Metal Embrace Festival 2026

09/11/2026 – 09/12/2026Iron Cruise MC Gelände, Barleben

Death MetalMetalBlack MetalDoom MetalThrash Metal

Metal/rock festival in Iron Cruise MC Gelände (DE). 2026 lineup includes Saturnus, Demonical, Obscurity, Aran Angmar.

Festival days

Saturday, September 12

9 acts

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Full lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 58 songs16 artists

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

Mystic Circle

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 09/11

Mystic Circle is a German black metal band formed in Ludwigshafen in 1992, known for fast, symphonically tinged black...

Saturnus

Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 09/12

Saturnus is a Danish band formed in Copenhagen in 1991, playing atmospheric, melodic doom/death metal built on slow,...

Schizophrenia

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 09/11

Schizophrenia is a Belgian death/thrash metal band that draws influences from the early days of the genre. Combining...

Demonical

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 09/12

Demonical is a Swedish death metal band formed in Stockholm in 2006 by former members of Centinex. Their sound follows...

Graceless

Death Metal, Doom Metal

Playing on 09/11

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

Obscurity

Folk Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 09/12

Obscurity is a German melodic death/black metal band with strong Viking metal influences, hailing from Velbert in North...

Thron

Black Metal

Playing on 09/11

Thron is a black metal band established in 2015 with members from southern Germany and Switzerland. Their melodically...

Abrogation

Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 09/12

Abrogation is a melodic death metal band from Magdeburg, Germany, formed in 1995 and still active today. With a stable...

Äera

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 09/11

Äera is a German black metal band with German-language lyrics, performing raw, atmospheric black metal.

Slaughterday

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 09/12

Slaughterday is an old-school death metal band from Leer in Lower Saxony, formed in 2010. The duo draws on the classic...

Soul Grinder

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 09/11

Soul Grinder is a death metal band from the Bremen/Rotenburg (Wümme) area of Lower Saxony, formed in 2018.

Temple Of Dread

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 09/12

Temple Of Dread was formed in 2017 on the North Sea island of Spiekeroog by guitarist Markus Bünnemeyer and Frank...

Headshot

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 09/11

Headshot is a German thrash metal band formed in Braunschweig in 1993. Their debut album 'Brain At Risk' was released...

Rotting Demise

Death Metal

Playing on 09/12

Rotting Demise is a death metal band from Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, delivering...

U.R.N.

Playing on 09/12

Nihilysm

Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 09/12

Nihilysm from Chemnitz combine brute metalcore energy with melodic death metal riffs. After the EP "The Descent Into...