You may well be thinking, Well what is so special? There aren't that many big band names?
That dear friends, may be missing the point, and is also the kind of attitude that has lead to big names in UK Metal festivals booking the same bands every year. This is important, not for Decapitated as their position at the top of the flyer may indicate, but for the following reasons.
- This will be the one time that we get to the deathcore world's answer to Cynic, The Contortionist, play the UK if the poster is to be believed
- Haken are the UK answer to Dream Theater, this years EP and last years LP 'The Mountain' truly install them as one of the premier modern Cheesy Prog Bands
- It marks the world debut of International Progressive Deathcore Masters, Slice The Cake, who were before now a Studio Project only. This will see the 3 parts of the band travelling from all over the world to play their first ever show. This is a big deal.
- Progressive Djent Project Sithu Aye are in a similar situation. This will be the first time they ever play live.
- Again, Plini, one man, posi vibe, prog project will be playing Europe for the first time. If we count Decapitated in with the other 3, as well as Shokran (a band I honestly know nothing about) that's FIVE Exclusives. Bands that no one will be seeing in the UK that year and in some cases the first time ANYONE will be able to see that band live. That's not better than seeing Slipknot at a huge UK festival for the Nth time how?
- 4 of the Bands are from Subliminal Groove, one of the best Modern Extreme Prog labels out there
Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to gush incoherently for a while before working out if I can afford to go to UK Tech Fest next year.
