Party.San is one of Germany’s most important extreme-metal festivals and managed to stay tightly focused on the underground during it’s 30-year-history. The 2026 edition runs from 6–8 August at Obermehler-Schlotheim, becoming a pilgrimage site for extreme-metal fans. The billing features legacy acts, scene stalwarts, and …
The organizers of Party.San Metal Open Air 2026 have released the daily band schedule for this year’s festival, set to take place from August 6–8 in Schlotheim, Germany. Headliners at the Main Stage will be Testament (Thursday), Amorphis (Friday), and Hypocrisy (Saturday).
Godspeed You! Black Emperor have become a legend Formed from Montréal’s anarchic street poetry, they move like an avalance in slow motion. Whatever they do, they do it relentless, taking their time to create soundscapes of bleak grandeur. On stage, they appear almost ceremonial: backs …
Recorded live on May 11, 2025 in Chicago, IL, Converge recorded several songs from various albums for an Audiotree session. Audiotree: For more than three decades, Converge have delivered metal standards that boil over with musical and emotional catharsis, putting purpose before perception and intent …
Party.San Open Air 2025 felt like a wild celebration and endurance test with blast beats at the same time. As expected and as celebrated! By Saturday, the heat and dust had already reduced most people to a state somewhere between devotion and dehydration. But blast …
Two drummers, a wall of fog, and light that cuts like a blade – Cult of Luna throw Bremen into a slow-moving storm.
First headliners and bands unveiled, presale already startded
This August, Schlotheim burns again.
Bloodbath. Grave. Napalm Death. Mass Worship.
Three days of pure extremity at Party.San Open Air 2025.
No trends. No compromise. Only death.
Münster was a stop on the recent Stick To Your Guns-tour and the expectations were high. Could the band satisfy them?
