Summer Breeze Open Air


Summer Breeze Open Air is an annual German heavy metal music festival. It was first held in 1997. The festival had been held in Abtsgmünd until 2006 when it was moved to its new location of Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria. The festival draws around 40,000 attendees annually.
WWW summer-breeze.de

Lineup history

2004

Summer Breeze Open Air 2004 was held from Thursday, 19 August to Saturday, 21 August.

2005

Summer Breeze Open Air 2005 was held from Thursday, 18 August to Saturday, 20 August.

2006

Summer Breeze Open Air 2006 was held from Thursday, 17 August to Saturday, 19 August.

2007

;16 – 18 August 2007
Absolute – After Forever – Amon Amarth – Black Messiah – Blitzkid — Bolt Thrower – Caliban — Communic – Crematory – Dagoba – Dark Fortress – Dark Funeral – Dark Tranquillity – Deadlock – Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Disillusion – Dornenreich – Doro – Eisbrecher – End of Green – Eluveitie – Before the Dawn — 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

2008

;14–16 August 2008
Cradle of Filth, Helloween, Subway to Sally, Six Feet Under, Paradise Lost, Arch Enemy, As I Lay Dying, Heaven Shall Burn, ASP, Kataklysm, H-Blockx, Soilwork, Exodus, Ensiferum, Anathema, Primordial, Primal Fear, Marduk, End of Green, Korpiklaani, Destruction, Pro-Pain, Eluveitie, Sonic Syndicate, the Wildhearts, Dismember, Behemoth, Neaera, Saltatio Mortis, Emil Bulls, The Vision Bleak, Graveworm, Keep of Kalessin, Cult of Luna, Megaherz, Mad Sin, Autumn, Endstille, Orphaned Land, Born from Pain, 3 Inches of Blood, Hollenthon, Aborted, Schelmish, All Ends, Týr, Hail of Bullets, Onslaught, Mustasch, The Rotted, Novembre, Dark Fortress, Cephalic Carnage, Jesus on Extasy, Shadow Reichenstein, Blood Red Throne, Rotten Sound, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Midnattsol, Misery Speaks, Fleshcrawl, Despised Icon, Lay Down Rotten, Hackneyed, Sworn, Debauchery, Textures, Månegarm, Negură Bunget, Dark Age, XIV Dark Centuries, Heidevolk, Enemy of the Sun, Ahab, The Old Dead Tree, Anima, Beloved Enemy, Nmemine, Hacride, Agrypnie, Drone, Misanthrope, Kissin' Dynamite

2009

;13–15 August 2009

2010

;19–21 August 2010

2011

;18–20 August 2011

2012

;16–18 August 2012

2013

15–17 August 2013

2014

14–16 August 2014

2015

12-15 August 2015

2016

17-20 August 2016

2017

16–19 August 2017

2018

15–18 August 2018

2019

14–17 August 2018

2020–2021

Unfortunately, Summer Breeze Open Air 2020 - 2021 did not take place as the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the organizers have already announced the planned line-up, which was scheduled for August 12–15, 2020, but was canceled at the request of the authorities.

Publications

DVDs

  • Summer Breeze – All Areas 2002
Tracks
  1. Gurd – Older But Wiser
  2. Brainstorm – Blind Suffering
  3. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Gone
  4. Amon Amarth – Bleed For Ancient Gods
  5. Soilwork – Flame Out
  6. End of Green – Highway 69
  7. Bloodflowerz – Diabolic Angel
  8. Emil Bulls – Symphony Of Destruction
  9. Sentenced – Blood & Tears
  10. Hypocrisy – The Final Chapter
  11. Vader – Xeper
  12. Ektomorf – Fire
  13. Pro-Pain – Fuck It
  14. Prime Sth. – From The Inside
  15. Paradise Lost – True Belief
  16. Nightwish – End Of All Hope
  17. Stormwitch – Tears By The Firelight
  18. Samael – Jupiterian Vibe

CDs

Tracks
  1. Six Feet Under – Blind & Gagged
  2. Brainstorm – Doorway To Survive
  3. Vomitory – Gore Apocalypse
  4. Disillusion – And The Mirror Cracked
  5. Fleshcrawl – Flesh Bloody Flesh
  6. Criminal – Aberration
  7. Fragments Of Unbecoming – The Seventh Sunray Enlights My Pathway
  8. Gorerotted – Masticated By The Spasticated
  9. Monstrosity – The Exordium
  10. Nasty Savage – Psycho, Psycho
  11. Torchbearer – Sown Are The Seeds Of Death
  12. Cannibal Corpse – Decency Defied
  13. Symphorce – Tears
  14. Shining Fury – Speed Of Life
  • Various Artists – Summer Breeze 2005
Tracks
  1. End of Green – Dead End Hero
  2. Born From Pain – The New Hate
  3. Korpiklaani – Hunting Song
  4. Powerwolf – Kiss Of The Cobra King
  5. Wintersun – Beyond The Dark Sun
  6. Enthroned – Crimson Legions
  7. Ektomorf – Show Your Fist
  8. Midnattsol – Another Return
  9. Koroded – T.A.B.O.B.A.
  10. Disbelief – Rewind It All
  11. Symphorce – No Shelter
  12. Anorexia Nervosa – Worship Manifesto
  13. Such A Surge – Was jetzt?
  14. Draconian – Death, Come Near Me
  15. Impious – Wicked Saints
  16. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Eruption
  17. God Dethroned – Last Zip Of Spit
  18. Barcode – No Lust For Life
  19. Therion – Typhon