Roadburn Festival Confirms EyeHateGod, Focus, And More For 2015 Edition

The organizers of the Roadburn Festival have checked in with the following announcement about new confirmations for the 2015 edition:

"We're beyond excited to welcome seminal New Orleans, Louisana sluge-legends Eyehategod back to the 20th edition of Roadburn Festival at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands, with two sets of their unique, Southern hardcore-blues-sludge-and-doom on Thursday, April 9 at the main stage, and in Het Patronaat, Friday, April 10.

"With its hateful, hopeless, anguished vocals set against extra-slow Iommi-inspired riffing, Eyehategod are credited with founding sludge-core, one of the most vital new genres of metal to emerge from the 1990’s. Countless bands have followed their footsteps, and after more than 20 years of creating some of the most corrosive, vile music known to man, Eyehategod still hasn’t lost the piss and vinegar, propaganda, and despair that fueled them back in 1988.

"Over the years, Eyehategod have had more than their fair share of hardship, and recently suffered the tragic loss of drummer and founding member, Joey LaCaze. The new, self titled release from Eyehategod, the follow up to 2000's Confederacy Of Ruined Lives, sees LaCaze's drum tracks appear posthumously on this classic of the genre.

"The album personifies desperation and addiction in the various backwaters of forgotten America, punctuated by the N’awlins sound of rebellion and pollution resulting in triumph over adversity. Come experience transcendence through malevolence as Eyehategod deface Roadburn 2015.

"We’re equally excited to announce that Dutch prog rock legends Focus have been confirmed for Houses of the Holistic, Ivar Bjørnson‘s (Enslaved) and Wardruna's Einar 'Kvitrafn' Selvik‘s curated Roadburn event on Friday, April 10 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

"With their unique brand of progressive rock, Focus established themselves at the start of the 70s as the most successful and appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. Fronted by founding member Thijs Van Leer, and best known for their hits 'Hocus Pocus,' 'House of The King,' and 'Sylvia,' as well as critically acclaimed albums Moving Waves, Focus 3 and Hamburger Concerto, Focus regrouped with a fantastic new line up in the early 2000s, which resulted in several well received albums, like Focus 9 / New Skin and Focus X.

"Focus today consists of Thijs van Leer on vocals, flute and keyboards, and famed Focus drummer Pierre van der Linden, who joined the group on their second album Moving Waves in 1972. Internationally renowned for his rhythmic skills, Pierre remains a defining factor in the Focus sound. Bassist Bobby Jacobs, who comes from an acclaimed Dutch musical family and guitarist Menno Gootjes, who participated in Focus at an earlier stage, complete the band's current line-up.

"If you know anything about prog beyond 'old Genesis, not the new stuff,' you know Focus - an extremely influential band for any band in the progressive tradition that came after them; whether its progressive Metal like we try to fool around with, or purer retro-prog (a funny combination of concepts, by the way), Focus embodies everything that is true 'Prog:' the incorporation of the classical elements, the tongue-in-cheek playfulness across times, genres and geography - and of course extraordinary musicianship. These highly vital legends has also shown amazing form live these days, so having freakin' Focus accepting our invitation for our curated day. To put it simple, straight-forward and un-proggy: a dream come through!!!

"Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L and Death Hawks have also been confirmed for Ivar Bjørnson's and Einar 'Kvitrafn' Selvik's Houses of the Holistic on Friday, April 10.

"As huge admirers of Tombs blackened ferocity, we simply couldn't resist bringing this primordial killing machine back to the 20th edition of Roadburn on Saturday, April 11.

"Straight from the filthy sewers of New York City, Black Anvil will hail death at Roadburn 2015 on Saturday, April 11.

"In related news: tickets for the 20th edition of Roadburn Festival, set for April 9 - 12 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands, will go on sale on Thursday, October 16, 2014.

"Set your alarm and get ready to score your tickets at 21:00 CET! (20:00 UK | 22:00 Finland, Greece | 3pm East coast | 12pm West coast)."