I’ve been going to MetalDays in Slovenia for years and love how it’s way more relaxed. Went to Wacken in 2019 and was spoiled for fun and good weather. Still want to go to many others!
my favourite is Dynamo Metalfest Eindhoven and Into the Grave in Leeuwarden (both in the Netherlands). Both small festivals which adds to the charm for me. I used to go to Wacken alot but it gets too expensive for me.
I would recommend smaller festivals in Finland like Tuska (in Helsinki, city festival), or Nummirock (in Kauhajoki, outdoor camping in woods, near a lake).
It comes down to the line up for me, meaning every year another festival can be better. Last year Hellfest was much better than Wacken. We decided to go to Graspop this year.
I was in Germany from 73-03 and in 80 they had a Summer Nights festival that traveled around Europe, 7 bands in the show and it was mostly Rock & Metal . Than came The Monsters Of Rock I've been to 5 of those that I can remember of hand. But there where always good bands at those shows at least 7 per show and 5 where legit headliners.
My top 5 would be: 5. Dark Easter Metal Meeting 4. Masters of Rock 3. Trveheim 2. Metalheadz Open Air 1. Keep it True For me the point of a festival is to see Bands you don't see otherwise and not the stuff that plays everywhere or the big names (which are better at a regular show than at a festival anyway).
Bloodstock is a great Heavy Metal Festival not far from Donington in England A compact Festival its an enjoyable weekend and you don't have to walk miles to get anywhere Well worth a visit
Lineup wise I agree. But from what I heard from a danish friend there is only a camping area but without building up an actual camp due to limited space. Since hanging out with friends at the camp is a large part of my personal festival experience, Copenhell sadly isn't for me.
Brutal Assault is one i have attended the 2019,2022 and now in 2023. Great line ups, not a huge festival but enough and compact. They still have better prices then the rest of Europe which makes a big difference. Lots of good food as well. I am very much satisfied with that festival.
favorite festival so far? i would probably say its Metalfest in CZ. why? its just the right size, has just the right bands and the venue allows me to seat down and chill if i just want to check out a band i don't know. plus its quite affordable. having a kebab and a beer with a view of the stage didn't cost much more than they would if i had them at a street vendor at home. ive been to Metaldays many times but the lineup is getting worse and the festival is getting more and more expensive.
I love Wacken, I have been there 3 times now. But what makes me wonder: With Hellfest having far more than 100000 people attending and Wacken "only" around 85000, why is Wacken called the biggest Metal Festival? Especially when junk like Die Höhner, Alligatoah and 257er are playing at Wacken, whereas such crap doesn't even get an invitation to e.g. Hellfest. Oh and: since 2018 Wacken unofficially started on wednesday, and from 2023 onwards it officially starts on wednesday. And since the 2022 edition there are 9 stages, the tent that housed the W.E.T. and Headbanger stages has been removed and the 2 stages are now open air stages. But of course you could not know this when you made this video.
It's a little late for a reply, but Wacken doesn't sell daily tickets. It's only full 3, now 4 day tickets. So it's 85k people. For all days. Some festivals sell additional 1 day tickets and count them towards the total. And even better, some festivals here in Germany count their visitors by days. For example: 85k on the campground, attend the festival for 4 days = 340k people. I think that way of counting is stupid though
@@ralfhtg1056 Das letzte machen meist auch eher kleinere Festivals um die Zahlen zu pushen. Aber grundsätzlich macht es das abschätzen der Größe schwierig, weil jeder anders zählt
Wacken is neither the biggest nor the best metal festival. And a significant number of metal fans would not even call it metal festival anymore but during the last couple of years the organizers were trying to get rid off some of the party tourists. I have witnessed several different metal festivals and you hear a slight fear of things becoming wacken like surprisingly often (as in more commercially oriented, less metal oriented) Underrated gems in Europe are for example: party san (the best German metal festival), in flammen, obscene extreme, brutal assault (which unforunately is at the same weekend as the party san) just to name a few
Graspop ist definetly one of the worst festivals I've ever visited. You can only bring one case of beer, prices are beyond good and evil, and the organisation is one of the worst I've ever experienced. Wacken is one of the best. Even though it's expensive as fuck.
SRF used to be great(15 years ago) before Svennebanan decided to go there with a wig pretend that are metal while they rather be listening to Mix Megapol, Rix FM and other shit like that, which you can tell by being at the camp site. Livenations # 1 milk cow for people with some serious cash in their pockets and the worlds most expensive open air event. Total shit!
Number 1 is the Hellfest. Not Wacken. I am from Germany. And in the last year's wacken has not a goog line up. And for that what you get it's too expensive. Hellfest had a much better line up.
Considering the absolute state of Download for the past few years, Bloodstock is absolutely the better choice in every way. Download Festival is just corporate shit now, such a shame.
Download is disgraceful. They have police recognition software at the gates, the beer is a long queue at horrific prices, the campsites are a 30-60 minute walk from the gates, not even into the arena which is another 15 minutes, they also sold out metal for crappy other genre so called popstars. It is nothing like the old Monsters of Rock from 80's & 90's which yes I did attend. You should instead be championing Bloodstock. The only festival run by metal heads for the love of the music and they try to get bands covering every metal genre. Not these commercial sellout sanitised efforts that too many festivals have evolved into.
Switch ressurectionfest with brutal assault..... ressurectionfest is a poorly run shitshow. Great lineup great location but the festival organization is non existent 😅
Keep It True is the hipster metal fest. "Look at how cool I am for being into obscure NWOBHM and new wave of traditional heavy metal bands. I worship sword and sorcery, dwell in the metal archives, reject metal that's not true, and collect vinyl."
I’ve been going to MetalDays in Slovenia for years and love how it’s way more relaxed. Went to Wacken in 2019 and was spoiled for fun and good weather. Still want to go to many others!
my favourite is Dynamo Metalfest Eindhoven and Into the Grave in Leeuwarden (both in the Netherlands). Both small festivals which adds to the charm for me. I used to go to Wacken alot but it gets too expensive for me.
Going to Tolminator this year for the first time, can't wait to see it. The location itself is just amazing,
Hope you had fun! I surely had!
@@soaringblackbird4431 damn straight I did :D
@@hunterkiller9991 Likewise it was awesome!
I would recommend smaller festivals in Finland like Tuska (in Helsinki, city festival), or Nummirock (in Kauhajoki, outdoor camping in woods, near a lake).
Number 1: Reload Festival!🦁
Greatings from Poland all metalheads ! :)
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@@krzychuj8212 Hejka :)
All hail vader !!!
It comes down to the line up for me, meaning every year another festival can be better. Last year Hellfest was much better than Wacken. We decided to go to Graspop this year.
This year's graspop is huge. I would go alone just to see gojira headlining, but tickets are ridiculously pricy.
Y'all get all the awesome festivals in Europe I wish we could get some cool festivals in the states
Obscene Extreme Fest - of course!
True
Brutal Assault
There is missing Brutal Assault
Looking forward to Download Festival this year. It's where my profile picture was taken last year and this will be my 5th time going. 🤘
Obscene Extreme (CZE)
Tolminator!
Copenhell, Graspop, Dynamo, Into The Grave are the best ones for different reasons and sizes.
Brutal Assault, Metaldays & Ressurection Fest >
Tuska, Motocultor, Oscene Extreme, Bloodstock, Netherland Deathfest, PartySan...
I was in Germany from 73-03 and in 80 they had a Summer Nights festival that traveled around Europe, 7 bands in the show and it was mostly Rock & Metal . Than came The Monsters Of Rock I've been to 5 of those that I can remember of hand. But there where always good bands at those shows at least 7 per show and 5 where legit headliners.
For Extreme Metal...Party San! Greetings from Germany.
My top 5 would be:
5. Dark Easter Metal Meeting
4. Masters of Rock
3. Trveheim
2. Metalheadz Open Air
1. Keep it True
For me the point of a festival is to see Bands you don't see otherwise and not the stuff that plays everywhere or the big names (which are better at a regular show than at a festival anyway).
Can't wait for festival season !!
My favourite festival is Brutal Assault which takes place in Czeck republic
Dynamo Open Air in The Netherlands !!
There's a lot more very cool metalfestivals out there in Europe: Alcatraz (BE), Party.San (DE), Summer Breeze (DE) to name a few
Yes, for sure! Stay tuned for part 2! ;)
summer brezze, bähhh. worst sound and organisation of all
Brutal Assault, Motocultor, Roadburn
Sweden Rock...
It's a smaller festival but, VOA Heavy Rock in Lisbon is a lot of fun.
Bloodstock is a great Heavy Metal Festival not far from Donington in England A compact Festival its an enjoyable weekend and you don't have to walk miles to get anywhere Well worth a visit
Copenhell in denmark is also amazing, i look forward to it every year
Lineup wise I agree. But from what I heard from a danish friend there is only a camping area but without building up an actual camp due to limited space. Since hanging out with friends at the camp is a large part of my personal festival experience, Copenhell sadly isn't for me.
@@TheBl4cKH4wK fair enough, hate camping so i never do it but the festival it self is great
Brutal Assault is one i have attended the 2019,2022 and now in 2023. Great line ups, not a huge festival but enough and compact. They still have better prices then the rest of Europe which makes a big difference. Lots of good food as well. I am very much satisfied with that festival.
where the fuck is dynamo open air
where would you rank Nova Rock in comparison?
alcatraz hard rock and metal festival in kortrijk, Belgium
How about summer breeze, Obscene Extreme Festival, and Brutal Assault?
Bloodstock
European Metal Festivals are so much bigger than the ones in America so many people geeezzzzz
So Much BETTER Too!!! I've been coming to them since '04
I went to my first metal festival ( Copenhell ) and had an absolute blast 11/10 would recommend
favorite festival so far? i would probably say its Metalfest in CZ. why? its just the right size, has just the right bands and the venue allows me to seat down and chill if i just want to check out a band i don't know. plus its quite affordable. having a kebab and a beer with a view of the stage didn't cost much more than they would if i had them at a street vendor at home. ive been to Metaldays many times but the lineup is getting worse and the festival is getting more and more expensive.
A metal festival best of without Obscene Extreme is not a best of.
Wacken has been slacking recently with the lineups, and I’d honestly switch its position here with Hellfest.
Ur just missing a big headliner. Wacken aint about that. Their mojo is having a wide variety of bands and they r accomplishing that with 200+
first festival I ever went to is heavy montreal 2019🤘🏻😌 my next goals is deathfest at LA & norway metal festival
Number 1 is Brutal Assault
Yeah, this year was fuckn amazing again. :D
But I kind of like that it doesn't get mentioned too often - it keeps away the mainstream crowds.
why Europe love metal rocks compare to US?
Agreed
@@jasonpatrickdeleon4701cuz you listen gay rap
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I love Wacken, I have been there 3 times now. But what makes me wonder: With Hellfest having far more than 100000 people attending and Wacken "only" around 85000, why is Wacken called the biggest Metal Festival? Especially when junk like Die Höhner, Alligatoah and 257er are playing at Wacken, whereas such crap doesn't even get an invitation to e.g. Hellfest.
Oh and: since 2018 Wacken unofficially started on wednesday, and from 2023 onwards it officially starts on wednesday. And since the 2022 edition there are 9 stages, the tent that housed the W.E.T. and Headbanger stages has been removed and the 2 stages are now open air stages. But of course you could not know this when you made this video.
It's a little late for a reply, but Wacken doesn't sell daily tickets. It's only full 3, now 4 day tickets. So it's 85k people. For all days.
Some festivals sell additional 1 day tickets and count them towards the total.
And even better, some festivals here in Germany count their visitors by days.
For example: 85k on the campground, attend the festival for 4 days = 340k people. I think that way of counting is stupid though
@@muuhnkin4611 Das erklärt einiges. Und ja, was Du als Letztes darlegst, ist wirklich absurd.
@@ralfhtg1056 Das letzte machen meist auch eher kleinere Festivals um die Zahlen zu pushen.
Aber grundsätzlich macht es das abschätzen der Größe schwierig, weil jeder anders zählt
Copenhell in DK is also a banger
Summer Breeze and Party San are better than wacken in Germany
Back at Bloodstock next year for the 3rd time in 4 years.
The best I've ever been to is Bloodstock, Furyfest (now Hellfest) and Dynamo.
Personally I prefer bloodstock over all of these
Why Tuska festival Helsinki finland?
Download isn't a metal fest its light rock with some metal bands
Sweden Rock, Tons of Rock, Fuji Rock, Masters of Rock, SummerBreaze, Rockstadt, MetalDays, Tuska, CopenHell...
Summer breeze 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
See you in WACKEN 🤘🏻
Ye Banished Privateers 🏴☠️
You didn't even mention the best one: KEEP-OT-TRUE!
Summer breeze!!!!
Brutal Assault is the best festival in the world
Jij bent sowieso nederlander maat 😅🤟
Wacken is the biggest but Finnish Tuska ( at least rank 4 ) is bigger than some Resurection or Grasspop... LOL
It’s about the best, not the biggest. Bigger doesn’t always mean better
WAAAAAACKEEEEEEN!
Hellfest for sure🤟 Graspop is second place😊
why Europe love metal rocks compare to US?
@@jasonpatrickdeleon4701 it's part of our DNA
Wacken is a metal fans Christmas
Saludos desde Nicaragua
Download is great if your a newbie but real experience is in Europe
I prefer Bloodstock festival over Download in the UK. Its a smaller festival but better bands overall and better atmosphere
Hellfest of course ;)
Brutal assault >>>>>>> any of those
GMM!!!
Wacken is neither the biggest nor the best metal festival. And a significant number of metal fans would not even call it metal festival anymore but during the last couple of years the organizers were trying to get rid off some of the party tourists. I have witnessed several different metal festivals and you hear a slight fear of things becoming wacken like surprisingly often (as in more commercially oriented, less metal oriented)
Underrated gems in Europe are for example: party san (the best German metal festival), in flammen, obscene extreme, brutal assault (which unforunately is at the same weekend as the party san) just to name a few
you forgot 2 festivals 100xs better than all of them bloodstock and obscene extreme!
why Europe love metal rocks compare to US?
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Graspop ist definetly one of the worst festivals I've ever visited. You can only bring one case of beer, prices are beyond good and evil, and the organisation is one of the worst I've ever experienced.
Wacken is one of the best. Even though it's expensive as fuck.
please slow down, ya know burn one, before speaking so you can be understood when making a video.
Number 1 is Sweden Rock. Wacken is dreadful. It used to be great festival but not anymore.
SRF used to be great(15 years ago) before Svennebanan decided to go there with a wig pretend that are metal while they rather be listening to Mix Megapol, Rix FM and other shit like that, which you can tell by being at the camp site. Livenations # 1 milk cow for people with some serious cash in their pockets and the worlds most expensive open air event.
Total shit!
graspop is so much better than wacken ,its not even comparable
There is only one best. Brutal Assault.
Finland Best Metal Festivals Tuska Helsinki and Nummirock Nummijärvi
Number 1 is the Hellfest. Not Wacken. I am from Germany. And in the last year's wacken has not a goog line up. And for that what you get it's too expensive. Hellfest had a much better line up.
not only the lineup, the whole organisation/stage sound of Hellfest is way better than wacken
Last year's hellfest was honestly the best
Bloodstock in the UK is so much better than Download.
Considering the absolute state of Download for the past few years, Bloodstock is absolutely the better choice in every way. Download Festival is just corporate shit now, such a shame.
Download is the worst festival, just corporate rip off, so expensive, crap facilities. I like Bloodstock
Bloodstock is better than Download
The big problem with Wacken is that you can very easily have shitty weather during the whole festival (like last year).
For me, Hellfest is #1.
Even tho my legs felt like they would fall off the last day.last years wacken was still a blast! You get what you put into it.
@@wimble39 I'm 55... when I was 35 I'd agree, now I'm a bit too old to spend four days swimming in knee deep mud ;)
Hellfest and Motocultor for me !
Download is disgraceful. They have police recognition software at the gates, the beer is a long queue at horrific prices, the campsites are a 30-60 minute walk from the gates, not even into the arena which is another 15 minutes, they also sold out metal for crappy other genre so called popstars. It is nothing like the old Monsters of Rock from 80's & 90's which yes I did attend. You should instead be championing Bloodstock. The only festival run by metal heads for the love of the music and they try to get bands covering every metal genre. Not these commercial sellout sanitised efforts that too many festivals have evolved into.
no Sweden Rock
That's just the list of biggest metal festivals, not necessarily the best.
5 OF the best, not necessarily THE best. It's a list with what we think are 5 of the coolest metal festivals in Europe. A part 2 is in the works.
@@TheHeavyHunt ok, thx for clarification. Brutal assault better be in part 2 😃
Switch ressurectionfest with brutal assault..... ressurectionfest is a poorly run shitshow. Great lineup great location but the festival organization is non existent 😅
Lame festivals...wacken becomes a hipster fest for the millenials...i wonder Keep It True were not mentioned here
Keep It True is the hipster metal fest. "Look at how cool I am for being into obscure NWOBHM and new wave of traditional heavy metal bands. I worship sword and sorcery, dwell in the metal archives, reject metal that's not true, and collect vinyl."
You make worst list ...Brutal Assault No 1 for every person who visit this festival and other fests.