Psycho Las Vegas 2017 announces its first headliner is King Diamond playing Abigail in its entirety. Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of what’s become one of the most essential heavy metal classics, and the band’s performance of it at Psycho will be a US exclusive show for 2017. If the fest has demonstrated a propensity for anything up to this point, it’s going big. One expects they’ll continue to do so as we move into 2017 and the next month brings two more headliners, more than 40 bands still to come, and the official poster art, which is sure to make an impression in its own right.

As the world settles into any number of holiday cliches this Xmas — for The Patient Mrs. and I, it was an annual Xmas Eve tradition of watching Die Hard; the ultimate holiday movie — Psycho Las Vegas 2017 offers one more reason to celebrate. The PR wire brought this just for you:

PSYCHO LAS VEGAS 2017: King Diamond to Headline

Who said you got no presents for Christmas? Today, Psycho Las Vegas unveils King Diamond as the festival’s grand headliner. In coming to Psycho, King Diamond mark 30 years since the release of Abigail, and this will be King’s only USA performance of 2017!

With a career spanning more than 35 groundbreaking years, King Diamond’s namesake stands among the ultimate heavy metal icons. From landmark records with Mercyful Fate to establishing the band King Diamond in 1985 and unleashing the unholy trinity of Fatal Portrait (1986), Abigail (1987) and “Them” (1988) on the world, King Diamond’s vocals, atmosphere and songs have become the staple diet of multiple generations of headbangers.

Don’t miss your chance to see one of metal’s ultimate legends take the stage at the biggest underground fest the US has ever known when King Diamond plays Psycho Las Vegas 2017 in August at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino!

Additional headliners, full lineup & official festival artwork revealed Jan 2017.

– confirmed lineup –
KING DIAMOND (Headliner / USA 2017 exclusive)
MURDER CITY DEVILS
NEUROSIS
MULATU ASTATKE
SWANS
CARCASS
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM
CRYSTAL FAIRY
MAGMA
CHELSEA WOLFE
SLO BURN
CULT OF LUNA WITH JULIE CHRISTMAS
ABBATH
SUMAC
MYRKUR
PELICAN
WEEDEATER
ZEAL & ARDOR
SLOMATICS
OATHBREAKER
VHOL
COUGH
BLOOD CEREMONY
INTER ARMA
THE SKULL
WINDHAND
BUZZOVEN
MINSK
CODE ORANGE
KHEMMIS
GATECREEPER
NORTH
CULT LEADER
SNAIL
WIZARD RIFLE
MERLIN
FLOORIAN
DOMKRAFT
ELEPHANT TREE
MORNE
HOLLOW LEG
SUMMONER

Psycho Las Vegas 2017 is set for Aug. 18-20 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Tickets are available at https://www.vivapsycho.com

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King Diamond, “No Presents for Christmas”