Label Suisse: diversity as identity
From Appenzell to Geneva, from Ländler to electro, from yodelling to trap, Label Suisse does not seek to define what Swiss music is. Instead, it prefers to let it express itself in all its diversity. From 18 to 20 September 2026, Lausanne will become, for three days, the capital of a Swiss music scene that is as rich as it is unpredictable.
Over the years, Label Suisse has become much more than just a festival: it is a biennial event where the Swiss music scene takes stock of who it is, what it produces, and what it can still invent.
Admission is free to all concerts.
Find the full programme at labelsuisse.ch
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A thirty-year career, eight albums and still that ability to reinvent themselves. Formed in Geneva around singer-guitarist Michael Schindl, Impure Wilhelmina unleash their progressive metal – steeped in darkness and laced with haunting melancholy – on a new album: Le Sanglot (2026). It’s dense, intense, brutal and, for the first time, sung entirely in French. It’s going to be a wild ride.
Spoiler alert: the champions of doomgaze hail from Bern. Formed in 2016, the trio E-L-R have never strayed from their sinuous post-metal sound – slow rhythms, minimalist phrasing, repetitive structures. Everything here evokes a shamanic ritual. With two hard-hitting albums to their name, including Mænad (2019), regarded as a classic of the genre, the band has established itself as the standard-bearer for a earthy and melancholic brand of rock.
In just a few years, Melissa Bonny, originally from Vaud and now based in Denmark, has carved out a prominent place for herself on the international metal scene. With her spellbinding voice and hypnotic stage presence, the singer – formerly of Evenmore and Rage of Light – has turned the tables by founding Ad Infinitum, a mainstay of Swiss symphonic metal. At 33, with a well-established reputation as a force to be reckoned with on stage, the ‘Queen of the Damned’ is promoting her debut solo album.
