FILL THE VOID FEATURING CODE, WOLFBASTARD, SIDIOUS & MORE! - SEPT 19th
We were as gutted as you all were when we heard about Cosmic Void’s postponement, and when we heard that the ever brilliant CODE were left in need of a show, we figured why don’t we step in to fill the void ourselves, with SIDIOUS and WOLFBASTARD stepping in to join the party, along with EVIL DUNGEON CRAWLER, VESTIA and ARROGANT DESTRUKTOR
So if you’re in London on September 19th and bm’s your bag, you know where to be.
WELCOME TO OUR LONG HOT SEISMIC SUMMER
We’ve got one hell of a run of shows this summer, and you know us, any excuse to make some pretty artwork (or any excuse for us to commission Branca Studios to make some anyway…)
A whole set of sizzlin’ summer scorchers to shake ya loose.
Come n get ‘em.
STICKY SUMMER SWAMP RETURNS FOR 2026
Human_Disease_Promo’s monstrous STICKY SUMMER SWAMP ALL DAYER returns for its second round.
This year with MOLOCH, TRIPPY WICKED, URZAH, BLACK GROOVE, PRAETORIAN, MISERABLE BASTARD and more still TBA. HUGE!
THE BLACK HEART SUMMER MARKET 2026 - THIS SATURDAY!!!
THIS SATURDAY - another beaut of an afternoon in the cultural hub of Camden Town, boss vibes only as THE BLACK HEART SUMMER MARKET takes over the realm once again !! Presented by @primitiverising / @ourblackheart and featuring :
25+ independent sellers across 3 floors
Tattoo flash
Tarot readings
DJ’s all afternoon
Charity raffle
Vegan food
Huge indie beer range
Special summer cocktails
more
12pm-5pm - FREE ENTRY
Dogs welcome !! Kids allowed (til 6pm)
Punk show afterwards - 7pm-11pm
(Blatoidea / Defcon Zero / Bad Nasty / Down Charmed)
The Black Heart - Greenland Pl - NW1 0AP
(1 min from Camden Town tube)
SEE YOU THERE !!
INCINERATION FESTIVAL / PRE-SHOW / AFTERPARTIES / BEER
INCINERATION FESTIVAL 2026 IS HERE !
We’ve got a whole lot going on over the festival weekend
FRIDAY - PRE-PARTY
hosted by Crypt Of The Wizard ft SCIMITAR / FIELDS OF AGONY / LOVERS LEAP
FRIDAY - AFTERPARTY
with the decks of hell spun by LA STREGA and ICON OF FILTH (til 2am)
SATURDAY - MAIN EVENT
the full day of gnarliness brought to you across Camden by the team at INCINERATION
SATURDAY - AFTERPARTY
til the tanks are empty with tunes served up by SOPHIE WOODARD and SAM LOYNES (til 3am)
All this PLUS our very special one off SAINT MONDAY BREWERY INCINERATION pils on draught throughout, it’s gonna be a HELL of a weekend… we can’t wait! See ya at the bar 🍺
SPRING YACHT SETS SAIL
This Saturday, the DeLorean is parked outside The Black Heart, it's metals night off.
Just 1.21 gigawatts of pure 80's pop, new wave, and dance floor bangers 🎶
Get ready to hit 88 ⚡Marty wouldn’t miss it. Neither should you.
Bring your wingman. Flux capacitor not required."**
Poster by DOOMPUPPY TATTOO
THE APRIL APOCALYPSE - A MONTH OF HEAVY SHOWS
COFFINS AT BMR THIS AUGUST
CRUEL & UNUSUAL ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE OF LINEUP
CRUEL & UNUSUAL has its inaugural edition taking place right here at The Black Heart this March! A hefffffty lineup has just been taken to the next level…
The full lineup now looks like:
THE SUN’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE NIGHT
ORYX
DEATH GOALS
HOST BODY
HEALING WOUND
PARIAH
WARREN SCHOENBRIGHT
SUNSWARM
+ 1 more tba
++ Secret midnight post-fest set announced on the day itself
HUGE!
DESERFEST 2026 ANNOUNCES FINAL WAVE OF BANDS + DAY/STAGE SPLITS!
Desertfest London has released Day Tickets for its 2026 edition as well as revealing day splits and stage splits for their annual gathering of the finest in stoner rock and underground heavy music. Completing its diverse line up, this latest announcement cements Desertfest 2026 as one for the ages. Friday night sees a classic evening of stoner heaviness culminating in Electric Ballroom headliners Hermano (helmed by desert rock legend,John Garcia), while Saturday champions local heroes asGreen Lung headline the Roundhouse. The festival closes out with a secondstint at the Roundhouse on Sunday with none other than Clutch, a band who has been on the wishlists of Desertfest attendees since its inception.
New additions include prog-psych sensationsChurch of the Cosmic Skull, Lancastrian rock apostles Wytch Hazel, and London crossover kings Inhuman Nature, who join Pigs Pigs PigsPigs Pigs Pigs Pigs & Green Lung for a celebration of the Best of British - shining the spotlight on homegrown talent that we feel really deserve time on the big stage. This final announcement sees the reunion of Florida sludge pioneers Cavity, who will headlineFriday’s Black Heart stage. As a defining presence in underground heavy music, Desertfest is honoured to host these unsung heroes of raw power. They join a number of historic reunions taking place over the weekend, including stoner legendsThe Sword, and underground doomicons Capricorns-all taking place deep in the scene that worships them. Not to mentionnoteworthy Desertfest debuts from the likes of-16-and Solace and first trips to UK soil formany bands, includingCausa Sui, Komodor, Moundrag, and Midhaven.
And with that Desertfest 2026 completes an astounding line up for its fourteenth year of pure rock fury, compelled as ever by the power of the riff.
New additions to Desertfest 2026:
CHURCH OF THE COSMIC SKULL
WYTCH HAZEL
INHUMAN NATURE
CAVITY
MOLOCH
DAUFODT
KUSHTHULU
IRON SLUG
TROLL MOTHER
Weekend and Day Tickets are available now athttps://www.desertfest.co.uk
PRIMITIVE RISING x BLACK HEART WINTER MARKET 2026
Tell your friends and book it in! The Primitive Rising & The Black Heart Winter Market 2025 is on Saturday 6th December 12-6pm.
Held across 3 floors, we have 25+ sellers of handmade apparel, self care, gifts, jewellery, artwork, taxidermy and much more, food from @lds.kitchen 🌱, festive drinks, a charity raffle, @devilsdoortattoo will be offering flash, tooth gems, our regular tarot reader will be taking walk ups and DJs all day/night and as usual we are planning a few little extras as well!
Every year this event is a total highlight and gets busier and busier 🌲
Bring your friends and your Christmas list!
As always, free entry and kids and dogs are welcome.
DESERFEST LONDON 2026 ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE OF LINEUP
DESERTFEST LONDON 2026 has added a whole host of killer new names to it's already tasty offering including the mighty HERMANO, PIGS (I’m not typing it 7 times), CAUSA SUI, and LOADS more!!!
The full lineup now looks like…
GREEN LUNG
HERMANO
THE SWORD (UK Exclusive)
PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS
EARTHLESS (UK Exclusive)
TRUCKFIGHTERS
CAUSA SUI
CAPRICORNS (UK Exclusive)
ZIG ZAGS
STEAK
SOLACE
DEAF CLUB
WITCHSORROW
HIGH DESERT QUEEN
MOUNDRAG
KOMODOR
ALUNAH
CULT OF OCCULT
FORLORN
LORQUIN’S ADMIRAL
OMO
ALPHAWHORES
ABRAMS
BISMUT
OKAY YOU WIN
IRONRAT
MOLTEN SLAG
KANNABINOID
HASHTRONAUT
ISAK
SUPERNAUGHTY
TEIGER
NOMADIC REIGN
& Many more TBA…
Decent, eh? Well head over to desertfest.co.uk to get your ticket, as they’ve just put the phase 2 weekend tickets on sale!
THE BLACK HEART HALLOWEEN 2025 FT. TYPE OF NEGATIVE, ELDER DRUID, OUTBACK
OCTOBER’S BUSTIN’ FOR A RUSTIN’
For all you Green Men and Druidesses, we proudly present the live acts for the annual Black Heart Halloween Spooktackular :
Type Of Negative - Type O Negative Tribute - the UK’s premier hot tipped Steeley tribute will roll through our dark realm here in Camden Town to bring the NY Street Gloom sound that we all love to death… Get ready to dye it black and hail the wolf moon with us !!
As well as this we have Elder Druid bringing the doom groove across the sea form NI, acoompannied by waves of crushing riffs from Brighton misery doom trio Outback.. it’s set to be a wretchedly heavy affair !
As always, our Halloween Party is FREE ENTRY so get it in ya diary now - FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER - and tell ya girlfriend’s missus too !
(more info to come on the wider event, and food / drink specials for our most sacred season !)
DESERTFEST LONDON 2026 ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF BANDS!!!
Desertscene presents…
DESERTFEST LONDON 2026
Featuring…
GREEN LUNG | THE SWORD (UK Exclusive)
EARTHLESS (UK Exclusive) | TRUCKFIGHTERS | CAPRICORNS (UK Exclusive)
& Many more TBA…
BATTLEJACKETS LONDON BATTLE VEST MEETUP SATURDAY 26th JULY!
Battlejackets London will be hosting their next Battle Vest Meet Up here at The Black Heart on Saturday the 26th of July from 1-5pm!
Come and join us as we chat all things metal, patches and vests! BJL will of course have a stand full of patches and there will be sewing kits around for you to sit down and work on that vest.
Everyone is welcome! There are no age restrictions before 6pm so anyone can come on down. You don’t have to have a vest!
ELECTRIC FUNERAL - LONDON'S WILDEST SABBATH COVER ENTITY - HERE AT THE BLACK HEART SATURDAY 5th JULY!!!
This Saturday July 5th, the legendary BLACK SABBATH say goodbye for what we think might be the actual final time this time. The event’s all the way up in Birmingham though, and costs a bomb. So, like many of you, we didn’t get tickets. Luckily though, the event will be streaming IN FULL right here in the bar at The Black Heart!
And if sharing in booze and merriment while one of the greatest to ever do it bid their farewell isn’t enough, we’ve then got the best and wildest Sabbath cover entity in existence ELECTRIC FUNERAL playing upstairs in the venue right after so you can get up close n personal with the almighty riff.
We’re keeping it FREE ENTRY, we’re gonna be pouring the finest ales, pales n ‘tails you’ll find anywhere in Camden, we’ll be open til 3am - come down n party with us!
CONAN X SAINT MONDAY COLLAB 'WARPSWORD' POURING NOW WHILE STOCKS LAST
PREPARE TO BE ANOINTED BY WARPSWORD !!
Saint Monday Brewery have teamed up with battle-doom stalwarts CONAN to produce a stunning elixir in celebration of the band’s appearance at this year’s DESERTFEST LONDON. Warpsword is an IPA with the main focus being Strata, providing a bitter backbone from big dry hops, with an addition of citra and el dorado - expertly brewed to a devilish 6.66% - this one-off collab beer has tasting notes of stone fruit, cannabis, dried chilli peppers, citrus and a tropical twist.
It’s gonna blow legions of hangovers and sobriety away, so if ya in Camden Town at this year’s Desertfest proceedings this weekend, be sure to get on in to the Black Heart to consume your weight in Warpsword gold before it’s all gone !! (Also available from Thursday at the Saint Monday Brewery bar in London Fields, Hackney too)
DESERTFEST PRE & POST PARTIES ARE HERE TO EXTEND YOUR WEEKEND!!!
So you know how DESERTFEST is our favourite weekend of the year already? Well we thought we’d extend the festivities a day either side to bookend it for those of you who, like us, just can’t get enough!
FIRST UP, kicking the weekend off on Thursday 15th May is our DF pre-show featuring fuzzed-up kiwi psych-slinging duo EARTH TONGUE!
AND THEN, to lift the post-fest blues on Monday night, we’ve teamed with George’s Grim Gigs to bring you a Monday Night RAVE featuring the much anticipated return of our favourite Japanese lunatics VMO
Tix to both of these are live RIGHT NOW via DICE!
Go get yours and squeeze even more out of your already banging DF weekend !!
DESERTFEST ANNOUNCES THIRD WAVE OF BANDS + DAY SPLITS!!!
Our favourite party of the year, DESERTFEST, have announced another killer wave of bands, as well as releasing the day splits for each day!!!
ELDER, ZEAL & ARDOR, and EARTH will be headlining Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively, each backed by an insanely stacked lineup. The whole weekend is gonna be must-see, and you know where to find the best pints all weekend.
See you in May!