“Odpovejte bend ali odpovejte festival!” To je bil ultimat, ki so postavile extremne leve struje znotraj partnerjev festivala. Te so namreč zahtevale odstranitev francoske ekstremne zasedbe Peste Noire iz spiska nastopajočih festivala Blastfest, ki se bo odvijal prihodnje leto v norveškem Bergnu.
Organizatorji festivala soopustili. Finci Horna pa so iz solidarnosti do njihovih francoskih kolegov odpovedali svoj nastop na tem festivalu.
Zaenkrat (še) potrjene zasedbe na Blastfest 2017 (Bergen), Hulen (22nd) & USF Verftet (23rd – 25th) so:
Devin Townsend Project / Scour / Marduk / Hell / Between The Buried & Me / Dying Fetus / Leprous / Hour Of Penance / Angelcorpse / Batushka / Memoriam / Akercocke / HateSphere / Benighted / Blood Red Throne / Gehenna / Ajattara / The Monolith Deathcult / Misþyrming / Torture Killer / Nordjevel / Regarde Les Hommes Tomber / Cut Up / Zhrine / Emptiness / Lucifer’s Child / Auðn / Deluge / IXXI / Abyssic / Aspherium / Trident / Beneath / Darkend / Burning Hatred / Avslut / Overoth / Ade / Doomas Plus More TBA
The official statement from the festival organisers reads: “As much as we love the brilliant music of Peste Noire, and how much we have stated that we are a musical platform, and no politics are involved in our concept, the amount of political focus created due to this booking, is badly affecting our existence. Our partners have been pushed very hard, and we now reached the point where we had to decide to stand by our choice, and ultimately cancel the whole festival, or cancel Peste Noire. So, we will keep going, creating a great metalfest for all metalheads, unfortunately without Peste Noire.”
