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Doomy vibes update

Let yourself be consumed by darkness as the masters of crushing melancholy and epic storytelling take the stage at Brutal Assault: genre legends PARADISE LOST, monumental CULT OF LUNA, Icelandic skalds SKÁLMÖLD, the somber heroin jazz of BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE, the epic conjurers of darkness CRYPT SERMON, stoner titans MONOLORD, Aaron of My Dying Bride with his new doom project HIGH PARASITE, and the retro-futuristic progressive hard rock of HÄLLAS.

Blood Fire Death: A Tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory at Brutal Assault!

Twenty years after Quorthon’s passing, his legacy comes alive in a unique performance at Brutal Assault, presenting iconic Bathory songs — Blood Fire Death: A Tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory — led by members of Watain, Enslaved, Aura Noir, Vltimas, Mayhem, Bathory, and several other exclusive guests! On June 3rd 2004 the metal world lost one of it’s biggest icons. Thomas ‘Quorthon’ Forsberg was instrumental in redefining metal as we knew it. With the seminal 1984 debut, “Bathory”, Quorthon single handedly laid the foundation of what has become the world-renowned p ...

Weird vibes update

Prepare for a journey into the unknown with an eclectic lineup update: GOST’s darkwave terror, ALUK TODOLO’s hypnotic occult rock, KLIDAS’s atmospheric mysticism, PRIEST’s cybernetic synthwave, and FRAYLE’s haunting doom pop will push you into uncharted musical realms.

Death 7-Piece Update

Death metal supremacy awaits! Brace yourselves for 7 names of relentless power: THE HALO EFFECT, BLOOD RED THRONE, MALEVOLENT CREATION, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, RIVERS OF NIHIL, DEFEATED SANITY, and MAMMOTH GRINDER

Brace yourself for grindcore devastation!

Brace yourself for grindcore devastation! MACABRE, GUTALAX, GADGET, and BRUJERIA will crush the Brutal stages!