Kruelty is Bringing Destruction to Wasteland Festival

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Kruelty stopped by ahead of his US debut at Wasteland Festival to discuss his label, his new KALIBR-II live act with N-Vitral, and so much more!

Kruelty is a masked artist who has captivated the entire hard dance scene for years. Beyond the mask, Kruelty has created a world so distinct from anyone else in his scene, and it’s helped him gain a loyal following in The Kult. His unique style fuses the hardest elements of rawstyle, hard techno, and industrial hardcore, carving out his own lane in the process.

For the uninitiated, Kruelty says that he makes “music for people who’ve been told their music style is too heavy for every other genre. Industrial hardstyle, somewhere in between hard techno and rawstyle.”

Look no further than his two albums, BLOODBATH MACHINERY and CRASH_THE_WORLD. Both of these projects dive into the depths of Hard Dance Hell with records that are “dark, mechanical, built on tension and raw power, made to hit on a big rig and be felt in your chest, not just your ears.”

Beyond creating a world for his music and live presence, Kruelty has been hard at work building his label, UNIT-13 Industries. Kruelty plans to do more for the scene than flood it with releases; however, his mission is strictly focused on quality over quantity.

It’s a home for artists who’ve been told they’re too extreme, too heavy, too niche. I know that feeling firsthand, so every demo here gets a real listen, not an algorithm.

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With a deep and rich discography under his belt, along with the formation of UNIT-13 Industries, Kruelty is set to bring these sounds to the US for the first time ever! This coming weekend, Kruelty will serve as the reaper of destruction in America with his highly anticipated debut at Wasteland Festival.

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Unlike many other international artists who tone it down for the US crowd, Kruelty shared that The Kult is still getting the most authentic experience. “I’m very sure that American crowds will hit different. I’m not adapting the sound for anyone, though. If anything, I’m bringing more of it.” Kruelty even described the set that he has planned in one simple but meaningful word: “Destruction.”

Expect the Kruelty sound in full force! Heavy, industrial, and no comfort zone what so ever. I’m bringing my biggest hits into that set. Come early, because that’s all I’ll give you. The rest is for the crowd to find out.

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Looking ahead after Wasteland, Kruelty has many more plans to continue his domination of the scene, including the sold-out Vieze Asbak B2B Kruelty All Day Long event at AFAS Live Amsterdam in December. This team-up is something made of dreams, or nightmares, as some might put it. Still, there’s no doubt that the scene has needed this combination more than ever.

“You better believe that we are cooking up some new stuff for our All Day Long event at the AFAS Live Amsterdam,” said Kruelty. “I can promise you all that the stuff we are going to do there is going to change the scene.”

Before getting to the All Day Long with Vieze Asbak, Kruelty is also set to grace the stage at Supremacy 2026 for a brand-new live act with N-Vitral dubbed KALIBR-II. This live act is no surprise. In fact, the purpose of its existence is to push boundaries and shape the future of raw hardstyle.

KALIBR-II isn’t two artists sharing a stage — No, it’s a very destructive, industrial sound built from two minds that will not hold back one single bit. Raw hardstyle has rules; we’re not interested in those. Supremacy is the right stage to launch that and raise the bar and show what real HARD music is.

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Get ready for Kruelty’s epic US debut at Wasteland Festival by streaming his latest releases on Spotify, and make sure to snag the final passes to the festival right now via Front Gate Tickets.