Mammothfest add more artists to 2017 bill

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Hole In The Sky, Heathen Deity, Necronautical and Kill All The Gentlemen among names announced for October UK festival

Mammothfest 2017

Mammothfest 2017 have added a number of artists to this year’s bill.

It was previously announced that Rotting Christ would be one of the headline acts at the UK festival, which will run from October 6-8 in Brighton. Norway’s Tjusder, Meta-stasis, Lagerstein, Bleed Again and OHHMS had also been confirmed.

Now organisers have revealed the next wave of artists who will take part in Mammothfest’s fifth year.

Hole In The Sky will return to the event, three years after their last Mammothfest appearance. Their frontman Rik Moskera lost his life to brain cancer – and the festival have honoured him by announcing the Rikstock Stage, which will be devoted to up-and-coming bands.

Joining them will be Heathen Deity, Necronautical, Kill All The Gentlemen, Materia, Synaptik, Gutteral Carnage, Negative Measures and Rotten Foxes.

Organisers say: “We are yet to announce our headliners on the Saturday or Sunday so we have huge announcements still to come but what makes Mammothfest so electric is not just the headliners, but the energy of our emerging bands too.”

See the tour poster below for all the names announced so far.

Tickets are available direct from the Mammothfest website, including day pass and VIP tickets.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.