Day Ticket Thursday: ntry.at/elevatefestival2025/performances/24140

Elevate Thursday: neoclassicism and speculative fictions at Mausoleum, wild bands at Forum Stadtpark and synth pioneer Suzanne Ciani at Dom im Berg.

The first regular festival day places abstract sounds at the forefront
and is entirely dedicated to experimentation. For those seeking catharsis, Forum Stadtpark will provide the necessary programming. The focus here is on EAERES, a much-discussed new metal band project from Vienna‘s experimental electronic scene. The supergroup, consisting of Katrin Euller (aka Rent), Leon Leder (fka Asfast), Karolina Preuschl, and Ursula Winterauer (aka Gischt), merges the dark genre with stubborn electronics and driving beats, promising the ultimate catharsis.

Energetic and highly confrontational is the performance of Pope Sangreta. Chin Tsao, born in Taiwan, has been considered an enfant terrible of Vienna in recent years, as much an emerging visual artist as a rising music act. Now based in Amsterdam, Tsao addresses precarious relationships and the unabashed racism they regularly face in their intense performances. Like an exorcism, abyssaloccult sounds are combined with radical, piercing vocals that range from harsh rap to operatic singing and growling.

Similarly powerful is the performance of Saugbagger. The trio brings together hardcore punk, powerviolence, and free jazz, unleashing incredible energy in the process.

Forum Stadtpark, Keller
Doors: 19:00
20:00 Saugbagger live (at)
21:00 Pope Sangreta (tw)
22:00 EAERES (Ventil/at)