Sikth, Martyr Defiled lined up for Breakout

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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They join Black Tongue, TRC and Dead Harts in first wave of acts announced for Brighton festival

The first wave of acts for this year’s Breakout festival have been announced.

Sikth will headline the event at Brighton Racecourse on September 26. They’ll be joined by Martyr Defiled, Black Tongue, Dead Harts and TRC, with more artists to be announced next month.

Tickets are available from Ticketmaster (opens in new tab) and Gigantic.

In addition, aspiring musicians are being offered the chance to play on the bill. Applications are now open and run until June 1.

The festival made its debut last year and featured Skindred, Funeral For A Friend, Blackout, Silent and Betraying The Martyrs.

Further information is available from the festival’s official website.

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.