📋About
Summer Breeze 2026: extreme metal festival in Germany
Founded in 1997, Summer Breeze has become one of Europe's largest gatherings for extreme metal. Held near Dinkelsbühl in Bavaria, the festival occupies the Summer Breeze Open Air site and draws tens of thousands of fans each year for four days of performances.
The 2026 edition brings together 50 artists featuring death metal legends Lamb of God, thrash metal with Testament, and Swedish melodic death metal with In Flames. Arch Enemy and Amorphis round out the headliners.
The programme also ventures into black metal, deathcore, grindcore, groove metal, folk metal and hardcore punk. Atmospheric black metal, brutal death metal, crossover thrash and djent share four days of extreme music.
From August 12 to 15, 2026, the site becomes the European temple of radical metal. Explore the full lineup and book your tickets.
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🎤Lineup
