Speaking of novelty acts... I stumbled upon
Van Canto on the Blind Guardian board the other day:
http://www.myspace.com/vancanto
A band I would love, love, love to see is
VolBeat from Denmark.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5Q2NtjoYj_U
http://www.volbeat.dk/
http://myspace.com/volbeat