Braincrusher Nuclear Winter Festival 2026

10/23/2026 – 10/24/2026Jahnhalle, Hirschaid

MetalThrash MetalBlack MetalPunkRock

Metal festival at Jahnhalle Hirschaid (DE). 2026 lineup includes Destruction, Carpathian Forest, Exumer, Reil Of Violence.

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Festival days

Full lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 34 songs17 artists

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

Carpathian Forest

Black Metal

Playing on 10/23

Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1990, fronted by Nattefrost (Roger Rasmussen). They are...

Destruction

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 10/24

Destruction was formed in 1982 in Weil am Rhein, southern Germany, and is one of the "Big Four" of German thrash metal...

Tsatthoggua

Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 10/23

Tsatthoggua is a German black/thrash metal band from Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, with roots dating back to 1989....

Grave Dogger

Thrash Metal, Punk

Playing on 10/24

Grave Dogger is a band from Kronach, Germany. Its members come from the districts of Kronach, Lichtenfels and Coburg in...

Exumer

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 10/23

Exumer is a German thrash metal band formed in Wiesbaden in 1985. After disbanding in 1991, founding members Mem V....

Urgehal

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 10/24

Urgehal is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1992. Part of Norway's second-wave black metal scene, the group...

Mortem

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 10/23

Mortem is a Norwegian extreme metal band with roots reaching back to the late 1980s. Regarded as one of Norway's...

Reil Of Violence

Rock

Playing on 10/24

Reil Of Violence is a band formed in 2023 by Jürgen Reil together with his sons Jerome and Tim Reil. The project grew...

Svarttjern

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 10/23

Svarttjern is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2003, known for uncompromising black metal rooted in the Norwegian...

Graven

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 10/24

Graven is a German black metal band formed in 1999 in Memmingen, Bavaria.

Antipeewee

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 10/23

Antipeewee is a thrash metal band from Abensberg, Bavaria, formed in 2006. With albums like "Human Grill Party",...

Warhammer

Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 10/24

Warhammer is a German death/thrash metal band from Castrop-Rauxel, formed in 1994. Heavily influenced by Hellhammer and...

Paxtilence

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 10/23

Paxtilence is a thrash metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2011. Their riff-driven thrash draws on veterans...

Hexer

Doom Metal, Black Metal

Playing on 10/24

Hexer is a German blackened doom/sludge metal duo from the Ruhr area (Dortmund/Essen), formed around 2014/2015....

Warfield

Thrash Metal

Playing on 10/24

Warfield is a thrash metal band from Kaiserslautern, Germany, formed in 2012. Drawing on German thrash legends...

Chemicide

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 10/24

Chemicide is a thrash metal band from San José, Costa Rica, playing aggressive, old-school-oriented thrash metal.

Sirens

Metal, Power Metal

Playing on 10/24

Sirens is a heavy/thrash metal band from Ansbach, Germany, formed in 1995. They play old-school heavy and thrash metal...