GNOME (B) + 22AD
Fri Nov 28 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
With Antwerp's Gnome you get a giant bucket of ripping, banging and pounding stoner, prog rock and heavy metal. No small beer these dwarves who know how to combine almost all heavy genres in a wonderful and almost playful way, heavy riffs, floating proggy intermezzos and unexpected twists alternate at a rapid pace and keep the music juicy and provided with a healthy dose of self-relativation.

Gnome broke through in 2022 with their second album 'King'. Both the witty videos and streams have been viewed and listened to millions of times. Quite an achievement for a band in this genre. And yet not so surprising, because the trio appears to be able to shake the adventurous riffs and catchy melodies out of their sleeves with ease. With the necessary humor, more vocals and metal riffs than on the previous albums and with an insatiable passion in the quest for the golden riff, these pointy heads are ready to flatten our stage. They are giants, these men of steadfastness!
Listen to the latest album Vestiges of Virumex Visidrome here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBjKnZtqhEA

Music can scrape, chafe but also soothe: 22AD, from Utrecht, enchants you with a powerful wall of sound, in which the boundaries between stoner rock, grunge and post-metal blur.
Driven by their love for heavy rock music from the 90s, you can hear influences from Deftones, Nine Inch Nails, Alice in Chains and QOTSA.
They played with bands like Komatsu, Qilin (FR) and Apex Ten (BE) and performed at festivals like StonerGrungFest. On stage, their combination of low and heavy guitars, pounding rhythm section, harmony vocals and synthy sound design takes the audience on an adventurous, hypnotic and surrealistic trip.