Upcoming Metal Festivals in UK 2012

The Arctic Festival will take place in The Bridgehouse2, Canning Town, London on January 06-08, 2012.Power Quest, Beholder and Leviathan are among the bands that will perform at the The Arctic Festival 2012 festival.

Hammerfest IV will take place at Pontins Holiday Village in Prestatyn, North Wales on March 15-18, 2012.Anthrax, Paradise Lost and Amon Amarth are among the bands that will perform at the Hammerfest IV 2012 festival.

Sonisphere Festivals 2012. Metallica, Slayer, Motörhead, Kiss and many more are confirmed to perform at this year’s edition of Sonisphere Festivals.

Download will take place at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom on June 8-10, 2012.Metallica and Black Sabbath will headline the 10th Download Festival on Saturday June 9th 2012!

Bloodstock Open Air will take place at Catton Hall in Walton On Trent, Derbyshire, U.K. on August 10-12, 2012.Paradise Lost, Dimmu Borgir and Corrosion of Conformity are among the bands that will perform at the Bloodstock 2012 festival.

Damnation Festival will take place in Leeds, UK on November 03, 2012.US grindcore stalwarts Pig Destroyer will return to the UK for the first time in eight years to perform at Damnation Festival 2012.

Hard Rock Hell will take place at Pontin’s Resort – Prestatyn Sands, LL19 7LA. North Wales on 29th November – 3rd December 2012.Ace Frehley, Bolt and Primordial are among the bands that will perform at the Hard Rock Hell 2012 festival.

Live Evil Festival Part 2 will take place at The Underworld in Camden on Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd October 2011.Live Evil Festival is an International Heavy Metal Festival presenting underground Black metal, Thrash, Speed, Death, Heavy Metal, Metal Punk and Doom bands from around the world. The bands who play it are picked by Fenriz and taken from his Darkthrone ‘Band of the Week’ blog. The festival remains 100% committed to the bands who play it.

Femme Metal Festival will take place at The Asylum in Birmingham, U.K. on May 29-30, 2011.Theatres Des Vampires, Sarah Jezebel Deva and ReVamp are among the bands that will perform at the Femme Metal Festival 2011 festival.

Damnation Festival will take place at Leeds University, across three stages on Saturday 5th November 2011.Evile, Ulver and Grand Magus are among the bands that will perform at the Damnation Festival 2011 festival.

High Voltage will be held in Victoria Park, London, England on July 23-24, 2011.Judas Priest, Dream Theater and Anathema are among the bands that will perform at the High Voltage 2011 festival.

Hammerfest will be held in Prestatyn, North Wales, U.K. on March 17-19, 2011.Accept, Biohazard and Satyricon are among the bands that will perform at the Hammerfest 2011 festival.

Sonisphere 2011, the first and only touring European metal festival returns in the following locations :Sonisphere U.K. Knebworth on July 8-10, 2011Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax will headline the Friday night at Knebworth.

Bloodstock Open Air will be held at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom on August 12-14, 2011.Morbid Angel, Immortal and Triptykon are among the bands that will perform at the BOA 2011 festival.

Download Festival will be held at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom on June 10-12, 2011.System of a Down, Linkin Park and Rob Zombie are among the bands that will perform at the Download 2011 festival.

The South East has been crying out for a live music festival, so Mammoth Fest hosts 27 of the finest rock & metal bands from the UK & Europe including some of Brightons best local bands across 2 stages at Hove town hall on Sept 18th 2010 11am – midnight.

ZZ Top, Opeth and Gary Moore are among the bands that will perform at the High Voltage festival held at Victoria Park in London, U.K. on July 24-25, 2010.