Amenra Selected For Roadburn 2017 By Curator John Baizley

Roadburn Festival and the Church of Ra are certainly no strangers, and when Roadburn's 2017 curator John Dyer Baizley was enthusiastic about having Amenra as part of his event, the band knew it was a no-brainer to return to the Roadburn stage.

Baizley comments: "As I round out the lineup for my curated stages at the upcoming Roadburn Festival 2017, I'm again thrilled to announce one of the last acts I've booked: the uncontested visionary of monochromatic heaviness, Amenra.

"The last time I witnessed an Amenra performance was at Roadburn 2013, when they could still fit (barely) inside Het Patronaat. The line out the door was hundreds of show-goers long, and I was somehow able to force my way inside to see the band perform. To say they blew us all away would be a grossly undersold miscalculation. They set a new standard for me that afternoon, demonstrating just how forward-thinking and discovery-rich DIY music can be; a transcendent marriage of heaviness, artistry, non-linearity, energy, and soul which vaulted from AMENRA's stage and through the audience.

"It is with the greatest pleasure that I announce their 2017 performance will be the first 'heavy' set they've done in quite some time. They were at the top of my list of invitees when I was first asked to curate, and I wouldn't skip their 013 set for any rational reason. They are the penultimate Roadburn band; they're a modern band, they defy categorization, and they are single-minded in their commitment to an unwavering artistic vision of beautiful cacophony. If this music could take physical form, it would render mountains to dust. Those faint of heart attendees beware, this is music that leaves a trace. I'll see you all there."

Amenra recently completed work on upcoming album "Mass VI," which will be released later in the year via Neurot Recordings. You can also catch the band live:

3/17/2017 Neushoorn - Leeuwarden, NL *acoustic show
3/18/2017 Effenaar - Eindhoven, NL *acoustic show
3/19/2017 Tivoli - Utrecht, NL *acoustic show
4/21/2017 013 - Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival
4/28/2017 Smoke The Fuzz Fest - Athens, GR
5/25/2017 Church St. - Denijs, BE [sold out]
5/26/2017 Church St. - Denijs, BE [sold out]