IAMX – UK – !UK EXCLUSIVE!After exclusive sets at both of our Pandemic editions, we’re thrilled to announce that IAMX will perform LIVE at Infest 2026. With every release, IAMX pushes creative boundaries and deepens the bond between artist and audience. IAMX’s music, visuals, performances, and persona are iconic yet unflinchingly vulnerable.
UTAH SAINTS – UK – !Infest Premier!Utah Saints are true pioneers of UK electronic dance music. With 9 UK Top 40 hits, over 2 million records sold and a career spanning the birth of house and rave culture, the legendary duo continue to blur the lines between underground and mainstream with electrifying DJ and live performances worldwide.
Louisahhh – USA – !!UK Debut!!Louisahhh is a NYC-born producer, DJ and performer merging punk-fueled techno, high fashion and feral rhythm. Hailed as “the missing link between Nine Inch Nails and Yeah Yeah Yeahs” (NPR), she commands the stage with brutal, barbed-wire DJ sets and brazen live vocals that ignite dancefloors worldwide.
Agnis – PL – !Infest Premier!Agnis delivers dark, pulsating electronic music that fuses industrial beats with immersive synth textures. Their performances are intense and atmospheric, pulling audiences into a hypnotic, high-energy world. With each track, Agnis explores tension, emotion, and raw sonic power, making every live show an unforgettable experience.
AUX ANIMAUX – SWE – !!TBC!!Stockholm-based darkwave artist aux animaux blends 80s goth, occultism and horror influences into haunting electronic soundscapes. A self-taught musician, she sings while alternating between theremin and bass, crafting immersive, atmospheric music exploring mortality, misophonia and the darker edges of human emotion.
Lovelorn Dolls – BE – !UK DEBUT!Lovelorn Dolls deliver dark, synth‑driven goth‑metal with haunting vocals and twisted electro-pop textures. Their live performances are theatrical and immersive, blending gothic melancholy with high-energy performance, striking visuals, and emotional intensity that captivates every audience.
Potochkine – FR – !Infest Premier!Potochkine are two inseparable souls with 3 albums and unforgettable live performances. From Germany to Peru, from Canada to Portugal. The French duo has appeared at all the big festivals such as WGT, Extramuralhas, Kalabalik, Bimfest and Amphi. Alongside bands like Front 242, She Past Away, La Femme, Minuit Machine and Erol Alkan…
NNHMN – DE/PL – !!UK Exclusive!!Fresh from appearances at some of the world’s most respected alternative festivals… Combining ghostly vocals, analogue synth textures and dancefloor-focused electronics, the Berlin duo have established themselves as one of the leading names in modern darkwave, earning acclaim from Berghain to Grauzone.
ghostbells – USA – !UK EXCLUSIVE!ghostbells is a glowingly dark new-wave–meets–EBM electronic music duo, known for their brooding soundscapes, haunting melodies, and driving dance beats. Inspired by the depths of the underground electronic scene, their music fuses icy synths, pulsing basslines, reverb-soaked guitars, and melancholic lyricism – both nostalgic and forward-looking
Sylvgheist Maëlström – FR – !UK DEBUT!Sylvgheist Maëlström delivers relentless electro-industrial soundscapes driven by seismic rhythms and stark, atmospheric textures. Known for immersive video-enhanced performances at festivals such as WGT, Ombra and Maschinenfest, the project explores the brutal cycles of natural and industrial collapse.
Human Steel – DE/PL – !Infest Premier!HUMAN STEEL fuse pounding electronic power with live drums to create a dark, high-energy sound that’s both mechanical and fiercely human. Hailing from Poland and Germany, their live shows radiate intensity and unity — a pulsing blend of precision, emotion and unstoppable rhythm.
Wavepeak – USA – !!TBC!!Wavepeak is a Connecticut-based industrial/EBM project blending pounding rhythms, dark ambient and experimental noise. With releases like Occult, and singles such as “DOPAMINEFEEDBACK / Seance,” Wavepeak crafts immersive electronic soundscapes, delivering hypnotic, shadowy beats for fans of underground industrial and darkwave music.
Holy Braille – UK – !!Infest Premier!!Holy Braille are a darkwave/electronic duo from Sunderland, UK, crafting stark, confrontational synth‑driven sounds that merge harsh wave, computer punk and witch house. With DIY production and emotional intensity, their music channels gothic electronic energy and immersive dark atmospheres
The Gospel – UK – !Infest Premier!The Gospel are a cinematic goth band from Manchester, merging vintage 1970s analogue synth grit with dark, theatrical elegance. Their sound evokes the drama of Nick Cave and the allure of Goldfrapp, earning acclaim for their powerful live shows and rising momentum. Catch them bringing their otherworldly energy to Infest 2026.
OWLS – IE – !Infest Premier!O₩LS is a macabre synthpunk artist from Longford, Ireland, rooted in post-punk, goth and darkwave. Bleak yet poetic, the project explores mortality and impermanence through tense electronics, stark beats and spectral synths, earning a reputation for immersive, unflinching live performances.
Pretty Addicted – UK – !!Infest Premier!!Following a seven-month creative hibernation and the beginning of an exciting new chapter… Blending rave, metal, drum & bass, industrial and electronic influences into their unique “Blackened Rave” sound, the UK duo have built a reputation for chaotic, cathartic performances that leave audiences energised, exhilarated and wanting more.
The Dirt – UK – !!TBC!!The Dirt are a Pennines-based UK–Japan duo fusing electro drum beats, guitar loops, synths and vocals into genre-bending, hypnotic soundscapes. With two albums, Agitator and Monkeypunch, and five years of relentless live shows across the UK and Japan, they’ve built an underground following with high-energy, immersive performances.
FISTING – UK – !Infest Premier!FISTING is a two-woman industrial techno wrecking crew formed by Jessie (Cacophant) and Angela (_tenebrate). Bone-shaking kicks, crushing grooves and searing noise collide with eye-melting visuals in unrelenting, hardware-driven live sets built to destroy dancefloors with brutal, uncompromising sonic force.
tr4nsients – RO/UK – !!TBC!!tr4nsients create immersive live performances of dark, cinematic electronics, blending downtempo, post-Boards of Canada-style rhythms with layered visuals and archival footage. Their shows evoke intimate, reflective and slightly unsettling moods, drawing the audience into a subtle, shifting emotional landscape.
BEIN-E – UK – !Infest Premier!Bein-E fuse ambient, industrial and noise into immersive electronic soundscapes, balancing heartbreak with defiant hope. Formed by ex-partners Simon and Tiffanie, the project channels emotional tension into dark, unsettling compositions. Now a four-piece, their live shows shift from hushed unease to fierce proto-industrial intensity.
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