Festival No. 0001086 · Est. 2007
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Somewhere in Walton-on-trent
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Catton Park
- Address
- DE12 8LN
- City
- Walton-on-trent, UK
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Akercocke formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, progressive metal. -
At the Gates formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Communic formed in March 2003. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal.
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De Profundis formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, progressive metal.
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Destruction formed in Weil am Rhein, Germany, in 1983. Plays metal, thrash metal.
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Dimmu Borgir formed in 1993. Plays black metal, melodic black metal, metal, symphonic black metal.
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Eluveitie formed in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 2002. Plays celtic metal, folk metal, medieval metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Evil Scarecrow formed in Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 1 July 2002. Plays alternative rock, black metal, death metal, gothic rock, heavy metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Fury UK formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2002, and split up in 2012, after 10 years. Plays heavy metal.
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Grand Magus formed in 1996. Plays doom metal, heavy metal, metal, stoner metal, traditional doom metal.
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Helloween formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 1984. Plays acoustic rock, heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Iced Earth formed in 1988. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, thrash metal.
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Kataklysm formed in Montreal, Canada, in 1991. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Moonsorrow formed in 1995. Plays black metal, folk metal, metal, viking metal.
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Napalm Death formed in Meriden, United Kingdom, in 1982. Plays crust punk, death metal, deathgrind, grindcore, industrial metal, metal.
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Nightwish formed in Kitee, Finland, in July 1996. Plays metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Opeth formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1990. Plays acoustic rock, art rock, death metal, melodic black metal, melodic death metal, metal, progressive metal, progressive rock.
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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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Soilwork formed in Helsingborg, Sweden, in 1995. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Soulfly formed in Phoenix, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, heavy metal, nu metal, thrash metal.
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Swallow the Sun formed in Jyvaskyla, Finland, in 2000. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, doom metal, metal.
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TesseracT formed in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, in May 2003. Plays djent, hard rock, mathcore, metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock.
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The Inbreds formed in Kingston, Canada, in 1992, and split up in 1998, after 6 years.
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Witchsorrow formed in 2005.