Korn, the legendary American band, comes at ARTmania Festival 2024. Spiritbox joins the festival line-up, performing for the first time in Romania
by February 7, 2024Korn, one of the most influential names of the international rock and metal scene, who significantly contributed to defining and promoting the nu metal current, and Spiritbox, one of the new metal sensations of the moment, will come the ARTmania Festival stage, which will take place during 26 – 28 July 2024 in Sibiu, Transylvania.
The two bands join the line-up of the 17th edition which includes a number of well-established names which will perform in the Large Square of Sibiu, names like (A-Z): Borknagar (NO), Monuments (UK), Satyricon (NO), The Flower Kings (SE), Alpha Q (RO), Awake the Demons (RO) and TAINE (RO), new artists will be announced in the close future.
Korn’s show is part of the European tour dedicated to promoting their latest album, „Requiem”, the band choosing to perform at ARTmania festival after almost ten years since their last concert in Romania.
Formed in 1993 in Bakersfield, California, by three members of the former funk metal band L.A.P.D, Korn (SUA), took the music world by storm since its debut, surprising with a completely new sound for that time.
With Ross Robinson’s help (producer), the band laid the foundations of what would later be known as the “nu-metal” genre with their influential 1994 self-titled debut and its even more successful follow-up “Life is Peachy” (1996). The debut album consolidated Korn’s status as “one of the biggest «game changers» in the musical history of the ‛90s”, which will influence and inspire many artists and pave the way for the emergence of some of the most successful young bands of the moment.
But the albums “Follow the Leader” (1998, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with at least 268,000 copies sold in the first week after its release) and then “Issues” (1999), were the ones that brought Korn the spot light and mainstream commercial success, strengthening their place as music industry legends always situated at the top of preferences around the world, with a successful career which continues to last even almost 30 years after their debut.
This legend of the international metal scene, which has 14 studio albums and an impressive track record of awards, will meet again its Romanian fans at ARTmania Festival, on the 27th of July, during a show which promises to be memorable!
Spiritbox (CA), the new metal sensation of our days, considered the only band in recent years, since Slipknot, that experienced such a rapid ascent will perform for the first time in Romania at ARTmania.
Spiritbox, named after the device believed to be able to speak to those who have passed on to the other world, is the band that amassed 66 million streams before releasing their debut album, further increasing that number to 300 million after the release of their first LP, “Eternal Blue” (2017), which reached #1 on the US’s and Canada’s rock and hard rock charts, peaking at #13 on the Billboard 200.
The renown “Kerrang!” magazine gave this album a perfect review of 5/ 5, calling it “the debut of the year” and reserved its cover for the band, an appearance which was followed by others on the covers of Revolver, Poll Star, Rock Sound or Metal Hammer magazine (which gave a 10/ 10 review and called it “a masterpiece of modern heavy metal music”) and by articles in other well-known publications like Loudwire, Forbes, Billboard, AltPress or Spin.
After the debut album whose name was inspired by the eponymous computer virus, Spiritbox released two more EPs, which were well-received by both the public and the music industry, a mashup in collaboration with rap artist Megan Thee Stallion and, this year, received (2024) its first Grammy nomination, in the “best metal performance” category, for the song ” Jaded “
At ARTmania, on the 27th of July, rock and metal enthusiasts will have the chance to meet the ferocious intensity carefully combined with melodic passages, the technical splendour and the deep emotions generated by the unique Spiritbox signature!
Daily schedule:
Friday, 26th of July
Satyricon
The Flower Kings
Alpha Q
3 new bands will be soon announced
Saturday, 27th of July
Korn
Spiritbox
Borknagar
Monuments
TAINE
Awake The Demons
Sunday, 28th of July
On Sunday, on the third day of the festival, the shows will move from the Large Square to the courtyards of the museums located in the central area of Sibiu, places more intimate and suitable for the shows scheduled for the last day of this year’s edition. This is the first step in reintroducing the stages where iconic names like Peter Hammill, Deine Lakaien, 65days of static, Tides of Nebula or Hauschka have performed in the past.
More details about the special events scheduled for Sunday and new bands that will enrich the line-up on the Main Stage will be announced soon.
Given the success of the pre-sale campaigns for this year’s edition and taking into account the limited capacity of the concert spaces which will take place on this third day (Sunday, 28th of July), only 150 pcs. of 3-day festival passes (Friday, 26th of July – Sunday, 28th of July) are still available for purchase, after which only 2-day festival passes (Friday, 26th of July 26 and Saturday, 27th of July) and day tickets will be available.
Festival passes and day tickets for ARTmania Festival 2024 are available at www.artmaniafestival.ro (official website of the festival) and at iabilet.ro .
Currently, there are still available:
FESTIVAL PASSES:
- 150 pcs. of 3-day festival passes (for Friday, 26th of July, and Saturday, 27th of July, in the Large Square and Sunday, 28th of July, in different locations from the central area of Sibiu) at 450 Lei/ pcs. + taxes, within the available stock;
- 300 pcs. of 2-day festival passes (for Friday, 26th of July, and Saturday, 27th of July) at 450 Lei/ pcs. + taxes, within the available stock;
- 1.500 pcs. of 2-day festival passes (for Friday, 26th of July, and Saturday, 27th of July) at 550 Lei/ pcs. + taxes, within the available stock; at the following artists announcement their price will be 650 Lei/ pcs. + taxes
DAY TICKETS:
- 333 „Day of Choice” tickets (for either Friday, 26th of July or Saturday, 27th of July) at 333 Lei/ pcs. + taxes, within the available stock;
- 500 Day tickets for Friday, 26th of July 2024 at 350 Lei/ pcs. + taxes, within the available stock;
- 500 Day tickets for Saturday, 27th of July 2024 at 350 Lei/ pcs. + taxes, within the available stock.
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About ARTmania Festival:
ARTmania Festival, the first Romanian festival that has brought on the local market the concept of combining the art with entertainment, is a platform dedicated to promoting all forms of artistic expression inspired by rock culture.
With each edition, ARTmania has consolidated itself as a major regional promoter of contemporary music. However, ARTmania Festival does not simply refer to shows of famous international and local bands. Music is the main component from which everything emerged, but it is only a part of the experience the festival was designed to offer to Romanian and foreign art lovers.
Since the very beginning, ARTmania has been designed as a cultural platform meant to offer the public various events and ways to experience different forms of artistic expression, such as concerts, exhibitions, book launches or film screenings. This common meeting place of artists with the public at the level of sound, colours, images or letters, hosted by the Square and the medieval fortress, creates the space of fairy tale and magic which is essentially comprised in the spirit of the festival.
Being the longest-lasting and largest rock festival in Romania and one of the longest-standing traditions of the regional cultural scene, ARTmania has shaped its own identity through a bold concept and a special ambience: the Large Square of one of the most beautiful fortresses medieval times in Eastern Europe.
ARTmania is constantly exploring new directions, building on the experience of previous editions, when a number of important artists and bands went on stage, international names like: Steven Wilson, Peter Hammill, Serj Tankian, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Opeth, Die Toten Hosen, Nightwish, Within Temptation, Apocalyptica, HIM, The Gathering, The Sisters of Mercy, Anathema, Apocalyptica, Lacuna Coil, Helloween, Lacrimosa, Poets of the Fall or Deine Lakaien among many others.
