Even this year's BA has not avoided line-up changes. We've done our best to live up to our reputation and replace artists who, for various reasons, cannot make it with other names of equal renown. It took quite an effort to confirm the replacement acts, but we are very happy to welcome them to our ranks.After MY DYING BRIDE cancelled their participation at festivals we subsequently re-opened the discussion of their reconfirmation which, unfortunately, turned out to be out of possibility. But now we can present the iconic doom masters CANDLEMASS! PIG DESTROYER had to cancel their participation ...

Deep in the rotten underground: the Ukrainian 1914 will bring their dark musical landscape of World War I, the Atlanta rebels CLOAK their black with heavy metal tradition, the Scottish "king of arcane mosh" HELLRIPPER will bring his Black 'n' Roll, CHTHE'ILIST and WORM will present their unique perspectives on death metal and black doom and the Israeli SREFA their reeking black metal. 

Might be boring for someone, but definitely not for us! We have a long common legacy with these guys, the band has been a great inspiration of ours and we are stoked to announce that they will be playing Brutal Assault this year! An exclusive show in Western & Central European metal festivals, The Dillinger Escape Plan will be performing Calculating Infinity set (with some additions) for the 25th anniversary of the debut album. The band pushed the boundaries of extreme metal, has millions of devotees and has influenced thousands of musicians. EXPECT PURE INSANITY - CALCULATING INFINITY. To ce ...