Top Ten Metal Festivals

The Top Ten
1 Wacken Open Air
2 Sonisphere
3 Download

A bit more mainstream but still very good.

4 Bloodstock Open Air
5 Hellfest
6 Brutal Assault
7 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival
8 Summer Slaughter
9 Summer Breeze
10 Gods of Metal

Gods of Metal is the biggest Italian metal festival, held annually since 1997. It takes place in early summer. It is most often held in or near Milan, but took place in Bologna three times.

The Contenders
11 Graspop Metal Meeting
12 Vagos
13 Metaldays

Not your bands playing? No problem, get some drinks and cliff dive into the beautiful Slovenian river Soča. Not too many people so you can still have your personal space, overall a fantastic festival

14 Ozzfest

Thanks Ozzy for introducing this awesome festival.

15 Knotfest (USA)
16 Hammersonic Festival
17 Damnation Festival
18 MetalMorphasis
19 Metal Open Air
20 Agglutination Metal Festival
21 Mayhem Festival
22 Rockstadt Extreme Fest

Moonspell, Marduk, Taake, Sodom, Obituary, Ensiferum, Krisiun, Kataklysm, Carach Angren, Decapitated, Napalm Death, Gojira, Suicidal Angels, Ne Obliviscaris, Be'Lakor, At The Gates, The Agonist, Behemoth, Belphegor... DO I NEED TO SAY MORE?

23 Hammerfest
24 Alcatraz Metal Festival
25 Tons of Rock
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