

NOVACANE FESTIVAL 2025
A-Z Featured Artists:
A–E
AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS
ASLEEP AT THE HELM
BAELFYR
BLACKFYRE RISING
BROKEN EMPIRE
BURIED IN BERMUDA
CHASING DOLLS
CHASING THE FALL
CWFEN
ECHOES OF OBSIDIAN
F–L
FALL OF SATURN
I PREVAIL
INSULT
KILL KARL
KROOKED TONGUE
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
M–R
ORCHID SYMMETRY
OUR NORTH
PARADIS
PERPETUAL PARADOX
RECKONER
ROGUE AWAKENING
S–Z
SICK N' BEAUTIFUL
SILK SPINSTER
SIGILS
SPREADING THE DISEASE
SUMMONERS
SUPERSEED
TALLBOY
TETRARCH
THE FIRES BELOW
THE HEIR APPARITION
THE MECHANIST
WARD XVI
NEW RELEASES



EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES: INSIDE THE RISE OF OUR NORTH



OUR NORTH RELEASE NEW EP AND ARE ANNOUNCED FOR NOVACAINE FESTIVAL 2025



SILK SPINSTER ANNOUNCE DEBUT EP & DROP NEW SINGLE 'ROCKSTAR'!



ROGUE AWAKENING'S TOWERING NEW SINGLE 'REMAIN UNTAMED' IS OUT NOW!



TALLBOY NEW SINGLE & HOUSE OF GLASS EP REVIEW



TETRARCH DEBUT UK PERFORMANCE, BIRMINGHAM, THE FLAPPER.



CWFEN DEBUT ALBUM, SORROWS IS OUT NOW!



BLACKFYRE RISING RELEASE SELF-TITLED DEBUT EP



I PREVAIL RETURN WITH A NEW SOUND IN VIOLENT NATURE AND INTO HELL.



CHASING THE FALL RELEASE HIGH-ENERGY POP-PUNK SINGLE LOST & NEVER FOUND



SIGILS SET TO RELEASE EXCITING DEBUT ALBUM '108' LATER THIS MONTH



FALL OF SATURN UNVEIL NEW SINGLE 'PRAY OR PREY'



WARD XVI. WE. ARE. LEGION.



RESIDE INFERNUS: THE UNSTOPPABLE DEBUT ALBUM BY INSULT.



ORCHID SYMMETRY GEARING UP TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED EP + DROP NEW SINGLE 'LIKE THE SUN'.



DEATHWISH: THE INTENSE DEBUT ALBUM BY PERPETUAL PARADOX



SUPERSEED SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM 'TREMOR' IN AUGUST!



THE HEIR APPARITION SET TO RE-RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM TO CELEBRATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY.



CHASING DOLLS - STEP ON MY SHADOW



ECHOES OF OBSIDIAN - RIDE AT DAWN



LYNYRD SKYNYRD - CELEBRATING 50 YEARS - LIVE AT THE RYMAN, OUT NOW!



DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW



THE MECHANIST DROP SURPRISE NEW SINGLE, CHEMICAL CRASH.



THE FIRES BELOW - CROUCH END SESSIONS



AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS RETURN WITH HEAVY NEW SINGLE 'SET IN FLOW'



ASLEEP AT THE HELM RELEASE NEW SINGLE EQUILIBRIUM + ANNOUNCE SIGNING TO YEAR OF THE RAT RECORDS.



RECKONER RELEASE EMOTIONALLY CHARGED NEW SINGLE 'IFAILME'



AT THE MERCY OF A VAIN GOD - BY BAELFYR IS OUT NOW!



SPREADING THE DISEASE RELEASE 'FISSURE' AND ARE SET TO RELEASE A NEW EP IN AUTUMN 2025



PARADIS TRACK BY TRACK BREAKDOWN OF NEW EP, FOREVER IN TIME.



THE HEIR APPARITION SET TO RE-RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM TO CELEBRATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY.



BLEED AGAIN RETURN WITH CHAOTIC NEW SINGLE, OBSESSION.



DEAD DEMONS RELEASE NEW SINGLE 'FIGHT BACK'!



SOUTH YORKSHIRE ROCKERS DEAD DEMONS AND THEIR NEW 'EVOLUTION': A REVIEW


DEAD DEMONS SET TO UNVEIL NEW SOUND WITH “EVOLUTION” – SOUTH YORKSHIRE’S ROCK/METAL FORCE IS BACK AND LOUDER THAN EVER!



THE FIVE HUNDRED, DRACONIAN REIGN, VEILED AND RECKONER LIVE AT THE RESCUE ROOMS, NOTTINGHAM.



THE FIVE HUNDRED RELEASE NEW SINGLE FEAT SIAMESE & PRESENT FULL ALBUM "GHOSTWRITER"!



THE FIVE HUNDRED ARE SET TO RELEASE THEIR NEW ALBUM "GHOSTWRITER" NEXT WEEK!



THE FIVE HUNDRED STEP INTO A NEW WORLD WITH THEIR EXPLOSIVE NEW SINGLE FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM "GHOSTWRITER"!



BROKEN EMPIRE MAKES A TRIUMPHANT RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE "WILL YOU WAKE ME"!



Supported Acts
SanPR is one of the UK’s premier PR agencies, renowned for championing emerging artists worldwide. This year, they’re proudly sponsoring Novacaine Festival 2025, helping us showcase groundbreaking new talent to audiences everywhere.


EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES: INSIDE THE RISE OF OUR NORTH



OUR NORTH RELEASE NEW EP AND ARE ANNOUNCED FOR NOVACAINE FESTIVAL 2025



SILK SPINSTER ANNOUNCE DEBUT EP & DROP NEW SINGLE 'ROCKSTAR'!



ROGUE AWAKENING'S TOWERING NEW SINGLE 'REMAIN UNTAMED' IS OUT NOW!



TALLBOY NEW SINGLE & HOUSE OF GLASS EP REVIEW



BLACKFYRE RISING RELEASE SELF-TITLED DEBUT EP



FALL OF SATURN UNVEIL NEW SINGLE 'PRAY OR PREY'



WARD XVI. WE. ARE. LEGION.



RESIDE INFERNUS: THE UNSTOPPABLE DEBUT ALBUM BY INSULT.



ORCHID SYMMETRY GEARING UP TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED EP + DROP NEW SINGLE 'LIKE THE SUN'.



DEATHWISH: THE INTENSE DEBUT ALBUM BY PERPETUAL PARADOX



THE FIRES BELOW - CROUCH END SESSIONS



AT THE MERCY OF A VAIN GOD - BY BAELFYR IS OUT NOW!



BURIED IN BERMUDA DROPS TANTALISING NEW SINGLE, TORMENT.



Sick N' Beautiful: The Ultimate Alt-Metal Sideshow from Outer Space
Since landing on Earth in 2014, Sick N' Beautiful have carved out a genre-defying sound that fuses hard rock and modern metal with industrial grit, punk attitude, and a heavy dose of sci-fi, horror, and occult theatrics.
Fronted by the magnetic Herma Sick, their live shows are an all-out sensory assault—part concert, part spectacle—complete with visual overloads and a larger-than-life stage presence. Think Rob Zombie meets Lady Gaga, with the chaos of KISS, the shock of Marilyn Manson, and the theatrical punch of In This Moment, Alice Cooper, and Rammstein—all filtered through a warped, cosmic lens.
Curious? You should be.
Check out our exclusive interview with Sick N' Beautiful, where we dive into their origins, the twisted inspiration behind Horror Vacui, and their thoughts on the upcoming Novacaine Festival 2025—including whether they’d ever bring their alien spectacle to the stage.

Photo Credit: Start The Penguin Photography
INTERVIEWS


EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES: INSIDE THE RISE OF OUR NORTH



BROKEN EMPIRE, KILL KARL, SUMMONERS, PERPETUAL PARADOX INTERVIEWS.

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