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Its that time of year again. We need your feedback on the festival whether you went or not.

So If you made it to D.O.D. this year please click this link and fill out the really super ultra quick questionnaire.

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Thank you! Your feedback is very important to us.

The Crew

And so the 7th chapter of the D.O.D. festival is consigned to history and it is with great pride and gratitude that I now pay tribute to those who were involved in assisting in any way.

Firstly to the Irish acts that took to the stage at the weekend, many thanks for your efforts and your professionalism, in particular a special thanks to Visceral Attack & Nephridium for stepping in at short notice. I take great hope from the amount of talent that took to the stage at the weekend and I predict that great things can happen in the Irish scene once everybody keeps up the hard work. Extra special thanks to both Mourning Beloveth and Old Season whose actions before, during and after the festival have left us in little doubt as to their friendship and belief in D.O.D.

To our international acts, I have to say what a pleasure it was to work with you guys, thoroughly professional and full of encouragement to keep our festival going, many thanks and I'm sure we'll see you on tour in the near future.

Once again Mick & the staff at Pedigree Corner have made us feel welcome and strived to ensure that everything went smoothly, I personally feel that the team there have become part and parcel of the D.O.D. experience and I believe we owe a huge debt of gratitude to them, many thanks once again folks.

To our suppliers, partners & sponsors, Scobes & Sentinel, Ray McGowan & Phantom, Darragh & Invictus, Ian & Underground Movement, Simon & Black Widow (Waterford), Sarah & Chaos (Galway), Michael & Thunder Rock, Pete & Podie Ponk, Thor & Alpha Sounds, Longford Hire, Laois Hire (Portlaoise), Muller, Bernadine at Coolanowle Guesthouse, Mick at Knockfin B&B, Mrs Bowden, Screenlink, Tom Cunningham Designs (Artwork, T-shirts & Program), Clodagh & Amy in Blink PR, Staging Systems, Barretts bus hire, Praetorian Security, Eithne & Dataprint, John Mahon Bus Company, Declan Cardiff Coaches, Vinny Dalton Taxis, Camden Clothing, Nick & Miracle Artists & Ralph & Ingo at the Way of Darkness Festival, a very big thank you for your assistance.

To our staff, Bruno (Stage Manager Extraordinaire), Fran (Drum Tech), Dermot, Daragh & Gerry (Guitar Techs), Paul (Driver and all round superman), Nadine, Bea, Lydia, Therese & Del (Ticket desk Ladies), Peter (General Crew), Derek, Rob, Dave (T-shirt stall), Emmett Connell (Photography), Luke & Dan (Medics), Maureen & Craig (Assistance at home), to all in the army for helping to distribute fliers and posters, a huge thank you for all you efforts over the past year.

Once again, my heartfelt thanks to my fellow headbangers & organisers Crunch, Mark & Tim, we started working on this years festival the week after last years and these guys have busted a gut to make sure everything went off properly, you have my eternal gratitude for your help, support and dedication to the cause.

Last but most definitely not least, I have to thank you, the fans, who come to support us every year, rain, hail or shine, Cheers to you all.

To anyone I may have forgotten, apologies and many thanks for your assistance.

Now as many of you know the numbers were down a good bit on last year but were more or less on a par with 2006 meaning it was still one of the better attended seven we have done.

Over the last few days, I have taken note of the comments & suggestions concerning the festival, please keep them coming, they are invaluable to us. We will review everything over the next couple of weeks as regards next year and the future of the festival and will keep you posted.

Cheers to all,

Karl

Nuclear Reign have had to cancel their appearance at D.O.D. due to one of the members having an unfortunate accident in which he fractured his hand. The D.O.D. crew wish him a speedy recovery.

Nephridium will replace them and open D.O.D. 2008 on Saturday.