Prepare The Ground Fest (31 May-2 June) Announces Full Lineup

January 9, 2024

Prepare the Ground is excited to share its final wave of artists joining our inaugural annual festival which includes Dead Tired, Body Void, Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, Mat Ball, Unwell (Chris Colohan of Cursed / Burning Love solo debut), Drowse, Extinction A.D., Respire, Maggot Heart, Vyva Melinkolya, Tunic, North of America, Bleeding Out amongst others.

These artists join previously announced Orchid (reunion), Burning Love (reunion), Emma Ruth Rundle, 40 Watt Sun. Liturgy, Mike Scheidt (of Yob), Tomb Mold, KEN Mode, Dreamwell, Mares of Thrace, Marissa Nadler, Odonis Odonis, Planning for Burial, RAGANA (performing Desolation’s Flower), Sunrot, Terminal Nation, Thantifaxath, Uniform, Yellow Eyes (performing Immersion Trench Reverie), Forn, Tribunal, Vile Creature, and more.

Prepare the Ground is a new community focused arts & heavy music festival taking place May 31 - June 2, 2024 across multiple venues in Toronto, Ontario - the first of its kind in the city. The festival was founded by two lifelong friends, Denholm Whale of independent concert promoter Transmit Presents and KW Campol of music management company Mythos & the Perpetual Flame Ministries record label & art house.

Drawing inspiration from European festival stalwarts like Roadburn, Sonicboom, and Amplifest, Prepare the Ground is focused on heavy music as an ethos of collective catharsis more than a dedication to one specific metal subgenre. From burgeoning artists, to favorites you never thought would reunite, to one-off full album sets, a heavily curated and meticulously planned lineup is the festival’s key component.

SIngle day passes and lineups are now available as well as a small final allotment of Three day passes. In addition to those passes there are also 200 passes available solely for the Saturday, June 1 Orchid reunion show which allows a person to only go to that show.

Check out the full list of artists below the poster below....

Full list of artists playing Prepare the Ground:
ORCHID (reunion)
EMMA RUTH RUNDLE
BURNING LOVE (reunion / final show)
LITURGY
KONTRAVOID
40 WATT SUN (SOLO)
KEN MODE
MARISSA NADLER
DEAD TIRED
UNIFORM
PLANNING FOR BURIAL
ODONIS ODONIS
VILE CREATURE
PLACK BLAGUE
THANTIFAXATH
RAGANA (performing Desolation's Flower)
YELLOW EYES (performing Immersion Trench Reverie)
THIS IS HELL
MIKE SCHEIDT (of Yob)
TOMB MOLD
BODY VOID
SUNROT
VOLUR
MARES OF THRACE
TRIBUNAL
CONCAVITY
DREAMWELL
OBROA-SKAI
JETSAM
WITCHING
TERMINAL NATION
VYVA MELINKOLYA
UNWELL (Chris Colohan of Cursed / Burning Love solo debut)
THEY GRIEVE
GREBER
DROWSE
SKIN
DEATH KNEEL
MOSS HARVEST
BOTFLY
HELLISH REBUKE
SEA
EXTINCTION A.D.
CINDER WELL
FORN
AMULETS
DISMAL AURA
MINUSCULE
DBOY
ADA ROOK
CHAINED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN
RESPIRE
TUNIC
MAGGOT HEART
BLEEDING OUT
AMARIOR
NORTH OF AMERICA
SHREWD
MAT BALL