding album, influenced by modern hard rock. The experiments were disapproved of by heavy metal diehards, who rated the album very poorly. The line-up formed was Hoffmann, Kupczyk i Rutkiewicz and Mariusz Bobkowski (drums). In 2004, Turbo returned with Wojciech Hoffmann, Grzegorz Kupczyk, Bogusz Rutkiewicz and Tomek Krzyżaniak (drums) and Dominik Jokiel (guitar). The Tożsamość ( Identity ) LP

72-2850: A Hole, Dynamind, Corruption, Mash, Acid Drinkers , Shihad , Quo vadis, Tenebris, Bloodlust Lineup : My Own Victim, Power Of Expression, Stuck Mojo , Snapshot, Merauder, Rotting Christ , Moonspell , Tuff Enuff, Acid Drinkers , Manhole, Drain, Fear Factory Lineup : Sundown, Alastis , Moonlight , The Gathering , Samael , Moonspell , Tiamat , Alpheratz, Pik, Anathema Lineup : Judas Priest , Morbid Angel , Vader, The Gathering , Therion , HammerFall , Dimmu Borgir , Gorefest Lineup : Samael , Vader, Grip Inc. , Anathema , Turbo , Lacuna Coil , Artrosis , Tower, Christ Agony , Evemaster, Pik Lineup : The Sins Of Thy Beloved , Lux Occulta , Moonlight , Behemoth , Artrosis , Katatonia , Theatre of Tragedy , My Dying Bride , Tiamat , Yattering, Opeth Lineup : Paradise Lost , Tiamat , Moonspell , Cannibal Corpse , Immortal , Flowing Tears , Thy Disease Main Stage : Samael , Saxon , Opeth , Vader, Anathema , Sweet Noise , The Exploited , Marduk , God Dethroned , Malevolent Creation , Enter Chaos, Delight , Lost Soul Small Stage : Elysium, Crionics, Dominium, Anal Stench, Misteria, StrommoussHeld, Azarath, Never, Vesania, Parricide, Demise Main Stage : Soulfly , Moonspell , Tiamat , Morbid Angel , TSA , Michael Schenker Group , Enslaved , Epica , Krisiun , Decapitated , Trauma , Esqarial & Kupczyk Small Stage : Neolith, Centurion, Luna Ad Noctum, Immemorial, Chainsaw, Tenebrosus, Hedfirst, Shadows Land, Devilyn, Atrophia Red Sun, Asgaard, Bright Ophidia, Spinal Cord Main Stage : Cradle of Filth , Apocalyptica , Turbo , Napalm Death , Arcturus , Pain , The Haunted , Dark Funeral , Katatonia , Amon Amarth , Dies Irae , Darzamat , ANJ Small Stage : Valinor, Dead By Dawn, Naumachia, Abused Majesty, Mess Age, Supreme Lord, Pyorrhoea, Quo vadis, Hell-Born, Hedfirst, Hermh, Thunderbolt Main Stage : Therion, Anathema , Moonspell , Nevermore , U.D.O. , Acid Drinkers , Unleashed , 1349, Hunter , Soilwork , Hieronymus Bosh, Caliban , Vesania , Evergrey Small Stage : Belphegor, The Old Dead Tree, Beseech, Centinex, Antigama, The No-Mads, Misanthrope, Corruption, Suidakra, Totem, Shadows Land, Archeon Main Stage : Testament , Paradise Lost , My Dying Bride , Blaze Bayley , Entombed , Jørn Lande , Sepultura , Korpiklaani , Crystal Abyss, Zyklon , Destruction , Darzamat + Roman Kostrzewski , Vital Remains Small Stage : Benediction, Anata, Forever Will Burn, Root , Týr , Wu-Hae, Horrorscope, Deivos, Ciryam, Carnal, Sphere, Witchking Main Stage : Megadeth , The Dillinger Escape Plan , Satyricon , Overkill , Vader, Immolation , Artillery , Flotsam and Jetsam , Marduk , Primordial , Inside You, Poison

96-531: A bad music market situation, the band ceased once again. Wojciech Hoffman began a solo career, Grzegorz Kupczyk worked with his band CETI  [ pl ] , and Bogusz Rutkiewicz joined Gotham. In March and April 2007, the group took part in the Metal Marathon Tour 3 with Chainsaw, Turbo's first tour since 2001. In 2009, Metal Mind Productions released remastered versions of all Turbo albums, including One Way . Also in 2009, Turbo released

120-555: A development consistent with a broader trend in death metal culture. Polish guitarist Waldemar Sorychta would produce and contribute instrumentation to many of the band's albums, as well as those by Tiamat's own tour and labelmates, including Moonspell , Rotting Christ , Lacuna Coil and Samael . 1994's critically acclaimed Wildhoney mixed raw vocals, slow guitar riffs and synthesizer sounds which sounded different from other extreme metal bands active at that time. An almost continuous forty-minute piece of music, Wildhoney led to

144-461: A new album, Strażnik Światła , with a new member, Tomasz Struszczyk, on vocals. On this album, the band returned to the classic heavy metal music style. Tiamat (band) Tiamat is a Swedish metal band that formed in Stockholm in 1987 and led by Johan Edlund . The band went through a number of stylistic changes in their earlier releases before settling on gothic metal . Initially,

168-519: A year later Dorosłe Dzieci i inne ballady ( Grown-up Children and other ballads ) – a collection of all Turbo ballads. In 1995 Turbo played at a gig in Poznań , the line-up being Wojciech Hoffmann, Grzegorz Kupczyk, Bogusz Rutkiewicz together with Marcin Białożyk – guitar and Szymon Ziomkowski – drums. The applause caused the group to reform, and on 1 January 1996 Turbo regrouped. In 1997 another compilation

192-606: Is a Polish heavy metal band. It was started in 1980 in Poznań by Henryk Tomczak (formerly in Stress and Heam, both pioneering Polish hard rock groups). Turbo has been described as one of the most important bands in Polish heavy metal. Turbo's most famous album is Kawaleria Szatana ( Satan's Cavalry ), considered an opus of Polish heavy metal. The band is best known for the tracks "Dorosłe Dzieci", "Jaki był ten dzień", "Żołnierz fortuny" and "Wszystko będzie ok". The first line-up

216-447: Is a blend of traditional hard rock and NWOBHM . The title track has become a hit and the most recognizable Turbo song. With the LP recorded, the group played extensively, including at Rockowisko in Łódź and the famous Jarocin festival. Despite the success, the line-up continued to change: successive drummers were Marek Olszak, Ryszard Oleksy and Przemysław Pahl. Finally, the drummer's place

240-581: The Well Small Stage : Stolen Babies , Evile , October File, Mortal Sin, Drone, Demonical, Non-Divine , Izegrim, Wrust, Pandemonium, Carrion This edition was held in Warsaw in Stodola club. Lineup : Carnal, Incite, Exodus , Overkill , Soulfly Samael , Arcturus , Coroner , Moonspell , Furia , Sodom , Tygers of Pan Tang , Obscure Sphinx Turbo (Polish band) Turbo

264-503: The band had the name Treblinka and a style of black / death metal . After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, guitarist/vocalist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat, after the Babylonian goddess representing the primordial sea and forebear to other gods. The Sumerian Cry album included re-recorded Treblinka songs and

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288-472: The band's appearances at the Dynamo and Wacken Open Air heavy metal festivals in 1995. The group would play a second gig at Dynamo two years later. Upon the release of A Deeper Kind of Slumber in 1997, Edlund relocated from Sweden to Germany and declared himself the only permanent member of the band; all albums that would follow would cement the band into a more gothic rock sound, quite different from

312-407: The band's hiatus. A compilation of 1980–1990 songs was released, containing tracks unreleased before. Wojciech Hoffman tried to form a new line-up in 1992, releasing One Way (tapes only), but the effort turned out to be a commercial loss and Turbo finally ceased. The following years, several compilation albums were released – 1992's Titanic , with unreleased songs from the 'softened times', and

336-617: The band's image. The LP was very successful and is still considered to be the group's greatest effort. After the release Turbo collaborated with Metal Mind Records , which enabled then to play at the Metalmania festival. In 1987, the band recorded another LP, Ostatni wojownik ( Last Warrior . An English-language version was released in Europe a year later). It was the first album for the new drummer, Tomasz Goehs. The band's style hardened even more, influenced by early Metallica , as did

360-468: The extreme music they did in the years before, with recent albums showing a Sisters of Mercy and Pink Floyd influence. The band signed to Nuclear Blast in June 2007, and released their ninth album Amanethes on 18 April 2008. On 10 August 2008, Thomas Wyreson announced that he was quitting the band, stating that "it's just kinda hard to make everything work with the family etc." Their song "Cain"

384-424: The lyrics, even darker than before. In 1988, the first live recording, Alive! , was released, containing material recorded at gigs on 12 December 1986 and 3 March 1987. With 1989 came several changes in the line-up – Bogusz Rutkiewicz quit, Andrzej Łysów took bass instead of guitar, and Acid Drinkers ' Robert "Litza" Friedrich became the new guitarist. Influenced by Anthrax , Flotsam and Jetsam and Wolf Spider

408-455: The musicians recorded Epidemie (later English edition, Epidemic ), a highly technical thrash album. In 1990 a break-up occurred, when Grzegorz Kupczyk and Andrzej Łysów quit the band. Tomasz Olszewski joined on bass, and the new singer was Robert "Litza" Friedrich. This line-up went on, creating Dead End which featured somewhat death metal vocals, but the songs' structures are still thrash . The break-up and lack of concerts would cause

432-465: The radio. Soon more line-up changes came, the original founder and bass guitarist left. 16-year-old Piotr Przybylski took his place. Andrzej Łysów joined as second guitarist and the singer was changed once again. Since then Turbo's vocals have been by Grzegorz Kupczyk, one of the most famous Polish heavy metal singers, sometimes compared to Bruce Dickinson . In 1983, the first album was released, entitled Dorosłe dzieci ( Grown-up Children ). Its music

456-478: Was Wojciech Hoffmann (guitar), Wojciech Anioła (drums) and Wojciech Sowula (vocals). Soon a single was released, the tracks being "W środku tej ciszy" ("Deep in the Silence") and "Byłem z tobą tyle lat" ("So many years with you"). The band's style then was very much like 1970s or early 1980s hard rock. In November 1980, the singer left and was replaced by Piotr Krystek. New tracks were recorded and frequently played on

480-503: Was recorded. Despite the sound being relatively soft, the riffing resembles Iron Maiden and the vocals give the music more heaviness. The charting songs were "Smak Ciszy" and "Jaki był ten dzień" ("How That Day Was"). A year later, Turbo recorded an LP that became one of the best Polish heavy metal albums of all time – Kawaleria Szatana ( Satan's Cavalry ). Heavy riffing, Iron Maiden-like soloing and lyrics dealing with typically 'heavy' themes such as death, war and pain, completely changed

504-409: Was released in June 1990. AllMusic refers to early Tiamat as "one of the leading lights in symphonic black metal." After the debut, Edlund's leadership would modify the band's style with influences ranging from Black Sabbath , Mercyful Fate , Candlemass , Pink Floyd and King Crimson , with Sumerian lyrical themes. H. P. Lovecraft 's writings also appear to have influenced Tiamat's thematology,

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528-415: Was released, a return to pure heavy metal. The diehard public considered it to be an excellent come back, while others claimed the group was repetitive. In 2005, a limited edition of Tożsamość together with Akustycznie (a record of the acoustic performance XII 2003) was released. The band went to Metalmania and released the gig as a live DVD. Because of unresolved problems with the record company, and

552-513: Was released, this time entitled Intro: 1982–1996 , composed of most popular songs. In 1999 Metal Mind Records released the Turbo discography on CD. The band played at the Thrash'em All and Metalmania festivals. In 2000, a remastered version of Titanic was released, called Remix '92 . In January 2000, Turbo played at a gig celebrating Grzegorz Kupczyk's 25 years on stage. The gig was released as

576-422: Was taken by Alan Sors. Piotr Przybylski (bass guitar) left and was replaced Bogusz Rutkiewicz. Apart from problems with the line-up, the band had other difficulties to address. The record company insisted on softening the band's sound and recording more 'catchy' tracks. Wojciech Hoffman later called that "a time of mistakes and distortion". In 1985, a compromise, softened LP, Smak ciszy ( The Taste of Silence ),

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