HYPERSPACE Metal Festival Takes Place April 11-13, 2024
Canada’s premier melodic and power metal festival HYPERSPACE Metal Fest announces the addition of Edmonton thrashers TYMO and Vancouver melodeath KAYAS to their lineup to replace Tylor Dory Trio and Sleepership on day 1 of the event on April 11th at The Wise Hall!
Hyperspace Metal Festival returns for its 5th edition after selling out its first two of three nights during its 2023 event. Their forthcoming 2024 lineup is their most epic to date to be hosted from April 11th to 13th in Vancouver, BC at Wise Hall and Rickshaw Theatre. The lineup will feature headlinersTýr, Flotsam and Jetsam,andSkeletoralong with additions ofTrollfest, The Dread Crew of OddwoodtojoinAther Realm, Iron Kingdom, and more out of the 15 bands performing over the three nights.
Festival organizer Joey Hockin of Journeyman Productions adds:
“Here we go with another hyperspace Metal Festival, and this is the biggest one yet! I feel like this is a dream lineup for us, one that we’ve been working towards since the inception of the festival! Unfortunately, Transgressive has had to drop out of the lineup. We hope to have them in 2025! We couldn’t have come nearly this far without the incredible support we’ve received from the power metal community. So, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN! See you in April!”
Hailing from the Faroe Islands, Týrhas have been performing Viking and folk metal since first forming in 1998. The band will be supporting their upcoming 2024 album “Battle Ballads” being released by Metal Balde Records. The album follows their 2022 live record “A Night at the Nordic House” and their eighth full-length “Hel” (2019).
Legends in their own right, Phoenix, AZ’s Flotsam and Jetsam have been rumbling thrash around the world since their beginnings in the early 80s’ touring alongside every heavyweight known in metal. They have released fourteen studio albums in their career, with the latest being 2021’s Blood in the Water (AFM Records). No filler, all killer, “Blood in the Water” is once again mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen (U.D.O., Volbeat, Amaranthe, Powerwolf) and seesFlotsam andJetsamexploding with creativity, moving forward but nodding to their past.
Seattle, WA’s Skelatorare all speed and no need for posers with their epic heavy and thrash metal spirit conquering fans for 20 years. Over the span of their career, they have shared with fans six full-lengths and two EPs, their latest “Blood Empire” was released in 2022 from Gates of Hell Records.
From Oslo, Norway, pioneers of true Norwegian Balkan Metal, Trollfest are all fun, with titles such as “All Drinks On Me”, “Piña Colada” “Twenty Mile and Hour” and “FlamingoLibre” among many many more from their 10 album discography. Their latest ‘FlamingoOverlord’ (Napalm Records) was released in 2022. The band makes sure their tracks have the highest possible singalong factor and are guaranteed to make you stomp your feet and sing yourself hoarse while sharing the best of times with your finest friends.
The Dread Crew of Oddwood is an acoustic pirate band from San Diego, CA. They play a combination of folk music, heavy metal, and traditional Celtic music. The band performs using only traditional and acoustic instruments, including the accordion, mandolin, tin whistle, bouzouki, toy piano, and stand-up bass. They have unleashed four self-released albums, their latest being “Lawful Evil” (2016).
Hailing from Greenville, North Carolina’sÆther Realmis set to unleash their blend of melodic death metal and folk metal, with lyrical themes of fantasy and mythology. They are joined by festival alumni, local Vancouver heavy metal warriorsIron Kingdom, who have been touring hard for their new and fifth album “The Blood Of Creation” The MetalTemplehas described them as “A distinctively distinguished experience in Heavy Metal… an injection in infectiously venomous momentum most definitely deserves interest-do check it out.”
Making their first appearance at HMF will be Borealis, a power/progressive metal band from Orangeville, Ontario. Their latest album “Illusions” has gotten praise from across the metal community, My Global Mind has stated”Borealis have proven themselves to be one of the most consistent bands when it comes to producing excellent dark power/prog metal, and this album is no exception, standing as possibly their best work to date. Longtime fans should be very pleased with this album, and newcomers are highly recommended to start with this album.”Other bands joining the lineup will be Odinfist (Okanagan, BC), Naitaka (Kelowna, BC), and Calgary’s Osyron, Syryn, and Balrogath.
Hyperspace Metal Festival V
April 11-13, 2024
3 Day Pass- $90
Thursday-The Wise Hall – 1882 Adanac St, Vancouver
Doors 6 PM $30
Friday & Saturday – Rickshaw Theatre – 254 E Hastings, Vancouver
Doors 7 PM $40
Tickets are on sale, here.
Facebook Event is here.
Thursday, April 11th – The Wise Hall
Skelator
Kayas
Syryn
Naitaka
Tymo
Friday, April 12th – Rickshaw Theatre
Tyr
Trollfest
Aether Realm
The Dread Crew Of Oddwood
Balrogath
Saturday, April 13th – Rickshaw Theatre
Flotsam and Jetsam
Iron Kingdom
Borealis
Osyron
Odinfist