This year's edition Mystic Festival takes place on June 5-8 at the Gdańsk Shipyard. The first day is the so-called Warm Up Dayduring which they performed, among others: Kreator, Body Count, Fear Factory and Vio-Lence (he joined the latter on stage RobbFlynnleader Machine Headwho played in Vio-Lence from 1987 to 1992).
After this “warm-up”, it was time for the proper opening of the metal festival, the first edition of which took place in 1999. Today it is one of the largest metal events in Europe. The biggest metal stars in Poland appeared under this banner, including: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Slayer, King Diamond, Slipknot, Nightwish and Celtic Frost. This year, for four days, nearly a hundred performers representing various aspects of heavy music will perform on several stages.
June 6 (since 2006) International Slayer Daywhose guitarist KerryKing will be the star of the last day of the Mystic Festival) in the Gdańsk Shipyard the main star was the mentioned one Machine Head. The other two headliners are British group Bring Me The Horizon and one of the icons of thrash metal -Megadeth.
“Groove, aggression and a ton of emotions – these are the foundations of Machine Head's great success. We know that you like the power of thrash riffs and groove breakdowns, and you will get them at their lively concert. Machine Head will devour listeners live,” announced the organizers, and The Americans are in charge Robb Flynn they gladly fulfilled this promise.
It was equally enthusiastically received Bruce Dickinsonvocalist Iron Maidenwho presented his solo material “The Mandrake Project”. This is his first solo album since “Tyranny of Souls” from 2005
“I am extremely pleased that so many people loved this album. It's amazing to hear directly such kind words from fans in the various countries I visited last week. The items on the lists are the icing on the cake,” said Bruce Dickinson before his visit to Poland .
The album “The Mandrake Project” is described as the “life's work” of the frontman of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal legend – the history of its creation dates back several years. That's how many ideas for this album were created. Let us add that it is not only music, but also a comic book with the same title, co-authored by Bruce Dickinson and the screenwriter Tony Lee (author of such works as “Dr. Who”) and cartoonist Staz Johnson (drawing for the 2000AD publishing house), and he made the covers Bill Sienkiewicz. It will be published in the form of 12 books, which together will create a series of three historical series.
The material for “The Mandrake Project” was created in cooperation with the guitarist Roy Z, who has been working with Dickinson since his second solo album “Balls to Picasso” in 1994. Ultimately, Roy Z will not appear in the singer's concert band. Instead, live guitar parts are played Philip Naslund and Chris Declercqand the singer is also accompanied on stage by a drummer Dave Moreno (Puddle Of Mud), bassist Tanya O'Callaghan (including Whitesnake) and keyboardist Mistheria.