Metal!!! festival returns to transform the Silesian Ostrava Castle into the epicenter of extreme metal in Central Europe, taking place September 4–5, 2026 with one of its most brutal lineups to date. Two days, two stages and 28 bands confirmed, cementing Metal!!! as an unmissable date for fans of death, black, thrash and everything in between, with Decapitated, 1349, Taake and Suicidal Angels among the headliners of a genuinely stacked bill.
Friday, September 4 opens the weekend with a set built for the darker and more chaotic end of the spectrum: Taake, Benighted, Hellripper, Sarcofago, Cult of Fire, Monument of Misanthropy, Insanity Alert, Mastic Scum, Sick Sinus Syndrome, Bloody Obsession, Chora Doba, Macocha and Nel Buio share the bill on day one.
Saturday, September 5 brings the heavy artillery, with Polish death metal machine Decapitated leading a day that also features Norwegian black metal veterans 1349, Greek thrashers Suicidal Angels, Atrocity, Vomitory, Sigh, King Parrot, Haemorrhage, General Surgery, Czern, Darkness, Refore, Seth, Soul Massacre, See You In Hell and the Exorcizphobia + E-Force collaboration, featuring Eric Forrest (Voivod) performing a special set of Voivod classics.
Tickets are on sale HERE now, with 4th wave presale passes at 2,490 CZK, one-day tickets for Friday or Saturday at 1,990 CZK each, and camping access available for 200 CZK.
