But we have been working tirelessly behind the scenes and are excited to announce that we found with Sear Bliss a proper replacement for the Headliner Position on Thursday evening!

Sear Bliss is a Hungarian black metal band renowned for their atmospheric soundscapes, blending symphonic elements with intense guitar work and haunting vocals. With a career spanning over three decades, they’ve carved out a unique niche in the metal scene, captivating audiences with their powerful compositions and immersive live performances.

Prepare for Extreme Metal with Horns!

Dear Heathens!

Due to unforeseen circumstances Dread Sovereign just informed us that they won’t be able to perform at our Heathen Gathering Festival due to reasons beyond our control.

But we have been working tirelessly behind the scenes and are excited to announce that we found with Sear Bliss a proper replacement for the Headliner Position on Thursday evening!

Sear Bliss is a Hungarian black metal band renowned for their atmospheric soundscapes, blending symphonic elements with intense guitar work and haunting vocals. With a career spanning over three decades, they’ve carved out a unique niche in the metal scene, captivating audiences with their powerful compositions and immersive live performances.

Prepare for Extreme Metal with Horns!

Dear Heathens!

Wir bedauern, euch mitteilen zu müssen, dass Aktarum ihren Aufrtriit am Heathen Gathering 2024 aus technischen und persönlichen Grünen absagen müssen.

However we are happy to announce that we already found a proper replacement.

Our friends from STEINALT could overtake this slot on short notice and therefore please prepare for another load of local Pagan Metal from Lower Austria and Vienna!

Dear Heathens,

we are happy to present you today our second Headliner for our Heathen Gathering Festival 2024!

Dread Sovereign is the born dead brain child of Nemtheanga from Primordial.

Years of string hacking and slashing on guitar have finally come to realization as backed by Dubh SOL on drums and Bones on guitar they have forged a new band. The blueprint is rough, raw old school doom metal which hails of Venom, Saint Vitus, Cirith Ungol and touches of late 80s early sepulchral black metal.

Dear Heathens,

with the next band we will take you into the mystical world of the Salzburg mountain regions!

We are happy to welcome Vinsta with his interpretation of Alpine Metal in the Viper Room!  

Dear Heathens,

our next band will soon be celebrating their 30th anniversary and is considered as flagship of Viking Metal from Portugal.

We are pleased to welcome Gwydion to our Heathen Gathering at the Viper Room Vienna!

Dear Heathens!

Today we are pleased to be able to serve you some local act again!

The Crescent's Call stands for Symphonic Folk Metal and was founded in Windischgarsten in 2019 by bandleader Christina Fuxjäger.

In autumn 2022, the band released their debut album “The Call”, which was widely celebrated at two release shows in Vienna and Windischgarsten!

Dear Heathens!

Today we are pleased to welcome the exceptional artist Vermilia from Finland to our line-up.

Her music is a mix of Epic Scandinavian Pagan Metal and sweet, raw and melancholic vocal harmonies with lyrics in her native language.

Look forward to an intense atmospheric show!

Dear Heathens!

We are pleased to announce our first headliner for our Heathen Gathering 2024!

Founded in Dublin in 1992, Cruachan are considered as pioneers of Folk Metal! Cruachan combines Metal with traditional Irish folk instruments and their lyrics are often about Celtic mythology, legends and Irish history!

Nine albums, an EP and two demos have already been released so far and with their latest album "The Living and the Dead" Cruachan will make the Viper Room shake!

Dear Heathens,

today we would like to welcome the Danish Viking Metal Band par exellence Vanir to their first show in Austria!

Since their formation in 2009, the group has already released six full-length albums, which have been well received by both the media and the folk metal scene! 

Now the time has finally come to experience Vanir live in Vienna!

Dear Heathens!

Their hearts are at home in the forest and are firmly connected to nature.

Emotional, Profound and Nature-Bound Black Metal out of Munich!

We warmly welcome Waldgeflüster to our Heathen Gathering Festival 2024!

Dear Heathens,

today there is a rare treat in the form of Blackened Pagan Metal from Lower Austria.

Since the release of their album "Av Liv Og Kamp" in 2022, the axe brothers around their front woman Hagazussa have been considered as the big newcomers to the Pagan Metal Scene in Austria. 

Dear Heathens!

Today the time has finally come and we start with the announcements of the bands for the second edition of our Heathen Gathering Festival from May 9th. - May 10th, 2024 in the Viper Room Vienna!

We're starting off with an Austrian premiere and a concentrated load of folk metal! 

For them it's all about drinking, eating, fighting and of course partying all over the world!

Join us in welcoming the Belgian Trollvengers Aktarum for their first gig in Vienna!

It’s Troll Folk Metal Time!