Official press release:
Nestled in the Okanagan valley, the town of Armstrong has become British Columbia’s largest mosh pit. Trembling the Rocky Mountains and creating a gathering of metalheads like no other in Western Canada, Armstrong Metal Fest, now in its ninth year returns with a 2017 line up that metal fans from across country will feast on from sunrise till way past sunset on July 14th and 15th at the Hassen Arena.
This year’s headliners include Boston’s tech death/thrash titans Revocation, Vancouver’s ska-metal champions Ninjaspy, Canadian 80’s thrash legends Aggression and the Broken Neck Radio peoples choice winner Golers among many more from across the country. (full list below)
Festival co-founder Jesse Valstar comments:
“The team members of West Metal Entertainment poured their sweat and blood into making this year’s line up for Armstrong Metal Fest the best year yet! A large portion of this year’s line up consists of bands who will be releasing albums in 2017. The fact that so many bands in Canada are able to write and record quality material is a real testament to the thriving metal scene we have. The band submission process is a grueling gauntlet of awesomeness, but personally I love every second I dedicate to the brilliant artists of Canadian Metal!
I am especially excited to have Revocation on this year’s edition of Armstrong Metal Fest. Their style is hella fitting for the festival and I know they will be well received! Also, their album Great Is Our Sin is fantastic front to back. I’ll be front row center screaming my heart out for sure!
I am very proud of the work our team has put into year nine of Armstrong Metal Fest. Our work is paying off, so far this year we have broken every record for ticket sales we have ever had. As a community we built this festival from the ground up. As the festival grows, so does our community. We are all proud of this big beautiful beast!”
Weekend pass available for $120 CAD regular pre-sale with camping included in ticket price. Weekend of festival, the weekend pass will be $160 CAD at the festival gate. Day pass will be available at the festival gate only for $70 CAD. Camping is an additional $20 CAD for day pass per night. Please visit the following link for details and purchase: Armstrongmetalfest.ca/tickets/
Get a digital sample featuring last year’s lineup via the festival’s Bandcamp.
Confirmed for the fest is the following line-up:
(day line-ups and set times will be revealed at a later date)
Aggression
Angelmaker
Apollyon
Arkenfire
Atrous Leviathan
Cell
Citizen Rage
Cocaine Moustache
Dahlmers Realm
Dead Quiet
Dragstrips Devils
Drop Dead Fred
Exit Strategy
Expain
Eye of Horus
Galactic Pegasus
Gardener
Gatekeeper
Gladius Sky
Golers
Ninjaspy
Nomad
Odinfist
Ossific
Planet Eater
Revocation
Serephic Nihilist
Slagduster
Spore
Tales of The Tomb
Terrifier
The Avulsion
Train Bigger Monkeys
W.M.D.
Xul
Zuckuss
