Brutal Assault 2026 live in Jaroměř

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

One of Europe's biggest extreme-metal festivals at Josefov Fortress (Jaroměř, Czech Republic), 120+ bands. The 2026 edition features Cradle of Filth, Primus, Deicide, Amorphis, Deafheaven and Body Count.

Festival Days

Day 1

Wed, Aug 5

Lineup

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Lineup and set times are subject to change — please verify on the official festival website.

12:00Marshall Stage

Guilt Trip

Hardcore, Metalcore, Metallic Hardcore

Guilt Trip is a British hardcore band formed in Manchester in 2015. They combine modern metallic hardcore with beatdown...

12:35Sea Shepherd Stage

Onslaught

Metal, Thrash Metal

Onslaught is a British thrash metal band formed in Bristol, England, in 1983. Initially playing a punk-influenced style...

13:20Marshall Stage

Unearth

Metalcore, Metal

Unearth is an American metalcore band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1998, widely regarded as a foundational act of...

13:30Obscure Stage

200 Stab Wounds

Metal, Death Metal

200 Stab Wounds is a brutal death metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 2019, the band consists of Steve Buhl,...

14:05Sea Shepherd Stage

H2O

Hardcore, Hardcore Punk

H2O is a hardcore punk band from New York City, formed in 1994 by singer Toby Morse and guitarist Rusty Pistachio on...

14:30Obscure Stage

Armored Saint

Metal, Power Metal

Armored Saint is a heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California. The band's sound blends traditional heavy metal...

14:50Marshall Stage

Vended

Metal, Metalcore, Nu-Metal

Vended is an American nu metal/metalcore band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 2018. The line-up includes sons of...

15:40Sea Shepherd Stage

Metal Church

Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal

Metal Church is a pioneering American heavy metal band formed in Aberdeen, Washington in 1980. Known for their blend of...

15:45Obscure Stage

Novembers Doom

Death Metal, Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Novembers Doom is a death-doom metal band from Chicago, USA, formed in 1989.

16:25Marshall Stage

Crowbar

Metal, Doom Metal

Crowbar is a sludge metal band formed in 1989 in New Orleans, led by Kirk Windstein. Pioneers of sludge metal, blending...

16:55Obscure Stage

Elder

Doom Metal, Rock

Elder is an American psychedelic doom / stoner metal band formed in 2005 in Boston, Massachusetts. The group is known...

17:15Sea Shepherd Stage

Samael

Black Metal, Industrial, Metal

Samael is a Swiss metal band formed in Sion in 1987, evolving from black metal to industrial metal.

17:15Octagon

Dom Zły

Black Metal, Crust Punk

Dom Zły is a Polish post-black metal and crust band formed in 2017 in Puławy. The five-piece balances atmospheric black...

18:05Obscure Stage

Kylesa

Metal, Rock

Kylesa is an American band formed in Savannah, Georgia in 2001. Their music blends elements of sludge metal with...

18:10Marshall Stage

Nevermore

Thrash Metal, Metal

Nevermore is an American progressive and thrash metal band formed in 1991 in Seattle by vocalist Warrel Dane and...

18:30Octagon

Crippling Alcoholism

Post-Punk, Dark Wave, Gothic

Crippling Alcoholism is a Boston-based project blending post-punk, coldwave and gothic noise rock. Their dark,...

18:30Kalich Stage

Hnilomorna

Noise

19:10Sea Shepherd Stage

Fit for an Autopsy

Deathcore

Fit for an Autopsy is a deathcore band from Jersey City, New Jersey, formed in 2008. The band has released seven studio...

19:20Obscure Stage

Coven

Rock

Coven is a US occult rock band from Chicago, founded in 1967. Their 1969 debut 'Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps...

19:45Octagon

Iotunn

Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Death Metal

Iotunn is a Danish/Faroese progressive death metal band from Copenhagen, formed around 2009 by guitarist Jesper Gräs....

20:00Kalich Stage

Kariti

Gothic

kariti is a Russian-born, Italy-based dark folk artist whose 'mourning folk' features fingerstyle guitar, eerie vocal...

20:05Marshall Stage

Periphery

Metal, Progressive Metal

Periphery is an American progressive metal band from Washington, D.C., formed in 2005. They are known for their...

20:40Obscure Stage

Kim Dracula

Metal, Rock

Kim Dracula is an Australian metal artist known for their experimental blend of metalcore, electronic music, and...

21:00Octagon

Bölzer

Black Metal, Death Metal

Bolzer is an experimental black/death metal duo from Switzerland. Guitarist and vocalist Okoi Jones is also known for...

21:10Sea Shepherd Stage

Municipal Waste

Thrash Metal

Municipal Waste is an American crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2000. They've released seven...

21:30Kalich Stage

Sand Nudes

Noise

Sand Nudes is a Czech drone/noise collective (David Tichý, Václav Dobiáš, Vojta Tomášek) on the Anabasis label.

22:00Obscure Stage

Sólstafir

Metal, Black Metal

Sólstafir is an Icelandic post-metal/atmospheric rock band from Reykjavík, formed in 1995. Their sound has evolved from...

22:20Marshall Stage

Triptykon

Black Metal, Doom Metal

Triptykon is a Swiss extreme metal band from Zürich, formed in 2008 by Thomas Gabriel Fischer following his departure...

22:30Octagon

Violent Magic Orchestra

Black Metal, Industrial

Violent Magic Orchestra (VMO) is an experimental collective that fuses black metal with techno, industrial and noise...

23:00Kalich Stage

The Mon

Dark Wave

The Mon is the dark folk/ambient/electronic solo project of Urlo, singer and bassist of Ufomammut, from Italy.

23:25Obscure Stage

Protest the Hero

Progressive Metal, Metalcore

Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metalcore band from Whitby, Ontario, formed in 1999.

23:30Sea Shepherd Stage

Amenra

Doom Metal, Hardcore

Amenra is a Belgian post-metal and sludge band from Kortrijk, founded in 1999. They are known for their intense live...

00:35Marshall Stage

Batushka

Black Metal

Batushka is a Polish black metal band that fuses Eastern Orthodox liturgical chant with raw, atmospheric black metal....

00:45Obscure Stage

Die Krupps

Industrial, Metal

Die Krupps are a band formed in Düsseldorf in 1980 around Jürgen Engler. Together with co-founders Ralf Dörper and...

02:00Obscure Stage

Witch Club Satan

Black Metal

Witch Club Satan is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, formed in 2022. The all-female trio combines black metal...

Obscure Stage

The Laws

Sarcófago Tribute

Black Metal, Thrash Metal

The Laws is a Brazilian project led by founding Sarcófago member Gerald "Incubus" Minelli, performing Sarcófago's...

Obscure Stage

Ahab

Doom Metal

Ahab is a German funeral doom metal band formed in 2004, renowned for its glacially slow, crushingly heavy sound and...

Obscure Stage

Morax

Metal

Morax is a Norwegian heavy metal one-man band from Bergen, formed in 2023 by Remi Nygård (Inculter). Its occult-tinged...

Obscure Stage

Filth

Death Metal

Filth is a death metal trio from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2022. The band plays a stripped-back, mid-paced style of...

Obscure Stage

První Hoře

Rock

První Hoře is a Czech avant-garde rock band.

Obscure Stage

Nahum

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Nahum is a Czech death/thrash metal band from Ostrava, combining aggressive death metal with thrash elements.

Obscure Stage

Mordloch

Death Metal

Mordloch is a Czech death metal band from Kolín playing old-school 'stench death metal' in the vein of Bolt Thrower,...

Obscure Stage

Patriarcha

Black Metal, Death Metal

Patriarcha is a Slovak black/death metal band.

Kalich Stage

Bolehlav

Industrial

Bolehlav is the electro-industrial project of Michal Milko from Melnik, Czechia, blending dubstep, breakcore, metal and...

Kalich Stage

Octopoulpe

Punk, Hardcore, Hardcore Punk

Octopoulpe is the solo project of a French musician based between France, Mexico City and Seoul, blending hardcore...

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