Alt-Fest get an Amen as a UK festival exclusive

<s>Alt-Fest</s> - CANCELLED 2014 - Amen — Photo credit: Gaynor Maher

Alt-Fest - CANCELLED 2014

Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2014
Boughton House, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN16 9UP, England MAP
£145

Daily capacity: 50,000

American metal-punk outfit Amen are coming back together for a UK festival exclusive appearance at Alt-Fest.

The 'We Have Come For Your Parents' frontman Casey Chaos, said, "I'm proud to announce that Amen will return to play an exclusive show at Alt-Fest, a festival done by the people for the people. We are looking forward to performing & transmitting the sound from the heart, from our homeland communist America and destroying ourselves for your pleasure."

Doom metallers Paradise Lost are also added to the bill, with a headline slot on the Metal Stage on Friday.

Alt-Fest attendees can expect more wild stage antics with two UK festival exclusive appearances first a total bloodfest as Agonoize will be bringing the blood to platter all of the stage this summer, and then some Swedish folk metal with Finntroll.

BBC Radio 1 Rock Show presenter, Daniel P. Carter bring his Krokodil, plus Mesh, Parade Ground, Stormbringer, and thrash metal four-piece Savage Messiah are also confirmed.

The crowd funded alternative lifestyle festival set to take place for the first time from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2014 at Boughton House, in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

The event, will feature over 130 acts across the metal, rock, goth, industrial, steampunk and more genres are now booked with headliners to be revealed soon. Most importantly Alt-Fest, which is operating a strict policy of ‘run by the fans, for the fans’, is engaging their audience in every aspect of the planning process making Alt-Fest not just crowd-funded but also crowd-led.

Alt-Fest will unveil yet more performers in the coming months.

The line-up includes Cradle of Filth, The Cult, Arch Enemy, Killing Joke, Gary Numan, Fields of Nephilim, Malefice, Onslaught, Fearless Vampire Killers, Truckfighters, Palm Reader, Primitai, Combichrist, Satyricon, Peter Murphy, The Howling, Dead Harts, Sanctorum, The One Hundred, Skarlett Riot, Bad Pollyanna, Peter Hook and the Light playing 'Unknown Pleasures', and many more.

Alt-Fest will feature seven live music stages, presenting crucial Goth, Metal and Industrial acts, plus the 'best-of-the-next' on a newcomers stage, and a punter voted main stage line-up.

Alt-Fest will feature six live music stages, presenting crucial Goth, Metal and Industrial acts, plus the 'best-of-the-next' on a newcomers stage, and a punter voted main stage line-up.

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A weekend ticket with camping is priced at £85, and a child aged 13-15 ticket is priced at£50 including camping. 2 early bird adults tickets are priced at £150.

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