ArcTanGent Competition has introduced Meshuggah as its Friday evening headliner for subsequent yr’s occasion, with Animals As Leaders set to play earlier than them.

The announcement marks a double-whammy of exclusives, being Meshuggah’s solely UK date subsequent yr and Animal As Leaders’ solely European present for 2024.

At present’s announcement follows the current launch of the primary wave of acts for subsequent yr’s ArcTanGent, which to this point consists of And So I Watch You From Afar, Three Trapped Tigers and Pink Fang.

Happening close to Bristol between August 14 and 17, the pageant shall be celebrating its tenth yr in 2024, and has as soon as once more been shortlisted for Finest Medium Competition on the Competition Awards (it received Finest Small Competition in 2018).

Competition booker and organiser James Scarlett has shared his pleasure concerning the first headline announcement, saying:

“To have a good time our tenth birthday we wished to ask again a few of our all-time favorite bands from over time. 

“We drew up an inventory of all of the bands which have ever performed ATG that we’d like again and, because it was most likely one of the best factor I’ve ever seen at ATG, naturally Meshuggah was high of that record. 

“Animals As Leaders final performed manner again in 2016 so that they weren’t far behind! We’re stoked to be welcoming each bands again in even larger trend than final time, to have a good time 10 years of ATG.”

The total record of artists on the lineup to this point consists of:

Meshuggah / Animals As Leaders / And So I Watch You From Afar* (fan voted set) / Three Trapped Tigers (farewell present) / Pink Fang / Plini / Bossk* / LLNN* / Evening Verses / Textures / Conan / Gallops / AK/DK / Curse These Metallic Palms* / Hexvessel / KEN Mode / Psychonaut* / Colossal Squid / Frail Physique / Cats and Cats and Cats / Komfortrauschen / Tokky Horror / Shy, Low / Cobra the Impaler / Squid Pisser / Maruja / Sunnata / Filth is Everlasting / Each Hell / BLACKSHAPE / Iress / Haus Horo / Sâver /Tankengine / Healthliving / Din of Celestial Birds / Hidden Moms* / Cassus / HAAL / Fashionable Know-how / Torpor / Solar Spot / Peach

*= Wednesday

Go to the pageant’s website for extra info and to purchase tickets.