Summer Breeze Open Air is an annual German
heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a Music genre, genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal band ...
festival. It was first held in 1997. The festival had been held in
Abtsgmünd
Abtsgmünd is a municipality in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in Ostalbkreis district. Abtsgmünd is located at the confluence of two streams, the Lein and the Kocher. The large area municipality consists of the main town of Abtsgmünd ...
until 2006 when it was moved to its new location of
Dinkelsbühl
Dinkelsbühl () is a historic town in Central Franconia, a region of Germany that is now part of the state of Bavaria, in southern Germany. Dinkelsbühl is a former free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. In local government terms, Dinkelsb ...
,
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
. The festival draws around 40,000 attendees annually.
Lineup history
2004
Summer Breeze Open Air 2004 was held from Thursday, 19 August to Saturday, 21 August.
2005
Summer Breeze Open Air 2005 was held from Thursday, 18 August to Saturday, 20 August.
2006
Summer Breeze Open Air 2006 was held from Thursday, 17 August to Saturday, 19 August.
2007
;16 – 18 August 2007
Absolute –
After Forever
After Forever was a Dutch symphonic metal band with strong progressive metal influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano vocals and death growls.
In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded. Singer Floor Jan ...
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Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth () are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden, Tumba, formed in 1992. The band take its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking myt ...
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Black Messiah –
Blitzkid
Blitzkid is an American horror punk band from Bluefield, West Virginia. One of the leading proponents of the horror punk scene, the band is led by singer/guitarist TB Monstrosity and singer/bassist Argyle Goolsby. Active from 1997 until 2012 and ...
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Bolt Thrower
Bolt Thrower were a British death metal band from Coventry. They formed in 1986 and released their first album with Vinyl Solution in 1988. The band then shifted to a new record label, Earache Records, soon becoming one of the best selling ba ...
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Caliban
Caliban ( ), the subhuman son of the sea witch Sycorax, is an important character in William Shakespeare's play ''The Tempest''.
His character is one of the few Shakespearean figures to take on a life of its own "outside" Shakespeare's own w ...
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Communic
Communic is a Norwegian progressive metal band from Kristiansand. The band was founded in 2003 and has released six albums.
History Beginning (March 2003–April 2004)
Communic was founded in March 2003 as a side project for Oddleif Stensl ...
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Crematory
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–
Dagoba –
Dark Fortress
Dark Fortress was a German melodic black metal band from Landshut formed in 1994. They released seven studio albums, a split album and a demo album. The band broke up in 2023.
History
Early history
The band formed in 1994. In 1996 they re ...
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Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti ...
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Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Swedish death metal, Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates - regarded a ...
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Deadlock
Deadlock commonly refers to:
* Deadlock (computer science), a situation where two processes are each waiting for the other to finish
* Deadlock (locksmithing) or deadbolt, a physical door locking mechanism
* Political deadlock or gridlock, a si ...
–
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter –
Disillusion –
Dornenreich
Dornenreich (up to ''Bitter ist's dem Tod zu dienen'' known as DornenReich) is an Austrian melodic black metal band, founded in 1996. Alongside their initial metal sound, Dornenreich also regard their music as being neofolk influenced. –
Doro –
Eisbrecher
; ) is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band founded by Alexander Wesselsky and Noel Pix after their departure from Megaherz, with the founders describing their music style as "modern, electronic trip-rock". The band consists primarily of Alexand ...
–
End of Green –
Eluveitie
Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scient ...
– Before the Dawn — Fall of Serenity –
Fear My Thoughts
Fear My Thoughts was a German melodic death metal band from Rheinfelden, founded in 1997. Their album '' Vulcanus'' was produced by Jacob Hansen and was released on January 15, 2007. In November 2009, the band announced that they were planning ...
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Finntroll
Finntroll is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. They combine elements of black metal and death metal with a type of Finnish folk music called humppa. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" ...
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Hardcore Superstar
Hardcore Superstar is a Swedish Rock music, rock band from Gothenburg, formed in 1997. They have released eleven studio albums.
History The first ten years (1997–2007) 1997–2004
Hardcore Superstar was formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in ...
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Helrunar –
Hevein –
Illdisposed
Illdisposed is a Danish death metal band from Aarhus, that was formed in 1991 by vocalist Bo Summer and guitarist Lasse Bak. As of 2020, the band consists of vocalist Bo Summer, guitarists Jakob Batten and Rasmus Henriksen, bassist Kussen and d ...
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Immolation
Immolation may refer to:
*Death by burning
*Self-immolation, the act of burning oneself
* Immolation (band), a death metal band from Yonkers, New York
*'' The Immolation'', a 1977 novel by Goh Poh Seng
*'' Dance Dance Immolation'', an interactive ...
–
Impious –
In Extremo
In Extremo (Latin for ''At the Edge''; abbreviated InEx or IE) is a German medieval metal band originally from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instr ...
– Justice – Karakadan –
Koldbrann –
Krypteria
And Then She Came is a rock band from Aachen, Germany. The band was formed as Krypteria, a gothic metal band. Originating from a 2001 "pop musical theatre studio project" of the same name, the idea was to use different vocalists, though German-K ...
–
Lacrimas Profundere –
L'Âme Immortelle – Machinemade God –
Maroon
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Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, inc ...
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Moonsorrow
Moonsorrow is a Finnish pagan metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound. The band call their sound "epic heathen metal" and try to distance themselves from th ...
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Necrophobic
Necrophobic is a Swedish blackened death metal band.
History
The band was formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and now-deceased guitarist David Parland. It is believed that the band named themselves after a Slayer song from the 1986 semin ...
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Nevermore
Nevermore is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1992. The band was formed after three of its members — vocalist Warrel Dane, bassist Jim Sheppard and guitarist Jeff Loomis — ended their prev ...
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Nightrage
Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band originally from Thessaloniki. They later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.
History Formation and ''Sweet Vengeance'' (2000–2003)
Nightrage was founded by Marios Iliopoulos and his cl ...
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Oomph!
Oomph! is a German Rock music, rock band from Wolfsburg, formed in 1989. The band pioneered the movement. Their work contains lyrics in both English and German, with a shift towards German exclusively on recent albums (''GlaubeLiebeTod'', '' ...
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Pain
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging Stimulus (physiology), stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sense, sensory and emotional experience associated with, or res ...
–
Poisonblack –
Powerwolf
Powerwolf (often stylized in all caps) is a German power metal band founded in 2004 in Saarbrücken by members of Red Aim. The band consists of vocalist Karsten Brill as "Attila Dorn", lead guitarist Benjamin Buss as "Matthew Greywolf", bassist/ ...
– President Evil –
Rage
Rage may refer to:
* Rage (emotion), an intense form of anger
Games
* Rage (collectible card game), a collectible card game
* Rage (trick-taking card game), a commercial variant of the card game Oh Hell
* ''Rage'' (video game), a 2011 first- ...
–
Secrets of the Moon –
Sirenia
The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The extant Sirenia comprise two distinct famili ...
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Soulfly
Soulfly is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1997. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera, who formed the band after he left the Brazilian group in 1996. To date the band has release ...
– Squealer A.D. –
Suffocation
Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects all the tissues and organs, some more rapidly than others. There are m ...
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Swallow the Sun
Swallow the Sun is a Finnish death-doom band founded in 2000 by Juha Raivio. Their death-doom style emphasizes melody and atmosphere, and occasionally steps into gothic and black metal territory. They have released nine studio albums, one tr ...
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Tankard
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Tanzwut
Tanzwut () is a German Neue Deutsche Härte and Medieval metal band which originated as a side project of Corvus Corax members. The band uses a Medieval theme during their live performances which are expressed through their stagecraft, costum ...
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The Black Dahlia Murder –
Volbeat
Volbeat are a Danish Rock music, rock band formed in Copenhagen in 2001. They play a fusion of rock and roll and Heavy metal music, heavy metal. Their current line-up consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Michael Poulsen, drummer Jon Lars ...
–
War from a Harlot's Mouth –
Xandria
Xandria is a German symphonic metal band founded by Marco Heubaum in 1994. Originally a project, Heubaum later restarted the project as a band in 1999, and has gone through various lineup changes. The German vocalist Lisa Middelhauve joined for ...
2008
;14–16 August 2008
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their ly ...
,
Helloween
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. The band has at times been called one of the most influential European heavy metal bands of the 1980s. Its first ...
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Subway to Sally
Subway to Sally is a German medieval metal band founded in Potsdam in the early 1990s. Their music has clear Folk music, folk and Medieval music, medieval influences, later also adding Gothic metal, gothic and metal elements. With their contin ...
,
Six Feet Under,
Paradise Lost
''Paradise Lost'' is an Epic poetry, epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the Bible, biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their ex ...
,
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a Supergroup (music), supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass (band), Carcass, Armageddon (Swedish band), Armageddon, Carnage (band), Carna ...
,
As I Lay Dying
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Heaven Shall Burn
Heaven Shall Burn is a German extreme metal band from Saalfeld, formed in 1995. The band consists of vocalist Marcus Bischoff, guitarists Maik Weichert and Alexander Dietz, bassist Eric Bischoff and drummer Christian Bass. They are currently sig ...
,
ASP,
Kataklysm
Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. As of 2024, they have released fifteen studio albums, two EPs, and two DVDs. Kataklysm received their first Juno Award (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards, Grammy) for Best Album of the Yea ...
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H-Blockx
H-Blockx is a German rock band founded in Münster in 1991. After the success of their debut album in 1994, ''Time to Move'', the band received a nomination for Best Breakthrough Artist at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards. In 1999, the World ...
,
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They have released twelve studio albums. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, the band was originally known as ''Inferior Breed''. In late 1996, they changed t ...
,
Exodus
Exodus or the Exodus may refer to:
Religion
* Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible
* The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan
Historical events
* Ex ...
,
Ensiferum
Ensiferum (Latin: , n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal".
History Formation, demos and ''Ensiferum'' (1995−2002)
''Ensiferum'' was foun ...
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Anathema
The word anathema has two main meanings. One is to describe that something or someone is being hated or avoided. The other refers to a formal excommunication by a Christian denomination, church. These meanings come from the New Testament, where a ...
,
Primordial,
Primal Fear,
Marduk
Marduk (; cuneiform: Dingir, ᵈAMAR.UTU; Sumerian language, Sumerian: "calf of the sun; solar calf"; ) is a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of Babylon who eventually rose to prominence in the 1st millennium BC. In B ...
,
End of Green,
Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani (Finnish language, Finnish for ) is a Finnish folk metal band from Lahti that was formerly known as Shamaani Duo and Shaman.
History Shamaani Duo
While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani st ...
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Destruction
Destruction may refer to:
Concepts
* Destruktion, a term from the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
* Destructive narcissism, a pathological form of narcissism
* Self-destructive behaviour, a widely used phrase that ''conceptualises'' certain kin ...
,
Pro-Pain
Pro-Pain is an American heavy metal band based in New York City, formed in 1991 by vocalist and bassist Gary Meskil and drummer Dan Richardson, both former members of Crumbsuckers.Strong, Martin C. (2001) ''The Great Metal Discography'', MOJO ...
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Eluveitie
Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scient ...
,
Sonic Syndicate
Sonic Syndicate was a Swedish metalcore band from Falkenberg. They were originally influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames and Soilwork, as well as American metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage and All That Remains.
...
,
the Wildhearts
The Wildhearts are an English Rock music, rock band, formed in 1989 in Newcastle upon Tyne. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as the Beatl ...
,
Dismember,
Behemoth
Behemoth (; , ''bəhēmōṯ'') is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful ...
,
Neaera,
Saltatio Mortis
Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group. The Latin name means "dance of death". It is an allusion to the Danse Macabre, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die."
Members Current
* Alea der Bescheidene - vocals, b ...
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Emil Bulls
Emil Bulls is a German rock band that was formed in 1995 in Munich, Bavaria. The group consists of two guitarists, a bass guitar player, a drummer and a vocalist/guitarist.
History
In 1995, Christoph "Christ" von Freydorf (vocals) and Stefa ...
,
The Vision Bleak
The Vision Bleak is a German gothic metal duo comprising Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (famous for his work with Empyrium and Noekk) and Allen B. Konstanz. The group's lyrics are noted for their Horror fiction, horror themes and heavily allude to works ...
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Graveworm
Graveworm is an Italian extreme metal band from Bruneck, Brunico formed in 1992.
History
Before Graveworm even released a demo, they were signed by Serenades Records after a performance close to their hometown of Brunico, northern Italy.
Gravew ...
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Keep of Kalessin
Keep of Kalessin is a Norwegian extreme metal band from Trondheim, formed in 1993. The group's early lineup consisted of Ghash on vocals, Obsidian C. (the group founder) on guitars and keyboards, Warach on bass, and Vyl on drums. They released t ...
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Cult of Luna
Cult of Luna is a Swedish post-metal band from Umeå founded in 1998. Their style of music is similar to contemporary bands Neurosis and Isis. Cult of Luna was signed to Earache Records in the early 2000s and released five albums, including th ...
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Megaherz
Megaherz (German name meaning "Mega-heart", a pun on the homophone "Hertz, megahertz") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Eichenau in 1993.
Megaherz has gone through many changes in musical style since their founding. Their early ...
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Mad Sin
Mad Sin is a German psychobilly group that began in 1987.
Style
Mad Sin, formed in 1987, have been inspired by horror punk and B-movies, with a theatrical style which they describe as not "...constrained by the psychobilly tag but veer nginto ...
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Autumn
Autumn, also known as fall (especially in US & Canada), is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March ( Southern Hemisphe ...
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Endstille
Endstille is a black metal band from Germany. It was founded in 2000 by L. Wachtfels (guitar), Mayhemic Destructor (drums), Iblis (vocals) and Cruor (bass) in Kiel. L. Wachtfels and Mayhemic Destructor had previously played in the band Tauthr, w ...
,
Orphaned Land
Orphaned Land is an Israeli Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in 1991. They combine Mizrahi music, Mizrahi and Maghrebi Jews, Maghrebi Jewish, Arabic music, Arabic, Music of Turkey, Turkish, and other Middle Eastern music, Middle Easter ...
,
Born from Pain,
3 Inches of Blood
3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 1999 in Victoria, British Columbia. After disbanding in 2015, they reunited in 2023 with a line-up of Cam Pipes, Justin Hagberg, Shane Clark, Nick Cates, and Ash Pearson. Their music ...
,
Hollenthon
Hollenthon is a heavy metal band from Austria founded in 1994.
History
The beginnings of Hollenthon date back to 1994, a time of an active Austrian Black Metal Syndicate and an incognito project known as Vuzem. He joined forces with drummer ...
,
Aborted
Aborted is a Belgian death metal band formed in 1995 in Waregem. The group currently consists of vocalist, founder, and only constant member Sven de Caluwé, along with guitarists Ian Jekelis and Dan Konráðsson. Although the band originally ...
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Schelmish
Schelmish was a German Mittelalter rock band from the city of Bonn. The band originally formed in 1999 for a birthday celebration for band member Des Demonia's mother. The language of their songs varies between German, English, Latin, French and ...
,
All Ends,
Týr
(; Old Norse: , ) is a god in Germanic mythology and member of the . In Norse mythology, which provides most of the surviving narratives about gods among the Germanic peoples, sacrifices his right hand to the monstrous wolf , who bites it off ...
,
Hail of Bullets
Hail of Bullets was a Dutch old school death metal supergroup from Rotterdam. The band's lyrical content deals with the Second World War, and is based upon the research of vocalist Martin van Drunen, who has been described as the band's "reside ...
,
Onslaught,
Mustasch,
The Rotted,
Novembre,
Dark Fortress
Dark Fortress was a German melodic black metal band from Landshut formed in 1994. They released seven studio albums, a split album and a demo album. The band broke up in 2023.
History
Early history
The band formed in 1994. In 1996 they re ...
,
Cephalic Carnage
Cephalic Carnage is an American death metal band formed in Denver, Colorado in 1992. The band comprises vocalist Leonard Leal, guitarists Steve Goldberg and Brian Hopp, drummer John Merryman and bassist Nick Schendzielos. Cephalic Carnage has re ...
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Jesus on Extasy, Shadow Reichenstein, Blood Red Throne,
Rotten Sound
Rotten Sound is a Finnish grindcore band from Vaasa, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Matti Raappana, and drummer Sami Latva. The band has released eight studio albums and "earned a reputa ...
,
Diablo Swing Orchestra,
Midnattsol, Misery Speaks,
Fleshcrawl,
Despised Icon
Despised Icon is a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the talent of its drummer, Alex Pelletier, who makes frequent use of the blasting technique, as well as for its dual lead vocalists; Alex E ...
, Lay Down Rotten, Hackneyed, Sworn,
Debauchery,
Textures,
Månegarm
Månegarm is a Swedish Viking/black/folk metal band from Norrtälje. Its name is derived from Mánagarmr, a wolf in Norse mythology.
History
The band was formed by Svenne Rosendal, Jonas Almqui, and Pierre Wilhelmsson in 1995. After findin ...
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Negură Bunget,
Dark Age
The ''Dark Ages'' is a term for the Early Middle Ages (–10th centuries), or occasionally the entire Middle Ages (–15th centuries), in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which characterises it as marked by economic, int ...
, XIV Dark Centuries,
Heidevolk,
Enemy of the Sun
''Enemy of the Sun'' is the fourth studio album by American post-metal band Neurosis. It was originally released on Alternative Tentacles in 1993 and later reissued on Neurot Recordings in 1999. The album was reissued with new cover artwork on ...
,
Ahab
Ahab (; ; ; ; ) was a king of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), the son and successor of King Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible. He is depicted in the Bible as a Baal worshipper and is criticized for causi ...
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The Old Dead Tree
The Old Dead Tree are a progressive death metal band from the city of Paris, France formed in 1997.
Musical style
Their musical style is a mixture of death metal elements, such as double bass drumming and heavy guitar riffing, and more mellow, ...
,
Anima
Anima may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities
* Anima, in the Spira world in ''Final Fantasy'' games
* Anima, in the ''Fire Emblem'' game series
* Anima (comics), a DC Comics character
Film
* '' Anima – Symphonie pha ...
, Beloved Enemy, Nmemine,
Hacride, Agrypnie, Drone,
Misanthrope
Misanthropy is the general hatred, dislike, or distrust of the Human, human species, human behavior, or human nature. A misanthrope or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings. Misanthropy involves a negative evaluative attitu ...
, Kissin' Dynamite
2009
;13–15 August 2009
*
Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth () are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden, Tumba, formed in 1992. The band take its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking myt ...
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Amorphis
Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive meta ...
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Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh are a British extreme metal band formed in 1999 in Birmingham by multi-instrumentalist Mick Kenney and vocalist Dave Hunt (musician), Dave Hunt. They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records. The band's name is Irish language, ...
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Backyard Babies
Backyard Babies is a Swedish Rock music, rock band originally from Nässjö and currently based in Stockholm. The band was formed in 1987 and have released eight studio albums, in addition to winning two Grammis, Swedish Grammy Awards.
They ...
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Battlelore
Battlelore are a Finnish heavy metal band from Lappeenranta, founded in 1999 by guitarist Jyri Vahvanen and bassist Miika Kokkola. The name derives from the union of the words 'battle' and 'folklore'. Many of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. ...
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Before the Dawn
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Beneath the Massacre
Beneath the Massacre is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec. Their debut EP '' Evidence of Inequity'', was released in 2005, under Galy Records. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records and released their f ...
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Benighted
Benighted is a French deathgrind band formed in Saint-Étienne in 1998. The group comprises vocalist Julien Truchan, guitarists Emmanuel Dalle and Fabien "Fack" Desgardins, bassist Pierre Arnoux and drummer Kevin Paradis, Benighted have relea ...
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Black Messiah
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Born from Pain
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Brainstorm
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Callejon
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Corvus Corax
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Cataract
A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens (anatomy), lens of the eye that leads to a visual impairment, decrease in vision of the eye. Cataracts often develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. Symptoms may include faded colours, blurry or ...
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Cynic
Cynic or Cynicism may refer to:
Modes of thought
* Cynicism (philosophy), a school of ancient Greek philosophy
* Cynicism (contemporary), modern use of the word for distrust of others' motives
Books
* ''The Cynic'', an 1875 book by James Gordon ...
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Dagoba
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Deadlock
Deadlock commonly refers to:
* Deadlock (computer science), a situation where two processes are each waiting for the other to finish
* Deadlock (locksmithing) or deadbolt, a physical door locking mechanism
* Political deadlock or gridlock, a si ...
*
Deathstars
Deathstars is a Swedish Industrial metal music, industrial metal band from Strömstad. Formed in 2000, the group are noted for their dark Horror fiction, horror-themed lyrics, pessimistic and misanthropic social commentary, distinctive trademark ...
*
Elvenking
*
Entombed
*
Epica
Epica or EPICA may refer to:
* Epica (band), a Dutch symphonic metal band
* ''Epica'' (Kamelot album), 2003
* ''Epica'' (Audiomachine album), 2012
* The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA)
* The Epica Awards (International Adver ...
*
Equilibrium
Equilibrium may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Equilibrium'' (film), a 2002 science fiction film
* '' The Story of Three Loves'', also known as ''Equilibrium'', a 1953 romantic anthology film
* "Equilibrium" (''seaQuest 2032'')
* ''Equilibr ...
*
Evocation
Evocation is the act of evoking, calling upon, or summoning a Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit, demon, deity or other supernatural agents, in the Western mystery tradition. Conjuration also refers to a summoning, often by the use of a magic ...
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The Faceless
The Faceless are an American technical death metal band from the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles. They released their debut album, ''Akeldama'', in November 2006, and a follow-up, '' Planetary Duality'', in November 2008. The band's third ...
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Firewind
Firewind is a Greek power metal band formed in Thessaloniki in 1998. The group is currently signed to AFM records and was originally a small project created by guitarist Gus G. to showcase his demo, '' Nocturnal Symphony'', in 1998. Firewind ...
*
Ghost Brigade
*
God Dethroned
God Dethroned is a Dutch extreme metal band from Beilen, originally formed in 1990.
Biography
God Dethroned was formed in 1990 by singer and guitar player Henri Sattler, with Hans Leegstra (guitar) and Ard de Weerd. Sattler and Leegstra had p ...
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Grand Magus
Grand Magus are a three-piece Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden that draws influence from classic heavy metal bands and elements of doom metal.
Career
The band was formed in 1996 under the name ''Smack'' by former Ca ...
*
Grave
A grave is a location where a cadaver, dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is burial, buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of buria ...
*
Haggard
Haggard may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Haggard (band), a German symphonic metal group
* ''Haggard'' (TV series), a British comedy television series
* '' Haggard: The Movie'', a 2003 film by Bam Margera
* King Haggard, a fictiona ...
*
Hate
Hatred or hate is an intense negative emotional response towards certain people, things or ideas, usually related to opposition or revulsion toward something. Hatred is often associated with intense feelings of anger, contempt, and disgust. Ha ...
*
Hate Eternal
Hate Eternal is a Florida death metal band from St. Petersburg, Florida. The band currently consists of founding guitarist/vocalist Erik Rutan and bassist J. J. Hrubovcak. To date, Hate Eternal has released seven studio albums: '' Conquerin ...
* The Haunted (Swedish band), The Haunted
* JBO (band), J.B.O.
* Jack Slater
* Katatonia
* Katra (band), Katra
*
Koldbrann
* Kreator
* Legion of the Damned (band), Legion of the Damned
* Life of Agony
* Misery Index (band), Misery Index
* Moonspell
* Narziss
* The New Black
* One Way Mirror
* Opeth
* The Other (band), The Other
*
Powerwolf
Powerwolf (often stylized in all caps) is a German power metal band founded in 2004 in Saarbrücken by members of Red Aim. The band consists of vocalist Karsten Brill as "Attila Dorn", lead guitarist Benjamin Buss as "Matthew Greywolf", bassist/ ...
* Protest the Hero
* Psychopunch
* Psycroptic
* Raunchy (band), Raunchy
* The Red Chord
* Sabaton (band), Sabaton
* Sacred Steel (band), Sacred Steel
* Schandmaul
* Skyforger
* The Sorrow
* The Storm (Danish band), The Storm
*
Suffocation
Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects all the tissues and organs, some more rapidly than others. There are m ...
* Suicide Silence
* Sylosis
* Unearth
* Unheilig
* Unlight
* Unsun
* Urgehal
* Vader (band), Vader
* Voivod (band), Voivod
* Volbeat
* Vomitory (band), Vomitory
* Vreid
* Waylander (band), Waylander
2010
;19–21 August 2010
* 1349 (band), 1349
* The 69 Eyes
*
Ahab
Ahab (; ; ; ; ) was a king of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), the son and successor of King Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible. He is depicted in the Bible as a Baal worshipper and is criticized for causi ...
*
Anathema
The word anathema has two main meanings. One is to describe that something or someone is being hated or avoided. The other refers to a formal excommunication by a Christian denomination, church. These meanings come from the New Testament, where a ...
* Annotations of an Autopsy
* Asphyx
* Barren Earth
* Be'lakor
* Callisto (band), Callisto
* Cannibal Corpse
* Children of Bodom
* The Crown (band), The Crown
* Cumulo Nimbus
*
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti ...
*
Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Swedish death metal, Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates - regarded a ...
* Deadstar Assembly
*
Despised Icon
Despised Icon is a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the talent of its drummer, Alex Pelletier, who makes frequent use of the blasting technique, as well as for its dual lead vocalists; Alex E ...
* The Devil's Blood
*
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
* Dying Fetus
*
Eisbrecher
; ) is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band founded by Alexander Wesselsky and Noel Pix after their departure from Megaherz, with the founders describing their music style as "modern, electronic trip-rock". The band consists primarily of Alexand ...
* Eisregen
*
Endstille
Endstille is a black metal band from Germany. It was founded in 2000 by L. Wachtfels (guitar), Mayhemic Destructor (drums), Iblis (vocals) and Cruor (bass) in Kiel. L. Wachtfels and Mayhemic Destructor had previously played in the band Tauthr, w ...
(replacement act for Behemoth)
*
Equilibrium
Equilibrium may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Equilibrium'' (film), a 2002 science fiction film
* '' The Story of Three Loves'', also known as ''Equilibrium'', a 1953 romantic anthology film
* "Equilibrium" (''seaQuest 2032'')
* ''Equilibr ...
* FeuerschwanzFejd
* Fiddler's Green (band), Fiddler's Green
* Frei.Wild
*
Hacride
* Hail of Bullets
* Hypocrisy (band), Hypocrisy
* Ill Niño
* InMe
* Insomnium
*
Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani (Finnish language, Finnish for ) is a Finnish folk metal band from Lahti that was formerly known as Shamaani Duo and Shaman.
History Shamaani Duo
While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani st ...
* Kylesa
* Leaves' Eyes
* Letzte Instanz
* Long Distance Calling (band), Long Distance Calling
*
Maroon
Maroon ( , ) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word , meaning chestnut. ''Marron'' is also one of the French translations for "brown".
Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, inc ...
* Milking The Goatmachine
* Mono Inc.
* My Dying Bride
* Necrophagist
* Obituary (band), Obituary
* Origin (band), Origin
*
Orphaned Land
Orphaned Land is an Israeli Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in 1991. They combine Mizrahi music, Mizrahi and Maghrebi Jews, Maghrebi Jewish, Arabic music, Arabic, Music of Turkey, Turkish, and other Middle Eastern music, Middle Easter ...
* Parkway Drive
*
Poisonblack
*
Rage
Rage may refer to:
* Rage (emotion), an intense form of anger
Games
* Rage (collectible card game), a collectible card game
* Rage (trick-taking card game), a commercial variant of the card game Oh Hell
* ''Rage'' (video game), a 2011 first- ...
* Rebellion (band), Rebellion
* Sólstafir
* Sepultura
*
Subway to Sally
Subway to Sally is a German medieval metal band founded in Potsdam in the early 1990s. Their music has clear Folk music, folk and Medieval music, medieval influences, later also adding Gothic metal, gothic and metal elements. With their contin ...
* Suicidal Angels
*
Swallow the Sun
Swallow the Sun is a Finnish death-doom band founded in 2000 by Juha Raivio. Their death-doom style emphasizes melody and atmosphere, and occasionally steps into gothic and black metal territory. They have released nine studio albums, one tr ...
* The Foreshadowing (band), The Foreshadowing
* Tracedawn
* Unleashed (band), Unleashed
* Van Canto
* Velero
*
War from a Harlot's Mouth
* We Butter the Bread with Butter
2011
;18–20 August 2011
* 9mm Assi Rock'n'Roll
* A Pale Horse Named Death
*
Amorphis
Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive meta ...
*
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a Supergroup (music), supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass (band), Carcass, Armageddon (Swedish band), Armageddon, Carnage (band), Carna ...
* Arcturon
*
Blitzkid
Blitzkid is an American horror punk band from Bluefield, West Virginia. One of the leading proponents of the horror punk scene, the band is led by singer/guitarist TB Monstrosity and singer/bassist Argyle Goolsby. Active from 1997 until 2012 and ...
*
Bolt Thrower
Bolt Thrower were a British death metal band from Coventry. They formed in 1986 and released their first album with Vinyl Solution in 1988. The band then shifted to a new record label, Earache Records, soon becoming one of the best selling ba ...
*
Caliban
Caliban ( ), the subhuman son of the sea witch Sycorax, is an important character in William Shakespeare's play ''The Tempest''.
His character is one of the few Shakespearean figures to take on a life of its own "outside" Shakespeare's own w ...
*
Corvus Corax
* Criminal (band), Criminal
* Davidian
*
Deadlock
Deadlock commonly refers to:
* Deadlock (computer science), a situation where two processes are each waiting for the other to finish
* Deadlock (locksmithing) or deadbolt, a physical door locking mechanism
* Political deadlock or gridlock, a si ...
* Decapitated (band), Decapitated
* Demonical
* Der Weg Einer Freiheit
*
Destruction
Destruction may refer to:
Concepts
* Destruktion, a term from the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
* Destructive narcissism, a pathological form of narcissism
* Self-destructive behaviour, a widely used phrase that ''conceptualises'' certain kin ...
* Devil Sold His Soul
* Einherjer
* Engel (band), Engel
* Enslaved (band), Enslaved
* Excrementory Grindfuckers
* Facebreaker
* Farmer Boys (band), Farmer Boys
* Farewell to Arms
*
Hail of Bullets
Hail of Bullets was a Dutch old school death metal supergroup from Rotterdam. The band's lyrical content deals with the Second World War, and is based upon the research of vocalist Martin van Drunen, who has been described as the band's "reside ...
* HammerFall
* Hatebreed
* Hell (British band), Hell
* Imperium Dekadenz
*
In Extremo
In Extremo (Latin for ''At the Edge''; abbreviated InEx or IE) is a German medieval metal band originally from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instr ...
* Internment
* JBO (band), J.B.O.
* Kalmah
* Kampfar
* Kvelertak
*
Marduk
Marduk (; cuneiform: Dingir, ᵈAMAR.UTU; Sumerian language, Sumerian: "calf of the sun; solar calf"; ) is a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of Babylon who eventually rose to prominence in the 1st millennium BC. In B ...
* Melechesh
*
Moonsorrow
Moonsorrow is a Finnish pagan metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound. The band call their sound "epic heathen metal" and try to distance themselves from th ...
*
Neaera
*
Primordial
* Rev 16.8
* ReVamp
* Rotting Christ
*
Saltatio Mortis
Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group. The Latin name means "dance of death". It is an allusion to the Danse Macabre, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die."
Members Current
* Alea der Bescheidene - vocals, b ...
* Scar Symmetry
* Shear
* Skeletonwitch
* Smoke Blow
* Sodom (band), Sodom
*
Sonic Syndicate
Sonic Syndicate was a Swedish metalcore band from Falkenberg. They were originally influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames and Soilwork, as well as American metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage and All That Remains.
...
* Steve from England
* Suicidal Tendencies
* Swashbuckle (band), Swashbuckle
* Sylosis
*
Týr
(; Old Norse: , ) is a god in Germanic mythology and member of the . In Norse mythology, which provides most of the surviving narratives about gods among the Germanic peoples, sacrifices his right hand to the monstrous wolf , who bites it off ...
* Tarja Turunen
* The Haunted (Swedish band), The Haunted
* The Ocean (band), The Ocean
* The Sorrow
* Trigger the Bloodshed
* Turisas
* Vader (band), Vader
* Vomitory (band), Vomitory
* Vreid
* Witchery
* Wolf (band), Wolf
2012
;16–18 August 2012
* Agrypnie
*
Ahab
Ahab (; ; ; ; ) was a king of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), the son and successor of King Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible. He is depicted in the Bible as a Baal worshipper and is criticized for causi ...
* Alcest
* Amoeba (band), Amoeba
*
Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth () are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden, Tumba, formed in 1992. The band take its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking myt ...
*
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh are a British extreme metal band formed in 1999 in Birmingham by multi-instrumentalist Mick Kenney and vocalist Dave Hunt (musician), Dave Hunt. They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records. The band's name is Irish language, ...
* Arsirius
*
ASP
* Asphyx
* Audrey Horne (band), Audrey Horne
* Be'lakor
*
Before the Dawn
*
Behemoth
Behemoth (; , ''bəhēmōṯ'') is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful ...
* Black Sun Aeon
* Bleed from Within
*
Born from Pain
* Buffet of Fate
* Cattle Decapitation
*
Corvus Corax
* Crowbar (American band), Crowbar
*
Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Swedish death metal, Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates - regarded a ...
* Darkest Hour (band), Darkest Hour
*
Deathstars
Deathstars is a Swedish Industrial metal music, industrial metal band from Strömstad. Formed in 2000, the group are noted for their dark Horror fiction, horror-themed lyrics, pessimistic and misanthropic social commentary, distinctive trademark ...
* Deez Nuts (band), Deez Nuts
* Desaster
* Dew-Scented
*
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
* Die Kassierer
* Eisregen
*
Eluveitie
Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scient ...
* Entrails
*
Epica
Epica or EPICA may refer to:
* Epica (band), a Dutch symphonic metal band
* ''Epica'' (Kamelot album), 2003
* ''Epica'' (Audiomachine album), 2012
* The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA)
* The Epica Awards (International Adver ...
* Eskimo Callboy
* Every Time I Die
* Excrementory Grindfuckers
* Farsot
*
Ghost Brigade
* Glorior Belli
* Goodbye to Gravity
* Hatesphere
*
Heidevolk
* Helheim (band), Helheim
* Iced Earth
* Immortal (band), Immortal
* In Solitude
* Incantation (American band), Incantation
* Insomnium
* Jasta VS. Windstein
* Katatonia
* Krisiun
* Lacuna Coil
* Manegarm
* Menhir
* Mono Inc.
* Morgoth (band), Morgoth
* Mystic Prophecy
* Naglfar (band), Naglfar
* Napalm Death
* Nifelheim
* Night In Gales
* Nile (band), Nile
* Norma Jean (band), Norma Jean
* Obscure Sphinx (band), Obscure Sphinx
*
Oomph!
Oomph! is a German Rock music, rock band from Wolfsburg, formed in 1989. The band pioneered the movement. Their work contains lyrics in both English and German, with a shift towards German exclusively on recent albums (''GlaubeLiebeTod'', '' ...
*
Paradise Lost
''Paradise Lost'' is an Epic poetry, epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the Bible, biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their ex ...
* Peter Pan Speedrock
* Rotterfeld
* Sepultura
* Shining (Swedish band), Shining
* Sick of It All
*
Six Feet Under
*
Subway to Sally
Subway to Sally is a German medieval metal band founded in Potsdam in the early 1990s. Their music has clear Folk music, folk and Medieval music, medieval influences, later also adding Gothic metal, gothic and metal elements. With their contin ...
*
Tanzwut
Tanzwut () is a German Neue Deutsche Härte and Medieval metal band which originated as a side project of Corvus Corax members. The band uses a Medieval theme during their live performances which are expressed through their stagecraft, costum ...
* Terror (band), Terror
* The Foreshadowing (band), The Foreshadowing
*
The Rotted
* The Unguided
* Toxic Holocaust
* Unearth
* Unleashed (band), Unleashed
* Vallenfyre
* We Butter the Bread with Butter
* While She Sleeps
* Within Temptation
* Without Words
2013
15–17 August 2013
* Agnostic Front
*
Amorphis
Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive meta ...
* Alestorm
* Anthrax (American band), Anthrax
* Architects (British band), Architects
* Benediction (band), Benediction
* Bury Tomorrow
* Carach Angren
* Cliteater
*
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti ...
* Der Weg Einer Freiheit
*
Destruction
Destruction may refer to:
Concepts
* Destruktion, a term from the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
* Destructive narcissism, a pathological form of narcissism
* Self-destructive behaviour, a widely used phrase that ''conceptualises'' certain kin ...
* Divide
* Dr. Living Dead
* Dying Fetus
*
Eisbrecher
; ) is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band founded by Alexander Wesselsky and Noel Pix after their departure from Megaherz, with the founders describing their music style as "modern, electronic trip-rock". The band consists primarily of Alexand ...
* Emmure
*
Ensiferum
Ensiferum (Latin: , n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal".
History Formation, demos and ''Ensiferum'' (1995−2002)
''Ensiferum'' was foun ...
* Fear Factory
* Feuerschwanz
* Fiddler's Green (band), Fiddler's Green
*
Finntroll
Finntroll is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. They combine elements of black metal and death metal with a type of Finnish folk music called humppa. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" ...
*
Firewind
Firewind is a Greek power metal band formed in Thessaloniki in 1998. The group is currently signed to AFM records and was originally a small project created by guitarist Gus G. to showcase his demo, '' Nocturnal Symphony'', in 1998. Firewind ...
* First Blood (band), First Blood
* Fleshgod Apocalypse
* Grand Supreme Blood Court
*
Grave
A grave is a location where a cadaver, dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is burial, buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of buria ...
*
Haggard
Haggard may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Haggard (band), a German symphonic metal group
* ''Haggard'' (TV series), a British comedy television series
* '' Haggard: The Movie'', a 2003 film by Bam Margera
* King Haggard, a fictiona ...
*
Hate
Hatred or hate is an intense negative emotional response towards certain people, things or ideas, usually related to opposition or revulsion toward something. Hatred is often associated with intense feelings of anger, contempt, and disgust. Ha ...
* Hammercult
* Hatebreed
* In Flames
* Knorkator
*
Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani (Finnish language, Finnish for ) is a Finnish folk metal band from Lahti that was formerly known as Shamaani Duo and Shaman.
History Shamaani Duo
While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani st ...
* Lamb of God (band), Lamb of God
* Letzte Instanz
* Long Distance Calling (band), Long Distance Calling
*
Marduk
Marduk (; cuneiform: Dingir, ᵈAMAR.UTU; Sumerian language, Sumerian: "calf of the sun; solar calf"; ) is a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of Babylon who eventually rose to prominence in the 1st millennium BC. In B ...
* Merrimack
* Moonspell
*
Mustasch
* Nachtblut
*
Neaera
*
Necrophobic
Necrophobic is a Swedish blackened death metal band.
History
The band was formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and now-deceased guitarist David Parland. It is believed that the band named themselves after a Slayer song from the 1986 semin ...
* Orden Ogan
*
Orphaned Land
Orphaned Land is an Israeli Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in 1991. They combine Mizrahi music, Mizrahi and Maghrebi Jews, Maghrebi Jewish, Arabic music, Arabic, Music of Turkey, Turkish, and other Middle Eastern music, Middle Easter ...
*
Powerwolf
Powerwolf (often stylized in all caps) is a German power metal band founded in 2004 in Saarbrücken by members of Red Aim. The band consists of vocalist Karsten Brill as "Attila Dorn", lead guitarist Benjamin Buss as "Matthew Greywolf", bassist/ ...
*
Primordial
*
Pro-Pain
Pro-Pain is an American heavy metal band based in New York City, formed in 1991 by vocalist and bassist Gary Meskil and drummer Dan Richardson, both former members of Crumbsuckers.Strong, Martin C. (2001) ''The Great Metal Discography'', MOJO ...
*
Rotten Sound
Rotten Sound is a Finnish grindcore band from Vaasa, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Matti Raappana, and drummer Sami Latva. The band has released eight studio albums and "earned a reputa ...
* Sabaton (band), Sabaton
*
Saltatio Mortis
Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group. The Latin name means "dance of death". It is an allusion to the Danse Macabre, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die."
Members Current
* Alea der Bescheidene - vocals, b ...
* Sister Sin
*
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They have released twelve studio albums. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, the band was originally known as ''Inferior Breed''. In late 1996, they changed t ...
* Tiamat (band), Tiamat
* The Bones
* Tristania (band), Tristania
* Vader (band), Vader
* Van Canto
* Walls of Jericho (band), Walls of Jericho
* We Came as Romans
* Winterfylleth (band), Winterfylleth
* Witchcraft (band), Witchcraft
2014
14–16 August 2014
*
Aborted
Aborted is a Belgian death metal band formed in 1995 in Waregem. The group currently consists of vocalist, founder, and only constant member Sven de Caluwé, along with guitarists Ian Jekelis and Dan Konráðsson. Although the band originally ...
*
Ahab
Ahab (; ; ; ; ) was a king of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), the son and successor of King Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible. He is depicted in the Bible as a Baal worshipper and is criticized for causi ...
* Alcest
* Alpha Tiger
* Anneke van Giersbergen
* Annisokay
*
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a Supergroup (music), supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass (band), Carcass, Armageddon (Swedish band), Armageddon, Carnage (band), Carna ...
* August Burns Red
*
Behemoth
Behemoth (; , ''bəhēmōṯ'') is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful ...
* Benediction (band), Benediction
* Biohazard (band), Biohazard
* Blasmusik Illenschwang
* Blues Pills
* Bodyfarm
*
Brainstorm
*
Caliban
Caliban ( ), the subhuman son of the sea witch Sycorax, is an important character in William Shakespeare's play ''The Tempest''.
His character is one of the few Shakespearean figures to take on a life of its own "outside" Shakespeare's own w ...
*
Callejon
* Carcass (band), Carcass
* Carnal Ghoul
* Children of Bodom
* Chrome Division
* Cripper
* Crucified Barbara
* Cyrcus
*
Deadlock
Deadlock commonly refers to:
* Deadlock (computer science), a situation where two processes are each waiting for the other to finish
* Deadlock (locksmithing) or deadbolt, a physical door locking mechanism
* Political deadlock or gridlock, a si ...
* Death Angel
* Decapitated (band), Decapitated
* Delain
* Devin Townsend, Devin Townsend Project
* Die Kassierer
* Down (band), Down
* Eat the Gun
* Einherjer
*
Eluveitie
Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scient ...
* Enforcer (band), Enforcer
*
Equilibrium
Equilibrium may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Equilibrium'' (film), a 2002 science fiction film
* '' The Story of Three Loves'', also known as ''Equilibrium'', a 1953 romantic anthology film
* "Equilibrium" (''seaQuest 2032'')
* ''Equilibr ...
* Ereb Altor
* Eskimo Callboy
* Excrementory Grindfuckers
* Fjoergyn
* Gamma Ray (band), Gamma Ray
* Gingerpig
* Gothminister
*
Grand Magus
Grand Magus are a three-piece Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden that draws influence from classic heavy metal bands and elements of doom metal.
Career
The band was formed in 1996 under the name ''Smack'' by former Ca ...
* Gutalax
*
Hail of Bullets
Hail of Bullets was a Dutch old school death metal supergroup from Rotterdam. The band's lyrical content deals with the Second World War, and is based upon the research of vocalist Martin van Drunen, who has been described as the band's "reside ...
* Hamferð
*
Heaven Shall Burn
Heaven Shall Burn is a German extreme metal band from Saalfeld, formed in 1995. The band consists of vocalist Marcus Bischoff, guitarists Maik Weichert and Alexander Dietz, bassist Eric Bischoff and drummer Christian Bass. They are currently sig ...
* Heretoir
* His Statue Falls
* Hypocrisy (band), Hypocrisy
* Ignite (band), Ignite
* Impaled Nazarene
* Imperium Dekadenz
* Insomnium
*
In Extremo
In Extremo (Latin for ''At the Edge''; abbreviated InEx or IE) is a German medieval metal band originally from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instr ...
* Iwrestledabearonce
* JBO (band), JBO
* Kampfar
* Kärbholz
* Lay Down Rotten
* Legion of the Damned (band), Legion of the Damned
* Lost Society
* Machine Head (band), Machine Head
* Malrun
* Mantar
*
Maroon
Maroon ( , ) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word , meaning chestnut. ''Marron'' is also one of the French translations for "brown".
Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, inc ...
* Master (American band), Master
* Mono Inc.
* Mors Principium Est
* Motorjesus
* My Sleeping Karma
* Obituary (band), Obituary
* Omega Massif
* Omnium Gatherum
* Pentagram Chile
*
Primal Fear
* Rise of the Northstar
* Rotting Christ
* Sahg
* Science of Sleep
* Screamer
*
Secrets of the Moon
* Skeletonwitch
* Stahlmann (band), Stahlmann
* Supercharger
* Tarja Turunen
* Tenside
* Testament (band), Testament
* Texas in July
* The Agonist
* The Haunted (Swedish band), The Haunted
* The Idiots
* The Ocean (band), The Ocean
* The Unguided
* The Very End
* The Vintage Caravan
* Thyrfing
* Todtgelichter
* Tracy Ate a Bug
* Tragedy
* Twilight of the Gods
* Undertow
* Waldgeflüster
* Watain
* Winter of Sin
* Wintersun
* Wolfheart
* Wound
2015
12-15 August 2015
* Agalloch
* Alestorm
*
Amorphis
Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive meta ...
* Antropomorphia
* Any Given Day
* Autumnal
* Avatarium
* Battle Beast (band), Battle Beast
* Be'lakor
* Below
* Belphegor (band), Belphegor
* Betraying the Martyrs
* Black Stone Cherry
* Bloodbath
* Blutengel
* Breakdown of Sanity
* Cannibal Corpse
* Carach Angren
* Carnifex (band), Carnifex
* Chapel of Disease
* Combichrist
*
Corvus Corax
*
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their ly ...
* CROWN
*
Dark Fortress
Dark Fortress was a German melodic black metal band from Landshut formed in 1994. They released seven studio albums, a split album and a demo album. The band broke up in 2023.
History
Early history
The band formed in 1994. In 1996 they re ...
*
Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Swedish death metal, Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates - regarded a ...
* Death Angel
* Death to All
* Demonical
* Deserted Fear
*
Destruction
Destruction may refer to:
Concepts
* Destruktion, a term from the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
* Destructive narcissism, a pathological form of narcissism
* Self-destructive behaviour, a widely used phrase that ''conceptualises'' certain kin ...
* Devilment
* Diablo Blvd.
*
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
*
Dornenreich
Dornenreich (up to ''Bitter ist's dem Tod zu dienen'' known as DornenReich) is an Austrian melodic black metal band, founded in 1996. Alongside their initial metal sound, Dornenreich also regard their music as being neofolk influenced.
* Dreamshade
* Drescher
* Dust Bolt
* Eisregen
* Ektomorf
*
Emil Bulls
Emil Bulls is a German rock band that was formed in 1995 in Munich, Bavaria. The group consists of two guitarists, a bass guitar player, a drummer and a vocalist/guitarist.
History
In 1995, Christoph "Christ" von Freydorf (vocals) and Stefa ...
*
Ensiferum
Ensiferum (Latin: , n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal".
History Formation, demos and ''Ensiferum'' (1995−2002)
''Ensiferum'' was foun ...
* Finsterforst
* Fire Red Empress
* Fuck You and Die
*
Ghost Brigade
* Gloryhammer
* Hackneyed (band), Hackneyed
* Hämatom
* Hark (band), Hark
* Hatebreed
* Haudegen
*
Heidevolk
* Hour of Penance
* Inquisition (metal band), Inquisition
* Isole (band), Isole
* John Coffey (band), John Coffey
* Kadavar
*
Kataklysm
Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. As of 2024, they have released fifteen studio albums, two EPs, and two DVDs. Kataklysm received their first Juno Award (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards, Grammy) for Best Album of the Yea ...
* Kissin’ Dynamite
* Knorkator
* Kreator
* Kyle Gass Band
* Lantlôs
* Lifeless (band), Lifeless
* Majesty (band), Majesty
*
Marduk
Marduk (; cuneiform: Dingir, ᵈAMAR.UTU; Sumerian language, Sumerian: "calf of the sun; solar calf"; ) is a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of Babylon who eventually rose to prominence in the 1st millennium BC. In B ...
*
Megaherz
Megaherz (German name meaning "Mega-heart", a pun on the homophone "Hertz, megahertz") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Eichenau in 1993.
Megaherz has gone through many changes in musical style since their founding. Their early ...
* Milking the Goatmachine
* Morgoth (band), Morgoth
* Nachtgeschrei
* Nailed to Obscurity
* Ne Obliviscaris (band), Ne Obliviscaris
*
Neaera
* Necrotted
* Nervosa
* Nightwish
* Obey the Brave
* Opeth
* Ost+Front
* Panzer
*
Paradise Lost
''Paradise Lost'' is an Epic poetry, epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the Bible, biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their ex ...
*
Powerwolf
Powerwolf (often stylized in all caps) is a German power metal band founded in 2004 in Saarbrücken by members of Red Aim. The band consists of vocalist Karsten Brill as "Attila Dorn", lead guitarist Benjamin Buss as "Matthew Greywolf", bassist/ ...
* Pripjat (band), Pripjat
* Pyogenesis
* Rectal Smegma
* Reliquiae (band), Reliquiae
* Revel in Flesh
* Rogash (band), Rogash
*
Saltatio Mortis
Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group. The Latin name means "dance of death". It is an allusion to the Danse Macabre, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die."
Members Current
* Alea der Bescheidene - vocals, b ...
* Schirenc plays Pungent Stench
* Sepultura
* Serum 114
* Severe Torture
* Sick of It All
* Sister Sin
* Sodom (band), Sodom
*
Sonic Syndicate
Sonic Syndicate was a Swedish metalcore band from Falkenberg. They were originally influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames and Soilwork, as well as American metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage and All That Remains.
...
* Steve 'n' Seagulls
* Suicidal Angels
* Suicide Silence
*
Tankard
A tankard is a form of drinkware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle. In recent centuries tankards were typically made of silver or pewter, but can be made of other materials, for example glass, wood, ...
* Temple of Baal (band), Temple of Baal
* Terror Universal
* The Duskfall
* The Gogets
* The Green River Burial
* The Sirens
* Thränenkind
* Thy Art Is Murder
* To the Rats and Wolves
* Trivium (band), Trivium
* Troldhaugen (band), Troldhaugen
* TrollfesT
* Venom (band), Venom
* Vitja
* Walls of Jericho (band), Walls of Jericho
2016
17-20 August 2016
* Abbath
* Accu§er
* Aeverium
* Agnostic Front
* Airbourne (band), Airbourne
* Almanac
*
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a Supergroup (music), supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass (band), Carcass, Armageddon (Swedish band), Armageddon, Carnage (band), Carna ...
* Argyle Goolsby and The Roving Midnight
* Arkona (band), Arkona
* Arktis
* Asenblut
* Asking Alexandria
* At the Gates
* Batushka
* Beyond the Black
* Bliksem
* Blues Pills
* Bömbers
* Bombus (band), Bombus
* Burning Down Alaska
* Bury Tomorrow
* Carcass (band), Carcass
* Cattle Decapitation
* Cliteater
* Coheed and Cambria
* Conan (band), Conan
* Coppelius
* D-A-D
* Deadlock (band), Deadlock
* Deez Nuts (band), Deez Nuts
* Downfall of Gaia
* Dying Fetus
* Dyscordia
*
Eisbrecher
; ) is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band founded by Alexander Wesselsky and Noel Pix after their departure from Megaherz, with the founders describing their music style as "modern, electronic trip-rock". The band consists primarily of Alexand ...
* Emmure
* Entombed A.D.
*
Equilibrium
Equilibrium may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Equilibrium'' (film), a 2002 science fiction film
* '' The Story of Three Loves'', also known as ''Equilibrium'', a 1953 romantic anthology film
* "Equilibrium" (''seaQuest 2032'')
* ''Equilibr ...
* Evil Invaders (band), Evil Invaders
* Exodus (American band), Exodus
* Fäulnis
* Fear Factory
* Feuerschwanz
* Goitzsche Front (band), Goitzsche Front
* Gorod (band), Gorod
* Grailknights
*
Grand Magus
Grand Magus are a three-piece Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden that draws influence from classic heavy metal bands and elements of doom metal.
Career
The band was formed in 1996 under the name ''Smack'' by former Ca ...
* Graveyard (band), Graveyard
* GYZE
* H2O (American band), H
2O
* Harakiri for the Sky
* Heart of a Coward
* Hell City
* High Fighter
*
Illdisposed
Illdisposed is a Danish death metal band from Aarhus, that was formed in 1991 by vocalist Bo Summer and guitarist Lasse Bak. As of 2020, the band consists of vocalist Bo Summer, guitarists Jakob Batten and Rasmus Henriksen, bassist Kussen and d ...
* Implore
* In the Woods…
* Insanity Alert
* Iron Reagan
* Kärbholz
* Katatonia
* Ketzer
* Kneipenterroristen (band), Kneipenterroristen
*
Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani (Finnish language, Finnish for ) is a Finnish folk metal band from Lahti that was formerly known as Shamaani Duo and Shaman.
History Shamaani Duo
While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani st ...
* Letzte Instanz
* Lord of the Lost
* Lost Society
* Mantar (band), Mantar
* Mastodon (band), Mastodon
* Monuments (metal band), Monuments
*
Moonsorrow
Moonsorrow is a Finnish pagan metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound. The band call their sound "epic heathen metal" and try to distance themselves from th ...
* Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen
* My Dying Bride
* Napalm Death
* Nasty (band), Nasty
* Nim Vind
* Nocte Obducta
* Novelists (band), Novelists
* Obscura (band), Obscura
* Obscure Infinity
* Ohrenfeindt
* Omnium Gatherum
* One I Cinema
* Pain (musical project), Pain
* Parasite Inc.
* Parkway Drive
*
Primordial
* Psychopunch
* Queensrÿche
* Randale
*
Rotten Sound
Rotten Sound is a Finnish grindcore band from Vaasa, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Matti Raappana, and drummer Sami Latva. The band has released eight studio albums and "earned a reputa ...
* Sabaton (band), Sabaton
* Saille
* Satyricon (band), Satyricon
* Skálmöld
* Slaughterday
* Slayer
*
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They have released twelve studio albums. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, the band was originally known as ''Inferior Breed''. In late 1996, they changed t ...
* Stallion
* Steak Number Eight
* Steel Panther
* Stepfather Fred
* Stick to Your Guns (band), Stick to Your Guns
*
Subway to Sally
Subway to Sally is a German medieval metal band founded in Potsdam in the early 1990s. Their music has clear Folk music, folk and Medieval music, medieval influences, later also adding Gothic metal, gothic and metal elements. With their contin ...
*
Swallow the Sun
Swallow the Sun is a Finnish death-doom band founded in 2000 by Juha Raivio. Their death-doom style emphasizes melody and atmosphere, and occasionally steps into gothic and black metal territory. They have released nine studio albums, one tr ...
* Testament (band), Testament
*
The Black Dahlia Murder
* The New Roses
* The Other (band), The Other
* The Word Alive
* Thundermother
* Toxpack
* Tragedy (band), Tragedy
* Traitor
* Tribulation (band), Tribulation
* Undertow (band), Undertow
* Unearth
* Unleashed (band), Unleashed
* Vader (band), Vader
* Versengold
* Winterstorm
* Wolfheart (band), Wolfheart
* Zodiac (rock band), Zodiac
2017
16–19 August 2017
* 1349 (band), 1349
*
Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth () are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden, Tumba, formed in 1992. The band take its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking myt ...
*
Amorphis
Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive meta ...
* Architects (British band), Architects
* Asphyx
* August Burns Red
* Aversions Crown
* Battle Beast (band), Battle Beast
* Belphegor (band), Belphegor
* Cellar Darling
* Chelsea Grin
* Children of Bodom
*
Corvus Corax
* Crowbar (American band), Crowbar
* Cryptopsy
* Cypecore
* Dark Tranquility
* Decapitated (band), Decapitated
* Delain
* Devin Townsend Project
* Eisregen
*
Eluveitie
Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scient ...
*
Emil Bulls
Emil Bulls is a German rock band that was formed in 1995 in Munich, Bavaria. The group consists of two guitarists, a bass guitar player, a drummer and a vocalist/guitarist.
History
In 1995, Christoph "Christ" von Freydorf (vocals) and Stefa ...
*
End of Green
*
Ensiferum
Ensiferum (Latin: , n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal".
History Formation, demos and ''Ensiferum'' (1995−2002)
''Ensiferum'' was foun ...
*
Epica
Epica or EPICA may refer to:
* Epica (band), a Dutch symphonic metal band
* ''Epica'' (Kamelot album), 2003
* ''Epica'' (Audiomachine album), 2012
* The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA)
* The Epica Awards (International Adver ...
* Erdling
* Fiddler's Green (band), Fiddler's Green
*
Finntroll
Finntroll is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. They combine elements of black metal and death metal with a type of Finnish folk music called humppa. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" ...
* Gorguts
*
Haggard
Haggard may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Haggard (band), a German symphonic metal group
* ''Haggard'' (TV series), a British comedy television series
* '' Haggard: The Movie'', a 2003 film by Bam Margera
* King Haggard, a fictiona ...
* Hatebreed
*
Heaven Shall Burn
Heaven Shall Burn is a German extreme metal band from Saalfeld, formed in 1995. The band consists of vocalist Marcus Bischoff, guitarists Maik Weichert and Alexander Dietz, bassist Eric Bischoff and drummer Christian Bass. They are currently sig ...
*
In Extremo
In Extremo (Latin for ''At the Edge''; abbreviated InEx or IE) is a German medieval metal band originally from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instr ...
* Insomnium
* Knorkator
* Korn
* Kreator
* Life of Agony
* Megadeth
* MGLA
* Miss May I
* Mono Inc.
* Moonspell
* Nile (band), Nile
* Obituary (band), Obituary
* Overkill (band), Overkill
* Possessed (band), Possessed
* Sacred Reich
* Sister (Swedish band), Sister
* Sonata Arctica
* Steve 'n' Seagulls
*
Suffocation
Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects all the tissues and organs, some more rapidly than others. There are m ...
* Terror (band), Terror
* Tiamat (band), Tiamat
* Wardruna
* Whitechapel (band), Whitechapel
* Wintersun
2018
15–18 August 2018
* Alestorm
* Amaranthe
* Annisokay
* Any Given Day
* Arch Enemy (band), Arch Enemy
* At the Gates
*
Backyard Babies
Backyard Babies is a Swedish Rock music, rock band originally from Nässjö and currently based in Stockholm. The band was formed in 1987 and have released eight studio albums, in addition to winning two Grammis, Swedish Grammy Awards.
They ...
* Bannkreis (band), Bannkreis
* Beartooth (band), Beartooth
*
Behemoth
Behemoth (; , ''bəhēmōṯ'') is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful ...
*
The Black Dahlia Murder
* Blasmusik
* Bloodbath (band), Bloodbath
* Broken Teeth (band), Broken Teeth
* Cannibal Corpse
*
Caliban
Caliban ( ), the subhuman son of the sea witch Sycorax, is an important character in William Shakespeare's play ''The Tempest''.
His character is one of the few Shakespearean figures to take on a life of its own "outside" Shakespeare's own w ...
*
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
* Dirkschneider (band), Dirkschneider
* Dying Fetus
*
Eisbrecher
; ) is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band founded by Alexander Wesselsky and Noel Pix after their departure from Megaherz, with the founders describing their music style as "modern, electronic trip-rock". The band consists primarily of Alexand ...
* Eskimo Callboy
* Farmer Boys (band), Farmer Boys
* Feuerschwanz
* Goatwhore
* Graveyard (band), Graveyard
* Illenschwang
* Jasta Kadavar
* JBO (band), JBO
*
Kataklysm
Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. As of 2024, they have released fifteen studio albums, two EPs, and two DVDs. Kataklysm received their first Juno Award (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards, Grammy) for Best Album of the Yea ...
*
Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani (Finnish language, Finnish for ) is a Finnish folk metal band from Lahti that was formerly known as Shamaani Duo and Shaman.
History Shamaani Duo
While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani st ...
* Metal Allegiance
* Misery Index (band), Misery Index
* Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen
* The Night Flight Orchestra
* Obscura (band), Obscura
* Orange Goblin (band), Orange Goblin
* Orden Ogan
* Origin (band), Origin
*
Paradise Lost
''Paradise Lost'' is an Epic poetry, epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the Bible, biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their ex ...
* Ross the Boss
*
Saltatio Mortis
Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group. The Latin name means "dance of death". It is an allusion to the Danse Macabre, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die."
Members Current
* Alea der Bescheidene - vocals, b ...
* Schandmaul
* Sepultura
*
Sirenia
The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The extant Sirenia comprise two distinct famili ...
* Sick of It All
* Solstafir
*
Tankard
A tankard is a form of drinkware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle. In recent centuries tankards were typically made of silver or pewter, but can be made of other materials, for example glass, wood, ...
* Toxic Holocaust
* Wolfheart (band), Wolfheart
Publications
DVDs
* Summer Breeze – All Areas 2002 (Warner Music Group, 2002)
Tracks
#Gurd – Older But Wiser
#Brainstorm – Blind Suffering
#Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Gone
#Amon Amarth – Bleed For Ancient Gods
#Soilwork – Flame Out
#End of Green – Highway 69
#Bloodflowerz – Diabolic Angel
#Emil Bulls – Symphony Of Destruction
#Sentenced – Blood & Tears
#Hypocrisy – The Final Chapter
#Vader – Xeper
#Ektomorf – Fire
#Pro-Pain – Fuck It
#Prime Sth. – From The Inside
#Paradise Lost – True Belief
#Nightwish – End Of All Hope
#Stormwitch – Tears By The Firelight
#Samael – Jupiterian Vibe
CDs
* Various Artists – Summer Breeze vs. Metal Blade (Promo CD, 2004)
(''This CD was given out at the 2004 festival.'')
Tracks
#Six Feet Under – Blind & Gagged
#Brainstorm – Doorway To Survive
#Vomitory – Gore Apocalypse
#Disillusion – And The Mirror Cracked
#Fleshcrawl – Flesh Bloody Flesh
#Criminal – Aberration
#Fragments Of Unbecoming – The Seventh Sunray Enlights My Pathway
#Gorerotted – Masticated By The Spasticated
#Monstrosity – The Exordium
#Nasty Savage – Psycho, Psycho
#Torchbearer – Sown Are The Seeds Of Death
#Cannibal Corpse – Decency Defied
#Symphorce – Tears
#Shining Fury – Speed Of Life
* Various Artists – Summer Breeze 2005 (Promo CD, 2005)
(This CD was given out at the 2005 festival.)
Tracks
#End of Green – Dead End Hero
#Born From Pain – The New Hate
#Korpiklaani – Hunting Song
#Powerwolf – Kiss Of The Cobra King
#Wintersun – Beyond The Dark Sun
#Enthroned – Crimson Legions
#Ektomorf – Show Your Fist
#Midnattsol – Another Return
#Koroded – T.A.B.O.B.A.
#Disbelief – Rewind It All
#Symphorce – No Shelter
#Anorexia Nervosa – Worship Manifesto
#Such A Surge – Was jetzt?
#Draconian – Death, Come Near Me
#Impious – Wicked Saints
#Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Eruption
#God Dethroned – Last Zip Of Spit
#Barcode – No Lust For Life
#Therion – Typhon
References
External links
*
Summer Breeze 2012 - Info, News and Lineup so farPictures of Summer Breeze Open Air 2009
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Heavy metal festivals in Germany
Ostalbkreis
Ansbach (district)
Music festivals established in 1997