ReykjaDoom Fest 2024 Completes Lineup
Here’s how I wound up with four records embedded at the bottom of this post: First, I got an email from ReykjaDoom with a much more polite take on, “Hey goober we finished our lineup this week don’t miss it.” Then I wrote back and was like, “Thanks, sorry, cool,” and searched out the finished lineup and poster that, owing to the age of wonders in which we live, is both above (horizontally) and below (vertically) this text. One likes to be thorough.
Next, I scrolled through ReykjaDoom‘s social media posts to see if I could find which bands were announced, and here’s where it happened. Reading backwards from last to first, I was like, “Oh sweet, Moonstone rule. I should include Growth (review here) with the post” — and yes, my inner monologue does include review links at this point. Then I saw MC NYASNOI, and I’d never heard them before, so I checked that out.
Five bucks later, I had a download from Bandcamp and at that point, grabbing an embed code is practically instinct for me. Record is wild. Super-weird. Will be in my next Quarterly Review. Next was Nornahetta and though I’m not a huge black metal guy, I was curious to hear a maybe-improv version thereof, so I hit their Bandcamp too, found an older release that represented some of the harshness of Iceland’s dried-lava-char take on the style. Easy choice to put that in too, and though I already knew at that point I’d have to have everybody, seeing that the last band was resonant cavernous doomers Morpholith would have made the choice easy anyhow.
That’s one, two, three, four, in order as I encountered them and presented that way below. I’m posting about a lot of Spring fests in the next few weeks, probably. Because this is the last announcement from ReykjaDoom 2024 — which used to be Doomcember, but switched months — and because it’s happening earlier than much of the Spring fest season in Europe (and separated geographically from the mainland), I don’t want it to get lost in the shuffle, not the least because of the blend of different styles on the bill and the fact that, only knowing half the bands in a given lineup reveal, each one turned out to be consuming in its own way.
Glad I got that email. Here’s word from the fest:
The last bands of ReykjaDoom Fest 2024 are coming.
First we welcome Morpholith.
Their debut LP is expected to come next year, utilising many sub-genres of doom metal to create variant kinds of absolute wall of sound.
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The second announcement of the day are the improvisational black metal band Nornahetta.
Known for sporadic live performances with no pre-written material, the mysterious force will do a uniquely slow and gloomy performance at ReykjaDoom Fest 2024.
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The third band announcement of the day, is the electronic doom metal band MC MYASNOI.
The band released an EP “falling lower than you expected” earlier in October. Their sound still has their signature synth elements from previous releases but combines it with spooky, experimental doom metal.
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The final band of ReykjaDoom Fest 2024 is the Polish band Moonstone.
Atmospheric stoner doom with powerful riffs, gloomy vocals and sensational moments.
Their recent performance at our comrade’s fest, Høstsabbat, only reassured us that they are the perfect fit for our next festival.
Unmissable addition to an already tight line-up.
Doom lives!
ReykjaDoom Fest 2024
8-9. March
Gaukurinn – Reykjavík
Konvent (DK)
Kælan Mikla
Dread Sovereign (IE)
Moonstone (PL)
Altari
CXVIII
Kvelja
MC MYASNOI
Morpholith
Múr
Nornahetta
Sleeping Giant
Slor
Volcanova
Tickets: https://www.midix.is/en//eid/89
Let there be doom!
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