The time has come for our next artist announcement! We are over the moon to welcome Seattle veterans of drone n doom EARTH as our third 2025 headliner, joining Zeal & Ardor and Elder. This appearance marks the band’s first UK show in 5 years as well as their first time on the DF London stage.
Arkansas doom quartet Pallbearer will join our stacked Saturday line up at Roundhouse, while homegrown local heroes Conan will make their long awaited return to Desertfest London.
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Mighty Swedish Heavy Metal Power ENFORCER Signs With Napalm Records
Swedish heavy metal legion ENFORCER has been a household name in the genre for 20 years, and now, Napalm Records is thrilled to be a part of that legacy – announcing their signing of the band that has transported the metallic sonic profile of the 80s into modernity. With Napalm Records, ENFORCER are ready to take their unstoppable strength to new stratospheres!
Formed in 2004, ENFORCER quickly gained recognition for their explosive blend of thrash and traditional heavy metal. Since then, they have published six studio albums showcasing their evolving sound while staying true to their roots.
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August Burns Red Share Annual Holiday Cover + This Year It’s “Waltz of the Flowers”
Grammy-nominated, Lancaster five-piece AUGUST BURNS RED — JB Brubaker [lead guitar], Brent Rambler [rhythm guitar], Matt Greiner [drums], Jake Luhrs [vocals], and Dustin Davidson [bass] — release an instrumental holiday cover song every year. This year, they’ve chosen the classical track “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and have given it quite the guitar-driven and metallic makeover.
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88 new acts confirmed for Graspop Metal Meeting 2025!
With as many as five headliners already announced, GMM are now fleshing out the line-up with another 88 acts for the upcoming 28th edition of Graspop Metal Meeting. Amenra, Dream Theater, Falling In Reverse, King Diamond, Lorna Shore, Savatage and Spiritbox are among the more than 130 bands who will give it their all on the hallowed grounds of Graspop Metal Meeting from Thursday 19 through Sunday 22 June 2025.
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JINJER Drops New Single “Green Serpent” + Official Music Video
JINJER reigns as one of the most exciting and promising acts in the current scene! After releasing their chart-topping studio album, Wallflowers, in 2021, which was hailed as “… one of the finest – and most important – metal releases of 2021” by KERRANG! (UK) as well as “a progressive masterpiece” by New Noise Magazine (US), the four-piece entered stages at Europe’s biggest festivals, such as Wacken, Download and Rock am Ring, just to name a few. With the announcement of their upcoming record Duél, to be released on February 7, 2025 via Napalm Records, JINJER justifies their reputation and delivers an eleven-track offering loaded with technical grooves, heavy progressive passages and brutal vocals destined to drop jaws.
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Bury Tomorrow Announce New Album “Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience” + Share Video For New Single “What If I Burn”
For Bury Tomorrow, the last two years have been about trying to fill the space where they knew something was missing.
From the depths of uncertainty, through line-up changes, and COVID-inspired road blocks, the arrival of guitarist Ed Hartwell and keyboardist/vocalist Tom Prendergast and the creation of 2023’s The Seventh Sun has allowed them to lay out a whole new path of possibilities that felt unavailable before.
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