For the New Year, we will keep rocking until January is over!
After the huge success that was METAL FEST 1.0, Greenvale Manitou & The Grand Event Center are proud to present you:
BRAVE NEW WORLD
Five bands. Five rock flavors. Slowly building up from the softest to the hardest until the night is over and we can say for sure... "OK, bye 2025!"
Opening Act - WILDROSE FOX
We're starting the show with a Northfield favorite. Caitlin Robertson’s original, place-based, folk rock country pop songs meet her band's ethereal guitars, intimate drums and poetic, dreamy, earthy chemistry.
Listen to her tunes on ReverbNation:
https://www.reverbnation.com/caitlinrobertson
Have a look at her gorgeous "Like Pure Snow" official video here: https://tinyurl.com/LikePureSnow
Main Act 1 - GREENVALE MANITOU
Greenvale Manitou is Cedric Briand's most personable project and the staple name for everything he enterprises in the music industry. An eclectic taste and a love to fuse popular genres with World music is his favorite recipe. Niches are about borders, frontiers... In response, Briand resists mentalities of isolation and enclosure by flirting with many genres, performing as a multi-instrumentalist using live samples and loops, and fueling his curious soul with experimentation, occasional partnerships and transcendence. Cedric's genre-defying music will tap into primitive tribal drumming, addressing some of the many social issues that haunt us, building his set as a fluid, seamless, and transitional journey between the opening and the following acts.
Check out the latest Press on his performative style:
https://tinyurl.com/SouthernMinn
Have a look at the official "Born of the Same" official video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiS42MjS-jo
Listen on Spotify (or do a search on your fav streaming platform):
https://tinyurl.com/Greenvale-ManitouSpotify
If you're still curious, you can learn more about the project here:
www.greenvalemanitou.com
Main Act 2 - CLIDESFELD
Clidesfeld is a Minneapolis-based three-piece rock band that blends alternative rock, heavy metal, indie rock, and post-punk into one introspective musical fissure. Their latest release, "You Can Help It,” is a dynamic and unflinching heavy alt rock reflection that wields the past as a looking glass, dark with futures that feel inevitable even as we hope to avoid them. As it navigates destructive cycles, reflects on the lies we tell ourselves and others, and begs for simple reliefs, “You Can Help It” begs the listener to be careful and reminds us that we might find the wisdom and the discipline to change course for the better.
Have a listen at the "You Can Help It" album here:
https://tinyurl.com/YouCanHelpIt
Have a peek at them live during their album release show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28g8D8ivc44
Main Act 3 - THE BROKEN RULE
You asked for metal? We give you metal in all its forms, or most! Very prog at the core, this five-piece ensemble equally flirts with the most classic heavy to thrash, alt, groove, doom, etc. Fat bass, sharp guitar chops, tribal drums and percussion, vocals that seamlessly move from lyrical tightness, to beastly growls, or hip hop... Fresh out of the studio a few months ago after recording their first LP, they will play the entire album for the event! Their lyrics bring forward antifa swagger, a plethora of sociopolitical commentaries (big Pharma, the environment, political discord or White supremacy among others) and a filterless gaze at the chaotic nature of human absurdity.
You can listen to their first single "Thief", fresh out of the LP here:
https://tinyurl.com/BrokenRule
They're just about to release an LP, so the rest is a secret, but they were voted best band at METAL FEST so there's that...
Closing Act - MURDER CURIOUS
Murder Curious is a Minneapolis-based grunge-rock trio that's been killing it since 2019. Treble (guitar/vocals), Kev The Kid (bass), and Zach "Tubz" (drums) forge a brutal sonic assault influenced by grunge legends, heavy blues, and old-school punk. Their debut album "Big Things Coming Soon" just dropped December 2025 and you can expect some serious mayhem as the night gets to an end... maybe...
Check out "Blackout" from their latest LP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnuqIqRpyNw
Here's a nice live video sneak peek at The Cabooze:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l62hp7fmQck
The best place to be in Northfield as we're moving on to 2026! Come join the very last New Year's party in town before all Hell breaks loose!
Peace out!
Cedric Briand
Brave New World - Organizer, Promoter, Coordinator, Main Acts
Greenvale Manitou - Multi-instrumentalist Singer Songwriter
The Broken Rule - Lead Singer and Lyricist
Other acts and associations:
MSP French Alliance (founded in 1883 by Louis Pasteur, Jules Verne, among others) - Breizh Fest (sponsored by Brittany, France) / Fête de la musique - Sound Engineer, Main Act
Art Makers - Percussionist, Songwriter, Workshop Leader
Punk Jam at the Hot Spot - Drummer
Mark Fier band - Lead Singer and Lyricist
