📋About
Arctangent 2026: Post-Rock and Progressive Metal Festival at Fernhill Farm
Since its inception, Arctangent has established itself as the essential gathering for post-rock and progressive metal enthusiasts. Set at Fernhill Farm in Gloucestershire, this British festival welcomes an international community each year with a demanding lineup celebrating sonic experimentation and instrumental virtuosity. With 76 artists announced for 2026, the event confirms its status as a benchmark for fans of music that is both heavy and atmospheric.
The 2026 edition unites legends and essential figures of the genre: Primus, pioneers of funk metal, Napalm Death, monuments of grindcore, and Chelsea Wolfe, icon of atmospheric dark folk. Also featured are Cult of Luna, masters of post-metal, and High on Fire, pillars of stoner metal.
The lineup explores the most adventurous territories of rock and metal: post-metal, math rock, sludge metal, doom metal, black metal, mathcore, noise rock, shoegaze, industrial, avant-garde metal, crust punk, and progressive metalcore. This diversity reflects Arctangents DNA, valuing complex structures and immersive atmospheres equally, placing innovation at the heart of its identity.
From 19 to 22 August 2026, Arctangent invites you to four days of immersion in the most creative fringes of rock and metal. An essential event to discover the vital forces of the international experimental scene in a unique rural setting.
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