Gods of Metal

For the 1982 documentary film, see Gods of Metal (film).

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.

Gods of Metal
Genre	Heavy metal extreme metal
Dates	June
Location(s)	Italy
Years active	1997 – 2016
Website	Godsofmetal.it

Velvet Revolver performing at Gods of Metal 2007.

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 June	Sunday 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 June	Sunday 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 June	Sunday 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 June	Sunday 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 June	Sunday 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 June	Friday 2 June	Saturday 3 June	Sunday 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

Saturday 2 June	Sunday 3 June	Saturday 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 June	Saturday 28 June	Sunday 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 June		Sunday 28 June
L Stage	R Stage (Crüe Fest Stage)	L Stage	R 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 June	26 June	27 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 June	26 June	27 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 June	22 June	23 June	24 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

External links

• Official website