Feed The Flames heads to Trinidad for Golden Opportunity

AS Guyana celebrates its 52nd year of Independence on May 26, local Heavy Metal group ‘Feed The Flames’ will be celebrating their 10-year anniversary. What started as a rock band just for fun by a group of young men who were still in school at the time has now evolved into a force to be reckoned with in the Caribbean Rock Scene.

It was announced last December that FTF has been selected as one of the top five finalists for the second-ever ‘Wacken Metal Battle Caribbean’, where they will battle four other top bands from Trinidad and Suriname for an opportunity to perform on the biggest stage for Heavy Metal in the world – Wacken Open Air, in Germany this August.

The Wacken Metal Battle Caribbean (WNBC)was launched in 2016 by Jerry Orie in Suriname and saw bands from around the Caribbean participate in the first ever ‘Battle of the Bands’ of this magnitude. Lynchpin from Trinidad won that contest and went on to Germany in August 2016 to be the first Caribbean Rock band to make it that far.

This year, the WMBC teams up with Skyy Rock Festival in Trinidad on April 28 to present the second installment of the competition. Feed The Flames is no stranger to the stage at Skyy Rock Festival as they performed there last year. The band also supports Guyana’s own unique style of Rock Music ‘Creole Rock’, as well as the young and talented Josi from Linden – they were rated as the most entertaining performance for the night by many festival goers, because of their unique styles.

Next week – the members of Feed The Flames will embark on what is the most significant performance of their lives. This will be their reward for the last 10 years of commitment and dedication by these young men – who believed in following their dreams no matter how challenging being a musician in Guyana is, much less, being ‘Rock Musicians’. This is their golden opportunity to prove to themselves and to their supporters (as well as naysayers) that nothing is impossible and that through hard work and dedication, even the wildest of dreams can become reality.

FTF will be performing live tomorrow at Club Latino on Hadfield Street – where they will be hosting one final fundraising effort for their trip to Trinidad. Doors open at 20:00hrs and admission is only $1,000. So round up your friends and support FTF, while experiencing a unique and alternative mode of live entertainment in Georgetown – Rock n’ Roll !

Feed The Flames would like to thank their supporters and sponsors who have aided them along the way to Wacken – Howard’s Restaurant, Chetson’s, Print Zone, Ticketmaster Travel Agency and Radio Rock n’ Roll.

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