The first line up announcement for Roadburn 2022 can be viewed here! Head to https://t.co/EWK1ThQHmt for details on all these special shows incl. @ULVEROFFICIAL, @LITVRGY @Alcestofficial @solstafir @thebandGOLD @backxwash @fulllofhell @PRIMITIVEMANE @russiancircles + more pic.twitter.com/O2DvEqQsxW

— Roadburn Festival (@roadburnfest) October 26, 2021

Festival director Walter Hoeijmakers commented on the occasion: “After two years of not being able to host a physical festival, we’re extremely excited to actually return in 2022. Given the circumstances, everything about this has been a real challenge, but we wanted to make sure that next year’s Roadburn will be a stronghold for the forward-thinking artists we all love so much – whether genre-defining established acts or young, up-and-coming artists“.

“We really want to reconnect them with our international community – artistically, musically and physically – and to see them do what they do best: be on stage. We want to give them a platform in front of a live audience again, as it’s time to celebrate the music they’ve written over the past two years, or the much acclaimed albums that helped us through these strange, unprecedented times” he added.

The Roadburn curators for next year are Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone of the Dutch band GGGOLDDD. Their music project for ‘Roadburn Redux’ “This Shame Should Not Be Mine” took the band to a whole new level. The GGGOLDDD will perform new, commissioned music that they wrote for this year’s Roadburn Redux.

Ulver will perform a special set to mark the return to live music, focusing on the recent release Flowers of Evil. “Their headlining performance will be a continuation of Ulver’s unpredictable yet thrilling career arc and of the passion for innovative music that fuels Roadburn,” said the press statement.

Avant-garde black metal group Liturgy is also set to perform next year. They will play their albums  H.A.Q.Q. from 2019 and Origin Of The Alimonies from 2020. The set will be accompanied by a chamber orchestra and the newest album will be performed as opera, sync with a film created by Hunter Hunt-Hendrix. 

Backxwash, a fusion of rap and metal will make a European debut and will play two special sets. 

Some artists originally planned for 2020 will finally make it to the stage: James Kent (Perturbator) will join forces with Johannes Persson (Cult Of Luna) to perform Final Light. Cellist Jo Quail will perform her commissioned piece, entitled The Cartographer, and Vile Creature and Bismuth will unite to perform A Hymn of Loss and Hope. 

Full Of Hell has been announced as resident artists and will perform four times during the festival, including collaboration with Nothing entitled Full of Nothing. 

On top of that Alcest will perform their album Écailles de Lune and Solstafir their recent release Svartir Sandar.

The majority of tickets to Roadburn has already been sold out, but some extra ones were released yesterday (26th October). Check it out here. More info about the festival, line up and on-site facilities are on the Roadburn page.