Sonata Arctica - metal festival dates confirmed for 2010 and 2009

Nummirock festival will be held in Kauhajoki, Finland on June 24-26, 2010

Six Feet Under, Dark Tranquillity and Sepultura are among the bands that will perform at the festival.

Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Amorphis and Arch Enemy are among the bands that will perform at the Ruisrock 2010 festival held at Russalo in Turku, Finland on July 9-11, 2010.

Doro, Krypteria and Subway To Sally are among the bands that will perform at the Rock Harz festival held in Ballenstedt, Germany on July 08-10, 2010.

Hypocrisy, Satyricon and Apocalyptica are among the bands that will perform at the Finnish Metal Expo held in Helsinki, Finland on February 19-20, 2010.

Heaven and Hell, Children Of Bodom and Obituary are among the bands that will perform at the Bloodstock Open Air 2010 festival held at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, U.K. on August 13-15, 2010.

Kreator, Artillery and Evile are among the bands that will perform at the Rock Hard festival held at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on May 21-23, 2010.

Behemoth is the first confirmed band for the MetalCamp 2010 festival held in Tolmin, Slovenia on July 5-11.

Screamfest is Australia’s first real heavy metal festival. The two day festival will be taking place at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on December 31 and January 1st 09/10.

Children Of Bodom, Samael and Amorphis are among the bands that will perform at the Monterrey Metal Fest IV held at the Santa Lucia Arena in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico on September 16, 2009.

W.A.S.P., Monster Magnet, Queensrÿche are the first bands confirmed for the Hard Rock Hell festival, held at Pontins in Prestatyn Sands. North Wales, United Kingdom on December 4-5, 2009.