London’s Masters Of The Riff Festival announces 2023 line-up

Big news for fans of big riffs: the line-up for the second edition of London's Masters Of The Riff Festival has been announced, and it's beefy.

Moving to its new home at Hackney's Oslo venue, this year's event takes place March 3 – 5. Friday will be headlined by pointy-hatted Belgian stoner trio Gnome, Saturday by British caveman battle doom heroes and amp fetishists Conan, and Sunday will see mind-melting funeral doom legends Esoteric closing things out.

Tickets are £55 for the weekend, varying prices for day tickets. Visit the London Doom Collective for more info.

The full line-up is:

Friday
Gnome
Josiah
DVDE
Sky Valley Mistress

Saturday
Conan
Slomatics
Desert Storm
The Brothers Keg
Wallowing
Old Horn Tooth
Troy The Band
Warpstormer

Sunday
Esoteric
Pantheist
Goblinsmoker
Purple Kong
Blood Wolf Moon
Lowen
Gevaudan
Flamebearer

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