After anxiety and stress, then a huge relief ... it's now time to clarify our programm for ROADBURN 2012 !!!

During a few months I thought that the last edition of the legendary ROADBURN festival would have been the peak of my doomster's history towards gigs... with of course the very special show of CANDLEMASS,but also THE GATES OF SLUMBER, BLOOD CEREMONY,  PLACE OF SKULLS, VOIVOD (yet playing twice !), BLOOD FARMERS, WEEDEATER, COUNT RAVEN, EVOKEN, HOODED MENACE....

But, when first SLEEP and then shortly after THE OBSESSED have been announced for 2012, I wasn't that affirmative anymore ! and when little by little, outstanding names like ORCHID, LORD VICAR, YOB, SIGIRIYA, DOPETHRONE, INTERNAL VOID, CELSTIAL SEASON, KONG, etc... have been revealed, I changed my mind because the conclusion was fucking obvious : the best was yet to come !!!                                                        

The work and investment from Walter and his friends are huge, they really don't lack of energy, ideas and ingenuity to present such a top notch and diverse line-up with lots of exceptionnal events within the event itself  and for all that they deserve our deepest recognition.

Finally, I would like to congratulate the designer of the festival who, from year to year, always find original ideas to make very nice customed posters of the event for each band playing.

I was completely stressed during the few hours leading up to the virtual  epic war battle that happened around 10:00 last saturday !!!  but everything went almost perfectly (succeeded to get 2 pass at the 2nd try)... So every lucky owner of a ticket can now prepare with enthusiasm his own programm, that will surely need some little adaptations when the definitive running order will be ready !!!       One important thing to consider too is that it's cool to know there's many possibilities to discover new bands at Roadburn and last but not least the perspective to meet numerous cool people to share  good times with,  of course through a fantastic musical programm but also cool discussions, drinks and some of the best weed of the world !!!

ROADBURN 2012 ? The fantastic perspective of a bright musical  spring !    

Here's the programm (in red are the bands I plan to see) :

Thursday Thursday, April 12th 

Agalloch
Ancient VVisdom

Ancestors

Chelsea Wolfe

Christian Mistress

d.USK/diSEMBOWELMENT

Hammers of Misfortune

Horisont

Killing Joke

La Otracina

Lord Vicar

OM

Orchid

Priestess

Red Fang

Saturnalia Temple

Sigiriya

Spiders

Ulver

Virus

Voivod                                                                                    
White Static Demon vs JK Flesh

Year of the Goat

Friday, April 13th – Voivod’s Au-delà du Réel at the 013 venue
Anekdoten

Aun

Black Breath

Celeste

Conan

Danava

Doom

Dopethrone

End of Level Boss

Farflung

Kong

Nachtmystium (playing Instict: Decay in its entirety)                         
Valient Thorr

Voivod (playing Dimension Hatröss)

Witch

Yob (playing The Unreal Never Lived in full)

Saturday, April 14th (Doors open: 14:30)

 40 Watt Sun

 Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell

 Bongripper                                                                   

Celestial Season (performing Solar Lovers)

 Church of Misery

 Dark Buddha Rising
 Devil

 Heavy Jam (J Mascis, Mario Rubalcaba...)

 Jesu – (Justin K Broadrick Residency)

 Jucifer

 Leaf Hound – playing their seminal Growers of Mushroom

 Necro Deathmort

 Necros Christos

 The Obsessed

 Pelican

 Purson

 Saviours

 Sleep

 Tombs

Sunday, April 15th – The Afterburner (Doors open: 14:30)

Atlantis

Black Cobra

Bong

Bongripper – Satan Worshipping Doom: entire album performance

Dragged Into Sunlight

Coroner

Fleshpress

Internal Void

The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation

Urfaust

Yob (playing Catharsis in its entirety)