You can see it for yourself. Among the many Sound of Liberation-adjacent festivals taking place throughout any given non-pandemic-afflicted year — thinking of Desertfest Berlin, Up in Smoke, Keep it Low, this year’s anniversary party, etc. — you know Desertfest Berlin 2022 is going to be special. Look at that Thursday lineup. Look at that Saturday lineup. Look at Friday. Look at Sunday. There’s no weak day.

Even if the thought of one or the other of the headliners doesn’t set you on fire, there are so many other ways to go. To wit, I’ve never been a huge Baroness fan, but you got Elder, Ufomammut and Stöner right there, though I also kind of feel like the rest of Sunday’s lineup needs to be in the bigger font too, with Slift, hometown heroes Rotor, Slomosa from Norway, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs and SÂVER rounding out the final evening. I guess you could say the same all the way through.

A few more bands have been added — The Well, Vug, Velvet Two Stripes and Love Machine — and the day splits are below. It’s a no-filler lineup, and that’s about the bare minimum one can say about it.

If you’re going, right friggin’ on.

From the PR wire:

DESERTFEST BERLIN Reveals Final Line-Up & Day Splits for 2022!

Finally, Desertfest Berlin returns on May 26 – 29th, feat. ELECTRIC WIZARD, YOB, BARONESS, ORANGE GOBLIN, WITCHCRAFT, KADAVAR, ELDER, MY SLEEPING KARMA & many many more!

After two long years, this May the Desertfest Berlin community finally re-unites. To celebrate the return of heavy live music, and its 10th anniversary edition, this year Desertfest Berlin will excel with one of their best line-ups to date!

Alongside headlining bands such as ELECTRIC WIZARD and Berlin’s very own KADAVAR, 2022 will see high class acts such as WITCHCRAFT, ORANGE GOBLIN, BARONESS, Desert Legends Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri with their new outfit STÖNER, YOB, TRUCKFIGHTERS, ELDER, MY SLEEPING KARMA, 1000MODS, the return of mighty UFOMAMMUT among many more renowned as well as up & coming bands storm the stage of Desertfest Berlin! Today, the unique underground festival in the heart of Berlin has revealed its final line-up, adding VUG, LOVE MACHINE, THE WELL and VELVET TWO STRIPES to their eclectic bill of 2022!

Grateful for the loyal support and while most of the Desertfesters kept their tickets since 2020, the cult festival has extended its upcoming edition from 3 to 4 days. All 3 Days Ticket Holders will get access to all 4 Days of Desertfest Berlin, the 2020 ticket will be valid for the entire festival in 2022!

Taking place between May 26 – 29, 2022 at the Arena Berlin, and since most day and all weekend passes are sold-out, you better act quick to get a ticket for at least Thursday and/or Sunday! These rare, handful of tickets are available at www.desertfest.de – The Day Splits will look as [above.]

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Desertfest Berlin 2019 aftermovie

Sound of Liberation will host its first-ever A Day in Smoke mini-festival on April 30 in Pratteln, Switzerland. The venue, Z7, should be familiar if you’ve heard of the Up in Smoke fest that takes place there annually each Fall. A Day in Smoke, then, is an all-dayer that’s got names that will be likewise familiar if you’ve heard of either that fest or others in the Sound of Liberation booking sphere. Let me put it this way. If you’ve made it this far into the post without putting down your phone, I’m going to trust that you know what I’m talking about here.

A Day in Smoke was originally set for this past December but then blah blah. It’s April 30, and that seems like a right-now-likely-to-happen kind of thing. The first lineup announcement has a couple heavy-hitters in 1000mods, Colour Haze and Villagers of Ionnina City and with more to come, I know No Mute but I’m curious to check out Velvet Two Stripes and Meloi. Maybe you’ll be too.

Announcement was made this morning on social media:

A Day In Smoke – 30. April 2022

Venue: Z7
City: Pratteln, Switzerland

Friends, it looks like there’s finally some light at the end of the tunnel. We’re stoked to re-announce our „A Day In Smoke“ event and are beyond happy to reconfirm so many great bands already!

Line-Up:
1000mods
Colour Haze
Villagers of Ioannina City
Velvet Two Stripes
No Mute
MELOI

+ two more bands to be announced

Date:
Saturday, 30. April 2022
Konzertfabrik Z7 – Pratteln
Pratteln, Switzerland

Tickets:
Tickets from 2021 stay valid automatically or can be returned if you can not attend the new date.
Still need to get yours? Be fast! Here you go: http://www.sol-tickets.com

We can’t wait to celebrate a full day of heavy rock’n’roll with all of you. See you soon!

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Colour Haze, Live at Salzburg Rockhouse, Sept. 19, 2021

The lineup for Desertfest Berlin 2022 is serious gosh darn business, and no less so with Baroness newly announced as the final night’s headliner. That puts them in the company of Orange Goblin, Kadavar and Electric Wizard, though frankly if you look further down the bill for each of the four days, it’s not like the headliners are the whole story. From Samavayo and Polymoon and YOB and Temple Fang, Lowrider and Black Rainbows to Rotor and Slomosa, it’s a packed roster that by the time it happens (thinking positively now) will have been more than two years in the making. Not, not, not to be trifled with.

Some personal favorites added today, among them SÂVER, Rotor and the aforementioned Temple Fang, but I’m pretty sure I said last time that if the lineup for Desertfest Berlin 2022 was done, they’d be good to go. That opinion hasn’t changed as the festival has gotten more badass.

From the PR wire:

BARONESS HEADLINES DESERTFEST SUNDAY – 10 NEW BANDS, DAY SPLITS & SINGLE DAY TICKETS ON SALE

Friends, we’re proud to present you 10 new names for our Desertfest Berlin 2022, including the last headlining act: the one and only BARONESS (USA)

Please welcome to the bill:

Baroness – BLACK RAINBOWS – DVNE – Rotor – SÂVER – Spirit Adrift – Steak – Temple Fang – Velvet Two Stripes – VUG

Additionally, you can check out the first day splits of our line-up and purchase single day tickets from now on.

TICKETS:
4 day passes + single day tickets are available via www.desertfest.de

INFO:
– 4 day passes are running really low! Be fast before they are gone
– remember that weekend passes from 2020 stay valid automatically but single day tickets from 2020 do NOT! Please check our website for further info

We’re looking forward to Desertfest Berlin A LOT and we hope so are you. Can’t wait to see you all again on May 26th – 29th 2022.

Love,
Your Desertfest Crew

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Black Rainbows, “Evil Snake” Live at Desertfest Antwerp 2021