Brutal Assault Is Much less Than 100 Days Away!

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Brutal Assault Is Much less Than 100 Days Away! Do not Be That Individual That Says “Subsequent yr.”

Band Photograph: Dimmu Borgir (?)

With lower than 100 days left till Brutal Assault 2025, the line-up was lastly accomplished. Should you don’t know what a Brutal Assault is, it’s the one of many premier metallic festivals in all of Europe that takes place throughout the summer time. It takes place within the city Jaromer inside an 18th century fortress on the japanese fringe of the Czech Republic. It’s solely a two-hour bus trip from the capital metropolis of Prague. Wroclaw, Poland is 2 and a half hours to the northeast. In different phrases, all roads result in Brutal Assault irrespective of which airport you favor to fly into.

The competition beckons about 20 thousand attendees yearly, however as a result of the grounds are so large, it appears lower than that. The competition has been in existence since 1996, so the competition organizers know learn how to easily run a music competition this dimension by now. There are two essential phases that ping-pong the headliner varieties all day and night time lengthy and there are 3 different smaller phases as nicely.

Now that I’ve gotten the fundamentals of Brutal Assault out of the best way, I’ll get to this years’ bands. There are over 140 of them…

3 INCHES OF BLOOD, ABSU, AGNOSTIC FRONT, ALUK TODOLO, ANGELMAKER, ARTHUR BROWN, ASPHYX, ATTILA, AUGUST BURNS RED, AVULSED, BENIGHTED, BESNA, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, BLOOD FIRE DEATH: A TRIBUTE TO QUORTHON AND THE MUSIC OF BATHORY, BLOOD RED THRONE, BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE, BRUJERIA, BRUTALLY DECEASED, CAR BOMB, CARNIVORE A.D., COUNTERPARTS, CRYPT SERMON, CRYPTA, CRYSTAL LAKE, CULT OF LUNA, CUTTERRED FLESH, DARK ANGEL, DARK FUNERAL, DEFEATED SANITY, DIMMU BORGIR, DOPE, DROWNING POOL, DYING FETUS, ENVY, EXHORDER, FAÜST, FEAR FACTORY, FIT FOR A KING, FIVE THE HIEROPHANT, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, FRAYLE, FULCI, FUNERAL, FURIA, GADGET, GAEREA, GOJIRA, GOST, GRAPHIC NATURE, GRAVE, GREEN LUNG, GUTALAX, GUTSLIT, HÄLLAS, HANABIE, HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY, HELLBUTCHER, HELLRIPPER, HERIOT, HIDEOUS DIVINITY, HIGH PARASITE, ILL NIÑO, INTER ARMA, KARNIVOOL, KATAKLYSM, KERRY KING, KING WOMAN, KLIDAS, KUBLAI KHAN TX, LANDMVRKS, LEPROUS, MACABRE, MALEVOLENT CREATION, MALIGNANCY, MAMMOTH GRINDER, MANTAR, MARKED AS AN ENEMY, MASTODON, MAYHEM, MINISTRY, MNEMIC, MONOLORD, NE OBLIVISCARIS, NILE, OBITUARY, OBSCURE SPHINX, OPETH, ORANGE GOBLIN, ORANSSI PAZUZU, OVERKILL, PAN LYNX, PARADISE LOST, PATRIARCHY, PELICAN, PIG DESTROYER, PRIEST, PRONG, PROTECTOR, PSYCROPTIC, PYREXIA, PYRRHON, REPLICANT, REZN, RIVERS OF NIHIL, ROTTING CHRIST, RUÏM, RYKER’S, SEE YOU IN HELL, SIGH, SKÁLMÖLD, SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM, SLOW CRUSH, STATIC–X, SUFFOCATION, SYLVAINE, THE BROWNING, THE HALO EFFECT, THE KOVENANT, THROWN, TO THE GRAVE, TSJUDER, UNLEASHED, WARBRINGER, WAYFARER, WITHIN DESTRUCTION, XIII. STOLETí, ZEKE, and ZEMIAL.

I’m fairly certain that each metallic style is touched together with the universe of sub-genres for good measure.
4-day competition passes are nonetheless accessible on their web site and can solely set you again $235 as of this writing. However don’t delay too lengthy, Brutal Assault is thought to promote out a few weeks earlier than the competition begins.

Pageant passes can be found HERE!

Metallic is not only a sort of music, it is a life-style for Nikos Mixas. Along with taking part in guitar for the Phoenix’s personal Mosara, he is a contributing author for V13 and The Sludgelord. And when he is taking a break from all of it and on trip, you’ll be able to nearly make certain he is banging his head at a metallic competition someplace fascinating.