Gods of Metal

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Gods of Metal
Genre
DatesJune
Location(s)Italy
Years active1997 – 2016
Website Godsofmetal.it
Velvet Revolver performing at Gods of Metal 2007. Velvet Revolver (2).JPG
Velvet Revolver performing at Gods of Metal 2007.

Gods of Metal was the biggest Italian metal festival, held annually from 1997 to 2016. It took place in early summer, usually on the first or second weekend of June. It was most often held at venues in or near Milan, but took place in Bologna three times and one time in Turin. It was acquired by Live Nation in 2010. [1]

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Lineups

1997

Held on June 7 at Palavobis in Milan.

Saturday 7 June

Manowar
Angra
Rage
Grave Digger
Moonspell
Time Machine
Eldritch

1998

Held on June 6 at Forum Open Air Arena in Milan.

Saturday 6 June

Black Sabbath
Pantera
Helloween
Stratovarius
Gamma Ray
Blind Guardian
Iced Earth
Coal Chamber
Labyrinth

1999

Held on June 5 and June 6 at Forum Open Air Arena in Assago-Milan.

Saturday 5 JuneSunday 6 June

Metallica
Stratovarius
Mercyful Fate
Biohazard
Overkill
Monster Magnet
Space Age Playboys
Lacuna Coil
Cappanera
PWR

Manowar
Motörhead
Angra
HammerFall
Iron Savior
Nevermore
Labyrinth
Time Machine
Skyclad
Avalon
Headstone Epitaph

2000

Held on June 10 and June 11 at Stadio Brianteo in Monza.

Saturday 10 JuneSunday 11 June

Iron Maiden
Demons and Wizards
Dark Tranquillity
Sentenced
Edguy
Domine
Dirty Deeds
Khali
Theatres des Vampires

Slayer
Slipknot
Methods of Mayhem
Testament
In Flames
The Kovenant
Death SS
Necrodeath
Magazzini Della Comunicazione

2001

Held on June 9 at Palavobis in Milan.

Saturday 9 June

Judas Priest
Megadeth
Savatage
Motörhead
Gamma Ray
Cradle of Filth
Rhapsody
W.A.S.P.
Nevermore
Kamelot
Wine Spirit
Eldritch
Benediction
Beholder
Sungift
Secret Sphere
Centurion
Sigma

2002

Held on June 8 and June 9 at Stadio Brianteo in Monza.

Saturday 8 JuneSunday 9 June

Slayer
Rammstein (cancelled)
Halford
Kreator
Sodom
My Dying Bride
SOiL
Ill Niño
Anti-Product
Mushroomhead
Node

Manowar
Blind Guardian
Running Wild
Shaman
Symphony X
Virgin Steele
Domine
Doro
Metalium
Blaze
Time Machine

2003

Held on June 8 at Palavobis in Milan.

Sunday 8 June

Whitesnake
Queensrÿche
Motörhead
Saxon
Destruction
Grave Digger
Angra
Pain of Salvation
Vision Divine
Thoten
Mantra
DGM
Madhouse

2004

Held on June 5 and June 6 at Arena Parco Nord in Bologna.

Saturday 5 JuneSunday 6 June

Judas Priest
Stratovarius
UFO
Nevermore
Symphony X
Anathema
Rage
Domine
Into Eternity
Dark Lunacy

Alice Cooper
Testament
Motörhead
Twisted Sister
W.A.S.P.
Quireboys
Sodom
Naglfar
Stormlord
Through Solace
DragonForce

Due to heavy rain, the UFO concert was cancelled and Stratovarius played the next day, between the Quireboys and W.A.S.P.

2005

Held on June 11 and June 12 at Arena Parco Nord in Bologna.

Saturday 11 JuneSunday 12 June

Iron Maiden
Slayer
Lacuna Coil
Obituary
Strapping Young Lad
DragonForce
Mastodon
Mudvayne
Evergrey

Mötley Crüe
Megadeth
Anthrax
Accept
Yngwie Malmsteen
Black Label Society
HammerFall
Extrema
Exilia

2006

Held on June 1-June 4 at Idroscalo in Milan.

Thursday 1 JuneFriday 2 JuneSaturday 3 JuneSunday 4 June

Venom
Dimmu Borgir (cancelled)
Opeth
Down
Testament
Nevermore
Satyricon
Sodom
Amorphis
Cappanera

Strana Officina
Fire Trails
Extrema
Vision Divine
Necrodeath
Domine
Novembre
Stormlord
Infernal Poetry
White Skull
Mellowtoy
Boom
Perfect Picture

Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Motörhead
Helloween
Stratovarius
Gamma Ray
Angra
Edguy
Sonata Arctica
Crucified Barbara

Guns N' Roses
Korn
Deftones
Alice in Chains
Stone Sour
Soulfly
Bloodsimple
DragonForce
Hellfueled
Benedictum
10 Years

2007

Held on June 2, June 3 and June 30 at Idroscalo in Milan.

John Sykes with Thin Lizzy the Monsters of Rock Festival Milan, Italy 2007 Thin Lizzy (10).JPG
John Sykes with Thin Lizzy the Monsters of Rock Festival Milan, Italy 2007
Saturday 2 JuneSunday 3 JuneSaturday 30 June

Mötley Crüe
Velvet Revolver
Scorpions
Thin Lizzy
White Lion
Tigertailz
Eldritch
Planet Hard

Heaven & Hell
Dream Theater
Blind Guardian
Dimmu Borgir
Dark Tranquillity
Symphony X
Anathema
DGM

Ozzy Osbourne
Korn
Megadeth
Black Label Society
Type O Negative
Sadist
Deathstars
Slowmotion Apocalypse

2008

Held on June 27, June 28 and June 29 at Arena Parco Nord in Bologna

Friday 27 JuneSaturday 28 JuneSunday 29 June

Iron Maiden
Avenged Sevenfold
Rose Tattoo
Apocalyptica
Airbourne
Lauren Harris
Black Tide
Kingcrow

Slayer
Carcass
Meshuggah
Testament
At the Gates
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Between the Buried and Me
Stormlord
Brain Dead

Judas Priest
Iced Earth
Yngwie Malmsteen
Morbid Angel
Obituary
Enslaved
Fratello Metallo
Infernal Poetry
Nightmare

2009

Held on June 27 and June 28 at Stadio Brianteo in Monza

Saturday 27 JuneSunday 28 June
L StageR Stage (Crüe Fest Stage)L StageR Stage

Heaven and Hell
Queensrÿche
Edguy
Epica
Voivod
Extrema

Mötley Crüe
Tesla
Lita Ford
Marty Friedman
Backyard Babies
Lauren Harris

Dream Theater
Blind Guardian
Tarja Turunen
Saxon (cancelled)
Cynic
Black Dahlia Murder

Slipknot
Carcass
Down
Mastodon
Napalm Death
Static-X

2010

Held on June 25, June 26 and June 27 at Parco della Certosa Reale in Collegno

Stage 1

25 June26 June27 June

Killswitch Engage
Fear Factory
DevilDriver
As I Lay Dying
Atreyu
Job for a Cowboy
Unearth
36 Crazyfists

Lordi
Amon Amarth
Raven
Exodus
Behemoth
Orphaned Land
Sadist
Ex Deo

Motörhead
Bullet for My Valentine
Cannibal Corpse
U.D.O.
Saxon
Devin Townsend Project
Labyrinth
Sabaton

Stage 2

25 June26 June27 June

Amphitrium
Dragonia
Death Army

Nashwuah
Subhuman
Kaledon

Soulfly
Van Canto
Anvil

2011

Held on 22 June at Arena Fiera, Rho

Judas Priest
Whitesnake
Europe
Mr. Big
Cradle of Filth
Epica
Duff McKagan's Loaded
Cavalera Conspiracy
Baptized in Blood

2012

Held on 21, 22, 23 and 24 June at Arena Fiera, Rho

21 June22 June23 June24 June

Manowar
Children of Bodom
Amon Amarth
Unisonic
Cannibal Corpse
HolyHell
Adrenaline Mob
Arthemis
Clairvoyants

Guns N' Roses
Within Temptation
Sebastian Bach
Killswitch Engage
Black Stone Cherry
Rival Sons
Soulfly
Ugly Kid Joe
AxeWound
Cancer Bats

Mötley Crüe
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators
The Darkness
Gotthard
Hardcore Superstar
Black Veil Brides
Lizzy Borden
Planethard

Ozzy and Friends
Opeth
Black Label Society
Lamb of God
Trivium
DevilDriver
August Burns Red
Kobra and the Lotus
I Killed the Prom Queen

2016

Held on 2 June at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza

2 June

Rammstein
Korn
Megadeth
Sixx:A.M.
Gamma Ray
Halestorm
The Shrine
Jeff Angell's Staticland
Planethard
Overtures

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