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A COLOSSAL WEEKEND is VEGA's genre-crossing, boundary-pushing festival for heavy, dark and experimental music. The festival presents over 3 days in May approx. 30 acts from all over the world, some of which will be completely new and unknown, while others will be established headliners. A Colossal Weekend has been taking place since 2016 and has featured names like Cult of Luna, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Deafheaven, Anna Von Hausswolff, Russian Circles, Wolves in The Throne Room, Emma Ruth Rundle and Alcest over the years.

In 2025, A Colossal Weekend will take place from 8-10 May in VEGA and Basement at Vesterbro in Copenhagen.

The Friday lineup is:

SOLVENTIS (FR)

Solventis add the roughness of an electric guitar and powerful synths to their folk sounds to weave sensitive and solar music.

ELDER (US)

The stoner rock legends perform their masterful album Lore (2015) in its entirety on A Colossal Weekend. The album, which has a 10-year anniversary, cemented Elder as a unique voice in the rock underground with an enormous palette of inspiration in their sound, e.g. psychedelic, stoner, prog, space, heavy and post rock.

KYLESA (US)

The American sludge pioneers KYLESA suddenly stopped an otherwise promising career in 2012. Earlier this year they were able to very surprisingly announce that they have been reinstated for a number of exclusive European festivals in 2025 including A Colossal Weekend.

WHITE WARD (UA)

WHITE WARD originates from Odessa, Ukraine. With Russia's invasion in mind, it is a scoop to be able to present the band, who have exceptionally been given permission to tour for a short time. They play a unique mix of melodic black metal and jazz with, among other things, the saxophone as a supporting element, and the record False Light from 2022 is nothing short of a masterpiece.

FRAIL BODY (US)

The trio from Rockford, Illinois, to that extent blurs the boundaries between post-hardcore and melodic black metal in their frantic and explosive songs. Their latest album, Artificial Bouquet (2024), moves screamo in new directions.

ZOLA JESUS (US)

There is a way a voice can cut through the fascia of reality, cleaving through habit into the raw nerve of experience. Nika Roza Danilova, the singer, songwriter, and producer who since 2009 has released music as Zola Jesus , wields a voice that does that.

More names for the poster will be announced on an ongoing basis, and the final program is expected to be announced at the beginning of 2025. The final program will offer 9-10 acts every day spread over 3 stages.