Alcatraz Festival 2026

Folk Metal, Power Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/06

Scottish pirate metal band formed in Perth in 2004. Combining power metal with folk elements and pirate themes, they've...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Slaughter to Prevail is a deathcore band formed in 2014 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Their sound incorporates elements of...

Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995. Their sound combines aggressive riffs with soaring...

Power Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Powerwolf is a German power metal band formed in 2003. Known for their dark, gothic themes and theatrical stage...

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/06

Channel Zero is a Belgian thrash/groove metal band from Brussels, founded in 1990. Notable albums include 'Stigmatized...

Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal

Playing on 08/07

Savatage is an American heavy metal band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1979. Initially known as Avatar, they gained...

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

Testament is a thrash metal band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1983. They are considered one of the leaders of...

Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 08/09

Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 1994. Known for their groove-laden and...

Metal, Death Metal, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/06

Soulfly is a metal band led by Brazilian vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera (ex-Sepultura), founded in 1997 in Phoenix,...

Metal, Thrash Metal, Hardcore

Playing on 08/07

Body Count is a US crossover thrash / rap metal band from Los Angeles, founded in 1989 by rapper Ice-T. Notable albums...

Hardcore, Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 08/08

Hatebreed is an American hardcore/metalcore band from Bridgeport, Connecticut, formed in 1994. Frontman Jamey Jasta is...

Metal

Playing on 08/09

New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends formed in 1977. With classics like "Wheels of Steel" and "Denim and Leather,"...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/06

Wings of Steel are a hard rock/heavy metal band founded in Los Angeles in 2019 by vocalist Leo Unnermark and guitarist...

Metal, Power Metal

Playing on 08/07

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

Hardcore, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Biohazard is a pioneering American hardcore band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1987. They were one of the first to...

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/09

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

Playing on 08/06

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/07

Udo Dirkschneider is a legendary German heavy metal vocalist, best known as the former singer of the band Accept. He...

Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal

Playing on 08/08

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

Rock

Playing on 08/09

Rose Tattoo is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia. Their sound is characterized by blues rock influences and...

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/06

Sacred Reich are an American thrash metal band formed in 1985 in Phoenix, Arizona, by bassist and vocalist Phil Rind....

Industrial, EBM

Playing on 08/07

Industrial/aggrotech project founded by Andy LaPlegua in 2003. Known for aggressive electronic music that bridges EBM,...

Metal

Playing on 08/08

Kittie is a Canadian band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. They are known for being one of the first all-female bands...

Punk, Gothic, Rock

Playing on 08/09

Creeper are an English rock band from Southampton, formed in 2014. Led by vocalist Will Gould, their sound blends punk,...

Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/06

Cyclone is a thrash/death metal band from Vilvoorde, near Brussels, Belgium, formed in 1981 (originally under the name...

Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal

Playing on 08/07

Crimson Glory was formed in Sarasota, Florida, USA. They are known for their blend of progressive and power metal...

Power Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Firewind is a Greek power metal band formed in 1998 in Thessaloniki by guitarist Gus G., who has also played for Ozzy...

Metal, Power Metal

Playing on 08/09

Warkings is a power metal band formed in 2018, featuring musicians who claim to be resurrected ancient warriors. Their...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/06

Imminence is a Swedish metalcore band formed in 2010 in Trelleborg. The group is notable for its prominent use of...

Metal, Metalcore, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/07

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

Rock

Playing on 08/08

Miracle Of Sound is the solo music project of Irish indie musician Gavin Dunne. Known for his diverse range of songs...

Metal, Power Metal

Playing on 08/09

Bloodbound is a power metal band formed in Bollnäs, Sweden, in 2004. Their music is characterized by melodic...

Folk Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/06

Heidevolk is a Dutch folk metal band formed in 2002 in Arnhem. The group sings in Dutch and draws lyrical themes from...

Metal, Power Metal

Playing on 08/07

Masterplan is a power metal band formed in 2002 by Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch in Hamburg, Germany, after they were...

Metal

Playing on 08/08

Tailgunner are an English heavy metal band formed in 2022. Led by bassist Tom Hewson, the group released their debut...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/09

Luna Kills is a Finnish rock band formed in 2017 in Kuopio. The group blends melodic hard rock with modern alternative...

Punk

Playing on 08/06

Funeral Dress is a Belgian punk band formed in 1985 in Herentals. They are one of the longest-running acts of the...

Doom Metal, Hardcore

Playing on 08/07

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

Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal

Playing on 08/08

Amorphis is a band formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1990. Initially, their sound was rooted in death/doom metal. Over...

Grindcore

Playing on 08/09

Gutalax is a goregrind band from the Czech Republic, formed in 2009. With their absurdly humorous approach and crushing...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/06

Aeveris is a metal band from Brugge, Belgium.

Metal, Noise

Playing on 08/07

Igorrr is the project of French multi-instrumentalist Gautier Serre, who began releasing music in 2005 and fuses styles...

Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

Orbit Culture is a melodic death metal band formed in Eksjö, Sweden. Their sound incorporates elements of groove metal.

Black Metal

Playing on 08/09

Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, formed in 1990 by Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven and Kjetil-Vidar...

Black Metal

Playing on 08/06

Der Weg einer Freiheit is a German black metal band from Würzburg, founded in 2009. Notable albums include 'Stellar',...

Metal, Doom Metal

Playing on 08/07

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

Black Metal

Playing on 08/08

Alcest is a French band founded in 2000 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze. They are widely credited as pioneers of blackgaze,...

Death Metal

Playing on 08/09

Deicide is an American death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1987. They are known for their blasphemous lyrics...

Black Metal

Playing on 08/06

Enthroned is a Belgian black metal band formed in 1993 in Brussels. They are among the defining acts of the Belgian...

Noise, Industrial

Playing on 08/07

HEALTH are an industrial rock band formed in 2005 in Los Angeles, consisting of Jake Duzsik (vocals, guitar), John...

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

Immolation is a death metal band formed in Yonkers, New York, in 1988. Their music is characterized by complex song...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/09

Death Angel is a pioneering thrash metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1982 by Filipino-American...

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/06

Left to Die is a death metal band from Tampa, Florida, featuring early Death members Rick Rozz and Terry Butler...

Progressive Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Soen is a progressive metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, founded by drummer Martin Lopez (ex-Opeth) and vocalist Joel...

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Carach Angren is a Dutch symphonic black metal band, founded in 2003. They are known for their narrative concept albums...

Black Metal

Playing on 08/09

Misþyrming is an Icelandic black metal band formed in 2013 in Reykjavík around frontman D.G. Their debut "Söngvar elds...

Thrash Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/06

Death Fury is a Belgian thrash/death metal band from West Flanders. Formed in 2022, the group blends aggressive thrash...

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/07

Monolord is a Swedish doom and stoner metal band formed in 2013 in Gothenburg. With massive fuzz-soaked riffs and...

Black Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

Aura Noir is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band from Oslo, founded in 1993. Members have included Apollyon (Immortal,...

Black Metal, Death Metal, Grindcore

Playing on 08/09

Anaal Nathrakh is a British extreme metal duo from Birmingham, formed in 1999 by Mick Kenney and Dave Hunt. Their music...

Rock

Playing on 08/07

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

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Jungle Rot is a death metal band formed in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. The band was formed in 1992. Their sound...

Death Metal

Playing on 08/09

Firespawn is a Swedish death metal supergroup formed in 2014/2015 in Stockholm featuring members of Entombed A.D.,...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/07

Insanity Alert is a crossover thrash band formed in Innsbruck, Austria in 2011. Their music is characterized by fast...

Death Metal, Black Metal

Playing on 08/08

Hate is a blackened death metal band formed in Warsaw, Poland, in 1990. They are known for their blend of death metal...

Black Metal

Playing on 08/09

Blackbraid is a US black metal project from New York led by Native American musician Sgah'gahsowáh. The debut album...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/07

Dead Serious is a thrash metal band from Zele, Belgium, formed in 1987. Their sound draws on classic Bay Area-style...

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

Vacuous are a death metal band from London, England, formed in 2020. After a lockdown-era demo and the "Katabasis" EP,...

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/09

Izegrim is a Dutch death/thrash metal band from Zutphen formed in 1996. They are known for frontwoman Marloes Voskuil...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Bleed From Within is a Scottish metalcore band from Glasgow, founded in 2005. Notable albums include 'Era', 'Fracture'...

Rock

Playing on 08/08

Primus is a pioneering alternative metal and experimental rock band from El Sobrante, California. Formed in 1984, they...

Metal, Metalcore, Hardcore

Playing on 08/09

The Ghost Inside is an American band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2004. They are known for their blend of...

Metalcore

Playing on 08/07

Thy Art Is Murder is an Australian deathcore band from Blacktown, New South Wales, formed in 2005. Albums such as...

Hardcore

Playing on 08/08

Terror is an American hardcore punk band from Los Angeles, formed in 2002 around vocalist Scott Vogel. They are...

Metalcore, Hardcore

Playing on 08/09

Paleface Swiss is a slamming deathcore band from Zurich, Switzerland. Formed in 2017, the band has released four...

Metal, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/07

Ill Niño is an American nu-metal/metalcore band from Union City, New Jersey, formed in 1999. The group blends heavy...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

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

Hardcore, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Rise Of The Northstar is a French hardcore and metal band formed in 2008 in Paris, with aesthetics heavily inspired by...

Metal, Rock, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/07

Alien Ant Farm is an alternative rock band from Riverside, California, formed in 1995. The band became known for their...

Metal

Playing on 08/08

Psychonaut is a band formed in Mechelen, Belgium in 2013. Their sound incorporates elements of sludge, post-metal, and...

Playing on 08/09

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

Hardcore, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Merauder is an American metallic hardcore band formed in 1990 in Brooklyn. Their 1995 debut "Master Killer" is a...

Metal

Playing on 08/08

Mantah is a Belgian alternative metal band formed in 2020 in Langemark-Poelkapelle. The group fuses groovy riffs with...

Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 08/09

Northlane is a progressive metalcore band formed in Sydney, Australia. Their sound incorporates elements of djent.

Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/07

Revocation is a technical death metal band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2006. The band is known for blending...

Metal, Black Metal

Playing on 08/08

Midnight is a black/speed metal band formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2003. The band is known for its raw and aggressive...

Progressive Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Animals as Leaders is an American instrumental progressive metal band from Washington, D.C., formed in 2007 by...

Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 08/07

Temptations For The Weak are a modern metal band from Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 2011, blending thrash metal and...

Metal, Industrial, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/08

Mushroomhead is a US industrial and nu-metal band formed in 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio, known for their masked live shows...

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Sanguisugabogg is a brutal death metal/deathgrind band formed in 2018 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/07

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

Grindcore, Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

Brutal Sphincter is a Belgian goregrind band, founded in 2012.

Punk

Playing on 08/09

Breakout is a punk band from Paris, France, formed in 2010. Their raw, high-energy sound sits in the street and...

Hardcore, Metalcore

Playing on 08/07

Hope Erodes is a Belgian metal/hardcore band from Antwerp formed in 2013. They combine dark hardcore with metal riffs.

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Graphic Nature is a British metalcore band from Kent. They release their records via Rude Records.

Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 08/09

Encounters is a Belgian deathcore band fronted by vocalist Lola. Their output includes the album "Wide Asleep" and...

Rock, Metal, Punk

Playing on 08/07

Warrior Soul is an American hard rock band formed in New York City in 1987. Fronted by vocalist Kory Clarke, they are...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

Swiss technical thrash metal trio active from 1985 to 1996, reunited in 2010. Renowned for their progressive approach...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/09

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

Rock, Doom Metal

Playing on 08/07

Cowboys & Aliens is a Belgian stoner rock band from Bruges, active 1996–2006 with occasional reunions.

Hardcore, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

Ratos de Porão is a Brazilian hardcore punk and crossover thrash band formed in 1980 in São Paulo around vocalist João...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/09

Voivod is a pioneering Canadian thrash/progressive metal band formed in 1982 in Jonquière, Quebec. Known for their...

Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal

Playing on 08/07

The Ruins of Beverast is a black/doom metal project formed in 2003 in Aachen, Germany. The project is the work of...

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

The Troops of Doom is a Brazilian old-school death/thrash metal band founded in 2020 by former Sepultura guitarist...

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Nefarious is a thrash metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area scene.

Black Metal

Playing on 08/07

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

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/08

Castle Rat is an American doom metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2019. Known for their 'medieval fantasy doom...

Thrash Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/09

Deceased is a US death/thrash metal band from Arlington County, Virginia, founded in 1984. They were the first band...

Death Metal, Doom Metal

Playing on 08/07

Graceless is an old-school death/doom metal band from Leiden, the Netherlands, founded in 2016 by guitarist Remco Kreft...

Noise, Hardcore

Playing on 08/08

Ronker is a speed noise band from Denderleeuw, Belgium, formed in 2020. Noise rock meets hardcore and post-punk — like...

Death Metal

Playing on 08/09

Internal Bleeding is an American slam/brutal death metal band from Long Island, New York, formed in 1991. They are...

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/07

Modder is a Belgian sludge and doom metal band formed in 2020 in Ghent. With droning riffs and dark atmosphere, the...

Metal

Playing on 08/08

Your Highness is a sludge quintet formed in 2009 in Antwerp, Belgium. The band pairs colossal riffage and groove-heavy...

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/09

Mortal Sin are an Australian thrash metal band formed in 1985 in Sydney, pioneers of the scene with their debut...

Doom Metal, Black Metal

Playing on 08/07

A Thousand Sufferings is a doom/sludge band from Sint-Amands, Belgium.

Metal

Playing on 08/08

Divided are a four-piece from Kortrijk, Belgium, blending heavy sludge riffs with a post-metal atmosphere, shoegaze...

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/09

Hemelbestormer is a Belgian black metal / post-metal band from Diepenbeek formed in 2012. They are known for...

Metal

Playing on 08/07

Sons of Lioth was a Belgian heavy/power metal band from Herenthout, active from 2005 to 2016.

Thrash Metal, Black Metal

Playing on 08/08

Mortal Scepter is a French blackened thrash metal band formed in 2012 in Dunkerque. Their old-school aggression and...

Doom Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/09

Turpentine Valley is a Belgian post-metal trio that formed in 2019. They have released two instrumental albums, 'Etch'...

Playing on 08/07

Hope as a Weapon is a Belgian alternative metal band from the Brussels scene. The quartet blends catchy, heavy songs...

Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

Poseydon is a Belgian death/thrash metal band from Beveren (East Flanders), founded in 1992 by Alain De Block. After a...

Grindcore

Playing on 08/09

Steengruis is a grindcore band formed in 2006 in Halle, Belgium. The four-piece blends grindcore with elements of death...