Rock In Solo

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Rock In Solo
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Genre Heavy metal, punk rock
DatesMay–December
Location(s) Surakarta, Indonesia
Years active2004–present
Website www.rockinsolo.com

Rock In Solo is a rock music festival held in Surakarta, Indonesia. By 2012, the event had become a major music festival in Indonesia, with 8,000 visitors. [1]

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The festival was first held in 2004 as a small event for Indonesian bands with one stage and seven bands. The second edition was launched in 2007 and the third in 2009. The 2009 edition is also the first edition to feature international band. Since 2009 the festival had been held annually until 2015. In 2010 Rock In Solo took place with around 20 bands performing on 2 stages. On the 2011 edition, the festival facilitated 33 bands with 4 stages. [2]

The attendance of Rock In Solo has grown and the festival has attracted around 8,000 people in 2012 compared to 1,500 in 2004 on its first incarnation. [3] The 2013 edition was attended by 10.000 people in two days event. [4]

Notable bands that have performed in Rock In Solo include Death Angel, Kataklysm, Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Behemoth, Carcass and Nile

After the 2015 edition, the festival experienced a hiatus during 2016-2021, but reactivated in 2022. [5]

Lineups

2004

Held on Friday, May 28, 2004 at Manahan Sport Center, Surakarta

Lineup

Tengkorak
The Brandals
Seringai
Down For Life

Sporadic Bliss
Automatic
Russian Roulette

2007

Held on Saturday, August 25, 2007 at Manahan Velodrome, Surakarta

Lineup

Burgerkill
Seringai
Down For Life
Bandoso

Makam
End Of Summer
Faceless
Translantic Lab Feat Belukar

2009

Held on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Manahan Sport Center, Surakarta [6]

Lineup

Psycroptic
Burgerkill
Down For Life
Death Vomit
Bandoso

Nemesis
Outright
Makam
Spirit Of Life
Faceless

2010

Held on Friday, September 17, 2010 at Sriwedari Stadium, Surakarta [7]

Lineup

Dying Fetus
Siksakubur
Down For Life
Fall Of Mirra
Komunal
Valerian
Cranial Incisored

Bandoso
Spirit Of Life
Devoured
Opium
Take and Awake
Matius III:II
From This Day

Pernicious Hate
Tragical Memories
Never Again
Breathing on Flame
Sisi Selatan
Beneath The Burning Sky
Bankeray

2011

Held on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at Alun – Alun Utara, Surakarta [8]

Lineup

Death Angel
Kataklysm
Deranged
Enforce
Oathean
Ishtar
Burgerkill
Down For Life
Rajasinga
Gigantor

Bandoso
Suri
Extreme Decay
Turbidity
Something Wrong
Madonna Of The Rock
Alice
Crucial Conflict
Too Late To Notice
Fat In Diet

Noseferatu
Octopus
Pesakitan
Lost Another
End Of Your Life
Screaming School
Lamphor
Spirit Of Life
Matius III:II
Anti Regime

Never Again
Enforced
Bankeray
Sisi Selatan
Bhrobosan
Death Stumble
Black Hot Company
Tangan Nggratil
Defragment Otak
Blood Diamond

2012

Held on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Alun – Alun Utara, Surakarta [9]

Lineup

Cannibal Corpse
Jasad
Jeruji
Dead Vertical
Bandoso
Parau
Belligerent Intent
Nafrat
Speedkill
Aftercoma

Spirit Of Life
Revenge
Dreamer
Killharmonic
Devadata
Makam
Anorma
Nothing Special
Tendangan Badut
Never Again

Metallic Ass
Soulsaver
Werewolf
Hydroshephalus
Unremains
Tiyank Ndusun
Trah Gali Soulja
Sunday Sad Story
Devormity
Starting Over

Problem Overstay
Undergreed
Salahudin Al Ayubi
Fearless
Bhrobosan
Hands Of Midas
Incarnation

2013

Held on Saturday, November 2 & Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Kota Barat Ground, Surakarta. [10] Future president Joko Widodo was in attendance. [11]

Lineup

Behemoth
Hour of Penance
Noxa
Down For Life
((Auman))
Navicula

Psychonaut
Ilemauzar
Straightout
Outright
The Corals
Kapital

Djin
Bankeray
Nadi
Inlander
Kedjawen
KM09

Sisi Selatan
Deadly Weapon
Jihad
Djiwo
Infectious Arteries
The Working Class Symphony

2014

Held on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Benteng Vastenburg, Surakarta. [12]

Lineup

Carcass
EdanE
Death Vomit
Siksakubur
Down For Life

Bandoso
Revenge
Godless Symptoms
Revenge The Fate
Disinfected

Warkvlt
Piston
Rising The Fall
Fraud
Earth Rot

Salahudin Al Ayubi
Biang Kerock

2015

Rock In Solo 2015 was held on Monday, November 15, 2015 at Manahan Stadium Parking Park, Surakarta. [13]

Lineup

Nile
Unearth
I Killed The Prom Queen
Burgerkill

Seringai
Carnivored
Rezume
Serigala Malam

Gendar Pecel
Pargochy
Immortal Rites
Bankeray

Internal Amputation
Furor
Anthelion

2022

The main event of Rock in Solo Festival 2022 was held on October 30, 2022 at Fort Vastenburg, Surakarta. This is the first edition of the festival in 7 years since the last edition in 2015. [14]

Lineup

Suffocation
Fit for an Autopsy
Down for Life
Navicula

Roxx
Fraud
Beside
Serigala Malam

Extreme Decay
Pure Wrath
Paranoid Despire
MTAD

MCPR
Iron Voltage
Sworn

Rock in Solo Festival 2022 also featured series of pre-event shows prior to the main event. The pre-event shows called A Journey of Rock in Solo and The Rock Parade took place at multiple venues in Surakarta and its built-up areas from September 18, 2022 to October 26, 2022. A total of 36 bands played for the series of pre-event shows including Metallic Ass, Bandoso, The Working Class Symphony, Wafat, Sisi Selatan, Tendangan Badut, Spirit of Life, Sunday Sad Story and Gendar Pecel. [15] [16]

2023

Rock In Solo 2023 was held on Sunday, December 10, 2023 at Fort Vastenburg, Surakarta. [17]

Lineup

Behemoth
Thy Art is Murder
Cryptopsy
Edane
Down for Life
Noxa

Humiliation
Death Vomit
Sworn
Kid Monster
Ludicia

MCPR
Weekend Warrior
Dazzle
MTAD

Finsmoonth
XTAB
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