List of heavy metal festivals

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List of heavy metal festivals
General Information
Related genres	Heavy metal, rock music, gothic rock
Location	Europe and United States (origin) Worldwide (current)
Related events	Music festival, rock festival, punk festival, goth festival, electronic dance music festival

This is an incomplete list of heavy metal festivals. Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music^[2] that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United States and the United Kingdom.^[3] With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, and during the late 1960s and mid-1970s these band and others in their genre were featured at a number of historic rock festivals.^[4] Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence.^[5][6]

After the genre fused with other related genres such as punk rock in the late 1970s, bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal such as Iron Maiden and Saxon followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as "metalheads" or "headbangers", and there were festivals worldwide, both touring and stationary, dedicated to heavy metal subgenres and heavy metal itself. During the 1980s, glam metal became a commercial force, while Underground scenes and extreme subgenres of metal such as death metal and black metal remained subcultural phenomena, though they have their own dedicated festivals as well. Since the mid-1990s popular styles have further expanded the definition of the genre.

Historic metal festivals

Selected historically notable heavy metal festivals held since the 1960s

Festival name'	Location	Years	Details
Schaefer Music Festival	United States	1968	Featured early metal bands like Led Zeppelin
Myponga Pop Festival	Australia	1971	Pop festival headlined by Black Sabbath
Spring Rhythms. Tbilisi-80	Soviet Union	1980	First official rock festival in the Soviet Union
Rock in Rio	Brazil	1985–present	1.5 million people attended the first event
Dynamo Open Air	Netherlands	1986–2005	Biggest annual metal festival during the 1990s, with 118,000 visitors in 1995
Moscow Music Peace Festival	Russia	1989	Important event for hair metal
Wacken Open Air	Germany	1990–present	Large metal showcase
Woodstock 1999	United States	1999	Known as a commercial and crowd control disaster
Exit Festival	Serbia	2000–present	Exit 2006 had 22 stages
Fields of Rock	Netherlands	2002-2007	Know for loads of BIG names
Download Festival	England	2003–present	Heavy metal and alt rock focus
Born Too Late Festival	United States	2003, 2009	First doom metal festival in US
Dubai Desert Rock Festival	United Arab Emirates	2004–2009	Heavy metal and rock
Soundwave	Australia	2004– December 2015	Alt rock and metal/punk focus

Tours

The following is an incomplete list of traveling metal festivals, both active and defunct:

Current festivals

Africa

Namibia

Festival Name	Country	Location	Debut	Month	Notes
Windhoek Metal Fest	Namibia	Windhoek	2007	June	featuring local and international metal bands

South Africa

RAMFest[7]	South Africa	Cape Town/Johannesburg		March	featuring rock, pop, metal, metalcore
Emalyth Arts Expo[8]		Gauteng		January	featuring about 20 local metal bands
Witchfest[9]		Johannesburg		April	featuring death, black, thrash metal

Asia

Contents
India · Indonesia · Japan · Malaysia · Nepal · Pakistan · Philippines · Singapore · Sri Lanka

India

• Bangalore Open Air
• NH7 Weekender

Indonesia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Hammersonic Festival	Jakarta	Active	March–April		All Heavy Music
Rock in Solo	Surakarta	Active	October–November		Heritage Metal Festival
Bandung Berisik

Japan

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Loudpark Festival	Saitama City	Active	October	Loud Park Festival	heavy, thrash, power, death, metalcore, nu metal

Lebanon

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Beirut Rock Festival	Beirut	Unknown	July	Beirut Rock Festival	featuring rock and metal does not occur every year - last festival was 2013
Summer Fusion Open Air	Jounieh	Unknown	August	Summer Fusion Open Air	featuring rock and metal does not occur every year - last festival was 2010 - next festival is August 2015

Malaysia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
KL MetalCamp	Kuala Lumpur	Active	November	KL MetalCamp 2014 event listing[10]	thrash, death metal

Nepal

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Nepal Deathfest	Kathmandu	Active	January	Nepal Deathfest Facebook page	featuring death metal
Silence Festival	Kathmandu	Active	October	Silence Festival	featuring local and international metal bands

Pakistan

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Hellfest Pakistan[11]	Islamabad	Active	June	Hellfest	largest metal festival in Pakistan featuring local metal bands

Philippines

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Pulp Summer Slam	Quezon City	Active	April	Pulp Summer Slam	large festival featuring metalcore, hardcore, thrash, death metal
Manila Metal and Hardcore Festival	Pasay	Active	October	Event listing[12][13]	small festival featuring local metal, hardcore, and metalcore bands
Red Horse Muziklaban	Manila	Active	various	Pambansang Muziklaban	annual rock band competition
Kaguluhan Music Festival	Cavite	Last festival - 2013	November	Kaguluhan Music Festival

Sri Lanka

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Maelstrom	Colombo	Active	August		Metal, metalcore, pop punk, punk rock, hardcore punk, alternative rock, stoner rock

Oceania

Australia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Debut	Month	Notes
Unify Gathering[14]	Tarwin Lower, Australia	Active	2015	January	Small 2 day festival, local and some international bands
Legion Fest[15]	Australia	Planned	2017	January	Crowdfunded Festival, being organised by John Sankey from Devil You Know to replace Soundwave
Soundwave Festival	Australia	Last festival - 2015	2004		In December 2015 Soundwave was cancelled for good [16]

New Zealand

Festival Name	Location	Debut	Month	Notes
Westfest[17][18]	Auckland, New Zealand		February	featuring nu-metal, metalcore, thrash metal

Western Europe

Austria

• Kaltenbach Open Air
• Nova Rock

Belgium

• Graspop Metal Meeting
• Metal Female Voices Fest
• Metal Mean Festival
• Alcatraz Metal Fest
• Antwerp Metal Fest

Cyprus

• Power of the Night Festival

Denmark

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Aalborg Metal Festival	Aalborg	Active	November	Aalborg Metal Festival	featuring death, black, metalcore
Copenhell	Copenhagen	Active	June	Copenhell	featuring death, thrash, black, doom, heavy, power metal and hard rock
Heavy Days In Doom Town	Copenhagen	Active	April/May	Heavy Days In Doom Town	featuring doom, sludge metal
Metal Magic Festival	Fredericia	Active	July	Metal Magic Festival	featuring death, black, thrash, doom metal
Roskilde Festival	Roskilde	Active	June/July	Roskilde Festival	large music festival with only few metal bands
Royal Metal Fest	Aarhus	Active	May/June	Royal Metal Fest	featuring death, black, thrash metal
Kill-Town Death Fest	Copenhagen	Last festival - 2014	September	Kill-Town Death Fest	featured death metal, grindcore

Finland

• Black Flames Of Blasphemy
• Dark River Festival
• Finnish Metal Expo
• Jalometalli Metal Music Festival
• kuusrock Oulu
• Nummirock Festival
• Sauna Open Air Metal Festival
• Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
• SteelFest Open Air Metal Festival

France

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Chaulnes Metal Fest	Chaulnes	Active	April	Chaulnes Metal Fest	death metal
Fall of Summer	Ile-De-France	Active	September	Fall of Summer Festival	death, black, thrash metal
Hellfest Summer Open Air	Clisson	Active	June	Hellfest Open Air	large festival, metal of all types
Lezard'Os Metal Fest	Matignicourt-Goncourt	Active	May	Lezard'Os Metal Fest	death, black, thrash metal
Motocultor Festival	Brittany	Active	August	Motocultor Festival	death, black, thrash metal
Raismes Fest	Raismes	Active	September	Raismes Fest	hard rock, power metal, prog metal, folk metal, death metal
Sylak Open Air	Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans	Active	August	Sylak Open Air	death, thrash metal, metalcore, hardcore
Wolf Throne Festival	Villepinte	Active	postponed in 2015 to Oct-Dec	Wolf Throne Festival	black, death metal. due to the cancellation/postponement, a smaller show called "Wolf Throne Support Festival" will take place in March

Germany

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Baden in Blut Metal Open Air	Lörrach	Active	July	Baden in Blut Metal Open Air	death, black, thrash metal
Bang Your Head!!!	Balingen	Active	July	Bang Your Head!!!	heavy, thrash, death metal
Barther Metal Open Air	Barth	Active	August	Barther Metal Open Air	feature black, doom, and death metal
Black ‘n’ Thrash Inferno	Essen	Active	March	Black ‘n’ Thrash Inferno	black, thrash metal
Chronical Moshers Open Air	Reichenbach	Active	June	Chronical Moshers Open Air	death, black, thrash metal
Dark Easter Metal Meeting	Munich	Active	April	Dark Easter Metal Meeting	black, doom, death metal
Dong Open Air	Neukirchen-Vluyn	Active	July	Dong Open Air	death, black, thrash metal
Euroblast Festival	Cologne	Active	October	Euroblast	progressive rock/metal
Gahlen Moscht Metal Open Air	Jänschwalde	Active	June	Gahlen Moscht Metal Open Air
Headbangers Open Air	Brande-Hörnerkirchen	Active	July	Headbangers Open Air
Heidensturm Festival	Leipzig	Active	March	Heidensturm Festival	pagan, Viking, black metal
Hörnerfest	Brande-Hörnerkirchen	Active	July	Hörnerfest	pagan, Viking, black metal
In Flammen Open Air	Torgau	Active	August	In Flammen Open Air	death, black metal
Keep It True Festival	Würzburg	Active	April	Keep It True	traditional heavy metal
Kings of Black Metal	Alsfeld	Active	April	Kings of Black Metal	black metal
Knock Out Festival	Karlsruhe	Active	December	Knock Out Festival	power, heavy, thrash metal
Metalfest Loreley	Loreley	Active	June	Metalfest Loreley	death, thrash, heavy metal
Metal Bash	Neu Wulmstorf	Active	May	Metal Bash
Metal Franconia Festival	Dettelbach	Active	April	Metal Franconia Festival	black, death, doom, thrash metal
Metal Hammer Paradise	Weissenhäuser Strand	Active	November	Metal Hammer Paradise	power, heavy, death metal
Metal Frenzy Open Air	Gardelegen	Active	June	Metal Frenzy	thrash, death metal
Neuborn Open Air Festival	Wörrstadt	Active	August	Neuborn Open Air Festival	thrash, heavy, death, black metal
Nuclear War Now! Fest	Berlin	Active	November	Nuclear War Now! Fest	black, death metal
Party.San Metal Open Air	Obermehler	Active	August	Party.San	death, black, thrash metal
Prophecy Fest	Balve	Active	September	Prophecy Fest	doom, black metal
Protzen Open Air	Brandenburg	Active	June	Protzen Open Air	death metal/grindcore
Out & Loud Festival	Geiselwind	Active	June	Out & Loud Festival	death, black, doom metal
Ragnarök Festival	Lichtenfels	Active	April	Ragnarök Festival	pagan, Viking, black, death, metal
Rock Hard Festival	Gelsenkirchen	Active	May	Rock Hard Festival	heavy, thrash, death metal
RockFels Festival	St. Goarshausen Loreley	Active	June		heavy, Viking, traditional	Rock Unter Den Eichen	Bertingen	Active	July	Rock Unter Den Eichen	death, black, thrash metal
RockHarz Open Air	Ballenstedt	Active	July	RockHarz Open Air	death, thrash, power metal
Storm Crusher Festival	Wiesau	Active	September	Storm Crusher Festival
Summer Breeze Open Air	Dinkelsbühl	Active	August	Summer Breeze	death, black, thrash metal
Swordbrothers Festival	Andernach	Active	September	Swordbrothers Festival	power, traditional, thrash metal
Taunus Metal Festival	Oberursel	Active	April	Taunus Metal Festival	small festival, death, black, power, thrash metal
Under The Black Sun Festival	Börnicke	Active	July	Under The Black Sun Festival	black and death metal
Wacken Open Air	Wacken	Active	July, August	W.O.A	largest metal festival in the world
With Full Force	Löbnitz	Active	July	With Full Force	hardcore, metalcore, punk, and metal
Wolfszeit Festival	Crispendorf	Active	August	Wolfszeit Festival	Viking, pagan, and black metal
Doom Shall Rise	Göppingen	Last festival - 2013	April	Doom Shall Rise	doom metal
Force Attack	Süderholz	Last festival - 2012	July		Punk, Ska, Oi!, Hardcore, Psychobilly and Metal
Monsters of Rock	various	Last festival - 2006	Summer		active between 1980-1996, and 2006
United Metal Maniacs	Bitterfeld	Last festival - 2010	month	Festung Open Air
Winternoise Festival	Georgsmarienhütte	Last festival - 2009	January	Winternoise

Greece

• Rockwave Festival (Athens)

Iceland

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Eistnaflug	Neskaupstaður	Active	July	Eistnaflug	featuring death, black, thrash metal and other rock music

Ireland

• Day of Darkness

Italy

• Agglutination Metal Festival
• Gods of Metal
• Monsters of Rock
• Play It Loud! Festival
• Total Metal Festival

Malta

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Malta Doom Metal Festival	Rabat	Active	October (end)	Malta Doom Metal Festival	doom metal
Xtreme Metal Assault	Paola	Active	July	Xtreme Metal Assault 2015 event page - https://www.facebook.com/events/730655447050397/	16 bands 2 stages - All metal styles in one event.

Netherlands

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Dokk’em Open Air	Dokkum	Active	June	Dokk’em Open Air	featuring death, thrash, power, heavy metal
Eindhoven Metal Meeting	Eindhoven	Active	December	Eindhoven Metal Meeting	featuring death, black, folk, thrash metal
FortaRock Festival	Nijmegen	Active	May	FortaRock	large outdoor festival featuring thrash, heavy, death, black metal, metalcore
Into The Grave	Leeuwarden	Active	August	Into The Grave	Medium outdoor festival featuring heavy, thrash and death metal
Nothing Changed Fest	Nijmegen	Active	September	Nothing Changed Fest	small festival featuring sludge, crust, grindcore, hardcore
Occultfest	Hoogeveen	Active	September	Occultfest	small festival featuring local death, thrash, black metal
ProgPower Europe	Baarlo	Active	October	ProgPower Europe	featuring power, progressive metal
Roadburn Festival	Tilburg	Active	April	Roadburn Festival	large festival featuring doom, stoner, death, black metal
Stonehenge Festival	Steenwijk	Active	July	Stonehenge Festival	featuring death, black, folk, thrash metal
Waves of Metal Festival	Hoogeveen	Active	October	Festivalinfo.nl Armada Agency	small 1 day indoor festival featuring death, black metal
Very 'Eavy Festival	Stadskanaal	Active	April	Very 'Eavy Festival	small festival featuring heavy metal, NWOBHM
Neurotic Deathfest	Tilburg	Last Festival - 2015	May
Arnhem Metal Meeting	Arnhem	Last festival - 2007	December
Dynamo Open Air	Eindhoven	Last festival - 2005	May
Fields of Rock	Nijmegen	Last festival - 2007	June

Norway

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Blastfest	Bergen	Active	February	Blastfest	featuring black, death metal
Karmøygeddon Festival	Haugesund	Active	May	Karmøygeddon	featuring black, death, thrash, doom metal
Inferno Metal Festival	Oslo	Active	April	Inferno	featuring black, death, thrash, doom metal
Tons of Rock	Halden	Active	June	Tons of Rock	featuring thrash, death, black, heavy metal
Southern Discomfort	Kristiansand	Active	September	Southern Discomfort	featuring black, death, thrash, doom metal
Trondheim Metal Fest	Trondheim	Active	March	Trondheim Metal Fest	featuring death, black, thrash, metalcore
Hole in the Sky	Bergen	Last festival - 2011	August		active between 2000-2011

Poland

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Sonisphere Poland	Warsaw	Active	July	Sonisphere Poland	part of a touring rock music festival, occurred in Poland in 2010 to 2014
Asymmetry Festival	Wrocław	Active	September	Asymmetry Festival	rock, metal and alternative electronics
Dark Fest	Byczyna	Active	September	Dark Fest	small festival
Metalfest Poland	Jaworzno	Last festival - 2013	June	Metalfest Poland	two editions
Seven Festival	Węgorzewo	Last festival - 2013	July	Seven Festival	various different names since 1991
Knock Out Festival	Kraków	Last festival - 2009	July	Knock Out Festival	one edition
Hunterfest	Szczytno	Last festival - 2009	July	Hunterfest	five editions
Metalmania	Katowice	Last festival - 2009	March	Metalmania

Portugal

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Extreme Metal Attack	Benavente	Active	March	Extreme Metal Attack	small 2 day festival featuring black, death, thrash metal
Festival Paredes de Coura	Paredes de Coura	Active	August	Festival	large rock festival featuring rock, pop, and few metal bands
Moita Metal Fest	Moita	Active	March	Moita Metal Fest 2014	small festival featuring local death, thrash metal, metalcore, punk bands
Rock in Rio Lisboa	Lisboa	Active	May	Rock in Rio Lisboa	large rock festival featuring rock, pop, and few metal bands
Santa Maria Summer Fest	Beja	Active	June	Santa Maria Summer Fest	featuring punk, hardcore, grind, death metal
SWR Barroselas Metalfest	Barroselas	Active	April	SWR Barroselas Metalfest	3 day festival featuring death, black, thrash metal
Vagos Open Air	Calvão	Active	August	Vagos Open Air	featuring death, black, thrash, doom metal

Spain

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Full Metal Cruise	Balearic Isles	Active	April		Wacken Open Air Cruise
H.O.M Fest	Burgos	Active	July	H.O.M Fest
Leyendas Del Rock Festival	Villena	Active	August	Leyendas Del Rock Festival	Wacken Cruise featuring heavy, thrash, power, death, black metal
Resurrection Fest	Viveiro	Active	August (early)	Resurrection Fest	featuring thrash, death, black metal, punk, rock
Sonisphere	Madrid/Barcelona	Last festival - 2013	May/June	Sonisphere	part of a touring rock music festival, last occurred in Spain in 2013
Rock Fest	Barcelona	Active	July	Rock Fest
Via de la Plata Festival	Mérida	Last festival - 2008	July		only active in 2008 Rock fest Barcelona	Barcelona	Active	http://www.rocknrock.com/

Sweden

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Getaway Rock Festival	Gävle	Active	August	Getaway Rock Festival	attendance of about 1,500
House of Metal	Umeå	Active	February (end)	House of Metal	featuring death, black, thrash metal
Metaltown Festival	Gothenburg	Active	May	Metaltown Festival	featuring popular metal bands along with nu metal, metalcore, death metal
Muskelrock	Tyrolen	Active	June	Hemsida Muskelrock	featuring heavy, thrash metal
Mörkaste Småland	Hultsfred	Active	September	Mörkaste Småland	featuring black metal
Rockstad: Falun	Falun	Active	August	Sabaton Open Air - Rockstad: Falun	featuring Sabaton along with power, folk, death, doom metal
Scorched Tundra	Gothenburg	Active	December	Scorched Tundra	featuring doom, sludge, death metal
STHLM Fields	Stockholm	Active	May	STHLM Fields	featuring popular metal bands along thrash, death, doom metal
Sweden Rock Festival	Norje	Active	June	Sweden Rock Festival	featuring popular metal and rock bands such as Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper
Forlorn Fest	Umeå	Last festival - 2012	November	Forlorn Fest	small festival featuring black metal

Switzerland

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Chaos Ritval	Bülach	Active	September		featuring death, black, heavy, speed, doom metal
Inferno Metal Festival Switzerland	Lausanne	Active	June	Inferno Metal Festival	featuring death, black, doom metal
Meh Suff!	Hüttikon	Active	September	Meh Suff! Metal-Festival	featuring death, black, thrash metal
Metal Assault	Lausanne	Active	September	Metal Assault	featuring death metal
Open Circle Festival	Spreitenbach	Active	September	Open Circle Festival	small rock festival featuring local rock and metal bands
Sonisphere	Yverdon-les-Bains	Last festival - 2012	May	Sonisphere	part of a touring rock music festival, last occurred in Switzerland in 2012

United Kingdom

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Beermageddon	Bromsgrove	Active	August	Beermageddon	small indoor festival featuring local metal bands
Black Country Metal Fest	West Midlands	Active	March	Black Country Metal Fest	small one day festival featuring local bands
Bloodstock Open Air	Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent	Active	August	Bloodstock Open Air	outdoor festival featuring death, black, thrash, folk metal, with attendance of 13,000 (2013)
Butserfest	Waterlooville, Hampshire	Active	September	Butserfest	small alcohol/drug-free festival, targeted at people aged 14–20
Damnation Festival	Leeds, England	Active	November	Damnation Festival	featuring death, black, thrash, doom metal
Download Festival	Donington Park, Leicestershire	Active	June	Download Festival	large rock festival featuring hard rock, nu-metal, metalcore, death, black metal
Hammerfest	Prestatyn, Wales	Active	March	Hammerfest
Hard Rock Hell	Gwynedd, North Wales	Active	November	Hard Rock Hell	featuring heavy metal, hard/heavy rock, rock
Les-Fest	Wiston Lodge, Scotland	Active	June	Les-Fest	3 day classic rock and heavy metal festival
North of the Wall	Glasgow	Active	March	North of the Wall[19]	featuring local metal bands
Sonisphere	Knebworth Park	Active	July	Sonisphere
Temples Festival	Bristol	Active	May	Temples Festival	3 day festival featuring death, thrash, black metal, metalcore
Hellfire Festival	Birmingham, England	Last festival - 2009	November		active from 2008-2009
In-Fest	London	Last festival - 2010	August		small indoor festival which featured metal, punk, and rock
Monsters of Rock	Castle Donington, England	Last festival - 2006	Summer		active between 1980-1996, and 2006
ProgPower UK	The Centaur, Cheltenham UK	Last festival - 2007	March

Eastern Europe

Armenia

• MetalFront Fest

Belarus

• Metal Crowd Open Air

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Sarajevo Metal Fest

Bulgaria

• Kavarna Rock Fest
• Kaliakra Rock Fest
• Sonisphere Festival
• Spirit of Burgas

Croatia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Burning Sea Festival	Zadar	Never occurred	N/A	Burning Sea Festival	first festival in 2013 was cancelled
Underwall Festival	Zadar	Last festival - 2014	June	Underwall Festival	most of the festival in 2014 was cancelled

Czech Republic

• Brutal Assault, Josefov
• Hell Fast Attack, Brno, 2007-
• Obscene Extreme
• Masters of Rock
• Metalfest
• Phantoms of Pilsen
• Žižkův Vraždící Palcát

Estonia

• Hard Rock Laager
• Rabarock

Hungary

• Metalmania
• Sziget (only part Metal)

Lithuania

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Kilkim Žaibu	Žagarė	Active	June (end)	Kilkim Žaibu	black, Viking metal, and folk music
Devilstone	Anykščiai	Active	July (mid)	Devilstone Open Air	rock, metal

Moldova

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Death Morozz Action Fest	Chisinau	Active	January	Brutal Basarabia 2015 event listing[20]	small festival - death, thrash metal

Romania

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Artmania Festival	Sibiu	Active	August	ARTmania Festival	Art festival featuring gothic, doom, folk, heavy metal
Rock'N'Iasi	Iași	Active	October	Rock'N'Iasi	small festival featuring lesser known local alternative rock and metal bands
Old Grave Fest	Bucharest	Active	October	Old Grave Fest	featuring old school metal, thrash, death, black, heavy, doom and so on, in their traditional form.
Rockstadt Extreme Fest	Rasnov	Active	August	Rockstadt Extreme Fest	featuring death, black, thrash metal
November To Dismember Metal Fest	Bucharest	Active	November	November To Dismember Metal Fest 2014	featuring death, thrash metal
Tuborg GreenFest	Bucharest	Last festival - 2012	June/July		series of festivals taking place different countries, last festival in Romania was 2012

Russia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Blackened Life Festival	Tula	Active	August	Blackened Life Festival	featuring black, death metal
Moscow Black Metal Convention	Moscow	Active	August	Black Metal Convention	small festival featuring black metal
Moscow DOOM Festival	Moscow	Active	May	Moscow DOOM Festival Official Event Page	small one day festival featuring doom metal
Nashestviye	Bolshoye Zavidovo	Active	July	Nashestviye	large open air rock festival featuring rock, folk, pop, and metal
Moscow Music Peace Festival	Moscow	Last festival - 1989	August		one-time festival featuring heavy and glam metal

Serbia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Exit Festival	Novi Sad	Active	July	EXIT Festival	not strictly a metal festival featuring pop, rock, electronic, hip hop, but has some death, black, thrash, doom metal

Slovakia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Gothoom Open Air	Rudno nad Hronom	Active	August	Gothoom Festival	featuring black, death, thrash metal

Slovenia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Metaldays	Tolmin	Active	July	Metaldays	previously known as Metalcamp, featuring death, black, folk, thrash metal

Turkey

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
HEADBANGERS' WEEKEND	Istanbul	Active	August	HEADBANGERS' WEEKEND	featuring thrash, heavy, power, death metal
Rock Off Festival	Istanbul	Active	August	Rock Off Festival	featuring thrash, heavy, power, death metal
Hi - Voltage	Istanbul	Active	June	Hi-Voltage	featuring thrash, heavy, power, death metal, metalcore
Rock'n Coke	Istanbul	Active	September	Rock'n Coke	featuring rock, indie rock, with some metal
Barışarock	Istanbul	Last festival - 2008	August	Barışarock
RockIstanbul	Istanbul	Last festival - 2005	June
Unirock Open Air Festival	Istanbul	Last festival - 2011	August
Sonisphere	Istanbul	Last festival - 2011	June	Sonisphere	part of a touring rock music festival, last occurred in Turkey in 2011

Ukraine

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Carpathian Alliance Metal	Lviv Region	Active	July	Carpathian Alliance Metal Festival	featuring black, Viking, folk metal
Global East Rock Festival	Kyiv	Last festival - 2011	August, September	Global East Rock Festival	featuring heavy, power, death, black, thrash, gothic, industrial, folk metal
Metal Heads Mission	Yevpatoriya, Crimea	Last festival - 2013	August	Metal Heads Mission	featuring death, black, thrash, heavy metal with over 3,000 attendees. 2014 was cancelled due to current "political and economical situations"[21] in Crimea
Pro Rock	Krolevets, Konotop and Kyiv	Last festival - 2009	August, July	Pro Rock	featuring heavy, power, death, thrash, gothic, folk metal

United Arab Emirates

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Dubai Desert Rock Festival	Dubai	Active	May	Dubai Rock Festival	active until 2009, but continued on as Dubai Rock Festival

North and Central America

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Canada

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Armstrong Metal Festival	Armstrong, BC	Active	July	Armstrong Metal Festival	featuring death, black, thrash metal
Calgary Metalfest	Calgary, AB	Active	June	Calgary Metalfest	featuring death, thrash, metalcore
Farmageddon Open Air	Ryley, AB	Active	June	Festival	featuring death, black, thrash metal
Loud As Hell Festival	Drumheller, AB	Active	July/Aug	Festival	featuring, heavy metal, classic metal, death, black, thrash metal, and more metal
Heavy MTL	Montreal, QC	Active	August	HEAVY MONTRÉAL	featuring popular metal, thrash metal, metalcore, nu-metal, hard rock
Loud as Hell Festival	Drumheller, AB	Active	July/August	Loud as Hell Festival	featuring metalcore, nu-metal, thrash metal
Manitoba Metalfest	Winnipeg, MB	Active	April	2015 Event listing[22][23]	featuring thrash, death metal
Messe des Morts Festival	Montreal, QC	Active	April	Messe des Morts Festival	featuring black metal
Noctis Valkyries Metal Festival	Calgary, AB	Active	September	Noctis Valkyries Metal Festival	featuring death, black, thrash metal
Trois-Rivières Metalfest	Trois-Rivières, QC	Active	March	Trois-Rivières Metalfest	featuring death, black, thrash metal
Wings of Metal Fest	Montreal, QC	Active	August	Wings of Metal Fest	featuring heavy, thrash, doom metal
Heavy T.O.	Toronto, ON	Last festival - 2012	August	Heavy T.O.	ran by promoters of Heavy MTL
MetalWizard Open Air	Saskatoon, SK	Last festival - 2014	July	MetalWizard Open Air	not announced for 2015

Costa Rica

• Festival Siembra y Lucha

Mexico

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Hell & Heaven Metal Fest	Mexico City	Active	March	Hell and Heaven Metal Fest	death, black, thrash metal, metalcore, nu metal featival in 2014 was cancelled 2 days before the festival and moved 5 months later

United States

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
70000 Tons of Metal (cruise ship)	Miami, FL to Caribbean	Active	January	70000 Tons of Metal	active since 2011, featuring thrash, power, folk, death, black metal, with about 2,000 attendees on a cruise ship
Flight of the Valkyries	Baltimore, MD	Active	January	Flight of the Valkyries	active since 2007, featuring classic, power, folk, and death metal
Aftershock Festival	Sacramento, CA	Active	October	AfterShock	active since 2012, featuring Heavy metal, Hard rock, Post-Hardcore, Thrash metal, Death metal, Nu metal, Alternative Rock
Black Kvlt Fest	Miami, FL	Active	October	Black Kvlt Fest 2	small festival featuring black metal
Brutiful Metal Fest	Fort Worth, TX	Active	late June	Brutiful Metal Fest	small 1 day festival featuring approx. a dozen local bands
Carolina Rebellion	Concord, NC	Active	early May	Carolina Rebellion	active since 2011
Chaos in Tejas	Austin, TX	Active	May/June	Chaos in Tejas	large outdoor festival featuring death metal, grindcore, hardcore, has been reduced to small festival in 2014
Days Of The Doomed Fest	Milwaukee, WI	Active	June	Days Of The Doomed Fest	featuring doom, stoner, sludge metal
Denver Black Sky[24]	Denver, CO	Active	August		1 day festival featuring death, black, thrash metal
Indianapolis Metal Fest	Indianapolis, IN	Active	September	Indianapolis Metal Fest	featuring death, black, thrash metal
Maryland Deathfest	Baltimore, MD	Active	end of May	Maryland Deathfest	active since 2003, featuring death, black, doom, grind with attendance of 2,000-3,000
New England Metal and Hardcore Festival	Worcester, MA	Active	April/May	New England Metal and Hardcore Festival	active since 1999, featuring metalcore, hardcore, death metal
New Jersey Deathfest	Stanhope, NJ	Active	October	New Jersey Deathfest	featuring death metal with approx. 20 bands
NYDM Spring Bash	Milwaukee, WI	Active	April	2015 Event listing[25]	featuring death, thrash, doom metal Established in 2010
ProgPower USA	Atlanta, GA	Active	early September	ProgPower USA	featuring power, progressive, traditional metal
Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse	Chicago, IL	Active	May	Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse	featuring traditional, heavy, thrash metal
Rock on the Range	Columbus, OH	Active	May	Rock on the Range	featuring nu metal, metalcore with an attendance of 120,000
Scion Rock Fest	Pomona, CA/various	Active	March/June	Scion Rock Fest	featuring death metal, grindcore, doom metal, metalcore
Shiprocked (cruise ship)	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Active	January/February	Shiprocked	cruise ship featuring nu metal, metalcore
Stoner Hands of DOOM	New London, CT	Active	September	Stoner Hands of DOOM	featuring doom, stoner, sludge metal
Throwback Metal Fest	Las Vegas, NV	Active	October	Throwback Metal Fest	featuring traditional, heavy, thrash
Warriors Of Metal Festival	Pataskala, OH	Active	June	Warriors Of Metal Festival	featuring heavy, power, progressive, thrash metal
West Texas Death Fest	Amarillo, TX	Active	April	West Texas Death Fest 2014	featuring death metal
Barge to Hell (cruise ship)	Miami, FL to Caribbean	Last festival - 2012	December	Barge to Hell	featured as a second cruise from 70000 Tons of Metal
Bay Area Rock Fest	San Francisco, CA	Last festival - 2008	spring		small festival active in 2007 and 2008
Born Too Late	Rochester, NY	Last festival - 2009	August	Born Too Late	small festival featured doom, stoner, sludge metal
California Metalfest	Anaheim, CA	Last festival - 2012	November	California Metalfest	featured metalcore, hardcore, and some metal
Delaware Deathfest	Wilmington, DE	Last festival - 2013	October	2013 event listing[26]	featuring death metal
Emissions from the Monolith	OH/IL/TX	Last festival - 2007	late May		active between 2000-2007 featured doom, stoner, sludge metal
Flight of the Valkyries	St. Paul, MN/Baltimore, MD	Last festival - 2011	November		featured metal with female lead vocalists
Heathen Crusade Metalfest	Minneapolis, MN	Last festival - 2008	January	Heathen Crusade Metalfest	featured Viking, folk metal
Milwaukee Metal Fest	Milwaukee, WI	Last festival - 2007	July/August		active between 1987-2007, one of the first metal festivals in the United States to have international metal bands[27]
Robot Mosh Fest	Milwaukee, WI	Last festival - 2008	June		active between 2001-2008, featured metalcore, hardcore, metal
Saints & Sinners Festival	Asbury Park, NJ	Last festival - 2007	November		active between 2006-2007, feature nu metal, metalcore
Stella Natura	Cisco Grove, CA	Last festival - 2013	September	Stella Natura: The Light of Ancestral Fires	featuring folk and experimental music, black, doom metal
Tidal Wave	San Francisco, CA	Last festival - 2012	July	Tidal Wave	free outdoor festival, active between 2000-2012, featured death, doom metal
Welcome to Rockville	Jacksonville, FL	Active	April/May		active since 2011 at Metropolitan Park, featuring heavy metal, alternative rock, thrash metal, metalcore,

South America

Contents
Argentina · Brazil · Chile · Colombia

Argentina

• Monsters of Rock
• Quilmes Rock

Brazil

• Monsters of Rock
• Live'N'Louder
• Metal Open Air
• Zoombie Ritual Festival

Chile

• Monsters of Rock
• Metal Fest

Colombia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Altavoz	Antioquia	Active	November	Altavoz	rock festival with death, thrash metal
Convivencia Rock	Pereira	Active	November	Festival Convivencia Rock	rock festival with some death, thrash metal
Manizales Grita Rock	Manizales	Active	October	Manizales Grita Rock	rock festival with death, thrash metal
Rock al Parque	Bogotá	Active	August	Rock al Parque	rock festival with death, thrash metal

Ecuador

• Quito Fest

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Encuentro Gutural	Moving festival around Ecuador	Active	July - December	[facebook.com/blackdragonprods]	ONly Extreeme Metal Festival Festival Started in 2011 and it has covered cities like Quito, Otavalo, Ambato, Machala, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas. Encuentro Gutural is a 2 - 3 day festival

Puerto Rico

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Metal Expo Convention	Santurce	Active	March	First Puerto Rican Metal Expo Convention	two day event featuring seminars, musical clinics, and live metal bands
Festival de Metal Boricua	Cayey	Last festival - 2006	November

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Metal music events.

• List of music festivals
• Heavy metal

References

External links

• All Metalfest - All Metal Festivals Around the World
• Metal Festivals in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz
• Heavy Metal.nl - Festivals & Concerts
• Lords of Metal ezine - Gig Guide

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