Heavy T.O. was a two-day
heavy metal and
hard rock
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festival held at
Downsview Park in
Toronto in 2011 and 2012.
Announcement
Heavy T.O. was officially announced on 21 March 2011.
Heavy TO 2011 Official Announcement
/ref> On 22 March 2013 it was announced by Heavy MTL that there would be no Heavy TO festival in 2013.
2012 lineup
Saturday, 11 August
* Slipknot
* Marilyn Manson
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* In Flames
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During t ...
* Suicidal Tendencies
* Trivium
* Dillinger Escape Plan
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* Overkill
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* Cancer Bats
* Dance Laury Dance
* Protest the Hero
* So Sick Social Club
Sunday, 12 August
* System of a Down
* Deftones
* Five Finger Death Punch
* Killswitch Engage
* Cannibal Corpse
* Kataklysm
* Between the Buried and Me
* Veil of Maya
* Job for a Cowboy
* Goatwhore
* The Faceless
* Periphery (band), Periphery
* Exhumed (band), Exhumed
* Fleshgod Apocalypse
* Origin (band), Origin
* Rose Funeral
2011 lineup
Saturday 23 July 2011
* Megadeth
* Motörhead
* Opeth
* Anthrax (American band), Anthrax
* Children of Bodom
* As I Lay Dying (band), As I Lay Dying
* The Sword (couldn't play due to travel issues)
* Times of Grace
* DevilDriver
* Diamond Head (English band), Diamond Head
* Underoath
* Endast
Sunday 24 July 2011
* Rob Zombie
* Billy Talent
* Slayer
* Mastodon (band), Mastodon
* Testament (band), Testament
* Baptized in Blood
* Anvil (band), Anvil
* Melissa Auf der Maur
* Volbeat
* Death Angel
* Exodus (band), Exodus
* Dead and Divine
Heavy MTL
Heavy MTL is a two-day heavy metal and hard rock festival in Montreal, Quebec, at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène held in the summer. The 2008 edition attracted a crowd of around 36,000 people.
Artists who played at the inaugural Heavy MTL festival include: Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Disturbed, Mastodon, Symphony X, Lamb of God, 3 Inches of Blood and many more. Slayer played at the second edition of the festival, not the inaugural.
References
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External links
Heavy TO
Homepage
Music festivals in Toronto
Heavy metal festivals in Canada
Music festivals established in 2011