Festival No. 0001687 · Est. 2011
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About the artists
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Alice Cooper was born in Detroit, United States, on 4 February 1948. Plays classic rock, garage rock, glam metal, glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal, new wave, psychedelic rock. -
Alter Bridge formed in Orlando, United States, in 2004. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, post-grunge, progressive metal, rock.
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Architects formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays alternative metal, djent, mathcore, metal, metalcore, post-hardcore, progressive metal, progressive metalcore.
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Bring Me The Horizon formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in March 2004. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, deathcore, drum and bass, electronic, electronic rock, emo, hard rock.
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Buckcherry formed in Anaheim, United States, in 1995. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, rock.
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Cataract formed in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1998, and split up on 23 May 2013, after 15 years. Plays metalcore, thrash metal.
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Cavalera Conspiracy formed in Phoenix, United States, in August 2006. Plays death metal.
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Duff McKagan's Loaded formed in 1999. Plays hard rock.
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Eluveitie formed in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 2002. Plays celtic metal, folk metal, medieval metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Escape the Fate formed in 2004. Plays emo, emo pop, hard rock, metalcore, post-hardcore.
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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.
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Gwar formed in Richmond, United States, in 1985. Plays comedy rock, hardcore punk, heavy metal, metal, thrash metal.
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HammerFall formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1993. Plays heavy metal, metal, power 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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In Extremo formed in 1995. Plays folk metal, folk rock, medieval metal, medieval rock.
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In Flames formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, melodic death metal, metal, metalcore.
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Iron Maiden formed in Leyton, United Kingdom, on 25 December 1975. Plays heavy metal, metal, nwobhm.
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Judas Priest formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1969. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm.
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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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Limp Bizkit formed in Jacksonville, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, hip hop, metal, nu metal, pop rock, rap metal, rap rock.
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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.
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Monster Magnet formed in Red Bank, United States, in 1989. Plays desert rock, hard rock, heavy metal, heavy psych, psychedelic rock, space rock, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Mr. Big formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1988, and split up on 23 August 2024, after 36 years. Plays acoustic rock, aor, glam metal, hard rock, pop rock, rock.
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Papa Roach formed in Vacaville, United States, in 1993. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, nu metal, pop rock, rap rock, rock.
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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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Shakra formed in Trub, Switzerland, in 1997. Plays hard rock, heavy metal.
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Sick Puppies formed in 1997. Plays alternative rock, hard rock, post-grunge, rock.
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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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Slipknot formed in Des Moines, United States, in 1995. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, groove metal, heavy metal, metal, nu metal.
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The Damned Things formed in 2009. Plays alternative rock, hard rock, metal, rock, southern metal, southern rock.
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Times of Grace formed in 2010. Plays heavy metal, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore.
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Turisas formed in Hameenlinna, Finland, in 1997. Plays folk metal, melodic death metal.
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Whitesnake formed in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, in 1978, and split up in 2022, after 44 years. Plays acoustic rock, blues, blues rock, classic rock, glam, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal.