Category archive: Festivals

August 15 – 17: Summer Breeze 2013

Location:

Dinkelsbuehl, Germany

Info:

For the seventh time in the festival’s 16 year historySummer Breeze will take place in Dinkelsbuehl, Germanyover three days on the airfield of the Aeroclub Dinkelsbuehl between Sinbronn and Illenschwang.

Line-up:

Agnostic Front

Alestorm

Benediction

Dark Funeral

Ensiferum

In Flames

Knorkator

Neaera

Powerwolf

August 9-11: Bloodstock Open Air

Location:

Catton Hall in Walton On Trent, Derbyshire, England

Info:

Bloodstock has been rocking England since 2005 and will feature the first ever UK festival performance and only UK appearance in 2013 from King Diamond who just ended a 6 year hiatus.

Line-up:

Accept

Amorphis

Anthrax

Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia

Devildriver

Ex Deo

Firewind

Fozzy

Kataklysm

King Diamond

Lamb Of God

Municipal Waste

Slayer

August 8-10: Party Sans Open Air

Location:

Schlotheim Flugplatz-Obermehler, Germany

Info:

Founded in 1996 as an open air birthday party with a few local bands and has evolved into an annual event and one of Germany’s most popular metal festivals.

Line-up:

Legion of the Damned

Grand Supreme Blood Court

Attic

Destruction

Coffins

Bombs of Hades

Dying Fetus

Anaal Nathrakh

Tsjuder

Unleashed

Destroyer 666

Deserted Fear

Hooded Menace

Carpathian Forest

Venom

August 8-10: Gateway Rock Festival 2013

Location:

Gasklockorna, Gävle, Sweden

Line-up:

Deep Purple

In Flames

Lamb of God

Iced Earth

Electric Wizard

Alcest

As I Lay Dying

August 7-10: Brutal Assault 2013

Location: 

Fortress Josefov, Czech Republic

Info:

One of the biggest Extreme Metal festivals in Central Europe, Brutal Assault takes place in an 18th century army fortress.

Line-up:

Aborym

Amorphis

Anthrax

As I Lay Dying

Behemoth

Benediction

Borknagar

Carpathian Forest

Coffins

Crushing Caspars

Cult of Luna

Downset

Dr. Living Dead

Entombed

Fear Factory

Hatebreed

Ihsahn

Leprous

Madball

Magrudergrind

Marduk

Meshuggah

Nachtmystium

Obscura

Overkill

Rotten Sound

Saturnus

Solefald

Trivium

Vreid

Whitechapel

August 9 – 11

Location:

Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Info:

Held annually in the old expo grounds, Heavy MTL has become one of the largest metal festivals in North America.

Bands:

A Day to Remember
All Shall Perish
Amon Amarth
At the Gates
Augury
August Burns Red
Avenged Sevenfold
Baroness
Blackguard
Children of Bodom
Danzig (featuring Doyle)
Finntroll
Godsmack
Gwar
Halestorm
Havok
Cryptopsy
Machine Head
Mastodon
Megadeth
Obey the Brave
Oceano
Of Mice & Men
Rob Zombie
Slaves On Dope
Steel Panther
Structures
The Acacia Strain
Unexpect
Wintersun
Within the Ruins

August 1 – 3: Wacken Open Air 2013

Location:

Wacken, Germany

Info:

The 24th instalment of the biggest, most intense metal festival in the world.

Bands:

9mm

Agnostic Front

Alestorm

Alice Cooper

Alpha Tiger

Amorphis

Anthrax

Arch Enemy

As I Lay Dying

ASP

Benighted

Black Messiah

Bob Wayne

Bullet

Callejon

Candlemass

Chrome Molly

Coppelius

Corvus Corax

Crematory

Deep Purple

Devildriver

Dew Scented

Dezperadoz

Die Kassierer

Doro

Dr. Living Dead

Eat the Gun

Eskimo Callboy

Faun

Fear Factory

Feuerschwanz

Fejd

Finsterforst

Grave Digger

Haggard

Hardcore Superstar

Harpyie

Hate Squad

Hellride

Henry Rollins (spoken word)

Ihsahn

Kamikaze Kings

Lamb of God

Legion of the Damned

Leprous

Lingua Mortis Orchestra feat. Rage

Mandowar

Motorhead

Mustasch

Nachtblut

Neaera

Naglfar

Nightwish

Pampatut

Powerwolf

Pretty Maids

Ragnarok

Rammstein

Rabenschrey

Russkaja

Sabaton

Scott Ian (Spoken Word)

Soilwork

Sonata Arctica

Stahlmann

Subway to Sally

Thunder

Tristania

Trivium

Versengold

Whitechapel

more TBA

June 21 – 23: Hellfest

Location:

Clisson, France

Line-up:

The Acacia Strain
Accept
Anti-Flag
Arch Enemy
Atari Teenage Riot
Aura Noir
Avantasia
Bad Religion
Between The Buried And Me
Black Spiders
Bullet For My Valentine
Candlemass
Carpathian Forest
Coal Chamber
Converge
Cradle of Filth
Cryptopsy
Down
For Today
God Seed
Haemorrhage
Hardcore Superstar
Heaven’s Basement
Ihsahn
Danko Jones
Karma To Burn
Kiss
Korn
Krisiun
Leprous
Marduk
Mass Hysteria
My Sleeping Karma
Nachtmystium
Negative Approach
Parkway Drive
Punish Yourself
Red Fang
Rotting Christ
Senser
Sick Of It All
Skindred
Spiritual Beggars
Stone Sour
The Sword
Terror
Testament
Truckfighters
Twisted Sister
 

July 21-27: MetalDays

MetalDays Festival 2013

Location:

Tolmin, Slovenia

Info:

Formerly Metalcamp, the re-branded Metal Days will make it’s debut in 2013.

Line-up:

4ARM

Attick Demons

Aura Noir

Bliksem

Bloodshot Dawn

Candlemass

Cold Snap

Cripper

Dark Salvation

Ensiferum

Enslaved

Herfst

Ihsahn

In Flames

Kissin Dynamite

Legion Of The Damned

Leprous

Lock Up

Mayhem

Meshuggah

Meta-Stasis

My Dying Bride

Nightmare

Nya

Otargos

Overkill

Powerwolf

Primordial

Shining

Soen

Soilwork

Sonata Arctica

Steel Engraved

Subway To Sally

Torche

Tsjuder

Turisas

Unleashed

July 11 – 14: Masters of Rock Festival

Location:

Vizovice, Czech Republic

Line-up:

NIGHTWISH (Fin)

WITHIN TEMPTATION (NL)

EDGUY (Ger)

SABATON (Swe)

THIN LIZZY (Irl)

KAMELOT (USA)

ARCH ENEMY (Swe)

KORPIKLAANI (Fin)

STRATOVARIUS (Fin)

DEATHSTARS (Swe)

PAIN (Swe)

UNISONIC (Ger)

GOTTHARD (Swi)

EXODUS (USA)

TIAMAT (Swe)

PAUL DI ANNO (UK)

SIRENIA (Nor)

FREEDOM CALL (Ger)

FIREWIND (Gre)

HELL (UK)

THE SORROW (Aut)

KISSIN´DYNAMITE (Ger)

SALTATIO MORTIS (Ger)

SUICIDAL ANGELS (Gre)

MILKING THE GOATMACHINE (Ger)

SKYFORGER (LV)

BLOODBOUND (Swe)

ODIUM (Ger)

RIBOZYME (Nor)

Horkýže Slíže (SK)

Arakain (CZ) + Lucie Bílá

Citron (CZ)

Škwor (CZ)

Doga (CZ)

Visací zámek (CZ)

Vitacit (CZ)

Salamandra (CZ)

Legendy se vrací (CZ)

Sebastien (CZ) + Roland Grapow

ZakázanÝ ovoce (CZ)

Mistake (CZ)

Lady Kate (CZ)

ALFEDUS MUSIC Stage

NEONFLY (UK)

CHOAS IN HEAD (CZ)

CHECKPOINT (CZ)

EAGLEHEART (CZ)

DYING PASSION (CZ)

TRAKTOR (CZ)

METROPOLIS (SK)

PORTA INFERI (CZ)

TRISTANA (SK)

HAND GRENADE (CZ)

BLAMAGE (CZ)

ARCHONTES (Rus)

BAD FACE (CZ)

ABSOLUT DEAFERS (CZ)

REVERENDS (CZ)

PERSONAL SIGNET (CZ/SK)

MAD FREQUENCY (SK)

RIMORTIS (CZ)

REMAINS OF FORCE (CZ)

SCELET (CZ)

Rockharz Open Air

Dates:

July 11-13 2013

Location:

Ballenstedt, Germany

Line-up:

ACCEPT
AKREA
ALESTORM
ALPHA TIGER
ARKONA
AUDREY HORNE
AVANTASIA
DARK AT DAWN
DELAIN
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT
DRAGONFORCE
DR. LIVING DEAD
EISBRECHER
ELUVEITIE
EMERGENCY GATE
ENSIFERUM
EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS
FEUERSCHWANZ
FIDDLERS GREEN
FINNTROLL
GRAILNIGHTS
ICED EARTH
J.B.O.
KREATOR
MELECHESH
MONO INC
MOONSPELL
MUSTASCH
ORDEN OGAN
SOILWORK
SUBWAY TO SALLY
TANKARD
THE BONES
TOXPACK
UNEARTH
VADER
VAN CANTO

July 4-6: Under the Black Sun Festival

Location:

In the woods outside Berlin

(Reiterhof Helenenau , Helenenauer Weg 3 , 16321 Börnicke  to be exact)

Info:

A black metal festival in a unique location that has been around since 1998.

Line-up:

Arkona (PL)

Borgne

Chaos Invocation

Essenz

Grail

Koldbrann

Melechesh

Morrigan

Sigh

Streams of Blood

June 28 – 30: Graspop Metal Meeting

Location:

Dessel, Belgium

Line-Up:

Iron Maiden

In Flames

Stone Sour

Parkway Drive

Saxon

Epica

Coal Chamber

Kreator

Mayhem

The Devil Wears Prada

Dark Funeral

Absu

God Seed

Every Time I Die

Winterfyleth

Lock Up

Aura Noir

After the Burial

Dunderbeist

Between the Buried and Me

Bullet

Heaven’s Basement

Hacktivist

+ more TBA

June 28 – 30: Tuska Open Air 2013

Location:

Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland

Info:

The 16th edition of Tuska will feature an “improved festival area” with details to be announced later. Special edition 3 day tickets are on sale now.

Bands:

Abhorance

Asking Alexandria

Amaranthe

Amorphis

Baltimor

Bolt Thrower

Cut to Fit

Death Hawks

Dr. Living Dead!

Ihsahn

Khroma

King Diamond

Leprous

Santa Cruz

Sermonia

Testament

Tombstoned

Wintersun

June 27-30: With Full Force Festival

Location:

lugplatz 1, 04509 Roitzschjora, Sachsen, Germany

Line-up:

Amon Amarth

Asking Alexandria

Die Kassierer

Haudegen

In Flames

Krisiun

Motörhead

Parkway Drive

Sick Of It All

Terror

The Devil Wears Prada

Your Demise

June 14-16: Download Festival

Location:

Donington Park, Leicestershire, England.

Info:

2013′s edition of the notorious UK fest appears to be more epic and metal than ever.

Line-up:

A Day to Remember

Alice in Chains

The Gaslight Anthem

HIM

Iron Maiden

Motorhead

Queens of the Stoneage

Rammstein

Slipknot

Thirty Seconds to Mars

Volbeat

June 8-10: Sauna Open Air

Sauna Open Air

Location:

Eteläpuisto, Tampere, Finland

Info:

After taking 2012 off Sauna Open Air is returning in 2013 to Tampere where it has been held since 2004.

Line-up:

Children of Bodom

Nightwish

Opeth

Sabaton

Volbeat

June 8: Sonisphere Italy

Location:

Fiera Milano Live Rho, Milan, Italy

Line-up:

Iron Maiden

June 8-9: Sonisphere France

Location:

Snowhall Park, Amnéville, France

Line-up:

Iron Maiden

Slayer

Korn

Motorhead

Airbourne

Trust

Children of Bodom

Sabaton

Bring Me The Horizon

Marillion

Amon Amarth

Dragonfirce

Ghost

Epica

Headcharger

Dagoba

June 5-8: Sweden Rock Festival

Location:

Norje Havsbad, Sweden

Info:

Held annually since 1992, Sweden Rock Festival usually boasts a diverse line-up with a strong metal influence.

Line-up:

Saxon,

Accept

Candlemass

Amon Amarth

Sonata Arctica

Leningrad Cowboys

Raubtier

Doro

Paradise Lost

Threshold

Firewind

Hardline

Jon English

Bullet

Vader

Tankard

Manilla Road

Naglfar

Crazy Lixx

Ihsahn

Civil War

Audrey Horne

Sister Sin

Leprous.

Rush

Kiss

Status Quo

Krokus

Demon

Amaranthe

Witchcraft

UFO

Morgana LeFay

The Scams

Axxis, an

Huntress

June 5-8 : Burning Sea

Location:

Zadar, Croatia

Info:

Formerly Metalfest Croatia, 2013 will be the first year as “Burning Sea” and will no longer be associated with Metalfests.

Line-up:

4Arm

Amorphis

Angel Witch

As Silence Breaks

Barbarion

Benighted

Black Light Disciple

Bloodshot Dawn

Cambion

Candlemass

Cripper

Debauchery

Decapitated

Destruction

Devastating Enemy

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

Enslaved

Flayed Disciple

Forever Storm

Grave

Herfst

Iced Earth

In Solitude

Inner Sanctum

Jaded Heart

Kadavar

King Diamond

Mastic Scum

Meta-Stasis

Moon Cry

Moonsorrow

Mystery Blue

Nervecell

Nightmare

Overkill

Re-Armed

Saltatio Mortis

Sarea

Shining

Soen

Steel Engraved

Thulcandra

Thunderbolt

Tsjuder

Turisas

Vanderbuyst

June 4: Impactfest 2013

Location:

Warsaw Airport Bemowo in Warsaw Poland

Line-up:

Airbourne

Behemoth

Rammstein

Thirty Seconds to Mars

June 1: FortaRock 2013

Location:

Goffertpark in Nijmegen, Netherlands

Line-up:

Rammstein

Volbeat

Motorhead

Hatebreed

Enslaved

Delain

+ more TBA

May 30 – June 1: Beastival Festival

Location:

Geiselwind, Germany

Info: 

The first ever Beastival Festival will take place in 2013 and feature “The Big Teutonic 4″ of Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Tankard.

Line-up:

Kreator

Sodom

Destruction

Tankard

Sabaton

Satyricon

Wintersun

Kataklysm

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

UDO

Dark Tranquility

Korpiklaani

Varg

Eisregen

Asphyx

Mercenary

Milking the Goat Machine

Heidevolk

Ex Deo

Nachtmystium

Majesty

Huntress

Accuser

May 23-25: Extremefest 2013

Location:

Hünxe, Germany

Line-up:

Behemoth

Kataklysm

Legion of the Damned

Grave

Tankard

Decapitated

Hail of Bullets

Necrophobic

Milking the Goatmachine

Dark Fortress

Broken Hope

Hypnos

Nocte Obducta

Sonne Adam

Hate

Helrunar

Fleshgod Apocalypse

Katalepsy

Zombie Inc.

Gospel of Horns

Gutalaz

Cliteater

Deserted Fear

Ultimo Mondo Cannibale

Holocausto Cannibal

Svarttjern

Antropomorphia

Scornage

Mass INfection

Wound

Viscera Trail Scarlet Anger

+more

Heaven and Hell Metal Fest

Dates:

May 18-19 2013

Location:

Guadalajara, Mexico

Line-up:

Motorhead

Anthrax

Suicidal Tendencies

Six Feet Under

Moonspell

Haggard

Ill Nino

Dokken

Gilby Clarke

Municipal Waste

Warbringer

Sodom

Exodus

Epica

In Flames

Testament

Suffoccation

As Blood Runs Black

Resorte

Vital Remains

Cattle Decapitation

DDLM

Heathen

plus more

May 11: Dames of Darkness Festival

Location:

Robin2
Bilston, Birmingham
United Kingdom

Info:

The third installment of the one day festival which feature exclusively female fronted bands.

Line-up:

Delain

Visions of Atlantis

Whyzdom

Apparition

Azylya

Ex Libris

Chemikill

Incarna

May 11-12: Ozzfest Japan

Location:

Makuhari Messe

Info:

The infamous Ozzfest expands to the far East in 2013 with it’s inaugural festival in Japan.

Line-up:

Black Sabbath

Deftones

Slash

Slipknot

Stone Sour

Tool

May 5-12: Full Metal Cruise

Location:

Hamburg – South Hampton – Le Havre – Amsterdam – Hamburg

Info:

From the organizers of Wacken Open Air comes the first big metal festival cruise in Europe. Starting in Hamburg Germany and lasting 7 nights, the ship will visit 3 ports of call where cruisers can take part in shore excursions and on land concerts in addition to the on-board entertainment.

Line-up:

In Extremo

Firewind

Gamma Ray

Betontod

Doro

Mambo Kurt

Bembers

Uli Jon Roth

Jörg Michael

Kreator

Heaven Shall Burn

Masterplan

Amaranthe

Eric Fish (Subway to Sally)

Blaas of Glory

Neurotic Deathfest

Dates:

May 3-5 2013

Location:

Tiburg, Netherlands

Line-up:

Antropomorphia
Carcass
Cattle Decapitation
Crepitation
Cryptopsy
Death to All
Decrepit Birth
Defeated Sanity
Devourment
Enemy Reign
Exhumed
Haemorrhage
Immolation
Incantation
Internal Suffering
Magrudergrind
Malignant Tumour
Necrophagia
Pig Destroyer
Possessed
Rectal Smegma
Repulsion
Vader
Vallenfyre
Wormed

January 27 – 31: 70,000 Tons of Metal

Location:

Miami, Fl to TBA, and back

Info:

The Majesty of the Seas will once again set sail in the Caribbean with a boatload of metal heads for 5 days and 4 nights of debaucher from Miami to a location to be voted on by the passengers.

Line-up:

Dark Tranquility
Death Angel
D.R.I
Fear Factory (will play Demanufacture in its entirety)
Finntroll
Leaves’ Eyes
Overkill
Septicflesh
Soilwork
Swallow the Sun
Symphony X