4-7 July, Newark Showground, UK
UK Tech-Fest is a festival that celebrates all things technical, progressive and djent. Festival was formed in 2011 and has seen over the years headliners such as Sikth, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Acacia Strain, Northlane, Animals as Leaders, Between the Buried and Me, Protest The Hero.
Festival’s 2019 edition was taking place on 4-8 July at Newark Showground, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, UK. Alongside over 50 bands across 4 days on two stages there were workshops and after-parties.
This year day 1 Early Bird headliner was Jon Gomm, acoustic solo artist, virtuoso guitarist from Leeds, UK. Who would have thought that one person with an acoustic guitar would be able to headline a festival and on top of that deliver such a captivating performance. With his bare feet Jon was working the pedals, while his fingers twisting pegs to retune strings mid note, slapping and tapping the guitar, picking, plucking, stroking the strings and the audience was sitting silently on the floor and listening in total awe to the genius that this guy is.
Day 2 was headlined by American death metal trio Dying Fetus. Some knew to report that the band had to cut their unloading and sound check time short due to delays whilst getting to the festival. Some sound issues were present during their set but considering the circumstances of the most anticipated performances of the weekend definitely did not leave us disappointed.
Having announced the departure of bands long time frontman Chris Barretto only couple of days before the festival due to personal reasons, Saturday’s headliners Monuments had Andy Cizek from Makari as a fill in. Any doubts on the quality of the show were soon cleared as Andy’s vocals were spot on and the whole performance was as brilliant as always.
Tech Fest 2019 was closed by Norwegian prog metallers Leprous co- headlining Sunday night with Swedish act Vildhjarta for whom it was the only UK performance this year. The bright strobes wondering around the room combined with strong musicianship did create a surreal and eerie atmosphere. What an amazing finish of the night and the whole festival!
Vildhjarta 
Vildhjarta 
Vildhjarta 
Vildhjarta
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Line 6 Stage Jon Gomm Polaris Voices from the Fuselage |
Line 6 Stage Dying Fetus Black Tongue Ice Fish Annotations of an Autopsy Andy James Cold Night for Alligators Siamese Abhorrent Decimation |
Line 6 Stage Monuments Psycroptic TTNG Shokran Felix Martin The Intersphere 22 Armed for Apocalypse |
Line 6 Stage Leprous Vildhjarta From Sorrow to Serenity Morgan Agren Carcer City Sworn Amongst Borders Project Mishram |
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Fireball Stage Jonestown Karybdis The Mechanist The Human Veil Hanging the Nihilist Profiler Pulse of Nature |
Fireball Stage Archspire Ravenface Red Method Godeater Odd Palace Dividium Keepsake |
Fireball Stage Palm Reader Time, the Valuator Deity’s Muse Faces of Eve Vexed Unseen Faith In Fear They Follow |
Fireball Stage Valis Ablaze Harbinger Mask of Judas Hypophora Familiar Spirit Sertraline Boe |
Wow, what a weekend it has been! My first ever Techfest turned out be an amazing experience. Not that I had any doubts, but I did not expect so many nice Tech Fest veterans welcoming us newcomers to the Tech Fest family. See you all lovely people next year.
Oh, and don’t forget to mark these dates in your calendars: Tech Fest 2020 will be taking place 2-5 July at Newark Showground, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Weekend tickets starting from £69.99 available to buy here:
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