News On Wastefall's New Album

Greece's balls-heavy progressive act Wastefall's third album Self-Exile is taking the scene by storm, both with critics, connoisseurs and clinically-addicted fans of both progressive metal and straight-up monstrous thrash. Fans across the country (and those that travel inter-continentally for festivals) were churning with excitement to check out the bands' first ever US appearance at this year's Progpower Fest, but, as we see too many times, immigration got in the way. Here's an official statement from the band:

"We unfortunately have to announce that WASTEFALL will not be participating in this years "PROGPOWER USA" festival in Atlanta, USA on September 16th. When applying for the visa to be able to perform in USA, we ran into some unexpected problems with the Greek authorities, which have made it impossible for us to go. We're really sorry about this, as we know a lot of fans had been looking forward to seeing us in USA for the first time ever, and we ourselves had been looking very much forward to the whole experience of our first gig outside of Greece. We would like to extend our gratitude to both our label and management for doing what was possible in order to help us solve the problems, and especially we would like to thank Glenn Harveston of ProgPower USA for helping us beyond the call of duty on trying to make ends meet. We really hope to be able to go to ProgPower USA another year and make up for this." - Wastefall, 07/2006

Unfortunate news, but that snag will not impede on this bands' impact on the metal community this year, and they're fully supporting this album to the best of their abilities.