Black Sun
Torche
Saint Vitus
Colour Haze
Omega Massif
Bohren und der Club of Gore
Mono
Negura Bunget
Scott Kelly
Steve von Till
Neurosis
The Young Gods
Guapo
Grey Daturas
Dyse
I'd be interested in seeing all these, but I can see why loads of people aren't bothered so far! Remember theres four days to fill and 3 stages too, there will be alot more added to that list.
Yeah, the three bands I'm interested in so far are all ones I've seen or few times, or will have, in Torche's case. The other two being Cathedral and Neurosis.
I still think four days is stretching it for what is, at the end of the day, a fairly niche festival. Bringing in the artsy-fartsy stuff does widen the scope somewhat, but I'd rather have two good days than four mediocre ones.
For someone into the artsy fartsy, I can see it a dragging a little, all the droney stuff/improv stuff tends to grate after about 3 bands at a normal gig unless they are amazing, so it could be weird.
Supersonic worked because they threw together the drone and doom with folk and cooler new bands like Errors, Tomassi and Battles, but to lump it with stoner or doom is maybe ill-advised, but it worked last year I hear? Current 93 and that?
Current 93 was on the Sunday last year though and a lot of people I spoke to only bought tickets because Om were supposed to be playing, whereas Neurosis and the arty bands they're bringing with them is on the Saturday (i.e. one of the main days of the festival).
British doomsters ORANGE GOBLIN will record their performance at next year's Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Holland on Thursday, April 23, 2009 for a limited-edition, vinyl-only live album.