AMERICAN NIGHTMARE (USA - Rise Records) Aka Give Up The Ghost. After seven years of disbandment, the band reunited under their original name and performed two reunion shows in Deathwish Inc. reissued the albums Background Music (2001) and We're Down Til We're Underground (2003) to coincide with the reunion dates. Since the original 2011 reunion shows, American Nightmare have played a small handful of shows almost every year.In November 2017 they announced a new album for release on 16 February…

We're sticking with Skramz Over Antwerp because just like the term skramz, we're not sure if we should take this event seriously or not. Death to self proclaimed emo. Long live real screamo. portrayal of guilt (US - Miss The Stars Records / Deathwish Inc) Blackened screamo/violence at its best, in the vain of Deafheaven and Majority Rule. https://www.facebook.com/portrayalofguilt https://portrayalofguilt.com/ Centuries (US - Southern Lord Recordings) Emotive punk-influenced style of dark hardcore that fuses raw elements of explosive and morose…

Movements (US - Fearless Records) Music and emotion share a timeless physiological, psychological, and spiritual bond. A chord, a melody, or a lyric can lift spirits and inspire. Movements achieve that sort of reaction on their full-length debut, Feel Something . Threading together spacey guitars, evocative and introspective lyricism, ponderous spoken word, and tight songcraft, the Southern California quartet—Patrick Miranda , Ira George , Spencer York , and Austin Cressey —immediately connect by opening up. That musical empathy quietly launched…

CAN'T SWIM (US - Pure Noise Records) Can’t Swim is a five-piece post-punk band from New Jersey who are collectively redefining what it means for music to be cathartic. Between poignant vocals and dynamic instrumentals, listening to Can’t Swim feels like relinquishing the chains of a nine to five normality for a life of pure emotional creativity. Their EU debut was as support on Boston Manor's Euro tour in november 2016. Just before Galaxy Camp in Germany and Slam Dunk…

JESUS PIECE (USA - Southern Lord Records) Jesus Piece is a Pennsylvania hardcore band who play heavy music—like Xibalba, Harm’s Way heavy. This down-tuned five piece—made up of vocalist Aaron Heard, guitarist Dave Updike, drummer Luis Aponte, bassist Anthony Marinaro, and guitarist John DiStefano—play a mix of heavy hardcore and spastic metal that can slow down and ooze into sludge at any moment. In the end, the music is made for the crowd to dance and let loose. “Hardcore shows…

Emma Ruth Rundle (US - Sargent House) Emma Ruth Rundle is a musician and visual artist from Los Angeles, California. It isn’t unusual for artists to glean inspiration from emotional upheaval, transcending pain through a kind of mental osmosis, so that the turmoil in their lives provides the fuel for their artistic fire. Only some, however, lay bare the open nerves of their suffering, inviting the listener to experience raw emotion with them, in real time. By exposing vulnerabilities within…

NORMA JEAN (US – Solid State Records) http://www.facebook.com/normajean https://normajean.bandcamp.com/ PROTEST THE HERO (CAN) http://www.facebook.com/protestthehero http://protestthehero.bandcamp.com/ LOATHE (UK – Sharp Tone Records) http://www.facebook.com/loathesone CYCLAMEN (JAP – Realising Media) http://www.facebook.com/thiscyclamen http://cyclamen.bandcamp.com/ Tickets Mogelijk gemaakt door Eventbrite

PIANOS BECOME THE TEETH (USA - Epitaph Records) Pianos Become The Teeth have never been the kind of band who are easy to distill into a simple soundbite and that’s more evident than ever on the band's fourth full-length Wait For Love, an album that sees the Baltimore-based act reconciling their aggressive past with the atmospheric turns of 2014's Keep You. The result is a collection of songs that eschews stylistic traps in order to focus on songwriting and feels…

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15th (national holiday!) 2 INDOOR STAGES - VEGAN FOOD - FESTIVAL MARKET Full of Hell (US - Relapse Records) Elements of grindcore, death and black metal, punk and hardcore with a smattering of sonically laden power electronics and industrial pounding. About five years ago these guys played a tiny basement that served as a rehearsal space in Maaseik. The few people who attended knew this band would reach far further than the few houses they did then. Releasing…