ArcTanGent Festival 2023 Announces Next Round of Bands, Featuring Swans, Empire State Bastard, and More!
Written by Tony Wilson on February 6, 2023
TotalRock sponsored ArcTanGent Festival 2023, the UK’s premier experimental music festival, has announced its next round of bands for this year’s event.
Taking place from August 16th to August 19th at Fernhill Farm near Bristol City Centre, the festival is set to feature some of the most exciting and innovative artists in the music world today. The ticket Link for ArcTanGent 2023 is – here
The new acts announced today include US experimental rock band Swans, the super group Empire State Bastard featuring Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro and Mike Vennart of Oceansize, as well as Norwegian extreme metal legends Enslaved. Other new additions include PETBRICK, A Burial At Sea, A-Tota-So, Copse, and many more.
These acts will be joining already announced headliners Heilung and other artists such as Converge, Deafheaven (performing Sunbather in full), Igorrr, Jaga Jazzist, Pigs7, And So I Watch You From Afar, Loathe, Cave In, Russian Circles, and more.
Festival organizer James Scarlett says, “ArcTanGent Festival has always been about championing the most exciting, experimental, left-field artists and this year will absolutely be no different. There’s zero chance you’ll find another lineup like this anywhere in the UK – this is not to be missed!”
The full list of bands announced on February 3rd, were: Swans, Empire State Bastard, Enslaved, PETBRICK, A Burial At Sea, A-Tota-So, Copse, Dawn Ray’d, Din of Celestial Birds, fakeyourdeath, False Hope For The Savage, Haast, Joliette, LOS SARA FONTAN, Mt. Yonder, Other Half, Poisonous Birds, Project MishraM, Pruillip, Thought Forms, and Wallowing.
The full list of bands already announced is:
Heilung / Converge / Deafheaven / Igorrr / Swans / Empire State Bastard / Jaga Jazzist / Pigs*7 / And So I Watch You From Afar / Loathe / Cave In / Russian Circles / Enslaved / The Ocean / Elder / Brutus / The Fall of Troy / VOLA / Scalping* / The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die / Svalbard / Liturgy / Holy Fawn / Conjurer* / Wiegedood / LLNN / Birds in Row / Pupil Slicer* / 68 / PETBRICK / A Burial At Sea / A-Tota-So / Attan / Barrens / Bear / Bicurious* / Bones of Minerva / BRIQUEVILLE / The Callous Daoboys / Catbamboo / Cobra the Impaler / Copse / Curse These Metal Hands / Dawn Ray’d / Din of Celestial Birds / Domkraft / DVNE* / fakeyourdeath / False Hope For The Savage / Five the Hierophant* / Haast / Helpless / Herod / Hidden Mothers / Hippotraktor* / Joliette / The K. / La Bestia de Gevaudan / Lack the Low / Land Wars / Lawi Anywar / LOS SARA FONTAN / Madmess / The Most / Mountain Caller / Mt. Yonder / Ogives Big Band* / OHHMS / Other Half / Parachute For Gordo / Playgrounded / Poisonous Birds / Project MishraM / Pruillip / Psychonaut / Quietly / Satyr / Skin Failure* / Spook The Horses / Standards / Straight Girl* / Sugar Horse / TANKENGINE / Thought Forms / Tokky Horror / tortuganónima / Unprocessed / Wallowing / Wess Meets West / Year Of No Light / Youthmovies
