Esbjerg Fuzztival 2025: Stoned Jesus to Headline
Esbjerg Fuzztival last week added Dead Meadow as their first night’s headliner. Today brings word of the final lineup addition: Ukrainian progressive heavy rockers Stoned Jesus.
There’s a full set video below of Stoned Jesus in their current incarnation playing a festival in Germany last year, or at least a show outside. I put it there for two reasons. One, there’s a point in the second half where the guy who’s up front filming goes for a beer, and he keeps filming — the essential documentarian. Two, I saw this band, this version of this band, in 2024 (review here). It was my first time seeing them, and it only underscored the impression given by their records, that they are a band who care deeply about their songs, who respect their audience, and who are able to create a sense of presence on stage while remaining humble in it. Good band, in other words. You get some sense of the dynamic in the clip, plus the sound is good. You can really hear him order that beer.
I don’t know the status of such a thing, but I’m expecting a new Stoned Jesus album before the end of the year. Does that mean one will happen? Nope. But I’ve got my hopes up and you know that even while they might go on a tour celebrating their XVth anniversary, they’re even more interested in moving forward as a band. If it’s 2026 before it happens, fine, but it’s still only January. They’re still with Season of Mist for the new one so far as I know.
And the bottom line is they’ll kill it at Esbjerg Fuzztival 2025. I believe this is the last of the announcements for the 2025 lineup, so keep an eye for day splits and, if you can go, have a great time:
ESBJERG FUZZTIVAL 2025 – Stoned Jesus
Here is our last announcement for Fuzztival 2025:
Stoned Jesus will be the perfect way to wrap up Fuzztival as our Saturday headliner!
We hardly have to say much about this band: Ukrainian progressive rock and doom combined, with a sabbath worshipping first album, that we still spin in plenty here, not to mention a second album that has become a legacy in the stoner/doom community with the epic chant I’m The Mountain. This band alone is worth both the ticket price and the trip, so don’t sleep on it: it’s pay-day after all!
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