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The ninth edition of Scandinavia’s leading festival for experimental rock music, A COLOSSAL WEEKEND, is about to unfold. Today, the full schedule is revealed for the festival, which takes place over three days in VEGA and Basement in Copenhagen from May 8–10, 2025.

Additionally, the festival announces two new acts as replacements for Ukrainian band WHITE WARD, who have just canceled all upcoming shows due to the war in their...

Today, A COLOSSAL WEEKEND announces the final five acts, thus completing this year’s festival, which will take place at VEGA and Basement in Copenhagen from May 8 to May 10, 2025.

The newly announced acts include the Canadian ‘post-everything’ collective RESPIRE, the industrial post-punk duo DAME AREA from Barcelona, the Polish/English cinematic metal quartet TELEPATHY, SOLVENTIS from France with their unique fusion of folk and synth music, and not least...

Today, A COLOSSAL WEEKEND reveals a string of new acts for the 2025 edition of the festival, which will take place at VEGA and Basement in Copenhagen, Denmark from May 8th to 10th, 2025. The festival proudly announces this year’s Artist in Residence, none other than the acclaimed American experimental musician, singer, and composer ZOLA JESUS, who will deliver two exclusive performances during the festival.

In addition, A...

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The Copenhagen-based festival A COLOSSAL WEEKEND announces four more acts for its 2025 edition, taking place at Vega and Basement in Copenhagen from May 8th to 10th, 2025. The additions include KELLERMENSCH (DK), PALLBEARER (US), DAUFØDT (NO), and WHITE WARD (UA), joining a lineup that already features CHAT PILE, KYLESA, ORANSSI PAZUZU, and ELDER. In addition, the preliminary day schedules are ready and furthermore, one day tickets will be on...

After two recent lineup announcements, A COLOSSAL WEEKEND is now adding two more massive names to the festival, which will take place at Vega and Basement in Copenhagen, Denmark from May 8th to 10th, 2025. The new additions are noise rockers CHAT PILE and the avant-garde black metal ensemble AGRICULTURE, joining a lineup that already includes headliners like KYLESA, ORANSSI PAZUZU, and ELDER.

When CHAT PILE burst onto the scene...

A COLOSSAL WEEKEND now announces the final acts for this year's festival and unveils day splits. For those following the Danish metal scene, it's been impossible to ignore Afsky and their incredibly dark yet beautiful black metal, as well as Konvent's uncompromising doom. Both acts are now added to the festival lineup and join Kairon; IRSE! (FIN), Kollapse (DK), Offermose/Last Oblivion (DK/SE), Lisen Pousette (SE), and Halvcirkel (DK) to complete...

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The Copenhagen festival A COLOSSAL WEEKEND is now adding four more acts to the 2024 festival program, which once again will feature both new and more classical artists within the dark and heavy as well as more experimental and genre bending realms of rock music. The 2024 festival marks the eighth edition and will take place from May 16 to May 18, once again with its natural center around VEGA...

With its focus on dark, heavy and experimental rock music, the Copenhagen-based festival A COLOSSAL WEEKEND has been offering a significant alternative in the Danish festival landscape since its inception in 2016. Through its passionate curation, the festival has become an integral part of the scene and genres it represents. As always, the festival has its natural center around VEGA in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, and in 2024 the festival takes place...

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A COLOSSAL WEEKEND is Denmark’s primary festival within the realm of somber and experimental rock music, taking place in Copenhagen's Vesterbro area with the venue VEGA as its natural center, over four days between 11th and 14th May 2023. Prior, the festival announced acts such as Boris, Lingua Ignota, Liturgy and Eyes for the 2023 edition. Today, the festival can finally reveal the full festival lineup with twenty new artists...

A COLOSSAL WEEKEND is Denmark’s primary festival within the realm of somber and experimental rock music, taking place in the Vesterbro city area with the venue VEGA as its natural center over four days between 11th and 14th May 2023. Last year, the festival announced acts such as Boris, Inter Arma and Liturgy for the 2023 edition and today, two American acts are added to this year’s line-up in the...

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