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
Apartments and hotels near Catton Park, Walton-on-trent for the nights of the festival. The map comes from Stay22. If you book through it, we earn a commission, which helps keep the site running.
For the record
About the artists
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Alcest formed in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France, in 2000. Plays black metal, blackgaze, post-metal, shoegaze. -
Anaal Nathrakh formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays black metal, death metal, grindcore, industrial metal, metal.
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Ancient Ascendant formed in 2005.
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Behemoth formed in Gdansk, Poland, in 1991. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, metal.
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Chthonic formed in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1995. Plays black metal, death metal, folk metal, melodic black metal, melodic death metal, symphonic black metal.
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Corrosion of Conformity formed in Raleigh, United States, in 1982. Plays alternative metal, crossover thrash, metal, punk, stoner metal, stoner rock, thrash metal, thrashcore.
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Crimes of Passion formed in 2005.
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Demonic Resurrection formed in Mumbai, India, in 2000. Plays black metal, death metal, metal, symphonic metal.
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Dimmu Borgir formed in 1993. Plays black metal, melodic black metal, metal, symphonic black metal.
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Dio Disciples formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 18 March 2011.
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Doomed formed in Zwickau, Germany, in 2011. Plays death metal, doom metal.
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Eastern Front formed in Ipswich, United Kingdom, on 1 December 2006. Plays black metal.
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EVILE formed in Huddersfield, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays thrash metal.
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Hatebreed formed in Bridgeport, United States, in 1995. Plays beatdown hardcore, groove metal, hardcore punk, metal, metalcore.
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Headcharger formed in 1997. Plays heavy metal.
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Iced Earth formed in 1988. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, thrash metal.
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Infernal Tenebra formed in 1999.
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Lock Up formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays death metal, deathgrind, grindcore.
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Mayhem formed in Langhus, Norway, in 1984. Plays black metal, metal.
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Nile formed in Greenville, United States, in 1993. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, metal, technical death metal.
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Noctiferia formed in Slovenia, Slovenia, in 1992. Plays death metal, industrial metal, melodic black metal, symphonic black metal.
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Orange Goblin formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1995, and split up on 17 December 2025, after 30 years. Plays doom metal, heavy metal, metal, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Paradise Lost formed in Halifax, United Kingdom, on 26 March 1988. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, doom metal, gothic metal, gothic rock, metal, rock.
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Pythia formed in 2007. Plays power metal, symphonic metal.
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Sanctuary formed in Seattle, United States, in 1985. Plays heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal, thrash metal.
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Sepultura formed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 1984. Plays alternative metal, death metal, groove metal, heavy metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Testament formed in Berkeley, United States, in 1983. Plays death metal, heavy metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Watain formed in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1998. Plays black metal.
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Winterfylleth formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays atmospheric black metal, black metal, dark folk, melodic black metal, pagan black metal.