Das Festival kündigt eine neue Welle an Bands für das Tolminator Festival 2025 an!
MINISTRY, KATAKLYSM, AHAB, ORANSSI PAZUZU, RIVERS OF NIHIL, D.R.I., WOLFBRIGADE, MIMI BARKS UND VIELE WEITERE ACTS SIND DABEI!
Tolmin, Slowenien, ist bekannt für atemberaubende Berglandschaften, den atemberaubenden Soča River, seine baumgesäumten Campingplätze, mediterranes Wetter und darüber hinaus auch für seine großartigen Heavy-Events mitsamt endlosem Haarpracht-Schwingen zu ausgesuchtem Metal im (Abend-)Sonnenschein…
Genau hier hat das TOLMINATOR FESTIVAL vor zwei Jahren erstmals angesetzt, um die gute Tradition hochwertig bestückter Metal-Festivals in echter Urlaubs-Atmosphäre in Tolmin auf ein neues familiäres Level zu hieven. Von Liebhabern für Liebhaber!
Nicht zurückblickend, nicht von Nostalgie getrieben, sondern nach vorne gewandt, ist ein neues Festival mit eigener Note und tiefschwarzer, kompromissloser musikalischer Seele geschaffen worden, das die Bedürfnisse der Besucher, Metal-Fans aus zahlreichen Winkeln der Welt, immer fest im Blick behält. Begrenzt auf nur 5000 Besucher, hat die TOLMINATOR-Crew Anlauf genommen und die positiven Elemente von Musik und unberührter Natur mit dem nötigen Fingerspitzengefühl verbinden können.
Schaut Euch den 2024er Aftermovie an, um ein Gefühl dafür zu bekommen, warum ihr im kommenden Sommer unbedingt an Bord sein solltet und weshalb sich viele begeisterte BesucherInnen vor Ort bereits mit Tickets eingedeckt haben!
Fans von Klängen härterer Gangart bekommen im Rahmen TOLMINATOR III u.a. die folgenden Hochkaräter geboten:
Angeführt von Al Jourgensen, stürmen MINISTRY nächstes Jahr die Festivalbühne und lassen Euch teilhaben an ihrem mitreißenden Sound, der sie seit Jahrzehnten mit zu den Größten des Genres zählen lässt. Tief aus dem kalten Montreal, Québec, Kanada, kommen KATAKLYSM nach Tolmin und werden einmal mehr beweisen dass ihnen der Ruf, einer der brutalsten und kraftvollsten Heavy Metal Bands unserer Zeit zu sein, gerecht wird. Die "Crossover Thrash“ Pioniere D.R.I., über 40 Jahre erfolgreiche Historie und letztendlich auch auf dem Tolminator live zu erleben!
Ticketshop: https://tolminator.mojekarte.si/
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MINISTRY
Origin: U.S.A.
Genre: Industrial Metal
Tolminator statement: Uncle Al in Tolmin! <3
Trivia: Ministry has been regarded as one of the pioneers of the industrial rock/metal genre along with others like Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Godflesh, Pitchshifter, Nine Inch Nails, and Tackhead, all of whom had a more "extreme" approach on the industrial genre.
KATAKLYSM
Origin: Canada
Genre: Death Metal
Tolminator statement: Be ready to break the record of crowdsurfing on this one!
Trivia: Kataklysm is known for a frequently used drum pattern known as "Northern Hyperblast", after an advertisement in M.E.A.T. magazine describing another band, Fear Factory, as "hyperblast". The term refers to the extremely fast blast beats that former Kataklysm drummer, Max Duhamel, fuses into the music; The pattern often contains fast sixteenth beats on the snare drum, which are combined with a slow beat on the bass drum.
ROTTING CHRIST
Origin: Greece
Genre: Black Metal
Tolminator statement: Tolminator is preparing for singalongs here!
Trivia: According to Jim Mutilator in the book 'Non Serviam', he created the band in 1984 under the name Black Church along with some of his classmates. Later on, Sakis Tolis and Themis Tolis joined Black Church and they changed the name to Rotting Christ in 1987.In 2016, due to legal issues regarding religious groups in South Africa boycotting the band, they will be performing under the name Χ Ξ Σ there.
ORANSSI PAZUZU
Origin: Finland
Genre: Psychadelic Black Metal
Tolminator statement: The atmosphere here will be just amazing!
Trivia: Oranssi Pazuzu is Finnish for "Orange Pazuzu". Pazuzu is a Babylonian demon, and also (as such) a character in the film The Exorcist. The band's motto is "Oranssi Pazuzu makes music that invites all the arsonists and smokers to hold hands.“
RIVERS OF NIHIL
Origin: U.S.A.
Genre: Progressive Technical Death Metal
Tolminator statement: Death Metal with a saxophone?! Bring it on!
Trivia: Their album The Work was elected by Loudwire as the 22nd best rock/metal album of 2021.
D.R.I.
Origin: U.S.A.
Genre: Thrash Metal / Crossover
Tolminator statement: 40 years being a Dirty Rotten Imbecil!
Trivia: The band's name stands for "Dirty Rotten Imbeciles". D.R.I. are considered by many to be "the fathers of crossover thrash" along with Suicidal Tendencies, S.O.D., M.O.D. and Excel. According to an interview with Kurt Brecht, they did not coin the term "crossover" themselves, but rather adopted it from people starting to refer to the band's roots in one genre (punk) crossing over into the metal crowd. D.R.I. is considered one of the first bands to use the blast beat with their song "No Sense!" from their Dirty Rotten EP.
WOLFBRIGADE
Origin: Sweden
Genre: Crust Punk / Melodic Death Metal
Tolminator statement: Tolminator loves the crossover bands, my disciples were trying to get them from the 1st edition.
Trivia: Pitchfork Media praised the Damned album and described them as combining crust punk and melodic death metal in a manner similar to Disfear.
WARBRINGER
Origin: U.S.A.
Genre: Thrash Metal
Tolminator statement: TOTAL MOSHPIT WAR!!!
Trivia: Originally they had named the band Onslaught but changed their name after learning that there is a band using the same name. Nothing had been recorded or released while they had used the name.
AHAB
Origin: Germany
Genre: Nautik Funeral Doom Metal
Tolminator statement: Get your harpoons ready! Argh!
Trivia: Ahab is the captain of the Pequod, the whaler who is hunting for the white whale Moby-Dick in the book of the same name by Herman Melville. The sticker on their debut says the band plays "Nautik Funeral Doom" due to their obsession with the ocean.
ANGELUS APATRIDA
Origin: Spain
Genre: Thrash Metal
Tolminator statement: 25 years of this Spanish Thrash Metal beast!
Trivia: The eponymous album Angelus Apatrida was released on 2021, conquered the top of the official album charts in Spain and also marked the band’s first ever chart entries in Germany and Switzerland.
GHOST BATH
Origin: U.S.A.
Genre: Depressive post Black Metal
Tolminator statement: Depression makes me happy.
Trivia: According to the band, "Ghost Bath" refers to "the act of committing suicide by submerging in a body of water.“
MILKING THE GOATMACHINE
Origin: Germany
Genre: Death Metal / Grindcore
Tolminator statement: I was sad when they canceled last year. Let's try this again! I want my goats!
Trivia: Their song and album titles are often puns on songs and albums by other artists.
INSANITY ALERT
Origin: Austria
Genre: Thrash Metal / Crossover
Tolminator statement: All Mosh, No Brain! I had to get them back!
Trivia: The first band that made a comeback to Tolminator. They Already played the first edition.
PARTY CANNON
Origin: U.K.
Genre: Slam / Brutal Death Metal
Tolminator statement: I love the logo. <3
Trivia: The band dubs their own musical style as "party slam".
FULCI
Origin: Italy
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Tolminator statement: Bravo Maestro!
Trivia: Named after Lucio Fulci, an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor active since 1959 and know for his expolitation films that varies from italian comedy to thriller and horror. The band tributes his 80's horror films.
HIDEOUS DIVINITY
Origin: Italy
Genre: Technical Brutal Death Metal
Tolminator statement: Collaborating with our friends from the Death over Rome festival and presenting one of Italy's finest!
Trivia: Based in Rome and signed to the Century Media Records.
UNLOCKED
Origin: Netherlands
Genre: Death Metal
Tolminator statement: Ready for some good old school Dutch Death Metal!
Trivia: The band lyrics are about 19th century asylums.
ME AND THAT MAN
Origin: Poland
Genre: Dark Folk / Blues / Americana
Tolminator statement: Me and my friend Nergal. <3
Trivia: Behemoth masetrmind had quite some guests on his last Me and that Man album called New Man, New Songs, Same Shit Vol2 such as Gary Holt (Slayer, Exodus), Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), Randy Blythe (Lamb Of God), Myrkur, Devin Townsend, David Vincent, Doug Blair (W.A.S.P), Hank von Hell (Turbonegro) and Olve Abbath Eikemo (Immortal, Abbath)
VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY
Origin: Greece
Genre: Psychedelic Stoner Rock
Tolminator statement: Greece is probably the leading country in this genre!
Trivia: The sextet blows away the audience with fantastic performances from the clarinet, bagpipe, and guitar!
MIDNIGHT
Origin: U.S.A.
Genre: Black / Speed Metal
Tolminator statement: Fucking speed & darkness on repeat!
Trivia: Formed by Athenar, while he still was in Boulder, as a solo side-project. Initially he only ever planned to release EPs and splits, which he kept to for the first eight years of the band's existence.
PSYCROPTIC
Origin: Australia
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Tolminator statement: These Tasmanian Devils can sure play!
Trivia: Celebrating 25 years of this Tech Death Metal monster from Down Under!
HIGH PARASITE
Origin: U.K.
Genre: Gothic Metal / Rock / Death Pop
Tolminator statement: I like the term Death Pop :)
Trivia: New band from Aaron, my Dying Bride vocalist.
MIMI BARKS
Origin: Germany
Genre: Doom Trap Metal
Tolminator statement: Mimi is breaking balls with her unique style!
Trivia: Metal Hammer quoted her: "I want people to have sex in the moshpit.“
BRUTAL SPHINCTER
Origin: Belgium
Genre: Brutal Death Metal / Goregrind
Tolminator statement: I feel like dancing!
Trivia: Offending everyone since 1st April 2013, Brutal Sphincter (BxSx) is the new Groovy GoreGrind sensation.
SLUG GORE
Origin: Italy
Genre: Death Metal / Grindcore
Tolminator statement: Slugs are my friends!
Trivia: Their lyric theme is about giant killer slugs, death, violence and apocalypse. Their debut full length album is called They Slime! They Ooze! They Kill!
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Ticket shop: https://tolminator.mojekarte.si/
