Hit The Deck, which takes place across five venues in Bristol and Nottingham respectively on 25th April and Sunday 26th has announced for the first acts including: Skindred, While She Sleeps, Cancer Bats and FrnkIero AndThe Cellabration.

Joining them will be: A Great Big Pile Of Leaves, Allusondrugs, Ashes, As It Is, Beasts, City Of Ships, Dead!, Dead Harts, Decade, Devil Sold His Soul, The Early November, Idiom, Junius, Rolo Tomassi, The Swellers, Thomas Nicholas Band, Tim Vantol, When We Were Wolves, You Blew It and Zoax.

More bands are scheduled to be announced in the coming weeks, including some very special guests.