We would like to share with you the findings of this year. As part of the band booking process, we were able to snag a line-up that we were proud of and that represents both the spirit of Brutal Assault and most of your requests. Unfortunately, we live in turbulent times and far more bands are cancelling than would be healthy and than we ourselves would like.

We do our best to replace these artists, but bands like Anthrax for example cannot be fully replaced 4 months before the festival. Sure, we have Kreator here for example, but all bands like that have already made their plans for the summer and possibly signed exclusives at other Czech shows. That's why this year we ask for your kindness, all the changes we make are with the best of knowledge and conscience and the lesson that we will try to make up for it with an even more interesting line-up in the following year.

Now which bands are out and which bands are in...
New bands: I BUILT THE SKY, DEVOID OF THOUGHT, HEALTH and HYPNO5E.
Cancelled: Car Bomb, Volumes, White Ward and Within Destruction