Music Forge Festival 2026

Hardcore

Playing on 08/20

Formed in 2014, Never Back Down blends hardcore, metalcore, and progressive metalcore elements into an intense sound....

Playing on 08/21

Roberto Blanco, born in Tunis in 1937 to Cuban parents, is a living legend of German Schlager and show business. On...

Hardcore, Metalcore, Punk

Playing on 08/22

Stick to Your Guns is a metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 2003. Heavily influenced by the local...

Playing on 08/20

Henker delivers what the act itself calls "medieval marketplace rap" – German rap dressed up in medieval garb,...

Death Metal

Playing on 08/21

Signs of the Swarm is an American deathcore band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 2014. The group is known for...

Metalcore

Playing on 08/22

Samurai Pizza Cats is a metalcore band from Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, active since approximately 2015. They blend...

Metalcore

Playing on 08/20

Alexis in Texas is a metalcore band from south-west Germany. With singles like "Hydra", "Recovery" and "Symphony", the...

Hardcore

Playing on 08/21

Deez Nuts are an Australian hardcore punk band formed in 2007 in Melbourne by frontman JJ Peters, formerly the drummer...

Death Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 08/22

Mental Cruelty is a blackened deathcore band from Karlsruhe, Germany. Formed in 2016, the band has quickly gained...

Metalcore

Playing on 08/20

Caught In A Mirror is a metalcore band from Hemer in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/21

Elwood Stray are a metalcore band formed in 2016 in Essen, Germany. Their sound blends modern metalcore and...

Metalcore

Playing on 08/22

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

Metal

Playing on 08/20

Postmodern Fantasy is a German band from Rüsselsheim, founded in 2018, blending classic symphonic metal with modern...

Hardcore, Punk

Playing on 08/21

Bluthund is a masked quartet from Berlin, founded in 2020. Genre: "StromGitarrenWutRap" — a crossover of rap,...

Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 08/22

April Art is an exciting alternative metal band from Frankfurt, Germany. Formed in 2014, the quartet blends metalcore...

Metalcore, Hardcore

Playing on 08/21

King Nugget Gang is a crossover act from Saarbrücken blending German rap and trap with hardcore breakdowns and extreme...

Metalcore, Industrial

Playing on 08/22

Artemis Rising is an electronic metalcore project from Germany and the USA. The band fuses heavy guitar riffs and...

Punk, Rock

Playing on 08/21

Doppelbock is a folk-punk band from Gründau, Hesse, founded in 2014 – "the band with the accordion". Blending punk...

Metal

Playing on 08/22

XO Armor (formerly CODA) is a band from Koblenz, Germany blending metalcore, alternative metal and post-hardcore with...

Metalcore

Playing on 08/21

Dark Days is a metalcore band from Gießen, Germany, formed in May 2018. After their debut EP "Balance" (2020) they...

Punk, Rock

Playing on 08/22

Revolte Tanzbein is an eight-piece ska and folk-punk band from Frankfurt am Main, meandering between ska, polka, Balkan...

Rock

Playing on 08/22

ATRIO stands for handmade, straightforward riff rock that connects the past with the present. The Hessian band released...

Hardcore, Punk

Playing on 08/22

GROUND2A was founded in Hesse in 2021 with the aim of combining New York hardcore with melodic hardcore punk. The band...

Hardcore

Playing on 08/22

Dying Breed is a post-hardcore band from Dillenburg in central Hesse. With releases such as "Note To Self" (2021) and...

Rock

Playing on 08/20

Campfire Confessions are a four-piece acoustic rock band from central Hesse who have been playing together since 2012,...

Playing on 08/21, 08/22

The Dullahans from Mannheim play what they call "Irish outlaw folk" – a mix of Irish traditionals and modern Irish folk...

Playing on 08/22

Marc Maximus is an MC and rapper from Butzbach in Hesse. He has a long history with the Music Forge Festival: he played...