There’s not many bands that can claim that their relationship with Roadburn pre-dates the festival actually existing, and yet here’s Ufomammut who can do exactly that. When Roadburn only existed in the digital realm, as a fledgling website dedicated to highlighting new and exciting music, one of the very first bands to reach out the hand of collaboration was an up and coming trio from Italy. To say that our histories have been entwined over the years is something of an understatement; their first trip to Planet Roadburn was back in 2006, but it’s been the best part of 15 years since they last graced our stages.
Ufomammut have spent the last two and a half decades at the forefront of psychedelic sludge and majestic riff worship. At Roadburn 2026 they’ll weave together their years of experience and forward thinking vision to create a special show just for us. They describe it as a “circular sonic journey through the band’s history in search of the unfolding future and the next dimension.” By embracing their roots, revisiting various waymarkers along their extraordinary journey, and fixing their gaze on the horizon, this distinguished power trio will gift us a journey through their past, present and future.
Wherever you joined Ufomammut on their journey, you are no doubt already aware that they’re skilled at bringing their visions to life. Be it their earliest forays into spaced out doom on their debut, Godlike Snake, or their expansive experimental explorations on Eve, the trio has remained consistent yet never complacent. Whether you reach for their more cosmic missives or delve into the heavier side of their oeuvre, the Ufomammut that you know and love will be showing up in Tilburg this April.
The band comment:
“It is a great honor to be part of the 2026 edition and to be back to one of our favourite festivals ever. The festival’s theme (an exploration of past, present, and future heaviness) also serves as the spark for Ufomammut’s new project.”
Roadburn is proud to have grown alongside Ufomammut and to have watched the band grow, explore and develop in the years since we were last in unison. To reconnect with them in this way further down the line and to host this show is an honour and a joy, a true full circle moment.
