It looks like these days everybody in the mainstream world focuses on the Olympic Games. And it looks like these days everybody in the metal world focuses on the big mainstream festivals of August, Wacken and Summer Breeze.
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There is more
We list some lesser known and smaller festivals here. We will report about some of them afterwards. And of course, our list is not complete.
Dark River Festival
Very Finnish Heavy Metal, Kotka, Finland, 8.-10. August
https://darkriverfestival.com/en/
Festival trailer 2024
Party.San Festival
Extreme Metal, Schlotheim; Germany, 8.-10. August
After movie 2023
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Midgardsblot Festival
Extreme-and Folk Metal, Borre, Norway, 14.-17. August
https://www.midgardsblot.no/information
Line-Up
Amon Amarth – Melodic Death Metal, Emperor – Symphonic Black Metal, Testament – Thrash Metal, Astralseid – Folk, Bel Canto – Dream pop/Synthpop/New-age, Destroyer 666 – Black, Death, Thrash, Eldrim – Viking / Medieval / Folk,
Ereb Altor – Viking / Black Metal, Fabbrica 82 – Dark Pop, Fen – Atmospheric Black Metal, Folket Bortafor Nordavinden – Folk / Ancient Music, Grand Magus – Heavy Metal, Doom, Gåte – Progressive Folk Rock, Inculter – Thrash Metal,
Kalandra – Folk | Alternative | Ethereal, Kjell Braaten – Viking Music, Lumsk – Folk Metal, Nytt Land – Nordic Folk, Odium – Symphonic Black Metal, Runahild – Folk Music, Seigmen – Gothic Rock, Alternative Metal,
Songleikr – Nordic Folk, Sâver – Doom, Post-Metal, Texas Cornflake Massacre – Melodic Deathcore Breakdown, Uada – Black Metal, Unleashed – Death Metal, Vader – Death Metal, Vulture Industries – Progressive Metal
Have a look at the very complex festival schedule here:
https://www.midgardsblot.no/schedule
Festival trailer
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Riverside Festival
Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, Aarburg, Switzerland, 23.-25. August
https://www.riversideaarburg.com/festival
Friday
UGLY KID JOE, RISE AGAINST, ECLIPSE, DANKO JONES, GOTUS, UNDERCLASS HEROES, BACK ONE OUT, FACING FEARS
Saturday
URIAH HEEP, BEYOND THE BLACK, JACK SLAMER, LORDI, FIGHTER V, FIRE ROSE, HER NAME WAS CLAIRE, ROYAL DESOLATION, 2 SILENT
Sunday
FLOGGING MOLLY, BONFIRE, SAINT CITY ORCHESTRA, CRASHTIME, DARK JANE, HEAD SMASHED
After movie 2023
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Beside these four festivals we would like to recommend the forthcoming release of
Mono Inc.’s “Symphonic Live II” on 23. August.
Check it out, here is the video of the single “Lieb Mich” as a teaser.
Please buy physical music or download it from the bands official sources and don’t stream it for free because it steals your artists’ income.
Proof reading by DeepL