Between July 30 and August 3, no fewer than 99 bands will take to the three stages of Rockstadt Extreme Fest, in an impressive lineup that blends legendary names in metal with emerging revelations from the world of extreme sounds. The schedule promises an intense and diverse sonic experience, catering to all shades of the heavy scene—from black and death metal to metalcore, progressive, industrial, and post-metal.
WED 30 JULY 2025
Undisputed masters of murderous riffs, pugnacious grooves and ferocious hooks since 1991, Machine Head are long established as one of the most influential and incendiary bands in the metal world. Exploding into the world’s consciousness with 1994’s seminal Burn My Eyes album, the now legendary Oakland crew brutishly redefined what it meant to be heavy, incorporating a wild array of influences into some of the sharpest and most brutal metal anthems ever written.
A perennially vital force in heavy music, Machine Head have continued their exhilarating evolution, while never losing the furious spirit of their old school, underground roots. Impervious to trends and proud to stand alone: Machine Head is still the bulldozer that crushes all!
THU 31 JULY 2025
Enter 2016’s Magma, whereupon Gojira found strength—and crossover success—through a singular commitment to self-reflection. The intensely personal record, penned in memory of the Duplantier brothers’ late mother, was a painful significant turning point for the French group. It debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 chart, topped the Billboard “Hard Rock Albums” chart (a first for a French band), and netted nominations for Best Rock Album and Best Metal Performance (for “Silvera”) at the 59th annual Grammy Awards. Numerous global headlining tours, including a stint with Metallica, followed. Coming out of Magma, Gojira weren’t just one of the biggest metal bands on the scene—they were one of biggest rock bands in the world, unified and self-emboldened.
FRI 1 JULY 2025
Electric Callboy write their very own story like no other band around. With their modern sound between 90s pop synths, driving alternative rock and explosive metalcore, the band succeeds in every musical trick they play. Experiments like mixing German Schlager music with deathcore (“Hurricane”), hardstyle influenced industrial metalcore (“Parasite”) to their post-hardcore reinterpretation of Cascada’s hit single “Everytime We Touch” convince that Electric Callboy master the strongest musical parameters of the respective genres. Over 2 million monthly Spotify listeners, more than 700,000 followers on YouTube and a total of 1 million more followers on Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok underline that Electric Callboy is advancing to become the biggest phenomenon in German metal history.
Founded in 2010 in Castrop-Rauxel, it didn’t take long for the band to gain attention in Germany with their modern trancecore sound. But who would have thought that this sound could lay the foundation for a world career? The release of their debut album “Bury Me In Vegas” made them succeed in charting for the first time ever in 2012 (#65). 2 years later, “We Are The Mess” already charted as a top ten album at #8, followed by “Crystals” in 2015 and “The Scene” in 2017 (both #6), and the album “Rehab” released in 2019 (#16).
SAT 2 JULY 2025
One of Germany’s leading metal bands, Powerwolf combine high-speed guitar work and thundering drums with forceful vocals and dark fantasy themes — the Roman Catholic church, werewolves, and vampires are frequent topics. Emerging in 2005, the band’s first taste of success came with the release of their third long-player, Bible of the Beast, but it was their 2013 Napalm Records debut, Preachers of the Night, that helped place them at the fore of the German metal scene. The band continued to spin gold both at home and abroad with subsequent efforts like Blessed & Possessed (2015), The Sacrament of Sin (2018), and Call of the Wild (2021).
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