A tribute to Roadburn Festival is about as close as I can come to an absolute no-brainer. My life is a Roadburn tribute. Nonetheless, to look directly at the 2022 lineup and consider everything the Netherlands-based festival has been through over the last three years — everything everyone has been through — it seemed like the least I could do. I’ve been to every Roadburn since 2009. This will be the first I miss in all that stretch.

In 2021 when they did the virtual Roadburn Redux, I didn’t watch most of it. It was cool, I saw the whole setup they had with the virtual meeting room and I watched some of the streams, but yeah, I just kind of felt sad about the whole thing. And I saw the writing on the wall this year with the daily festival ‘zine I’ve been editing for the last seven or however many years even before I was told it wasn’t happening. Roadburn never needed me, but knowing that it’s happening next week and not being able to be there is sad. This isn’t really a consolation prize so much as a short love letter to the fest and best wishes to anyone who finds themselves in that space. I will miss it.

Thanks if you listen, thanks if you’re reading. Thanks in general.

The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at: http://gimmemetal.com.

Full playlist:

The Obelisk Show – 04.15.22

Year of No Light	Interdit aux Vivants, aux Morts et aux Chiens	Consolamentum
Sum of R	Lust	Lahbryce
Alcest	Spiritual Instinct	Spiritual Instinct
VT1
Sólstafir	Ljós Í Stormi	Svartir Sandar
Lingua Ignota	Katie Cruel	Katie Cruel (single)
Mizmor	Wit’s End	Wit’s End
Cloud Rat	Mouse Trap	Cloud Rat
Warhorse	Black Acid Prophecy	As Heaven Turns to Ash
Emma Ruth Rundle	Blooms of Oblivion	Engine of Hell
Årabrot	Feel it On	Norwegian Gothic
VT2
Kanaan	Return to the Tundrasphere	Earthbound
Smote	Moninna	Bodkin
40 Watt Sun	Until	Perfect Light
Messa	Pilgrim	Close

The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is April 29 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.

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