Barcelona · Metro area
Technical death metal · Germany
Obscura, the German technical and progressive death metal band founded in Landshut in 2002, headline a night of death metal with Pestilence (Enschede, since 1986), Cryptic Shift (technical death and thrash from Leeds), Thus and DVRK.
Psychedelic rock · France
SLIFT, a Toulouse trio formed in 2016, blend space rock, psychedelia and heavy psych in long, loud and immersive live shows. One of the most exciting bands in European psychedelic rock today.
Deathcore · USA
Whitechapel, from Knoxville, Tennessee and active since 2006, headline a night of extreme metal with Sylosis (progressive thrash and death from Reading), 200 Stab Wounds (death metal from Cleveland) and Tribal Gaze (death metal from Texas).
Melodic death metal · Finland
Three bands of Nordic melancholy and guitars: Amorphis, Finnish veterans since 1990 who mix melodic death, progressive and folk; Insomnium, from Joensuu; and Unto Others, gothic rock and heavy metal from Portland.
Death metal · USA
Frozen Soul, a death metal band from Fort Worth, Texas formed in 2018, top an extreme metal bill with Darkest Hour (melodic metalcore from Washington D.C., since 1995), Denial Of Life and Dethroned.
Dark wave · Germany
Blutengel, a German band formed in 1998, are a benchmark of dark wave and EBM with a gothic and industrial touch. Synths, darkness and choruses for the goth scene crowd, alongside Psideralica.
Black metal · Norway
Enslaved, Norwegian pioneers of progressive and viking black metal since 1991, share the night with Sólstafir, Icelandic post-metal from Reykjavik, and Gaahl's Wyrd, the black metal band of vocalist Gaahl, formerly of Gorgoroth.
Post-punk / dark wave · Turkey
She Past Away, a Turkish duo from Bursa formed in 2006, have become a benchmark of post-punk and coldwave. A dark, danceable sound for the goth scene, with Malefixxio on the bill.
Post-metal · Sweden
Cult Of Luna, the Swedish band that has defined post-metal and atmospheric sludge since the late nineties, at Razzmatazz 1. Walls of guitars, slow crescendos and a live show that feels almost like a ritual.