SWALLOW THE SUN and UNEARTH confirmed for BA
Finnish doom/melodic death metal band SWALLOW THE SUN and US metalcore band UNEARTH have been newly confirmed for the 17th edition of the Brutal Assault Festival.
KYLESA, ENGEL a INQUISITION confirmed for BA 2012.
Dear BA fans, thank you for your continuing support! We would like to remind you that this week is the last term for ordering tickets at a reduced price of 1450,- Czk (+ fees). The price will be rising from May 01st. Visit „Tickets“ section for more information.
And now to the newly confirmed bands:
Georgia-based psych-sludge metal band KYLESA, Swedish melodic thrash/death metallers ENGEL and American black metal band INQUISITION have been confirmed for the 17th edition of Brutal Assault Festival.

BRUTAL ASSAULT news

AGNOSTIC FRONT, NORMA JEAN and SAMAEL confirmed for BA 2012

Dear BA fans, we are pleased to announce 3 newly confirmed bands.

New York Hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT, Atlanta-based post-hardcore/metal band NORMA JEAN and Swiss elektro/industrial dark metallers SAMAEL have been confirmed as new acts for Brutal Assault Festival 2012.

Unfortunately, Canadian band PROTEST THE HERO have been forced to cancel BA Festival due to some term collision with their US tour.

Brutal Assault announces NAPALM DEATH, CROWBAR and ALCEST

British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH, New Orleans sludge metal legends CROWBAR and French shoegazing band ALCEST are newly confirmed bands for Brutal Assault Festival 2012.

FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM, SHAPE OF DESPAIR and RISE AND FALL confirmed for BA!
FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM, one of a mayor influential gothic/doom band of the eighties has been confirmed for Brutal Assault Festival 2012.

Another confirmed acts are SHAPE OF DESPAIR (funeral doom metal, Finland) and RISE AND FALL (hardcore, Belgium).

Brutal Assault confirms FINNTROLL, SKARHEAD and ROOT

Finnish „humppa-folk metallers“ FINNTROLL, New York hardcore veterans SKARHEAD and Czech black metal legend ROOT have been officially added to the BA 2012 line up.

More bands coming soon.

Brutal Assault news!

Bands for this week are CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, SÓLSTAFIR and GORGUTS
North Carolina stoner metal legend CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, Icelandic post-rock/metal band SÓLSTAFIRand Canadian death metal band GORGUTS have been confirmed for Brutal Assault 2012.
GODFLESH, NILE and KAMPFAR confirmed for Brutal Assault 2012
This is another part of the mosaic called Brutal Assault 2012.

GODFLESH, industrial metal pioneers from Birmingham, UK, formed in 1988 by Justin Broadrick and G. C. Green, have confirmed their appearance at BA 2012. The group disbanded in 2002 but reformed in 2010, appearing in few festivals and starting to produce a new studio album.

Another confirmed acts are American extreme technical death metallers NILE and Norwegian black metallersKAMPFAR.

Further dose of newly confirmed bands headed by IMMOLATION
New York-based death metal veterans IMMOLATION, VALLENFYRE - U.K. death/doom metal band featuring members of My Dying Bride, Doom or Paradise Lost and Polish progressive band RIVERSIDE are becoming a part of the Brutal Assault 2012.

Brutal Assault news!

Moshpit will go non-stop with HATEBREED, SUICIDE SILENCE and MUNICIPAL WASTE!
Today we announce three bands that will for sure cause loose of kilograms that you may gain during the X-Mass.

All of them coming from the States, all of them will make you mosh like crazy: HATEBREED, SUICIDE SILENCEand MUNICIPAL WASTE.

Ticket presale starts on January 01st, 2012.

Brutal Assault news!

Headliner confirmed: MACHINE HEAD!
We are pleased to announce that American metal legend MACHINE HEAD is officially the new headliner of Brutal Assault festival 2012.

Masters of their craft and a band which has been redefining the genre of metal for two decades. Now, four years since the epic success of „The Blackening“, new MACHINE HEAD studio album „Unto The Locust“ was released this year.

The Old Fortress in Josefov is ready to host one of the most important metal bands in history. Be ready forMACHINE fucking HEAD!!!

Other confirmed bands are Finnish melodic death metal band INSOMNIUM and German death metal legendMORGOTH.

DARKEST HOUR, ABORTED and TOXIC HOLOCAUST at BA 2012

There is nothing better than start new week with new bands, isn’t it?

Brutal Assault announces American metallers DARKEST HOUR, Belgian death/grinders ABORTED and American metal-punk warriors TOXIC HOLOCAUST as newly confirmed bands for Brutal Assault 2012.

Line-up is becoming stronger: SIX FEET UNDER, SICK OF IT ALL, PIG DESTROYER

We are pleased to announce 3 newly confirmed bands for Brutal Assault 2012.

This time represented by Florida based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER headed by Chris Barnes, New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL and Virginia grindcore titans PIG DESTROYER.

More bands coming soon. Ticket presale starts on January 01st, 2012!

Brutal Assault News

First confirmed bands for Brutal Assault Festival 2012, set to take place August 9-11, 2012 in Josefov, Czech Republic, have been announced.Bands like IMMORTAL, MOONSPELL, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, PARADISE LOST, TEXTURES, INCANTATION, VIRUS, ARKONA, GENERAL SURGERY or CATTLE DECAPITATION will appear in Old Army Fortress next summer.Watch www.brutalassault.cz for actual information about new bands and tickets.

Reactivated American industrial metal band MINISTRY have confirmed their appearance at the Brutal Assault Festival 2012! Reunited line-up headed by Al Jourgensen will introduce new album "Relapse" which will be released March 30th 2012. MINISTRY line-up will exist of Al Jourgensen, Mike Scaccia (Rigor Mortis), Tommy Victor (Prong), AAron Rossi (Prong), John Bechdel (Prong) and Tony Campos (Static-X).

Other confirmed acts are Norwegian legendary black/avant-garde metal band ARCTURUS and Finnish melodic death metallers NORTHER.


Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR, German thrash metal pionners SODOM and American deathers THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have been confirmed for Brutal Assault 2012.


It is a return after two years from their last attendance - Brutal Assault 2012 confirms American hardcore/metal band CONVERGE!


Other confirmed bands are American thrashers HEATHEN and Canadian progressive metal band PROTEST THE HERO.

9 bands confirmed for Wednesday’s Warm Up party! pThis year’s Brutal Assault Warm Up party already knows its line-up. The program will start on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on the main stage. Complete Warm Up party line-up in alphabetical order see bellow:



ČAD (violence-thrash, SVK)

FRONTSIDE (deathcore, POL)

GRIDE (hardcore-grind, CZE)

HERMAFRODIT - comeback show after 15 years! (grind, CZE)

MOMMA KNOWS BEST (alternative-hardcore, CZE)

PSYCHOTIC DESPAIR (death-grind, CZE)

SILENT STREAM OF GODLESS ELEGY (folk metal, CZE)

SMASHED FACE (deathmetal / deathcore, CZE)

STÍNY PLAMENŮ (black metal, CZE)

Another slots occupied by KREATOR and UNEVEN STRUCTURE

Dear BA fans, thank you for your actual support and interest in this year’s BA Festival. We are almost ready with the final line-up. Next trio contains one of the last bands for the 16th volume of the festival.

Let’s start with the highest caliber. German thrash metal veterans KREATOR will play Brutal Assault for the first time! One of the most influential and successful European metal bands will rock the Fortress.

Next confirmed have been French ambient/experimental band UNEVEN STRUCTURE.

BA confirms CRYPTOPSY and NERVECELL. Nevermore and Norther canceled.

This year’s line-up is almost complete. As one of the last confirmed band has been confirmed Canadian deathmetal killing machine CRYPTOPSY headed again by Jon Levasseur, former lead guitarist and major creative contributing force behind “None So Vile”, “Whisper Supremacy”, “And Then You’ll Beg…” who has returned to the band.
Next confirmed are United Arab Emirates-based death/thrash metallers NERVECELL with new album “Psychogenocide”.

Due to Jeff Loomis and Van Williams leaving the band, NEVERMORE announced that they would be cancelling all their planned shows, including BA 2011. Another canceled band is Finnish NORTHER, in this case for non-professional work of their agent.
We will intensively look for adequate compensation.

New movements on the roster published

KATATONIA, together with Opeth a leading representative of current Swedish progressive metal scene will appear at the Brutal Assault Festival. KATATONIA is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year so be ready for a special show!

Other confirmed is well known American female fronted industrial metal band GENITORTURERS.

ARCHITECTS and UNEXPECT confirmed for BA 2011

British metallers ARCHITECTS are newly confirmed for Brutal Assault 2011. Progressive metalcore band has just released their new album “The Here and Now”.
Other newly confirmed is Canadian avant-garde extreme metal band UNEXPECT. Eccentric ensemble has set a May 31 release date for its new album “Fables Of The Sleepless Empire”.

BA confirmes new bands published

Finnish „battle metal“ warriors TURISAS, German thrash/death metallers DEW SCENTED and „marijuana-themed“ death metallers CANNABIS CORPSE are newly confirmed for the BA Festival.

New bands for BA 2011

BA line-up is becoming stronger. Experimental hardcore band HORSE THE BAND, well known for their 8-bit Nintendo-influenced sound, American slam death metal band WAKING THE CADAVER and French death/grindcore band BENIGHTED have been confirmed for Brutal Assault 2011.

Please note that this Saturday (04-30) is the last day for ordering tickets at a reduced price of 52,40 EUR (approx.). Do not miss this great opportunity how to get your ticket at lowest price.
Last but not least please note that we have extended our accommodation offer for Hotel Cernigov in Hradec Kralove. By now we are selling very limited capacity of twin rooms available at 60,00 EUR per night and suites (with 3 beds) at 100,00 EUR per night.

Brutal Assault confirmes: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Forbidden, The Exploited

It is the right time to get on with new bands confirmed for BA 2011.

Neurotic ensemble of mathcore professors THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, Bay Area thrash metal legend FORBIDDEN and Scottish punk veterans THE EXPLOITED are newly confirmed acts for the Brutal Assault festival 2011!

New wave of newly confirmed band is rolling. Boston-based hardcore re-united
band BLOOD FOR BLOOD, French death/black metalers SVART CROWN and Czech
thrash metal pioneers DEBUSTROL are newly confirmed acts for the Brutal
Assault 2011.

Unfortunately bad news came from GORGUTS management. The band has cancelled
all shows in summer because of delayed release of their new album.

For those who are looking for a hotel type of accommodation we can offer a great option that will even include a shuttle bus from the hotel to the festival ground. Hotel CERNIGOV is situated in Hradec Kralove, approx. 20 km from the festival ground, and offers next services:

* single rooms available at 35,00 EUR per night
* double rooms available at 60,00 EUR per night
* rooms available for Wednesday Aug 10th, Thursday Aug 11th, Friday Aug 12th, Saturday Aug 13th and/or Sunday Aug 14th (you can choose from the mentioned days, not necessary to book all the days)
* buffet breakfast included in the price
* shuttle service to the festival ground and back once a day included in the price (a van will be available within 60 min after ordering)
* a free 3-day pass for the natural ground with a view on both stages (you save 90CZK = approx. 3,50 EUR)
* other hotel services (not included in the price): laundry, safe-box, casino, restaurant & bar, etc.

For more information click on the next link: http://brutalassault.cz/en/hotel-cernigov/.

„VIP camping site“ is from year to year more and more popular. It especially offers camping in the permanently fenced area in special sectors, toilets and washbasin capacities for use of the VIP camp inhabitants exclusively, depository, free 3-day pass for the natural ground and other benefits.

If you are interested in the VIP camping site do not hesitate and click on the next link for more information:http://brutalassault.cz/en/camp/.

Newly confirmed bands coming soon!

Let’s go on with three new bands. Brazilian/American metal icon SEPULTURA returns to the BA Festival! After last year’s unexpected changes on the schedule when many of you BA-fans missed their appeareance, SEPULTURA will come back again in summer 2011. Please, consider their return as our apology for last year.
American hardcore band FIRST BLOOD and Norwegian avant-garde metal band RAM-ZET have been also confirmed as new acts for this year’s Brutal Assault Festival.

It is confirmed. Legendary British band MOTÖRHEAD headed by rock icon Lemmy
Killmister have been announced as the headliner of the Brutal Assault
Festival 2011!

MOTÖRHEAD, over three decades synonym for wild, fast and loud rock’n’roll,
performed with an unrivalled ruthless attitude, will appear at the Old Army
Fortress in Josefov with their new release „The Wörld Is Yours“.

Fronted by Lemmy, as the living embodiment of a rock’n’roll life style,
MOTÖRHEAD are still full of unrelenting rock power and are pounding their
sounds into the ears of audiences across the globe.

MOTÖRHEAD it is not only music, MOTÖRHEAD, this is a life attitude! BORN TO LOSE, LIVE TO WIN!

Brutal Assault announces new bands: ANATHEMA, HAIL OF BULLETS, SCAR SYMMETRY.

British legendary doom-metal band ANATHEMA has been confirmed for Brutal Assault 2011. After 3 years from their last appearance at the BA Festival they are coming back with their great new album "We're Here Because We're Here".
Other newly confirmed are Dutch death metal band HAIL OF BULLETS and Swedish melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY.