Roadburn 2022 Announces Initial Lineup Featuring Ulver, Alcest, Sólstafir, Russian Circles, Primitive Man and More

Roadburn, the acclaimed metal and arts festival hosted in Tilburg, The Netherlands, has today made its first lineup announcement for its 2022 incarnation, set to take place from April 21 through 24, 2022. The majority of tickets to the festival have already been sold, but a limited number will go on sale today (October 26) at 7pm CEST / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT via Ticketmaster.nl.

Following the festival’s online event in 2021, titled Roadburn Redux, the real-life celebration will return this coming April, curated by Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone of the Dutch band Gggolddd (past Roadburn curators have included Converge’s Jacob Bannon, At the Gates’ Tomas Lindberg and more). Some highlights of the lineup announced so far include Ulver performing a set focused on their most recent release, Flowers of Evil, Liturgy performing their 2019 album H.A.Q.Q in full, Perturbator’s James Kent and Cult of Luna’s Johannes Persson bringing to life a commissioned piece, Final Light, Full of Hell playing four times as artists-in-residence, Alcest trotting out their beloved 2010 album Écailles de Lune in full, Sólstafir playing Svartir Sandar from start to finish, standard sets from Russian Circles and Primitive Man, and so much more.

Here’s the full list so far via press release:

ALCEST – performing Écailles de Lune

BACKXWASH – performing two special sets; European debut

BIG BRAVE

BLAK SAAGAN – performing Se Ci Fosse La Luce Sarebbe Bellissimo

DIVIDE AND DISSOLVE

DÖDSRIT

FACELESS ENTITY

FULL OF HELL – Artists in Residence, performing four sets

GGGOLDDD – performing commissioned music, This Shame Should Not Be Mine

GREEN LUNG – performing Black Harvest

HELMS ALEE

JAMES KENT & JOHANNES PERSSON – performing commissioned music, Final Light

JO QUAIL – performing commissioned piece, The Cartographer

KOLDOVSTVO – performing Ни царя, ни бога

LAMP OF MURMUUR – European debut

LILI REFRAIN

LITURGY – performing H.A.Q.Q and Origin of the Alimonies

MIDWIFE

MILENA EVA & THOMAS SCIARONE – Roadburn 2022 curators

NOTHING

PRIMITIVE MAN

RUSSIAN CIRCLES

SÓLSTAFIR – performing Svartir Sandar

SPIRTUAL POISON

THE HOLY FAMILY

TRIALOGOS

ULVER

VILE CREATURE & BISMUTH – performing commissioned music, A Hymn of Loss and Hope

More to come. We’ll keep you posted.