ROADBURN
It was Doomed & Stoned’s first official year at The Big Dance, though we’ve previously had team members attend Roadburn Festival, the now decades-long underground heavy music fest in The Netherlands. Famous for its collection of avant garde, doom, sludge, black, and death metal each year, I was pleasantly surprised when Sally Townsend told me she wanted to document it all for Doomed & Stoned this year. So for the 2019 edition of Roadburn Festival, Sally was dispatched to Tilburg, a city that traces its roots back to at least the Middle Ages, becoming a major producer or and trading post for wool.
“The challenge with Roadburn, as compared to say Psycho Las Vegas,” Sally tells us, “is there is six stages so it’s impossible to capture everything, you need to make some tough decisions! There’s clashes and one venue is a 10 minute walk from the other, and the small rooms fill up quick so if there was someone I wanted to shoot on a smaller stage I’d need to line up about half hour before the set started to make sure I could be in the front to get shots. Only two stages have a photo pit. This is why I only got 4/5 bands a day. That being said, know that I know this it’ll be easier to plan my days next year definitely hoping we can make this and annual thing!”
Following are the sights of Roadburn Festival 2019, as witnessed by Sally’s always insightful lens.
Day I
HEILUNG
LINGUA IGNOTA
MOLASSES
CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX
VILE CREATURE
Day II
FAUNA
GOLD
EMMA RUTH RUNDLE & THOU
THROANE
TRIPTYKON
Day III
SUMAC
BISMUTH
CAVE IN
MORNE
THOU: MISFITS SET
Day IV
DAUGHTERS
OLD MAN GLOOM
SLEEP
THOU