due to local german government paranoia and mis-information about this festival we regret to announce that benediction will not be appearing at this weekends hellflame festival (22/09/07).this is no fault of the band or the promoters(burning stage) who have been fighting for this festival since town officials tried to ban it on the grounds that they thought it was going to be a secret nazi meeting !!!!!! the festival will still go ahead but with strict restrictions and also a very strict time window for the show to happen.at such a late time finally getting this sorted and at great expense for burning stage promotions through using lawyers to fight the case benediction are one of the casualties of the outcome.the band will be back next year with the backing of burning stage.we are not sure what other bands will not be appearing but we suggest you still go and give support to the promoter who has lost a lot of money to make sure this festival goes ahead.oh well,shit happens