DoW Festival - Scotland

08/03/2026

Respects paid while visits Sweden to attend Stockholm Extreme Sounds...

In honour of:

Tomas “Quorthon” Forsberg

Lars-Göran Petrov

Rest in Power

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚔️🇸🇪

15/02/2026

Write up in Distorted Sound Magazine

Elena Francis reviews this year's Dead of Winter Festival: The Trilogy in Glasgow! Read her festival review and see our photo gallery here!

06/02/2026

🔥 THE WAIT IS OVER 🔥

After an overwhelming wave of messages, requests, and encouragement, we’re proud to confirm that the venue is officially secured once again, behold:

Dead of Winter Festival: Vol. IV

Glasgow, Scotland.

Reaching this next chapter off the back of The Trilogy feels unreal. That weekend was something special, and it’s only strengthened our resolve to keep building Dead of Winter into a permanent, uncompromising fixture for old school, underground, and extreme death metal in the UK.

Because so many of you asked — for the first time ever, we’re releasing Early Bird Weekend Tickets as a thank you to everyone who continues to show up, support, and make this festival what it is.

⚔️ EARLY BIRD WEEKEND TICKETS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

• Limited allocation
• £35 (price locked at 2026 levels)
• Available until end of February or until sold out
• Once gone, tickets will increase to the full Vol. IV weekend price

Link here: https://t-s.co/de028

We couldn’t release early birds without giving you a glimpse of what’s coming — so we’re beyond honoured to announce our first headline act:

🔥 Sorcery 🔥

Old school Swedish death metal titans 40th Anniversary Set - A Glasgow-exclusive performance... First-ever show in Scotland

This is history in the making — and it starts right here in Glasgow!..The rest of the lineup will be carefully assembled throughout the year, with the full poster revealed later, as always.

Trust us when we say: Vol. IV is already shaping up to be something special.

Thank you for believing in this festival, for selling out weekends, for the passion, the chaos, and the love for extremity.

This isn’t just our festival — this is yours.

More soon!

See you in the pit.

Kendo & Kwondo

❄️☠️🪦

Dead of Winter Festival: Vol. IV

Glasgow. Scotland. Death Metal.

06/02/2026

Machorecord.bandcamp.com/

DEAD OF WINTER FEST (DOW) | TRILOGY SHIRT

*** ON SALE NOW ***

All last remaining festival is live now on Bandcamp Friday via Macho Records

Sizes available:

S / M / L / XL / 2XL / 3XL

These are leftover shirts from the festival - once they’re gone, they’re gone!

First come, first served!

HAVE YOU GOT YOURS?

Artwork by .art &

🔗 Link at top

The support for DOW continues to be unreal, even well after the show — thank you all 🙌🏻

❄️☠️🪦

05/02/2026

*** UPDATE - 06.02.26 ***

*** 12:30PM ***

04/02/2026

DEAD OF WINTER FEST (DOW) | TRILOGY SHIRT

We genuinely didn’t expect the response these got. Practically wiped out!.. THANK YOU 🙌🏻

Any remaining festival stock will go live on Bandcamp Friday via Macho Records, here:

Machorecord.bandcamp.com/

🗓 Friday 06/02
⏰ 08:00 (UK time)
Sizes available:

S / M / L / XL / 2XL / 3XL

These are leftover shirts from the festival - once they’re gone, they’re gone!

First come, first served.

Artwork by .art & Kenneth James Woods

🔗 Link will be added to bio when live

The support for DOW continues to be unreal, even well after the show — thank you all 🙌🏻

❄️☠️🪦

01/02/2026

⚔️ GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - HISTORY MADE AGAIN ⚔️

We want to take a moment to say a huge, heartfelt thank you to everyone who made Dead of Winter Festival III "The Trilogy" an unforgettable experience.

First up, Ivory Blacks - the venue, bar staff, and crew were outstanding from start to finish. You kept everything running smoothly and somehow kept the drinks flowing even after the bar was emptied… not once, not twice, but three times. Exceptional.

To the brilliant bands - you turned that stage into a portal beemed straight to hell. The passion, the intensity, the commitment — this is what it means to the crowds when you play in Scotland, and you felt it every second.

But the biggest thanks of all — the audience!!!

Every single person who showed up, headbanged, moshed, and stage-dived from doors to close - you were unreal. At one point it genuinely looked like a water-slide system for divers… absolute maniacs.

You sold out the weekend tickets, packed the room on both days, and made the atmosphere something none of us will ever forget.

Across two days, we witnessed UK and Scottish first-ever performances, history made right here in Glasgow - proving once again that this city, and this country, is the emerging place to be for death metal and extreme music.

This isn’t just a festival anymore. You’ve helped create a permanent fixture in the death metal calendar - supported by bands and fans not just from Scotland, but from across the UK and around the world. Our inboxes are full. People are watching. People want to be here.

Like we kept saying all weekend - this is your festival. You’re the reason it exists, and you’re the reason real history keeps being made.

The only thing left to say... How in the baby Jesus's name do we top that!??

Let us know in the comments of what Dead of Winter IV should be!..

Once again - thank you from the bottom of our souls.

Kendo & Kwondo

Slàinte Mhath / Cheers 🥃

❄️☠️🪦

30/01/2026

*** FRIDAY & SATURDAY SCHEDULE ***

1 Stage | 14 Bands | 2 Days

Friday Featuring:

🇳🇱 Abrupt Demise
🇮🇹 Funest
🇫🇷 Putrid Offal
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Abysmal Decay
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Drēor

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Saturday Featuring:

🇸🇪 Toxaemia
🇮🇹 Sepolcro
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Blasphemer
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 DeathCollector
🇮🇹 Miasmic Serum
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Absolution
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lost Brethren
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Austerymn
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 VOID BELOW

Sponsorship: Macho Records / Moshville Times

🎟 Last remaining tickets avaliable on the door!.. £25

🎭 Art: .art & Kenneth James Woods

❄️☠️🪦

29/01/2026

DEAD OF WINTER III — FINAL TICKET UPDATE ❄️☠️

The support for Dead of Winter III has been nothing short of incredible - thank you to everyone who has backed this festival for the third year running.

We are now at 90% of WEEKEND TICKETS SOLD, and once again Dead of Winter is heading toward a capacity event.

⚠️ IMPORTANT FINAL TICKET INFO:

• Weekend tickets will remain available online until 5:00pm on Friday 30th January

• After this point, WEEKEND TICKETS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE

• On-the-day tickets will be DAY TICKETS ONLY, subject to venue capacity

• Once capacity is reached, entry is not guaranteed
If you’re planning to be part of Dead of Winter III, this is your final opportunity to secure your place for the full weekend.

Thank you for the continued belief, loyalty, and support - we extremely proud of what this festival has become, and we’re ready to give you absolute hell !

GLASGOW. SCOTLAND. DEATH METAL.

DEAD OF WINTER III - THE TRILOGY

🎟 Tickets via Ticket Scotland (link here):

❄️☠️🪦

26/01/2026

DEAD OF WINTER III —

LAST WEEK WARNING ❄️☠️

We’re officially into final week territory for Dead of Winter III, and once again the response has been exceptional.

Weekend tickets are now very limited, and based on the last two years, we fully expect this to be a capacity event before doors open.

⚠️ Reminder:

• Weekend tickets will not be available on the door

• On-the-day entry is day tickets only (subject to venue capacity)

• Once capacity is reached, entry is not guaranteed
If you’re planning to attend - this is the point to secure your place

Glasgow. Scotland. Death Metal.

Dead of Winter III — The Trilogy

🎟 Tickets via Ticket Scotland, here:

https://t-s.co/de022