The Top 5 Heavy Metal Music Events of the Year

We’ve compiled a list of the top 5 heavy metal music events of the year, so you can plan your metalhead vacation accordingly!

Wacken Open Air

Wacken Open Air is a metal music festival held in the village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The festival was founded in 1990 by Thomas Jensen and Michael Packebusch and is currently run by Holger Hübner. It takes place annually in late summer (usually August) and features a wide range of metal bands from all over the world.

Wacken Open Air is considered to be one of the most important metal music festivals in the world, and has been referred to as the “Woodstock of heavy metal”. It is also one of the largest open-air festivals in Europe, with an average attendance of 80,000 people.

Hellfest

Hellfest, which takes place in Clisson, France, is one of the biggest and most well-known heavy metal festivals in the world. The festival attracts huge crowds, with over 200,000 people attending in 2017. Hellfest features a wide range of metal subgenres, making it one of the most diverse festivals around.
With such a huge lineup, it’s no wonder that Hellfest is one of the most popular heavy metal festivals around. If you’re a fan of metal music, this is definitely one event that you don’t want to miss out on.

Graspop Metal Meeting

The Graspop Metal Meeting is a music festival held in Dessel, Belgium. It was founded in 1996 and takes place every June. The event is mostly focused on heavy metal music, but also features other genres such as punk rock, hardcore punk and alternative metal. It is considered to be one of the biggest and most important metal festivals in Europe. Some of the most popular bands that have played at Graspop Metal Meeting include Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Motörhead, Judas Priest and Alice Cooper.

With Full Force

With Full Force is a music festival that takes place in Germany every year. It is organized by LoopHole Concerts e.V.. The first edition was held in 1996 in Roitzschjora, and since then it has become one of the most important festivals in the metal music scene. It usually takes place in early July and features a wide variety of metal subgenres, from death metal to power metal.

This year, the festival will take place from July 5th to 7th in Ferropolis, Germany. The lineup includes some of the biggest names in metal, such as Slayer, Judas Priest, Kreator, and many more. If you’re a fan of heavy metal music, this is definitely an event you don’t want to miss!

Copenhell

Copenhell is a music festival that takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 2010, and it takes place annually in June. The festival features a wide range of heavy metal subgenres, such as black metal, death metal, thrash metal, and stoner metal. Copenhell is one of the most popular heavy metal festivals in Europe, and it attractsmetalheads from all over the world.

Ragnarok Festival
Ragnarok Festival is a black metal music festival that takes place in Norway. It was founded in 2010, and it takes place annually in April. The festival features a wide range of black metal subgenres, such as atmospheric black metal, avant-garde black metal, and raw black metal. Ragnarok Festival is one of the most popular black metal festivals in the world, and it attracts black metallers from all over the globe.

Inferno Metal Festival
Inferno Metal Festival is a music festival that takes place in Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 2000, and it takes place annually in March/April. The festival features a wide range of heavy metal subgenres, such as death metal, thrash metal, power metal, and symphonic black metal. Inferno Metal Festival is one of the most popular heavy metal festivals in Europe, and it attractsmetalheads from all over the continent.

Maryland Deathfest
Maryland Deathfest is a music festival that takes place in Baltimore, Maryland (USA). It was founded in 2002, and it takes place annually in May/June. The festival features a wide range of death metal subgenres, such as brutal deathmetal , technical deathmetal , old-school deathmetal , and grindcore . Maryland Deathfest is one of the most popular extreme music festivalsin North America , and it attracts underground music fans from all over the continent .

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