Festival No. 0001093 · Est. 2009
Weekend of the year
No. 0001593
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Somewhere in Jaromer
Where it happens
Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Pevnov Josefov / Josefov Fortress
- Address
- Okružní 34 55101
- City
- Jaromer, Czech Republic
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For the record
About the artists
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Aborted formed in Waregem, Belgium, in 1995. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathcore, goregrind, grindcore, metal. -
Agnostic Front formed in New York, United States, in 1981. Plays christian hardcore, crossover thrash, hardcore punk, metal, pigfuck, punk.
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Alcest formed in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France, in 2000. Plays black metal, blackgaze, post-metal, shoegaze.
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Amon Amarth formed in Tumba, Sweden, in 1992. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, viking metal.
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Anaal Nathrakh formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays black metal, death metal, grindcore, industrial metal, metal.
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Arcturus formed in 1990. Plays avant-garde metal, black metal, metal, progressive metal, symphonic black metal, symphonic metal.
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Arkona formed in Moscow, Russian Federation, on 11 February 2002. Plays black metal, folk metal, metal, pagan black metal.
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At the Gates formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Avenger formed in 1982.
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Be'Lakor formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. Plays melodic death metal, metal, progressive 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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Cattle Decapitation formed in 1996. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathgrind, goregrind, grindcore, technical death metal.
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Converge formed in Salem, United States, in 1990. Plays alternative metal, atmospheric sludge metal, hardcore punk, mathcore, metalcore, post-hardcore.
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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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Crowbar formed in New Orleans, United States, in 1988. Plays doom metal, heavy metal, sludge metal.
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Darkest Hour formed in Washington, D.C., United States, in 1995. Plays melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore.
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Dimmu Borgir formed in 1993. Plays black metal, melodic black metal, metal, symphonic black metal.
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Dodheimsgard formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1994. Plays avant-garde metal, black metal, industrial metal, metal, progressive metal.
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Engel formed in 2004. Plays alternative metal, industrial metal, melodic death metal.
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Et Moriemur formed in February 2008. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, doom metal.
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Fields of the Nephilim formed in Stevenage, United Kingdom, in 1984. Plays gothic rock, post-punk, rock.
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Finntroll formed in Helsinki, Finland, in May 1997. Plays black metal, folk metal, metal.
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Forgotten Silence formed in 1993.
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General Surgery formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1988. Plays death metal, deathgrind, goregrind, grindcore.
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Godflesh formed in 1988. Plays industrial metal, metal, sludge metal.
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Gorguts formed in Sherbrooke, Canada, in 1989. Plays avant-garde metal, brutal death metal, death metal, dissonant death metal, metal, progressive metal, technical death metal.
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Haarp Machine formed in 2007. Plays avant-garde metal, deathcore, djent, metalcore, technical death 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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Heathen formed in 1984. Plays heavy metal, metal, speed metal, technical thrash metal, thrash metal.
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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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Immolation formed in Yonkers, United States, in 1986. Plays death metal.
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Immortal formed in Bergen, Norway, in 1991. Plays black metal, metal.
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Incantation formed in 1989. Plays death metal, metal.
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Ingrowing formed in 1995. Plays death metal, grindcore.
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Inquisition formed in Cali, United States, in 1988. Plays black metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Insomnium formed in Joensuu, Finland, in 1997. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, neofolk.
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Kampfar formed in 1994. Plays black metal, pagan black metal, viking metal.
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Krisiun formed in Ijuí, Brazil, in 1990. Plays death metal.
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Kylesa formed in 2001, and split up on 28 April 2016, after 15 years. Plays atmospheric sludge metal, desert rock, heavy psych, metal, psychedelic rock, sludge metal, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Lock Up formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays death metal, deathgrind, grindcore.
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Machine Head formed in Oakland, United States, on 12 October 1991. Plays groove metal, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, thrash metal.
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Ministry formed in Chicago, United States, in 1981. Plays alternative metal, ebm, electro-industrial, electronic, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal.
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Moonspell formed in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1989. Plays black metal, gothic metal, metal.
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Morgoth formed in Meschede, Germany, in 1985, and split up in 2018, after 33 years. Plays death metal, metal.
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Municipal Waste formed in Richmond, United States, in 2000. Plays crossover thrash, hardcore punk, metal, punk, thrash 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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Nile formed in Greenville, United States, in 1993. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, metal, technical death metal.
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Norma Jean formed in Douglasville, United States, in January 2002. Plays mathcore, metal, metalcore.
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Norther formed in Espoo, Finland, in 1996, and split up in 2012, after 16 years. Plays melodic death metal, metal.
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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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Pig Destroyer formed in Alexandria, United States, in 1997. Plays death metal, grindcore.
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Pigsty formed in 1998.
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Protest the Hero formed in Whitby, Canada, in 1999. Plays mathcore, metalcore, progressive metal, progressive metalcore.
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Rise and Fall formed in 2002, and split up in 2014, after 12 years. Plays hardcore punk, metalcore.
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Samael formed in Sion, Switzerland, in April 1987. Plays black metal, ebm, industrial metal.
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Sebkha-chott formed in 1999, and split up in 2015, after 16 years. Plays avant-garde, experimental, progressive rock.
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Shape of Despair formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1998. Plays doom metal, funeral doom metal.
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Sick of It All formed in Queens, United States, in 1986. Plays hardcore punk, punk.
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Six Feet Under formed in Tampa, United States, in 1993. Plays death metal.
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Skarhead formed in New York, United States. Plays hardcore punk.
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Sodom formed in 1981. Plays black metal, metal, speed 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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Sólstafir formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in January 1995. Plays atmospheric sludge metal, black metal, metal, post-metal, post-rock, progressive metal, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Textures formed in Etten-Leur, Netherlands, in 2001. Plays death metal, metalcore, progressive 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 Human Abstract formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2003. Plays mathcore, metal, metalcore, progressive metal, progressive metalcore.
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The Safety Fire formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up in 2015, after 9 years. Plays djent, mathcore, progressive, progressive metal.
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Totem formed in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1971, and split up in 1973, after 2 years. Plays candombe beat.
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Toxic Holocaust formed in Portland, United States, in 1999. Plays black metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Unearth formed in Winthrop, United States, in 1998. Plays melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore.
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Vallenfyre formed in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, in 2010, and split up in 2018, after 8 years. Plays death metal, doom metal, old school death metal.
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Vildhjarta formed in 2005. Plays djent, metal, progressive metal, thall.
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Warbringer formed in Ventura, United States, in 2004. Plays metal, thrash metal.