Masters of Rock (festival)

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Masters of Rock


Location(s)	Vizovice, Czech Republic Zlín, Czech Republic
Years active	2003 – present
Founded by
Date(s)	July and December
Genre(s)	Heavy metal
Website	http://www.mastersofrock.cz/

Masters of Rock is a big heavy metal festival in Europe. The main styles represented on this festival are power, speed and heavy metal, though the production tries to make the fest more open for other rock and metal styles as progressive rock/metal, hardcore, death metal or even ska. It takes place in Vizovice, Czech Republic and in the past has featured bands such as Manowar, Sweet, Hammerfall, Stratovarius, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Nightwish, Rhapsody of Fire, Kreator, Edguy, Rage, Apocalyptica, Within Temptation and many more. The 2005 attendance was over 20,000, the 2006 one over 25,000 and finally the 2007 was over 30,000. The festival is held every summer and the Winter morphosis takes place in December in the town of Zlín. The 2008 edition will take place on July 10 – July 13.