EXCLUSIVE: AMPLIFIED MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 – FIRST 58 BANDS ANNOUNCED!

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Oran

Amplified Festival comes out of the corner swinging with a massive 2018 line-up announcement and Overdrive has all the news! Get stuck into it below;

In an apparent break with tradition, Cotswolds based Amplified Festival has released a monster-sized chunk of its line- up for the event’s return in 2018, including some blockbuster Headliners…

Revealing the first Festival Poster for 2018 (see below), organisers said;

“Our first year met its challenges, in no small part thanks to the weather, and as a result, we’ve invited back some of the bands whose slots were affected to put things right. On the subject of returns, after a show-stopping performance in 2017, we felt it only right to bring back the mighty EVIL SCARECROW to headline the main stage on Friday night. After all, if a scarecrow can scare off birds, then surely an Evil one this loud can keep that pesky rain at bay for the weekend!”

We’ve also looked outside of the UK and Ireland to add some special flavours to this year’s event: EVIL INVADERS will be bringing their old school thrash vibe from Belgium, JAY WUD bring hard rock from Dubai, German thrashers DUST BOLT are currently making big waves on an international scale, Bay Area legends X-METHOD travel from the US, ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK from Japan bring a truly unique show that has to be seen…

Australia provides some immense talent in the form of TEQUILA MOCKINGBYRD, RAGDOLL, and ARCANE SAINTS, the outrageous SOAPGIRLS from South Africa, and we are exceptionally proud to announce the amazing PSYCHOSTICK as Saturday headliners on the Very Metal Art stage. 

“The Chicago based living legends need little introduction having built a cult-like status over the last few years, and they promise to raise a field full of fists, and quite possibly an eyebrow or two. With the remaining headliners and two special guests still to be revealed, we’re very proud of a line-up that promises to provide a weekend of top-grade rock, punk and metal in an incredible outdoor setting in the heart of Gloucestershire.”

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Evil Invaders

DUST BOLT BAND

X-METHOD

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK

TEQUILA MOCKINGBYRD

RAGDOLL AUSTRALIA

ARCANE SAINTS

SOAPGIRLS

PSYCHOSTICK

The final headliners and special guests are due to be announced around Christmas along with this year’s Harley Davidson competition, which last time saw one lucky winner taking away a brand new Harley Davidson Sportster.

Among the bands announced above, a plethora of crushing metal and rock will also be unfolding across the weekend such as Xentrix, Savage Messiah, Dead Label, Ten Ton Slug, Animator, Ramage Inc., Witch Tripper, Footprints in the Custard, Eradikator,  and many more…

Check out the full line up to date below:

FRIDAY JULY 6TH

Evil Scarecrow

Voodoo Blood

Slabdragger

The Boston Shakers

Dust Bolt

Witch Tripper

Chasing Dragons

Power Quest

Footprints in the Custard

Honey

Dead Label

Vice

Templeton Pek

Ashen Crown

Torqued

IDestroy

Impavidus

Eradikator

Proteus

SATURDAY JULY 7TH

Psychostick

Electric Eel Shock

Bull-Riff Stampede

Bigfoot

Ten Ton Slug

Jayce Lewis

X-Method

Ragdoll

Sinnergod

Animator

Rival Bones

Seprevation

Falling Red

King Creature

Fahran

Pretty Addicted

As Sirens Fall

Obzidian

Arcane Saints

SUNDAY JULY 8TH

Evil Invaders

Xentrix

Warwound

Mason Hill

Welcome Back Delta

Jay Wud

Phoxjaw

Shrapnel

Hell’s Gazelles

Twisted Illusion

Abhorrent Decimation

Florence Black

Resin

Ramage Inc.

The Soap Girls

Tequila Mockingbyrd

King Leviathan

Thirteen Stars

Beth Blade and the Beautiful Disasters

Empyre

Early-Bird tickets are still available until January 31st priced from £84.50 (including booking fee) for the whole weekend via this link.

For more information visit the official website on this link or follow on their official social media link, here.

The lineup to date includes…

Oran O’Beirne

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