Loudblast

Loudblast arrives at La Manufacture in Saint-Quentin on 22 May 2026. Founded in Lille in 1985 by Stéphane Buriez, the band helped pave the way for French extreme metal by combining a thrash heritage with a death-metal grounding, producing a dense sound and razor‑sharp songwriting. Four decades of taut riffs and leaden grooves, marked by milestones such as Sensorial Treatment, Disincarnate, Sublime Dementia, Cross the Threshold, followed by the powerful comeback of Burial Ground and Manifesto.

On stage, Loudblast plays direct and precise: razor‑edged guitars, a rhythm section that hits straight, and Buriez’s granite voice at the centre. The set draws on the band’s different periods, mixing thrash accelerations, death‑metal heaviness and breaks that let the music breathe before kicking the machine back into gear. No showboating — a sound crafted for the venue and songs designed for the pit, where tempo variations and melodic motifs steadily raise the pressure.

In Saint-Quentin, the band arrives with that unmistakable identity: sober and cutting, and material honed for the live setting. It’s an opportunity to measure the scope of a repertoire that helped shape the French scene and still holds up, from early incendiary tracks to recent songs. A concert to rediscover Loudblast’s death/thrash DNA, direct and without compromise.