This Is The Cause Of Overkill And Suicide Silence Canceling Appearance At Hammersonic 2023

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JAKARTA - Most of the Hammersonic Festival 2023 lineups have not changed since they were first announced, it's just that several bands canceled their appearance, including Overkill and Suicide Silence.

Hammersonic 2023 will be held at Carnaval Beach Ancol, Jakarta, on March 18-19. Originally, this rock music festival would be held on March 27-28, 2020, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Slipknot, a metal band from America, is the main performer at the Hammersonic Festival 2023. In addition, other international performers also include Trivium, Watain, Saosin, Story of the Year, Black Flag, Vio-lence, Amon Amarth, Tiny Moving Parts, and others.

The festival will also feature local bands and musicians such as Deadsquad, Burgerkill, DJ SIHK, Rocket Rockers, St Laco, and many more.

However, there are several bands that canceled their performances at Southeast Asia's biggest metal music party.

Hammersonic representative Dede Rianta said Overkill vocalist was suffering from a stroke so this old metal band could not come to Asia, while Suicide Silence did cancel all of its tours in Asia.

"Previously we also had time to try to call them, we still persuade them again, it turns out that they have an internal issue from Suicide Silence," said the man who is familiarly called Deri at a press conference in Helen's Bar, Jakarta, Monday.

The line-up for local performers is also the majority unchanged, it's just that the slot for Vox Mortis is changed to Dreamer. Deri said, this is because Vox Mortis is compiling new material for their album.

The organizers set up a total of five stages at the festival, including a special stage called Empire Stage which will be the arena for appearances from Slipknot. Trivium, Watain, and Amon Amarth will also act on this stage.

At this year's event, Hammersonic not only presented the performances of rock bands. There are also various activities part of the Hammersonic Metal Convention, ranging from the Hammersonic Talk, Hammersonic Commercial Show, to the Hammersonic Award.

To facilitate audience mobilization, the organizers are also working with the Aerotrans transportation service which provides shuttles at several points that will take the audience to the venue. This shuttle reservoir can be done online for away facilities.