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