Summer Breeze Open Air

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Summer Breeze Open Air


location = Dinkelsbühl, Germany
years_active= 1997-present
dates = Summer
genre = metal
website= [http://www.summer-breeze.de/ www.summer-breeze.de]

Summer Breeze Open Air is a heavy metal music festival in Germany. It takes place annually in Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria. It was first held in 1997. The festival has been held in Abtsgmünd until 2006 where it was moved to its new location of Dinkelsbühl. Annually the festival draws around 40,000 attendees (13,000 per day). The 2008 edition will be held on August 14, August 15 and August 16, 2008 in Dinkelsbühl.

Current lineup

;14 – 16 August 2008

*Diablo Swing Orchestra
*Endstille
*Ensiferum
*Fleshcrawl
*Exodus
*Kataklysm
*Primordial
*Sonic Syndicate
*The Vision Bleak
*Orphaned Land

Past lineups

;19 – 21 August 2004
Alev – Beseech – Brainstorm – Busta Hoota – Cataract – Crematory – Criminal – Danzig – Dark Fortress – Deadsoul Tribe – Die Happy – Disillusion – Ensiferum – Equilibrium – Evergrey – Finntroll – Fleshcrawl – Fragments of Unbecoming – Goddess of Desire – Gorerotted – Green Carnation – Hatesphere – Honigdieb – Hypocrisy – Immortal Rites – Katatonia – Lake of Tears – Leaves' Eyes – Lords of Decadence – Mental Amputation – Mercenary – Mnemic – Mörk Gryning – Paragon – Primordial – Psychopunch – Rawhead Rexx – Saltatio Mortis – Schandmaul – Sentenced – Sirenia – Sleepingodslie – Six Feet Under – Sodom – Sonata Arctica – Tankard – U.D.O. – Vintersorg – Vomitory – Xandria

;18 – 20 August 2005
Aborted – Amon Amarth – Anorexia Nervosa – Atrocity – Barcode – Behemoth – Born From Pain – Caliban – Dark Tranquillity – Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Disbelief – Draconian – Ektomorf – Emil Bulls – End of Green – Endstille – Enthronend – Final Breath – God Dethroned – Haggard – Impious – In Extremo – J.B.O. – Koroded – Korpiklaani – Krisiun – Lacrimas Profundere – Lacuna Coil – Macabre – Maroon – Midnattsol – Nocte Obducta – Norther – Opeth – Orphaned Land – Pain – Pink Cream 69 – Powerwolf – Schandmaul – Subway To Sally – Skindred – Such a Surge – Suidakra – Symphorce – The Bones – The Exploited – Therion – The Vision Bleak – Tristania – Wintersun

;17 – 19 August 2006
1349 – Amorphis – Angel Blake – Apostasy – ASP – Bloodflowerz – Carnal Forge – Corvus Corax – Deathstars – Exilia – Fear Factory – Fear My Thoughts – Finntroll – Fragments of Unbecoming – Gamma Ray – Gojira – Heaven Shall Burn – Katatonia – Kreator – Lacrimosa – Legion of the Damned – Leng Tch'e – Liv Kristine – Lumsk – Moonspell – Morbid Angel – My Dying Bride – Necrophagist – Neaera – Negative – One Man Army And The Undead Quartet – Perzonal War – Potentia Animi – Psychopunch – Rebellion – Regicide – Saltatio Mortis – Scar Symmetry – Scarve – The Haunted – The Ocean – The Other – Thyrfing – Totenmond – Trail of Tears – Turisas – Undertow – Unleashed – Visions of Atlantis – Volbeat

;16 – 18 August 2007
Absolute – After Forever – Amon Amarth – Black Messiah – Bolt Thrower – Caliban Communic – Crematory – Dagoba – Dark Fortress – Dark Funeral – Dark Tranquillity – Deadlock – Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Disillusion – Dornenreich – Doro – Eisbrecher – End of Green – Eluveitie – Fall of Serenity – Fear My Thoughts – Finntroll – Hardcore Superstar – Helrunar – Hevein – Illdisposed – Immolation – Impious – In Extremo – Justice – Karakadan – Koldbrann – Krypteria – Lacrimas Profundere – L'Âme Immortelle – Machinemade God – Maroon – Moonsorrow – Necrophobic – Nevermore – Nightrage – Oomph! – Pain – Poisonblack – Powerwolf – President Evil – Rage – Secrets of the Moon – Sirenia – Soulfly – Squealer A.D. – Suffocation – Swallow the Sun – Tankard – Tanzwut – The Black Dahlia Murder – Volbeat – War from a Harlot's Mouth – Xandria

Publications

DVDs

* Summer Breeze – All Areas 2002 (Warner Music Group, 2002)Tracks
#Gurd – Older But Wiser
#Brainstorm – Blind Suffering
#Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Gone
#Amon Amarth – Bleed For Ancient Gods
#Soilwork – Flame Out
#End Of Green – Highway 69
#Bloodflowerz – Diabolic Angel
#Emil Bulls – Symphony Of Destruction
#Sentenced – Blood & Tears
#Hypocrisy – The Final Chapter
#Vader – Xeper
#Ektomorf – Fire
#Pro-Pain – Fuck It
#Prime Sth. – From The Inside
#Paradise Lost – True Belief
#Nightwish – The End Of All Hope
#Stormwitch – Tears By The Firelight
#Samael – Jupiterian Vibe

CDs

* Various Artists – Summer Breeze vs. Metal Blade (Promo CD, 2004)("This CD was given out at the 2004 festival.")Tracks
#Six Feet Under – Blind & Gagged
#Brainstorm – Doorway To Survive
#Vomitory – Gore Apocalypse
#Disillusion – And The Mirror Cracked
#Fleshcrawl – Flesh Bloody Flesh
#Criminal – Aberration
#Fragments Of Unbecoming – The Seventh Sunray Enlights My Pathway
#Gorerotted – Masticated By The Spasticated
#Monstrosity – The Exordium
#Nasty Savage – Psycho, Psycho
#Torchbearer – Sown Are The Seeds Of Death
#Cannibal Corpse – Decency Defied
#Symphorce – Tears
#Shining Fury – Speed Of Life

* Various Artists – Summer Breeze 2005 (Promo CD, 2005)

(This CD was given out at the 2005 festival.)

Tracks
#End of Green – Dead End Hero
#Born From Pain – The New Hate
#Korpiklaani – Hunting Song
#Powerwolf – Kiss Of The Cobra King
#Wintersun – Beyond The Dark Sun
#Enthroned – Crimson Legions
#Ektomorf – Show Your Fist
#Midnattsol – Another Return
#Koroded – T.A.B.O.B.A.
#Disbelief – Rewind It All
#Symphorce – No Shelter
#Anorexia Nervosa – Worship Manifesto
#Such A Surge – Was jetzt?
#Draconian – Death, Come Near Me
#Impious – Wicked Saints
#Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Eruption
#God Dethroned – Last Zip Of Spit
#Barcode – No Lust For Life
#Therion – Typhon

External links

* [http://www.summer-breeze.de/ Official website]
*myspace|summerbreezeopenair