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Roadburn 2019 Adds Another Fest’s Worth of Bands; Lineup “Complete”

Posted in Whathaveyou on January 25th, 2019 by JJ Koczan

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So, Roadburn 2019 has moved the pre-party from Cul de Sac — which was always packed — to the 013 proper, where it will be held in the Green Room for the first time. I’d expect that to fill up as well, as Temple Fang, Hellripper and one more band still to be announced take the stage to kick off the festival. It’s just one more example of how Roadburn keeps getting bigger. Sunday used to be the Afterburner, with fewer stages. Now it’s a full-blown fest day. The pre-party used to be two bands, then three, now a new venue. Pretty soon Roadburn is just going to be a full week long and will take over the entire town of Tilburg each April. You won’t hear me complain when it happens.

I’m thrilled to say I’ll be back in the Netherlands for Roadburn 2019 this April, once again serving as the editor of the Weirdo Canyon Dispatch daily ‘zine. I am honored and humbled to one again have the opportunity to be there and to do that work — I need to get an email out to the writing staff like yesterday, which is typical — as it’s a project I believe in deeply and an opportunity to work with a group of writers, photographers, graphic artists and others I deeply respect. Thank you to Walter and the 013 for having us back for another go. It’ll be fun.

With day schedules and the occasional TBA act still to come, I doubt this will be the last Roadburn 2019 announcement before April gets here, but the lineup is officially complete, so here’s how it rounds out. See you in Tilburg:

Final bands announced for Roadburn 2019

-Tomas Lindberg adds CRAFT to his curated event
-Roadburn’s pre-show party gets a new home
…and more!

Roadburn’s artistic director, Walter Hoeijmakers comments:
“Whilst this is our final band announcement for the 2019 festival, we’re still working on various other things behind the scenes which we’ll bring to you in due course, including the side programme and of course the day schedules. Once again, we’re delighted to have sold out the festival before Christmas and our gratitude to all those Roadburn supporters is unwavering. We’re extremely happy to be adding some true cult bands to the festival with this announcement.”

TOMAS LINDBERG’S THE BURNING DARKNESS

CRAFT
Rounding out the announcements for Tomas Lindberg’s The Burning Darkness curated event is the cult Swedish band, CRAFT. As ever, we hand over to our esteemed curator to tell us why this was such an essential pick for him…

“Craft was one of the first bands that I contacted for my announcement. I have been a big fan for a long time, and with the release of the astounding ‘White Noise and Black Metal’, it was a no brainer to include them.”
Read more here.

BOSSE-DE-NAGE
With each member initially only known by an initial, as though mere spectres channeling this labyrinthine music from some other galaxy, BOSSE-DE-NAGE have navigated the last decade expertly, creating five incredible records, of which last year’s Further Still is the culmination so far. Melding black metal, shoegaze, post rock and screamo, we’re prepared for a mind-melting experience when BOSSE-DE-NAGE take to the stage at Roadburn.

STREET SECTS
Check out any STREET SECTS album artwork, and you’ll feel like you’ve plunged into the gritty, harsh world of a hardboiled crime novel, a genre famous for its unflinching realism and toughness. Adjectives that can well be applied to the music this duo from Austin, Texas creates, as well. Music is often described as escapism, but when Leo Ashline hollers, shrieks and proclaims hard truths over Shaun Ringsmuth’s pounding, pulsing rhythms, it’s the absolute opposite – it’s as if someone’s forcing your eyes wide open, Clockwork Orange-style, to stare at the ugliest and harshest realities this world has to offer.

GLERAKUR
Founded by Icelandic composer and sound designer Elvar Geir Sævarsson in order to perform his contemplative yet titanic score for Fjalla-Eyvindur & Halla – a production by The National Theater – GLERAKUR (Icelandic for ‘Glass Field’) is currently one of the most important cornerstones of the country’s thriving music scene.

GLERAKUR’s debut album, The Mountains Are Beautiful Now – the soundtrack to the aforementioned play – is very impressive, and won Iceland’s prestigious Kraumur Award in 2017. Though the band’s cinematic take on Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Swans really comes to life over a full set, as we experienced at last year’s Eistnaflug. With two drummers, and four guitarists, GLERAKUR multiplied their hypnotic waves of dreamlike-atmospheres and harmonic feedback into such an overwhelming and mesmerising performance that we simply had to invite them for the 2019 festival.

MJ GUIDER
Melissa Guion will be at Roadburn performing as part of the Thou Artist In Residence extravaganza, which we are already breathlessly anticipating. However, we’re thrilled to announce that she will also be performing her own set – aided and abetted by live collaborators – under the moniker, MJ GUIDER.

If you’re unfamiliar with the hypnotic fayre of her 2016 release, Precious Systems, then the good news is that there’s just about 11 weeks before Roadburn to get yourself up to speed. Immerse yourself in the swirling landscapes and enchanting melodies on offer; lay back in the stream of lush instrumentation and let it wash over you. MJ GUIDERs output is a multilayered offering, and yet remains delicately sparse at times.

L’ACÉPHALE
Never the most prolific of bands, nor the most well-known, nevertheless L’ACÉPHALE have offered some of the most intelligent blackened folk music throughout the years. While this decade has only witnessed a few small releases – after Malefeasance and Stahlhartes Gehäuse, their only full-lengths, punctuated an unusually productive period in 2008 and 2009 – they have all been remarkable, and once we were made aware that the band was getting ready to become more active, we saw the perfect opportunity to satiate our hunger for more L’ACÉPHALE. With the announcement of their self titled, 74-minute album coming this April on Eisenwald, what better time to explore the abyss than now?

GREY AURA
As well as participating in the Maalstroom commissioned performance, GREY AURA, hailing from Utrecht, The Netherlands, will also bring their conceptual Black Metal to Roadburn 2019 on Sunday, April 14. GREY AURA are using their playful yet sometimes schizophrenic take on this genre (like some of the others participating in Maalstroom) as a vehicle to expose and explore the darker side of the mind.

ROADBURN’S PRE-SHOW PARTY: IGNITION
With a new home (the 013’s Green Room) and a new name, Roadburn’s pre-show party, Ignition, is primed and ready to get the festivities off to a killer start. Featuring TEMPLE FANG and HELLRIPPER – a third band will be announced in due course – Ignition is the perfect way to kick off your Roadburn on Wednesday, April 10 – and sticking with tradition, it will be free to attend.

Though there’s no release yet, TEMPLE FANG – featuring of Death Alley alumni, Dennis Duijnhouwer and Jevin de Groot – are currently making quite a name in the Dutch underground by way of hypnotic and overwhelming live shows. Channeling the spirit of Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Blue Öyster Cult and Captain Beyond, some fuzzed-out rawk comes to the forefront of their sound as well!

While TEMPLE FANG will bring the psych and expand your mind and your senses, HELLRIPPER will be the perfect antidote for all that! If anything, the Scottish kings of old-school dirty black/speed nastiness will contract your mind into a tiny and super dense ball of steel! Formed in 2014 by backwards visionary James McBain under the spiritual guidance of Venom, Sabbat or Kreator, they’ve since expanded into a full live band and are now ready to tear our head off while thrashing like maniacs.

TICKETS & ACCOMMODATION
Roadburn Festival 2019 is SOLD OUT. Accommodation options remain in Tilburg and further afield – please check the website for more details.

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Temple Fang, Live at 013, Tilburg, the Netherlands, June 19, 2018

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Prophecy Fest 2017 Lineup Finalized: Sólstafir, Arcturus, Dool, Hypnopazuzu and More to Play

Posted in Whathaveyou on April 13th, 2017 by JJ Koczan

Haven’t you ever wanted to go to a festival in a German cave? Fucking of course you have. Don’t even pretend otherwise. And somehow, given the vast sonic swath it covers, from the post-everything metal of Arcturus to the Eastern European folk of The Moon and the Nightspirit to the goth-infused heavy rock of Dool — all of which operates under the banner of Prophecy Productions, it has to be noted — the lineup for Prophecy Fest 2017 couldn’t be more appropriate. The fest is set for July 28 and 29 at Balver Höhle in Balve, Germany.

Yes. It’s really a cave. Yes, you can go there and see cave stuff. There will also be a lineup of bands that emphasizes the unique (not a word I use often) breadth of Prophecy Productions, and that only makes it more special as an event. I don’t know how many fests you go to in the average year — 10? 15? — but I try and hit a few. I’ve never been to one in a cave. I’m ashamed to admit it.

Lineup rules, location rules. Concept rules. I can feel the vibe from here already.

From the PR wire:

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Prophecy Fest 2017 – 28th & 29th July 2017 – Balver Höhle/Germany

Prophecy Fest takes place in a natural cave from Old Stone Age – Balver Höhle. According to Germanic Saga, the blacksmith Wieland had his workshop in the cave. Balve, Germany, is situated between Dortmund, Cologne, Frankfurt and Hannover.

After the amazing work Austrian graphic designer Irrwisch did made for Lotus Thief’s “Gramarye”, he was our choice for the art director function at Prophcy Fest 2017. We are delighted to have him on board and can’t wait for his exhibition in the cave of Balve!

Sun Of The Sleepless, the black metal/experimental side project of Schwadorf (Empyrium, The Vision Bleak), will play its second show ever at Prophecy Fest 2017! As a side note, the first concert was at the first small Prophecy label festival in 1999. Dornenreich will grace us with a special history acoustic concert at Prophecy Fest 2017! The set list will contain songs from all their albums as well as the “Mein Flügelschlag” demo tape. The Vision Bleak will perform with the Shadow Philharmonics for the first time since 2006 again.

We are proud to have Schwadorf and Konstanz back at Prophecy Fest 2017 for a special performance with a classical ensemble of strings, percussion and vocals! We are proud to add DOOL, one of our most exciting signings in recent years, to the billing of Prophecy Fest 2017. Ryanne van Dorst and her pack will prepare a special set with five additional musicians and singers exclusively for this event! The Moon and the Nightspirit will play a one-time show at Prophecy Fest! Their line-up will be extended by a pianist/harpist and a flutist and their set will include songs never played before.

Hypnopazuzu, the new band of David Tibet (Current 93) and Youth (Killing Joke), give their very first concert in Germany! Lotus Thief will be in Europe for the first time and we let them set ancient words to song in the cave of Balve. Hexvessel will prepare an extended performance for us with implemented acoustic set. Arcturus, the epitome of avant-garde metal, will perform at Prophecy Fest. Soror Dolorosa will perform “Severance” in its entirety for the first time. Additionally, they will present their new album “Apollo”.

Glerakur surprised us and blew us away with their performance at Prophecy Fest 2016. It was an easy decision for us to invite them again. Sólstafir will illuminate the cave of Balve! NOÊTA will play their first concert outside Scandinavia at this year’s Prophecy Fest! Spiritual Front will play a special “Armageddon Gigolo” set for Prophecy Fest 2017! Nhor world premiere performance at this year’s Prophecy Fest!

Unlike other festivals, we will not start with the most “unknown” artist and end with the “headliners”.

To us, they are all headliners and were chosen because we expect an amazing performance from them.

Therefore, all artists will receive the playing time they need for their performance, and the running order will reflect what we consider the optimum in terms of dramaturgy and suspension.

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Les Discrets, Live at Prophecy Fest 2016

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