WINTERSUN Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

WINTERSUN, the Finnish band led by former ENSIFERUM singer Jari Mäenpää, has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

AMON AMARTH
BRAINSTORM
CORVUS CORAX
J.B.O.
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
SCHANDMAUL
UNHEILIG
VOLBEAT
WINTERSUN

A poster for the event can be viewed below.

Many more bands will be announced over the coming months.

WINTERSUN is continuing work on its long-awaited new album, "Time", tentatively due in August 2009. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Sons of Winter and Stars", "Land of Snow and Sorrow", "Time", "Fire", "One with the Shadows", "Storm" and "Silver Leaves".

The band previously described the upcoming album as containing "seven epic songs and quite long ones. It's a theme album. The music has some new dimensions, but has also the recognizable 'WINTERSUN style.'"