PROGFEST 2019 // Announce Double Headliners For 10th Anniversary

Progfest, Australia’s premier progressive metal and rock festival will be in its 10th year in 2019, and is celebrating with a special double headline bill: The Ocean and Monuments, with special guests Skyharbor.

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In this first announcement of bands, Progfest 2019 has tipped Indian modern prog hybrids Skyharbor to make their first Australian sojourn next January around the Australia Day holiday.

The Ocean are a collective of prog-oriented, natural historians/musicians from Berlin, Germany, and will be in Australia promoting their 8th album, Phanerozoic I: Palaezoic, out 2 November.

Hailing from the UK are djent-groove metal pioneers and rabble rousers Monuments, set to release their latest album Phronesis on the 5 October.

Progfest began in 2008 as a small gathering of odd-time signature aficionados and nutcrunch enthusiasts. Since, it’s widened its appeal to all non-Euclidian corners of the progressive world; art-rock, post-rock, psychedelic, and technical metal of all styles.

International and ARIA charting acts such as Ne Obliviscaris, Caligula’s Horse, sleepmakeswaves and Twelve Foot Ninja have graced Progfest stages. Originally a Melbourne-only affair, it now travels along the east coast of Australia.

Tickets for Progfest go on sale Thursday 27 September at 10am AEST, with a special pre-sale happening between 10am and 6pm on Wednesday, 26 September. For all ticketing info, visit organisers Wild Thing Presents.

PROGFEST 2019