Festival No. 0001978 · Est. 2016
Weekend of the year
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Somewhere in Bridgeview
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Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Toyota Park
- Address
- 7300 W 71st St. 60455
- City
- Bridgeview, US
- Capacity
- 28,000
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For the record
About the artists
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Amon Amarth formed in Tumba, Sweden, in 1992. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, viking metal. -
Anthrax formed in New York, United States, in 1981. Plays alternative metal, crossover thrash, groove metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal.
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Avatar formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2001. Plays alternative metal, avant-garde metal, death metal, groove metal, industrial metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Behemoth formed in Gdansk, Poland, in 1991. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, metal.
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Black Map formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2014. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock.
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Body Count formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1989. Plays alternative metal, crossover thrash, groove metal, hardcore punk, metal, metalcore, punk, rap metal.
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Cane Hill formed in New Orleans, United States, in 2011. Plays heavy metal, nu metal.
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Clutch formed in Maryland, United States, in 1990. Plays blues rock, hard rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Code Orange formed in Pittsburgh, United States, in 2008. Plays alternative metal, hardcore punk, industrial metal, metalcore.
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Crobot formed in 2011. Plays blues rock, hard rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Ded formed in Arizona, United States, in 2016. Plays metalcore, nu metal.
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Demon Hunter formed in Seattle, United States, in 2000. Plays alternative metal, christian metal, groove metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, nu metal.
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DevilDriver formed in Santa Barbara, United States, in 2003. Plays groove metal, heavy metal, metal, metalcore, thrash metal.
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DragonForce formed in London, United Kingdom, in September 1999. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Falling In Reverse formed in Las Vegas, United States, in 2008. Plays melodic metalcore, metalcore, pop punk, post-hardcore.
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Godsmack formed in Lawrence, United States, in 1995. Plays acoustic rock, alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, post-grunge.
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Hell or Highwater plays alternative rock, hard rock, melodic hardcore, punk rock, rock.
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Hellyeah formed in Dallas, United States, in 2006, and split up in 2021, after 15 years. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, heavy metal, nu metal.
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Kiss formed in Queens, United States, in January 1973, and split up on 2 December 2023, after 50 years. Plays alternative metal, aor, arena rock, classic rock, disco, glam, glam metal, glam rock.
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Korn formed in Bakersfield, United States, in 1993. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, brostep, hard rock, heavy metal, industrial, industrial rock, metal.
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Kyng formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2008.
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Lamb of God formed in Richmond, United States, in 1999. Plays groove metal, metal, metalcore.
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Megadeth formed in Los Angeles, United States, in June 1983. Plays alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Meshuggah formed in Umea, Sweden, in 1987. Plays death metal, djent, metal, progressive metal, thrash metal.
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Metal Church formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1980. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, thrash metal, us power metal.
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Mushroomhead formed in Cleveland, United States, in 1993. Plays alternative metal, industrial, industrial metal, metal, nu metal.
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Night Verses formed in Fullerton, United States, on 2 January 2012. Plays alternative rock, post-hardcore, post-rock, progressive metal, progressive rock.
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Norma Jean formed in Douglasville, United States, in January 2002. Plays mathcore, metal, metalcore.
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Ozzy Osbourne was born in Aston, United Kingdom, on 3 December 1948, and died on 22 July 2025, aged 76. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, pop rock, symphonic rock.
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Pig Destroyer formed in Alexandria, United States, in 1997. Plays death metal, grindcore.
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Rob Zombie was born in Haverhill, United States, on 12 January 1965. Plays industrial, industrial metal, metal, rock.
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Seether formed in Pretoria, United States, in 1999. Plays alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge, rock.
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Slayer formed in Huntington Park, United States, in 1981. Plays black metal, crossover thrash, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Steel Panther formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2000. Plays comedy rock, glam, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal.
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Stone Sour formed in Des Moines, United States, in 1992, and split up in 2020, after 28 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, hard rock, heavy metal, nu metal, post-grunge.
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Suicide Silence formed in Riverside, United States, in 2002. Plays deathcore, metalcore, nu metal.
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The Dillinger Escape Plan formed in Morris Plains, United States, in March 1997, and split up on 29 December 2017, after 20 years. Plays experimental, mathcore, metal, metalcore.
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vimic formed in 2016, and split up in 2018, after 2 years. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, progressive metal.
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Whitechapel formed in Knoxville, United States, in 2006. Plays alternative metal, deathcore, metal, progressive metal.
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Whores. formed in Atlanta, United States, in 2010. Plays noise rock, pigfuck, sludge metal, stoner rock.