5 Of The Best European Metal Festivals

[@LBCuracao]

I’ve been going to MetalDays in Slovenia for years and love how it’s way more relaxed. Went to Wacken in 2019 and was spoiled for fun and good weather. Still want to go to many others!

[@CrazyWizardPyro]

Greatings from Poland all metalheads ! :)

[@krzychuj8212]

witam

[@CrazyWizardPyro]

@@krzychuj8212 Hejka :)

[@kingpietro1279]

All hail vader !!!

[@hunterkiller9991]

Going to Tolminator this year for the first time, can't wait to see it. The location itself is just amazing,

[@soaringblackbird4431]

Hope you had fun! I surely had!

[@hunterkiller9991]

@@soaringblackbird4431 damn straight I did :D

[@soaringblackbird4431]

@@hunterkiller9991 Likewise it was awesome!

[@erwinj9697]

my favourite is Dynamo Metalfest Eindhoven and Into the Grave in Leeuwarden (both in the Netherlands). Both small festivals which adds to the charm for me. I used to go to Wacken alot but it gets too expensive for me.

[@papaemeritus5842]

Number 1: Reload Festival!🦁

[@annev3376]

I would recommend smaller festivals in Finland like Tuska (in Helsinki, city festival), or Nummirock (in Kauhajoki, outdoor camping in woods, near a lake).

[@milosKL]

Obscene Extreme Fest - of course!

[@troikaenjoyer]

True

[@mjf-vv5xj]

Y'all get all the awesome festivals in Europe I wish we could get some cool festivals in the states

[@littleraven28]

It comes down to the line up for me, meaning every year another festival can be better. Last year Hellfest was much better than Wacken. We decided to go to Graspop this year.

[@anthonyvenedicto518]

This year's graspop is huge. I would go alone just to see gojira headlining, but tickets are ridiculously pricy.

[@piraq]

Obscene Extreme (CZE)

[@markiskocian]

Brutal Assault

[@EZMETAL]

Copenhell, Graspop, Dynamo, Into The Grave are the best ones for different reasons and sizes.

[@Metalton95]

Brutal Assault, Metaldays & Ressurection Fest >

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

Tuska, Motocultor, Oscene Extreme, Bloodstock, Netherland Deathfest, PartySan...

[@WestysPlaylistHub]

Looking forward to Download Festival this year. It's where my profile picture was taken last year and this will be my 5th time going. 🤘

[@madlipzjagd5378]

For Extreme Metal...Party San! Greetings from Germany.

[@Exploitiveflicks]

Tolminator!

[@supereend666]

Can't wait for festival season !!

[@sidthegekste3391]

Dynamo Open Air in The Netherlands !!

[@vargsieber]

My top 5 would be: 5. Dark Easter Metal Meeting 4. Masters of Rock 3. Trveheim 2. Metalheadz Open Air 1. Keep it True For me the point of a festival is to see Bands you don't see otherwise and not the stuff that plays everywhere or the big names (which are better at a regular show than at a festival anyway).

[@tomaskostilek3572]

There is missing Brutal Assault

[@rogermoore5764]

I was in Germany from 73-03 and in 80 they had a Summer Nights festival that traveled around Europe, 7 bands in the show and it was mostly Rock & Metal . Than came The Monsters Of Rock I've been to 5 of those that I can remember of hand. But there where always good bands at those shows at least 7 per show and 5 where legit headliners.

[@helldwarf6783]

Sweden Rock...

[@photobearcmh]

It's a smaller festival but, VOA Heavy Rock in Lisbon is a lot of fun.

[@belgiantubergaming5374]

There's a lot more very cool metalfestivals out there in Europe: Alcatraz (BE), Party.San (DE), Summer Breeze (DE) to name a few

[@TheHeavyHunt]

Yes, for sure! Stay tuned for part 2! ;)

[@Nightcrawl6]

summer brezze, bähhh. worst sound and organisation of all

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

Brutal Assault, Motocultor, Roadburn

[@svenwollaert7174]

alcatraz hard rock and metal festival in kortrijk, Belgium

[@davet1517]

European Metal Festivals are so much bigger than the ones in America so many people geeezzzzz

[@jcscomicsnmore448]

So Much BETTER Too!!! I've been coming to them since '04

[@kornzey666]

Wacken has been slacking recently with the lineups, and I’d honestly switch its position here with Hellfest.

[@luxter858]

Ur just missing a big headliner. Wacken aint about that. Their mojo is having a wide variety of bands and they r accomplishing that with 200+

[@Crusader1099]

Brutal Assault is one i have attended the 2019,2022 and now in 2023. Great line ups, not a huge festival but enough and compact. They still have better prices then the rest of Europe which makes a big difference. Lots of good food as well. I am very much satisfied with that festival.

[@MagnusCattle-Ravie-oq4pt]

Personally I prefer bloodstock over all of these

[@arejaycee5704]

Bloodstock is a great Heavy Metal Festival not far from Donington in England A compact Festival its an enjoyable weekend and you don't have to walk miles to get anywhere Well worth a visit

[@DebasishDas-h1d]

My favourite festival is Brutal Assault which takes place in Czeck republic

[@certifiedhoodclassic6325]

Copenhell in denmark is also amazing, i look forward to it every year

[@TheBl4cKH4wK]

Lineup wise I agree. But from what I heard from a danish friend there is only a camping area but without building up an actual camp due to limited space. Since hanging out with friends at the camp is a large part of my personal festival experience, Copenhell sadly isn't for me.

[@certifiedhoodclassic6325]

@@TheBl4cKH4wK fair enough, hate camping so i never do it but the festival it self is great

[@AndrewJShirley]

The best I've ever been to is Bloodstock, Furyfest (now Hellfest) and Dynamo.

[@NoHatJack]

I went to my first metal festival ( Copenhell ) and had an absolute blast 11/10 would recommend

[@thyxreaper]

first festival I ever went to is heavy montreal 2019🤘🏻😌 my next goals is deathfest at LA & norway metal festival

[@avatar94100]

where would you rank Nova Rock in comparison?

[@ralfhtg1056]

I love Wacken, I have been there 3 times now. But what makes me wonder: With Hellfest having far more than 100000 people attending and Wacken "only" around 85000, why is Wacken called the biggest Metal Festival? Especially when junk like Die Höhner, Alligatoah and 257er are playing at Wacken, whereas such crap doesn't even get an invitation to e.g. Hellfest. Oh and: since 2018 Wacken unofficially started on wednesday, and from 2023 onwards it officially starts on wednesday. And since the 2022 edition there are 9 stages, the tent that housed the W.E.T. and Headbanger stages has been removed and the 2 stages are now open air stages. But of course you could not know this when you made this video.

[@muuhnkin4611]

It's a little late for a reply, but Wacken doesn't sell daily tickets. It's only full 3, now 4 day tickets. So it's 85k people. For all days. Some festivals sell additional 1 day tickets and count them towards the total. And even better, some festivals here in Germany count their visitors by days. For example: 85k on the campground, attend the festival for 4 days = 340k people. I think that way of counting is stupid though

[@ralfhtg1056]

@@muuhnkin4611 Das erklärt einiges. Und ja, was Du als Letztes darlegst, ist wirklich absurd.

[@muuhnkin4611]

@@ralfhtg1056 Das letzte machen meist auch eher kleinere Festivals um die Zahlen zu pushen. Aber grundsätzlich macht es das abschätzen der Größe schwierig, weil jeder anders zählt

[@HappyBear08]

How about summer breeze, Obscene Extreme Festival, and Brutal Assault?

[@HappyBear08]

Bloodstock

[@yvs6663]

favorite festival so far? i would probably say its Metalfest in CZ. why? its just the right size, has just the right bands and the venue allows me to seat down and chill if i just want to check out a band i don't know. plus its quite affordable. having a kebab and a beer with a view of the stage didn't cost much more than they would if i had them at a street vendor at home. ive been to Metaldays many times but the lineup is getting worse and the festival is getting more and more expensive.

[@OrgLeiter]

See you in WACKEN 🤘🏻 Ye Banished Privateers 🏴‍☠️

[@GingerBeardMan79]

Back at Bloodstock next year for the 3rd time in 4 years.

[@mihailsmaslovs6368]

Sweden Rock, Tons of Rock, Fuji Rock, Masters of Rock, SummerBreaze, Rockstadt, MetalDays, Tuska, CopenHell...

[@Knolle360]

Summer breeze 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@suoquainen]

A metal festival best of without Obscene Extreme is not a best of.

[@bongodt2152]

Copenhell in DK is also a banger

[@johannaolivia]

Hellfest for sure🤟 Graspop is second place😊

[@jasonpatrickdeleon4701]

why Europe love metal rocks compare to US?

[@SebGigl]

@@jasonpatrickdeleon4701 it's part of our DNA

[@darwinism14]

Number 1 is Brutal Assault

[@Xul]

Yeah, this year was fuckn amazing again. :D But I kind of like that it doesn't get mentioned too often - it keeps away the mainstream crowds.

[@jasonpatrickdeleon4701]

why Europe love metal rocks compare to US?

[@rozvik]

Agreed

[@jadeshibal9804]

​@@jasonpatrickdeleon4701cuz you listen gay rap

[@HappyBear08]

👏🏼🤣 ​@@jadeshibal9804

[@boriskalc825]

Summer breeze!!!!

[@pimvl3866]

where the fuck is dynamo open air

[@Sazas_Allerlei]

WAAAAAACKEEEEEEN!

[@xImHazard]

Summer Breeze and Party San are better than wacken in Germany

[@chrisc3584]

Download isn't a metal fest its light rock with some metal bands

[@paradise91260]

Why Tuska festival Helsinki finland?

[@diegolozano534]

Brutal Assault is the best festival in the world

[@LordCastleHail]

You didn't even mention the best one: KEEP-OT-TRUE!

[@JpokeWmcu85]

Jij bent sowieso nederlander maat 😅🤟

[@petershortland478]

Download is great if your a newbie but real experience is in Europe

[@estebanarchipelago8014]

Wacken is the biggest but Finnish Tuska ( at least rank 4 ) is bigger than some Resurection or Grasspop... LOL

[@rubenthys3867]

It’s about the best, not the biggest. Bigger doesn’t always mean better

[@TheJmm31]

Hellfest of course ;)

[@Camilo-ju3qz]

Saludos desde Nicaragua

[@VitalSignsTexas]

Wacken is a metal fans Christmas

[@EXODUSTHRASHER]

you forgot 2 festivals 100xs better than all of them bloodstock and obscene extreme!

[@jcscomicsnmore448]

GMM!!!

[@ditz2998]

I prefer Bloodstock festival over Download in the UK. Its a smaller festival but better bands overall and better atmosphere

[@ironpedro5763]

Number 1 is Sweden Rock. Wacken is dreadful. It used to be great festival but not anymore.

[@Kammoflars]

SRF used to be great(15 years ago) before Svennebanan decided to go there with a wig pretend that are metal while they rather be listening to Mix Megapol, Rix FM and other shit like that, which you can tell by being at the camp site. Livenations # 1 milk cow for people with some serious cash in their pockets and the worlds most expensive open air event. Total shit!

[@marat9124]

graspop is so much better than wacken ,its not even comparable

[@johannjohann6523]

please slow down, ya know burn one, before speaking so you can be understood when making a video.

[@drstihl2007]

Wacken is neither the biggest nor the best metal festival. And a significant number of metal fans would not even call it metal festival anymore but during the last couple of years the organizers were trying to get rid off some of the party tourists. I have witnessed several different metal festivals and you hear a slight fear of things becoming wacken like surprisingly often (as in more commercially oriented, less metal oriented) Underrated gems in Europe are for example: party san (the best German metal festival), in flammen, obscene extreme, brutal assault (which unforunately is at the same weekend as the party san) just to name a few

[@Whatismyname146]

Bloodstock in the UK is so much better than Download.

[@Triv1umxxx]

Considering the absolute state of Download for the past few years, Bloodstock is absolutely the better choice in every way. Download Festival is just corporate shit now, such a shame.

[@jasonpatrickdeleon4701]

why Europe love metal rocks compare to US?

[@ObiWanFanobi]

Graspop ist definetly one of the worst festivals I've ever visited. You can only bring one case of beer, prices are beyond good and evil, and the organisation is one of the worst I've ever experienced. Wacken is one of the best. Even though it's expensive as fuck.

[@nelsonm.deoliviera8155]

1313

[@jsemik]

Brutal assault >>>>>>> any of those

[@paradise91260]

Finland Best Metal Festivals Tuska Helsinki and Nummirock Nummijärvi

[@tobiasb.7638]

Number 1 is the Hellfest. Not Wacken. I am from Germany. And in the last year's wacken has not a goog line up. And for that what you get it's too expensive. Hellfest had a much better line up.

[@Nightcrawl6]

not only the lineup, the whole organisation/stage sound of Hellfest is way better than wacken

[@anthonyvenedicto518]

Last year's hellfest was honestly the best

[@DropB]

There is only one best. Brutal Assault.

[@KarakanZdvpy]

That's just the list of biggest metal festivals, not necessarily the best.

[@TheHeavyHunt]

5 OF the best, not necessarily THE best. It's a list with what we think are 5 of the coolest metal festivals in Europe. A part 2 is in the works.

[@KarakanZdvpy]

@@TheHeavyHunt ok, thx for clarification. Brutal assault better be in part 2 😃

[@stiffk666]

Download is disgraceful. They have police recognition software at the gates, the beer is a long queue at horrific prices, the campsites are a 30-60 minute walk from the gates, not even into the arena which is another 15 minutes, they also sold out metal for crappy other genre so called popstars. It is nothing like the old Monsters of Rock from 80's & 90's which yes I did attend. You should instead be championing Bloodstock. The only festival run by metal heads for the love of the music and they try to get bands covering every metal genre. Not these commercial sellout sanitised efforts that too many festivals have evolved into.

[@Alunism]

Download is the worst festival, just corporate rip off, so expensive, crap facilities. I like Bloodstock

[@VRCore.]

Bloodstock is better than Download

[@richardlugo7009]

Lame festivals...wacken becomes a hipster fest for the millenials...i wonder Keep It True were not mentioned here

[@jacobsendejo8788]

Keep It True is the hipster metal fest. "Look at how cool I am for being into obscure NWOBHM and new wave of traditional heavy metal bands. I worship sword and sorcery, dwell in the metal archives, reject metal that's not true, and collect vinyl."

[@Wildcopper]

The big problem with Wacken is that you can very easily have shitty weather during the whole festival (like last year). For me, Hellfest is #1.

[@wimble39]

Even tho my legs felt like they would fall off the last day.last years wacken was still a blast! You get what you put into it.

[@Wildcopper]

@@wimble39 I'm 55... when I was 35 I'd agree, now I'm a bit too old to spend four days swimming in knee deep mud ;) Hellfest and Motocultor for me !

[@ImperiumHorde]

You make worst list ...Brutal Assault No 1 for every person who visit this festival and other fests.

[@slipsab6160]

no Sweden Rock

[@hellsryche]

Switch ressurectionfest with brutal assault..... ressurectionfest is a poorly run shitshow. Great lineup great location but the festival organization is non existent 😅