When the short, dark winter days will be behind us and spring in full force will be time to begin the open air season (don’t forget to start planning it now though while the tickets are still available). No better way to get the ball rolling than with the Rock Hard Festival.
What began in 90ies as an irregular music event to celebrate Rock Hard Magazine anniversaries has grown into a known, much-anticipated festival featuring a long list of international artists of different genres of metal. Since 2003 Hard Rock Festival has been an annual event held at Amphitheatre Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhrgebiet area in Germany.
Rock Hard Festival 2018 edition will take place from 18th to 20th of May and Rock Hard team have put together a very exciting program for us. There will be something to please everyone’s taste.
Brit heavy metal legends Saxon never disappoint. Just released their latest album Thunderbolt, I am sure, they will treat fans with new material as well as some classics. New Jersey thrash metallers Overkill is no newbie’s to Hard Rock festivals- in fact, they already belong to fans favorites. Former Scorpions lead guitarist and one of the earliest contributors to neoclassical metal genre Uli Jon Roth will be presenting his ‘Scorpions Revisited’ program. One of Europe’s most successful gothic metal bands Tiamat will play set put together from their 90ies power- albums Clouds and Wildhoney. Will be a great pleasure to hear some of the epic melodies from Cirith Ungol which in 2015 reunited after nearly a quarter of a century gap. The ones loving some good growl will be able to see live Swedish black metallers Marduk. British heavy metal legends and one of the most influential bands of NWOBHM movement Diamond Head expect to bring out their new album mid-2018. Maybe we’ll get treated to some new pieces at the festival?
And there will be Swedish rockers Backyard Babies, American heavy metal band Leatherwolf nicknamed as “Tripple Axe Attack”, Night Demon who last year brought out a new album Darkness Remains… and quite a few others.
Line up so far:
Saxon
Overkill
Tiamat
Uli Jon Roth
Marduk
Cirith Ungol
Backyard Babies
Leatherwolf
Diamond Head
Night Demon
Dool
The New Roses
Nocturnal Rites
Attic
Thundermother
Dawn Of Disease
More bands will be announced soon
Ticket prices:
€ 86,90 for a 3-day ticket
€108,40 – 3-day combo ticket with camping
Get your tickets here:
https://shop.rockhard.de/rock-hard/rock-hard-festival.html
Info on the festival, bands playing, accommodation, merch and lots of other stuff:
www.rockhardfestival.de
www.facebook.com/rockhardfestival
