Dream Of An Opium Eater confirmed for Germany's Wacken Open Air festival
Dream Of An Opium Eater, the U.K./Norwegian band featuring Benny Calvert from Killing Joke, Ivar S. Peersen from Enslaved, Reuben Gotto from Twinzero/Johnny Truant and Julia Ruzicka from Million Dead, has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:At The Gates
Avantasia
Carcass
Children Of Bodom
Crematory
Dream Of An Opium Eater
Excrementory Grindfuckers
Hatebreed
Iron Maiden
Kreator
Krypteria
Lord Belial
Saltatio Mortis
Sonata Arctica
The Bones
Dream Of An Opium Eater's official bio reads as follows: "Back in the old days, a pianist usually accompanied screenings of silent films. With Dream Of An Opium Eater, a handful of ace metal musicians carry on this tradition. They play intense metal to a number of horror short films projected on a screen above them. In this way, they will bathe all ears and eyes in icy horror and fright. Last year, [Ruzicka] joined in on a metallic accompaniment to 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', so the surreal and disturbing images on the screen are very likely to find a parallel in the guitar-borne nightmare from the speakers."