Festival No. 0003408 · Est. 2013
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Somewhere in Kortrijk
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- Venue
- Alcatraz Metal Festival
- Address
- Doorniksesteenweg 145 8500
- City
- Kortrijk, Belgium
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About the artists
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Agnostic Front formed in New York, United States, in 1981. Plays christian hardcore, crossover thrash, hardcore punk, metal, pigfuck, punk. -
Amorphis formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1990. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, folk metal, melodic death metal, metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal.
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Anthrax formed in New York, United States, in 1981. Plays alternative metal, crossover thrash, groove metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal.
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Belphegor formed in Salzburg, Austria, in 1993. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, metal.
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Biohazard formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative metal, metal, rap metal, rapcore.
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Bleed From Within formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays death metal, deathcore, groove metal, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore.
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Blind Guardian formed in Krefeld, Germany, in 1984. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, speed metal.
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Bloodbath formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1998. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, brutal death metal, death metal, deathgrind, melodic death metal, metal, technical death metal.
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Brutus formed in 1966. Plays rock.
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Death Before Dishonor formed in Boston, United States, in 2000. Plays hardcore punk, metalcore.
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Decapitated formed in Krosno, Poland, in 1996. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, metal, technical death metal.
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Deicide formed in Tampa, United States, in 1987. Plays death metal.
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Drain formed in 1992.
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Dying Fetus formed in Upper Marlboro, United States, in 1991. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathgrind, grindcore, metal, technical death metal.
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Dynazty formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2007. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, nwobhm, power metal.
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Elder formed in Boston, United States, in 2005. Plays doom metal, heavy psych, metal, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, sludge metal, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Eleine formed in 2011. Plays symphonic metal.
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GAEREA formed in 2016. Plays black metal.
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Gatecreeper formed in Phoenix, United States, in 2013. Plays death metal, hardcore punk, melodic death metal.
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Gloryhammer formed in 2010. Plays metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Grave Digger formed in Gladbeck, Germany, in 1980. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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H. E. A. T was born in Ohio, United States, in 1997. Plays slushwave.
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Heat formed in Upplands Väsby, Sweden, in January 2007. Plays hard rock.
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Heaven Shall Burn formed in Saalfeld, Germany, in 1996. Plays death metal, deathcore, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore.
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Holy Moses formed in Aachen, Germany, on 17 October 1980. Plays metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Jag Panzer formed on 19 October 1980. Plays heavy metal, power metal.
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Kataklysm formed in Montreal, Canada, in 1991. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Killswitch Engage formed in Westfield, United States, in 1999. Plays alternative metal, emo, heavy metal, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, progressive metal.
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Mad Sin formed in Berlin, Germany, in 1987. Plays psychobilly.
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Madball formed in New York, United States, in 1988. Plays beatdown hardcore, hardcore punk, metalcore, punk.
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Michael Schenker was born in Hannover, Germany, on 10 January 1955. Plays classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, rock.
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Midnight formed in Cleveland, United States, in 2003. Plays black 'n' roll, black metal, heavy metal, punk, speed metal.
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Obituary formed in Tampa, United States, in 1988. Plays death metal, metal, old school death metal.
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Overkill formed in Old Bridge Township, United States, in 1980. Plays cowboy poetry, groove metal, metal, pigfuck, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Psychlona formed in Bradford, United Kingdom, in 2016. Plays desert rock, heavy psych, rock, space rock, stoner rock.
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Russian Circles formed in Chicago, United States, in 2004. Plays atmospheric sludge metal, math rock, post-metal, post-rock, sludge metal.
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Shadow of Intent formed in 2013. Plays deathcore.
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Slapshot formed in Boston, United States, in 1985. Plays punk.
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Slomosa formed in 2016. Plays desert rock, metal, rock, stoner rock.
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Stake formed in Wevelgem, Belgium, in 2007. Plays post-metal, post-rock, sludge metal.
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Taake formed in Bergen, Norway, in 1993. Plays black metal.
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Terror formed in Los Angeles, United States, in February 2002. Plays beatdown hardcore, hardcore punk, metalcore, punk, tough guy hardcore.
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Tribulation formed in Arvika, Sweden, in 2004. Plays avant-garde metal, death metal, gothic metal, gothic rock, heavy metal, metal, rock, thrash metal.
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Trivium formed in Orlando, United States, in 2000. Plays heavy metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, progressive metal, thrash metal.
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Unleashed formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989. Plays death metal, metal, viking metal.
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Vital Remains formed in Providence, United States, in 1989. Plays death metal.
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Whitechapel formed in Knoxville, United States, in 2006. Plays alternative metal, deathcore, metal, progressive metal.
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Wolves In the Throne Room formed in Olympia, United States, in 2002. Plays atmospheric black metal, black metal.