Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and other big names like Sepultura, Napalm Death, Molchat Doma, Marky Ramone, and Blind Channel are joined by 11 new bands, led by indestructible punk legends The Exploited. Guitar music has always been popular at the Petrovaradin Fortress, with epic performances by greats such as The Cure, The Killers, Sex Pistols, and Liam Gallagher. Rock @ Exit, the loud and distorted side of the festival, will echo again this summer, from 7th to 10th July on the Main and Visa Fusion stages, as well as at the festival’s epicenter of hardcore sound – the Explosive Stage.
Explosive will welcome all fans of hardcore, metal, and punk in the deep trenches of the Fortress this summer as well, with almost 30 acts. At the head of the line-up of the extreme stage is the equally iconic Scottish punk band The Exploited. It has been exactly 40 years since their debut ‘Punk’s Not Dead’ and their second album ‘Troops of Tomorrow,’ both considered punk classics, and the veterans are ready to thunder from the Fortress once again!
These legends, who still rule the scene with an unwavering force, have influenced many bands in recent decades, including Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, but also Discharge, who will also perform at Explosive this year. The Exploited’s work covers a variety of subgenres from punk-rock and thrash metal to hardcore and street punk, so it is no wonder that they are considered one of the most important bands in the past four decades.
Other newcomers to the Explosive Stage will be just as loud and include Crown Court, Chain Cult, and War Engine joining previously announced Bury Tomorrow, Discharge, Moscow Death Brigade, Misconduct, Shining, and The Undertones. Fusion Stage will welcome Grammy Award winner and live punk icon Marky Ramone, the Finnish Blind Channel, the leading post-punk dark-wave band She Past Away, as well as a number of local and regional acts.
The guitar-based sound on the Main Stage will be led by none other than Nick Cave with his band The Bad Seeds, while acts that have written the history of metal and continue to write the history of hardcore, new wave, and post-punk scenes – the iconic Brazilian Sepultura, legendary Birmingham quartet Napalm Death and Belarusian band Molchat Doma – are in charge of slightly more powerful frequencies.
The Exit Festival will take place at the Petrovaradin Fortress from 7th to 10th July, featuring the likes of Calvin Harris, Iggy Azalea, James Arthur, Masked Wolf, Jax Jones, ZHU, and many others, with new announcements coming soon.
Four-day tickets are on sale from 95 EUR +b/f. When this limited contingent is sold out, the ticket price will increase. Tickets can be purchased HERE, and via sales locations.
