Last year Culthe Fest made its triumphant return to stages in Münster, Germany, after
a covid-induced hiatus. It featured a very impressive lineup of bands over two days last April, and we helped spread the word about it then. For the good of fans and bands, Culthe Fest is back this year, and we’re again helping to spread the word as one of the fest’s international partners.
This year, on March 30 and 31 in Münster, Culthe Fest will present performances by 16 bands from 9 countries on three stages, headlined and co-headlined by Downfall of Gaia, Sylvaine, Wiegedood, Solbrud, Ophis, and Predatory Void.
The lineup is exceedingly strong from top to bottom and spans a range of metal and metal-adjacent sub-genres, and below we’ll provide notes about all the participating bands scheduled to play on each of the two days, and how to get tickets (there aren’t many left!).
We’ll also provide notes about the Dark Arts & Crafts Exhibition, which will again be part of this festival presentation.
Downfall of Gaia
Among the festival’s three stages, Sputnikhalle and Café will be covered first and foremost in distorted guitars and blast beats, while Triptychon will again feature a semi-acoustic stage, this time providing post punk/wave, dark folk, ambient, and experimental music. Triptychon is also again the place where the exhibition will be located.
And now, here’s the lineup, with notes provided by the festival organizers:
LINE-UP CULTHE FEST 2024
SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH:
DOWNFALL OF GAIA (DE, post black metal)
Returning to Münster with their 6th full-length “Silhouettes of Disgust” (2023)! https://downfallofgaia.bandcamp.com
SYLVAINE (NO, post black metal)
First show in Münster, with their 4th full-length “Nova” (2022)! https://sylvainemusic.bandcamp.com
OPHIS (DE, death/doom metal)
Unaussprechliche Culthe Festival No. I (2014) veterans return to Münster with their 5th full-length “Spew Forth Odium” (2021)!
https://ophis.bandcamp.com
PHANTOM WINTER (DE, doom/post/sludge metal)
Returning to Münster with their 4th full-length “Her Cold Materials” (2023)! https://phantomwinter.bandcamp.com
SUIR (DE, post punk/dark gaze/cold wave)
First show in Münster, with their 3rd full-length “Not All Of Your Pain Is Self Chosen” (2022). With Ralph (Ultha)!
https://suir.bandcamp.com
RANĂ (DE, black metal/crust)
Returning to Münster with their much acclaimed debut full-length “Richtfeuer” (2023)! https://ranacrust.bandcamp.com
CORECASS (DE, dark ambient/experimental)
First show in 2024, first show in Münster, with her latest record “V O I D” (2020)! https://corecass.bandcamp.com
LOTH (FR, black metal)
First DE show in 2024, first show in Münster, with their 3rd full-length “616” (2023)! https://vendetta-records.bandcamp.com/album/616
https://specific.bandcamp.com/album/loth
SUNDAY, MARCH 31ST:
WIEGEDOOD (BE, black metal)
Returning to Münster with their 4th full-length “There’s Always Blood at the End of the Road” (2022)!
https://wiegedood.bandcamp.com
https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/theres-always-blood-at-the-end-of-the-road
SOLBRUD (DK, black metal)
First show in Münster, with their brand new 4th full-length “IIII” (2024)! https://solbrud.bandcamp.com
PREDATORY VOID (BE, black/death/doom/post metal)
First show in Münster, with their crushing debut full-length “Seven Keys to the Discomfort of Being” (2023)! New group brought forth by the artist collective Church of Ra. https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/seven-keys-to-the-discomfort-of-being
GRIFT solo (SE, nordic folk)
Returning to Münster with his 4th full-length “Dolt Land” (2023)!
https://grift-nordvis.bandcamp.com
KARLOFF (DE, black/metal/punk)
First show in Münster, with their ass-kicking debut full-length “The Appearing” (2022), and the split EP “Karloff / Ultha” (2023)!
https://karloffpunk.bandcamp.com
WESENWILLE (NL, progressive black metal)
First DE show in 2024, returning to Münster with their 3rd full-length “III: The Great Light Above” (2022)!
https://wesenwille.bandcamp.com
VÍGLJÓS (CH/DE, black metal)
First ever DE show, with their upcoming, still secret debut full-length (out May, 2024). Be curious!
https://vigljos.bandcamp.com
JUDASZ & NAHIMANA (LU/PT, dark folk/ambient/experimental/ritual)
First DE show in 2024, first show in Münster, with their debut full-length “récits d’outre-monde” (2020), and latest record “Meu Inferno” (2023)!
https://judasz.bandcamp.com
TICKETS
Here is the ticketing information provided to us by Culthe Fest:
“If you want to attend the festival, you should quickly secure one of the coveted tickets: over 75% of the tickets have already been sold.
“Two-day tickets (EUR 75*) and day tickets (EUR 45*) are still available from Green Hell, Münster, via mail order at https://greenhell.de, and from Idiots Records, Dortmund. (Tickets offered directly by the organizer are already sold out.)”
*plus fees
FURTHER INFO:
Website: https://culthe.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unaussprechliche_culthe
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unaussprechlichekulte
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/225491937307463
DARK ARTS & CRAFTS EXHIBITION
Culthe Fest’s Dark Arts & Crafts Exhibition returns, offering all sorts of gloomy, dark, and morbid art in graphics, painting, crafts, and curiosities. 10 artists and artisans from 5 countries showcase their works, including: Joost Vervoort (Netherlands, painting), Belva Bones (Austria, handmade re-/upcycling leather and bone works), and Subterranean Prints (Germany/Spain; illustration, posters, and prints). Full line-up and details below:
ACID WITCH (Berlin/DE, handmade etched jewelry)
https://www.instagram.com/acidwitchproduxions
APHELIOR (Leipzig/DE, artwork & illustration)
https://www.instagram.com/_aphelior_
BELVA BONES (Innsbruck/AU, handmade re-/upcycling leather and bone works)
https://www.instagram.com/belva.bones
B.IGNORANT (Leipzig/DE, tattoos & prints)
https://www.instagram.com/b.ignorant
ELDER ARTIFACTS (Mönchengladbach/DE, handmade precious metal & bone jewelry)
https://www.instagram.com/elderartifacts
IKOSIDIO (Stuttgart/DE//GR, artwork & illustration)
https://www.instagram.com/ikosidio
JOOST VERVOORT (Utrecht/NL, painting)
https://www.instagram.com/joost.vervoort_artwork
SUBTERRANEAN PRINTS (Berlin/DE//ES, illustration, posters & prints)
https://www.instagram.com/subterranean_prints
UGLY BLACK WORK (Essen/DE, illustration, posters & prints)
https://www.instagram.com/uglyblackwork
+ SURPRISE GUEST:
PITCHBLACK ILLUSTRATION (Hamburg/DE, artwork, illustration & storytelling)
https://www.instagram.com/pitchblack.illustration