They made it quite clear that metal bands are not welcome in their country with that Randy Blythe nonsense.

Brutal Assault Festival is pleased to confirm ANTHRAX, one of the „big four“ of thrash metal alongside Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer, as newly confirmed act for its 18th volume!

Next confirmed bands are San Diego-based metalcore stars AS I LAY DYING and Swedish thrash/crossover band DR.LIVING DEAD.

Last but not least, if you want to purchase your tickets and get them before X-Mass, please place your order on December 21st the latest. More details can be found in the TICKETS section.

Industrial metal titans FEAR FACTORY have been confirmed for the next year’s edition of the Brutal Assault Festival. They promise a very special playlist which will include all songs from the legendary album „Demanufacture“.

Next confirmed are Swedish post-metal pioneers CULT OF LUNA and Japanese doom/death metal band COFFINS.

First confirmed bands for this year are American metal/hardcore masters HATEBREED, Finnish grindcore maniacs ROTTEN SOUND and German death metallers OBSCURA.

More bands coming soon.

Swedish band IN FLAMES has been confirmed as headliner for the BA 2013! After more than 20 year career, 8 studio albums, sold out tours through Europe, USA and Asia, this will be the bands first time performing at the Brutal Assault Festival and there is no doubt that the Fortress will be IN FLAMES!

Other confirmed are legendary German digital hardcore group ATARI TEENAGE RIOT and British post-hardcore band OCTOBER FILE.

From now you can also book places in VIP camp and also in hotel Černigov and Alessandria in Hradec Králové. See "Accommodation" section for more detailed information.

Brutal Assault is haunting big names in Sweden these days and is happy to announce that progressive metallers OPETH have been confirmed as one of the headliners for the 18th edition of the festival.

Other confirmed acts are American death metallers DYING FETUS and Italian brutal death metal band ANTROPOFAGUS.

Suffocation has ever belonged to the group of major death metal bands and to the most periodically recurring headliners of BRUTAL ASSAULT. A recently published song has shown, who sits on the imaginary death metal throne and you will definitely find it out this year seeing them with their former vocalist Frank Mullen.

D.R.I. - the living contemporaries of Huston, will whirl up the dust under legs of all the lovers of festival motion. They may even play songs from a forthcoming album which has been anticipated for a while.

French post black metal romantics Alcest made a great success last year but that's not the only reason why we will invite them in the fortress again.

Man, if I had the money and the time I would definitely come to this, an old army fortress...that's fucking awesome...

British extreme metallers CARCASS have been confirmed for this year’s Brutal Assault Festival. Reactivated grindcore legends are putting the finishing touches on their first studio album in 17 years with acclaimed producer Colin Richardson. Guitarist Bill Steer said: „People can expect to hear a fairly different Carcass set, the old favourites will in there, of course, but we’re also planning to play a couple of the less obvious tracks from our past, as well as songs from the album we’ve just completed.“

Another confirmed bands are Finnish Viking/folk metallers ENSIFERUM and British melodic death/thrash metallers SYLOSIS.

Hello BA Fans! Another bunch of newly confirmed bands is here. Today with French progressive extreme metal band MISANTHROPE, American doom metal Titans NOVEMBERS DOOM and California based technical death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH.

Swedish rap/metal combo CLAWFINGER, Irish Folk-black metallers PRIMORDIAL and Czech electronic grindcore band CONTRASTIC are newly confirmed bands for the Brutal Assault Festival 2013.

More bands coming soon.

Legendary British post-punk/metal/industrial band KILLING JOKE headed by demonic frontman Jaz Coleman has been confirmed for BA 2013. Another confirmed bands are California based metallers DEVILDRIVER and Austrian black metallers BELPHEGOR.

Dear BA fans, next bunch of newly confirmed bands is here. Today with Israeli progressive Oriental metal masters ORPHANED LAND, American deathcore combo EMMURE and Dutch death metal band CENTURIAN.

Here we go with the new bands for Brutal Assault 2013.

British gothic/doom metal titans FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM are newly confirmed for this year’s edition!

Other confirmed acts are German electronic/deathcore band WE BUTTER THE BREAD WITH BUTTER and French death/thrash pioneers LOUDBLAST.

New York hardcore/metal veterans BIOHAZARD, Canadian progressive metal pioneers VOIVOD and American death metal band JUNGLE ROT have been confirmed for Brutal Assault Festival 2013!

Important ticket-information: The current ticket price (1600 CZK plus PayPal fees) will end on April 30, from May 1 there will be an increase in ticket price up to 1700 CZK (plus PayPal fees). More information in “Tickets” section.

Next trio of newly confirmed bans is here! Today with thrash metal titans TESTAMENT, Norwegian dark metal band AETERNUS and Californian death metallers SKELETAL REMAINS.

More bands coming soon!

It is our pleasure to announce that French progressive metallers GOJIRA have been confirmed for this year’s Brutal Assault Festival!
Other confirmed bands are Polish black/death metallers HATE and French black metallers GLORIOR BELLI.
Unfortunately American psych/black metallers NACHTMYSTIUM have cancelled all their live performances for this year including Brutal Assault Festival.