NEVER SURRENDER / HOSPITAL FEST Vol.II (EN)

⚠️ 77% SOLD OUT AS OF MAY 19TH AT 11 AM — GET YOURS NOW! ⚠️

After 2024's victorious live ritual, NWN!, Hospital Productions, and Iron Bonehead are returning to Japan in 2027 for three full days of sonic extremism. The Never Surrender/Hospital Fest will take place on April 9-11 in Osaka, with the three labels presenting 30+ of the best artists from their respective rosters and associated allies. The lineup is currently fully booked and confirmed with the following artists:

NWN! DAY April 11th

REVENGE / Canada

Their first excursion in Japan will feature a special set including Conqueror material to commemorate 30 years of War Cult Supremacy

ORDER FROM CHAOS / USA

Reuniting in Osaka for the band's final show 40 years after their formation

ABRUPTUM / Sweden

First ever live performance by the legendary Swedish act that, since 2000, has been led by Morgan "Evil" Håkansson

STARGAZER / Australia

Occidental magical death metal

DIOCLETIAN / New Zealand

NZ war machine's second invasion to Japan

TORMENTADOR / Brazil

Bestial black metal with roots back to Holocausto and Sarcofago

METALUCIFER / Japan

Mie's premier heavy metal traditionists will bulldoze Osaka once again

SEX MESSIAH / Japan

Osaka's own black anti-humanist metal

ARES KINGDOM / USA

Deathrashing madness from Kansas City, MO

BAFOMET / Japan

Tokyo punk metal maniacs

— Label —

Nuclear War Now! Productions

Founded as a hobby label 26 years ago, NWN! has grown into a central force in the underground metal scene, releasing hundreds of titles and operating the Eastern Front store in Austin, Texas. Since 2009, NWN! has co-organized NWN! Fest and Never Surrender Fest across Europe and North America with Iron Bonehead, and now joins Hospital Productions to bring this unparalleled live ritual to Japan.

HOSPITAL DAY April 10th

WHITEHOUSE / UK

The sound of being alive: William Bennett - Philip Best

CORRUPTED / Japan

Formed in 1994, the heaviest and darkest force in history breaks 11 years of silence, unleashing an unknown sonic world with its latest lineup

C.C.C.C. / Japan

Cosmic Coincidence Control Center legends return, featuring the original line up of Mayuko Hino, Hiroshi Hasegawa, and Ryuichi Nagakubo

PRURIENT / USA

Doom electronics: commemorating 30 years of Hospital Productions' flagship project founded in 1997

MORTIIS / Norway

Pioneer originator of dark dungeon music from Norway - debut in Japan

INTESTINE BAALISM / Japan

True monstrous melodic death metal beasts

GEOGRAPHY OF HELL / France/USA

Encrypted industrial disaster noise

SPECIES OF HOMICIDE with LINEKRAFT / USA/Japan

Inner war metal from New York in collaboration with Tokyo's metal junk adversary

CAEREMONIUM / Canada/USA/Netherlands

International industrial collective - ancient and digital macabre ambience

NOISE BLOCK

Seamless sets commemorating 30 years since Hospital's first event Oct 31 '97, featuring:

BLACK LEATHER JESUS (USA) — S/M Spinalklast legends
STAR (USA) — Unputdownable psychological chance meetings
EROTICISM (USA) — Sinister kink
BUILDING OF GEL (Japan) — Cult 90's Nippon electronic noise enigma

DJ BECKA DIAMOND

DJ J.A.T.

GIFTNÅLEN / Sweden

Video presentation with live soundtrack at opening of the upcoming Giftnålen II book focussed on unpublished black metal underground culture from early 1990s - 2004 and more…

— Label —

Hospital Productions

Founded in 1997 by Dominick Fernow alongside his Doom Electronics project Prurient. The legendary Manhattan East Village storefront — accessed via ladder through a hole in the floor — released 1000+ titles primarily on cassette, expanding from its home city to subcultures worldwide. A symbol of global DIY underground fetishism that continues to exert strong influence.

IRON BONEHEAD DAY April 9th

VOMITOR / Australia

Inglorious Aussie veterans' first show in a decade will feature the band at its most sadistic and unhinged

IMPURITY / Brazil

The high priests of Satanic perversion return once again to desecrate Japanese soil

PENTAGRAM / Chile

First ever Japanese performance by Chilean deathrash masters

IMPETUOUS RITUAL / Australia

Relentless blackened Death Metal madness

VENEFIXION / France

Blood drenched Metal of Death

TYRANNIC / Australia

Eerie doomed Black Metal darkness

PROFANATION / France

Skull Crushing Death Grind Violence

GROTESQUE BLISS / Australia

A dark & disturbing display of paradigmatic Death-Doom Metal

DEATHLESS VOID / Netherlands

Bringing the Black Metal Fires of Sin

INVOCATION / Chile

An archaic occult Black/Death Metal firestorm

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Iron Bonehead Productions

Since its founding in 1995, Iron Bonehead Productions has remained a bastion of uncompromising underground sound. Based in Germany, it is now recognized as one of the most trusted extreme metal labels in the world.

— Ticket Info —

Date: April 9–11, 2027
Venue: Gorilla Hall, Osaka
Address: 1-1-82 Izumi, Suminoe-ku, Osaka 559-0023, SPORTS VILLAGE SUMINOE

Tickets available via See Tickets (USD / credit card). 3-day pass only.

Ticket price includes a drink ticket for each night.
We will not sell individual day tickets.
All sales are final. No refunds unless we cancel the event.

⚠️ THE LINEUP IS 100% BOOKED AND FULL. Support the Underground!!!

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