This is an incomplete list of heavy metalfestivals. The genre heavy metal (or simply metal) is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United States and the United Kingdom.[1][2][3] With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the first heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, and during the late 1960s and mid-1970s these bands 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]
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Main articles Rock festival and Heavy metal music This is an incomplete list of heavy metal festivals The genre heavy metal or simply metal is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s largely in the United States and the United Kingdom 1 2 3 With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock the first heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences and during the late 1960s and mid 1970s these bands 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 List of heavy metal festivalsBrutal Assault 2012General InformationRelated genresHeavy metal punk rock rockLocationEurope and United States origin Worldwide current Related eventsPunk rock festival rock festivalvteAfter 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 Contents 1 Historical heavy metal festivals 2 Current heavy metal festivals 2 1 Africa 2 1 1 Botswana 2 2 Asia 2 2 1 India 2 2 2 Indonesia 2 2 3 Japan 2 2 4 Mongolia 2 2 5 Nepal 2 3 Europe 2 3 1 Austria 2 3 2 Belgium 2 3 3 Bulgaria 2 3 4 Czech Republic 2 3 5 Denmark 2 3 6 Estonia 2 3 7 Finland 2 3 8 France 2 3 9 Germany 2 3 10 Greece 2 3 11 Hungary 2 3 12 Iceland 2 3 13 Italy 2 3 14 Latvia 2 3 15 Lithuania 2 3 16 Netherlands 2 3 17 Norway 2 3 18 Poland 2 3 19 Portugal 2 3 20 Romania 2 3 21 Russia 2 3 22 Slovenia 2 3 23 Spain 2 3 24 Sweden 2 3 25 United Kingdom 2 4 North America 2 4 1 Canada 2 4 2 Mexico 2 4 3 United States 2 5 Oceania 2 5 1 Australia 2 6 South America 2 6 1 Brazil 2 6 2 Colombia 3 Tours 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistorical heavy metal festivals EditSelected historically notable heavy metal festivals held since the 1960s Festival name Location Years DetailsMyponga Pop Festival Australia 1971 pop festival headlined by Black SabbathMonsters of Rock England 1980 1996 music festival held in Castle Donington later it branched into other locations 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 1995Moscow Music Peace Festival Russia 1989 part of an era of momentous change in the Soviet UnionWacken Open Air Germany 1990 present larger heavy metal festivalSweden Rock Festival Sweden 1992 present classic rock hard rock and metal Graspop Metal Meeting Belgium 1996 present larger heavy metal festivalExit Festival Serbia 2000 present Exit 2006 had 22 stages Download Festival England 2003 present heavy metal and alt rock focusBloodstock Open Air England 2001 present Heavy Metal festivalHellfest Summer Open Air France 2006 present larger heavy metal festivalCurrent heavy metal festivals EditAfrica Edit Botswana Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesOverthrust Winter Metal Mania Festival 7 Ghanzi 2010 present May featuring local and African metal bandsAsia Edit India Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesBangalore Open Air Karnataka 2012 present JulyThunderstrock Festival Ranchi Jharkhand 2008 present SeptemberIndonesia Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesBrotherground Surabaya November December deathmetal metalcore deathcore hardcore etc Hammersonic Festival Jakarta 2012 present March April all heavy musicHellprint Bandung 2011 present November March all heavy musicRock In Celebes Makassar 2010 present November rock genresRock in Solo Surakarta 2004 present October November heritage metalJapan Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesDownload Festival Chiba City 2019 present MarchMongolia Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesNoise Metal Fest Ulaanbaatar 2014 present April May featuring local and international metal bandsNepal Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesSilence Fest Kathmandu 2011 present September amp November featuring local and international metal bandsEurope Edit Austria Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesNova Rock Nickelsdorf 2005 present JuneKaltenbach Open Air 2003 present AugustBelgium Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesGraspop Metal Meeting Dessel 1996 present End of June One of the biggest metal festivals in EuropeAlcatraz Hard Rock amp Metal Festival 8 Deinze Kortrijk since 2013 2008 present Beginning of August Started indoor but changed to an outdoor festival in 2013Huginns Awakening Fest Oostende 2009 present April May Thrash Speed Heavy metal festivalHeadbanger s Balls Fest Izegem 2012 present Beginning of MayBlast from the Past Festival Kuurne 2013 present December Old school heavy metal festivalMetalworksfest Kuurne 2017 present Beginning or mid MarchBulgaria Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesHills of RockCzech Republic Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesBrutal Assault Jaromer 1996 present August extreme metal heavy metal hardcore punk experimental musicMasters of Rock festival Vizovice 2003 present July heavy metal power metalMetalfest Pilsen 2007 present June heavy metal power metalObscene Extreme Trutnov 1999 present July grindcore death metal hardcore punkDenmark Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesCopenhell Copenhagen 2010 present June featuring death thrash black doom heavy power metal and hard rockAalborg Metal Festival Aalborg 2002 present November featuring death thrash black doom heavy power metal and hard rockRoyal Metal Fest Aarhus 2008 present April featuring death thrash black doom heavy power metal and hard rockViborg Metal Festival Viborg 2014 present March featuring death thrash black doom heavy power metal and hard rockMetal Magic Festival Fredericia 2008 present July featuring death thrash black doom heavy power metal and hard rockEstonia Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesHard Rock Laager Vana Vigala 2002 present June all subgenres of metal and rockHowls of Winter Tallinn 2014 present February black metalBarbar Feast Saula 2019 present July all subgenres of metal and rockFinland Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesDark River Festival Kotka August all subgenres of metalJohn Smith Rock Festival Laukaa 2016 present July heavy metal rockNummirock Kauhajoki 1987 present June all subgenres of metalSaarihelvetti Tampere August all subgenres of metalSteelfest Open Air Hyvinkaa 2008 present May black and death metalTurku Saatanalle Turku 2011 present March black metalTuska Open Air Helsinki 1998 present July all subgenres of metalFrance Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesHellfest Summer Open Air Clisson 2006 present June large festival metal of all typesMotocultor Festival Brittany 2007 present August death black thrash metalPlane R Fest Colombier Saugnieu 2012 present July metal of all typesSylak Open Air Saint Maurice de Gourdans August metal of all types hardcoreGermany Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesBang Your Head Balingen 1996 present July heavy thrash death metalChronical Moshers Open Air Heinsdorfergrund 1982 present June death black thrashDong Open Air Neukirchen Vluyn 2001 present July all styles of metalElbriot Hamburg 2013 present August one day festival featuring rock heavy metal hardcore punkEuroblast Festival Cologne 2008 present October progressive rock metalFull Force Lobnitz 1994 present July hardcore metalcore punk and metalIn Flammen Open Air Torgau July death black thrash metalMetal Frenzy Open Air Festival Gardelegen 2014 present JuneParty San Metal Open Air Thuringia 2005 present August death black thrash metalRagnarok Festival Lichtenfels Bavaria 2004 present April pagan Viking black death metalRhon Rock Open Air Hunfeld Oberfeld Hesse 2017 present AugustRock Hard Festival Gelsenkirchen 2003 present June heavy metalRock um zu helfen Freiberg Saxony October rock genresSummer Breeze Open Air Dinkelsbuhl 1997 present August death black thrash metalWacken Open Air 9 Wacken 1990 present August largest metal festival in GermanyGreece Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesRockwave Festival Lamia Athens 1996 present AugustHungary Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesRockmaraton Dunaujvaros 1991 present July Mostly Hungarian bands Black Thrash Metalcore Deathcore Punk rock Iceland Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesEistnaflug Neskaupstadur 2005 present July featuring death black thrash metal and other rock musicItaly Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesAgglutination Metal Festival Chiaromonte 1995 present AugustLatvia Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesZobens un Lemess Bauska 2014 present June folk pagan metal subgenres 3 day festivalLithuania Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesDevilstone Anyksciai 2009 present July mid rock metalKilkim Zaibu Varniai 1999 present June end black Viking metal and folk musicNetherlands Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesAmsterdam Metalfest Amsterdam 2015 present April amp October one day festivalDynamo Open Air Eindhoven 2015 present JulyFortarock Nijmegen 2009 present June July large festival featuring all kinds of metalInto the Grave Leeuwarden 2010 present JuneMidsummerProg Valkenburg 2017 present JuneNetherlands Deathfest Eindhoven 2016 present MayProgPower Europe Baarlo 1999 present October featuring power progressive metalRoadburn Festival Tilburg 1999 present April large festival featuring doom stoner death black metalNorway Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesInferno Metal Festival Oslo 2001 present April featuring black death thrash doom metalKarmoygeddon Metal Festival Kopervik 2004 present May wide range of metal subgenresGarasjefestival Reinsvoll 2017 present July black death trash and other subgenres of metalPoland Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesMystic Festival Gdansk 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2019 present June 3 days Warm Up Day various rock amp metal subgenresSiekiera fest Wroclaw 2019 present September 3 days various rock amp metal subgenresPortugal Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesHARDMETALFEST Mangualde 1997 present January featuring power death black thrash doom metalLaurus Nobilis Music Famalicao 2015 present August featuring power death black thrash doom metalParedes de Coura Festival Paredes de Coura 1993 present August large rock festivalRock in Rio Lisboa Lisboa 2004 present May featuring rock pop metalSWR Barroselas Metalfest Barroselas 1998 present April featuring power death black thrash doom metalVagos Metal Fest Calvao 2016 present August featuring power death black thrash doom metalVagos Open Air Lisboa 2009 present June featuring power death black thrash doom metalRomania Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesArtmania Festival Sibiu 2006 present August art festival featuring gothic doom folk heavy metal progressiveMetalhead Meeting Bucharest 2013 present June July death metal black metal heavy metalRockstadt Extreme Festival Rasnov 2013 present August death metal black metal heavy metalMetal Gates Festival Bucharest 2017 present November death metal black metal doom metalPosada Rock Fest Campulung Muscel 1986 presentMaximum Rock Festival Bucuresti 2006 present Late August gothic metal heavy metal death metalRussia Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesBig Gun Moscow 2019 present July 4 5 day heavy power mdm thrashMetal Over Russia Moscow July 3 day doom death black dark pagan folk metalSlovenia Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesMetaldays Tolmin 2004 present July previously known as Metalcamp featuring death black folk thrash metalSpain Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesResurrection Fest Viveiro 2006 present July featuring hardcore metalcore thrash death black metal punk Rock Fest Barcelona Barcelona 2014 present July featuring hardcore metalcore thrash death black metal punkLeyendas del Rock Villena 2006 present August mostly power and gothic metalSweden Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesGefle Metal Festival Gavle 2016 present July all subgenres of metalHouse of Metal Umea 2007 present February or March all subgenres of metal and rockSweden Rock Festival Solvesborg 1992 present June featuring popular metal and rock bands worldwideHuskvarna Metal Fest Jonkoping Spring and fall black death thrash metalHigh 5ive Summer Fest Stockholm 2018 present Summer Metalcore Hardcore PopPunk Post hardcore DeathcoreUnited Kingdom Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesBloodstock Open Air Walton on Trent Derbyshire 2005 present August outdoor festival featuring death black thrash folk metal with attendance of 13 000 2013 Damnation Festival Leeds England 2005 present November one day festival featuring death black thrash doom metalDownload Festival Donington Park Leicestershire 2003 present June large rock festival featuring hard rock nu metal metalcore death metal black metal and pro wrestling from NXT UK lHammerfest Prestatyn Wales 2009 present MarchHard Rock Hell Gwynedd North Wales 2007 present November featuring heavy metal hard heavy rock rockIncineration Festival London England 2014 present May extreme metal festival for fans of death metal black metal doom metal thrash metal and slam Stonedead Festival Newark Notts England 2018 Present August One Day One Stage Classic Rock and Metal Festival North America Edit Canada Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesHyperspace Metal Festival Vancouver April Canada s premier melodic amp power metal festivalMexico Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesCandelabrum Metal Fest Leon SeptemberHell amp Heaven Metal Fest Mexico City 2010 present March 2 Day Open Air Metal FestivalMexico Metal Fest Monterrey 2016 present November 1 DayTotal Death Over Mexico Mexico City 2018 present May 3 Day Underground Death Black Metal FestivalUnited States Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesAftershock Sacramento CA 2012 present October Featuring hard rock heavy metal and punk 10 AURA Fest 11 Savannah GA 2017 present June All Underground Rock All Day 12 Central Florida Metal Fest 13 Orlando FL 2016 present September Premiere Indie centric aggressive music festivalFull Terror Assault 14 Cave In Rock IL 2021 present September European style Open Air Festival for extreme music fans 15 INKcarceration 16 Mansfield OH 2018 present July Rock music and tattoo festival 17 Louder Than Life Louisville KY 2014 present September Featuring hard rock heavy metal and punk 18 Mad With Power Fest 19 Madison WI 2018 present August Power Metal Traditional Heavy Metal festival 20 Maryland Deathfest Baltimore MD 2003 present May Extreme Music 21 Mass Destruction Metal Fest 22 Atlanta GA 2017 present November Extreme Metal Festival 23 ProgPower USA Atlanta GA 2001 present September Progressive and Power Metal 24 Welcome to Rockville Daytona Beach FL 2011 present April May Hard rock and heavy metal music festival 25 70000 Tons of Metal Fort Lauderdale FL 2011 present January The World s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise 26 Rocklahoma Prior OK 2009 present August September Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Rock 27 Furnace Fest Birmingham AL 2000 2003 2020 present September Sloss Furnaces National Historical Landmark 28 Oceania Edit Australia Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesDownload Festival Melbourne and Sydney 2018 present March Melbourne and Sydney in 2019Blacken Open Air 29 Hale Northern Territory 2016 present Various Open air 2 3 day festival Not held in 2020 and 2021South America Edit Brazil Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesArmageddon Metal Festival Joinville May JuneColombia Edit Festival name Location Active Approx time of year NotesRock al Parque Bogota 1994 present August rock festival with death thrash metalTours EditThe following is an incomplete list of traveling metal festivals both active and defunct Clash of the Titans Crue Fest Family Values Tour Doomination G3 Gigantour Jagermeister Music Tour Knotfest Magic Circle Festival Mayhem Festival Metal Masters Tour Monsters of Rock No Mercy Festival Ozzfest Sonisphere The Summer Slaughter Tour Taste Of Chaos The Unholy Alliance Uproar Festival X Mass FestivalSee also Edit Rock music portal List of music festivals Heavy metal musicReferences Edit Du Noyer 2003 p 96 Weinstein 2000 pp 11 13 The History of Heavy Metal musicianwave com 9 August 2021 Retrieved 3 May 2022 Weinstein 2000 pp 14 118 Fast 2005 pp 89 91 Weinstein 2000 pp 7 8 23 36 103 104 Walser 1993 p 6 As much as Sabbath started it Priest were the ones who took it out of the blues and straight into metal Bowe Brian J Judas Priest Metal Gods ISBN 0 7660 3621 9 African Heavy Metal Bands Give Back to their Communities BORGEN 10 September 2015 Retrieved 21 May 2016 History alcatraz be Retrieved 25 September 2022 All Metal and Rock Music Festivals metalshout 14 January 2022 Show Review shamelesspromo net Retrieved 3 September 2022 AURA Fest announces savannahnow com 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look at 2022 lineup clickorlando com 8 December 2021 Retrieved 3 September 2022 70000TONS OF METAL 70000tons com Retrieved 24 September 2022 Rocklahoma rocklahoma com Retrieved 16 December 2022 Furnace Fest furnacefest us Retrieved 16 December 2022 Blacken Open Air Australia 2022 www blackenfestival com Retrieved 13 June 2022 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heavy metal music events All Metalfest all metal festivals around the world Heavy metal festivals in Europe Festivalticker Metalstorm Net Search events Metal festivals in Deutschland Osterreich und der Schweiz Heavy Metal nl festivals and concerts Lords of Metal ezine gig guide Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of heavy metal festivals amp oldid 1127825432, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
