Festival No. 0001951 · Est. 2012
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Somewhere in Sankt Goarshausen
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Loreley Freilichtbühne
- Address
- 56346
- City
- Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Alestorm formed in Perth, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays folk metal, metal, power metal. -
Behemoth formed in Gdansk, Poland, in 1991. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, metal.
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Blind Guardian formed in Krefeld, Germany, in 1984. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, speed 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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Death Angel formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1982. Plays heavy metal, metal, technical thrash metal, thrash metal.
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Ensiferum formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1995. Plays folk metal, melodic death metal, metal, power metal, viking 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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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.
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Feuerschwanz formed in Erlangen, Germany, in 2004. Plays folk metal, folk rock, medieval rock.
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Fleshgod Apocalypse formed in Rome, Italy, in 2007. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, symphonic metal, technical death metal.
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Grand Magus formed in 1996. Plays doom metal, heavy metal, metal, stoner metal, traditional doom metal.
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Hate formed in Warsaw, Poland, in September 1990. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, metal.
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Hypocrisy formed in Ludvika, Sweden, in 1990. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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In Extremo formed in 1995. Plays folk metal, folk rock, medieval metal, medieval rock.
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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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Lake of Tears formed in Borås, Sweden, in 1992. Plays doom metal, gothic metal, metal.
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Legion of the Damned formed in Geldrop, Netherlands, in 1992. Plays death metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Leng Tch'e formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2001. Plays grindcore.
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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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Mystic Prophecy formed in Bad Grönenbach, Germany, in 2000. Plays power metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Nachtblut formed in Osnabrück, Germany, in 2007. Plays black metal, melodic black metal.
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Powerwolf formed in 2003. Plays metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Saltatio Mortis formed in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2000. Plays folk metal, folk rock, medieval, medieval metal.
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Skull Fist formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006. Plays heavy metal, speed 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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Triptykon formed in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2008. Plays avant-garde metal, black metal, death metal, doom metal, gothic, gothic metal, metal.
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Turbowolf formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays alternative metal, hard rock.
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Vader formed in Olsztyn, Poland, in 1983. Plays death metal, thrash metal.