Hammersonic Festival is an annual international rock and metal music festival held in Jakarta, Indonesia since 2012. This festival is known as the largest metal festival in Southeast Asia, which features a variety of metal bands from all over the world. Since its inception, the festival has featured international artists such as; Slipknot, Lamb of God, Megadeth, Bullet for My Valentine, As I Lay Dying, Epica, Kreator, Trivium and others.
In 2023, the festival is held by approximately 140,000 audiences, which around 20-25% of those are from abroad.
Lineups +YearDatesVenuePerformers201228 April 2012Lapangan D, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex Co-Headliners: Suffocation, DRI, Nile International Acts: Dawn Heist, Chtonic, Nothnegal, Psycroptic, The Arson Project Local Acts: Burgerkill, Deadsquad, Seringai, Sucker Head, Agnostic Front, Death Vomit, Noxa, Funeral Inception, Straight Out, Death Vertical, Down for Life, Massacre Conspiracy, Koil, GxSxD, Impiety, Divine Codex, Cyanide Serenity, Dreamer, Psycroptic201327-28 April 2013Allianz Eco Park, Ancol Dreamland Co-Headliners: Cannibal Corpse, Cradle of Filth, Obituary International Acts: Epica, As I Lay Dying, Destruction, Lock up, Gorod, Hour of Penance, Putrid Pile, Gorod, Kapital, Rezume, Unremains, Belligerent Intent, Sil Khannaz, Ethereal Sin, Whoretopsy, Inanimacy, Advent Sorrow, Sensory Amusia, Ouroboros, The Amenta, Voyager, Saturnian, Dyscarnate Local Acts: Burgerkill, Power Metal, Seringai, Edane, Dying Fetus, Outright, Revenge, Down For Life, Kraken, Rising The Fall, Hellcrust, Sucker Head, Dead Vertical201427 April 2014Lapangan D, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex Co-Headliners: Bullet for My Valentine, Kreator, Hatebreed International Acts: Morbid Angel, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Belphegor, Origin, King Parrot Local Acts: Burgerkill, Siksa Kubur, Jasad, Koil, Down for Life, Suri, Alice, Revenge The Fate, Final Attack, Paper Gangster, Deadly Weapon, Funeral Inception20158 March 2015Lapangan D, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex Headliner: Lamb Of God International Acts: Mayhem, Unearth, Ignite, Vader, Deathstar, Terrorizer, Avulsed, Warbringer, The Faceless, Heaven the Axe, Silent Knight Local Acts: Mesin Tempur, Revenge The Fate, Roxx, Death Vomit, Nectura, Inlander, Beside, Thrashline, Fraud, Warkvlt, Salahudin Al Ayubi, Moses Bandwidth, Nails Of Imposition, Malmoved, Animistic, Cassandra, Colossvs, Demented Heart, Overthrown, Prostanica201616-17 April 2016Eco Park and E Convention, Ancol Dreamland Co-Headliners: Asking Alexandria, Angra International Acts: Darkest Hour, Suffocation, Drowning Pool, Walls of Jericho, Internal Bleeding, Obscura, Onslaught, Gorgoroth, Leave's Eyes, Rise of the Northstar, Local Acts: NOXA, Deadsquad, Edane, Koil, Revenge the Fate, Dead Vertical, Divine20177 May 2017Eco Park, Ancol Dreamland Headliner: Megadeth International Acts: Tarja, Abbath, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Entombed AD, Northlane, I See Stars, Earth Crisis, Putrid Pile Local Acts: Burgerkill, Seringai, Siksa Kubur, Suckerhead, Revenge the Fate, Killharmonic, Vallendusk, Trojan201822 July 2018Carnaval Beach, Ancol Dreamland Headliner: In Flames International Acts: Dead Kennedys, Ihsahn, Escape the Fate, H20, Brujeira, Vital Remains, Revocation, Visceral Disgorge, Winds of Plague, Eternal Rest, Wardaemonic Regional Acts: Valley of Chrome (Philippines), Deflled (Japan), Emerging from the Cocoon (Taiwan), Witchseeker (Singapore), Shambles (Thailand), Senjakala (Brunei) Local Acts: Deadsquad, Funeral Inception, Getah, Holykillers, RTF, Saint Loco, Straightout, Marjinal, Noxa, Hellcrust, Infery, Koil, Tcuklmay, Forgotten, Bersimbah Darah, Kameradz, Kalndestin, Misanthropic Imperium, Cerebral Endema, Down for Life2019Festival not held2020Festival cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021Festival not held2022Festival not held202318-19 March 2023Carnaval Beach, Ancol Dreamland Headliner: Slipknot International Acts: Amon Amarth, Trivium, Black Flag, Story of the Year, Comeback Kid, Born of Osiris, Vio-lence, Tiny Moving Parts, Sinister, Within Destruction, Batushka, Disentomb, Devourment, Deez Nuts, Stillbirth, Suicide Silence, Watain Regional Acts: Thy Regiment (Malaysia), Dads in the Park (Bangladesh), Greyhoundz (Philippines), Defying Decay (Thailand), World End Man (Japan) Local Acts: Deadsquad, Burgerkill, Holykillers, Jeruji, Muntah Kawat, Pure Wrath, Revenge The Fate, Straightout, Vox Mortis, Cancelled Acts: Saosin20244-5 May 2024Carnaval Beach, Ancol Dreamland Co-Headliners: Lamb of God, A Day To Remember International Acts: As I Lay Dying, Yngwie Malmsteen, Saosin, Atreyu, Cradle of Filth, Suicide Silence, Fear Factory, Marty Friedman, Suffocation, Misery Index, Crossfaith, We the Kings, Nervosa, Tiny Moving Parts, Venom Inc., Stand Atlantic, Blood Red Throne, Madball, Dvrk, Bleeding Through, Freedom of Fear, Speedball, Regional Acts: Annalynn (Thailand), Tools of the Trade (Malaysia), Arcadia (Philippines) Local Acts: Rezume, Strangers, Saint Loco, RE:UNION (Killing Me Inside) Cancelled Acts: Alesana, Converge2025Festival not held20262-3 May 2026Nusantara International Convention Exhibition, Pantai Indah Kapuk Co-Headliners: Parkway Drive, Dashboard Confessional International Acts: Memphis May Fire, A Skylit Drive, Of Mice & Men, Knuckle Puck, Blessthefall, Counterparts, Obscura, Hawthorne Heights, Lastelle, Jinjer, Malevolence, Speed, Crystal Lake, EMNW, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Agnostic Front, Eyehategod, Lich King Senses Fail, Ellegarden Regional Acts: Sekumpulan Orang Gila (Malaysia), Nocturnal Nihil (Taiwan), Typecast (Philippines) Local Acts: Deadsquad, Burgerkill, Strangers, TENHOLES, Pee Wee Gaskins, Dreamer, Gledeg, Fraud, Straight Answer, Cloath Cancelled Acts: My Chemical Romance, The Story So Far, New Found Glory, The Haunted, Carpathian Forest, Gorilla Biscuits, Miss May I, Fleshgod Apocalypse
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