Enslaved and Wardruna To Perform Skuggsjá, The Sound of Norway's Norse History at Roadburn Festival 2015
Roadburn Festival 2015 Ticket Pre-Sales Start Thursday, Oct
16th 2014 at 21:00 CET; Pre-Sales Party at The 013 Venue (NL)
Bongripper, Floor, Sólstafir, Virus, White Hills, Messenger,
Junius, Skeletonwitch, Svartidaudi, Mortals, The Osiris Club and Zoltan also
confirmed for the 20th edition of Roadburn Festival.
We're elated to announce that Enslaved and Wardruna will
perform Skuggsjá, the sound of Norway's Norse History at Houses of the
Holistic, Ivar Bjørnson's and Einar “Kvitrafn” Selvik's curated Roadburn event
on Friday, April 10 at the 013 venue in Tilburg,
The Netherlands.
Written by Bjørnson and Selvik for the 200th anniversary of
the Norwegian Constitution and premiered this past weekend at the Eidsivablot
festival, this will be Skuggsjá's first performance outside of Norway, and
will certainly be one of the highlights of the 20th edition of Roadburn
Festival.
Skuggsjá translates into ‘mirror’ or ‘reflection’ in the
Norse language, and the commissioned piece not only contextualizes harder
music’s role in the democracy in Norway in 2014, but also joins threads from the
country’s ancient musical history and solidifies harder music’s position as
Norway`s most important cultural export.
By highlighting ideas, traditions and instruments of their
Norse past, Skuggsjá will tell the history of Norway and reflect relevant aspects
from the past into the present day. In light of this they will reflect on
themselves as a people and nation. In a magnificent tapestry of metal
instrumentation, a wide variety of Norway
and Scandinavia’s oldest instruments, and
poetry in Proto-Scandinavian, Norse and Norwegian, Skuggsjá will be a fusion
between past and present, both lyrically and musically.
We simply can't wait to experience it ourselves, to hear how
how Norwegian metal has developed from its rebellious roots into the highly
acclaimed artistic expression of a complex music genre, under Norway's
constitutional right to freedom of speech.
In related news, Virus, Junius, Skeletonwitch, Svartidaudi
and Icelandic heathens Sólstafir, who are currently making huge waves with
their latest release, Ótta, are also confirmed for Houses of the Holistic, Ivar
Bjørnson's and Einar “Kvitrafn” Selvik's curated Roadburn event on Friday,
April 10 at the 013 venue.
Tickets for the 20th edition of Roadburn Festival, set for
April 9 - 12 at the 013 venue in Tilburg,
The Netherlands, will go on sale on Thursday, October 16, 2014. Set your alarm
and get ready to score your tickets at 21:00 CET!
The majority of Roadburners live outside The Netherlands,
which is why ticket pre-sales will start at 21:00 CET. This should be
convenient for most time zones. Apologies to our friends in Oceania
who will have to wake up early (or just stay up late)!
We are pleased to report that there will be NO price
increase this year.Three-day tickets will be available for 165 Euros (excl.
servicefees); four-day tickets will cost 185 Euros (excl. service fees).
Afterburner-only tickets will cost 32.50 Euros (excl. service fees). Please
note that one-day tickets are not available for the Thursday, Friday or
Saturday Roadburn dates. Online buyers can order a maximum of four tickets.
For everyone in the Netherlands and Belgium: we are aware
that your local ticket outlets will not be open when pre-sales start, which is
why we are throwing another pre-sales party at the 013 venue in Tilburg (NL).
From 19:00 CET - 20:30 CET you will be able to purchase a maximum of four paper
tickets for Roadburn Festival 2015. Guaranteed!
In addition to making it easy to get tickets, the pre-sales
party is going to be a blast! This year, we have invited The Machine and Radar
Men From The Moon to provide the soundtrack.
The live music part of the evening starts at 20:30 CET.
Roadburn’s artistic director/promoter Walter Hoeijmakers will be on hand to
share the latest festival updates, too.
Chicago
instrumental band Bongripper will make a welcome return to the 20th edition of
Roadburn Festival with two sets that feature their unique brand of devastating
doom. The first will see them play their latest album, Miserable, in its
entirety at the main stage on Thursday, April 9. The second will be later that
weekend (more info about the date to be determined).
If you are a fan of stellar riffs and molasses-thick
distorted guitar tone, Floor has everything you want in music. These Floridian
sludge/pop pioneers get a lot of comparisons to lead singer/guitarist Steve
Brooks other band, Torche — and rightfully so — with his instantly recognizable
singing style and guitar tone. Floor, however, is the essence of pure
heaviness, with just a nod to the pop melodies that have spurred Torche on to
crossover success. Come feel the downtuned thunder of Floor’s bassless power
trio attack when Floor plays the main stage of the 013 venue at the 2015
Roadburn Festival on Thursday, April 9.
Combining many of the essential themes of Roadburn music in
their volatile sonic elixir -- psych, space rock, stoner rock, kraut rock and
noise -- have made White Hills one of Roadburn's favorite bands. Their
bespangled and energetic live shows have a life and chaotic energy of their own
that reshapes their music and creates powerful sonic programming driven by pure
energy, exactly the kind of thing that Roadburn celebrates, and fans seek.
White Hills will make a very welcome return to Roadburn for a main stage
performance on Sunday, April 12.
After winning the limelight category for the brightest young
rising stars in the progressive sky today at this year's Progressive Music Awards
this past weekend, Messenger will bring their acid folk/prog and psychedelica
to the 20th edition of Roadburn on Saturday, April 11.
Mortals, The Osiris Club and Zoltan have also been confirmed
for the 20th edition of Roadburn Festival.
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