Upcoming Metal Festivals in 2010

Iced Earth, Devildriver and Skindred are among the bands that will perform at the Hammerfest II Metal Festival held at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom on March 11-13, 2010.

Cannibal Corpse, Shrinebuilder and Voivod are among the bands that will perform at the Scion Rock Fest 2010 free festival held in Columbus, OH, U.S.A. on Saturday, March 13, 2010.

The Quireboys, Winger and Treat are among the bands that will perform at the Rock The Boat festival held on a cruise ship between Oslo and Denmark on March 20-21, 2010.

Brutal Truth, Neuraxis and Electro Quarterstaff are among the bands that will perform at the Manitoba MetalFest festival held at The Park Theatre and The Zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on March 24, March 26 and March 27.

Inferno is a metal festival held annually in Norway since 2001. The 2010 edition will take place in Oslo on March 31 – April 3.

Entombed, Finntroll and Endstille are among the bands confirmed for the Rocktower Festival held in Lübeck, Germany on April 03, 2010.

Titans Festival 2010 takes place on Sunday, April 4th at 19:00 hours in D-Nettetal Kaldenkirchen, Germany.

Doomshine, Mourning Beloveth and Argus are among the bands that will perform at the Doom Shall Rise festival held at the Chapel in Göppingen, Germany on April 9-10, 2010.

Norwegian Black Metal Kings Immortal will headline the Kings of Black Metal festival 2010 held at Hessenhallen in Giessen, Germany on April 10.

Roadburn Festival has become Europe’s leading underground festival for psychedelic, avant-garde, doom or any other variation of leftfield sonic pleasures that push the boundaries of music.

Soilent Green and Sourvein, along with Dixie Witch and House of Broken Promises have been confirmed for Roadburn’s special Afterburner event on Sunday, April 18, at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland.

Arch Enemy, Týr and Evig Natt are among the bands that will perform at the Karmøygeddon Metal Festival held in Haugesund, Norway on April 23-24, 2010.

Ragnarök festival will feature three days of pagan and viking metal. Ragnarök Festival has got a new location for 2010. The seventh edition of the festival is set to take place from 29th of April till the 1st of May 2010 at the Ostbayernhalle at D-92286 Rieden/Kreuth, Germany

Neurotic Deathfest is a metal festival held annually in Holland since 2004. The 2010 edition will take place at 013 in Tilburg on April 30 – May 1.

Kreator, Triptykon and Dying Fetus are among the bands that will perform at the SWR Barroselas Metalfest XIII festival held in Barroselas, Portugal on April 30 – May 2, 2010.

Mexican metallers Brujeria and New York veterans Immolation will headline Deathfest – The Second Coming festival held at Leeds University Union in Leeds, U.K. on Sunday, May 2, 2010.

Entombed, Cynic and Wolves In The Throne Room are among the bands that will perform at the Friction Fest festival held at Astra & Cassiopeia in Berlin, Germany on May 7-8,2010.

Metalfest Open Air 2010 – Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary

The legendary Black Metal band 1349 is one of the first headliners for the Masters Of Metal festival held at Pakkahuone and Klubi in Tampere, Finland on May 15, 2010.

Abgott, Xerath and Phyrexia are among the bands that will perform at the Enblackened 2010 festival held at the Camden Underworld on Saturday May 15th 2010.

Fear Factory, Dying Fetus and Misery Index are among the bands that will perform at the California Metalfest IV 2010 festival held at The Fox Theatre & The Glasshouse, Pomona, CA, U.S.A. on May 15-16, 2010.

Godsmack, Rob Zombie and Stone Sour are among the bands that will perform at the Lazerfest festival held at Indianola Balloon Grounds in Indianola, Iowa, U.S.A. on May 16, 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.

Phoenix Arizonas’ Thrash Masters Flotsam and Jetsam are confirmed as one of the headliners for the Gates of Metal Open Air held at Recreation Plantation Camprounds in Dripping Springs, Texas on May 21-22, 2010.

Inquisition, Panzergod and Averse Sefira are among the bands that will perform at the Northwestern Black Circle II festival held at Club Satyricon, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. on May 21-22, 2010.

Maryland Deathfest is a death metal festival held annually in U.S.A. since 2003. The 2010 edition will take place in Baltimore on May 28-30.

ZZ Top, Godsmack and Tesla are among the bands that will perform at the Rocklahoma 2010 festival held in Pryor, Oklahoma on May 28-30.

Steelwing, Bullet and Slingblade are among the bands that will perform at the Muskelrock festival held in Tyrolen, situated in a small village called Blädinge, 7km from the small town Alvesta, Sweden on June 4-5, 2010.

Aerosmith, Slayer and Mastodon are among the bands that will perform at the Sweden Rock Festival 2010 held in Sölvesborg, Sweden on June 9-12, 2010.

Suffocation, Necrophagist and Dying Fetus are among the bands that will perform at the Death Feast 2010 festival held in Hünxe, Germany on June 10-12, 2010.

Rammstein has been confirmed to perform at the Nova Rock 2010 festival held on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, Austria on June 11-13, 2010.

AC/DC, Motörhead and Them Crooked Vultures are among the bands that will perform at the Download 2010 festival held at Donington Park, U.K. on June 11-13, 2010.

Picture, Stream Of Passion and Skeptical Minds are among the bands that will perform at the festival held in Raard, Netherlands on June 11-12, 2010.

Sonisphere Festival, the first and only touring European metal festival returns in 2010 in the following locations : Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, U.K.

Slayer, Motorhead, Candlemass, and Fear Factory are the lastest bands confirmed to perform at HellFest 2010, held in Clisson, France on June 18-20.

Rammstein, Nile and Cynic are among the bands that will perform at the Metaltown 2010 festival held at Frihamnem in Gothenburg, Sweden on June 18-19, 2010.

Kiss, Immortal and Behemoth are among the bands that will perform at the Graspop Metal Meeting 2010 festival held in Dessel, Belgium on June 25-27.

Motörhead, Fear Factory and Cannibal Corpse are among the bands that will perform at the Gods of Metal 2010 festival held at Parco della Certosa Reale in Collegno, Italy on October June 25-27.

Slayer, Fear Factory and GWAR are among the bands that will perform at the With Full Force 2010 festival held at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany on July 2-4.

Cannibal Corpse, Amorphis and Necrophagist are among the bands that will perform at the Unirock Open Air Festival III festival held Istambul, Tukey on July 02-04, 2010.

Megadeth, Testament, Satyricon and Mastodon are among the bands that will perform at the Tuska 2010 festival held in Helsinki, Finland on July 2-4, 2010.

Behemoth, Ensiferum & Between The Buried And Me are among the bands that will perform at the FortaRock 20100 festival held at Park Brakkestein in Nijmegen, Netherlands on July 3.

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

Mayhem, Primordial and Pro-Pain are among the bands that will perform at the Rockmaraton festival held at Dynamo in the Malomvölgy valley 8 kms south from Pécs, in a forest reserve between Kökénypuszta and Kökény, Hungary on July 5-11, 2010.

Cavalera Conspiracy, Enslaved and U.D.O. are among the bands that will perform at the Norway Rock festival held Kvinesdal, Norway on July 7-11, 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.

Motörhead, Overkill and Deicide are among the bands that will perform at the Getaway Rock festival held in Gävle, Sweden on July 8-10, 2010.

Saxon, Deep Purple and Skid Row are among the bands that will perform at the RockWeekend festival held at Mohed Airfield in Söderhamn, Sweden on July 08-10, 2010.

Rob Zombie, Lamb Of God and Shadows Fall are among the bands that will perform at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2010.

Dying Fetus, Asphyx and God Dethroned are among the bands that will perform at the Kaltenbach Open Air 2010 festival held in Spital am Semmering, Austria on July 15-17, 2010.

Doro, Jag Panzer and Queensrÿche are among the bands that will perform at the Bang Your Head!!! held in Balingen, Germany on July 16-17, 2010.

Deicide and Tankard are among the bands that will perform at the Devilstone Open Air 2010 festival held at Dainuva Valley in Anyksciai, Lithuania on July 16-18, 2010.

Incantation, Origin and Acheron are among the bands that will perform at the Central Illinois MetalFest 2010 festival held at the Canopy Club in Urbana Illinois, U.S.A. on July 23rd and 24th.

HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR 2010 takes place in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, near Elmshorn, Germany on July 29-31, 2010.

Benediction, Ensiferum and Sacred Reich are among the bands that will perform at the Rockarea Festival 2010 festival held in Loreley, Germany on July 29-31.

Arch Enemy, Doro and Sacred Reich are among the bands that will perform at the RockArea 2010 festival held in Loreley, Germany on July 29-31, 2010

Illdisposed, Gutted and Katalepsy are among the bands that will perform at the Eisenwahn Festival 2010 festival held at MX Track Obersinn (Ludwig-Zeller-Ring) in Germany on July 30-31, 2010.

Iron Maiden, Slayer and Arch Enemy are among the bands that will perform at the Wacken 2010 festival, held in Wacken, Schleswig Holstein, Germany on August 5-7, 2010.

Suffocation, Aura Noir and Watain are among the bands that will perform at the Party.San Open Air held in Bad Berka, Germany on August 12-14, 2010.

Cannibal Corpse, Devin Townsend and Graveworm are among the bands that will perform at the 15th edition of the Brutal Assault festival held at Jaromer – Old army fortress Josefov, Czech Republic on August 12-14, 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.

Suffocation, Gorgoroth and Dream Evil are among the bands that will perform at the Jalometalli 2010 festival held at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland on August 13-14.

Dark Tranquillity, Hypocrisy and Subway to Sally are among the bands that will perform at the Summer Breeze festival held in Dinkelsbühl, Germany on August 19-21, 2010.

Mayhem, Rotting Christ and Orphaned Land are among the bands that will perform at the Metal Mean festival held at Sur Odemont 1, 5372 Mean, Belgium on August 21, 2010.

Cathedral, The Devil’s Blood and Dead Congregation are among the bands that will perform at the Hole In The Sky 2010 festival held in Bergen, Norway on August 25-28.

Pestilence, Onslaught and Hail of Bullets are among the bands that will perform at the Elsrock 2010 festival held in Rijssen, Netherlands on August 28.

Vlamrock is a hardcore/metal fest held in As, Belgium near Genk. The 9th edition of the festival will take place on August 28, 2010.

The first confirmed bands are First Blood and Confronto.