2010 Metal Festival Line-Ups
All respective line-ups are subject to change so please rely on the festival websites for your most up to date details as I may not get around to updating as often as I’d like. When I do make updates, newly added bands will be italicized, while bands pulled from the festival will be marked in RED.
Last Updated: 2/23/10
Balingen Messegelände, Germany ~ July 16th-17th, 2010
Anvil
Bullet
Doro
Enforcer
Jag Panzer
Jon Oliva’s Pain
Krokus
Loudness
Queensryche
Ratt
Sabaton
??? ~ ???
??? ~ ???
??? ~ ???
DAY OF DARKNESS (D.O.D.) FESTIVAL
Ballylinan, Ireland ~ ???
Italy~ ???
Dessel, Belgium ~ June 25th-27th, 2010
Alestorm
All Shall Perish
Anvil
Behemoth
Bleeding Through
Bullet For My Valentine
Deadlock
Faceless, The
Ignite
Immortal
Jon Oliva’s Pain
KISS
Korpiklaani
My Dying Bride
Necrophobic
Ratt
Sabaton
Sepultura
Tankard
Tarja
Walls of Jericho
Oslo, Norway ~ ???
Lauda-Königshofen, Germany ~ April 23rd-24th, 2010
ADX
Anacrusis
Candlemass
Crystal Viper
Demon
Fifth Angel
Hades
Heart of Cygnus
Kalapacs
Obsession
RAM
Satan’s Host
Savage Grace
Siren
Striker
Thor
Tygers of Pan Tang
Watch Tower
Whiplash
White Wizzard
Los Angeles, CA, USA ~ ???
Tokyo, Japan ~ October 17th-18th, 2010
Baltimore, MD, USA ~ May 28th – May 30th, 2010
16
Asphyx
Autopsy
Birds of Prey
Capitalist Casualties
Captain Cleanoff
Chasm, The
Coffins
Converge
Deceased
Entombed
Eyehategod
Fang
Fuck the Facts
Gorguts
Gorod
Gride
Gridlink
Haemorrhage
Howl
Impaled
Incantation
Ingrowing
Jesus Crost
Magrudergrind
Malevolent Creation
Massgrave
Melechesh
Naglfar
Nazxul
Necrophobic
Obituary
Obliteration
Pentagram
Pestilence
Portal
Possessed
Putrescence
Rompeprop
Sadistic Intent
Sinister
Sodom
Stormcrow
Sulaco
Tombs
Verbal Abuse
Watain
Wolfbrigade
Tolmin, Slovenia ~ July 5th – July 10th, 2010
Behemoth
Cannibal Corpse
Decapitated
Demonical
Devils Blood, The
Dornenreich
Epica
Ex Deo
Hammerfall
Ensiferum
Equiliberium
Exploited, The
Heidevolk
Immortal
Insision
Insomnium
Kalmah
Korpiklaani
Leaves’ Eyes
Metsatoll
Nevermore
Obituary
Overkill
Paradise Lost
Rotting Christ
Sabaton
Six Feet Under
Sonata Arctica
Suicidal Angels
Trail of Tears
Frihamen, Gothenburg, Sweden ~ June 18th – June 19th, 2010
Bullet For My Valentine
Cynic
Dark Tranquillity
Dream Evil
In Flames
Kreator
Finntroll
Nile
Rammstein
Raubtier
Sabaton
Sonic Syndicate
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico ~ ???
NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ~ April 23rd-24th, 2010
1349
ABACABB
Acaro
Across the Sun
Alpha & Omega
American Me
Amon Amarth
Arsonists Get All the Girls
Baroness
Between the Buried and Me
Burning Empires
Cannibal Corpse
Cattle Decapitation
Chelsea Grin
COA
Conducting From the Grave
Cro Mags
Cruel Hand
Death Before Dishonor
Death Threat
Disembodied
Earth Crisis
Eluveitie
Forfeit
Foundation
Gaza
Grave Maker
Holy Grail
Howl
Impending Doom
Lecherous Nocturne
Malefice
Mastodon
Mongoloids, The
Monsters
Mother of Mercy
Reign Supreme
Rose Funeral
Skeletonwitch
Soul Control
Swashbuckle
Thick As Blood
Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
Valient Thorr
Whitechapel
xTheWarx
xTyrantx
Tilburg, Netherlands ~ April 30th-May 1st, 2010
Beheaded
Beneath The Massacre
Bolt Thrower
Carcass
Defeated Sanity
Dying Fetus
Dr Doom
Enemy Reign
Insidious Decrepancy
Insision
Human Mincer
Kickback
Lock Up
Napalm Death
Nox
Origin
Revocation
Six Feet Under
Viral Load
Atlanta, GA, USA ~ September 12th, 2009
Delain
DGM
Hammerfall
Illusion Suite
Kamelot
Leaves Eyes
Nocturnal Rites
Oceans of Sadness
Paradox
Seventh Wonder
Stormwarrior
Tarot
Tyr
Columbus, OH ~ March 13th, 2010
3 Inches of Blood
Absu
Acrassicauda
Black Anvil
Black Tusk
Brutal Truth
Cannibal Corpse
Deadsea
D.R.I.
Landmine Marathon
Lightning Swords of Death
Liturgy
Ludicra
Lullabye Arkestra
Hate Eternal
Magrudergrind
Pelican
Saviours
Shrinebuilder
Struck by Lightning
Thou
Trap Them
Voivod
YOB
Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria, Germany ~ August 19th – August 21st, 2010
1349
69 Eyes, The
Agnostic Front
Ahab
Anathema
Annotations of an Autopsy
Asphyx
Barren Earth
Behemoth
Black Dahlia Murder, The
Callisto
Cannibal Corpse
Children of Bodom
Crown, The
Cumulo Nimbus
Dark Funeral
Dark Tranquillity
Despised Icon
Devils Blood, The
Die Apocaliptischen Reiter
Dying Fetus
Eisbrecher
Eisregen
End of Green
Ensiferum
Equilibrium
Fejd
Feuerschwanz
Fiddler’s Green
Freiwild
Gorgoroth
GWAR
Hacride
Hail of Bullets
Heaven Shall Burn
Hypocrisy
Ill Nino
Insomnium
Korpiklaani
Kylesa
Leaves’ Eyes
Letzeinstanz
Long Distance Calling
Macabre
Maroon
Milking the Goat Machine
Mono Inc.
My Dying Bride
Necrophagist
Obituary
Origin
Orphaned land
Pantheon I
Poisonblack
Rage
Raised Fist
Rebellion
Sepultura
Solstafir
Subway to Sally
Suffocation
Suicidal Angels
Swallow the Sun
Tracedawn
Undertow
Unleashed
War From A Harlots Mouth
Watain
We Butter the Bread With Butter
Helsinki, Finland ~ ???
Wacken, Germany ~ August 5th, 2010 – August 7th, 2010
1349
Amorphis
Alice Cooper
Arch Enemy
Atrocity
Broilers
Caliban
Candlemass
Cannibal Corpse
Corvus Corax
Crucified Barbara
Debauchery
Degradead
Delain
Despised Icon
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Die Kassierer
Edguy
Ektomorf
Endstille
End of green
Equilibrium
Eternal Legacy
Evile
Fiddler’s Green
Ghost Brigade
Gojira
Grave Digger
Hackneyed
Hanggai
Hells Belles
Ihsahn
Ill Nino
Immortal
Imperial Dekadenz
Iron Maiden
Kampfar
Kataklysm
Lake of Tears
Letzte Instanz
Mambo Kurt
Maroon
Metsatoll
Motley Crue
Nightmare
Orden Ogan
Orphaned Land
Other, The
Primal Fear
Raven
Schelmish
Smoke Blow
Secrets of the Moon
Solstafir
Slayer
Stratovarius
Suicidal Angels
Tiamat
Torfrock
Tyr
U.D.O.
Varg
Voivod
W.A.S.P.
Comments
Comment from cody
Time: January 10, 2009, 10:48 am
Melissa – Do you have any details about the location of the festival?
Comment from Melissa
Time: February 27, 2009, 8:20 pm
Hi I will travel to Europe from October 2009 to May 2010 and I would like to know what festival or concerts may find there regarding heavy metal bands. I’ll appreciate if you have info abt that. (meligt02@hotmail.com)
Comment from cathy miller
Time: April 19, 2009, 11:05 am
catalepsy rocks
Comment from Wesley
Time: June 13, 2009, 9:59 pm
Holy shit this is the first time i’ve heard of this festival and it KICKS ASS!!! Metal is the only way to go! i will definatly be going to one of these!
Comment from sam lawrance
Time: June 22, 2009, 2:34 pm
BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR FESTIVAL IS THE SHIT IF ANY OF YOU FUCKERS THINK THERE HARDCORE THEN GO TO BLOODSTOCK YOU WILL BE PUT IN YOUR PLACES !!!!!
\m/ ‘0′ \m/
Comment from matt
Time: June 24, 2009, 12:03 am
All that Remains, Bullet for My Valentine, and Parkway Drive seem to be a little out of place at Tuska.
Comment from bob
Time: June 24, 2009, 8:57 am
Just come back from Hellfest in France – better than Graspop but not listed on your pages ?
Comment from MurdurEVIL
Time: July 17, 2009, 4:56 pm
tah! i am ,i love festivaling and i live in london, unfortunatly i wont be able to make sonisphere OR bloodstock this year!!! does anyone know of any other metal fest. coming up in and around london??
Thanks :]
Comment from damian mariani
Time: July 19, 2009, 6:26 pm
progpower usa its the best metal fest ever. regarding organization confort and great bands
Comment from Chantal
Time: August 11, 2009, 8:47 am
Hi guys.im trying to find out what heavy metal bands r comin to Cape Town,South Africa towards the end of 2009. I heard a rumour that Slipknot may be touring? Could someone pls let me know! E-mail me…
Comment from Harness
Time: September 16, 2009, 7:47 pm
hey everyone, and whoever runs this page, the seattle metal festival for 2009 is at studio 7 downtown seattle.
The official site is http://msanthrope.com/nwdf/
The Myspace is : http://www.myspace.com/northwestdeathfest
Pingback from Neurotic Deathfest 2010 Line Up Added to Festival Page! | All Metal Resource
Time: November 3, 2009, 10:51 pm
[...] Here are the announced bands thus far for next year’s festival taking place in Tilburg, Netherlands form April 30th through May 1st, 2010. Further details can be accessed here. [...]
Comment from T. Portaro
Time: December 22, 2009, 10:48 am
Can you post the Keep It True Festival?
Comment from Babak Doom
Time: January 5, 2010, 2:46 am
Hi there,I’m so fucking glad to be a Metal player…Would you help me, how could i play in metal fests….you can visit our web…
Comment from CARTER
Time: January 5, 2010, 12:24 pm
Im so psyched for Jag Panzer
Comment from cody
Time: January 5, 2010, 5:23 pm
Carter, I’m glad you said that, because I got you tickets to go see them for your birthday.
Comment from cody
Time: January 5, 2010, 5:24 pm
Babak Doom – We only list the festivals, we don’t host any ourselves or have any direct influence over who gets billed. Sorry!
Comment from joe
Time: January 12, 2010, 7:03 pm
how do bands sign up for festivals?
Comment from Nicklas
Time: February 8, 2010, 4:33 pm
Metaltown 2010 Gothenburg, Sweden 18-19 june
Bands (more to come):
Rammstein (GER)
In Flames (S)
Bullet For My Valentine (UK) NY!
Kreator (GER) NY!
Dark Tranquillity (S)
Nile (US)
Sonic Syndicate (S) NY!
Sabaton (S)
Finntroll (FIN)
Bleeding Through (US) NY!
Cynic (US)
Dream Evil (S) NY!
Raubtier (S)
Fler artister tillkommer
more artists to come
only 13 bands yet 
Comment from omar simpson
Time: February 13, 2010, 9:23 am
here it is a french festival on June 2010:
http://www.hellfest.fr
Comment from chaza
Time: February 13, 2010, 9:50 am
does any one know where i can find a
festival where slipknot are performing its really
hard to find one
Comment from Hellreiser
Time: February 20, 2010, 3:11 pm
Gods Of Metal 2010 (ITA)
Alestorm
All Shall Perish
Anvil
Behemoth
Bleeding Through
Bullet For My Valentine
Deadlock
Dragonforce
Faceless, The
Gorgoroth
Ignite
Immortal
Jon Oliva’s Pain
KISS*
Korpiklaani
Loudness
My Dying Bride
Metallica*
Municipal Waste
Necrophobic
Papa Roach
Ratt
Sabaton
Sepultura
Slayer
Sodom
Tankard
Tarja
Testament
Voivod
Walls of Jericho
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Comment from Khan
Time: February 22, 2010, 2:43 pm
Can you add metalcamp? http://www.metalcamp.com/
Comment from fez
Time: February 25, 2010, 8:29 am
I am in Osaka in March 2010, are there any metal gigs happening then?
Comment from GOM2010
Time: February 26, 2010, 7:21 pm
follow us on twitter for live updates on Italy’s Gods Of Metal lineup next week!
Comment from JesterHead
Time: March 5, 2010, 1:12 pm
Cant wait to see in flames 
:D:D Metaltown + SwedenRockFestival 2010 <333
Comment from Melissa
Time: January 9, 2009, 7:59 pm
Hi i am looking for a gothic/ebm festival that is taking place in november sometime, i heard about it but the girl passed away and i have no details.can anyone tell me something about it?
Bloody kisses from south africa melissa