Against the Grain (festival)

Established

2005

Venue (s)

• Fowlers Live 2005 - 2008
• Live on Light 2009

History

Against the Grain is a heavy metal music festival held in Adelaide in Spring. The festival began as a small gathering local bands organised by Lee Gardiner from Double Dragon and Jason North of Truth Corroded but the event has now grown to include over 20 acts from around the country.

Line up history

• September 15, 2007 - Fuck... I'm Dead, Pathogen, Double Dragon, Terrorust, Truth Corroded, Switchblade, The Jonestown Syndicate, Black Like Vengeance, Lynchmada, Five Star Prison Cell, A Red Dawn, Closed Casket, In the Burial, Saeturnum

• September 13, 2008 - Psycroptic, Blood Duster, Double Dragon, Daysend, Picture the End, Truth Corroded, Dyscord, The Ocularis Infernum, Diatribe, State of Integrity, Skintilla, A Red Dawn, Se Bon Ki Ra, Asphyxia

• September 19, 2009 - Alchemist, The Amenta, LORD, Double Dragon, Truth Corroded, Ne Obliviscaris, Separatist, Empyrean, Claim the Throne, Universum, Octanic. More to be announced.