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The Infest Festival returns with lots of fantastic music spread across four venues - St George's Hall, Nightrain and The Underground and Spirit of Bradford.

Infest is an annual three-day music festival held at the University of Bradford Union in the United Kingdom, featuring alternative electronic music acts from genres including industrial, EBM, futurepop, synthpop and rhythmic noise. 

 

Artists include - 

EMMON – SE – !!UK DEBUT!!
The queen of the Swedish synth scene always delivers on stage with her energetic persona, cool moves and pumping bass.” //Stereoklang
Sexy urban elegance, warm electronic coldness and hard ecstatically danceable synth-disco beats.” // Electricity Club

 

DUCTAPE – TR – !!UK DEBUT!!
Contradictions and inner chaos. Post-punk/Darkwave duo from the underground music scene of bustling Istanbul. Join them to dance over your disappointments with their interpretation of 80’s Post-punk.

 

REPUBLICA – UK – !!INFEST DEBUT!!
3 million albums sold and top five slots in the UK, USA and Europe…
Their hit single ‘Ready to Go’ soared to number one in many countries…
Due to release their first album in 26 years on Armalyte Industries…
Join us for their “technopop punk rock” at this years Infest

 

REIN – SE – !!INFEST DEBUT!!
Stockholm based electro artist, producer, singer, songwriter, performer and record label owner. Her music is influenced by fusing elements from the 80’s; industrial, electro and punk mixed into a futuristic sound for the dance floor. Expect an explosive live performance!

 

MARK HEX – UK – !!INFEST DEBUT!!
“Mark Hex, pink guitar in hand, makes soundscapes for tales of Glasgow plucked from real life.” -Louder Than War
MARK HEX has been pestering the world and making a racket for over two decades.
He played a great set for Stay-In-Fest 2020 – now he joins us in the flesh

 

MEMEPUNKS – UK – !!INFEST DEBUT!!
The Memepunks have been delighting audiences with their unique style of mashups and unconventional covers since 2011. No song is sacred and no genre is safe from their madcap musical experiments. From kazoo and accordion solos to TV theme tunes, The Memepunks will stop at nothing to surprise and amuse.

 

LLUMEN – BE – !!INFEST DEBUT!!
A sonic journey through the realms of multi-layered dark electronic music. Pulsating beats, rapid sequences, and captivating melodies, effortlessly weaving influences from old-school EBM, gothic, techno, future pop, and more. They offer a novel experience, inviting listeners into a dynamic and ever-evolving sonic landscape.

 

CORLYX – UK / US – !!INFEST DEBUT!!
A fascinating blend of catchy melodies that represent a fusion of 80’s post-punk, 90’s grunge and modern dark wave elements.
For fans of guitar-driven post-punk and electronic-backed, darkwave-edged goth rock.

 

AGENCY V – UK – !!INFEST DEBUT!!
They may be “newcomers” to the scene but there is some serious experience in this act.
Dark synth lines, electronic rhythms, immaculate guitars topped off with emotive vocals.
Check them out!

 

XOTOX – DE – !!25th (+1) Anniversary!!
“Industrial for hyperactive people”
It thunders and rumbles with pure darkness, combining with rhythmically twitching beats and haunting synth pads.
A hymn to and from the darkness!

 

THE ROYAL RITUAL – UK – !!INFEST DEBUT!!
Dark ambient landscapes supplement an undercurrent of electronic industrial music with occasional lapses into synth pop and borderline new wave oriented expression. For those who enjoy an expressive variety of industrial electronic music with a bit of a Goth twist in the atmosphere department.

 

DIVINE SHADE – FR – !!INFEST DEBUT!!
They impressed Gary Numan and his legions of fans…
Instantly attention grabbing, within the very first bars, and then the electronic drums thunder in along with the vocals, you are not going to be disappointed….

 

RAY NOIR – UK – !!INFEST DEBUT!!
Rising from sleazy street-corners to shady superstardom a dark sonic spectrum bubbles away, pulling from the electro-metal of heavyweights like Rammstein and Nine Inch Nails, the gothy swagger of She Wants Revenge and Interpol, and even the alt.pop spark of Robyn.