Roadburn adds 25 new names to the 2025 lineup including Cave In, The Body, Dis Fig, Uniform, The Bug, Xiu Xiu and more
18th December 2024
Having recently announced Cave In performing their seminal album Jupiter in full, as well as the festival’s first-ever three-year artist in residence, Lane Shi, Roadburn has today added a further 23 names to the 2025 lineup. Among those names is a commissioned project from Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan, a full album playthrough of American Standard by Uniform, and a collaborative set from The Body and Dis Fig.
Roadburn’s artistic director, Walter Hoeijmakers comments:
“With this announcement, the lineup for Roadburn 2025 is almost complete. Looking at it as a whole, we have achieved a genuine reflection of the current underground. We have reached the crossroads where 2024 and 2025 come together, whether it’s with album performances, released or unreleased, Roadburn luminaries or younger up-and-coming bands, we are giving a platform to a wide spectrum of artists, redefining heaviness, showcasing growth and the future of our beloved underground.”
The new names added to Roadburn 2025 are as follows:
- Buffalo Nichols brings the blues from America all the way to Tilburg
- Cave In will perform their iconic album Jupiter, and mark its 25th anniversary.
- Dame Area’s double trouble is signaled by chaotic energy and rhythmic percussion
- Dis Fig feat. Spooky J – Dis Fig will be joined by a live drummer for this stand-alone performance in addition to her set with The Body
- Doodseskader merge hip-hop, hardcore, metal, electronics, and more
- Endon returns to Europe for the first time in five years, on the back of their latest album, Fall of Spring.
- Foudre! Blend post-punk, world music and psych- this will be their Roadburn debut
- Gott were forced to cancel their Roadburn performance in 2022; now they’re back and raring to go
- Greet present harmonium-heavy, pastoral folk from the North of England
- Haunted Plasma play their first live set outside of Finland
- Insect Ark are now a three-piece when they play live, enabling them to do full justice to the nuances of their ominous sounds.
- Kaukolampi fuses the headiness of kosmische with the visceral impact of techno, the intensity of metal, and the churning power of dark ambient.
- Lane Shi is Roadburn’s first-ever Triennium Artist In Residence; she will perform at each of the next three editions of the festival.
- LustSickPuppy is an unholy mashup of digital hardcore, rap, acid electronica, and noise with an eye for art and a brain full of big ideas.
- Maquina. is a Portuguese trio who specialize in driving beats and hypnotic Krautrock
- Silver Godling hails from New Orleans and creates beautiful songs utilizing voice, piano, and looping.
- Supplicate is the project of Andy Gibbs from Thou; he will make his European debut at Roadburn
- The Body returns to Roadburn, this time on the main stage.
- The Body & Dis Fig unite on the Roadburn main stage for their electrifying collaborative performance.
- The Bug will draw heavily from his Machine release for this special show.
- The Ex will highlight exactly why they’re so iconic after 45 years in the game
- Uniform expands to a six-piece for a full performance of American Standard in its entirety.
- Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan is a commissioned artist for 2025 and will present a new work titled Industrial Growth.
- Xiu Xiu will make a triumphant return to Roadburn off the back of their new album
- Youniss is a Belgian-based artist who blends a mix of hip-hop, experimental noise, and post-punk with his poetic commentary
More information on these artists can be found HERE.They will join a slew of previously announced artists including Chat Pile, envy, Thou, Oranssi Pazuzu, ØXN, Sumac, Altin Gun, Kylesa and many more.
