Party.San Metal Open Air 2026

08/06/2026 – 08/08/2026Flugplatz Obermehler, Obermehler

Death MetalBlack MetalMetalThrash MetalDoom Metal

Party.San Metal Open Air is Germany's most important extreme metal festival, gathering the spearhead of death, black, thrash and grindcore for three days at the Obermehler airfield in Thuringia since the 90s.

Festival days

Full lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 185 songs56 artists

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

Testament

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/06

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

Amorphis

Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal

Playing on 08/07

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

Hypocrisy

Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

Hypocrisy is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1991 in Ludvika. Peter Tägtgren is the band's founder, vocalist, and...

Moonspell

Gothic, Metal

Playing on 08/06

Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic and black metal band formed in 1989 in Lisbon, fronted by Fernando Ribeiro. From the...

Dark Funeral

Metal, Black Metal

Playing on 08/07

Dark Funeral is a black metal band formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1993. The band is known for its intense and...

Marduk

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Marduk are a Swedish black metal band formed in 1990 in Norrköping. They rank among the most prolific acts in the...

Misery Index

Death Metal, Grindcore

Playing on 08/06

Misery Index is a death metal/grindcore band formed in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2001. Following the departure of Jason...

Sacred Reich

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

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

Devourment

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Devourment are an American brutal death metal band formed in 1995 in Dallas, Texas. They are recognized as one of the...

Evoken

Doom Metal, Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/06

Evoken are an American funeral doom metal band formed in 1992 in New Jersey. With their dense, atmospheric sound they...

Alcest

Black Metal

Playing on 08/07

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

Iotunn

Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/06

Iotunn is a Danish/Faroese progressive death metal band from Copenhagen, formed around 2009 by guitarist Jesper Gräs....

Wolves in the Throne Room

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Wolves in the Throne Room is an American black metal band from Olympia, Washington, formed in 2002 by brothers Aaron...

Firespawn

Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

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

200 Stab Wounds

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/06

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

Jungle Rot

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

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

Wolfbrigade

Crust Punk, D-Beat

Playing on 08/08

Wolfbrigade is a Swedish crust punk band from Mariestad, formed in 1995 under the name Wolfpack. Around 2000 they...

Desaster

Black Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/06

Desaster is a blackened thrash metal band from Koblenz, Germany, formed in 1988. Influenced by Venom, Hellhammer,...

Deceased

Thrash Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/07

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

Internal Bleeding

Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

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

Sadistic Intent

Death Metal

Playing on 08/06

Sadistic Intent is a US death metal band from Los Angeles, formed in fall 1987. One of the earliest standard-bearers of...

Fleshcrawl

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/07

Fleshcrawl is a melodic death metal band formed in Illertissen, Bavaria, Germany, in 1987. Originally named Morgöth,...

Gates of Ishtar

Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

Gates of Ishtar is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Luleå, formed in late 1992. With "A Bloodred Path" (1996,...

Messticator

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/06

Messticator is a death/thrash metal band from Hamburg, Germany. Formed in 2019, the trio has quickly made a name for...

Lucifer's Child

Metal, Black Metal

Playing on 08/07

Lucifer's Child is a black metal band formed in Athens, Greece. The band was formed by George Emmanuel (Rotting Christ)...

Murder Squad

Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

Murder Squad is a Swedish death metal supergroup from Stockholm formed in 1994 by Matti Kärki and Richard Cabeza of...

Rats Of Gomorrah

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/06

Rats Of Gomorrah is a death metal duo from Kiel, consisting of Daniel Stelling (guitar/vocals) and Moritz Paulsen...

Sorcerer

Doom Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Sorcerer are a Swedish epic doom metal band formed in 1988 in Stockholm. After a long hiatus they returned in the 2010s...

Bloody Vengeance is a metal band.

Temple Of Dread

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

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

FOR VICTORY

Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

For Victory is a tribute band dedicated to performing the music of Bolt Thrower, the legendary British death metal...

Gorefunest

Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

Gorefunest is a Dutch tribute act dedicated to Gorefest, one of the most important Dutch death metal bands of the 1990s.