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True Thrash Fest

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Esaka Muse, Japan
7 artists

Key facts

Dates
14 – 15 February 2026
Where
Esaka Muse, Japan
Tickets
edition over
Headliners
Tankard, Abigail, Traitor

Data updated on 16 February 2026

🎤Lineup

Headliners
Tankard – Thrash Metal
Tankard
Thrash Metal
Abigail – Metal
Abigail
Metal
Traitor – Thrash Metal
Traitor
Thrash Metal
BÜTCHER
BÜTCHER
Casbah – Alternative
Casbah
Alternative
Impaler – Heavy Metal
Impaler
Heavy Metal
OUTBREAK RIOT

✈️How to get to True Thrash Fest

Planning your trip to True Thrash Fest? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.

  • Nearest airport: Osaka Itami International Airport (ITM), about 6 km from the venue.
  • Allow about 8 min by car from the airport to the site.
  • By train, head for Osaka or the nearest major station, then finish by bus, shuttle or taxi to the site.
  • By car, plan for on-site parking and expect heavy traffic around the venue on festival days.
Esaka Muse, Japan
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🌤️True Thrash Fest 2026 weather

Weather in Esaka Muse in February 2026?

Actual weather at the 2026 edition

From February 14 to February 15, 2026: up to 17°, low of 2°, 1 mm of rain in total.

no day with 1 mm of rain or more
  1. Sat, Feb 14Drizzle14° / 2° 0.8 mm
  2. Sun, Feb 15Light drizzle17° / 8° 0.2 mm

Day-by-day observed readings at the festival site (Open-Meteo archive).

Typical weather

Overcast
Typical high14°
Typical low3°

Chance of rain: about 17% of days

2025Dense drizzle11° / 2°1 rainy day
2024Light drizzle16° / 5°no rainy days
2023Overcast14° / 3°no rainy days

Based on the last 3 years over the same period.

Hour by hour

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Same week in 2025: Sat February 15 → Sun February 16 (days aligned on the edition's weekdays).

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📋About

True Thrash Fest 2026: the thrash metal festival in Osaka, Japan

True Thrash Fest is an underground event dedicated to thrash metal and extreme music. Held at Esaka Muse in Osaka, this two-day festival brings together 7 artists from the Japanese and international thrash scene in one of the Kansai region's legendary venues, for a raw and uncompromising celebration of 80s metal.

The 2026 edition features a purist and aggressive thrash lineup. Among the headliners: Tankard, German thrash legends since 1982, Abigail, Japanese black metal pioneers, and Traitor in speed metal.

The programming explores the roots of extreme metal with old-school heavy metal, black metal, and pure thrash metal. BÜTCHER, Impaler, Casbah, and OUTBREAK RIOT embody the Japanese underground scene, between furious blast beats and sharp riffs in the German-Japanese thrash tradition.

On February 14 and 15, 2026, Osaka will celebrate thrash metal in all its violence. Two days of uncompromising metal. Check the lineup and book your tickets.

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📋Practical info

Dates
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Country
City
Esaka Muse
Artists
7 artists
Main genre
Leading style
57%

Lineup focus score

Focused on Metal (57%) with touches of Rock. Explore Metal festivals

57%

Heavy Metal is the leading genre (4 artists). Explore Heavy Metal festivals

5 of 7 artists tagged.

Musical footprint

As a % of the 5 identified artists in the lineup (known genre), by genre — not to be confused with the focus score, computed on the whole lineup.

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