Bookwood Festival 2026

09/04/2026 – 09/05/2026Festplatz K1 Buchholz, Nordhausen

MetalMetalcoreRockPunkMelodic Death Metal

Organised by the Metal Foundation Südharz, the Bookwood Festival in Buchholz near Nordhausen offers two days of metal and metalcore – the 2026 edition features Lacrimas Profundere and Our Mirage.

Festival days

Saturday, September 5

10 acts

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Full lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 40 songs17 artists

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

Brainstorm

Metal, Power Metal

Playing on 09/04

Brainstorm is a German heavy and power metal band formed in 1989 in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg. Known...

Our Mirage

Metalcore

Playing on 09/05

Our Mirage is a German metalcore band combining melodic metalcore with atmospheric elements.

Lacrimas Profundere

Metal, Gothic, Rock

Playing on 09/04

Lacrimas Profundere is a gothic metal band from Waging am See, Germany, formed in 1993. Their sound blends elements of...

Restrisiko

Punk

Playing on 09/05

Restrisiko is a German Oi!/punk-rock band from the Goettingen area, founded in 1999. They play German-language street...

Zero Degree

Melodic Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 09/04

Zero Degree is a melodic death metal band from Nordhausen in Thuringia, formed in 2006. Following their debut “Surreal...

Myra

Metalcore, Hardcore, Metallic Hardcore

Playing on 09/05

Myra is a melodic hardcore band from Leipzig, founded in late 2003. Their sound, laced with metalcore elements, draws...

Rückhalt

Rock, Punk

Playing on 09/04

Rueckhalt is a Deutschrock and punk band from Nordhausen in Thuringia, founded in 2017. In German-language songs such...

Mandragora Titania

Folk Metal, Metal

Playing on 09/05

Mandragora Titania (formerly Mandragora Thuringia) is an epic folk metal band from Thuringia, blending metal with folk...

Fighting Chance

Metal, Hardcore

Playing on 09/04

Five-piece from Dortmund, founded in 2015, moving between modern metal, metalcore and hardcore. Crushing riffs meet...

Letters Sent

Metalcore

Playing on 09/05

Letters Sent are a five-piece post-hardcore and metalcore band formed in Leipzig in 2016, moving between calm melodies...

Vireptic

Playing on 09/04

Calling Charisma

Rock

Playing on 09/05

Calling Charisma are a rock band from Munich — raw rock built for the stage, shaped in sweaty clubs.

Buchfinken

Playing on 09/04

Prophets of the Rising Dead

Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 09/05

Prophets of the Rising Dead are a Modern Melodic Death Metal band from Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, formed in 2006. Their...

Magical Heart

Rock

Playing on 09/05

Magical Heart are a melodic hard rock band from Munich with an analogue, straight-ahead sound. They played Winter...

Endless Curse

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 09/05

Endless Curse are a death metal trio from Upper Swabia in southern Germany, formed in autumn 2009. They combine...

Burning Misery

Metal

Playing on 09/05