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News : Blacken The Globe is rechristened; arise Blacken Open Air!

By on August 3, 2016
2016 has been a good year for Australia and the luck continues as the first details have been revealed about the newest heavy music festival in the country: BLACKEN OPEN AIR. That’s right, from the ashes of Blacken The Globe Festival which was help annually in Alice Springs, rises Blacken Open Air, which will take place over the Easter long weekend holiday in 2017. Five years in the making, the event has evolved from a single day show to a massive multi-day camp out event. Being one of the most highly regarded events on the Australian metal calendar, the festival has been endorsed by  the likes of Dave Haley (Psycroptic), Matt Young (King Parrot) and Lochlan Watt (The Racket/current vocalist for Thy Art is Murder)
With line-ups of previous years including bands such as Psycroptic, King Parrot, Disentomb, Colossvs, Frankenbok, Desecrator and The Schoenberg Automaton, the festival is promising with organisers saying that next year will be even bigger and better.
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Organised by The Black Wreath, a collective of Australian musicians and artists who joined forces in 2011, Blacken is all set to unleash the heaviness on metal heads next year. BLACKEN is organised by The Black Wreath, a collective of Australian musicians and artists who joined forces in 2011.Bands wishing to perform at the event can register now at blackenfestival.com

“Fans of heavy music should make the pilgrimage to the heart of Australia at least once in their life to experience it” – Dave Haley (Psycroptic)

“Blacken is one of the most unique festivals I’ve ever been a part of. Please support this great festival… and bands… You need to get up there and play this thing. It is wild!” – Matt Young (King Parrot)

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Watch the trailer for Blacken Open Air below:

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Prarthana is a vegan, Indo-Aussie, heavy music addict, fluent in sarcasm and metal. Traveling is an obsession as she enjoys taking in the history of various countries and following her favorite bands. She's either eating, teaching grammar or learning an instrument, when not occupied with windmilling in the faces of other humans.