Reunited experimental doom band KHANATE will play their first show in 19 years at Roadburn 2024
Roadburn has announced the first artist to be confirmed for the 2024 edition of the festival. Reunited experimental doom band KHANATE will play their first show in 19 years on Saturday, April 20, 2024 in Tilburg, The Netherlands.
The legendary band returned with a surprise new album earlier this year, following a prolonged hiatus. To Be Cruel arrived in May via Sacred Bones to broad critical acclaim and the delight of a die-hard fanbase. In the years since Khanate were last active there have been many heavy bands that followed in their footsteps. Some are able to emulate the abject bleakness, some capture the low-end rumble, a lot of them are undoubtedly extremely heavy. But none quite capture the grotesque combination of all three components quite like Khanate.
Roadburn will host their highly anticipated return to live performances. Of their upcoming show, the band comment:
“As a collective, Khanate has been silent during our dormancy, but now we will get loud; very loud. We’ll be returning to the stage, to explore tension and the elasticity of time – at Roadburn 2024. Get dead.”
Roadburn’s artistic director, Walter Hoeijmakers adds:
“We are incredibly proud that we can announce the return of Khanate as the starting point of Roadburn 2024. The impact of the band can be found in the current underground as the band has proven highly influential – even during their hiatus. We want Roadburn 2024 to reflect our very own “underground futurism” approach – inspired by the past but firmly looking into the future as well. We will be pushing boundaries of what heavy is and can be – just as Khanate has done too. We expect this to be a hallmark edition, a sonic adventure we’ll embark on together.“
Alongside their new studio album, Khanate are reissuing their back catalogue, and today have announced Khanate and Things Viral available for vinyl pre-order.
Tickets for Roadburn 2024 are on sale now. More artists will be announced in the coming weeks. For all information including tickets, please visit www.roadburn.com
Roadburn artwork is courtesy of the incredibly talented David Fitt. More information on David’s collaboration with Roadburn will follow.
Roadburn 2024: underground futurism
For the first time ever, this year we started the ticket sales right after the festival, without any bands announced. So many of you have bought tickets already, and that continued support is really overwhelming. Once again, thank you dearly. The faith and trust you have put in us is truly heartwarming and encouraging, and it has been a constant inspiration for our work behind the scenes for next year’s edition.
We want Roadburn 2024 to reflect our very own “underground futurism” approach, to be a showcase for the current underground, inspired by the past but firmly looking into the future as well. We will be pushing boundaries of what heavy is and can be. We expect this to be a hallmark edition, a sonic adventure we’ll embark on together.
Keep your eyes peeled tomorrow, as we will have a special standalone announcement of a band that makes us very proud, and that will mark the actual starting point of Roadburn 2024.
As you all know, booking is more complicated post-pandemic than it used to be, so please bear with us for future announcements and know we are grateful for your patience. We can’t wait to see you all in Tilburg on April 18th-21st.
Walter, on behalf of Roadburn
Roadburn 2024 artwork courtesy of the incredibly talented David Fitt
Roadburn 2023: Audio streams for Cave In, Wolves In The Throne Room, Chat Pile and more
Re-live Roadburn 2023 with the new batch of audio streams recorded at last year’s festival – including Cave In, DeWolff, Chat Pile, Wolves In the Throne Room and more!
Once again we have teamed up with VPRO 3voor12, Holland’s major cultural network, to bring you these streams in all their glory. As has become tradition, with the invaluable help of Marcel Van De Vondervoort (Torture Garden Studio) and his team, you are now able to relive or uncover some true highlights from the Roadburn vaults.
Video premiere: SunWalker by John Cxnnor featuring Kim Song Sternkopf of Møl on vocals - shot at Roadburn 2023
Cast your mind back to the first day of Roadburn this year… opening up the main stage was the first of this year’s commissioned projects: John Cxnnor performing All My Futures Past. Brothers Rasmus and Ketil Sejersen took to the stage with a hand picked selection of guest vocalists and – quite frankly – blew us all away. If you weren’t able to join us on the day, never fear because today we’re premiering a video shot at Roadburn so you can relive the experience right alongside the rest of us who witnessed it first hand.
Rest assured that if the future of music lies with John Cxnnor, then we’re in good hands.
Watch the video for SunWalker featuring Kim Song Sternkopf below. Explore the sound of John Cxnnor further here.
Listen to the two career defining sets of Deafheaven at Roadburn 2023!
Deafheaven took Roadburn by storm this April with two career defining sets. Kicking off with Sunbather on the Thursday, and rounding out Friday with Infinite Granite. The audio from both sets was recorded by Marcel van de Vondervoort and his team and is now available to listen to for free thanks to VPRO 3voor12. Deafheaven will continue their Sunbather 10 year anniversary celebrations through until the end of the year.
Producer: Marcel van de Vondervoort
Relive the Backxwash European debut at Roadburn 2023!
Back in April Roadburn hosted the incomparable Backxwash for two special shows in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The audio recordings of these shows are now available to listen to via VPRO 3voor12.
Once again we have teamed up with VPRO 3voor12, Holland’s major cultural network, to bring you these streams in all their glory. As has become tradition, with the invaluable help of Marcel Van De Vondervoort (Torture Garden Studio) and his team, you are now able to relive or uncover a true highlight from the Roadburn vaults.
Producer: Marcel van de Vondervoort
See you at Roadburn 2024
With the end of Roadburn on the horizon, we wanted to take just a moment to reflect and say thank you for the incredible shared experience we’ve all been through these last four days. We’ve never experienced an atmosphere quite like this at Roadburn before – everybody is so relaxed, open-hearted and curious to discover something new.
Roadburners have been so willing to take the plunge and jump into the unknown with us – and found new sounds and new connections, both on and off the stages.
We’re grateful for the trust that you put in us. And the trust we – together – have put in the artists to deliver exceptional shows has paid off a thousandfold. We’re proud that Roadburn has always been recognised for the high level performances that artists deliver here, but this year to us it seems that bar has been raised even further than before. Artists have pushed their creative boundaries in so many new and exciting directions and as a consequence have also expanded the boundaries of what Roadburn is and can be in the future.
The future of Roadburn is an exciting thing to contemplate, and this weekend has proven how willing the Roadburn community is to go on an exploratory journey with us. The community that surrounds us gives us strength, inspiration and support in equal measure – the value of which is limitless.
For those of you who already know that you want to be here with us next year, tickets for Roadburn 2024 will go on sale tomorrow at noon CEST. They’ll be priced the same as the 2023 tickets (including service fees) until June 3rd.
Over the coming weeks will continue to process all that we’ve seen, heard and felt, and we’re looking forward to welcoming you back to Roadburn again next year. It will be here before you know it.
– Walter on behalf of Roadburn and the 013 venue.
Roadburn 2023: Through The Lens of Peter Troest
We were so grateful to have Peter Troest as part of our team this year – his knack for capturing both vibrant energy and quiet vulnerability is unmatched. Relive a few moments of Roadburn 2023 through his lens here.
Roadburn 2023: Through The Lens of William Lacalmontie
William Lacalmontie set up studios at Roadburn to shoot some of this year’s Roadburn artists. Once again, he has created intimate portraits that take our breath away.
Roadburn 2023: Through The Lens of Guus van der Aa
A new face for Roadburners. Relive some of the most colourful moments of Roadburn 2023 through the lens of Guus van der Aa. See more of his work here
