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As the weather warms and festival season approaches, we Hellbound folks are looking ahead to some of the significant metal events coming up this spring. If we’ve missed a fest or other metal gathering you’re looking forward to, let us know. Have a submission for the summer edition of this list? Speak up in the comments!
WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA
Remaining preliminary rounds
Sat, March 31 – Piranha Bar, Montreal
Sat, April 14 – Source de La Martiniere, Quebec City
Remaining final rounds
SOUTHERN ONTARIO FINAL: Sat, March 24 – Hard Luck, Toronto
WESTERN CANADA FINAL: Fri, April 6 – Dickens Pub, Calgary
QUEBEC FINAL: Fri, April 27 – Piranha Bar, Montreal
EASTERN CANADA FINAL: Sat, May 12 – Piranha Bar, Montreal
CANADIAN FINAL: Sat, June 9 – OPERA HOUSE, TORONTO
THE COVENANT
Covenant Montreal: March 29-31 – Salla Rossa
Malokarpatan, Dead Congregation, The Ruins of Beverast…
www.covenantfestival.com/montreal.html
Covenant Vancouver: June 21-23 – Rickshaw Theatre
Blasphemy, Incantation, Black Witchery…
www.covenantfestival.com/vancouver.html
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest
March 31-April 1 – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA
At the Gates, Monster Magnet, Carcass, Mayhem…
www.decibelmagazine.com/events/metalandbeerfest
Trois-Rivières Metalfest
April 6-7 – Amphithéâtre Cogeco – Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Cattle Decapitation, Despised Icon, Jungle Rot, Beyond Creation…
www.facebook.com/troisrivieresmetalfest
420 Music and Arts Festival
April 19-21 – Distortion Live Music Venus – Calgary, Alberta
Dopethrone, DJ Brant Bjork, Sasquatch, La Chinga…
www.420musicandartsfestival.ca
New England Metal and Hardcore Festival
20th Anniversary: April 20-21 – Palladium – Worcester, MA
Morbid Angel, Kamelot, Dying Fetus, Life Of Agony…
New England Stoner and Doom Fest
April 20-21 – Altones – Jewett City, CT
The Skull, Scissorfight, Geezer, Atala…
www.newenglandstoneranddoomfest.com/home
Carolina Rebellion
May 4-6 – Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway – Concord, NC
Alice in Chains, Godsmack, Queens of the Stone Age…
Rock on the Range
May 18-20 – MAPFRE Stadium – Columbus OH
Tool, Alice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold…
Modified Ghost Festival
III: May 23-27 – Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
Obituary, Bloodbath, Bongripper, Carcass, Power Trip…
Maryland Deathfest
MDF XVI: May 24-27 – multiple venues – Baltimore, MD
Satyricon, Bloodbath, My Dying Bride, Helmet…
www.deathfests.com/event/mdf-2018
Rocklahoma
May 25-27 – Pryor, OK
A Perfect Circle, Godsmack, Poison…
Kitchener Metalfest
May 26 – Waterloo, Ontario
Details TBA
www.facebook.com/kitchenermetalfest
DECIMATE MetalFest
Decimate Metalfest Fundraiser: May 11 – Distortion Live Music Venue – Calgary, Alberta
FEST: June 7-10 – Distortion Live Music Venue – Calgary, Alberta
The Convalescence, Embers of Empires, Quietus, Becomes Astral…
decimatemf.wixsite.com/decimateme
Montebello Rockfest
13th edition: June 14-16 – Montebello, Quebec
Prophets of Rage, Weezer, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, Tenacious D & Stone Temple Pilots…
Maryland DOOM Fest
June 22-24 – Cafe 611 – Frederick, MD
The Obsessed, Windhand, Weedeater…
Hellfest Open Air
June 22-24 – Clisson, France
Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Avenged Sevenfold…
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