Festival No. 0001086 · Est. 2007
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Somewhere in Walton-on-trent
Where it happens
Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Catton Park
- Address
- DE12 8LN
- City
- Walton-on-trent, UK
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For the record
About the artists
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Acid Reign formed in 1985. Plays crossover thrash, metal, technical thrash metal, thrash metal. -
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Black Tongue formed in Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom, in January 2013. Plays deathcore, downtempo, metalcore.
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Blasphemer formed in 1998. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, technical death metal.
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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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Bloodywood formed in New Delhi, India, in 2013. Plays folk metal, metal, nu metal.
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Bury Tomorrow formed in Southampton, United Kingdom, in 2006. Plays melodic metalcore, metalcore.
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Butcher Babies formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2010. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, heavy metal, metalcore, nu metal, thrash metal.
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Cattle Decapitation formed in 1996. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathgrind, goregrind, grindcore, technical death metal.
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Conjurer formed in 2010. Plays doom metal, drone, drone metal, metal, post-metal, sludge metal, stoner metal.
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Dark Tranquillity formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1989. Plays death metal, gothic metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Devin Townsend was born in New Westminster, Canada, on 5 May 1972. Plays ambient, death metal, industrial metal, metal, post-metal, progressive, progressive metal, progressive rock.
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Diamond Head formed in Stourbridge, United Kingdom, in 1976. Plays heavy metal, metal, nwobhm.
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Dimmu Borgir formed in 1993. Plays black metal, melodic black metal, metal, symphonic black 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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Gloryhammer formed in 2010. Plays metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Grave Lines formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2015. Plays doom metal, heavy metal, metal, post-metal, sludge metal.
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Green Lung formed in 2017. Plays classic rock, doom metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, heavy psych, metal, occult rock.
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Hacktivist formed in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays djent, metal, progressive metal, rapcore.
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Jinjer formed in Horlivka, Ukraine, in 2009. Plays djent, groove metal, heavy metal, metal, metalcore, progressive metal, progressive metalcore.
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Judas Priest formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1969. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm.
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Kreator formed in Essen, Germany, in 1982. Plays death metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Liberty Lies formed in 2008.
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Life of Agony formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1989. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, crossover thrash, hard rock, heavy metal, metal.
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Lost Society formed in Jyvaskyla, Finland, in 2010. Plays metal, thrash metal.
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Memoriam formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in January 2016. Plays death metal, old school death metal.
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Nekrogoblikon formed in 2006. Plays death metal, folk metal, melodic death metal, metal, symphonic metal.
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Noctem formed in 2001. Plays 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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Party Cannon formed in Dunfermline, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, slam death metal.
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Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals formed in 2011.
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PIST (UK) formed on 1 December 2013.
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Raised by Owls formed in Derby, United Kingdom, in 2016.
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Sacred Reich formed in Phoenix, United States, in 1985. Plays metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Saxon formed in Barnsley, United Kingdom, in 1976. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock.
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Seething Akira formed in 2012. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, electronic, electronic rock, rap rock.
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Sharks In Your Mouth formed in 2011. Plays djent, metalcore, symphonic metal.
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Skindred formed in Newport, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, jazz, metal, nu metal, rap rock, rapcore, reggae, reggae rock.
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Soen formed in 2004. Plays metal, post-metal, progressive metal, progressive rock.
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Svalbard formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays metal, post-hardcore, post-rock, punk.
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Sylosis formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays death metal, metalcore, progressive metal, thrash metal.
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The Black Dahlia Murder formed in Waterford Township, United States, in January 2001. Plays death metal, deathcore, melodic death metal, metal, metalcore.
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The Crawling formed in Lisburn, United Kingdom, on 1 December 2014. Plays death metal, doom metal.
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The Night Flight Orchestra formed in Helsingborg, Sweden, in 2012. Plays aor, classic rock, hard rock.
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The Wildhearts formed in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, in August 1989. Plays hard rock, power pop, punk rock, rock.
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Therapy? formed in Belfast, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, grunge, noise rock, post-hardcore, power pop, punk rock, rock.
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Unleash The Archers formed in Vancouver, Canada, in October 2007. Plays metal, power metal.
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Video Nasties plays black 'n' roll, black metal, death metal, heavy metal, metal, punk, sludge metal, thrash 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.