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Apex Fest VI: Apocalyptic Music Festival

Posted by Loren on May 26, 2015

Apex Fest VI: Apocalyptic Music Festival
Apex Fest VI: Apocalyptic Music Festival

APEX FEST VI: Apocalyptic Music Festival, a 3-day festival in New York that pairs with 3 mini-tours, is set to take place on the first weekend of June.

A complementary compilation is streaming here. Bands playing over the weekend include Sutekh Hexen, Gnaw Their Tongues, Barren Harvest, Menace Ruine, and more.

APEX VI - An Apocalyptic Music Event

APEX FEST TOUR I:
w/ TREPANERINGSRITUALEN, ADERLATING, IRM, SUTEKH HEXEN
5/31/2015 Machines With Magnets - Pawtucket, RI 
6/02/2015 Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art - Philadelphia, PA 
6/03/2015 The Crown - Baltimore, MD w/ THE BODY 

APEX FEST VI MAIN EVENT 

I - 6/05/2015 Trans Pecos - Queens, NY
w/ JARL, OMEI, ARTICLE COLLECTION, ARBITER + films/visuals by MARTIN BLADH,KAROLINA URBANIAK

II - 6/06/2015 Trans Pecos - Queens, NY
w/ GNAW THEIR TONGUES, TREPANERINGSRITUALEN, MENACE RUINE, IRM, BURIAL HEX, SUTEKH HEXEN, BARREN HARVEST + DJs Ryan Martin (DAÏS), Shenan (RITUALS NYC)

III - 6/07/2015 Trans Pecos - Queens, NY
w/ THE BODY, SOPHIA + KARJALAN SISSIT, SVARTSINN, NORTHAUNT, HAVAN,FUNERARY CALL + DJs Fade Kainer (STATIQBLOOM, BATILLUS, THEOLOGIAN), Ben Abstract (WRATH, BONECHURCH)

APEX FEST TOUR II:
w/ SOPHIA+KARJALAN SISSIT, SVARTSINN, NORTHAUNT, VISIONS
6/08/2015 3rd & Girard - Philadelphia, PA 
6/10/2015 Dusk - Providence, RI 
6/12/2015 La Vitrola - Montreal, QC

Apex Fest VI: Apocalyptic Music Festival
Apex Fest VI: Apocalyptic Music Festival

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