Krachfest 2026 live in Aachen

Friday, October 16, 2026

Doors 18:00

Krachfest 2026 at the Autonomes Zentrum in Aachen, 16 to 18 October. The day-by-day split has not been published, so the list shows the full line-up.

Festival Days

Day 1

Fri, Oct 16

Day 2

Sat, Oct 17

Festival lineup (all 2 days)

Playlist on Spotify· 10 songs

Running order not published yet — the day split is still open. To the festival overview

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

Yacöpsae

Grindcore, Hardcore

Yacøpsæ (also spelled Yacöpsae) formed in 1990 out of Hamburg's punk and squatter scene, initially as a duo, completing...

Days of Desolation

Crust Punk, Grindcore

Days of Desolation from Halen, Belgium blend lightning-fast grindcore with dark, Swedish-influenced crust punk....

Facepalm Nation

Hardcore, Grindcore

Barren

Grindcore

Barren is a Belgian grindcore band formed in 2017, featuring (former) members of Aborted, Agathocles, Emeth and...

LMDA

Hardcore Punk

LMDA (Le Mal Des Ardents) is a four-piece powerviolence-punk hardcore band from Strasbourg, France. The band has...

Weird Wound

Sludge, Noise, Hardcore Punk

Weird Wound is a band from Lille, northern France, playing sludge/powerviolence/noise built around multiple bassists...

Mudhead

Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal

Mudhead is a hardcore punk band from Rotenburg (Wümme), Germany, playing fast, dirty crossover thrash with hardcore...

Thriller

Hardcore

Thriller is a four-piece hardcore band from Leipzig, made up of Daniel and Kuba/Diff on guitars, Lou on drums and...

Blastard

Death Metal, Grindcore

Blastard from Cologne play old-school death-grind with a love for speed, heaviness and the early Earache and Nuclear...

Take Dead

Hardcore, Grindcore

Faillïte

Grindcore, Hardcore

Faillïte is a grind hardcore band from Montreuil, France. The band describes its own style as "grind hardcore de caves"...

Rotze Pfütze

Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal

Rotzepfütze are a crossover/hardcore punk band from Trier, Germany. In January 2026 they released their six-track demo...

Abjured

Grindcore, Death Metal

Abjured is a grindcore/death metal band from Halle (Saale), Germany, founded at the end of 2005, tongue-in-cheek...

1st Class Collapse

Grindcore, Hardcore Punk

1st Class Collapse is a powerviolence/grindcore band from Koblenz, Germany, active since 2016. The band releases DIY,...

No Vale Nada

Post-Hardcore, Noise

No Vale Nada is a post-hardcore/noise band from Chaumont, France, formed in 2009. Playing as a trio since 2015, they...

N.N.17

Grindcore, Crust Punk, Hardcore Punk

N.N.17 is a band from Utrecht, Netherlands, formed from members of the earlier projects Salpendehonden, Diesel Breath...

Mangel

D-Beat, Punk, Hardcore

Moral Rot

Hardcore Punk

Moral Rot is a powerviolence trio from Lingen, Germany, formed in late 2024. Members Steffen Baldauf (guitar), L. L....

Venue

Autonomes Zentrum Aachen

Aachen

Hackländerstraße 5, 52064 Aachen, Germany

The Autonomes Zentrum (AZ) Aachen is a self-managed venue located in a former air raid shelter right next to the main train station at...

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