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Heidelberg Deathfest 2026: the death metal festival in Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberg Deathfest has established itself as an essential gathering for extreme death metal fans in Germany. Held at halle02 in Heidelberg, this indoor festival prioritizes sonic intensity and brings together an expert lineup of underground and established acts from the international death metal scene.

The 2026 edition, scheduled for March 21, features 11 bands headlined by France's BENIGHTED, pioneers of deathgrind, the UK's Benediction, and Czech Republic's Gutalax, specialists in goregrind. The German scene is represented by DEFEATED SANITY.

The festival explores the most extreme territories of metal, with brutal death metal and technical death metal. Bands like Endseeker and Defleshed bring their vision of old-school death, while Putrid Pile and Home Reared Meat explore grindcore and thrash metal.

On March 21, 2026, halle02 in Heidelberg hosts a day of uncompromising death metal. Discover the full lineup on FestT.