Rock Hard Festival
The Rock Hard Festival (abbreviated RHF) is a Metal - Festival , which by the magazine Rock Hard was launched and a year in Gelsenkirchen takes place.
history
The rock-hard festival in its current form took place for the first time in 2003 in the amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen on the Rhine-Herne Canal . Numerous metal greats such as Blind Guardian , Saxon , Anthrax or Kreator were on stage. It was planned as a one-off festival for the 20th anniversary of Rock Hard , but was repeated in 2004 due to its great success and now takes place annually at Whitsun . Since then, the Ruhr area , after all the most populous metropolitan area in Europe, has had an international festival. The amphitheater offers space for around 7,000 visitors.
There was already a rock-hard festival at the beginning of the 1990s, which was also organized by the magazine, but took place in different locations in Germany. It first took place in 1990 in Lichtenfels as a one-day rock hard open air festival . In 1991 it took place in two places, in Berlin and again in Lichtenfels. The occasion was the 50th issue of the magazine. Originally it was planned for this year in Sonneberg near Coburg , but had to be moved at short notice, after the publication of the promising issue, at the instigation of the city of Sonneberg. It was therefore decided to switch to the location of the previous year. At the outdoor events, there was also some talk of Rock Hard Open Air , but the Berlin tickets were labeled Rock Hard Festival .
Line ups and dates
1990s
1990
June 2nd: Lichtenfels , Schützenanger: Running Wild , Tankard , Sacred Reich , Sepultura , Mordred , Protector
1991
May 18: Berlin , Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle : Sepultura , Armored Saint , Obituary , The Almighty , Blind Guardian , Morgoth
May 19: Lichtenfels, Schützenanger (originally announced for Sonneberg near Coburg ): Kreator , Sepultura , Armored Saint , Morgoth , The Almighty , Blind Guardian , Obituary
1992
Jena (lawn mill island) Napalm Death , Prong , Obituary , Blind Guardian , Paradise Lost , Pestilence , My Sister's Machine , Dismember , Skyclad .
1998
August 9; Hagen , Berlethalle : Savatage , Stratovarius , Iced Earth , Hammerfall , Symphony X , Angel Dust , Pegazus
From 2003 in the amphitheater Gelsenkirchen
2003
7th-8th June, 7,000 visitors
Anthrax , Arch Enemy , Blind Guardian , Bolt Thrower , Candlemass , Circle II Circle , Darkane , Doro , God Dethroned , In Flames , Kreator , Nevermore , Saxon , Sodom , Soilwork , Threshold , Tribe After Tribe , Trouble
2004
29-30 May
Dark Tranquility , Deadsoul Tribe , Desaster , Destruction 1 , Exodus , Gamma Ray , Gluecifer , Krokus , Illdisposed 2 , In Extremo , Into Eternity , Machine Head , Metal Church , Naglfar , Pink Cream 69 , Rage , Stratovarius , Thunderstorm 3
2005
13-15 May
Abandoned , Accept 4 , Amon Amarth , Children of Bodom , Communic , Ensiferum , Girlschool , Heaven Shall Burn , Hellfueled , Masterplan , Jon Oliva , Overkill , Pretty Maids , Regicide , Samael , Sentenced 5 , Sonata Arctica , Sunride , Threshold , Unleashed , wolf
2006
2-4 June, approx. 6,000 visitors
Beyond Fear , Bolt Thrower , Brainstorm , Caliban , Celtic Frost 6 , Crucified Barbara , Custard , Dio , Edguy , Engel , Evergrey , Fates Warning , Finntroll , Gojira , Legion of the Damned , Mercenary , Morgana Lefay , Mystic Prophecy , Nevermore , Primordial , Randalica , Sodom , Soilwork , Volbeat
2007
25-27 May
Amon Amarth , Armored Saint , Bullet , Cataract , Crucified Barbara , Dark Funeral , Death Angel , Dew-Scented 7 , Paul Di'Anno 8 , Grave Digger , Hammerfall , Hardcore Superstar , Heaven Shall Burn , Korpiklaani , Maroon , Metal Inquisitor , Naglfar , Axel Rudi Pell , Ross the Boss 9 , Sabaton , Spock's Beard , Tankard , Thin Lizzy , Turisas , Vader
2008
9-11 May
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Amorphis , Asphyx , The Claymore , Enemy of the Sun , Enslaved , Exciter , Exodus , Helstar , Iced Earth , Immortal , Jorn , Lake of Tears , Moonsorrow , Napalm Death , Paradise Lost , Sieges Even , The Sorrow , Testament 10 , Volbeat , Y&T
2009
29.-31. May
Angel Witch , Audrey Horne , Bullet , Children of Bodom , DAD , Deströyer 666 , DragonForce , Evocation , Firewind , Forbidden , Grand Magus , Hail of Bullets , Heathen , Jag Panzer , Jon Oliva's Pain , Opeth , Prong , Sacred Reich , Saxon , Tracedawn , UFO , Witchburner
2010
21-23 May
Accept , Artillery , Bloodbath , Bulldozer , Crashdïet , The Devil's Blood , Evile , Exhorder , Katatonia , Keep of Kalessin , Ketzer , Kreator , Necros Christos , Nevermore , Orden Ogan , Orphaned Land , Rage 11 , Raven , Sabaton , Sacred Steel , Sonata Arctica , Virgin Steele
2011
10-12 June
Amorphis , Anacrusis , Atlantean Kodex , Bullet , Contradiction , Down , Dreamshade , Disbelief , Enforcer , Enslaved , Epica , Iced Earth , In Solitude , Metal Inquisitor , Morgoth , Overkill , Postmortem , Primordial , Procession , Triptykon , Vanderbuyst , Vicious Rumors
2012
25-27 May
'77 , Alpha Tiger , Bolt Thrower , Deathfist , Dr. Living Dead! , Girlschool , Graveyard , Hell , High Spirits , Krisiun , Jex Thoth , Kvelertak , Magnum , Motorjesus , Ram , Portrait , Psychotic Waltz , Tankard , Turbonegro , Unisonic , Unleashed , WASP
2013
17th-19th May
Ashes of Ares , Attic , Audrey Horne , DAD , Denial of God 12 , Desaster , Ensiferum , Fleshcrawl , Gospel of the Horns , Hellish Crossfire , Horisont , King Diamond , Mustasch , Naglfar , Orchid , Orden Ogan , Queensrÿche , Sepultura , Slingblade , Tank , Threshold , UDO
2014
6-8 June
Annihilator , Blues Pills , Carcass , Dead Lord , Decapitated , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Insomnium , Iron Savior , Midnight , Monster Magnet , Nocturnal , Obituary , Orphaned Land , Pretty Maids , Roxxcalibur , Sacred Reich , Screamer , Sólstafir , Tesla , Testament 13 , Triptykon , Zodiac
2015
22.-24. May
Air Raid , Architects of Chaoz , Avatarium , Black Star Riders , Channel Zero , Deserted Fear , Doro , Flotsam and Jetsam , God Dethroned , Kataklysm , Kreator , Michael Schenker Group , Motorjesus , Overkill , Pentagram , Refuge , Sinner , Space Chaser , Spiders , Venom , Voivod
2016
13-15 May
Accu§er , Black Trip , Blind Guardian , Cannibal Corpse , Destruction , Discreation , The Exploited , Grand Magus , Kadavar , Metal Church , Moonspell , Nightingale , Orden Ogan , Riot V , Satan , Sodom , Sorcerer , Sulfur Aeon , Tankard , Tribulation , Turbonegro , Year of the Goat
2017
2-4 June
Asphyx , Behemoth , Blood Ceremony , Blues Pills , Candlemass , DAD , The Dead Daisies , Demon , Dirkschneider 14 , Dust Bolt , Exodus , Fates Warning , Ketzer , Mantar , Monument , Night Demon , The Night Flight Orchestra , Opeth , Robert Pehrsson's humbuckers , Ross the Boss 15 , Secrets of the Moon , Skyclad
2018
May 18-20
Armored Saint , Attic , Backyard Babies , Cirith Ungol , Coroner , Dawn of Disease , Diamond Head , Dool , Leatherwolf , Marduk , Memoriam , The New Roses , Night Demon , Nocturnal Rites , Overkill 16 , Axel Rudi Pell , Uli Jon Roth 17 , Saxon , Sodom , Thundermother , Tiamat 18 , Traitor
2019
June 7th - 9th
Anthrax , Cannibal Corpse , Carnivore AD , Chapel of Disease , Fifth Angel , Gamma Ray , Heir Apparent , The Idiots , Lizzy Borden , Long Distance Calling , Magnum , Possessed , Skid Row , The Spirit , Symphony X , Tygers of Pan Tang , Tyler Leads , The Vintage Caravan , Visigoth , Vulture , Watain , Zodiac 19
2020
The edition planned for May 29 - 31, 2020 was canceled in mid-April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 29th - 31st
Accept , Alcest , Atlantean Kodex , Axxis , Blue Öyster Cult , Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons 20 , Grave Digger , Harlott , Heathen (canceled), Indian Nightmare , Insomnium , Michael Monroe , Neck Cemetary , Nifelheim , The Night Flight Orchestra , Razor , Sacred Reich , Sorcerer , Suicidal Angels , Sulfur Aeon , Villagers of Ioannina City
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Rock Hard: The madness never ends. In: Rock Hard, No. 50, May 1991, pp. 8-9.
- ↑ Götz Kühnemund: Foreword, in: Rock Hard, No. 51, June 1991, p. 3.
- ↑ www.concertbüro-franken.de: Website of the organizer ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Live-Review in Rock Hard, No. 63, July / August 1992, pp. 108-109.
- ↑ http://www.savatage.com/newsavatage/news/news_1998.html
- ↑ http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/iced-earth/1998/rock-hard-festival-hagen-germany-3d31daf.html
- ^ Rock Hard Festival 2006
literature
- Holger Schmenk , Christian Krumm : buddies in frocks. Heavy Metal in the Ruhr Area , 1st edition, Henselowsky + Boschmann, Bottrop 2010, ISBN 3-942094-02-9 .
Web links
- Rock Hard Festival website
- WDR Rockpalast: Rock Hard Festival 2010 - concert recording, photos, background report and specials
- WDR Rockpalast: Rock Hard Festival 2011 - concert recording, photos, background report and specials
- Official homepage of the amphitheater