Wer original schwedischen Elchtod will, der kommt am Szene-Urgestein UNLEASHED nicht vorbei. Die 1989 gegründete Legende hat sich in inzwischen dreißig Jahren stets kompromisslos, ja kompromisslos, gut gezeigt. Sowohl ihre dreizehn Studioalben als auch ihre Liveshows sind stets ein Muss für jeden Death-Metal-Fan. Neben zahlreichen Klassikern hat die Band auch in jüngerer Vergangenheit für Begeisterung […]

Dear ROCKHARZler, let’s make this one quick. As we have promised, the next wave of announcements is rolling and we don’t want to keep you on the rack any longer. So here are the next three bands for ROCKHARZ Open Air 2020! JINJER They are undoubtedly the vertical starters in Progressive Metalcore in the last […]

Ihre Liebe zum Bier ist fast so legendär wie ihre packenden Thrash-Metal-Riffs. Bereits 1982 gegründet ist der Frankfurter Tross ein Urgestein der hiesigen Szene und hat sich einen legendären Status erarbeitet. Vor allem dank ihrer Fannähe haben sich TANKARD über die Jahre zu einer gefeierten Liveband entwickelt, die auf großen Festivalbühnen sowie in Clubs stets […]

GERNOTSHAGEN haben ihre ganz eigene Herangehensweise, wenn es um das Thema Pagan Metal geht. Ihr Bühnenoutfit ist dabei stets auf den lyrischen Hintergrund abgestimmt, der sich mit der Natur und den Sagen Thüringens beschäftigt. Ihre Musik dagegen vollzieht das Kunststück, Pagan und Black Metal mit einer symphonischen Schlagseite zu einem Gesamtkunstwerk zu verbinden. Ihre Musik […]

ASP sind eine feste Größe in der schwarzen Szene. Insbesondere der Zyklus um den Schwarzen Schmetterling hat die Band an die Spitze des Genres gehievt. Auch live stehen die Frankfurter Düster-Rocker für ausgeklügelte Shows, bei denen Musik, Bühnenauftreten und Lyrik in einem festen Verbund stehen. Davon konnten sich Gäste des ROCKHARZ Open Airs in der […]

From now on we will start sending out the tickets for the ROCKHARZ 2020. Please give us a few days to process all orders received so far. Shipment will be made by DHL in the order of receipt of your order. Have fun unpacking and looking forward!

What seems like an ambitious order at a sausage booth at first sight, is something completely different at the second! Three new bands for next year’s festival will be offered to you today, ushering in our 2020 release round. The only thing that is fried here are fat chords! Here we go! ASP On November […]

The first official after movie is online now. Sit back and enjoy some minutes of ROCKHARZ 2019. Have fun! As our film crew has shot a lot of impressive footage, there will be some more pictures together with new band announcements. To mark the occasion, we have decided to extend the availability of early-bird packages […]

We are still working on the reduction of this year’s festival to bring the Airfield in Ballenstedt to it’s regular determination. But the focus is already on next years edition and the next ROCKHARZ madness. Today we start the pre-sale for 2020. As done in the past year, we won’t limit the quantity of early-bird […]

We look back 5 days… like a dream, a metallic storm accompanied by sun and dust moved across the meadows of the Ballenstedter airfield area. 55 bands, 2 stages, about 20,000 fans and a mood that is second to none. That’s it, the ROCKHARZ 2019! We would like to thank you very much for a […]

BEMBEL-WITH-CARE comes from the Odenwald in Germany and will bring you the daily portion of fruits at the festival. As a perfect alternative to beer, you can add variety to your everyday life at the festival – the cider is available in different tastes: BEMBEL-WITH-CARE Cider Pure, Cola, Cherry, Gold. On top of that, all […]

Here are the festival and area maps for Rockharz 2019 as download and for printing AREA MAP 2019 FESTIVAL MAP 2019

You can now find an updated version of our Festival ABC on https://www.rockharz-festival.com/infos/festival-abc We’ve created a packing-list for you, so that you won’t miss anything at the ROCKHARZ Open Air 2019.

The Schedule for the signing sessions is online now. You’ll find them here and in the offical program at the festival.

QUEUING As there have been lots of requests for a better organisation of the waiting area in front of the merchandise booth, we have arranged something new: lightweight barriers will be used to form an ordered queue. The main merchandise booth will also be open on the day of arrival (Tuesday). This will hopefully rectify […]

For a better organisation, please take part on the poll on when you plan to arrive. Please click here. (it’s online until 01.07.2019)

For some it is important, for the others VERY important and for the third more important than anything else: which beer will run out of the tap of the ROCKHARZ festival in 2019? Well, we would like to answer this question today: KROMBACHER will be beer partner of ROCKHARZ for the first time this year! […]

It’s finally done and so here it is: The long-awaited running order for this year’s ROCKHARZ can be found HERE and is also available as PDF download. Please note that it is possible that the running order might change. So please have a look from time to time on our social media channels. Day tickets […]

We’d like to present to you the daily allocation of bands at the point “Running Order” in our menue. The bands are listed in alphabetical order. Please note that the daily allocation could be changed due to organisational or other reasons. Furthermore, day tickets are available now at our exclusive partner CTS Eventim. The number […]

Last time they played ROCKHARZ Open Air was in 2015 and they brought us a huge Pagan Metal fest. Their trademarks? Great melodies, lyrcs in their Dutch native language and their singing in two voices. We are glad to have those Dutchman who released their last album „Vuur van verzet“ in 2018 back on our […]

The time has come! Almost all festival hard-tickets are sold out. Only a few tickets are available at local ticket agencies: at the tower of the airport Ballenstedt (phone: +49 39483-215) at the tourist information Quedlinburg (phone: +493946 905-624) at the tourist information Torfhaus (phone: +49 (5320) 2290450) at theStadthalle Osterode (phone: +49 5522 91680-0) […]

Spring is knocking on the door and the days until ROCKHARZ 2019 are melting constantly. Time to finalise the billing with a journey through the genres to present you the last nine bands. From soft to hard, from scene veterans to newcomers. Here we go: KISSIN’ DYNAMITE Indestructible hairstyles, a band name based on an […]

Today we announce the darkness. Four bands out of the gloomy part of our beloved genre will darken the sky over our stages at ROCKHARZ Open Air 2019 – including: COMBICHRIST Once founded as a studio project only, the band around creative mastermind AndyLaPlegua (Icon Of Oil) has played dozens of shows around the world. […]

Dear ROCKHARZ Community, First of all: a happy new ROCKHARZ-year! It’s getting pretty cold outside, so we’re coming at you with some hot new announcements for July 2019! We give you four new bands: LORDI Monster costumes, horror movies, and one of the finest blends of Hard Rock and Melodic Heavy Metal that ever haunted […]

Before we lleave for christmas and announce more bands not before the new year, we have a little something for you! Let’s go for a party trio at ROCKHARZ 2019! To be more specific: RUSSKAJA, MR. IRISH BASTARD and THE O’REILLYS & THE PADDYHATS will party with you at RHZ 2019!

Creatures from darkened Nordic areas are getting ready to let you feel ice cold goose bumps going down your back in July. Mighty, dark, majestic! For the first time at ROCKHARZ: DIMMU BORGIR!

Ho ho ho! St. Nicholas is here, and he’s got something for you: not one, not two, but three big presents that hardly fit your boots. Their discographies could fill books, their names are legendary, and they will give us the honor to welcome them on ROCKHARZ Open Air in 2019 – partly for the […]

That St. Nicholas is a ROCKHARZer has been clear for some years now! And for that reason, we will start the St. Nicholas action again, meaning: from 12 a.m. on Thursday, December 6th, 2018, until midnight on Friday, December 7th, 2018 you’ll get a 20% discount on everything in the ROCKHARZ shop besides tickets, coupons […]

Haha, you probably thought that we are going to be silent until the first candle is burning. You are wrong! Here are three more bands right before the weekend: KÄRBHOLZ In the beginning of 2017, this German Rock band has proved their upswing. After „Karma“ (2005), their new record „Überdosis Leben“ entered the German album […]

We thought we give you three more bands before the advent season starts, so the excitement about 2019 sweetens the week until you light up the first candle – this time you can expect: – an UFO full of Melodic Death Metal – HYPOCRISY! – a winking visit in a medieval tavern with FEUERSCHWANZ – […]

Brrr, it’s getting uncomfortable outside. Time for some warm thoughts – and what could be better than another trio for ROCKHARZ 2019? Right, nothing! Newly confirmed are: – a great dancing class for gleeman with SALTATIO MORTIS – an exhausting training for your neck with Thrash Metal à la LEGION OF THE DAMNED – a […]

Our early bird packages are sold out. From now on, you can order the regular festival ticket for 109,80 Euro in our shop. It includes the festival entry as well as regular camping and parking.

It’s done. After seven years, AMON AMARTH will be back on stage at ROCKHARZ! They will only play three festival shows in Germany and we are very proud that one of them is at ROCKHARZ. AMON AMARTH is the most wished-for band in our community… by far! Furthermore, they will most likely have a new […]

After the great heat, the briskness of autumn follows since September. That means that the festival season has ended, but the excitement for next year can start right now. We have three new band announcements for ROCKHARZ 2019 to sweeten your autumn. KORPIKLAANI Finish Folk Metal heroes KORPIKLAANI have finished working on their new album […]

Hell, we are still really excited about this great anniversary and can’t say „Thank you!“ often enough. But after the festival is before the festival, and of course we are already working on ROCKHARZ 2019. You have probably spotted the first confirmed bands. But to shorten the waiting time until we can finally celebrate together […]

Right after the last riff in the late summer of Ballenstedt had faded away, the time had come to look into the direction of ROCKHARZ 2019… Today, the pre-sale of the next edition of our little mass rally hast started. Tickets are available in our shop now. Furthermore, we’d like to announce the first bands […]

Wow! Only three weeks to go to our day of arrival and we have to announce that there aren’t any festival tickets including camping available anymore. It’s the first time that the festival is sold out so early… and we are still speechless. A current request with our pre-sale ticket agencies had the result, that […]

It’s finally done and so here it is: The long-awaited running order for this year’s ROCKHARZ can be found HERE and is also available as PDF download. Please note that it is possible that the running order might change. So please have a look from time to time if your favourite band will be on […]

We are sure that you will have packed your bottle of rum. Because MR. HURLEY & DIE PULVERAFFEN will bring a lot of party with them, when they set their sails to the Harz Mountains in July. The pirate gang will, next to their own songs, have some classic seaman music aboard, and you will […]

#3 in the German album charts. First class German Punk Rock. Lyrics full of social critism. This could be the right headline for the Frankfurt-based frequent visitors of the billboard charts. Their last record „Die Nacht mein Freund“ has so much balls to show that you will not only drink to songs such as “Wilde […]

How does Epic Death Metal work? KAMBRIUM found a receipt that brings Melodic Death Metal and symphonic Power Metal togehter and creats something very special. Their last and third record „The Elder’s Realm“ is a demonstration on how heaviness and epic harmonies can collide and become a mighty epos, and we just HAD to have […]

Death and transience are written in huge letters over the whole concept of this band’s art. Stylistically, the band consisting of musicians from – among others – Eisregen and The Vision Bleak, knows no boundaries… but their art is always dark, and it is always rocking. Their latest album “Schlaflieder” (2016) puts once again more […]

Two guys and what a mighty boom! Formed in 2012, the band’s name has been spread like fire throughout the metal scene t right after the release of their debut album „Death By Burning“. Harsh Sludge/Doom Metal meets the punk influences of the two musicians. Last year they celebrated their label debut at Nuclear Blast […]

Are your legs oiled for a good dance? Are you in the mood for high spirits, jolly melodies and a big portion of Irish charme? Great! Because FIRKIN from Hungary will bring all this in July 2017. And of course they will make you swirl. The guys and girls will not only bring along their […]

Soon the time has come again: St. Nicholas will take over our shop and make sure that a special low-priced shopping of ROCKHARZ stuff is possible. On December 6th and 7th, 2016, EVERY order with a value of goods of 20€ or more will be completely free from shipping costs. Additionally you get 20% off […]

Heavy melodies, an unbelievable atmosphere carried by pure emotion – this autumn, INSOMNIUM showed with „Winter’s Gate“ how to create a masterpiece with only one song. We are happy to welcome one of the best Melodic Death bands in the Harz Mountains. You can’t talk about the German metal scence without mentioning VARG. The band […]

Already in 2012, the pioneers of teutonic Speed Metal were one of our headliners. Their show was just fantastic, so the band becomes one of the most wished acts in the past years. Now, five years later, we can fullfil your desire: BLIND GUARDIAN will play one of their rare open air shows on ROCKHARZ […]

We know that your patience is strained, but now it starts: The first packages and tickets will leave our house in this week and via countryside, via water and via air lots of busy messengers of god will transport them to your noble hands. As soon as the mailing is on the way to you, […]

And it goes on! To take away from you any concerns that we might be a little sleepy after the summerly temparatures in the autumn: no, we aren’t. We are still busy working on the next highlights for the ROCKHARZ 2017 and can now announce three more bands! Legends feel really welcome in the Harz […]

“All good things come in threes.” – As the man in the streets says and as we have in mind: correct! And therefor, we have three new band confirmations for ROCKHARZ 2017! Lets beginn with OST FRONT: The Berlin based Industrial/Gothic Metallers have given the motto for their future directly with “Ultra”: less Rammstein and […]

Guys, the time has come to start again! Since our pre-sale has started pleasently, we thought it’s time to let you know the next three bands for ROCKHARZ 2017: ICED EARTH, LORD OF THE LOST and DESERTED FEAR are the next names for the billing. We hope that you’ll find in this announcement a few […]

AND THEN SHE CAME, our early bird special on Friday, recently released their debut album, which earlier this week entered the German Album Charts at #69. To celebrate this achievement Ji-In and her henchmen will undoubtedly dish out an adrenalectric set on Friday. The foursome will kick things off at 11:20 a.m., followed by a […]

We’d like to present you the daily allocation of bands a bit earlier than usual. Find it here. Day tickets (besides wednesday) are available from now on for 54,90 Euro per day at our shop. Camping is – as always – not possible with those tickets. The complete schedule will be available about 4-6 weeks […]

…We have one more band for you! The young band from the beautiful Finland swirl the Thrash Metal Scene with their youthful energy since 2010. 2012 the band reached the final of the Global Metal Battle Of Bands and raised the attention from Nuclear Blast – who then released their debut album „Fast Loud Death“ […]

We promised you, and we keep our promises! The AFM labelnight for this year’s ROCKHARZ is complete. Alongside J.B.O. and the special release show for their new album “11”, the following bands will enter the stage on July 6th. KISSIN’ DYNAMITE rocks again! The last time the Southern Germans rocked the ROCKHARZ was in 2014. […]