Salem, Massachusetts maulers Converge are the newest act to be introduced for subsequent summer season’s ArcTanGent pageant.
Jacob Bannon’s hardcore troupe be a part of the previously-announced Heilung because the second essential stage headliner on the Fernhill Farm, Somerset web site subsequent August.
A press release from the band reads: “Converge are stoked to be returning to Arctangent Competition for 2023. We had the honour of enjoying the pageant in 2017. Whereas onstage, we had a torrid of rain and wind from the tail-end of hurricane Gert that evening, making it a wild expertise. Fingers crossed that this one shall be as superior!”
Artists already revealed for 2023 embrace US put up metallers Deafheaven, Massachusetts’ post-hardcore legends Cave In, indie rockers The World Is A Stunning Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, French hardcore trio Birds In Row, Geordie doom-punks Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, noise rock duo ’68, UK post-metallers Detest, Chicago post-rockers Russian Circles, US prog rockers Elder, Belfast post-rockers And So I Watch You From Afar, Birkenhead punks Tokky Horror, Danish/Swedish prog rockers VOLA and German prog steel sextet The Ocean.
“I feel that is shaping as much as be my favorite ever ATG line up,” says pageant organiser James Scarlett. “Clearly there are some returning heroes (hiya Russian Circles & The Ocean), however I’m most excited in regards to the bands who shall be visiting Fernhill Farm for the primary time. I’ve been chasing after Cave In and Elder for a few years so they’re getting me significantly excited.”
Tickets for the 4 day math-rock, post-rock, progressive steel and experimental music pageant, which can happen between August 16-19 are on sale now.
