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Festival No. 0001093 · Est. 2009

Brutal Assault 2025
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Pevnov Josefov / Josefov Fortress
Address
Okružní 34 55101
City
Jaromer, Czech Republic

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  • 3 Inches of Blood
    3 Inches of Blood formed in Victoria, Canada, in December 1999. Plays power metal.
  • Abbie Falls
    Abbie Falls formed in 2018. Plays deathcore, metal, metalcore.
  • Absu
    Absu formed in Plano, United States, in 1991. Plays black metal, death metal, thrash metal.
  • Agnostic Front
    Agnostic Front formed in New York, United States, in 1981. Plays christian hardcore, crossover thrash, hardcore punk, metal, pigfuck, punk.
  • Aluk Todolo
    Aluk Todolo formed in Grenoble, France, in 2004. Plays experimental rock, instrumental, krautrock, noise rock, occult rock, psychedelic rock.
  • Andy the Doorbum
  • AngelMaker
    AngelMaker formed in 2011. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathcore, metal, technical death metal.
  • Asphyx
    Asphyx formed in 1987. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, doom metal, metal.
  • Attila
    Attila formed in Atlanta, United States, in 2005. Plays deathcore, experimental, metalcore.
  • August Burns Red
    August Burns Red formed in Lancaster, United States, in March 2003. Plays alternative metal, christian hardcore, heavy metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore.
  • Avulsed
    Avulsed formed in Madrid, Spain, in August 1991. Plays death metal.
  • Benighted
    Benighted formed in Saint-Étienne, France, in May 1998. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathgrind, grindcore, metal, technical death metal.
  • Between The Buried And Me
    Between The Buried And Me formed in Raleigh, United States, in 2000. Plays mathcore, metal, metalcore, progressive metal, progressive metalcore.
  • Blood Fire Death
    Blood Fire Death formed in 2010.
  • Blood Red Throne
    Blood Red Throne formed in Kristiansand, Norway, in 1999. Plays death metal.
  • Bohren & der Club of Gore
    Bohren & der Club of Gore formed in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, in 1992. Plays dark ambient, dark jazz, jazz.
  • Brujeria
    Brujeria formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1989. Plays death metal, deathgrind, grindcore.
  • Car Bomb
    Car Bomb formed in 2002. Plays djent, experimental, mathcore, metalcore, progressive.
  • Carnivore A.d
    Carnivore A.d formed in August 2017.
  • Counterparts
    Counterparts formed in Hamilton, Canada, in 2007. Plays melodic hardcore, melodic metalcore, metalcore.
  • Crypt Sermon
    Crypt Sermon formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 2013. Plays doom metal, epic doom metal, heavy metal, metal, traditional doom metal.
  • Crypta
    Crypta formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in June 2019. Plays death metal, metal.
  • Crystal Lake
    Crystal Lake formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2002. Plays deathcore, metalcore.
  • Dark Angel
    Dark Angel formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1981. Plays metal, progressive metal, technical thrash metal, thrash metal.
  • Dark Funeral
    Dark Funeral formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1993. Plays black metal, melodic black metal.
  • Defeated Sanity
    Defeated Sanity formed in Dachsbach, Germany, in 1994. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, technical death metal.
  • Dimmu Borgir
    Dimmu Borgir formed in 1993. Plays black metal, melodic black metal, metal, symphonic black metal.
  • Dope
    Dope formed in Villa Park, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, industrial metal, industrial rock, nu metal.
  • Drowning Pool
    Drowning Pool formed in Dallas, United States, in 1996. Plays alternative metal, hard rock, metal, nu metal, post-grunge, rock.
  • Dying Fetus
    Dying Fetus formed in Upper Marlboro, United States, in 1991. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathgrind, grindcore, metal, technical death metal.
  • Envy
    Envy formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1992. Plays j-rock, post-hardcore, post-rock, screamo.
  • Exhorder
    Exhorder formed in New Orleans, United States, in 1985. Plays groove metal, metal, thrash metal.
  • Faun Fables
    Faun Fables formed in 1997. Plays art rock, experimental, psychedelic folk.
  • Fear Factory
    Fear Factory formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 31 October 1990. Plays alternative metal, death metal, groove metal, heavy metal, industrial, industrial metal, metal, nu metal.
  • Fit for a King
    Fit for a King formed in Tyler, United States, in September 2007. Plays melodic metalcore, metalcore, post-hardcore.
  • Five The Hierophant
    Five The Hierophant plays ambient, avant-garde metal, black metal, dark ambient, doom metal, experimental, jazz, metal.
  • Fulci
    Fulci formed in Caserta, Italy, in 2013. Plays brutal death metal, death metal.
  • Gadget
  • GAEREA
    GAEREA formed in 2016. Plays black metal.
  • Gojira
    Gojira formed in Ondres, France, in 1996. Plays alternative metal, avant-garde metal, death metal, groove metal, melodic death metal, metal, post-metal, progressive metal.
  • Gost
    Gost was born in Longview, United States, on 16 March 1980, and died on 1 April 2026, aged 46. Plays darksynth, electronic, synthwave.
  • Graphic Nature
    Graphic Nature plays metal, metalcore, nu metal.
  • Green Lung
    Green Lung formed in 2017. Plays classic rock, doom metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, heavy psych, metal, occult rock.
  • Gutalax
    Gutalax formed in 2009. Plays goregrind.
  • Gutslit
    Gutslit formed in 2007. Plays brutal death metal, death metal.
  • Halo Effect
    Halo Effect formed in 2001. Plays electronic.
  • HANABIE
    HANABIE formed in Tokyo, Japan, in June 2015. Plays j-rock, metalcore.
  • Harakiri for the Sky
    Harakiri for the Sky formed in Vienna, Austria, in 2011. Plays atmospheric black metal, black metal, blackgaze, metal, post-metal.
  • Hellripper
    Hellripper formed in 2014. Plays black 'n' roll, black metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
  • Heriot
    Heriot formed in Swindon, United Kingdom, in 2014. Plays industrial, metal, metalcore, nu metal, post-hardcore.
  • Hideous Divinity
    Hideous Divinity formed in Rome, Italy, in 2007. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, technical death metal.
  • High Parasite
    High Parasite plays gothic metal, rock.
  • Hällas
    Hällas formed in Jönköping, Sweden, in 2011. Plays blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, rock.
  • Inter Arma
    Inter Arma formed in Richmond, United States, in 2006. Plays black metal, death metal, doom metal, metal, post-metal, progressive metal, psychedelic, sludge metal.
  • Karnivool
    Karnivool formed in Perth, Australia, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, progressive rock, rock.
  • Kataklysm
    Kataklysm formed in Montreal, Canada, in 1991. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
  • Kerry King
    Kerry King was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 3 June 1964. Plays heavy metal, metal, thrash metal.
  • King Woman
    King Woman formed in 2009. Plays doom metal, drone, metal, post-metal, post-rock, rock.
  • kublai khan tx
    kublai khan tx formed in Sherman, United States, in 2009. Plays beatdown hardcore, groove metal, metalcore.
  • LANDMVRKS
    LANDMVRKS formed in Marseille, France, in 2014. Plays metalcore, post-hardcore.
  • Leprous
    Leprous formed in Notodden, Norway, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, avant-garde, avant-garde metal, progressive metal, progressive rock.
  • Mai Mai Mai
  • Malevolent Creation
    Malevolent Creation formed in Buffalo, United States, in 1987. Plays death metal, metal.
  • Malignancy
    Malignancy formed in 1992. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, technical death metal.
  • Mammoth Grinder
    Mammoth Grinder formed in 2005. Plays crust punk, death metal, sludge metal.
  • Mantar
    Mantar formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 2012. Plays black metal, doom metal, metal, punk, sludge metal.
  • Mastodon
    Mastodon formed in Atlanta, United States, on 13 January 2000. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, stoner metal.
  • Mayhem
    Mayhem formed in Langhus, Norway, in 1984. Plays black metal, metal.
  • Ministry
    Ministry formed in Chicago, United States, in 1981. Plays alternative metal, ebm, electro-industrial, electronic, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal.
  • Mnemic
    Mnemic formed in Aalborg, Denmark, in 1998, and split up on 28 November 2013, after 15 years. Plays groove metal, industrial metal, melodic death metal, metal.
  • Monolord
    Monolord formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2013. Plays doom metal, stoner rock.
  • Ne Obliviscaris
    Ne Obliviscaris formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2003. Plays melodic black metal, melodic death metal, progressive metal.
  • Nile
    Nile formed in Greenville, United States, in 1993. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, metal, technical death metal.
  • Obituary
    Obituary formed in Tampa, United States, in 1988. Plays death metal, metal, old school death metal.
  • Obscure Sphinx
    Obscure Sphinx formed in Warsaw, Poland, in 2008. Plays experimental, metal, post-metal, sludge metal.
  • Opeth
    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.
  • Oranssi Pazuzu
    Oranssi Pazuzu formed in 2007. Plays black metal, experimental.
  • Overkill
    Overkill formed in Old Bridge Township, United States, in 1980. Plays cowboy poetry, groove metal, metal, pigfuck, speed metal, thrash metal.
  • Paradise Lost
    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.
  • Patriarchy
    Patriarchy plays alternative metal, dark wave, electronic, industrial, post-punk, synth-pop, witch house.
  • Pelican
    Pelican formed in Chicago, United States, in 2001. Plays atmospheric sludge metal, instrumental, post-metal, post-rock, sludge metal.
  • Pig Destroyer
    Pig Destroyer formed in Alexandria, United States, in 1997. Plays death metal, grindcore.
  • Prong
    Prong formed in New York, United States, in 1986. Plays crossover thrash, groove metal, heavy metal, industrial metal, thrash metal.
  • Protector
    Protector formed in 1986. Plays death metal, thrash metal.
  • Psycroptic
    Psycroptic formed in Hobart, Australia, in 1999. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, metal, technical death metal.
  • Pyrexia
    Pyrexia formed in 1990. Plays brutal death metal, death metal.
  • Pyrrhon
    Pyrrhon formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2008. Plays avant-garde metal, death metal, dissonant death metal, experimental, mathcore, metal, progressive metal, technical death metal.
  • REZN
    REZN formed in Chicago, United States, in 2016. Plays doom metal, heavy psych, stoner metal.
  • Rivers of Nihil
    Rivers of Nihil formed in Reading, United States, in 2009. Plays death metal, progressive metal, technical death metal.
  • Rotting Christ
    Rotting Christ formed in Athens, Greece, in 1987. Plays black metal, gothic metal, grindcore, melodic black metal, metal.
  • Ryker's
    Ryker's formed in 1992.
  • Sigh
    Sigh formed in Tokyo, Japan, in May 1990. Plays avant-garde, avant-garde metal, black 'n' roll, black metal, experimental, progressive, progressive metal, symphonic black metal.
  • Skálmöld
    Skálmöld formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in August 2009. Plays folk metal, viking metal.
  • Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
    Sleepytime Gorilla Museum formed in 1999, and split up in 2011, after 12 years. Plays avant-garde, avant-garde metal, avant-prog, experimental, experimental rock, progressive metal, progressive rock.
  • Slow Crush
    Slow Crush formed in Leuven, Belgium, in 2017. Plays dream pop, indie rock, pop, shoegaze, slowcore.
  • Static-X
    Static-X formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, industrial, industrial metal, metal, nu metal, rock.
  • SYLVAINE
    SYLVAINE was born in San Diego, Norway, in 1991. Plays blackgaze, dark folk, post-metal, post-rock, shoegaze.
  • The Browning
    The Browning formed in 2005. Plays deathcore, electronic, electronicore, experimental, metal, metalcore.
  • The Kovenant
    The Kovenant formed in Bergen, Norway, in 1993. Plays black metal, industrial metal, melodic black metal, metal, symphonic black metal.
  • Thrown
    Thrown formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2019. Plays beatdown hardcore, metalcore, nu metal.
  • To The Grave
    To The Grave formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2010. Plays deathcore, metal.
  • Tsjuder
    Tsjuder formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1993. Plays black metal.
  • Unleashed
    Unleashed formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989. Plays death metal, metal, viking metal.
  • Warbringer
    Warbringer formed in Ventura, United States, in 2004. Plays metal, thrash metal.
  • Wayfarer
    Wayfarer formed in Denver, United States, in 2011. Plays atmospheric black metal, folk metal.
  • Xiii. Stoleti
    Xiii. Stoleti formed in 1989. Plays gothic rock.
  • Zeke
    Zeke formed in Seattle, United States, in 1993. Plays hardcore punk, punk, speed metal.
  • Zemial
    Zemial formed in Athens, Greece, in 1989. Plays black metal.