Hammersonic Festival

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Hammersonic Festival
Genre Heavy metal, punk rock, rock
Location(s) Jakarta, Indonesia
Years active2012–2018
2023-present
Website hammersonic.com

Hammersonic Festival is an annual international rock and metal music festival held in Jakarta, Indonesia since 2012. This festival is known as the largest metal festival in Southeast Asia, [1] [2] which features a variety of metal bands from all over the world. [3] Since its inception, the festival has featured international artists such as; Slipknot, Lamb of God, Megadeth, Bullet for My Valentine, As I Lay Dying, Epica, Kreator, Trivium and others.

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In 2023, the festival is held by approximately 140,000 audiences, which around 20-25% of those are from abroad. [4]

Lineups

YearDatesVenuePerformers
2012 [5] 28 April 2012 [3] Lapangan D,

Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex [3]

  • Co-Headliners: Suffocation, DRI, Nile
  • International Acts: Dawn Heist, Chtonic, Nothnegal, Psycroptic, The Arson Project
  • Local Acts: Burgerkill, Deadsquad, Seringai, Sucker Head, Agnostic Front, Death Vomit, Noxa, Funeral Inception, Straight Out, Death Vertical, Down for Life, Massacre Conspiracy, Koil, GxSxD, Impiety, Divine Codex, Cyanide Serenity, Dreamer, Psycroptic
2013 [6] 27-28 April 2013 [3] Allianz Eco Park, Ancol Dreamland [3]
2014 [9] 27 April 2014Lapangan D,

Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex [3]

2015 [11] 8 March 2015 [3] Lapangan D,

Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex [3]

2016 [12] [13] 16-17 April 2016 [14] Eco Park and E Convention,

Ancol Dreamland [14]

2017 [15] [16] 7 May 2017 [15] Eco Park,

Ancol Dreamland [15]

2018 [17] [18] 22 July 2018 [19] Carnaval Beach, Ancol Dreamland [15]
  • Headliner: In Flames
  • International Acts: Dead Kennedys, Ihsahn, Escape the Fate, H20, Brujeira, Vital Remains, Revocation, Visceral Disgorge, Winds of Plague, Eternal Rest, Wardaemonic
  • Regional Acts: Valley of Chrome (Philippines), Deflled (Japan), Emerging from the Cocoon (Taiwan), Witchseeker (Singapore), Shambles (Thailand), Senjakala (Brunei)
  • Local Acts: Deadsquad, Funeral Inception, Getah, Holykillers, RTF, Saint Loco, Straightout, Marjinal, Noxa, Hellcrust, Infery, Koil, Tcuklmay, Forgotten, Bersimbah Darah, Kameradz, Kalndestin, Misanthropic Imperium, Cerebral Endema, Down for Life
2019Festival not held [20]
2020Festival cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [21] [22]
2021Festival not held [20]
2022Festival not held [20]
2023 [23] 18-19 March 2023Carnaval Beach, Ancol Dreamland
2024 [24] 4-5 May 2024 [2] Carnaval Beach, Ancol Dreamland
2025Festival not held
2026 [26] 2-3 May 2026NICE Pantai Indah Kapuk

References

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