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Metal & Hell Festival 3

Metal & Hell Festival 3 live in Essen

Saturday, November 7, 2026
Doors 14:00 • 15:00
Turock, Essen

Metal & Hell Festival III, put on by Essen label Dying Victims Productions, runs from 5 to 7 November 2026: a Thursday warm-up at Don't Panic, then Friday and Saturday at Turock right next door on Viehofer Platz. 23 bands from 13 countries, from heavy, speed and thrash to doom, black and death metal. Saturday at Turock: Cutthroat, Leatherwitch, Sacrilegia, Disfuneral, Transilvania, Wheel, Denial Of God, Fifth Angel and At War. Doors 2 pm, start 3 pm. Thursday and three-day tickets are sold out. Tickets: Friday or Saturday €60 each, both days €98 (plus fees).

Festival Days

Day 1
Thu, Nov 5
Day 2
Fri, Nov 6
Day 3
Sat, Nov 7

Lineup

Playlist on Spotify

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

15:00
Cutthroat

Cutthroat

Cutthroat is a death metal trio from Dublin, Ireland. Following two demos (2023, 2025), the band released its debut...

16:00
Leatherwitch

Leatherwitch

Metal

Leatherwitch is the speed and heavy metal project of Polish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Marta Gabriel, formerly...

17:00
Sacrilegia

Sacrilegia

Sacrilegia is a blackened thrash metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2018 by Diego Rodrigues and Jason Keane....

18:00
Disfuneral

Disfuneral

Disfuneral is a death metal band from Nancy, France, formed in 2015 out of the earlier band Herpes. They describe their...

19:05
Transilvania

Transilvania

Transilvania is a black/thrash metal band from Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, formed in 2014. Their lyrical themes include...

20:10
Wheel (Germany)

Wheel (Germany)

Metal, Doom Metal

Wheel are a doom metal band from Dortmund, formed in 2009 out of the earlier group Etherial Sleep. Slow, epic riffing...

21:20
Denial Of God

Denial Of God

Metal, Black Metal

Denial of God is a black metal band from Sønderborg, Denmark, formed in 1991 and steeped in horror, Satanism and...

22:50
Fifth Angel

Fifth Angel

Metal

Fifth Angel formed in 1984 in Bellevue, near Seattle, and is regarded, alongside acts like Queensrÿche and Metal...

00:10
At War

At War

Metal, Thrash Metal

At War are a speed/thrash metal band formed in 1984 in Virginia Beach, USA. Known for their Motörhead-influenced...

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Cutthroat

Venue

Turock

Turock

Essen

Viehofer Platz 3, 45127 Essen, Germany

Turock on Viehofer Platz in Essen is a compact club with a capacity of around 500 to 600 and a cornerstone of the rock, metal, and punk scene in the...

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