Organizers of Poland's Mystic Festival, which will take place in the Gdańsk Shipyard from June 4 to 7, 2025, have issued the following festival news.
The cult is still alive. The music of Bathory will grace the Mystic Festival stage thanks to a supergroup made up of the crème de la crème of Scandinavian black metal.
They say that no one is irreplaceable. Well, that’s not entirely true… In 2004, the world of metal suffered an irreparable loss – Thomas “Quorthon” Forsberg passed away. The man who, under the sign of Bathory, singlehandedly changed this music and laid the foundations for contemporary black metal, and but a moment later, also for viking metal, forging the path ahead for the next generations of artists who combine the uncompromising nature of metal with their local, traditional culture.
In the summer of 2024, a black metal Quorthon tribute supergroup took the stage of the Norwegian Beyond the Gates Festival, performing the classic Bathory repertoire and proving that this flame is still burning. We are elated to announce that this special project, Blood Fire Death – A Tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory, will come down to Gdańsk in June to let you peek behind the gates of Valhalla.
The band will perform with the following lineup:
Erik Danielsson (Watain) – vocals
Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved) – guitar
Blasphemer (Vltimas, ex-Mayhem) – guitar
Apollyon (Aura Noir) – bass and vocals
Faust (Djevel, ex-Emperor) – drums
They will be joined on stage by many distinguished guests… Their identities will soon be revealed.
The concept behind the Blood Fire Death – A Tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory performance was conceived in line with Quorthon’s own conceptualisation of how a Bathory concert should be staged if his music were ever to be performed live.
Mystic Festival will take place in the Gdańsk Shipyard from June 4 to 7, 2025.
The festival will feature, among others: King Diamond, Sepultura, In Flames, Bullet For My Valentine, Opeth, W.A.S.P., Apocalyptica, Suicidal Tendencies, Cradle Of Filth, Blood Fire Death – A tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory, Jerry Cantrell, Exodus, Perturbator, Jinjer, Eagles Of Death Metal, I Am Morbid – “Domination” set, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Health, Dark Tranquility, Tiamat, Landmvrks, The Kovenant, Cattle Decapitation, Whitechapel, Death Angel, Polaris, Nile, Alcest, Beherit, Oranssi Pazuzu, Eyehategod, Halocene, Green Lung, Pentagram, Combichrist, Skeletal Remains, Signs Of The Swarm, Cobra The Impaler, Archgoat, Defects, John Cxnnor, Møl, Cabal, Katla, Plaguemace and Embla.
More information and tickets available here.
Currently available for purchase:
Early Bird pass – PLN799.
VIP pass – PLN1299.
Passes are also available for purchase via the eBilet platform, which offers instalment sale – buy today, pay later.
The festival is brought to you in partnership with Antyradio.
The festival is organized by Mystic Coalition, an alliance of companies with rich experience in concert, festival and record industries, comprising Knock Out Productions, Mystic Production, and B90.
