On the 21^st of May 2021, when many other UK festivals such as End Of The Road and Reading & Leeds were still set to go ahead, ArcTanGent was unfortunately cancelled. In a statement, it was explained exactly why they could not go forward with the proceedings this year: “Every single festival in the U.K. has been asking for months for a Government backed insurance policy allowing us to confidently host events this year. We were hopeful that this insurance would be in place by now, but they simply keep ignoring our requests and without it a festival this year is just too risky.”

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— ArcTanGent (@ATGFestival) May 21, 2021

ArcTanGent was, however, able to reveal the silver lining of the situation in that same statement, confirming that any tickets purchased for the 2021 festival were automatically valid for the following year, as well as confirming a number of bands, including the crushingly heavy Belgian sludge metal outfit Amenra, the highly esoteric hardcore punk/powerviolence group The Locust, as well as some extremely big names such as progressive metal titans Opeth. As of today, ArcTanGent has revealed an additional twenty-one bands for its 2022 line-up, initially making the announcement on Twitter. Some of the new additions include the American math rock band The Fall Of Troy, known for their high energy instrumentals and technical guitar work, Delta Sleep, Hail The Sun, Talons, and Swedish avant-garde metal group Zeal & Ardor.

UPDATE 06/11

ArcTangent Festival has now announced the addition of thirty-six fantastic new bands to the line-up. One of the most exciting groups to join the roster is American doom metal outfit Pallbearer, who will be celebrating the ninth anniversary of their debut full-length Sorrow and Extinction by playing the record in full. Also joining the line-up is the psychedelic rock/doom metal group Elephant Tree, London mathcore band Pupil Slicer and doom metal band Conjurer. You can see the full line-up below. 

// ICYMI, we announced a cartload of new bands this week, so here’s your one stop discovery shop – the ArcTanGent 2022 playlist. Get to know all the bands on the #ATG2022 line up here: https://t.co/W98Gd5Qm8A pic.twitter.com/ftBCiGShYY

— ArcTanGent (@ATGFestival) November 5, 2021

According to a recent press release, a member of Pupil Slicer stated: “ArcTanGent was the first music festival I ever attended and was instrumental in my love of music. The scope of bands ATG brings together across so many genres has been hugely inspirational for the direction of Pupil Slicer. It has been our dream to play ATG ever since we started the project and are honoured to be a part of this event alongside many fantastic bands that we look up to.”

UPDATE 29/03/2022

ArcTanGent Festival has now announced sixteen new acts for the 2022 line-up. Joining the roster are legendary Providence noise rock duo Lightning Bolt, eclectic UK singer-songwriter Jamie Lenman, math rock trio Covet, stoner rock outfit Bossk, Nottingham five-piece Palm Reader, Thank You Scientist, DVNE, Blanket, Zetra, Tuskar, El Moono, Heirot, Ithaca, Rubbing and Greywave. The festival will now also play host to the debut performance by Skin Failure, a band that features Will Gardner and Dave Larkin from the now-defunct Black Peaks.

ATG Festival organiser James Scarlett said, according to a press release:“This announcement might be considered the icing on  the cake, but really it is so much more than that. I’ve been trying to  book Lighting Bolt ever since we started ATG, so it feels like a  really big booking now it has finally happened. I also think that DVNE  are basically the best up and coming band in the UK, so everyone needs  to check them out now – For Fans Of Mastodon and Cult of Luna. I can’t  wait for August!”

You can view the up to date lineup poster below:

ArcTanGent festival will run from August 17^th-20^th of next year. Tickets can be bought here, and any additional information regarding the festival can be found at this link.

ArcTanGent is a rock music festival held annually at Fernhill Farm near Bristol. First emerged in 2013, the festival—despite focusing on independent rock acts—has gained much popularity in the UK music scene, with an accolade as Best Small Festival from the UK Festival Awards 2018 and a nomination for the Best Line-Up award.

The festival is made up of five alternating stages, with Arc as the main one for big headliners. It also features a silent disco from 11pm to 3am every night after all the performances, alongside a variety of food and bar vendors and camping. Also, the festival promotes itself for the “friendliest and most chilled audience” one will ever find at any festival.

Opeth, a progressive metal band from Stockholm, is this year’s main headliner that will take over the Arc stage. Formed in 1989, the band has released over ten studio albums, with their twelfth LP Sorceress (2016) as their most successful record in the UK. It reached number 11 on the UK Albums Chart, spawning singles such as the title track, “Will O the Wisp”, and “The Wilde Flowers”.

Apart from the Swedish rockers, gothic rock singer/songwriter Chelsea Wolfe has been recently announced as one of the leading names to headline the Fernhill Farm festival. She is a 36-year-old musician from Sacramento, California who has been in the gothic rock scene since 2010. In spite of being acclaimed among the underground music scene, Wolfe has embarked on tour around the globe, gaining many followers for her eccentric music that blends folk with electronics and heavy metal. Last year, she just released the sixth LP titled Birth of Violence, which she will bring the songs to the stage at the festival.

Elsewhere on the bill, two American metal bands Bell Witch and Aerial Ruins will collaborate for the metal fans at the festival. Also, there will be performances from The Hyena Kill, Petbrick, Teeth of the Sea, Bristol electronic duo Luo, and many more.

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As well as being available physically, Paradigms will also be available to download digitally. Lead guitarist Steven ‘Rats’ Rahaman says Paradigms is about a multitude of things. “We all individually have a varied taste in music and style so the music we created had a lot of contrast so the name Dichotomy was chosen. The lyrics themselves in Paradigms create a collection of dichotomies. So in a nutshell you could say that Paradigms is about the band name which is about the music.”

The band have cited bands such as Gojira, Death and Opeth as their main influences. MetalIreland.com have said “This band cant really be credited enough on their musicality. They do the genre proud, and indeed they advance it.” According to SoundShooterMusic.com, Dichotomy have formed something “organic and brutal that never fails to deliver in both heaviness and professionalism.”

The tracklisting for Paradigms is as follows:

1. Empyrean
2. The Sentient Oppressed
3. All – Seeing Eye
4. Polarity
5. No Catharsis
6. Covenant Of The Forsworn
7. Alea Iacta Est
8. …Of Strife Of Discord