Metaltown
Metal music festival in Gothenburg, Sweden
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57.71751°N 11.95825°E The Metaltown festival was a three-day festival featuring heavy metal bands, held in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was arranged annually from 2004 to 2013.
2004–2012: 2 days
2013–2016: 3 days
| Metaltown | |
|---|---|
The Black Stage, one of the two main stages, in 2011 | |
| Genre | Heavy metal, hardcore punk |
| Dates | June–July 2004–2012: 2 days 2013–2016: 3 days |
| Locations | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Years active | 2004–2016 |
| Website | Metaltown In English |
The original Metaltown venue was at Frihamnen, but was moved in 2011 to Göteborg Galopp close to Gothenburg City Airport.[1] An indoor revival was held in 2016 at Trädgår'n.[2] An attempted revival in 2020 to be held at Frihamnen was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]
Participating acts
2004
Alice Cooper – Totalt Jävla Mörker – Turbonegro – Dimmu Borgir – Brides of Destruction – In Flames – Kee Marcello's K2 – Evergrey – Mustasch – Edguy – Within Y – Debase – Notre Dame
2005
Apocalyptica – Dark Tranquillity – Hanoi Rocks – HammerFall – Rammstein – Beseech – Enter the Hunt – Tiamat – Sentenced – Nine – All Ends – Kakaphonia – Hell N' Diesel
2006
Cradle of Filth – Danko Jones – Electric Earth – Engel – Enter the Hunt – Entombed – Evergrey – Fingerspitzengefühl – Khoma – Manimal – Motörhead – Opeth – Satyricon – Soilwork – Sparzanza – The Haunted – Tool – Stonegard
2007
Slayer – Mastodon – Machine Head – Meshuggah – Raised Fist – Nine – Cult of Luna – Hardcore Superstar – Sturm und Drang – Sonic Syndicate – Marduk – Ill Niño – Candlemass – Entombed
2008
In Flames – Cavalera Conspiracy – Nightwish – Chris Cornell (cancelled) – Monster Magnet – Dimmu Borgir – Danko Jones – Bullet for My Valentine – Converge – Dark Tranquillity – Finntroll – Hardcore Superstar – Sabaton – Soilwork – Tiamat – Amon Amarth – Clutch – Job for a Cowboy (cancelled) – Opeth (cancelled) – Killswitch Engage – Nifelheim – Die Mannequin – Graveyard – Sonic Syndicate – Lillasyster – Path of No Return – Sic – Witchcraft – Cimmerian Dome – Dr. Livingdead – Keld – Torture Division – Dead by April – Avatar – Marionette – Satyricon – The Brother Grim Side Show
2009
All Hell – All That Remains – August Burns Red – Bring Me the Horizon – Bullet – Children of Bodom – Cult of Luna – Dead by April – Dir En Grey – Disturbed – DragonForce – Evergrey – Girugamesh – Hatesphere – Hellzapoppin' – Illfigure – Marilyn Manson – Meshuggah – Mucc – Municipal Waste – Mustasch – My Dying Bride – Napalm Death – Opeth – Pain – Pilgrimz – Slipknot – Sterbhaus – Trivium – The Haunted – Volbeat
2010
69 Eyes – Adept – Amon Amarth – Between the Buried and Me – Bleeding Through – Brian "Head" Welch – Bullet for My Valentine – Coheed & Cambria – Cynic – Dark Tranquillity – Dream Evil – Finntroll – From This Moment – Garcia Plays Kyuss – Hatebreed – Hellyeah – In Flames – Katatonia – Kreator – Nile – Rammstein – Raunchy – Raubtier – Sabaton – Skindred – Sodom – Sonic Syndicate – Soulfly – Walking with Strangers
2011
Meshuggah – Humanity's Last Breath – Cradle of Filth – Raubtier – Parkway Drive – Escape the Fate – System of a Down – At the Gates – The Black Dahlia Murder – Graveyard – Soilwork – Ghost – Volbeat – Watain – Korn – Khoma – Cavalera Conspiracy – All That Remains – Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult – F.K.Ü – Deicide – Bring Me the Horizon – Arch Enemy – Avenged Sevenfold – Anvil – Bullet – Human Desolation – Madball – Corroded- Yersinia – Last View – Stillwell – Avenir
2012
In Flames – Slayer – Marilyn Manson – Machine Head – Lamb of God – Mastodon – Killswitch Engage – Opeth – Within Temptation – Sabaton – Anthrax – Kyuss Lives! – HammerFall – Nasum – Dark Tranquility – Mayhem – Soulfly – Candlemass – Hypocrisy – Vader – Gojira – Trivium – Pain – DevilDriver – Pain of Salvation – Oz – Darkest Hour – Adept – Skeletonwitch – Engel – Avatar – Vildhjarta – Skitarg – Unleashed – Primordial – Death Destruction – Shining – Aura Noir – Descend – Unpure – Year of the Goat – Sectu – Kobra and the Lotus – Seventribe – Dethrone – Who Torched Cinderella – Alenah – Voiceless Location – Start a Fire – Imminence – Jason Rouse
2013
Slipknot – Korn – Motörhead – Sabaton – Danzig – Ghost – Meshuggah – All That Remains – Danko Jones – Soilwork – Turbonegro – Asking Alexandria – Clutch – Graveyard – Entombed – Napalm Death – Carcass – The Dillinger Escape Plan – Pentagram – Marduk – Kvelertak – Cult of Luna – The Devil Wears Prada – The Ghost Inside – Between the Buried and Me – The Sword – Witchcraft – Hardcore Superstar – Katatonia – Amaranthe – Love and Death – Naglfar – The Kristet Utseende – The Resistance – Thyrfing – Terra Tenebrosa – Bombus – Thundermother – Eldkraft – Port Noir – Undercroft – Sister Sin – Constrain – Crunge – Imber – Nox Vorago – Degial – Tribulation – Eldrimner – Minora – bravo metal – bedeng metal