Festival No. 0001082 · Est. 1997
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About the artists
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Aborted formed in Waregem, Belgium, in 1995. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathcore, goregrind, grindcore, metal. -
Amon Amarth formed in Tumba, Sweden, in 1992. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, viking metal.
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Arch Enemy formed in Halmstad, Sweden, in 1996. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, symphonic metal.
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Atheist formed in Sarasota, United States, in 1984. Plays death metal, metal, progressive metal, technical death metal.
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Battlelore formed in 1999. Plays death metal, folk metal, gothic metal, melodic death metal, metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Born from Pain formed in Heerlen, Netherlands, in 1997. Plays hardcore punk.
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Caliban formed in Hattingen, Germany, in 1997. Plays deathcore, melodic hardcore, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore.
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Cannibal Corpse formed in Buffalo, United States, in 1988. Plays brutal death metal, death metal.
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Carnivore formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1982, and split up on 14 April 2010, after 28 years. Plays crossover thrash, metal, thrash metal.
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Celtic Frost formed in June 1984, and split up on 9 September 2008, after 24 years. Plays avant-garde metal, black metal, death metal, doom metal, glam metal, heavy metal, industrial metal, metal.
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Children of Bodom formed in Espoo, Finland, in 1997, and split up on 15 December 2019, after 22 years. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, power metal.
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D'espairsRay formed in Tokyo, Japan, on 9 September 1999, and split up on 15 June 2011, after 11 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, industrial metal, visual kei.
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Danko Jones formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1996. Plays hard rock, rock.
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Dezperadoz formed in 2006, and split up in 2006. Plays thrash metal.
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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter formed in Weimar, Germany, in 1995. Plays death metal, folk metal, heavy metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Dogma formed in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and split up in 1996. Plays symphonic prog.
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Ektomorf formed in Mezőkovácsháza, Hungary, in 1994. Plays groove metal, nu metal.
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Emperor formed in Notodden, Norway, in 1991. Plays black metal, melodic black metal, metal, progressive metal, symphonic black metal, symphonic metal.
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End Of Green formed in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1992. Plays alternative rock, gothic rock.
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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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Finntroll formed in Helsinki, Finland, in May 1997. Plays black metal, folk metal, metal.
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Gamma Ray formed in 1989. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Hellfueled formed in 1999.
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In Extremo formed in 1995. Plays folk metal, folk rock, medieval metal, medieval rock.
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Korpiklaani formed in 2003. Plays folk metal, metal.
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Krypteria formed in 2001. Plays gothic metal, power 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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Mambo Kurt was born in Hagen, Germany, on 11 April 1967.
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Metal Inquisitor formed in 1998, and split up in 2021, after 23 years. Plays heavy metal.
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Michael Schenker Group formed in London, Germany, in 1979. Plays hard rock, heavy metal.
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Ministry formed in Chicago, United States, in 1981. Plays alternative metal, ebm, electro-industrial, electronic, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal.
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Morbid Angel formed in Tampa, United States, in 1983. Plays death metal, metal.
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Motörhead formed in London, United Kingdom, in June 1975, and split up on 28 December 2015, after 40 years. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock, rock and roll, speed metal.
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Mystic Circle formed in Ludwigshafen, Germany, in 1992. Plays melodic black metal, melodic death metal.
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Nevermore formed in Seattle, United States, in 1991. Plays groove metal, heavy metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, thrash metal.
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Nocturnal Rites formed in Umea, Sweden, in 1990. Plays metal, power metal.
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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.
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Orphaned Land formed in Petah Tikva, Israel, in 1991. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, doom metal, folk metal, melodic death metal, metal, post-metal, progressive metal.
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Primal Fear formed in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany, in 1997. Plays heavy metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Rose Tattoo formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1976. Plays classic rock, hard rock, rock.
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Scorpions formed in Hannover, Germany, in 1965. Plays acoustic rock, aor, classic rock, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, krautrock, metal.
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Six Feet Under formed in Tampa, United States, in 1993. Plays death metal.
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Soilwork formed in Helsingborg, Sweden, in 1995. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Soulfly formed in Phoenix, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, heavy metal, nu metal, thrash metal.
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Svbway To Sally formed in Potsdam, Germany, in 1990. Plays folk, folk metal, folk rock, industrial metal, medieval, medieval metal, metal, neue deutsche härte.
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Tribe After Tribe formed in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1985. Plays alternative rock.
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Uli Jon Roth was born on 18 December 1954. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, neoclassical metal, psychedelic rock.
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Victory formed in Hannover, Germany, in 1984. Plays hard rock, heavy metal.
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Vreid formed in Sogndal, Norway, in 2004. Plays black metal, melodic black metal.
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We formed in 1993.
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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.
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Wintersun formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 2003. Plays folk metal, melodic death metal, metal, symphonic metal.