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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – March 13, 2018
Calgary’s DECIMATE MetalFest Announces 2018 Line-Up
w/ Ninjaspy, Citizen Rage, Insurrection, The Order of Chaos, FILTH and more!
Calgary, Alberta – Distortion – Live Music Venue – June 7-10, 2018
Taking over four summer nights from June 7th – 10th in Calgary, AB at Distortion Live Venue, DECIMATE MetalFest is proud to announce their 2018 line up for their inaugural year of brutality showcasing underground metal from across Western Canada and beyond.
DMF organizer Sloan Voxx of Voxx Promos comments:
“Voxx Promos is excited to be embarking on this adventure of starting our very own Metal Festival! We’ve been very fortunate to have worked with so many incredible people and bands over the years and we value them so much. What better way to spend a weekend than to bring them all together for 4 nights nights of epic music and entertainment! We have a great team on board and we can’t wait to get this fest off the ground with the help of seasoned and up-an-coming metal bands of all kinds! Let’s do this! DECIMATE!”
Decimate MetalFest 2018 Line Up
Facebook event link here.
Thursday, June 7 – (Bands at 7:30pm) – info
Ninjaspy (Vancouver, BC)
Widow’s Peak (Calgary, AB)
Nylithia(Vancouver, BC)
Blackwater Burial (Vancouver, BC)
For A Life Unburdened (Medicine Hat, AB)
Chaos Being (Calgary, AB)
Friday, June 8 – (Bands at 7:30pm) – info
Citizen Rage (Calgary, AB)
Insurrection (Gatineau, QC)
Hammerdrone (Calgary, AB)
Sludgehammer (Toronto, ON)
Gatekeeper (Vancouver, BC)
Hazzerd (Calgary, AB)
Saturday, June 9 – (Bands at 7:30pm) – info
The Order of Chaos (Edmonton, AB)
Benevolent Like Quietus (Calgary, AB)
Odinfist (Armstrong, BC)
Tessitura (Edmonton, AB)
Illyrian (Calgary, AB)
Accostal (Calgary, AB)
Sunday, June 10 (Bands at 7:00pm) – info
Filth (Shelby, NC)
From The Wolves (Calgary, AB)
Insvrgence (Austin, TX)
World Class White Trash (Calgary, AB)
Loser (Detroit, MI)
Detherous (Calgary, AB)
Ticket Info:
Advance weekend passes will be $50 CAD until March 13th at midnight Mountain Time, then they will go to $69 CAD.
Advance single night tickets will be $20 CAD on June 7, 8 and 9 and $15 CAD on June 10.
Door tickets will be $25 CAD on June 7, 8 and 9 and $20 CAD on June 10.
Advance tickets can be purchased through local bands or online at: https://www.showpass.com/decimate-metalfest-2018/
Decimate Metalfest will also be hosting a festival fundraiser May 11, 2018 at Distortion – Live Music Venue featuring:
The Convalescence (Toledo,OH)
Embers of Empires (Calgary, AB)
Quietus (Edmonton, AB)
Becomes Astral (Guelph, ON)
Syryn (Calgary, AB)
Event info – Decimate Metalfest Fundraiser – https://www.facebook.com/events/712236099165202/
Advance tickets can be purchased through local bands or online at: https://www.showpass.com/decimate-metalfest-fundraiser
More info:
Website: https://decimatemf.wixsite.com/decimateme
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/decimatemf/
Instagram: DecimateMetalfest
Twitter: @decimatemf
Events Page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/decimatemf/events
If you are interested in helping sponsor or volunteering at DECIMATE METALFEST, please contact: decimatemf@gmail.com
About:
Decimate MetalFest is the brainchild of Sloan Voxx of Voxx Promotions, which is destined to become an annual Canadian metal pilgrimage to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. With the many yearly festivals becoming part of the national metal heritage, Sloan wants Decimate MetalFest to become one of the best-known events alongside the various festivals located within Alberta, and Western Canada. With Voxx Promos booking and promotional experience, and the support of metalheads internationally, there is nothing to stop them from reaching their goal of bringing in the masses and putting on incredible metal festivals for years to come!” (writing credit – Ingrid Newton)
Voxx Promos was the head promoter for Canada’s Extreme Metal Radio’s CEMR Metalfest in 2017 (https://www.facebook.com/events/222522428193641/), which showcased a killer line up of Western Canada’s up and coming metal bands such as Terrifier, Planet Eater, Display of Decay, W.M.D, Vile Insignia, Path to Extinction, Tessitura, Anarcheon, Kelevra, Train Bigger Monkeys, Ye Goat-Herd Gods, Detherous, Juliet Ruin, Augurium, Anti-Pattern, Forsaken Rite, Graveyard Nemesis and Benevolent Like Quietus.
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2018 Partners:
A-Bomb Photography
Absolute Underground Magazine
Asher Media Relations
BeatRoute (AB)
Broken Neck Radio
CJSW 90.9 FM
Distortion – Live Music Venue
Hanks Feed Services
Metal Devastation Radio
Metal Master Kingdom
Metal Nation Radio
Metal-Rules.com
PureGrainAudio.com
RavenKin Photography
Rock Bottom – Cjsw 90.9FM
SANE Clothing
Sloth Records
TOTAL METAL Productions
Subway Automotive (Lethbridge, AB)
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