There already was somewhat of a hint about this some weeks ago, when Tomas Lindberg's playlist "Roadburn: Essential Sounds" featured Henrik Palm's song "Missoula", and now it has been officially announced: Henke will perform at Roadburn 2019, as part of Tomas Lindberg’s curated event, The Burning Darkness! Roadburn's event curator comments about his choice:
“His name should ring a bell with everybody into anything heavier in our beloved alternative underground scene. He has been a part of seminal bands such as In Solitude and Ghost, and also more “off the map” bands such as the groundbreaking Pig Eyes.
With his first solo record Many Days he covers a lot of ground familiar to most Roadburn attendees, intertwining cronky, angular postcore riffs with kraut and shoegaze influences. I would say it is the natural meeting of everything I myself am looking for in a record. It is pretty, ugly, intense and challenging at the same time.
The record features guest vocals from among others Youth Code’s Sara Taylor, and is produced by Martin Ehrencrona, responsible for Watain and In Solitude and many more.
Henrik has cited bands as diverse as Celtic Frost, Throbbing Gristle, My Bloody Valentine and Final Conflict as influences, and it is all there on the record. When I finally got to see him live some time ago, the performance just blew me away. Be sure to not miss out on this. It’s a must see show.
Henrik was actually one of the first artists I contacted for my curation, I really felt he HAD to be there. He responded, accepting, within a minute!”.
Henke's performance will take place on Saturday 13th, 2019. All the info about tickets can be found on Roadburn festival's official website.