Sunn O))), mainly consisting of Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley, are curator at at Roadburn Festival 2011, set for April 15th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
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This means Sunn O))) are personally selecting the bands that will play during their special event, as well as performing a headlining show.
Sunn O))) have confirmed the first bands for their curated event: Winter, along with Earth, Scorn, Beaver, Aluk Todolo, Menace Ruine, Hooded Menace, The Secret and Atilla Csihar\'s Void Ov Voices.
Sunn O))) are Roadburn’s fourth curator, following David Tibet in 2008, Neurosis in 2009 and Triptykon’s Tom Gabriel Warrior at this year’s festival in April. The band\'s latest album, \'Monoliths & Dimensions\', was released in 2009.
Also newly confirmed for Roadburn Festival 2011 are drummer Sasha Popovic and his band Black Math Horseman, plus Steve Austin\'s Today Is The Day, currently featuring Curran Reynolds on drums.
Tickets for Roadburn 2011, including the Afterburner, will go on sale Saturday, November 27 online through ticketmaster.nl, the 013 venue box office and official ticket outlets in The Netherlands.
The 2011 edition of the Roadburn festival will run for four days, from Thursday, April 14 to Sunday, April 17.
The festival will include Godflesh\'s performance of its seminal debut full-length album, 1989\'s \'Streetcleaner\', in its entirety, Sunn O)))\'s special event, headliner Swans, Candlemass celebrating 25 years of doom (including a performance of the \'Epicus Doomicus Metallicus\' album in its entirety; featuring original vocalist Johan Längquist), Woven Hand, Black Mountain (headlining the Afterburner on Sunday, April 17th) and Wardruna (the dark ambient folk project led by former Gorgoroth drummer Einar \"Kvitrafn\" Selvik.
Sunn O))), mainly consisting of Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley, are curator at at Roadburn Festival 2011, set for April 15th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
