List of heavy metal festivals

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^[1] that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United States and the United Kingdom.^[2] 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.^[3] Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence.^[4][5]

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
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 glam 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	2004–2015	Alt rock and metal/punk focus

Tours

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

Current festivals

Africa

Botswana

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Overthrust Winter Metal Mania Festival[6]	Ghantsi	Active	May	Metal 4 Africa	featuring local and African metal bands

Namibia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Windhoek Metal Fest	Windhoek	Last festival - 2014	June	Metal 4 Africa	featuring local and international metal bands

South Africa

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Emalyth Arts Expo[7]	Gauteng	Active	January	Facebook event	featuring about 20 local metal bands
Witchfest[8]	Johannesburg	Active	April	Witchfest	featuring death, black, thrash metal
RAMFest	Cape Town/Johannesburg	Last festival - 2014	March	Facebook page	featuring rock, pop, metal, metalcore

Asia

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

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
Voice Hell Purwokerto	Purwokerto	Active	November–December		Purwokerto Hardcore / Punk / Metal Festival

Japan

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Loud Park Festival	Saitama City	Active	October	Loud Park Festival	Active since 2006, featuring 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	Last festival - 2014	November	KL MetalCamp 2014 event listing[9]	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[10]	Islamabad	Last festival - 2014	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[11][12]	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
Rock Fest	Colombo	Active	June		Metal/Rock

Oceania

Australia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Debut	Month	Notes
Unify Gathering[13]	Tarwin Lower, Australia	Active	2015	January	Small 2/3 day camping festival, local and some international bands
Legion Fest[14]	Australia	Cancelled	2017	January	Crowdfunded Festival, was being organised by John Sankey from Devil You Know to replace Soundwave, however was cancelled in November 2016 due to 'business decisions'
Soundwave Festival	Australia	Last festival - 2015	2004		In December 2015 Soundwave was cancelled for good [15]

New Zealand

Festival Name	Location	Status	Debut	Month	Notes
Westfest	All over New Zealand	suspended	2014	January	Many various festivals in cities and towns if not planned.

Western Europe

Austria

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Full Metal Mountain	Troepolach	Active	March	Full Metal Mountain	Wacken organized Ski-Tour
Kaltenbach Open Air	Spital am Semmering	Active	August	Kaltenbach Open Air	featuring death, black, thrash
Nova Rock	Nickelsdorf	Active	June	Nova Rock	featuring rock, hard rock, heavy metal, death, metalcore, punk
Rock in Vienna	Vienna	Active	June	Rock in Vienna	featuring rock, hard rock, heavy metal, death, metalcore, punk

Belgium

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Alcatraz	Kortrijk	Active	August	Alcatraz Metal Fest
Antwerp Metal Fest	Antwerp	Active	July	Antwerp Metal Fest
Durbuy Rock	Bomal-sur-Ourthe	Active	April	Durbuy Rock
Graspop Metal Meeting	Dessel	Active	Juni	Graspop Metal Meeting	large festival, all kinds of metal
Metal Female Voices Fest	Wieze	Active	October	Metal Female Voices Fest	only bands with a female singer
Metal Mean	Mean	Active	August	Metal Mean Festival	One-Day-Festival

Cyprus

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Power of the Night Fest	Nicosia	Active	July	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
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	One-Day-Festival, featuring death, black, thrash metal
Kill-Town Death Fest	Copenhagen	Last festival - 2014	September	Kill-Town Death Fest	featured death metal, grindcore
Heavy Days In Doom Town	Copenhagen	Last festival - 2015	April/May	Heavy Days In Doom Town	featuring doom, sludge metal

Finland

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Dark River Festival	Kotka	Active	August	Dark River Festival
Jalometalli Metal Music Festival	Oulu	Active	July	Jalometalli
Nummirock	Nummijaervi	Active	Juni	Nummirock Festival
Provinssirock	Seinaejoki	Active	Juni	Provinssirock Festival
Sotkamon Syke	Sotkamo	Active	August	Sotkamon Syke	One-Day-Festival
SteelFest	Hyvinkaeae	Active	May	SteelFest Open Air Metal Festival
Tuska Open Air	Suvilahti	Active	July	Tuska Open Air
Black Flames of Blasphemy	Helsinki	Last festival - 2015	November	Black Flames Of Blasphemy
Finnish Metal Expo	Helsinki	Last festival - 2009	February	Finnish Metal Expo
Sauna Open Air	Tampere	Last festival - 2013	June	Sauna Open Air

France

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Download Festival	Paris	Active	June	Download Festival	large festival, metal of all types
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	November	Lezard'Os Metal Fest	One-Day-Festival featuring death, black, thrash metal
Motocultor Festival	Brittany	Active	August	Motocultor Festival	death, black, thrash metal
Pyrenean Warriors Open Air	Pyrénées-Orientales	Active	September	Pyrenean Warriors Open Air	One-Day-Festival featuring old school heavy metal
Raismes Fest	Raismes	Active	September	Raismes Fest	hard rock, power metal, prog metal, folk metal, death metal
Ragnard Rock Fest	Simandre-sur-Suran	Active	July	Ragnard Rock	Folk and Pagan metal
Sylak Open Air	Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans	Active	August	Sylak Open Air	death, thrash metal, metalcore, hardcore
Chaulnes Metal Fest	Chaulnes	Last festival - 2014	April	Chaulnes Metal Fest	death metal
Wolf Throne Festival	Villepinte	Last festival - 2015	October	Wolf Throne Festival	black, death metal

Germany

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
A Chance for Metal	Andernach	Active	May	ACFM	very small festival featuring local bands
Amphi-Festival	Cologne	Active	July	Amphi	mostly gothic, gothic metal, EBM, industrial
AntAttack	Dillingen	Active	April	AntAttack	One-Day-Festival featuring punk, punk rock, local metal support
Baden in Blut Metal Open Air	Lörrach	Active	July	Baden in Blut Metal Open Air	One-Day-Festival featuring 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
Bavarian Battle	Rosenheim	Active	May	Bavarian Battle	small gfestival supporting local metal bands
Black'n'Thrash Inferno	Essen	Active	April	Facebook event	black, thrash metal
Boarstream Open Air	Buchenbach	Active	July	B:O:A	black, death, pagan
Castle Rock	Muehlheim an der Ruhr	Active	July	Castle Rock	gothic, gothic metal
Chronical Moshers Open Air	Reichenbach	Active	June	Chronical Moshers Open Air	death, black, thrash metal
Damned Souls Summer Party	Barleben	Active	July	Damned Souls
Dark Easter Metal Meeting	Munich	Active	April	Dark Easter Metal Meeting	One-Day-Festival featuring black, doom, death metal
Dark Storm Festival	Chemnitz	Active	December	Dark Storm	One-Day-Festival featuring gothic, gothic metal
Dark Troll Festival	Bornstedt	Active	May	Dark Troll	pagan, folk, viking, black, death metal
Death Feast	Andernach	Active	September	Death Feast	death metal , grindcore
Der Detze rockt	Daun	Active	June	Der Detze rockt	small festival supporting local bands
Dong Open Air	Neukirchen-Vluyn	Active	July	Dong Open Air	all styles of metal
Doom Shall Rise	Göppingen	Last festival - 2013	April	Doom Shall Rise	doom metal
Elbriot	Hamburg	Active	August	Elbriot	One-Day-Festival featuring rock, heavy metal and hardcore punk
Euroblast Festival	Cologne	Active	October	Euroblast	progressive rock/metal
Festival Mediaval	Selb	Active	September	Festival Mediaval	mediaval rock
Feuertanz Festival	Abenberg	Active	June	Feuertanz	mediaval, mediaval rock, gothic, gothic metal
Force Attack	Süderholz	Last festival - 2012	July		Punk, Ska, Oi!, Hardcore, Psychobilly and Metal
Full Metal Cruise	Hamburg	Active	various	FMC	Wacken-Cruise
Gahlen Moscht Metal Open Air	Jänschwalde	Active	June	Gahlen Moscht
Headache Open Air	Ahlimbsmuehle	Active	July	Headache
Headbangers Open Air	Brande-Hörnerkirchen	Active	July	Headbangers Open Air
Heidensturm Festival	Leipzig	Last festival - 2015	March	Heidensturm Festival	One-Day-Festival featuring pagan, Viking, black metal
Hevy Xmas (Germany)	Grafenhausen	Active	December	Heavy Xmas	One-Day-Festival
Hexentanz Festival	Losheim am See	Active	April/May	Hexentanz	gothic, gothic metal, mediaval rock, 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	Lauda-Koenigshofen	Active	April	Keep It True	traditional heavy metal
Kings of Black Metal	Alsfeld	Active	April	Facebook page	black metal
Knock Out Festival	Karlsruhe	Active	December	Knock Out Festival	One-Day-Festival, indoor, featuring power, heavy, thrash metal
Langwacken Metal Camp	Langwaden/various	Active	May/September	Langwacken	metal camping festival without bands
Little Woodstock	Nohfelden	Active	September	Little Woodstock	rock, reggae
Mair1	Montabaur	Last festival - 2015	June	Mair1	Metalcore, Punk
M'era Luna	Hildesheim	Active	August	M'era Luna	gothic, industrial, EBM, gothic metal
Metal Bash	Neu Wulmstorf	Active	May	Metal Bash	One-Day-Festival
Metal Embrace	Barleben	Active	September	Metal Embrace
Metal Franconia Festival	Dettelbach	Active	April	Metal Franconia	black, death, doom, thrash metal
Metal Frenzy Open Air	Gardelegen	Active	June	Metal Frenzy	thrash, death metal
Metal Hammer Paradise	Weissenhäuser Strand	Active	November	Metal Hammer Paradise	power, heavy, death metal
MetalAcker Tennenbronn	Tennenbronn	Active	August	MetalAcker	small festival
Metalfest Loreley	Loreley	Last festival - 2014	June	Metalfest Loreley	death, thrash, heavy metal
Metallergrillen	Katzenbach	Active	September	Metallergrillen	small festival with a great atmosphere
Monsters of Rock	various	Last festival - 2006	Summer		active between 1980-1996, and 2006
Night of the Prog-Festival	St. Goarshausen	Active	July	Night of the Prog	prog metal
Neuborn Open Air Festival	Wörrstadt	Active	August	NOAF	thrash, heavy, death, black metal
Nord Open Air	Essen	Active	July	Nord Open Air	free One-Day-Festival
Nuclear War Now! Fest	Berlin	Active	November	Nuclear War Now! Fest	black, death metal
Nukstock	Nucknitz	Active	August	Nukstock
Odin Storm	Pirna	Active	September	Odin Storm Open Air	pagan, black, death
Open Dosen	Nohfelden	Active	July	Open Dosen	very small One-Day-Festival with beer just out of cans (Dosen)
Out & Loud Festival	Geiselwind	Active	June	Out & Loud Festival	former Beastival featuring all kinds of metal
Party.San Metal Open Air	Obermehler	Active	August	Party.San	death, black, thrash metal
Pfeffelbach Open Air	Pfeffelbach	Active	July	POA	rock, hard rock, little metal
Phantasie & Mittelaltertage	Saarbruecken	Active	August	PMT SB	mediaval camps, market & fightings, mediaval rock on stage
Prophecy Fest	Balve	Active	September	Facebook event	doom, black metal
Protzen Open Air	Brandenburg	Active	June	Protzen Open Air	death metal/grindcore
Pyraser Classic Rock Night	Pyras	Active	July	Pyraser Classic Rock Night	One-Day-Festival with Classic Rock, Hard Rock
Rage against Racism	Duisburg	Active	June	RaR	free festival without camping in the city
Raging Death Date	Neustadt/Orla	Active	March	Raging Death Date	death metal/grindcore
Ragnarock Festival	Langendorf	Last festival - 2015	July	Ragnarock	rock, hard rock
Ragnarök Festival	Lichtenfels, Bavaria	Active	April	Ragnarök Festival	pagan, Viking, black, death, metal
Reload Festival	Sulingen	Active	August	Reload
Riedfest	Rohr/Thueringen	Active	July	Riedfest
Rocco del Schlacko	Puettlingen	Active	August	Rocco	mainstream, punk, punk rock, little metal
Rock am Härtsfeldsee	Dischingen	Active	June	Rock am Härtsfeldsee	heavy metal
Rock Fels Festival	St. Goarshausen	Active	June	RockFels Open Air Loreley	heavy, Viking, traditional
Rock Harz Open Air	Ballenstedt	Active	July	RockHarz Open Air	death, thrash, power metal
Rock im Wald	Wokuhl	Active	July	Rock im Wald	rock, hard rock
Rock of Ages	Seebronn	Active	July	Rock of Ages	classic rock, rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Rock om Gau	Wallerfangen	Active	July	Rock om Gau	small festival with local bands
Rock unter den Eichen	Bertingen	Active	July	Rock unter den Eichen	death, black, thrash metal
Rock'n'Ink-Festival	Chemnitz	Active	September	Rock'n'Ink
Rockavaria	Munich	Active	May	Rockavaria	big festival with big names in hard rock, metal
RockCamp	Saarwellingen	Active	June	RockCamp	One-Day-Festival
Rockfield	Mainz	Active	August	Rockfield
Rock Hard Festival	Gelsenkirchen	Active	May/June	RockHard	heavy metal
Ruhrpott Rodeo	Huenxe	Active	August	Ruhrpott Rodeo	punk, punk rock
Saarmageddon	Saarbruecken	Active	July	Saarmageddon	One-Day-Festival
Schlacht um Otzenhausen	Otzenhausen	Active	November	Schlacht um Otzenhausen	One-Day-Festival indoor
Schlosshof Festival	Hoechstadt	Active	August	Schlosshof Festival	mediaval rock
Shamrock Castle	Eggolsheim	Active	July	Shamrock Castle	folk, mediaval rock
Storm Crusher Festival	Wiesau	Active	September	Storm Crusher Festival
Summer Breeze Open Air	Dinkelsbühl	Active	August	Summer Breeze	death, black, thrash metal
Summer Night Festival	Mechernich	Active	July	Summer Night	free festival
Swordbrothers Festival	Andernach	Last festival - 2014	September	Swordbrothers Festival	power, traditional, thrash metal
Tanzritual Festival	Landsweiler Reden	Active	August/September	Tanzritual Festival	gothic, EBM, industrial, gothic metal
Taunus Metal Festival	Oberursel	Active	April	Taunus Metal Festival	small festival, death, black, power, thrash metal
The Ranch Festival	Hechingen	Active	October	Ranch Festival	power metal
Under The Black Sun Festival	Börnicke	Active	July	Under The Black Sun	black and death metal
United Metal Maniacs	Bitterfeld	Last festival - 2010	month	Festung Open Air
Wacken Open Air	Wacken	Active	July, August	W:O:A	largest metal festival in the world
Wave-Gothic-Treffen	Leipzig	Active	May/June	WGT	gothic, industrial, ebm
Winternoise Festival	Georgsmarienhütte	Last festival - 2009	January	Winternoise
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

Greece

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Rockwave Festival (Athens)	Lamia	Active	August	Rockwave Festival	One-Day-Festival

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

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Day of Darkness	Ballylinan	Last festival - 2008	July	Day of Darkness

Italy

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Agglutination Metal Festival	Chiaromonte	Active	August	Agglutination Metal Festival	One-Day-Festival
Gods of Metal	Monza	Active	June	Gods of Metal	One-Day-Festival
Monsters of Rock	Como	Last festival - 2004	July	Monsters of Rock	One-Day-Festival
Play It Loud! Festival	Orzinuovi	Last festival - 2009	February	Play It Loud! Festival	One-Day-Festival
Total Metal Festival	Puglia	Last festival - 2014	July	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/	One-Day-Festival with 16 bands 2 stages - All metal styles in one event.

Netherlands

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Amsterdam Metalfest	Amsterdam	Active	April & October	Amsterdam Metalfest	One-Day-Festival
Baroeg Open Air	Rotterdam	Active	September	Baroeg Open Air	One-Day-Festival with a broad underground line-up
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
FemME	Eindhoven	Active	Autumn	Female Metal Event	featuring bands with female members
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
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
Very 'Eavy Festival	Stadskanaal	Active	April	Very 'Eavy Festival	small festival featuring heavy metal, NWOBHM
Arnhem Metal Meeting	Arnhem	Last festival - 2007	December
Dynamo Open Air	Eindhoven	Last festival - 2005	May
Fields of Rock	Nijmegen	Last festival - 2007	June
Neurotic Deathfest	Tilburg	Last festival - 2015	May
Nothing Changed Fest	Nijmegen	Active	Last festival - 2014	Nothing Changed Fest	small festival featuring sludge, crust, grindcore, hardcore
Wâldrock	Bergum	Last festival - 2009	Summer		Medium 1 day festival
Waves of Metal Festival	Hoogeveen	Last festival - 2014	October	Festivalinfo.nl Armada Agency	small 1 day indoor festival featuring death, black metal

Norway

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Blastfest	Bergen	Active	February	Blastfest	featuring black, death metal
Inferno Metal Festival	Oslo	Active	April	Inferno	featuring black, death, thrash, doom metal
Karmøygeddon Festival	Haugesund	Active	May	Karmøygeddon	featuring black, death, thrash, doom metal
Midgardsblot	Borre	Active	August	Midgardsblot	featuring black, doom, heavy, viking metal
Southern Discomfort	Kristiansand	Active	September	Southern Discomfort	featuring black, death, thrash, doom metal
Tons of Rock	Halden	Active	June	Tons of Rock	featuring thrash, death, black, heavy 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
Asymmetry Festival	Wrocław	Active	September	Asymmetry Festival	rock, metal and alternative electronics
Dark Fest	Byczyna	Active	June	Dark Fest	small festival
Woodstock Festival Polen	Kostrzyn nad Odra	Active	August	Woodstock Festival Polen	very large festival, but just little metal, hard rock
Hunterfest	Szczytno	Last festival - 2009	July	Hunterfest	five editions
Knock Out Festival	Kraków	Last festival - 2009	July	Knock Out Festival	one edition
Metalfest Poland	Jaworzno	Last festival - 2013	June	Metalfest Poland	two editions
Metal Hammer Festival	Katowice	Last festival - 2015	June	Metalhammer	Instead of Metalmania. [16]
Metalmania	Katowice	Last festival - 2009	March	Metalmania	In 2017 will be back. [17]
Seven Festival	Węgorzewo	Last festival - 2013	July	Seven Festival	various different names since 1991
Sonisphere Poland	Warsaw	Last festival - 2014	July	Sonisphere Poland	part of a touring rock music festival, occurred in Poland in 2010 to 2014

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
Moita Metal Fest	Moita	Active	March/April	Moita Metal Fest	small festival featuring local death, thrash metal, metalcore, punk bands
Paredes de Coura Festival	Paredes de Coura	Active	August	Paredes de Coura-Festival	large rock festival featuring rock, pop, and few metal 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 Metal Fest	featuring power, death, black, thrash, doom metal
VOA Heavy Rock Festival	Corroios	Active	August	VOA	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	Full Metal Cruise	Wacken Open Air Cruise
Leyendas Del Rock Festival	Villena	Active	August	Leyendas Del Rock Festival	featuring heavy, thrash, power, death, black metal
Resurrection Fest	Viveiro	Active	July	Resurrection Fest	featuring hardocre, metalcore, thrash, death, black metal, punk,
Rock Fest Barcelona	Barcelona	Active	July	Rock Fest Barcelona
H.O.M Fest	Burgos	Last festival - 2014	July	H.O.M Fest
Sonisphere	Madrid/Barcelona	Last festival - 2013	May/June	Sonisphere	part of a touring rock music festival, last occurred in Spain in 2013
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
Close-up Baten	Stockholm	Active	March/September	Close-up Baten	ferry cruise by Close up-Magazine
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	One-Day-Festival 2016, featuring popular metal bands along with nu metal, metalcore, death metal
Mörkaste Småland	Hultsfred	Active	September	Mörkaste Småland	featuring black metal
Muskelrock	Tyrolen	Active	June	Hemsida Muskelrock	featuring heavy, thrash metal
Rock Off	Mariehamn	Active	July	Rock Off	large festival with little metal
Rockstad: Falun	Falun	Active	August	Sabaton Open Air - Rockstad: Falun	featuring Sabaton along with power, folk, death, doom metal
Sabaton Cruise	Stockholm	Active	December	Sabaton Cruise	ferry cruise featuring Sabaton amongst others
Scorched Tundra	Gothenburg	Active	September	Scorched Tundra	featuring doom, sludge, death metal
Skogsroejet	Rejmyre	Active	August	Skogsroejet
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
STHLM Fields	Stockholm	Last festival - 2014	May	STHLM Fields	featuring popular metal bands along thrash, death, doom metal

Switzerland

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Allmend rockt	Luzern	Active	June	Allmend rockt	powered by Sonisphere Festivals
Chaos Ritval	Bülach	Active	September	Chaos Ritval	One-Day-Festival featuring death, black, heavy, speed, doom metal
Greenfield Festival	Interlaken	Active	June	Greenfield Festival	featuring death, black, thrash metal
Meh Suff!	Hüttikon	Active	September	Meh Suff! Metal-Festival	featuring death, black, thrash metal
Inferno Metal Festival Switzerland	Lausanne	Last festival - 2014	June	Inferno Switzerland	big festival with some metal bands
Metal Assault	Lausanne	Last festvial - 2013	September	Metal Assault	featuring death metal
Open Circle Festival	Spreitenbach	Last festvial - 2014	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
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)
Brofest	Newcastle	Active	February	Brofest
Damnation Festival	Leeds, England	Active	November	Damnation Festival	One-Day-Festival featuring death, black, thrash, doom metal
Desertfest	London	Active	April	Desertfest
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
Mammothfest	Brighton	Active	September	Mammothfest
North of the Wall	Glasgow	Active	March	North of the Wall[18]	featuring local metal bands
Temples Festival	Bristol	Last festival - 2015	May	Temples Festival	3 day festival featuring death, thrash, black metal, metalcore
UK Tech-Metal Fest	Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire	Active	July	UK-Tech Metal Fest
Wildfire Festival	Crossford	Active	June	Wildfire festival	Successor of Les-Fest
Black Country Metal Fest	West Midlands	Last festival - 2014	March	Black Country Metal Fest	small one-day festival featuring local bands
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
Les-Fest	Wiston Lodge, Scotland	Last festival - 2015	June	Les-Fest	3 day classic rock and heavy metal festival
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
Sonisphere	Knebworth Park	Last festival - 2014	July	Sonisphere
Butserfest	Waterlooville, Hampshire	Active	September	Butserfest	small alcohol/drug-free festival, targeted at people aged 14–20

Eastern Europe

Armenia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Metal Front Fest	Yerevan	Last festival - 2008	November	MetalFront Fest

Belarus

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Metal Crowd Open Air	Retschyza	Active	August	Metal Crowd Open Air

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Sarajevo Metal Fest	Sarajevo	Last festival - 2014	July	Sarajevo Metal fest

Bulgaria

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Kavarna Rock Fest	Kavarna	Active	July	Kavarna Rock
Sonisphere Festival	Kavarna	Last festival - 2010	Juni	Sonisphere Festival	Planned, but canceled in 2011
Spirit of Burgas	Burgas	Last festival - 2012	August	Spirit of Burgas

Croatia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Dark "O" Metal Fest	Rijeka	Active	August	Facebook event	featuring mostly local black, death, thrash, heavy, speed and folk metal, with guests from worldwide notorious bands
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

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Agressive Music Fest	Pohori	Active	July	Agressive Music Fest
Basinfirefest	Spalene	Active	June	Basinfirefest
Brutal Assault	Jaromer	Active	August	Brutal Assault
Hell Fast Attack	Brno	Active	July	Hell Fast Attack
Masters of Rock	Vizovice	Active	July	Masters of Rock
Metal Fest (Czech Republic)	Pilsen	Active	June	Metal Fest
Obscene Extreme (Czech Republic)	Trutnov	Active	July	Obscene Extreme
Phantoms of Pilsen	Pilsen	Active	October	Phantoms of Pilsen
Žižkův Vraždící Palcát		Active		Žižkův Vraždící Palcát

Estonia

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Hard Rock Laager	Vana-Vigala	Active	July	Hard Rock Laager
Rabarock	Jaervakandi	Last festival - 2012	Juni	Rabarock

Hungary

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Rock Maraton	Pecs	Active	July	Rock Maraton	some metal bands
Sziget Festival	Budapest	Active	August	Sziget Festival	only part Metal
Metalmania	Budapest	Last festival - 2007	March	Metalmania

Lithuania

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Daubos Griaucmas	Seredžius	Active	August (mid)	Daubos Griaucmas	black, death, thrash metal
Devilstone	Anykščiai	Active	July (mid)	Devilstone Open Air	rock, metal
Kilkim Žaibu	Varniai	Active	June (end)	Kilkim Žaibu	black, Viking metal, and folk music
Mėnuo Juodaragis	Zarasai	Active	August (mid)	Mėnuo Juodaragis	folk metal/rock, neofolk
Roko Naktys	Zarasai	Active	August (early)	Roko Naktys	rock, metal
True & Evil Vilnius Metal Fest	Vilnius	Active	July (mid)	Facebook Page	One-Day-Festival featuring black, death, thrash metal

Moldova

Festival Name	Location	Status	Approx. Time of Year	Reference/External Link	Notes
Death Morozz Action Fest	Chisinau	Last festival - 2015	January	Brutal Basarabia 2015 event listing[19]	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
November To Dismember Metal Fest	Bucharest	Active	November	Facebook event	featuring death, thrash metal
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.
Rock'N'Iasi	Iași	Active	October	Rock'N'Iasi	small festival featuring lesser known local alternative rock and metal bands
Rockstadt Extreme Fest	Rasnov	Active	August	Rockstadt Extreme Fest	featuring death, black, 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	featuring black, death metal
Moscow Black Metal Convention	Moscow	Last festival - 2014	August	Black Metal Convention	small festival featuring black metal
Moscow DOOM Festival	Moscow	Last festival - 2013	May	Moscow DOOM Festival Official Event Page	small one day festival featuring doom metal
Moscow Music Peace Festival	Moscow	Last festival - 1989	August		one-time festival featuring heavy and glam metal
Nashestviye	Bolshoye Zavidovo	Last festival - 2011	July	Nashestviye	large open air rock festival featuring rock, folk, pop, and 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	Ostrý Grúň	Active	July, 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
Rock Off Festival	Istanbul	Active	October	Facebook page	One-Day-Festival featuring thrash, heavy, power, death metal
Barışarock	Istanbul	Last festival - 2008	August	Barışarock
Headbanger's Weekend	Istanbul	Last festival - 2015	August	Headbanger's Weekend	featuring thrash, heavy, power, death metal
Hi-Voltage	Istanbul	Last festival - 2014	June	Hi-Voltage	featuring thrash, heavy, power, death metal, metalcore
RockIstanbul	Istanbul	Last festival - 2005	June
Rock'n Coke	Istanbul	Last festival - 2013	September	Rock'n Coke	featuring rock, indie rock, with some metal
Sonisphere	Istanbul	Last festival - 2011	June	Sonisphere	part of a touring rock music festival, last occurred in Turkey in 2011
Unirock Open Air Festival	Istanbul	Last festival - 2011	August

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"[20] 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	Last festival - 2014	May	Dubai Rock Festival	active until 2009, but continued on as Dubai Rock Festival

North and Central America

Contents
Canada · Costa Rica · Mexico · United States

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
Metalocalypstick Fest	Valemount, BC	Active	July	Metal in the Mountains	featuring Female musicians. Heavy metal, power, hardcore, punk, death, thrash, metalcore +
Calgary Metalfest	Calgary, AB	Active	September	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[21][22]	featuring thrash, death metal
Messe des Morts Festival	Montreal, QC	Active	April	Messe des Morts Festival	featuring black metal
Metallion	Vanderhoof, BC	Active	August	Metallion Festival	featuring hard rock and heavy 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
Communion of Darkness - Black Metal Festival	Spartanburg, SC	Active	early September	Communion of Darkness 4	active since 2013, featuring black, death metal
Denver Black Sky[23]	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[24]	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[25]	featuring death metal
Emissions from the Monolith	OH/IL/TX	Last festival - 2007	late May		active between 2000-2007 featured doom, stoner, sludge metal
Famine Fest	Portland,OR	2013 - 2015 Active	Jan/Feb	faminefest.com	Multi-Day, Multi-Stage, Festival showcasing the premier acts from the Extreme metal underground.
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[26]
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

• Epic Metal Fest
• Live'N'Louder
• Monsters of Rock
• Maniacs Metal Meeting
• Maximus Fest
• 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

• List of music festivals
• List of rock festivals
• Heavy metal music

References

External links

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