# Metaltown

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Metal music festival in Gothenburg, Sweden

Metaltown The Black Stage, one of the two main stages, in 2011 Genre Heavy metal, hardcore punk Dates June–July 2004–2012: 2 days 2013–2016: 3 days Locations Gothenburg, Sweden Years active 2004–2016 Website Metaltown In English

[57°43′03″N 11°57′30″E / 57.71751°N 11.95825°E / 57.71751; 11.95825](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Metaltown&params=57.71751_N_11.95825_E_) The **Metaltown** festival was a three-day festival featuring [heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music) bands, held in [Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg), Sweden. It was arranged annually from 2004 to 2013.

The original Metaltown venue was at [Frihamnen](/source/Frihamnen), but was moved in 2011 to Göteborg Galopp close to [Gothenburg City Airport](/source/Gothenburg_City_Airport).[1] An indoor revival was held in 2016 at Trädgår'n.[2] An attempted revival in 2020 to be held at Frihamnen was canceled due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic).[3][4]

## Participating acts

### 2004

[Alice Cooper](/source/Alice_Cooper) – [Totalt Jävla Mörker](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Totalt_J%C3%A4vla_M%C3%B6rker&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Turbonegro](/source/Turbonegro) – [Dimmu Borgir](/source/Dimmu_Borgir) – [Brides of Destruction](/source/Brides_of_Destruction) – [In Flames](/source/In_Flames) – [Kee Marcello's K2](/source/Kee_Marcello's_K2) – [Evergrey](/source/Evergrey) – [Mustasch](/source/Mustasch) – [Edguy](/source/Edguy) – [Within Y](/source/Within_Y) – [Debase](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Debase_(band)&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Notre Dame](/source/Notre_Dame_(band))

### 2005

[Apocalyptica](/source/Apocalyptica) – [Dark Tranquillity](/source/Dark_Tranquillity) – [Hanoi Rocks](/source/Hanoi_Rocks) – [HammerFall](/source/HammerFall) – [Rammstein](/source/Rammstein) – [Beseech](/source/Beseech) – [Enter the Hunt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Enter_the_Hunt&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Tiamat](/source/Tiamat_(band)) – [Sentenced](/source/Sentenced) – [Nine](/source/Nine_(band)) – [All Ends](/source/All_Ends) – [Kakaphonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kakaphonia&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Hell N' Diesel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hell_N%27_Diesel&action=edit&redlink=1)

### 2006

[Cradle of Filth](/source/Cradle_of_Filth) – [Danko Jones](/source/Danko_Jones) – [Electric Earth](/source/Electric_Earth) – [Engel](/source/Engel_(band)) – [Enter the Hunt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Enter_the_Hunt&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Entombed](/source/Entombed_(band)) – [Evergrey](/source/Evergrey) – [Fingerspitzengefühl](/source/Fingerspitzengef%C3%BChl) – [Khoma](/source/Khoma) – [Manimal](/source/Manimal_(band)) – [Motörhead](/source/Mot%C3%B6rhead) – [Opeth](/source/Opeth) – [Satyricon](/source/Satyricon_(band)) – [Soilwork](/source/Soilwork) – [Sparzanza](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sparzanza&action=edit&redlink=1) – [The Haunted](/source/The_Haunted_(Swedish_band)) – [Tool](/source/Tool_(band)) – Stonegard

### 2007

[Slayer](/source/Slayer) – [Mastodon](/source/Mastodon_(band)) – [Machine Head](/source/Machine_Head_(band)) – [Meshuggah](/source/Meshuggah) – [Raised Fist](/source/Raised_Fist) – [Nine](/source/Nine_(band)) – [Cult of Luna](/source/Cult_of_Luna) – [Hardcore Superstar](/source/Hardcore_Superstar) – [Sturm und Drang](/source/Sturm_und_Drang) – [Sonic Syndicate](/source/Sonic_Syndicate) – [Marduk](/source/Marduk_(band)) – [Ill Niño](/source/Ill_Ni%C3%B1o) – [Candlemass](/source/Candlemass_(band)) – [Entombed](/source/Entombed_(band))

### 2008

[In Flames](/source/In_Flames) – [Cavalera Conspiracy](/source/Cavalera_Conspiracy) – [Nightwish](/source/Nightwish) – [Chris Cornell](/source/Chris_Cornell) (cancelled) – [Monster Magnet](/source/Monster_Magnet) – [Dimmu Borgir](/source/Dimmu_Borgir) – [Danko Jones](/source/Danko_Jones) – [Bullet for My Valentine](/source/Bullet_for_My_Valentine) – [Converge](/source/Converge_(band)) – [Dark Tranquillity](/source/Dark_Tranquillity) – [Finntroll](/source/Finntroll) – [Hardcore Superstar](/source/Hardcore_Superstar) – [Sabaton](/source/Sabaton_(band)) – [Soilwork](/source/Soilwork) – [Tiamat](/source/Tiamat_(band)) – [Amon Amarth](/source/Amon_Amarth) – [Clutch](/source/Clutch_(band)) – [Job for a Cowboy](/source/Job_for_a_Cowboy) (cancelled) – [Opeth](/source/Opeth) (cancelled) – [Killswitch Engage](/source/Killswitch_Engage) – [Nifelheim](/source/Nifelheim) – [Die Mannequin](/source/Die_Mannequin) – [Graveyard](/source/Graveyard_(band)) – [Sonic Syndicate](/source/Sonic_Syndicate) – [Lillasyster](/source/Lillasyster) – [Path of No Return](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Path_of_No_Return&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Sic](/source/Sic_(band)) – [Witchcraft](/source/Witchcraft_(band)) – [Cimmerian Dome](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cimmerian_Dome&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Dr. Livingdead](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dr._Livingdead&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Keld](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keld_(band)&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Torture Division](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Torture_Division&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Dead by April](/source/Dead_by_April) – [Avatar](/source/Avatar_(Swedish_band)) – [Marionette](/source/Marionette_(band)) – [Satyricon](/source/Satyricon_(band)) – The Brother Grim Side Show

### 2009

[Slipknot](/source/Slipknot_(band)) performing at Metaltown Festival in 2009.

[All Hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_Hell_(band)&action=edit&redlink=1) – [All That Remains](/source/All_That_Remains_(band)) – [August Burns Red](/source/August_Burns_Red) – [Bring Me the Horizon](/source/Bring_Me_the_Horizon) – [Bullet](/source/Bullet_(Swedish_band)) – [Children of Bodom](/source/Children_of_Bodom) – [Cult of Luna](/source/Cult_of_Luna) – [Dead by April](/source/Dead_by_April) – [Dir En Grey](/source/Dir_En_Grey) – [Disturbed](/source/Disturbed_(band)) – [DragonForce](/source/DragonForce) – [Evergrey](/source/Evergrey) – [Girugamesh](/source/Girugamesh) – [Hatesphere](/source/Hatesphere) – [Hellzapoppin'](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hellzapoppin%27_(band)&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Illfigure](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Illfigure&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Marilyn Manson](/source/Marilyn_Manson) – [Meshuggah](/source/Meshuggah) – [Mucc](/source/Mucc) – [Municipal Waste](/source/Municipal_Waste_(band)) – [Mustasch](/source/Mustasch) – [My Dying Bride](/source/My_Dying_Bride) – [Napalm Death](/source/Napalm_Death) – [Opeth](/source/Opeth) – [Pain](/source/Pain_(musical_project)) – [Pilgrimz](/source/Pilgrimz) – [Slipknot](/source/Slipknot_(band)) – [Sterbhaus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sterbhaus&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Trivium](/source/Trivium_(band)) – [The Haunted](/source/The_Haunted_(Swedish_band)) – [Volbeat](/source/Volbeat)

### 2010

[69 Eyes](/source/69_Eyes) – [Adept](/source/Adept_(band)) – [Amon Amarth](/source/Amon_Amarth) – [Between the Buried and Me](/source/Between_the_Buried_and_Me) – [Bleeding Through](/source/Bleeding_Through) – [Brian "Head" Welch](/source/Brian_Welch) – [Bullet for My Valentine](/source/Bullet_for_My_Valentine) – [Coheed & Cambria](/source/Coheed_%26_Cambria) – [Cynic](/source/Cynic_(band)) – [Dark Tranquillity](/source/Dark_Tranquillity) – [Dream Evil](/source/Dream_Evil) – [Finntroll](/source/Finntroll) – [From This Moment](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=From_This_Moment&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Garcia Plays Kyuss](/source/John_Garcia_(singer)) – [Hatebreed](/source/Hatebreed) – [Hellyeah](/source/Hellyeah) – [In Flames](/source/In_Flames) – [Katatonia](/source/Katatonia) – [Kreator](/source/Kreator) – [Nile](/source/Nile_(band)) – [Rammstein](/source/Rammstein) – [Raunchy](/source/Raunchy_(band)) – [Raubtier](/source/Raubtier) – [Sabaton](/source/Sabaton_(band)) – [Skindred](/source/Skindred) – [Sodom](/source/Sodom_(band)) – [Sonic Syndicate](/source/Sonic_Syndicate) – [Soulfly](/source/Soulfly) – [Walking with Strangers](/source/Walking_with_Strangers_(band))

### 2011

[Meshuggah](/source/Meshuggah) – [Humanity's Last Breath](/source/Humanity's_Last_Breath) – [Cradle of Filth](/source/Cradle_of_Filth) – [Raubtier](/source/Raubtier) – [Parkway Drive](/source/Parkway_Drive) – [Escape the Fate](/source/Escape_the_Fate) – [System of a Down](/source/System_of_a_Down) – [At the Gates](/source/At_the_Gates) – [The Black Dahlia Murder](/source/The_Black_Dahlia_Murder_(band)) – [Graveyard](/source/Graveyard_(band)) – [Soilwork](/source/Soilwork) – [Ghost](/source/Ghost_(Swedish_band)) – [Volbeat](/source/Volbeat) – [Watain](/source/Watain) – [Korn](/source/Korn) – [Khoma](/source/Khoma) – [Cavalera Conspiracy](/source/Cavalera_Conspiracy) – [All That Remains](/source/All_That_Remains_(band)) – [Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult](/source/Doctor_Midnight_%26_The_Mercy_Cult) – [F.K.Ü](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F.K.%C3%9C&action=edit&redlink=1) – [Deicide](/source/Deicide_(band)) – [Bring Me the Horizon](/source/Bring_Me_the_Horizon) – [Arch Enemy](/source/Arch_Enemy) – [Avenged Sevenfold](/source/Avenged_Sevenfold) – [Anvil](/source/Anvil_(band)) – Bullet – Human Desolation – [Madball](/source/Madball) – Corroded- Yersinia – Last View – Stillwell – Avenir

### 2012

[In Flames](/source/In_Flames) – [Slayer](/source/Slayer) – [Marilyn Manson](/source/Marilyn_Manson) – [Machine Head](/source/Machine_Head_(band)) – [Lamb of God](/source/Lamb_of_God_(band)) – [Mastodon](/source/Mastodon_(band)) – [Killswitch Engage](/source/Killswitch_Engage) – [Opeth](/source/Opeth) – [Within Temptation](/source/Within_Temptation) – [Sabaton](/source/Sabaton_(band)) – [Anthrax](/source/Anthrax_(American_band)) – [Kyuss Lives!](/source/Kyuss) – [HammerFall](/source/HammerFall) – [Nasum](/source/Nasum) – [Dark Tranquility](/source/Dark_Tranquility) – [Mayhem](/source/Mayhem_(band)) – [Soulfly](/source/Soulfly) – [Candlemass](/source/Candlemass_(band)) – [Hypocrisy](/source/Hypocrisy_(band)) – [Vader](/source/Vader_(band)) – [Gojira](/source/Gojira_(band)) – [Trivium](/source/Trivium_(band)) – [Pain](/source/Pain_(musical_project)) – [DevilDriver](/source/DevilDriver) – [Pain of Salvation](/source/Pain_of_Salvation) – [Oz](/source/Oz_(Finnish_band)) – [Darkest Hour](/source/Darkest_Hour_(band)) – [Adept](/source/Adept_(band)) – [Skeletonwitch](/source/Skeletonwitch) – [Engel](/source/Engel_(band)) – [Avatar](/source/Avatar_(Swedish_band)) – [Vildhjarta](/source/Vildhjarta) – Skitarg – [Unleashed](/source/Unleashed_(band)) – [Primordial](/source/Primordial_(band)) – Death Destruction – [Shining](/source/Shining_(Swedish_band)) – [Aura Noir](/source/Aura_Noir) – Descend – Unpure – Year of the [Goat](/source/Goat_(zodiac)) – Sectu – [Kobra and the Lotus](/source/Kobra_and_the_Lotus) – Seventribe – Dethrone – Who Torched Cinderella – Alenah – Voiceless Location – Start a Fire – [Imminence](/source/Imminence_(band)) – [Jason Rouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Rouse&action=edit&redlink=1)

### 2013

[Slipknot](/source/Slipknot_(band)) – [Korn](/source/Korn) – [Motörhead](/source/Mot%C3%B6rhead) – [Sabaton](/source/Sabaton_(band)) – [Danzig](/source/Danzig_(band)) – [Ghost](/source/Ghost_(Swedish_band)) – [Meshuggah](/source/Meshuggah) – [All That Remains](/source/All_That_Remains_(band)) – [Danko Jones](/source/Danko_Jones) – [Soilwork](/source/Soilwork) – [Turbonegro](/source/Turbonegro) – [Asking Alexandria](/source/Asking_Alexandria) – [Clutch](/source/Clutch_(band)) – [Graveyard](/source/Graveyard_(band)) – [Entombed](/source/Entombed_(band)) – [Napalm Death](/source/Napalm_Death) – [Carcass](/source/Carcass_(band)) – [The Dillinger Escape Plan](/source/The_Dillinger_Escape_Plan) – [Pentagram](/source/Pentagram_(band)) – [Marduk](/source/Marduk_(band)) – [Kvelertak](/source/Kvelertak) – [Cult of Luna](/source/Cult_of_Luna) – [The Devil Wears Prada](/source/The_Devil_Wears_Prada_(band)) – [The Ghost Inside](/source/The_Ghost_Inside_(band)) – [Between the Buried and Me](/source/Between_the_Buried_and_Me) – [The Sword](/source/The_Sword) – [Witchcraft](/source/Witchcraft_(band)) – [Hardcore Superstar](/source/Hardcore_Superstar) – [Katatonia](/source/Katatonia) – [Amaranthe](/source/Amaranthe) – [Love and Death](/source/Love_and_Death_(band)) – [Naglfar](/source/Naglfar_(band)) – [The Kristet Utseende](/source/The_Kristet_Utseende) – The Resistance – [Thyrfing](/source/Thyrfing) – Terra Tenebrosa – Bombus – [Thundermother](/source/Thundermother) – Eldkraft – Port Noir – Undercroft – [Sister Sin](/source/Sister_Sin) – Constrain – Crunge – Imber – Nox Vorago – Degial – [Tribulation](/source/Tribulation_(band)) – Eldrimner – Minora – bravo metal – bedeng metal

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Strage, Fredrik (19 June 2011). ["Metaltown del 1"](https://www.dn.se/blogg/pa-stan/2011/06/19/metaltown-del-1-3638/). *[Dagens Nyheter](/source/Dagens_Nyheter)* (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Metaltown Indoors"](http://metaltown.se/). Metaltown. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Risenfors, Kristian (24 February 2020). ["Metaltown återuppstår från det döda"](https://www.mitti.se/nyheter/metaltown-ateruppstar-fran-det-doda-6.96.27974.6367df4827). *Mitt i Göteborg*. Retrieved 19 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Rosenström, Anna (8 August 2020). ["Metaltowns uppgång, fall och inställda comeback"](https://www.gp.se/kultur/metaltowns-uppgang-fall-och-installda-comeback.12291076-35de-4337-9d95-4fa4f960899c). *[Göteborgs-Posten](/source/G%C3%B6teborgs-Posten)* (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2025.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.metaltown.se) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190626203420/http://metaltown.se/) 26 June 2019 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [Photos from Metaltown 2006](https://web.archive.org/web/20110723125430/http://festivalinfo.net/?page=gallery&gid=501)

- [Review from Metaltown 2010 – Day 1](http://www.metalobsession.net/metaltown-day1-2010-sweden) (English)

- [Review from Metaltown 2010 – Day 2](http://www.metalobsession.net/metaltown-day2-2010-sweden) (English)

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