Let us welcome Athenians AHERUSIA to this year’s festival billing! It has been over 10 years since the band played Rethymno and it was about time for them to return, with a brand new and powerful line-up and an amazing new – fifth -album entitled “Bacchus ~Epiphanies Of The Crazy God”. AHERUSIA is a band that has always had strong bonds with the island of Crete. Always loyal to their Folk Metal/Post Black sound, they continue to create unique pagan, orgiastic soundscapes that are bound to enchant every single viewer. Always following musical paths and ways found in the Near East, motifs of Greek folk music and carrying a direct musical connection with Pagan Metal and it’s aesthetics, AHERUSIA finally return to Rethymno and will definitely be one of the highlights of this year’s festival. We are looking forward to welcoming them within the Castle walls and “dive” into their mystical, ecstatic, Bacchic rhythms!