Canadian sludge/stoner trio Seum join Hellfest Open Air Festival line-up!

Seum are excited to announce that they are joining the Hellfest Open Air Festival line-up!

The band will be opening the Festival on June 18th, playing on the new Purple House discovery stage at 8:15pm.

The band is joining the ranks of heavyweights such as Judas Priest, Korn or Scorpions and some Seum personal favorites like Chat Pile, Pentagram or Slomosa among others. Seum will be proudly representing Montreal along Dopethrone, Spectral Wound and Beton Arme.

While travelling to Clisson the band will stop for a unique show in Paris on June 16th at le Klub with Cerbere and Nvage.

Those will be the last 2 shows of the Conjuring tour promoting »Conjuring«, the split album with Temple Of The Fuzz Witch, released on February 21st, 2025 on Black Throne Productions.

Conjuring Tour:
March 13th: Kingston (ON – Canada), The Mansion
March 14th: Toronto (ON – Canada), Bovine Sex Club
March 15th: Barrie (ON – Canada), Poolhaus
March 20th: Ottawa (ON – Canada), House of Targ
March 21st: Trois-Rivieres (QC – Canada), Taverne Royale
March 22nd: Montreal (QC – Canada), Batiment 7
June 16th: Paris (France), Le Klub
June 18th: Clisson (France), Hellfest

About Seum:

Seum is a bass-only sludge band from Montreal (Canada) formed by 3 doom veterans formerly in Lord Humungus (Gaspard – vocals), Mlah! (Piotr – bass), and Uluun (Fred – drums).

Adding a ferocious punk energy to their New Orleans inspired sludge, the band is known for its intense live performances, DIY workaholic attitude and nihilistic, tongue-in-cheek lyrics.
Seum means Venom in Arabic and is French slang for disappointment and frustration: No guitars.

Seum released two albums, »Winterized« in June 2021, »DOUBLE DOUBLE« in February 2023 and multiple EPs while playing shows all over Canada, US and Europe.

“Seum makes us relive the excitement felt in the first half of the 90’s when we discovered sludge through bands like Buzzov•en, Iron Monkey, Green Machine or EyeHateGod.” — New Noise #65

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well