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Black Rabbit Fest 2026: the metal festival in Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Black Rabbit Fest takes over the Gigant venue in Apeldoorn for an evening dedicated to extreme music. This Dutch concert hall hosts six bands specializing in metal and old school death metal, with a lineup focused on the most intense sounds from the underground scene.

The 2026 edition features three headliners: Grindpad, Martyr, and Mouflon. The evening also gathers Black Rabbit (NL) and The Heritance.

The lineup explores the territories of death metal and doom metal, with particular attention to bands that carry forward the legacy of the old school scene. The format concentrated on a single evening allows festival-goers to discover different facets of European extreme music.

Join us on April 5, 2026 at Gigant for this celebration of Dutch underground metal.