The Sludgelord News: CORROSION OF CONFORMITY to headline the Friday at DESERTFEST LONDON 2016!

It is with great excitement that we're revealing the second headliner to walk the DESERTFEST LONDON stage next April 29th in Camden, with America's coolest volume dealers CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and no one but their historical frontman Pepper Keenan at the helm! Icing on this greasy cake: their sludgy brothers in arms CROWBAR will co-headline the night, for a "southern special" Friday at Desertfest!

UK's forerunner stoner/doom/psyche gathering DESERTFEST couldn't reach the milestone of their 5th edition without having cult acts on the bill. And who could open this special weekend better than one of America's most inspiring and outstanding bands of musicians in heavy music, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, reuniting with their iconic guitarist and frontman Pepper Keenan (also well-known for founding leading southern metal unit Down). With the recent news of COC's signing on Nuclear Blast Records and recording of a new album due out in the fall of 2016, there is no doubt that this fifth Desertfest London will go down in history

As previously announced and to make it even more special, NOLA's sludge metal heroes CROWBAR will co-headline the Friday along with COC, bringing their influential slow-and-low sound to the masses. Once again this is a first, as Kirk Windstein and his crew of titans have never played any Desertfest before. A night dedicated to US sludge and rock heavyweights! 

- DESERTFEST LONDON 2016 -

April 29th to May 1st in Camden, London (UK)

Weekend tickets available here

Current lineup is as follows:

ELECTRIC WIZARD

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY w/ Pepper Keenan

GODFLESH

CROWBAR

TRUCKFIGHTERS

ELDER

EGYPT

CONAN

WO FAT

MOTHERSHIP

MONOLORD

ROTOR

RAGING SPEEDHORN

PLANET OF ZEUS

WITCHSORROW

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The Sludgelord News: Godflesh, Crowbar, Truckfighters, Egypt and more acts confirmed to play DESERTFEST LONDON 2016!

UK's #1 stoner, doom, sludge and psych event DESERTFEST LONDON is thrilled to announce the second wave of artists who will be taking the stage at the 2016 edition, taking place in April 29th to May 1st across multiple venues in the legendary musical hub of Camden Town... 

NOLA's sludge metal heroes CROWBAR will be heading back over seas to make ears bleed, bringing their influential slow-and-low sound to an eager, ready, and willing Desertfest. Kirk Windstein and his crew of titans haven’t graced UK revellers with their rowdy presence since 2014; and Crowbar has never played Desertfest London. Making for a truly exciting, and long over-due, addition to the already stellar proceedings next year has in store.

Desertfest are also pleased to reveal that our friends at Old Empire will once again be curating a stage, bringing an eclectic and exciting array of acts to broaden the pallet. First to be announced are industrial legends GODFLESH, who will be headlining the Old Empire offerings. Their experimental and aggressive sound has established the Birmingham-based duo as one of the most innovative bands in industrial music, cited as influencing everyone from Metallica to Faith No More. 

As if all that wasn’t enough to process, there’s of course a healthy helping of doom and stoner rock goodness joining the mix for Desertfest 2016. Heavy-hitting warriors TRUCKFIGHTERS will be chucking riffs left, right and centre, alongside fellow Swedish fuzz lords MONOLORD, who will be riding easy and destroying all in one slow, hard and loud blow. Psychedelic monsters WO FAT are a welcome return, having well and truly mastered the art of trippy doom – many can do it, but few do it as well as the Dallas desert trio. EGYPT will also be heading over and hitting the bill hard to bring some Dakota doom goodness to the haze, alongside eccentric instrumental gurus ROTOR. Southern rock lovin’ PLANET OF ZEUS are bringing their raw grooves out of the Greek underground and into thirsty a London, and finally heavy rockers MOTHERSHIP will be taking fans well out the galaxy – musically speaking, of course. 

- DESERTFEST LONDON 2016 -

April 29th to May 1st in Camden, London (UK)

Weekend tickets available AT THIS LOCATION

Current lineup is as follows:

ELECTRIC WIZARD

GODFLESH

CROWBAR

TRUCKFIGHTERS

ELDER

EGYPT

CONAN

WO FAT

MOTHERSHIP

MONOLORD

ROTOR

RAGING SPEEDHORN

PLANET OF ZEUS

WITCHSORROW

Get more infos at www.thedesertfest.com 

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The Sludgelord News: Doom Over London V: Latest additions to the one day doom fest

DOOM OVER LONDON has just announced the latest additions to their stellar line up for 2015. Death Penalty and Witchsorrow will join the bill for the event due to take place at The Dome, Tufnell Park on Saturday 4th April.

Now in its fifth year, DOOM OVER LONDON brings together both up and coming new bands, as well as long standing favourites - all tied together by a common thread of doom. For the first time, the event will take place in its new home at legendary north London venue, The Dome.

The current line up for the event is:
Asphyx - a UK exclusive for the Dutch legends, it will be their first time on British soil since their reformation.
Death Penalty - another exclusive; this will be the first UK show for the band that features ex members of Cathedral and Serpentcult.
Draconian -  a hypnotic soundtrack of apocalyptic proportions. First time in the UK.
Forgotten Tomb -  the band will be airing songs from their as yet untitled new album for the first time in the UK
Isole - Swedish doom by the bucket load, and with new album 'The Calm Hunter' just released, Isole are ready to return to UK shores.
October Tide - Formed as a side project by original members of Katatonia, October Tide perform the essence of death doom metal. First time in the UK.
Serpent Venom - Huge walls of achingly slow, punishing doom sets the tone.
Witchsorrow - a new album is expected later this year from this heavy, heavy doom trio.

More additions will be made over the coming weeks.  Stay tuned on the DOOM OVER LONDON Facebook and Twitter accounts for all news and information as it happens.

Early Bird tickets have sold out, but regular tickets are available to purchase here, priced at £29.50.

Source: Pioneer Music Press

The Sludgelord News : BLOODSTOCK announce Motorhead icon Phil Campbell's band and five more...

 

 

 

BLOODSTOCK is thrilled to reveal six more bands confirmed to play the Sophie Lancaster Big Top stage in August.

Thursday night is set to be livened up by these two! Throwing down the party gauntlet are returning favourites, the PHIL CAMPBELL ALL STARR BAND. The MOTORHEAD guitarist had such a great time at BLOODSTOCK last year, he’s coming back to do it all over again. Wrap your eyes and ears around these clips from last year’s fest of the MOTORHEAD classics ‘Killed By Death’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGe85gq2ZU4 and ‘Ace Of Spades’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_4l-i_cVdY. Get ready to hold your beer aloft!

Nottingham thrashers INCINERY are happy to take up the challenge, stating “Things have been stepping up a gear and the unbelievable is becoming a reality, so it is with great excitement that we return to the place that started it all for us! It’ll be a real homecoming, and we’re looking forward to playing at what is the keystone of the metal scene in the UK.” Get a free INCINERY track on the CD included in the current PANTERA cover issue of Metal Hammer magazine, or visit http://www.reverbnation.com/Incinery for tunes, video, and more info!

By name but not by nature, DIABOLICAL will bringing their unique brand of Swedish death metal to the Sophie Stage on Friday. They declare, “It is with great pleasure that we announce our appearance at BLOODSTOCK! Rest assured we will take equally great measures to make this a highly memorable show!” The band recently released new concept album ‘Neogenesis’ via ViciSolum Productions. Investigate via Terrorizer mag’s preview at: http://www.terrorizer.com/news/streams/diabolical-stream-new-album-neogenesis-terrorizer/ and check out the video for ‘Metamorphosis’ at: http://youtu.be/1cGOG_kPXZg.

BLOODSTOCK is also pleased to add Mancunian black metallers, WINTERFYLLETH to Friday’s line-up. For a taster of their current album, ‘The Threnody of Triumph’, head over to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NEgZ5x7D-I to hear the epic ‘A Thousand Winters’. The band have also just released a split EP with cult Ukranian band DRUDKH, premiering it online at: http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/exclusive-winterfylleth-preview-new-trve-kvlt-cover-version/. Get the lowdown on upcoming plans on their official site: http://www.winterfylleth.co.uk/.

Southwest metal band CAMBION are determined to get heads banging on Friday. Drawing their djent/tech/prog influences from the likes of Fear Factory and Meshuggah, the band commented, “We are beyond happy to be playing the best UK festival, BLOODSTOCK! CAMBION is growing into a force to be reckoned with and that’s down to hard graft and BLOODSTOCK itself for believing in and supporting the next generation of metal bands!” Check out their ‘Virus’ EP and more over at: http://www.cambionofficial.co.uk/.

Joining them on Friday are Norwegian groove metallers, ZEROZONIC. The band couldn’t be more excited to get to play at Catton Park, exclaiming “Finally, ZEROZONIC will play a big festival outside Norway for the first time. It’s about time! Ten years of existence and three albums in we are very excited to play the amazing BLOODSTOCK. Let’s get it on!” ZEROZONIC’s current album ‘Aftersane’ has just been re-released by their new label Metal Age Productions, and the band are busy working on their fourth album. Listen to some tracks at: https://soundcloud.com/zerozonic and then learn more at: http://www.zerozonic.com/.

Need a lift to BLOODSTOCK? Or driving there and want some extra cash for the empty seats in your car? BLOODSTOCK have teamed up with GOCARSHARE once more to make it easier than ever to rock out and reduce your carbon footprint at the same time. Simply register where you’re travelling to/from, or the route you’re taking, and then sit back and wait for drivers/passengers to get in touch! GOCARSHARE is integrated with Facebook, so you can check out the profiles of your possible travel buddies and they also encourage travellers to post feedback. Learn more at: http://gocarshare.com/page/about. Plus...register and confirm your journey to BLOODSTOCK 2014 with GoCarShare and they will put your name in a hat to win a pair of FREE TICKETS for BLOODSTOCK 2015! For full details and to find your ride or fill your car, head over to http://gocarshare.com/festival/bloodstock. For more travel options to the festival, including details of coaches from all over the country with Big Green Coach and shuttles from local train stations, visit: http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/pages/travel-info.

BLOODSTOCK 2014 is shaping up to be the biggest and best yet, with early bird and rocksoc tickets selling out in record time and weekend tickets flying out the door! Friday night’s headliners are New Orleans sludgemeisters, DOWN. Joining them to head up Saturday night are re-united black metal overlords, EMPEROR and closing out proceedings on Sunday are the mighty thrash legends, MEGADETH. Also announced so far are AMON AMARTH, OBITUARY, CROWBAR, HATEBREED, LACUNA COIL, CARCASS, PRONG, CHILDREN OF BODOM, SAXON, DECAPITATED, FLOTSAM & JETSAM, PRIMORDIAL, EVIL SCARECROW, ROTTING CHRIST, SISTER SIN, and SATAN. More bands and other cool things on site will be announced in the coming weeks. Watch the video trailer for BLOODSTOCK 2014, pick up your tickets and get excited about what’s in store!! You can view it at: http://youtu.be/xukFwVTNkZc

 

Tickets are available now priced £130 (plus booking fee) for a 4-day Thurs-Sun weekend pass with camping. VIP tickets and upgrades are also now available, as well as the very popular ticket deposit scheme, which helps make a ticket purchase a bit more manageable, breaking the payment over three months. Look up all the ticket options over at bloodstock.seetickets.com.

BLOODSTOCK will be held at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 7th-10th August 2014. Keep up to date with the very latest info on BLOODSTOCK’s official sites at www.facebook.com/bloodstock and www.bloodstock.uk.com.



Source : Cosa Nostra PR