House Of Metal is a

Metal festival This is an incomplete list of heavy metal festivals. The genre heavy metal (or simply metal) is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United States and the United Kingdom. With roots in blues ...

in Umeå,

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, which was conducted for the first time on 16–17 February 2007. HoM has three different stages for bands of varying size and as well as an additional stage for cover bands. Every year appear about 25 bands from Sweden and the rest of the world. The 14th edition of House of Metal festival will be at Umeå Folkets Hus, 28-29 February 2020.

Lineup

2007

* Dream Evil * Entombed * Satyricon *

Hardcore Superstar Hardcore Superstar is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1997 and have released eleven studio albums. History The first ten years (1997–2007) 1997–2004 Hardcore Superstar was formed in Gothenburg, ...

Soilwork Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to S ...

Persuader Persuader is a Swedish power metal band from the city Umeå in the Swedish province of Västerbotten Norrland. The band was formed in 1997, and they have since released five full-length albums. They have a sound similar to bands including early ...

Pain Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, ...

* 6th Awakening * Apostasy * Assailant * Daemonicus * Destynation * Enter the Hunt *

Freak Kitchen Freak Kitchen is an experimental rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. History Freak Kitchen's style of music is influenced by many genres besides traditional heavy metal, ranging from jazz to pop. The band described their third a ...

* Grabbe & Volymen * Heed * Hellfueled * Lesra * Lethal * Live Elephant * Meltdown * My Own Grave *

Savage Circus Savage Circus is a German/Swedish power metal band originally formed as a side project by Thomas "Thomen" Stauch before leaving Blind Guardian. History Formation and ''Dreamland Manor'' Savage Circus began when Stauch asked his friend Piet ...

2008

* Nocturnal Rites * Candlemass * Meshuggah *

Naglfar In Norse mythology, ''Naglfar'' or ''Naglfari'' (Old Norse "nail farer") is a boat made entirely from the fingernails and toenails of the dead. During the events of Ragnarök, ''Naglfar'' is foretold to sail to Vígríðr, ferrying hordes of ...

Freedom Call Freedom Call is a German power metal band formed in 1998. The band tours regularly and the current line-up includes two original members including lead vocalist and songwriter, Chris Bay. Freedom Call has released 12 albums in total, nine ...

Sonic Syndicate Sonic Syndicate is a Swedish metalcore band from Falkenberg. They were formerly influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames and Soilwork and American metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage and All That Remains. The band w ...

Unleashed Unleashed may refer to: Art and entertainment Film and television * ''Unleashed'' (2001 film), a film featuring Jeff Anderson * ''Unleashed'' (2005 film), a 2005 martial arts film starring Jet Li * ''Unleashed'' (2016 film), a film starring ...

* Caliber 69 * Dead End * Decadense *

Easy Action ''Easy Action'' is the second studio album by the American rock band Alice Cooper, released by Straight Records in March 1970. The title comes from a line from one of the band's favorite films, the musical ''West Side Story''. As with ''Pretties ...

* Feral * Ghamorian * God Among Insects * Grabbe & Volymen * Heat * Heel * Plector * Scar Symmetry * The Final Crap * The Manic Episode * The Royal Jester * Torn Apart * X-bone Pirates

2009

Amon Amarth Amon Amarth () is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band takes its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking mythology and hi ...

Nifelheim Nifelheim was a Swedish black metal band. The band was formed in 1990 by the twin brothers Erik and Per Gustavsson, under the stage names Tyrant and Hellbutcher and is known for their "old school" style of black metal. History Nifelheim was ...

*Torture Division *

Opeth Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal/rock band from Stockholm, formed in 1990 by lead vocalist David Isberg. The group has been through several personnel changes, including the replacement of every original member; notably Isberg in 1992. Mikael ...

The Haunted Haunted or The Haunted may refer to: Books * ''Haunted'' (Armstrong novel), by Kelley Armstrong, 2005 * ''Haunted'' (Cabot novel), by Meg Cabot, 2004 * ''Haunted'' (Palahniuk novel), by Chuck Palahniuk, 2005 * ''Haunted'' (Angel novel), a 200 ...

Mustasch Mustasch is a rock band from Sweden. They were formed in the fall of 1998 by Ralf Gyllenhammar, Hannes Hansson, Mats Hansson and Stam Johansson in Gothenburg. Band history Mustasch was formed in Gothenburg in 1998, and recorded demos at "The ...

Stormwarrior Stormwarrior is a German power metal band that was formed in 1998 by vocalist and guitar player Lars Ramcke and drummer Andre Schumann, adding later in the same year guitarist Scott Bolter and bass player Tim Zienert. The members of Stormwarri ...

* April Divine * Arized * Danko Jones * Dawn of Silence * Death Maze * Grabbe & Volymen * Guillotine * Hate Ammo * Hellmasker * Los Bastardos * Misantropic * Moloken * Redlight Attraction * Remasculate * Saint Daemon * Sanctification * The Final Crap

2010

* 8-Point Rose * Apocalyst * August Burns Red *

Behemoth Behemoth (; he, בְּהֵמוֹת, ''bəhēmōṯ'') is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation; he is paired with the other chaos-monster, Leviathan, and ...

* Between the Buried and Me * Bonnie Lee * Coldspell * Cynical Hatred * Dead By April * Fatal Smile *

Helltrain Helltrain is a Swedish death 'n' roll band formed in Luleå in 2002 by vocalist and bassist Pierre Törnkvist. The current line-up consists of Pierre Törnkvist (vocals), Patrik Törnkvist (guitars, keyboards), Mikael Sandorf (guitars), Markus ...

Hypocrisy Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another or the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform. In moral psychology, it is the ...

Job For a Cowboy Job for a Cowboy is an American death metal band from Glendale, Arizona. Formed in 2003, the band's debut album ''Genesis'' was released in 2007, peaking at No. 54 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and selling 13,000 copies in its first we ...

Lamb of God Lamb of God ( el, Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, Amnòs toû Theoû; la, Agnus Dei, ) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God wh ...

* Lesra *

Marduk Marduk (Cuneiform: dAMAR.UTU; Sumerian: ''amar utu.k'' "calf of the sun; solar calf"; ) was a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon. When Babylon became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of ...

* Necrophobic * One Arm Short *

* Raging Steel * ReinXeed * Revolverdog * Scar Symmetry * Sons of Guns * Three Minute Madness

2011

* Aeon *Bullet *

Dark Tranquillity Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates. Dark Tranquillity is regarded a ...

*Engel *F.K.Ü *

Ghost A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...

Impaled Nazarene Impaled Nazarene is a Finnish extreme metal band that started as black metal but have incorporated elements of grindcore, thrash metal and death metal, and have grown more towards hardcore punk. History The band formed in November 1990, with fo ...

* Samael *

U.D.O. U.D.O. is a German heavy metal band founded by lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider in 1987. History Following Udo Dirkschneider's departure from Accept in 1987, he formed his own band called U.D.O. He recruited guitarists Mathias Dieth and Peter ...

* Bonnie Lee * Crowdburn * Godless Glenn and the Astro Zombies * Hostile Reaction * Iscaroth * Katana * Live Elephant * RAM * Ramin Kuntopolku * Sad But True * Scumkill * Summoned Tide * System Annihilated * TNT * Trident *

Triptykon Triptykon is a Swiss extreme metal band from Zürich, formed in 2008 by Thomas Gabriel Fischer, founding member of the pioneering heavy metal music, heavy metal bands Hellhammer (band), Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Apollyon Sun. History Fisch ...

* Twins Crew

2012

*Adept *

* Amaranthe * Entombed * Immortal * Nocturnal Rites * Tiamat *

Hail of Bullets Hail of Bullets was a Dutch old school death metal supergroup from Rotterdam. The band's lyrical content deals with the Second World War, and is based upon the research of vocalist Martin van Drunen, who has been described as the band's "resident ...

Krux Krux is a Swedish doom metal band formed by Leif Edling after Candlemass fell apart for the second time preceding their reunion tour. Members * Leif Edling – bass (since 2002) * Mats Levén – vocals (since 2002) * Peter Stjärnvind � ...

*Souldrainer * A Wish For A Maniac * Bonnie Lee * Crave * Deals Death * Disorge * Doktor Diesel * Dr. Living Dead * Hellbound *

In Solitude In Solitude was a Swedish heavy metal band from Uppsala. History The band formed in 2002 with Henrik Helenius, Niklas Lindström, Gottfrid Åhman, and Uno Bruniusson. Pelle Åhman (Gottfrid's brother) joined the band as their lead vocalist in ...

* Ki * Miasmic Theory * Pray For Locust * Provoke Your Enemy * Revolverdog * Stoneload * The Kristet Utseende * The Whyrus

2013

* Aeon *Always War * Amorphis * Anaal Nathrakh *Assaultery *

Aura Noir Aura Noir is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band from Oslo. Aura Noir is heavily influenced by early thrash bands such as Voivod, Slayer, Sodom and Kreator, to the latter they have also dedicated some of their songs. The band's main lyrical th ...

*Chaos in Order *

Corroded Corroded is a heavy metal band from Ånge, Sweden. The band is best known for their song ''Time And Again'', which was the theme song for the Swedish 2009 ''Survivor'' television series on TV4. The band's second album ''Exit to Transfer'', rele ...

*Daemonicus * Entombed *Extrakt *Festering Remains *Grand Nation *Griftefrid *Lahey *Maiden Norway *

Mayhem Mayhem most commonly refers to: * Mayhem (crime), a type of crime Mayhem may also refer to: People * Monica Mayhem (born 1978), Australian pornographic actress * Jason "Mayhem" Miller, American mixed martial arts fighter * Mayhem Miller (dra ...

*Miseration *Rage Invest *Seventribe *

Sodom Sodom may refer to: Places Historic * Sodom and Gomorrah, cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis United States * Sodom, Kentucky, a ghost town * Sodom, New York, a hamlet * Sodom, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Sodom, West Virginia, an ...

*Structural Disorder *Supernaut *

Tankard A tankard is a form of drinkware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle. Tankards are usually made of silver or pewter, but can be made of other materials, for example wood, ceramic, or leather. A tankard ...

*Vengha *

Zonaria Zonaria is a melodic death metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formerly known as Seal Precious. The band is currently signed to Century Media Records. Background Formed in 2001 by Simon Berglund, Christoffer Vikström, and Mikael Hammarberg, the ba ...

2014

* Avatarium *Axenstar * Belphegor *Besserbitch *Bombus *Civil War *Cursed 13 *Dogface *Enemy Within * Enforcer *F.K.Ü * Hatebreed *

*Immaculate *Man.Machine.Industry *Monoscream *Mörbultad *

Napalm Death Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in 1981 in Meriden, West Midlands. None of the band's original members has been in the group since 1986. But since ''Utopia Banished'' (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch ...

*Random Agnostic * Raubtier *

Skull Fist The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain. The skull is composed of four types of bone i.e., cranial bones, facial bones, ear ossicles and hyoid bone. However two parts are more prominent: the cranium and the mandible. In humans, the ...

*The Sanity Decadence * Thyrfing *Vanderbuyst

2015

* At the gates *

* Port Noir *

Hardcore superstar Hardcore Superstar is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1997 and have released eleven studio albums. History The first ten years (1997–2007) 1997–2004 Hardcore Superstar was formed in Gothenburg, ...

* Grand Magus * Baptism * Rotten Sound *

The Duskfall The Duskfall is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Luleå, formed in 1999. The band released four full-length studio albums and, shortly afterwards, split in 2008; however, they reformed in 2014. History The band was formed in 1999 when g ...

* Watain * Walking with strangers * Finntroll * Candlemass * Binary Creed * Vampire * Deathbreed * Rawhide * Night * Constructions * Mesolimbic * Revolver Dogs * Midnight Caine * Vanity BLVD * Ufofolket * Apocalypse Orchestra * Helldorado

2016

* Battle Beast * Raubtier * Firespawn * Cut Up *

* Satyricon * Destruction * Moloken * Defiatory *

Raised Fist The raised fist, or the clenched fist, is a long-standing image of mixed meaning, often a symbol of political solidarity. It is also a common symbol of communism, socialism, and other revolutionary social movements. It can also represent a salute ...

* Holy Moses * Vanity Insanity * Achilles * Oro * Helvegen * Hypertension *

Ensiferum Ensiferum (Latin: , n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal." History Formation, demos and ''Ensiferum'' (1995−2002) ''Ensiferum'' was founde ...

* Ramin Kuntopolku * Skeleton Birth * Forgetting The Memories * Eterno * Ebrietor * In This Grey

2017

Asphyx Asphyx is a Dutch death metal band that was formed in Overijssel in 1987. History The band was formed in 1987 by Bob Bagchus and Tony Brookhuis. Joost was picked up for vocals and bass, but was replaced by Chuck Colli after the release of th ...

* Krisiun * Vintersorg * Dark Tranquility * Ereb Altor *

Anthrax Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium ''Bacillus anthracis''. It can occur in four forms: skin, lungs, intestinal, and injection. Symptom onset occurs between one day and more than two months after the infection is contracted. The sk ...

Gloryhammer Gloryhammer (often stylized in all capital letters as GLORYHAMMER) is a British power metal band founded by keyboardist Christopher Bowes, lead vocalist of the band Alestorm. Each member of the band represents a character in the story concept. ...

* Wolf * The Raven Age * Scar Symmetry * Grave * Purgatorium * Grid * Gluttony * Mesolimbic * Hyperion * Nekrodelirium * Tragederia * A Lethal Smile

2018

* Meshuggah * Nocturnal Rites *

* Danko Jones * Sólstafir * Thunderstone * Hulkoff * Dead Kosmonaut * Asagraum * Vanhelgd * Dreadful Fate * Utmarken * Zornheym * Freakin’ Lizard * Black Bay * Incised * Creeping Flesh * Shiver * Bleeding Utopia * Enemy Inside

2019

* Necrophobic * Taake * Malakhim * Tiamat * At the Gates *

Ross the Boss Ross Friedman (born January 3, 1954), also known as Ross the Boss, is a guitarist, known as a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators, and the heavy metal band Manowar. History Friedman was born in the Bronx, New York, and formed t ...

* Clawfinger * Attic * Rotting Christ * LIK *

* Sadauk * Devil's Force * Cosmic Overlord * Godhead Machinery * 偏執症者 (Paranoid) * Deathheim * Awake the Dreamer * Zephyra * Helldorado * Freak Out

2020

* Vomitory * Burning Witches *

Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult is a German-Polish black metal band from Dormagen. They are considered to be a traditional black metal band, and as such has been interviewed in 2006 by the Franco-German TV network Arte. The lead singer is fema ...

* Onslaught * Bewitched * Shrapnel * Nervosa * Feral *

Doro Doro may refer to: * Doro (musician), rock singer, former vocalist of the German heavy metal band Warlock ** ''Doro'' (album), a 1990 album by Doro * AKA (rapper) (born 1988), South African hip hop recording artist * Dorothy Bush Koch, often calle ...

* I Am Morbid *

* Berzerker Legion * Carcass * Black Bay * Curse * Dead Sleep * Sanity Assassin * Siberian * Suffer Yourself

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