Recommended reading

TesseracT, Brutality Will Prevail, Monuments and more for Hevy Fest

News
By ( Metal Hammer ) published

Hevy Fest is back this year, revealing the first confirmed acts

After last year's disappointing cancellation of the annual punk and metal festival; Hevy will be returning to Port Lympne, Kent this summer.

Headliners are yet to be announced but with TesseracT bringing their unique, djenty metal to the stage along with hardcore stalwarts Brutality Will Prevail, mathy favourites IWrestledABearOnce, as well as the prog-loving Monuments and The Safety Fire, we’re already excited.

The hardcore and metal weekender takes place 15-16 August, 2014. A limited number of Tier 1 tickets go on sale at 7pm tomorrow (1 May) for £59. A whopping 60 more bands are to be announced, but here are the rest of the valiant lot currently confirmed:

  • 68

  • The Catharsis

  • Deez Nuts

  • Devil Sold His Soul

  • Empire

  • Empress AD

  • The Hel

  • Nai Harvest

  • Oathbreaker

  • The One Hundred

  • Palm Reader

  • Polar

  • Reel Big Fish

  • Stampin’ Ground

  • Texas In July

Luke Morton

Luke Morton joined Metal Hammer as Online Editor in 2014, having previously worked as News Editor at popular (but now sadly defunct) alternative lifestyle magazine, Front. As well as helming the Metal Hammer website for the four years that followed, Luke also helped relaunch the Metal Hammer podcast in early 2018, producing, scripting and presenting the relaunched show during its early days. He also wrote regular features for the magazine, including a 2018 cover feature for his very favourite band in the world, Slipknot, discussing their turbulent 2008 album, All Hope Is Gone.