List of heavy metal festivals
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List of heavy metal festivals | |
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General Information | |
Related genres | Heavy metal, rock music, gothic rock |
Location | Europe and United States (origin) Worldwide (current) |
Related events | Music festival, rock festival, punk festival, goth festival, electronic dance music festival |
This is an incomplete list of heavy metal festivals. Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music[2] that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United States and the United Kingdom.[3] With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, and during the late 1960s and mid-1970s these band and others in their genre were featured at a number of historic rock festivals.[4] Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence.[5][6]
After the genre fused with other related genres such as punk rock in the late 1970s, bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal such as Iron Maiden and Saxon followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as "metalheads" or "headbangers", and there were festivals worldwide, both touring and stationary, dedicated to heavy metal subgenres and heavy metal itself. During the 1980s, glam metal became a commercial force, while Underground scenes and extreme subgenres of metal such as death metal and black metal remained subcultural phenomena, though they have their own dedicated festivals as well. Since the mid-1990s popular styles have further expanded the definition of the genre.
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Historic metal festivals
Festival name' | Location | Years | Details |
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Schaefer Music Festival | United States | 1968 | Featured early metal bands like Led Zeppelin |
Myponga Pop Festival | Australia | 1971 | Pop festival headlined by Black Sabbath |
Spring Rhythms. Tbilisi-80 | Soviet Union | 1980 | First official rock festival in the Soviet Union |
Rock in Rio | Brazil | 1985–present | 1.5 million people attended the first event |
Dynamo Open Air | Netherlands | 1986–2005 | Biggest annual metal festival during the 1990s, with 118,000 visitors in 1995 |
Moscow Music Peace Festival | Russia | 1989 | Important event for hair metal |
Wacken Open Air | Germany | 1990–present | Large metal showcase |
Woodstock 1999 | United States | 1999 | Known as a commercial and crowd control disaster |
Exit Festival | Serbia | 2000–present | Exit 2006 had 22 stages |
Fields of Rock | Netherlands | 2002-2007 | Know for loads of BIG names |
Download Festival | England | 2003–present | Heavy metal and alt rock focus |
Born Too Late Festival | United States | 2003, 2009 | First doom metal festival in US |
Dubai Desert Rock Festival | United Arab Emirates | 2004–2009 | Heavy metal and rock |
Soundwave | Australia | 2004– December 2015 | Alt rock and metal/punk focus |
Tours
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The following is an incomplete list of traveling metal festivals, both active and defunct:
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- Clash of the Titans
- Crüe Fest
- Family Values Tour
- Doomination
- G3
- Gigantour
- Jägermeister Music Tour
- Magic Circle Festival
- Mayhem Festival
- Metal Masters Tour
- Monsters of Rock
- No Mercy Festival
- Ozzfest
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Sonisphere
- Sounds of the Underground
- Taste Of Chaos
- The Summer Slaughter Tour
- The Unholy Alliance
- Uproar Festival
- X-Mass Festival
Current festivals
Africa
Namibia
Festival Name | Country | Location | Debut | Month | Notes |
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Windhoek Metal Fest | Namibia | Windhoek | 2007 | June | featuring local and international metal bands |
South Africa
RAMFest[7] | South Africa | Cape Town/Johannesburg | March | featuring rock, pop, metal, metalcore | |
Emalyth Arts Expo[8] | Gauteng | January | featuring about 20 local metal bands | ||
Witchfest[9] | Johannesburg | April | featuring death, black, thrash metal |
Asia
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India
Indonesia
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Hammersonic Festival | Jakarta | Active | March–April | [2] | All Heavy Music |
Rock in Solo | Surakarta | Active | October–November | [3] | Heritage Metal Festival |
Bandung Berisik |
Israel
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Japan
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Loudpark Festival | Saitama City | Active | October | Loud Park Festival | heavy, thrash, power, death, metalcore, nu metal |
Lebanon
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Beirut Rock Festival | Beirut | Unknown | July | Beirut Rock Festival | featuring rock and metal does not occur every year - last festival was 2013 |
Summer Fusion Open Air | Jounieh | Unknown | August | Summer Fusion Open Air | featuring rock and metal does not occur every year - last festival was 2010 - next festival is August 2015 |
Malaysia
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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KL MetalCamp | Kuala Lumpur | Active | November | KL MetalCamp 2014 event listing[10] |
thrash, death metal |
Nepal
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Nepal Deathfest | Kathmandu | Active | January | Nepal Deathfest Facebook page |
featuring death metal |
Silence Festival | Kathmandu | Active | October | Silence Festival | featuring local and international metal bands |
Pakistan
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Hellfest Pakistan[11] | Islamabad | Active | June | Hellfest | largest metal festival in Pakistan featuring local metal bands |
Philippines
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Pulp Summer Slam | Quezon City | Active | April | Pulp Summer Slam | large festival featuring metalcore, hardcore, thrash, death metal |
Manila Metal and Hardcore Festival | Pasay | Active | October | Event listing[12][13] | small festival featuring local metal, hardcore, and metalcore bands |
Red Horse Muziklaban | Manila | Active | various | Pambansang Muziklaban | annual rock band competition |
Kaguluhan Music Festival | Cavite | Last festival - 2013 | November | Kaguluhan Music Festival |
Sri Lanka
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Maelstrom | Colombo | Active | August | [4] | Metal, metalcore, pop punk, punk rock, hardcore punk, alternative rock, stoner rock |
Oceania
Australia
Festival Name | Location | Debut | Month | Notes |
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Soundwave festival | Australia | 2004 | In December 2015 Soundwave was cancelled for good. | |
Unify Gathering[14] | Gippsland, Australia | 2015 | January | Small 2 day festival, local and some international bands |
New Zealand
Festival Name | Location | Debut | Month | Notes |
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Westfest[15][16] | Auckland, New Zealand | February | featuring nu-metal, metalcore, thrash metal |
Western Europe
Austria
Belgium
- Graspop Metal Meeting
- Metal Female Voices Fest
- Metal Mean Festival
- Alcatraz Metal Fest
- Antwerp Metal Fest
Cyprus
Denmark
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Aalborg Metal Festival | Aalborg | Active | November | Aalborg Metal Festival | featuring death, black, metalcore |
Copenhell | Copenhagen | Active | June | Copenhell | featuring death, thrash, black, doom metal |
Heavy Days In Doom Town | Copenhagen | Active | April/May | Heavy Days In Doom Town | featuring doom, sludge metal |
Metal Magic Festival | Fredericia | Active | July | Metal Magic Festival | featuring death, black, thrash, doom metal |
Roskilde Festival | Roskilde | Active | June/July | Roskilde Festival | large music festival with only few metal bands |
Royal Metal Fest | Aarhus | Active | May/June | Royal Metal Fest | featuring death, black, thrash metal |
Kill-Town Death Fest | Copenhagen | Last festival - 2014 | September | Kill-Town Death Fest | featured death metal, grindcore |
Finland
- Black Flames Of Blasphemy
- Dark River Festival
- Finnish Metal Expo
- Jalometalli Metal Music Festival
- kuusrock Oulu
- Nummirock Festival
- Sauna Open Air Metal Festival
- Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
- SteelFest Open Air Metal Festival
France
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Chaulnes Metal Fest | Chaulnes | Active | April | Chaulnes Metal Fest | death metal |
Fall of Summer | Ile-De-France | Active | September | Fall of Summer Festival | death, black, thrash metal |
Hellfest Summer Open Air | Clisson | Active | June | Hellfest Open Air | large festival, metal of all types |
Lezard'Os Metal Fest | Matignicourt-Goncourt | Active | May | Lezard'Os Metal Fest | death, black, thrash metal |
Motocultor Festival | Brittany | Active | August | Motocultor Festival | death, black, thrash metal |
Raismes Fest | Raismes | Active | September | Raismes Fest | hard rock, power metal, prog metal, folk metal, death metal |
Sylak Open Air | Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans | Active | August | Sylak Open Air | death, thrash metal, metalcore, hardcore |
Wolf Throne Festival | Villepinte | Active | postponed in 2015 to Oct-Dec | Wolf Throne Festival | black, death metal. due to the cancellation/postponement, a smaller show called "Wolf Throne Support Festival" will take place in March |
Germany
RockFels Festival|| St. Goarshausen Loreley || Active || June || [5]|| heavy, Viking, traditional
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Baden in Blut Metal Open Air | Lörrach | Active | July | Baden in Blut Metal Open Air | death, black, thrash metal |
Bang Your Head!!! | Balingen | Active | July | Bang Your Head!!! | heavy, thrash, death metal |
Barther Metal Open Air | Barth | Active | August | Barther Metal Open Air | feature black, doom, and death metal |
Black ‘n’ Thrash Inferno | Essen | Active | March | Black ‘n’ Thrash Inferno | black, thrash metal |
Chronical Moshers Open Air | Reichenbach | Active | June | Chronical Moshers Open Air | death, black, thrash metal |
Dark Easter Metal Meeting | Munich | Active | April | Dark Easter Metal Meeting | black, doom, death metal |
Dong Open Air | Neukirchen-Vluyn | Active | July | Dong Open Air | death, black, thrash metal |
Euroblast Festival | Cologne | Active | October | Euroblast | progressive rock/metal |
Gahlen Moscht Metal Open Air | Jänschwalde | Active | June | Gahlen Moscht Metal Open Air | |
Headbangers Open Air | Brande-Hörnerkirchen | Active | July | Headbangers Open Air | |
Heidensturm Festival | Leipzig | Active | March | Heidensturm Festival | pagan, Viking, black metal |
Hörnerfest | Brande-Hörnerkirchen | Active | July | Hörnerfest | pagan, Viking, black metal |
In Flammen Open Air | Torgau | Active | August | In Flammen Open Air | death, black metal |
Keep It True Festival | Würzburg | Active | April | Keep It True | traditional heavy metal |
Kings of Black Metal | Alsfeld | Active | April | Kings of Black Metal | black metal |
Knock Out Festival | Karlsruhe | Active | December | Knock Out Festival | power, heavy, thrash metal |
Metalfest Loreley | Loreley | Active | June | Metalfest Loreley | death, thrash, heavy metal |
Metal Bash | Neu Wulmstorf | Active | May | Metal Bash | |
Metal Franconia Festival | Dettelbach | Active | April | Metal Franconia Festival | black, death, doom, thrash metal |
Metal Hammer Paradise | Weissenhäuser Strand | Active | November | Metal Hammer Paradise | power, heavy, death metal |
Metal Frenzy Open Air | Gardelegen | Active | June | Metal Frenzy | thrash, death metal |
Neuborn Open Air Festival | Wörrstadt | Active | August | Neuborn Open Air Festival | thrash, heavy, death, black metal |
Nuclear War Now! Fest | Berlin | Active | November | Nuclear War Now! Fest | black, death metal |
Party.San Metal Open Air | Obermehler | Active | August | Party.San | death, black, thrash metal |
Prophecy Fest | Balve | Active | September | Prophecy Fest | doom, black metal |
Protzen Open Air | Brandenburg | Active | June | Protzen Open Air | death metal/grindcore |
Out & Loud Festival | Geiselwind | Active | June | Out & Loud Festival | death, black, doom metal |
Ragnarök Festival | Lichtenfels | Active | April | Ragnarök Festival | pagan, Viking, black, death, metal |
Rock Hard Festival | Gelsenkirchen | Active | May | Rock Hard Festival | heavy, thrash, death metal |
Rock Unter Den Eichen | Bertingen | Active | July | Rock Unter Den Eichen | death, black, thrash metal |
RockHarz Open Air | Ballenstedt | Active | July | RockHarz Open Air | death, thrash, power metal |
Storm Crusher Festival | Wiesau | Active | September | Storm Crusher Festival | |
Summer Breeze Open Air | Dinkelsbühl | Active | August | Summer Breeze | death, black, thrash metal |
Swordbrothers Festival | Andernach | Active | September | Swordbrothers Festival | power, traditional, thrash metal |
Taunus Metal Festival | Oberursel | Active | April | Taunus Metal Festival | small festival, death, black, power, thrash metal |
Under The Black Sun Festival | Börnicke | Active | July | Under The Black Sun Festival | black and death metal |
Wacken Open Air | Wacken | Active | July, August | W.O.A | largest metal festival in the world |
With Full Force | Löbnitz | Active | July | With Full Force | hardcore, metalcore, punk, and metal |
Wolfszeit Festival | Crispendorf | Active | August | Wolfszeit Festival | Viking, pagan, and black metal |
Doom Shall Rise | Göppingen | Last festival - 2013 | April | Doom Shall Rise | doom metal |
Force Attack | Süderholz | Last festival - 2012 | July | Punk, Ska, Oi!, Hardcore, Psychobilly and Metal | |
Monsters of Rock | various | Last festival - 2006 | Summer | active between 1980-1996, and 2006 | |
United Metal Maniacs | Bitterfeld | Last festival - 2010 | month | Festung Open Air | |
Winternoise Festival | Georgsmarienhütte | Last festival - 2009 | January | Winternoise |
Greece
Iceland
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Eistnaflug | Neskaupstaður | Active | July | Eistnaflug | featuring death, black, thrash metal and other rock music |
Ireland
Italy
- Agglutination Metal Festival
- Gods of Metal
- Monsters of Rock
- Play It Loud! Festival
- Total Metal Festival
Malta
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Malta Doom Metal Festival | Rabat | Active | October (end) | Malta Doom Metal Festival | doom metal |
Xtreme Metal Assault | Paola | Active | July | Xtreme Metal Assault 2015 event page - https://www.facebook.com/events/730655447050397/ |
16 bands 2 stages - All metal styles in one event. |
Netherlands
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Dokk’em Open Air | Dokkum | Active | June | Dokk’em Open Air | featuring death, thrash, power, heavy metal |
Eindhoven Metal Meeting | Eindhoven | Active | December | Eindhoven Metal Meeting | featuring death, black, folk, thrash metal |
FortaRock Festival | Nijmegen | Active | May | FortaRock | large outdoor festival featuring thrash, heavy, death, black metal, metalcore |
Into The Grave | Leeuwarden | Active | August | Into The Grave | Medium outdoor festival featuring heavy, thrash and death metal |
Nothing Changed Fest | Nijmegen | Active | September | Nothing Changed Fest | small festival featuring sludge, crust, grindcore, hardcore |
Occultfest | Hoogeveen | Active | September | Occultfest | small festival featuring local death, thrash, black metal |
ProgPower Europe | Baarlo | Active | October | ProgPower Europe | featuring power, progressive metal |
Roadburn Festival | Tilburg | Active | April | Roadburn Festival | large festival featuring doom, stoner, death, black metal |
Stonehenge Festival | Steenwijk | Active | July | Stonehenge Festival | featuring death, black, folk, thrash metal |
Waves of Metal Festival | Hoogeveen | Active | October | Festivalinfo.nl Armada Agency | small 1 day indoor festival featuring death, black metal |
Very 'Eavy Festival | Stadskanaal | Active | April | Very 'Eavy Festival | small festival featuring heavy metal, NWOBHM |
Neurotic Deathfest | Tilburg | Last Festival - 2015 | May | ||
Arnhem Metal Meeting | Arnhem | Last festival - 2007 | December | ||
Dynamo Open Air | Eindhoven | Last festival - 2005 | May | ||
Fields of Rock | Nijmegen | Last festival - 2007 | June |
Norway
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Blastfest | Bergen | Active | February | Blastfest | featuring black, death metal |
Karmøygeddon Festival | Haugesund | Active | May | Karmøygeddon | featuring black, death, thrash, doom metal |
Inferno Metal Festival | Oslo | Active | April | Inferno | featuring black, death, thrash, doom metal |
Tons of Rock | Halden | Active | June | Tons of Rock | featuring thrash, death, black, heavy metal |
Southern Discomfort | Kristiansand | Active | September | Southern Discomfort | featuring black, death, thrash, doom metal |
Trondheim Metal Fest | Trondheim | Active | March | Trondheim Metal Fest | featuring death, black, thrash, metalcore |
Hole in the Sky | Bergen | Last festival - 2011 | August | active between 2000-2011 |
Poland
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Sonisphere Poland | Warsaw | Active | July | Sonisphere Poland | part of a touring rock music festival, occurred in Poland in 2014 |
Opole Metal Festival | Byczynie | Active | September | Opole Metal Festival | small festival |
Metalmania | Katowice | Last festival - 2009 | March | Metalmania |
Portugal
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Extreme Metal Attack | Benavente | Active | March | Extreme Metal Attack | small 2 day festival featuring black, death, thrash metal |
Festival Paredes de Coura | Paredes de Coura | Active | August | Festival | large rock festival featuring rock, pop, and few metal bands |
Moita Metal Fest | Moita | Active | March | Moita Metal Fest 2014 | small festival featuring local death, thrash metal, metalcore, punk bands |
Rock in Rio Lisboa | Lisboa | Active | May | Rock in Rio Lisboa | large rock festival featuring rock, pop, and few metal bands |
Santa Maria Summer Fest | Beja | Active | June | Santa Maria Summer Fest | featuring punk, hardcore, grind, death metal |
SWR Barroselas Metalfest | Barroselas | Active | April | SWR Barroselas Metalfest | 3 day festival featuring death, black, thrash metal |
Vagos Open Air | Calvão | Active | August | Vagos Open Air | featuring death, black, thrash, doom metal |
Spain
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Full Metal Cruise | Balearic Isles | Active | April | [6] | Wacken Open Air Cruise |
H.O.M Fest | Burgos | Active | July | H.O.M Fest | |
Leyendas Del Rock Festival | Villena | Active | August | Leyendas Del Rock Festival | Wacken Cruise featuring heavy, thrash, power, death, black metal |
Resurrection Fest | Viveiro | Active | August (early) | Resurrection Fest | featuring thrash, death, black metal, punk, rock |
Sonisphere | Madrid/Barcelona | Last festival - 2013 | May/June | Sonisphere | part of a touring rock music festival, last occurred in Spain in 2013 |
Rock Fest | Barcelona | Active | July | Rock Fest | |
Via de la Plata Festival | Mérida | Last festival - 2008 | July | only active in 2008
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Sweden
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Getaway Rock Festival | Gävle | Active | August | Getaway Rock Festival | attendance of about 1,500 |
House of Metal | Umeå | Active | February (end) | House of Metal | featuring death, black, thrash metal |
Metaltown Festival | Gothenburg | Active | May | Metaltown Festival | featuring popular metal bands along with nu metal, metalcore, death metal |
Muskelrock | Tyrolen | Active | June | Hemsida Muskelrock | featuring heavy, thrash metal |
Mörkaste Småland | Hultsfred | Active | September | Mörkaste Småland | featuring black metal |
Rockstad: Falun | Falun | Active | August | Sabaton Open Air - Rockstad: Falun | featuring Sabaton along with power, folk, death, doom metal |
Scorched Tundra | Gothenburg | Active | December | Scorched Tundra | featuring doom, sludge, death metal |
STHLM Fields | Stockholm | Active | May | STHLM Fields | featuring popular metal bands along thrash, death, doom metal |
Sweden Rock Festival | Norje | Active | June | Sweden Rock Festival | featuring popular metal and rock bands such as Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper |
Forlorn Fest | Umeå | Last festival - 2012 | November | Forlorn Fest | small festival featuring black metal |
Switzerland
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Chaos Ritval | Bülach | Active | September | [7] | featuring death, black, heavy, speed, doom metal |
Inferno Metal Festival Switzerland | Lausanne | Active | June | Inferno Metal Festival | featuring death, black, doom metal |
Meh Suff! | Hüttikon | Active | September | Meh Suff! Metal-Festival | featuring death, black, thrash metal |
Metal Assault | Lausanne | Active | September | Metal Assault | featuring death metal |
Open Circle Festival | Spreitenbach | Active | September | Open Circle Festival | small rock festival featuring local rock and metal bands |
Sonisphere | Yverdon-les-Bains | Last festival - 2012 | May | Sonisphere | part of a touring rock music festival, last occurred in Switzerland in 2012 |
United Kingdom
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Beermageddon | Bromsgrove | Active | August | Beermageddon | small indoor festival featuring local metal bands |
Black Country Metal Fest | West Midlands | Active | March | Black Country Metal Fest | small one day festival featuring local bands |
Bloodstock Open Air | Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent | Active | August | Bloodstock Open Air | outdoor festival featuring death, black, thrash, folk metal, with attendance of 13,000 (2013) |
Butserfest | Waterlooville, Hampshire | Active | September | Butserfest | small alcohol/drug-free festival, targeted at people aged 14–20 |
Damnation Festival | Leeds, England | Active | November | Damnation Festival | featuring death, black, thrash, doom metal |
Download Festival | Donington Park, Leicestershire | Active | June | Download Festival | large rock festival featuring hard rock, nu-metal, metalcore, death, black metal |
Hammerfest | Prestatyn, Wales | Active | March | Hammerfest | |
Hard Rock Hell | Gwynedd, North Wales | Active | November | Hard Rock Hell | featuring heavy metal, hard/heavy rock, rock |
Les-Fest | Wiston Lodge, Scotland | Active | June | Les-Fest | 3 day classic rock and heavy metal festival |
North of the Wall | Glasgow | Active | March | North of the Wall[17] | featuring local metal bands |
Sonisphere | Knebworth Park | Active | July | Sonisphere | |
Temples Festival | Bristol | Active | May | Temples Festival | 3 day festival featuring death, thrash, black metal, metalcore |
Hellfire Festival | Birmingham, England | Last festival - 2009 | November | active from 2008-2009 | |
In-Fest | London | Last festival - 2010 | August | small indoor festival which featured metal, punk, and rock | |
Monsters of Rock | Castle Donington, England | Last festival - 2006 | Summer | active between 1980-1996, and 2006 | |
ProgPower UK | The Centaur, Cheltenham UK | Last festival - 2007 | March |
Eastern Europe
Armenia
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Burning Sea Festival | Zadar | Never occurred | N/A | Burning Sea Festival | first festival in 2013 was cancelled |
Underwall Festival | Zadar | Last festival - 2014 | June | Underwall Festival | most of the festival in 2014 was cancelled |
Czech Republic
- Brutal Assault, Josefov
- Hell Fast Attack, Brno, 2007-
- Obscene Extreme
- Masters of Rock
- Metalfest
- Phantoms of Pilsen
- Žižkův Vraždící Palcát
Estonia
Hungary
- Metalmania
- Sziget (only part Metal)
Lithuania
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Kilkim Žaibu | Žagarė | Active | June (end) | Kilkim Žaibu | black, Viking metal, and folk music |
Devilstone | Anykščiai | Active | July (mid) | Devilstone Open Air | rock, metal |
Moldova
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Death Morozz Action Fest | Chisinau | Active | January | Brutal Basarabia 2015 event listing[18] |
small festival - death, thrash metal |
Romania
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Artmania Festival | Sibiu | Active | August | ARTmania Festival | Art festival featuring gothic, doom, folk, heavy metal |
Rock'N'Iasi | Iași | Active | October | Rock'N'Iasi | small festival featuring lesser known local alternative rock and metal bands |
Old Grave Fest | Bucharest | Active | October | Old Grave Fest | featuring old school metal, thrash, death, black, heavy, doom and so on, in their traditional form. |
Rockstadt Extreme Fest | Rasnov | Active | August | Rockstadt Extreme Fest | featuring death, black, thrash metal |
November To Dismember Metal Fest | Bucharest | Active | November | November To Dismember Metal Fest 2014 | featuring death, thrash metal |
Tuborg GreenFest | Bucharest | Last festival - 2012 | June/July | series of festivals taking place different countries, last festival in Romania was 2012 |
Russia
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Blackened Life Festival | Tula | Active | August | Blackened Life Festival | featuring black, death metal |
Moscow Black Metal Convention | Moscow | Active | August | Black Metal Convention | small festival featuring black metal |
Moscow DOOM Festival | Moscow | Active | May | Moscow DOOM Festival Official Event Page | small one day festival featuring doom metal |
Nashestviye | Bolshoye Zavidovo | Active | July | Nashestviye | large open air rock festival featuring rock, folk, pop, and metal |
Moscow Music Peace Festival | Moscow | Last festival - 1989 | August | one-time festival featuring heavy and glam metal |
Serbia
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Exit Festival | Novi Sad | Active | July | EXIT Festival | not strictly a metal festival featuring pop, rock, electronic, hip hop, but has some death, black, thrash, doom metal |
Slovakia
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Gothoom Open Air | Rudno nad Hronom | Active | August | Gothoom Festival | featuring black, death, thrash metal |
Slovenia
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Metaldays | Tolmin | Active | July | Metaldays | previously known as Metalcamp, featuring death, black, folk, thrash metal |
Turkey
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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HEADBANGERS' WEEKEND | Istanbul | Active | August | HEADBANGERS' WEEKEND | featuring thrash, heavy, power, death metal |
Rock Off Festival | Istanbul | Active | August | Rock Off Festival | featuring thrash, heavy, power, death metal |
Hi - Voltage | Istanbul | Active | June | Hi-Voltage | featuring thrash, heavy, power, death metal, metalcore |
Rock'n Coke | Istanbul | Active | September | Rock'n Coke | featuring rock, indie rock, with some metal |
Barışarock | Istanbul | Last festival - 2008 | August | Barışarock | |
RockIstanbul | Istanbul | Last festival - 2005 | June | ||
Unirock Open Air Festival | Istanbul | Last festival - 2011 | August | ||
Sonisphere | Istanbul | Last festival - 2011 | June | Sonisphere | part of a touring rock music festival, last occurred in Turkey in 2011 |
Ukraine
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Carpathian Alliance Metal | Lviv Region | Active | July | Carpathian Alliance Metal Festival | featuring black, Viking, folk metal |
Global East Rock Festival | Kyiv | Last festival - 2011 | August, September | Global East Rock Festival | featuring heavy, power, death, black, thrash, gothic, industrial, folk metal |
Metal Heads Mission | Yevpatoriya, Crimea | Last festival - 2013 | August | Metal Heads Mission | featuring death, black, thrash, heavy metal with over 3,000 attendees. 2014 was cancelled due to current "political and economical situations"[19] in Crimea |
Pro Rock | Krolevets, Konotop and Kyiv | Last festival - 2009 | August, July | Pro Rock | featuring heavy, power, death, thrash, gothic, folk metal |
United Arab Emirates
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Dubai Desert Rock Festival | Dubai | Active | May | Dubai Rock Festival | active until 2009, but continued on as Dubai Rock Festival |
North and Central America
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Canada · Costa Rica · Mexico · United States |
Canada
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Armstrong Metal Festival | Armstrong, BC | Active | July | Armstrong Metal Festival | featuring death, black, thrash metal |
Calgary Metalfest | Calgary, AB | Active | June | Calgary Metalfest | featuring death, thrash, metalcore |
Farmageddon Open Air | Ryley, AB | Active | June | Festival | featuring death, black, thrash metal |
Loud As Hell Festival | Drumheller, AB | Active | July/Aug | Festival | featuring, heavy metal, classic metal, death, black, thrash metal, and more metal |
Heavy MTL | Montreal, QC | Active | August | HEAVY MONTRÉAL | featuring popular metal, thrash metal, metalcore, nu-metal, hard rock |
Loud as Hell Festival | Drumheller, AB | Active | July/August | Loud as Hell Festival | featuring metalcore, nu-metal, thrash metal |
Manitoba Metalfest | Winnipeg, MB | Active | April | 2015 Event listing[20][21] | featuring thrash, death metal |
Messe des Morts Festival | Montreal, QC | Active | April | Messe des Morts Festival | featuring black metal |
Noctis Valkyries Metal Festival | Calgary, AB | Active | September | Noctis Valkyries Metal Festival | featuring death, black, thrash metal |
Trois-Rivières Metalfest | Trois-Rivières, QC | Active | March | Trois-Rivières Metalfest | featuring death, black, thrash metal |
Wings of Metal Fest | Montreal, QC | Active | August | Wings of Metal Fest | featuring heavy, thrash, doom metal |
Heavy T.O. | Toronto, ON | Last festival - 2012 | August | Heavy T.O. | ran by promoters of Heavy MTL |
MetalWizard Open Air | Saskatoon, SK | Last festival - 2014 | July | MetalWizard Open Air | not announced for 2015 |
Costa Rica
Mexico
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Hell & Heaven Metal Fest | Mexico City | Active | March | Hell and Heaven Metal Fest | death, black, thrash metal, metalcore, nu metal featival in 2014 was cancelled 2 days before the festival and moved 5 months later |
United States
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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70000 Tons of Metal (cruise ship) | Miami, FL to Caribbean | Active | January | 70000 Tons of Metal | active since 2011, featuring thrash, power, folk, death, black metal, with about 2,000 attendees on a cruise ship |
Flight of the Valkyries | Baltimore, MD | Active | January | Flight of the Valkyries | active since 2007, featuring classic, power, folk, and death metal |
Aftershock Festival | Sacramento, CA | Active | October | AfterShock | active since 2012, featuring Heavy metal, Hard rock, Post-Hardcore, Thrash metal, Death metal, Nu metal, Alternative Rock |
Black Kvlt Fest | Miami, FL | Active | October | Black Kvlt Fest 2 | small festival featuring black metal |
Brutiful Metal Fest | Fort Worth, TX | Active | late June | Brutiful Metal Fest | small 1 day festival featuring approx. a dozen local bands |
Carolina Rebellion | Concord, NC | Active | early May | Carolina Rebellion | active since 2011 |
Chaos in Tejas | Austin, TX | Active | May/June | Chaos in Tejas | large outdoor festival featuring death metal, grindcore, hardcore, has been reduced to small festival in 2014 |
Days Of The Doomed Fest | Milwaukee, WI | Active | June | Days Of The Doomed Fest | featuring doom, stoner, sludge metal |
Denver Black Sky[22] | Denver, CO | Active | August | 1 day festival featuring death, black, thrash metal | |
Indianapolis Metal Fest | Indianapolis, IN | Active | September | Indianapolis Metal Fest | featuring death, black, thrash metal |
Maryland Deathfest | Baltimore, MD | Active | end of May | Maryland Deathfest | active since 2003, featuring death, black, doom, grind with attendance of 2,000-3,000 |
New England Metal and Hardcore Festival | Worcester, MA | Active | April/May | New England Metal and Hardcore Festival | active since 1999, featuring metalcore, hardcore, death metal |
New Jersey Deathfest | Stanhope, NJ | Active | October | New Jersey Deathfest | featuring death metal with approx. 20 bands |
NYDM Spring Bash | Milwaukee, WI | Active | April | 2015 Event listing[23] | featuring death, thrash, doom metal Established in 2010 |
ProgPower USA | Atlanta, GA | Active | early September | ProgPower USA | featuring power, progressive, traditional metal |
Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse | Chicago, IL | Active | May | Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse | featuring traditional, heavy, thrash metal |
Rock on the Range | Columbus, OH | Active | May | Rock on the Range | featuring nu metal, metalcore with an attendance of 120,000 |
Scion Rock Fest | Pomona, CA/various | Active | March/June | Scion Rock Fest | featuring death metal, grindcore, doom metal, metalcore |
Shiprocked (cruise ship) | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Active | January/February | Shiprocked | cruise ship featuring nu metal, metalcore |
Stoner Hands of DOOM | New London, CT | Active | September | Stoner Hands of DOOM | featuring doom, stoner, sludge metal |
Throwback Metal Fest | Las Vegas, NV | Active | October | Throwback Metal Fest | featuring traditional, heavy, thrash |
Warriors Of Metal Festival | Pataskala, OH | Active | June | Warriors Of Metal Festival | featuring heavy, power, progressive, thrash metal |
West Texas Death Fest | Amarillo, TX | Active | April | West Texas Death Fest 2014 | featuring death metal |
Barge to Hell (cruise ship) | Miami, FL to Caribbean | Last festival - 2012 | December | Barge to Hell | featured as a second cruise from 70000 Tons of Metal |
Bay Area Rock Fest | San Francisco, CA | Last festival - 2008 | spring | small festival active in 2007 and 2008 | |
Born Too Late | Rochester, NY | Last festival - 2009 | August | Born Too Late | small festival featured doom, stoner, sludge metal |
California Metalfest | Anaheim, CA | Last festival - 2012 | November | California Metalfest | featured metalcore, hardcore, and some metal |
Delaware Deathfest | Wilmington, DE | Last festival - 2013 | October | 2013 event listing[24] | featuring death metal |
Emissions from the Monolith | OH/IL/TX | Last festival - 2007 | late May | active between 2000-2007 featured doom, stoner, sludge metal | |
Flight of the Valkyries | St. Paul, MN/Baltimore, MD | Last festival - 2011 | November | featured metal with female lead vocalists | |
Heathen Crusade Metalfest | Minneapolis, MN | Last festival - 2008 | January | Heathen Crusade Metalfest | featured Viking, folk metal |
Milwaukee Metal Fest | Milwaukee, WI | Last festival - 2007 | July/August | active between 1987-2007, one of the first metal festivals in the United States to have international metal bands[25] | |
Robot Mosh Fest | Milwaukee, WI | Last festival - 2008 | June | active between 2001-2008, featured metalcore, hardcore, metal | |
Saints & Sinners Festival | Asbury Park, NJ | Last festival - 2007 | November | active between 2006-2007, feature nu metal, metalcore | |
Stella Natura | Cisco Grove, CA | Last festival - 2013 | September | Stella Natura: The Light of Ancestral Fires | featuring folk and experimental music, black, doom metal |
Tidal Wave | San Francisco, CA | Last festival - 2012 | July | Tidal Wave | free outdoor festival, active between 2000-2012, featured death, doom metal |
South America
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Argentina · Brazil · Chile · Colombia |
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Altavoz | Antioquia | Active | November | Altavoz | rock festival with death, thrash metal |
Convivencia Rock | Pereira | Active | November | Festival Convivencia Rock | rock festival with some death, thrash metal |
Manizales Grita Rock | Manizales | Active | October | Manizales Grita Rock | rock festival with death, thrash metal |
Rock al Parque | Bogotá | Active | August | Rock al Parque | rock festival with death, thrash metal |
Ecuador
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Encuentro Gutural | Moving festival around Ecuador | Active | July - December | [facebook.com/blackdragonprods] | ONly Extreeme Metal Festival Festival Started in 2011 and it has covered cities like Quito, Otavalo, Ambato, Machala, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas. Encuentro Gutural is a 2 - 3 day festival |
Puerto Rico
Festival Name | Location | Status | Approx. Time of Year | Reference/External Link | Notes |
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Metal Expo Convention | Santurce | Active | March | First Puerto Rican Metal Expo Convention | two day event featuring seminars, musical clinics, and live metal bands |
Festival de Metal Boricua | Cayey | Last festival - 2006 | November |
See also
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References
- ↑ Netherlands
- ↑ Du Noyer (2003), p. 96; Weinstein (2000), pp. 11–13.
- ↑ Weinstein (2000), pp. 14, 118.
- ↑ Fast (2005), pp. 89–91; Weinstein (2000), pp. 7, 8, 23, 36, 103, 104.
- ↑ Walser (1993), p. 6.
- ↑ "As much as Sabbath started it, Priest were the ones who took it out of the blues and straight into metal." Bowe, Brian J. Judas Priest: Metal Gods. ISBN 0-7660-3621-9.
- ↑ Ramfest
- ↑ Metal4Africa News
- ↑ Witchfest
- ↑ http://www.mcmticket.com.my/index.php?page=prod_view&pid=17
- ↑ http://metaltalk.net/columns/20105727.php
- ↑ http://www.veooz.com/photos/OHDJe~n.html
- ↑ http://www.metrokelan.com/concerts-and-music/manila-metal-and-hardcore-festival_i5577
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Westfest 2014
- ↑ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11205622
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- ↑ http://mhm-fest.com/en/news/+2014/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/events/620286668076814/
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/festival/4026827+Manitoba+Metalfest+2015
- ↑ http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2014/04/denver_black_sky_lineup.php
- ↑ http://www.allmetalfest.com/nydm-2015-spring-bash/
- ↑ http://www.ticketfly.com/event/344009-delaware-death-fest-ii-day-wilmington/
- ↑ http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewfest.html