THE BEAST

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Critics have never come to a single thought about who started metal music. However, it is well-known that metal music emerged in the late 1060s and early 1970s as a genre of rock music when musicians were vigorously experimenting to create energetic and aggressive music. In the 21st century, many globally acclaimed metal festivals are celebrated with the massive gatherings of metalheads. This blog is a comprehensive guide to some popular metal events across the globe. Let’s get started to learn more.

Top Metal Festivals Across the Globe

Mark your calendars and get ready to be a part of some gigantic metal festivals worldwide. Here are the most popular metal festivals that headbangers look forward to around the year.

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  Wacken Open Air

  
  

Wacken Open Air is the most celebrated metal festival annually organized in the first week of August in a village, Wacken, in Germany since 1989. You have to be quick if you want to be one of the massive 85,000 audience as tickets are quickly sold out and you have to go for one more long year of waiting. 

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  Rock im Park and Rock am Ring

  
  

Rock im Park and Rock am Ring are two events of a metal festival held in Germany each year during summer and metalheads from all around the world are welcomed to make an energetic audience for this 3-day music event. The location for the event is Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg and the Nürburgring race track with the same artists performing at both events.

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  70,000 Tons of Metals

  
  

70,000 Tons of Metals is the biggest metal cruise that sets out from Miami, Florida and ends at different destinations with 60 bands performing on this 4-day cruise tour. The 2025 edition of this festival is going to end at the Ocho Rios, Jamaica port, and people are expected to be a part of this event. 

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  Sweden Rock Festival

  
  

Each year since 1992, the Sweden Rock Festival has been held within the vicinity of the town of Sölvesborg in Blekinge in southern Sweden and lasts for 3 to 4 days of unlimited music. The event incorporates a blend of music performances from aggressive metal to mild blues to have something for all music tastes with mixing engineers working hard to bring something unique for every listener’s music taste. 

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  Roadburn Festival

  
  

The Dutch city of Tilburg, Netherlands has held another gigantic music festival each April since 1999. It is one of the most awaited music events among international admirers who make up 75% of the audience of the event and tickets are always sold out in less than an hour. With the motto of “redefining heaviness”, the event focuses on experimenting and bringing forward extreme music for the audience. 

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  Copenhell

  
  

Copenhell is a colossal open-air metal festival held at Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, Denmark each year since 2010. The festival marks 4 full days of continuous entertainment from the classic to modern brutality by 70-plus bands performing heavy metal in front of over 35,000 headbangers. Get ready to share your love for rock and metal with a wild audience at this outdoor festival.

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  Nova Rock Festival

  
  

Even the scorching heat of summer in June is not able to stop the metalheads from gathering in Nickelsdorf, Austria for the Nova Rock Festival. Each year, thousands of people from all around the world go to Austria to experience a wild and once-in-a-lifetime experience of this metal festival where they get an opportunity to enjoy live performances from rising rock and metal artists and bond with other headbangers to share unlimited treasure of fun.

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   Bloodstock

  
  

You will always be underestimating the lineup for the performances at the Bloodstock in Derbyshire, UK. This legendary event is curating a massive roller coaster of more than 100 rock and metal bands performing at 4 different stages making Bloodstock a huge international event attracting metalheads from all over the world. This year, Bloodstock is set to rock at Catton Park in Derbyshire from 8th to 11th August. So, buckle up if it is on your wishlist.

Final Words

This blog marks some of the most awaited and wild metal festivals for the energetic audience across the globe. However, it is not the end as many other festivals are admired by the metalheads regardless of their volume. Therefore, mark your calendars for your favorite event and be ready as the tickets are going to be sold out soon.