Masters of Rock (festival)
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| Masters of Rock | |
| Location(s) | Vizovice, Czech Republic Zlín, Czech Republic |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
| Date(s) | July and December |
| Genre(s) | Heavy metal |
| Website | |
Masters of Rock is a big heavy metal festival in Europe. The main styles represented on this festival are power, speed and heavy metal, though the production tries to make the fest more open for other rock and metal styles as progressive rock/metal, hardcore, death metal or even ska. It takes place in Vizovice, Czech Republic and is starring legends such as Manowar, Sweet, Hammerfall, Stratovarius, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Nightwish, Rhapsody of Fire, Kreator, Edguy, Rage, Apocalyptica, Within Temptation and many more. The 2005 attendance was over 20,000, the 2006 one over 25,000. The festival is held every summer and the Winter morphosis takes place in December in the town of Zlín. The 2007 edition will take place on July 12 – July 15.
[edit] Lineups
[edit] 2007
- Motörhead
- Children of Bodom
- HammerFall
- Rage and Lingua Mortis Orchestra
- Stratovarius
- In Extremo
- Die Happy
- Pink Cream 69
- After Forever
- Epica
- The Tommys
- Norther
- Rasta
- Black Majesty
- Divokej Bill
- Vypsaná Fixa
- Silent Stream of Godless Elegy
- Fourth Face
- Free Fall
- Finntroll
- More to be announced
[edit] External links
- Masters of Rock - Official site
