AMENRA – The Building of the Free Church

Main Hall
19.45 - 20.25 Lingua Ignota 
20.55 - 21.40 Alcest
22.10 - 23.20 Amenra

Small Room
19.30 - 20.00 Year of the Cobra
20.30 - 21.10 Bossk
21.30 - 22.10 Treha Sektori

The hypnotic and monolithic Lingua Ignota has risen from the underground with an imperious command of the stage and an ever-present devilish wrath. She has always taken a radical, unflinching approach to themes of violence and vengeance, and 'Caligula' builds on the transformation of the survivor at the core of this narrative. Eschewing and disavowing genre altogether, LINGUA IGNOTA conjures experimental industrial that reckons the true vengeance steaming within us all.

Alcest was founded in the year 2000 by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Neige (aka. Stéphane Paut) and later joined by drummer Winterhalter (Jean Deflandre) in 2009. Labeled as post metal/shoegaze or “blackgaze”, Alcest were the pioneers within this genre, crafting a unique sound based on musical opposites from their very first EP “Le Secret” (2005), and thru their full length releases “Souvenirs D'Un Autre Monde” (2007), “Écailles De Lune” (2010) and “Les Voyages De L'Ame” (2012). In 2014 their fourth album “Shelter” was released, marking the band's departure from the more metal sound, in favor of dream-pop aesthetics, surprising and somewhat challenging their fan base. In retrospective, the album opened new doors for Alcest, bringing them an audience from different horizons and a positive sense of unpredictability as musicians. Over the years, Alcest influenced a lot of other artists and gained a significant popularity around the world, leading them to do several tours all over Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia.

Treha Sektori - it's not just music. It's dark, intense mystical atmosphere, whispering in an unknown language, ritual drums, and more. Behind all this is a musician named Dan Sora, a Frenchman by birth. Besides the main activity, Dan draws covers for albums by other artists and groups. Also, he often appeared on stage with Amenra, opening for legendary Neurosis. 

The first creation of the musician came out in 2009 and was called "Sorieh". Opus released by Parisian label Kaosthetik Konspiration, Canadian same label Cyclic Law released a full-length album on vinyl media. The second work is called Dan "Endessiah". Opus was released in 2012, a Canadian firm Cyclic Law as a CD, and on vinyl. The album turned even more grim, dark and deep. A year later, the musician shot clip for the song "Ah Estereh Komh Derah", that in the ritual, and in general in all ambient, very rare.

Three years on from the release of their debut full length album Audio Noir Bossk now begins its journey for the next phase of the band. This show will be the first time new material is performed outside of the UK. It is an honour to be invited to perform as part of AMENRA anniversary show, there are few bands out there flying the flag for true creativity in the way they are. Musically Bossk mixes powerful sweeping ambience with walls of sound and riffs that will crush your soul.

Seattle based doom duo, YEAR OF THE COBRA, have proven that you don’t need a big band to produce massive and infectious heaviness. Recalling power-duo’s like Jucifer, Amy’s vocals and “Rig of Doom” are doubly impressive as she wrings power chords and melodies from a 4-string Rickenbacker, all backed by Jon’s appropriately huge and cavernous drumming. 

Their
highly anticipated second full length is slated for release on Prophecy Productions in early 2019. !