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Warbringer and Fallujah to headline Armstrong MetalFest 2023

Posted by on May 10, 2023

Photo Credit: Alex Solca

 

Armstrong MetalFest has announced its 2023 lineup featuring headliners Warbringer, Fallujah, Enterprise Earth, The Zenith Passage, along with Vale of Pnath, Striker, and 28 bands. The festival will be held on July 14th and 15th in the Okanagan Valley at the Hassen Arena in Armstrong, British Columbia. West Metal Entertainment and Armstrong Metalfest have been promoting local talent and bringing international acts to the small town of Armstrong since 2009. The festival attracts up to 700 metal fans from Canada and the US and offers camping, wrestling events, scavenger hunts, and more. 

 

Jessie Valstar, General Manager/Co-founder commented:

“The artist list for the 13th annual Armstrong Metalfest is here! The announcement is definitely a little later than we would have hoped, but it’s definitely worth the wait! Our team has crafted the biggest lineup the festival has ever seen! Six international acts alongside some of Canada’s best. We are looking forward to seeing the streets of Armstrong busy with metalheads from all over! We are straight up getting ready for the biggest year yet. Our pre-sale tickets before the lineup announcement have been the highest of any year since we started.” 

 

Tickets are available at this location. 

Prices are as follows:

Pre-sales $179.99 (Until July 12th)

Door sales weekend pass $219.99

One day admission $119.99

 

Line Up: 

Warbringer (Los Angeles, CA)

Fallujah (San Francisco, CA)

Enterprise Earth (Spokane, WA)

The Zenith Passage (Los Angeles, CA)

Vale of Pnath (Denver, CO)

Striker (Edmonton, AB)

Golers (Vancouver, BC)

Wormwitch (Vancouver, BC)

Greyhawk (Seattle, WA)

Pound (Seattle, WA)

The Hallowed Catharsis (Vancouver, BC)

Empress (Vancouver, BC)

Blackwater Burial (Vancouver, BC)

Liminal Shroud (Victoria, BC)

Atavistia (Vancouver, BC)

Truent (Vancouver, BC)

Nomad (Okanagan, BC)

Tymo (Edmonton, AB)

Our Last Crusade (Calgary, AB)

Traceless Dimensions (Kelowna, BC)

Bogue Brigade (Edmonton, AB)

Thousand Arrows (Vancouver, BC)

No More Moments (Siksika Nation, AB)

Storm The Empire (Kelowna, BC)

Blackthrone Ascension (Vancouver, BC)

Cranial Fungus (Okanagan, BC)

Bleak Valley (Kamloops, BC)

Param-Nesia (Vancouver, BC)

 

 

 

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