The darkest and most experimental sounds in metal return to Bilbao with a new edition of Obon Fest. 🎶🤘

The festival brings together an international line-up at D8 Sorkuntza Faktoria featuring Imperial Triumphant, Numen, The Great Old Ones, Foscor, and Knoll.

🎶 OBON FEST 2026

📅 November 28, 2026

🕐 16:00

📍 D8 Sorkuntza Faktoria, Bilbao

🎟️ €35 advance

📖 Dark sounds and extreme avant-garde

The event offers an immersive sonic journey bridging avant-garde black metal and technical grindcore. The line-up features US trio Imperial Triumphant and their blend of technical metal and New York free jazz, veteran Basque band Numen performing melodic black metal in Basque based on local history and mythology, and French outfit The Great Old Ones with atmospheric post-black metal inspired by H.P. Lovecraft.

The bill is completed by Barcelona's Foscor, presenting dark progressive metal with clean vocals and melancholic textures, alongside US band Knoll, known for an abrasive sound blending dissonant grindcore and experimental death metal.

🎶 The festival at D8 Sorkuntza Faktoria

Following the success of its earlier editions, Obon Fest establishes itself at D8 Sorkuntza Faktoria as a prime platform for heavy and adventurous music.

ℹ️ Good to know: Advance tickets are available for €35. Numen performs their songs in Basque.

✨ An intense musical gathering dedicated to extreme avant-garde metal.