Between The Buried And Me, and Protest The Hero to headline Tech-Fest as UK exclusives

The first acts have been confirmed for the 5th Tech-Fest UK the progressive and technical metal outdoor festival, which happens over five days from Thursday 7th until Monday 11th July returning again to Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire.

Headliners Between The Buried And Me, and Protest The Hero will both be making UK Exclusive appearances. They are joined by Textures, Fallujah (UK 2016 Exclusive), Fit For An Autopsy, Aegaeon, Destiny Potato, Disperse, Shields (pictured), Cold Night For Alligators, Vitalism, The Hirsch Effekt, The Green River Burial, Sworn Amongst, Tardive Diskinesia, Suasion, Harbinger, Make Me A Donut, and The Parallax Method, with many more bands and afterparties/workshops still to be announced.

UK Tech-Fest organiser Simon Garrod commented, "Tech-Fest 2016 is the 5th anniversary of the festival! We wanted to make this one really count, never did we think we could get this far! With an incredible team and a loving audience behind us, we are taking this to the next level! Expect the biggest and best Tech-Fest line up to date, we can't wait to tell you what other bands we have lined up this year."

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Weekend tickets are priced at £64.95 (+ £15 for camping).

In addition to the bands, beer and partying, there will also be workshops, Q&As and demonstrations with some of the top artists, as well as instrument and gear manufacturers stalls and information; a mecca for the metal geek.

Onsite camping will have showers and 24 hour food catering for a wide range of diets and tastes as well as a bar with a great selection of craft beers and ales, suitably complementing the calibre of the music.