Decibel is honored to reveal that blackened old-school miscreants Midnight, Arizona desert death dealers Gatecreeper and rising California death crew Necrot have joined the lineup of Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly at the Fillmore Philadelphia on April 3-4, 2020.
They will unify an already-stacked bill featuring extreme metal legends Napalm Death performing a special one-time-only set of exclusively Harmony Corruption and Utopia Banished songs, and Converge playing their metallic hardcore landmark album Jane Doe in its entirely for their first time ever in North America. If that wasn’t enough, grinding heroes Pig Destroyer will help presenting sponsors Relapse Records celebrate their 30th anniversary with the first-ever performance of PD’s game-changing Prowler in the Yard record!
This also marks the Metal & Beer Fest return of Norwegian black metal godfathers Mayhem, with first-time appearances from Norwegian black metal icon Abbath, New Wave of British Heavy Metal heroes Satan, heavy metal revivalists Night Demon, goth-infused metal upstarts Idle Hands, quickly rising old-schoolers Haunt, New England doom lords Magic Circle and Seattle funeral doom crushers Un, who round out the lineup.
Of course, our lineup of the world’s most metal breweries has also expanded! Brimming Horn Meadery (DE) and Lionshead (PA) have joined the festivities as featured breweries, while Metal Monkey (IL), Nightmare Brewing Company (NY), Cosmic Eye Brewing (NE), Zeroday Brewing Company (PA) and Soundgrowler Brewing Co. (IL) will be dispensing the nation’s most brutal brews.
The entire beer lineup is once again presented by our friends at Broken Goblet Brewing (PA) with an appearance from featured brewery Wake Brewing (IL). Three Floyds (IN), Hammerheart (MN), Tired Hands (PA), Adroit Theory (VA), Blake’s Hard Cider (MI), Burial Beer Co. (NC), Oliver Brewing Co. (MD), Yards (PA) and Goldhorn Brewery (OH), will also join us in Philly!
All ticket options (including a “Metal & Beer” ticket option strictly limited to 400 tickets each day, which gives attendees access to pours from all of the breweries, as well as admittance to that day’s show) are ON SALE NOW! Tickets and daily line-ups are below.
Purchase Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly Two-Day tickets
Purchase Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly April 3 tickets
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FRIDAY, APRIL 3
Napalm Death (performing a special Harmony Corruption and Utopia Banished set)
Mayhem
Abbath
Midnight
Gatecreeper
Idle Hands
Magic Circle
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
Converge (performing Jane Doe in its entirety)
Pig Destroyer (performing Prowler in the Yard in its entirety)
Satan
Necrot
Night Demon
Haunt
Un
Hails and ales to our partners!
Relapse Records
Broken Goblet Brewing
Metal Blade Records
Brimming Horn Meadery
Translation Loss
Wake Brewing
Lionshead
Tankcrimes
Nefarious Industries
And west coasters, don’t forget that tickets for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles on December 13-14, 2019—featuring performances from Carcass, Possessed, Nails, Vio-lence, Gatecreeper, Schammasch, Gruesome and more—are still available, but going fast!
