Party.San Open Air is a metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 festival

Music festival

A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...

 held annually in Bad Berka

Bad Berka

Bad Berka is a German city, situated in the south of Weimar region in the state of Thuringia. With its almost 8.000 inhabitants Bad Berka is the second biggest city in Weimarer Land district . The river flowing through the city, which is embedded in new red sandstone, is called Ilm.Bad Berka is a...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 (near Weimar

Weimar

Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...

) since 1996. The 2012 edition will took place on August 9 - August 11.

History

The festival was founded in 1996 as an open air birthday party with a few local bands. Due to troubles with the public order office the official open air, called "Endsommer-Festival", had to be delayed from August to September. Nevertheless the first festival took place unofficially in August, so finally there were two open air festivals in this year. This is the reason why the 10th Party.San Open Air wasn't the 10th but the 9th anniversary.

In the following years the Party.San Open Air was annually held at the second weekend in August. It finally grew up to a number of more than 10,000 visitors.

2012

To be held between August 9 - August 11 in Schlotheim Flugplatz-Obermehler, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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• Immortal
  Immortal (band)
  Immortal is a black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1990 by current frontman/guitarist Abbath Doom Occulta and former guitarist Demonaz Doom Occulta...
  
  
• Cattle Decapitation
  Cattle Decapitation
  Cattle Decapitation is an American deathgrind band from San Diego, California, formed in 1996.-History:Originally founded in 1996, Cattle Decapitation's songs protest the mistreatment and consumption of animals as well as the abuse of the environment. Lyrics may also focus on subjects such as...
  
  
• Incantation
  Incantation
  An incantation or enchantment is a charm or spell created using words. An incantation may take place during a ritual, either a hymn or prayer, and may invoke or praise a deity. In magic, occultism, witchcraft it may be used with the intention of casting a spell on an object or a person...
  
  
• Tankard
  Tankard (band)
  Tankard is a thrash metal band from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1982. After losing their guitarist because of their image as a bunch of drunks, they moved on to issue their first record in 1986. From that point on, the band has continuously made songs and records in the same style they...
  
  
• Archgoat
  Archgoat
  Archgoat is a black metal group that formed in Finland in 1989. There are three band members: Angelslayer , Ritual Butcherer and Blood Desecrator . Their first demo, Jesus Spawn, was released in 1992...
  
  
• Nocte Obducta
  Nocte Obducta
  Nocte Obducta were a German Avant Garde Black metal band. They were founded in 1993 in Mainz under the name Desîhra. The band released seven albums, the first four of them under Grind Syndicate Media, all albums from 2003 were published under Supreme Chaos Records.- Discography :* 1998: Doch...
  
  
• Bolt Thrower
• Rompeprop
• Warbringer
  Warbringer
  Warbringer is an American thrash metal band. The band formed in 2004. Warbringer is signed to Century Media Records. Century Media signed Warbringer after seeing them at a local show in LA. Originally, a Century Media rep was at the show to see another LA thrash metal band but decided to sign...
  
  
• Toxic Holocaust
  Toxic Holocaust
  Toxic Holocaust are a thrash metal band from Portland, Oregon, signed to Relapse Records. Influenced by punk rock and heavy metal bands of the 1980s such as Slayer, Exodus, Black Flag, Discharge, Motörhead, Kreator, Celtic Frost, Venom, Possessed, Rigor Mortis and Death. Joel Grind founded Toxic...
  
  

2011

Held August 12 - August 14 in Schlotheim

Schlotheim

Schlotheim is a town in the Unstrut-Hainich district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 14 km east of Mühlhausen....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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• Watain
  Watain
  Watain is a Swedish black metal band from Uppsala, formed in 1998. The band's name is taken from a recording by the American black metal group Von.- History :...
  
  
• Truppensturm
• Cashley
• Primordial
  Primordial (band)
  Primordial is an extreme metal band from Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland. It was formed in 1987 by Pól MacAmlaigh and Ciarán MacUiliam . Their sound melds black metal with Irish folk music.-Biography:...
  
  
• Byfrost
• 1349
  1349 (band)
  1349 is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1997. Their name comes from the year the Black Death reached Norway.- History :1349 formed in 1997 and comprises several former members of the band Alvheim...
  
  
• Heidevolk
  Heidevolk
  Heidevolk is a folk/viking metal band from the Netherlands. The lyrical themes of their music are inspired by nature, the history of Gelderland, and the history of Germanic mythology. All of their lyrics are in their native language, Dutch...
  
  
• Dawn of Disease
• Desultory
• Dew Scented
• Absu
  Absu
  Absu is a black metal band from Plano, Texas, USA. Their demos and first album leaned towards death metal, but evolved more towards a black metal and thrash metal which includes elements of celtic music and folk music which the band calls "Mythological Occult Metal"...
  
  
• Puteraeon
• Skeletonwitch
  Skeletonwitch
  Skeletonwitch is an American heavy metal band from Athens, Ohio formed in 2003. The band currently consists of drummer Dustin Boltjes, vocalist Chance Garnette, bassist Evan Linger, and guitarists Nate Garnette and Scott Hedrick...
  
  
• Witchburner
• Decapitated
  Decapitated (band)
  Decapitated is a death metal band that formed in Krosno, Poland in 1996. The group comprises guitarist, founder and composer Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, vocalist Rafał Piotrowski and Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner. Decapitated have gained recognition as one of the genre's most widely respected...
  
  
• Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult
  Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult
  Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult is a German black metal band from Dormagen. They are considered to be a very "pure" Black metal band, and as such has been interviewed in 2006 by the Franco-German TV network Arte....
  
  
• Urgehal
  Urgehal
  Urgehal is a black metal band from Norway. It was formed in Hønefoss, 1992 by Nefas and Enzifer. Their musical style and sound resemble that of the Norwegian black metal bands that arose in the early 1990s....
  
  
• Triptykon
  Triptykon
  Triptykon is a musical project of Thomas Gabriel Fischer, founding member of the pioneering heavy metal bands Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Apollyon Sun. Fischer announced his departure from Celtic Frost in May 2008 and shortly afterwards revealed his new project would be entitled Triptykon...
  
  
• Enslaved
  Enslaved (band)
  Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...
  
  
• Exhumed
  Exhumed (band)
  Exhumed is an American death metal band from San Jose, California, most recently signed to Relapse Records. They were formed in 1990, when sole remaining founding member Matt Harvey was at the age of 15. Exhumed spent much of the ensuing decade hacking its way through numerous demos, split CDs,...
  
  
• Cliteater
• Morgoth
  Morgoth (band)
  Morgoth is a German death metal band that was formed in 1985 by Rüdiger Hennecke and Carsten Otterbach in Meschede. Originally the name Cadaverous Smell was used and the band played grindcore / noise style. When Harry Busse joined the band they renamed themselves to "Minas Morgul". In 1985 the band...
  
  
• At The Gates
  At the Gates
  At the Gates is an extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal sound, but later albums sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...
  
  
• Panzerchrist
  Panzerchrist
  Panzerchrist is a Danish death metal band formed in '93-'94 by Michael Enevoldsen and celebrated Danish artist Lasse Hoile.- History :Panzerchrist recorded a few demos and was signed by Serious entertainment...
  
  
• Melechesh
  Melechesh
  Melechesh is a Assyrian-Armenian black metal band that originated in Jerusalem. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993. In the following year, guitarist Moloch and drummer Lord Curse were added to the line-up...
  
  
• Taake
  Taake
  Taake, pronounced [toke], is a Norwegian black metal band whose name is the old spelling form of the Norwegian word "tåke" .-History:In 1993, Ørjan Stedjeberg, now known as Ulvhedin Høst , formed the first version of the band Taake under the name Thule, together with Svartulv, who was only twelve...
  
  
• Morbid Angel
  Morbid Angel
  Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its “Top 40 greatest death metal albums”, with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1...
  
  
• Belphegor
  Belphegor (band)
  Belphegor is a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, Austria. They originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.-Early years :...
  
  
• Ensiferum
  Ensiferum
  Ensiferum is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "heroic folk metal." Since their formation, Ensiferum has released four full-length albums, one EP, one compilation, three singles, and three demo albums and one unreleased album.-Musical...
  
  
• Nachtmystium
  Nachtmystium
  Nachtmystium is an American psychedelic black metal band formed by Blake Judd, formerly known as Azentrius, and Pat McCormick. The band's name is derived from the German word Nacht meaning "night", and the made-up term mystium which resembles the Latin adjective mysticum...
  
  
• Negura Bunget
  Negura Bunget
  -Biography:Negură Bunget formed at the end of 1994, as a duo, with Hupogrammos Disciple on guitars, vocals, and keyboards, and Negru on drums. In 1997, Sol'Faur Spurcatu joined the group on guitar...
  
  
• Hail of Bullets
  Hail of Bullets
  Hail of Bullets is a Dutch death metal band from Amersfoort. The band's lyrical content deals with the Second World War. The band has released two albums via Metal Blade Records.-Albums:*…Of Frost and War...
  
  

2010

Held on August 12 - August 14 in Bad Berka

Bad Berka

Bad Berka is a German city, situated in the south of Weimar region in the state of Thuringia. With its almost 8.000 inhabitants Bad Berka is the second biggest city in Weimarer Land district . The river flowing through the city, which is embedded in new red sandstone, is called Ilm.Bad Berka is a...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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• Note: Band Roster Subject to Change
• Autopsy
  Autopsy (band)
  Autopsy is a death metal band, founded in 1987 in the United States by Chris Reifert. They disbanded in 1995, but have reunited as of July 2009.-Biography:...
  
  
• Asphyx
  Asphyx
  Asphyx is a Dutch death/doom band that was formed in Overijssel in 1987.-Biography:The band was formed in 1987 by Bob Bagchus and Tonny Brookhuis. Eric Daniels was found as a second guitarist and Chuck Colli joined on vocals and bass guitar; this line up released the Enter the Domain demo...
  
  
• Ghost Bridage
• Origin
  Origin (band)
  Origin is an American death metal band from Topeka, Kansas, founded in 1998. They have been recognized by music critics and metal fans alike for combining a harsh sound with a high level of technical skill....
  
  
• Napalm Death
  Napalm Death
  Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
  
  
• Desaster
• Lividity
• Lock Up
• Onheil
• Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus is an American death metal band from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Formed in 1991, the group is known for their outspoken political views, and for being one of the few death metal bands who follow a political nature. Earlier lyrics showcased the common death metal trait of explicit violence...
  
  
• Ketser
• Sarke
• Under That Spell
• Milking the Goatmachine
• Devourment
  Devourment
  Devourment is a death metal band from Dallas, Texas. Formed in 1995, the band has split up and reformed three times and none of the original members remain. The current lineup is Mike Majewski , Ruben Rosas , Chris "Captain Piss" Andrews and Eric Park...
  
  
• Suicidal Angels
• Varg
• Necrophagist
  Necrophagist
  Necrophagist is a German death metal band, founded and fronted by Muhammed Suiçmez; a German-born, Turkish guitarist and vocalist. The band is known for its rapid and technical compositions....
  
  
• Monstrosity
  Monstrosity (band)
  Monstrosity is a death metal band originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida during the death metal scene of the early 1990s. Vocalist, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and drummer, Lee Harrison, were the founders of Monstrosity. Harrison had just left the band Malevolent Creation and George Fisher...
  
  
• Ofermod
• The Crown
  The Crown (band)
  The Crown is a death / thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden. Originally, they used the name Crown of Thorns but were forced to change their name due to another band already using that name. Their music and lyrics are inspired by death, antireligious themes and rebellion. They are known to...
  
  
• Merrimack
• Cannibal Corpse
  Cannibal Corpse
  Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in 1988, the band has released eleven studio albums, one box set, and one live album...
  
  
• The Devils Blood
• Demonical
• Suffocation
  Suffocation (band)
  Suffocation is an American death metal band that was formed in 1989 in Long Island, New York. The band comprises vocalist Frank Mullen, guitarists Terrance Hobbs and Guy Marchais, drummer Mike Smith and bassist Derek Boyer. Suffocation rose to prominence of death metal and created a blueprint for...
  
  
• Aura Noir
• Manegarm
• Watain
  Watain
  Watain is a Swedish black metal band from Uppsala, formed in 1998. The band's name is taken from a recording by the American black metal group Von.- History :...
  
  
• Tribulation
  Tribulation (band)
  Tribulation is a Swedish death metal band from Arvika formed in 2005. The band was previously known as Hazard.Tribulation has since released 1 full-length album named The Horror...
  
  

2009

Held on 6 August – 8 August in Bad Berka

Bad Berka

Bad Berka is a German city, situated in the south of Weimar region in the state of Thuringia. With its almost 8.000 inhabitants Bad Berka is the second biggest city in Weimarer Land district . The river flowing through the city, which is embedded in new red sandstone, is called Ilm.Bad Berka is a...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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• Brujeria
  Brujeria (band)
  Brujeria is an extreme metal band formed in Tijuana, Mexico in 1989. Their name comes from the Spanish word for "witchcraft". Their songs, which are sung in Spanish, are focused on Satanism, anti-Christianity, sex, immigration, narcotics smuggling, politics....
  
  
• Paganizer
  Paganizer
  Paganizer is a Swedish death metal band playing the classic Swedish style metal, in the style of Grave and Dismember. The band was started by Johansson and Jocke in 1998...
  
  
• Brutal Truth
  Brutal Truth
  Brutal Truth is an American grindcore band from New York City, formed by ex-Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, and Stormtroopers Of Death bass guitarist Dan Lilker in 1990. The group disbanded in 1999, but reformed in 2006 and continue to release new music.-History:...
  
  
• Beneath the Massacre
  Beneath the Massacre
  Beneath the Massacre is a Canadian death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Their debut album, Evidence of Inequity, was released in 2005, under Galy Records. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records and has since released their first full-length album, Mechanics of...
  
  
• Eluveitie
  Eluveitie
  Eluveitie is a folk metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland. The band formed in 2002 and their first EP, Vên came out in 2003. The band then released a full-length album, Spirit in June 2006. In November 2007, Eluveitie was signed by Nuclear Blast....
  
  
• Psycroptic
  Psycroptic
  -External links:**...
  
  
• Sadus
  Sadus
  Sadus is an American thrash metal trio from Antioch, California.-History:Sadus was formed in 1984 in Antioch, California. While their very first efforts were influenced by early thrash metal bands, such as Slayer or Death, the band would later develop its own musical style by adding complicated...
  
  
• Postmortem
  Postmortem (band)
  Postmortem is a German death metal band from Berlin.-Band history:Postmortem was founded in 1991. After numerous live appearances and two demos, the band signed its first record deal, with Husky Records, and recorded Screams Of Blackness, which sold out and was re-released in 1998...
  
  
• Sólstafir
  Sólstafir
  Sólstafir is an Icelandic metal band, formed in 1995. The band's name is the Icelandic word for crepuscular rays.-History:The band was formed by 3 friends, Aðalbjörn Tryggvason, Halldór Einarsson and Guðmundur Óli Pálmason in January 1995...
  
  
• Hellsaw
• Moonsorrow
  Moonsorrow
  Moonsorrow is a pagan metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound...
  
  
• Dark Funeral
  Dark Funeral
  Dark Funeral is a black metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They are one of the bands to have emerged in Sweden during the Second wave of black metal....
  
  
• Exmortus
• Summers Dying
• Six Feet Under
  Six Feet Under (band)
  Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band was originally a side project by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary...
  
  
• Deströyer 666
  Destroyer 666
  Deströyer 666 is a black/death/thrash metal band formed in 1994 by guitarist K.K. Warslut. The group originated in Melbourne, Australia however moved to Europe.- History :...
  
  
• Rotten Sound
  Rotten Sound
  Rotten Sound is a grindcore band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Kristian Toivainen and drummer Sami Latva...
  
  
• Azarath
  Azarath (band)
  -Band members:Current members*Marek "Necrosodom" Lechowski – vocals , guitar , bass *Bartłomiej "Bart" Szudek – guitar *Piotr "P." Ostrowski – bass *Zbigniew "Inferno" Promiński – drums Past members...
  
  
• Misery Index
  Misery Index (band)
  Misery Index is an American deathgrind band formed in 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, by Jason Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Mike Harrison on vocals and guitar, and Kevin Talley on drums. From 2006-2010, its line-up consisted of Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Sparky Voyles...
  
  
• Hate Eternal
  Hate Eternal
  -Biography:Hate Eternal was formed in 1997. The group's original line-up included Erik Rutan - guitars/vocals, bassist and co-vocalist Jared Anderson, drummer Tim Yeung, and guitarist Doug Cerrito of the band Suffocation...
  
  
• Evocation
• Inhume
  Inhume (band)
  - Members :* Ben Janssen - guitar, Skullhog* Roel Sanders - drums, God Dethroned, Snaggletoöth* Loek Peeters - bass, Skullhog* Dorus van Ooij - vocals* Joost Silvrants - vocals Cliteater- Discography :* Demo 1 demo...
  
  
• Unleashed
  Unleashed (band)
  Unleashed is a Swedish death metal band that was formed in 1989 by Johnny Hedlund. Viking culture, recollection of a pre-Christian world, and Norse folklore are common themes found in the band's songs. A number of their recent songs also contain references to J. R. R. Tolkien.-Biography:Unleashed...
  
  
• Swallow the Sun
  Swallow the Sun
  Swallow the Sun is a Finnish melodic death / doom metal band.- Biography :Swallow the Sun was formed in early 2000 by Juha Raivio, joined soon by Pasi Pasanen came along . They rehearsed a couple of songs, one of them being "Through Her Silvery Body" which would end up on their first demo,Out of...
  
  
• Thyrfing
  Thyrfing
  Thyrfing is a viking metal band from Sweden. The band is named after the royal sword Tyrfing from Norse mythology.-History:Thyrfing was formed in 1995 by Patrik Lindgren , Jocke Kristensson , Peter Löf and Kimmy Sjölund...
  
  
• Satyricon
  Satyricon (band)
  Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band, and the first one in the genre to join a multi-national record label .-Biography:Satyricon was formed in 1990 by Czral and Wargod. Ulver and Satyr soon joined them...
  
  
• Marduk
  Marduk (band)
  Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1990 and released their first record in 1991. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.-Musical style:...
  
  
• Shining
• Den Saakaldte
  Den Saakaldte
  Den Saakaldte is a Norwegian black metal supergroup, founded in 2006 by Mikael Sykelig, featuring members of Shining, 1349 and Dødheimsgard, among others.They played their first gig at Inferno Festival in 2008, headlining the John Dee stage on the second day...
  
  

2008

Held on 7 August – 9 August in Bad Berka

Bad Berka

Bad Berka is a German city, situated in the south of Weimar region in the state of Thuringia. With its almost 8.000 inhabitants Bad Berka is the second biggest city in Weimarer Land district . The river flowing through the city, which is embedded in new red sandstone, is called Ilm.Bad Berka is a...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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• Behemoth
  Behemoth (band)
  Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
  
  
• Bloodbath
  Bloodbath
  Bloodbath is a Swedish death metal supergroup from Stockholm formed in 1998.-History:A year after being formed, the band, then consisting of Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocals, Dan Swanö on drums, Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström on guitar, and Jonas Renkse on bass, released their EP Breeding...
  
  
• Bolt Thrower
• Deadborn
• Defloration
• Dismember
  Dismember (band)
  Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...
  
  
• Endstille
  Endstille
  Endstille is a black metal band from Germany. It was founded in 2000 by L. Wachtfels , Mayhemic Destructor , Iblis and Cruor in Kiel. L. Wachtfels and Mayhemic Destructor had previously played in the band Tauthr, while Iblis and Cruor came from the band Octoria...
  
  
• Farsot
• Facebreaker
  FaceBreaker
  FaceBreaker is a fighting game created by Fight Night developers, EA Canada. It was released for the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 and was announced on January 30, 2008 by 1UP.com. The game was released on September 4, 2008...
  
  
• General Surgery
  General Surgery (band)
  General Surgery is a Swedish goregrind group, known as one of the earliest Carcass clones. Their 1991 debut, Necrology, was released by Relapse Records and would be General Surgery's only material released until 2001, when the group recorded one track for the Carcass tribute album, Requiems of...
  
  
• Hail of Bullets
  Hail of Bullets
  Hail of Bullets is a Dutch death metal band from Amersfoort. The band's lyrical content deals with the Second World War. The band has released two albums via Metal Blade Records.-Albums:*…Of Frost and War...
  
  
• Insision
  Insision
  Insision is a death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. They are currently signed to Sevared Records.-Biography:Insision is a Swedish brutal death metal band with a non-Swedish sound...
  
  
• Impaled Nazarene
  Impaled Nazarene
  Impaled Nazarene is a Finnish black metal band that incorporates elements of grindcore in their sound and punk rock in their aesthetics. The band is currently signed to Osmose Productions of France....
  
  
• Imperious Malevolence
• Irate Architect
• Kampfar
  Kampfar
  Kampfar is a black metal band from Fredrikstad, Norway. According to their singer, Dolk, their name is an ancient Norse battle cry which means Odin or Wotan.-History:...
  
  
• Koldbrann
  Koldbrann
  Koldbrann is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 2001.Musically Koldbrann, like countrymen 1349, play very orthodox black metal in the classic Norwegian mould and have also received favorable comparisons to early Gorgoroth, Mayhem and Darkthrone...
  
  
• Legion of the Damned
  Legion of the Damned (band)
  Legion of the Damned is a thrash metal/death metal band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2004 following the demise of Occult and the departure of former singer Rachel Heyzer. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events...
  
  
• Lividity
• Maroon
  Maroon (band)
  Maroon is a German Heavy Metal band based in Nordhausen. They were formed in 1998.-History:Maroon released a demo cassette in 1999 entitled The Initiate although all four songs can be found on later releases...
  
  
• Obituary
  Obituary (band)
  Obituary is an American death metal band formed in 1984 in Tampa, Florida under the name Executioner, then changed the name's spelling to Xecutioner, and later changed their name to Obituary in 1988. The band comprises vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, guitarists Trevor Peres and Ralph...
  
  
• Purgatory (Germany)
• Skyforger
  Skyforger
  Skyforger is a heavy metal band from Latvia which was formed in 1995 out of the remains of doom metal band Grindmaster Dead. Most of their songs are about pagan gods and warfare; they also play traditional Latvian folk songs and metal covers. Although Skyforger is known for their folk metal, their...
  
  
• Tyrant
  Tyrant (band)
  TYRANT are a hard rock/heavy metal band from Tasmania, Australia.The band originally formed in the early 1980s as an AOR band called, Slyder – by 2 brothers, Andrew and Robert Zarins...
  
  
• Týr
  Týr (band)
  Týr, , is a folk metal band from the Faroe Islands. Their subject matter revolves almost entirely around old Nordic lore, mythology, and history, taking their name from a Norse god of war. They signed a worldwide deal with Austria's Napalm Records in early 2006, while signed to the Faroese record...
  
  
• Unanimated
  Unanimated
  Unanimated are a Swedish extreme metal band. They were founded in 1989 in Stockholm and dissolved in 1996. Largely inspired by Dismember, they made two melodic death metal albums. In 1993, In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead was released on Pavement Music, a label which has since merged with Crash...
  
  
• Vreid
  Vreid
  Vreid is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2004 after the break up of Windir following the death of lead singer and founder Valfar. The remaining members along with new guitarist Ese formed Vreid...
  
  

2007

Held on 9 August – 11 August in Bad Berka

Bad Berka

Bad Berka is a German city, situated in the south of Weimar region in the state of Thuringia. With its almost 8.000 inhabitants Bad Berka is the second biggest city in Weimarer Land district . The river flowing through the city, which is embedded in new red sandstone, is called Ilm.Bad Berka is a...

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Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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• Asphyx
  Asphyx
  Asphyx is a Dutch death/doom band that was formed in Overijssel in 1987.-Biography:The band was formed in 1987 by Bob Bagchus and Tonny Brookhuis. Eric Daniels was found as a second guitarist and Chuck Colli joined on vocals and bass guitar; this line up released the Enter the Domain demo...
  
  
• Belphegor
  Belphegor (band)
  Belphegor is a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, Austria. They originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.-Early years :...
  
  
• Bewitched
  Bewitched (Swedish band)
  Bewitched is a Swedish retro thrash band with black metal elements. The Devil's most favorite band mission began in 1995, when Vargher and Blackheim decided that something drastic had to be done.They hooked up with Samantha and Darrin, and entered...
  
  
• Cephalic Carnage
  Cephalic Carnage
  Cephalic Carnage is an American grindcore band formed in 1992 in Denver, Colorado. The band comprises vocalist Lenzig Leal, guitarists Steve Goldberg and Brian Hopp, drummer John Merryman and bassist Nick Schendzielos...
  
  
• Cliteater
• Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
  Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
  Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America...
  
  
• Disaster KFW
  Disaster KFW
  Disaster K.F.W. is a Weimar, Germany based death metal band signed to the War Anthem Records label. Their name means Disaster Klassischer Friedhof Weimar.-History:...
  
  
• Driller Killer
• Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus
  Dying Fetus is an American death metal band from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Formed in 1991, the group is known for their outspoken political views, and for being one of the few death metal bands who follow a political nature. Earlier lyrics showcased the common death metal trait of explicit violence...
  
  
• Equilibrium
  Equilibrium (band)
  Equilibrium is a Folk metal band from Germany. The band's music combines elements of folk and symphonic metal with various instruments including electric guitars, strings and flutes. Their riffs reflect traditional Germanic melodies....
  
  
• Funebrarum
• Gorgoroth
  Gorgoroth
  Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...
  
  
• Grave
  Grave (band)
  Grave is a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1986 by vocalist and guitarist Ola Lindgren, who is their only constant member. The band had particular success in the early 1990s, and their first four albums, Into the Grave, You'll Never See..., Soulless and Hating Life, cemented their...
  
  
• Haemorrhage
  Haemorrhage (band)
  Haemorrhage is a five-piece goregrind band from Madrid, Spain.Formed in 1990 as Devourment, Haemorrhage began its life as a trio, with Jose on bass and vocals, Luisma on guitar, and Emilio on drums, though this only lasted until the summer of 1991, when Emilio left the band...
  
  
• Interment
• Korades
• Korpiklaani
  Korpiklaani
  Korpiklaani is a folk metal band from Finland who were formerly known as Shaman.-Biography:While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani started with folk music before turning metal...
  
  
• Lay Down Rotten
• Malevolent Creation
  Malevolent Creation
  Malevolent Creation is a death metal band originally hailing from Buffalo, New York. Moving to Florida in 1987, they became a part of the emergent local death metal scene, landing a deal with Roadrunner Records...
  
  
• Melechesh
  Melechesh
  Melechesh is a Assyrian-Armenian black metal band that originated in Jerusalem. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993. In the following year, guitarist Moloch and drummer Lord Curse were added to the line-up...
  
  
• Merciless
  Merciless
  Merciless is a Swedish death/thrash metal band. The band was formed during the summer of 1986 in Strängnäs, Sweden by Erik Wallin Fredrik Karlén and Stefan Carlsson . They were inspired of the early fast-playing bands such as Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Bathory...
  
  
• Old
  OLD (band)
  OLD was a grindcore / industrial metal band from Bergenfield, New Jersey, signed to Earache Records...
  
  
• Red Harvest
  Red Harvest (band)
  Red Harvest was a Norwegian industrial metal band from Oslo. Their 2002 album Sick Transit Gloria Mundi was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy and an alternative Grammy in the "Best Metal Album" category...
  
  
• Taake
  Taake
  Taake, pronounced [toke], is a Norwegian black metal band whose name is the old spelling form of the Norwegian word "tåke" .-History:In 1993, Ørjan Stedjeberg, now known as Ulvhedin Høst , formed the first version of the band Taake under the name Thule, together with Svartulv, who was only twelve...
  
  
• The Black Dahlia Murder
• Vader
  Vader (band)
  Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn, formed in 1983. According to Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's founding singer and guitar player, the band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series. Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft, WW2, horror and anti-christian...
  
  

External links

• Official website