Festival No. 0003396 · Est. 2009
Weekend of the year
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Somewhere in Prestatyn
Where it happens
Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park
- Address
- Central Beach, Barkby Avenue LL19 7LA
- City
- Prestatyn, UK
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For the record
About the artists
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Abgott formed in Cassino, Italy, in November 1997, and split up in 2014, after 16 years. Plays black metal. -
Akercocke formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, progressive metal.
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Arthemis formed in 1994. Plays heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal.
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Attica Rage formed in 1989.
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Beholder formed in Coventry, United Kingdom. Plays heavy metal.
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Belligerence formed on 1 August 2004.
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Collapse formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2008.
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Conquest of Steel formed in Bradford, United Kingdom, in 2000, and split up in 2014, after 14 years.
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Crimes of Passion formed in 2005.
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Dark Funeral formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1993. Plays black metal, melodic black 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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Dååth formed in 2003. Plays death metal, groove metal, industrial metal, metal, progressive metal, technical death metal, thrash metal.
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Epica formed in Reuver, Netherlands, on 18 May 2002. Plays gothic metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal.
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Five Finger Death Punch formed in Las Vegas, United States, in 2005. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal.
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Fury UK formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2002, and split up in 2012, after 10 years. Plays heavy metal.
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Gentleman's Pistols formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays rock.
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Heathen formed in 1984. Plays heavy metal, metal, speed metal, technical thrash metal, thrash metal.
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Iced Earth formed in 1988. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, thrash metal.
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Katatonia formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1991. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, avant-garde, death metal, death-doom metal, doom metal, gothic metal, hard rock.
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Malefice formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 2003, and split up on 21 March 2017, after 14 years.
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Man Must Die formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays death metal, deathcore, metal, technical death metal.
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Marshall Law formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1987, and split up in 2010, after 23 years. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed 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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October File formed in 2004, and split up on 6 October 2016, after 12 years.
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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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Panic Cell formed in 2003, and split up on 9 July 2011, after 8 years.
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Revoker formed in 2006.
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Rise To Remain formed in 2006, and split up in 2015, after 9 years. Plays heavy metal, metalcore.
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S.S.S. formed in 2005. Plays crossover thrash, thrash metal.
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Sabaton formed in Falun, Sweden, in 1999. Plays heavy metal, metal, pop metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Savage Messiah formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays heavy metal, thrash 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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Suicidal Tendencies formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1982. Plays alternative metal, crossover thrash, funk metal, hardcore punk, metal, punk, rapcore, skate punk.
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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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The More I See formed in 2002.
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The Shining formed in 2001.
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Tony Martin was born in Oakland, United States, on 25 December 1912, and died on 27 July 2012, aged 99. Plays traditional pop.
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Vreid formed in Sogndal, Norway, in 2004. Plays black metal, melodic black metal.
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Warpath formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 1991. Plays thrash metal.
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White Wizzard formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2007. Plays heavy metal.
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Xerath formed in Basingstoke, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays djent, groove metal, metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal.
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Zico Chain formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2002.
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Zonaria formed in Umea, Sweden, in 2001. Plays melodic death metal.