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fortress festival 2026 adds its last name to the stacked bill
Fortress Festival are honoured to welcome to the return of Fluisteraars to their line up after their genuine and mind-bending performance inside the Ocean Room back in 2024. Next year the band will take their rightful place inside the Grand Hall with an extended and exclusive 60 minute performance. “The mysticism woven into their region …
fortress festival add even more to its 2026 edition and day splits are announced
Fortress Festival 2026 is honoured to announce Vinterland who will be celebrating 30 years of their legendary album ‘Welcome My Last Chapter’ and are once again ready to bring you back to an era where it all began at Fortress Festival next year. They will perform the album in full on the Grand Hall Main …
fortress festival add even more names for 2026
Today the mighty Fortress Festival announced Vespéral, Black Cilice, Atlantean Sword and Gate Master. A claustrophobic ambience and suffocating riffs will wash over the Ocean Room on Saturday as Portuguese raw black metal act, Black Cilice make their Fortress debut. This will be the only show in the UK for the band Known for weaving …
the immense fortress festival unveils its beautiful 2026 edition poster along with more details about the venue itself
A closer look at the venue and location for Fortress Festival for those making 2026 their first experience.. Fortress is held at the Scarborough Spa; A Grade II listed Victorian-era multi-complex venue, situated on the North East Coast of England with stunning views of the surrounding coast, cliffs and medieval castle. You will have access …
the amazing fortress festival unleashes the first wave of bands for the 2026 edition
The first batch of bands have been announced for the 2026 edition of the immense extreme metal festival. Strap yourself in, this is one hell of an announcement Old Mans Child. After many years in hibernation, we welcome the long-awaited return of OLD MAN’S CHILD. The legendary Norwegian black metal band will headline Fortress 2026 …
live review: fortress festival, scarborough spa. 01/06/2025
So, onto day two and another stacked bill of epic Black and Death Metal, and with the sun beating down I made my way down the infamous slope to the grand Scarborough Spa and into the building just in time to set my stall out in the main room for the onslaught of the brutal …
live review: fortress festival, scarborough spa. 31/05/2025
So, as we were preparing to flip over the fifth page of the 2025 calendar, it was also time to prepare to bear witness to two days of the most atmospheric, raw and aggressive black arts that we have now become accustomed to witnessing on the North Yorkshire coasts favourite hot spot Scarborough. And while …
News: fortress festival 2025 is officially sold out
FORTRESS FESTIVAL 2025 Officially SOLD OUT! Among the headliners of the biggest black metal event in the UK will be Agalloch with an exclusive 2025 European show Still to be announced: speakers for Fortress Forum, the festival’s industry side-programme Fortress Festival, the biggest black metal event in the UK, which will take place on 31 …
news: fortress festival 2025 releases day splits and day tickets
Due to high demand a limited amount of day tickets have been released – 50 total per day Over 1,500 weekend tickets have already been sold. Festival expected to sell out soon. Tickets still available via FortressFestival.co.uk/tickets Day tickets and day splits have been released for rising black metal festival Fortress Festival, which will take place on …
news: defeated sanity unveiled as co-headliner for offal fest 2025: full line up revealed
DEFEATED SANITY unveiled as co-headliner for OFFAL FEST 2025; full line-up revealed Veteran brutal death metallers Defeated Sanity to co-headline Sunday along with Internal Bleeding as 14 new bands revealed for next year’s edition Putridity, Begging For Incest, Indecent Excision, Plasma, Impurist, Chainsaw Castration, Ancient Rivalry and many more other new bands complete the 2025 …