Bangalore Open Air

The First Edition of the festival took place on 16 June 2012. It was headlined by German thrash metal band Kreator.[1]

First logo of Bangalore Open Air.

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The Second Edition of the festival took place at Jayamahal Palace on 6 July 2013 and involved bands and artistes from eclectic genres of Heavy Metal. It was headlined by American metal band Iced Earth[3] & Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity.[4]

The event took place at Jayamahal Palace on 6 July 2013.

Iced Earth, headlining the 2013 edition of Bangalore Open Air.

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The Third Edition of the festival took place on 13 September 2014 & was headlined by Destruction and Rotting Christ. For the first time in the history of Heavy Metal Music the concept of crowd funding was adopted to fund a percentage of the festival.

The 4th Edition of the Wacken Open Air Metal Battle, India presented by Bangalore Open Air was held from 19 April to 27 April. The prelims of the competition were held in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Guwahati & Kolkata.

German thrashers, Destruction at the 2014 edition of Bangalore Open Air.

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The 4th Edition of the festival now renamed G-Shock Bangalore Open Air was held on 6 June 2015.

Belphegor from Austria at the 2015 edition of G Shock Bangalore Open Air.

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The 5th Edition of the festival was held on 9 July 2016 at Royal Orchid Resorts, Yelahanka, Bangalore.

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The 6th and most successful edition of G-Shock Bangalore Open Air was held on 1 July 2017 at Royal Orchid Resorts, Yelahanka, Bangalore, for the third consecutive time at the same location. The line up consisted of bands from varied sub genres of metal such as Death Metal, Thrash metal and Speed Metal.

2017 edition of G Shock Bangalore Open Air.

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The 7th anniversary edition of G-Shock Bangalore Open Air was held on 7 July 2018 at Aadya Farms and Leisure Resorts, Yelahanka, Bangalore. This edition marked the maiden show of American thrash metal titans Overkill in India along with American death metal band Immolation and French post metal band Alcest. Alcest has been trying to bring their blackgaze sound to India since 2013 and this was the first time their fans have been able to see them live.[26]

American thrash band Overkill at the 2018 edition of G-Shock Bangalore Open Air.

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The 8th edition of G-Shock Bangalore Open Air will be held on 9 February 2019 at Aadya Farms and Leisure Resorts, Yelahanka, Bangalore. Headlining acts include Black metal giants Abbath consisting of the much famed Abbath Doom Occulta (ex Immortal ) and New York Technical death metal outfit Suffocation. On the day of the event, 4 bands (winners of the regional editions of Wacken Metal Battle 2019 from the Indian subcontinent countries - Krur (Nepal), Mass Damnation (Sri Lanka), Trainwreck (Bangladesh), Nephele (India) compete to play a coveted slot at the Wacken Open Air metal battle in Germany, representing their country. The Official Merchandise of Bangalore Open Air is available on OrphicLife.

The 9th edition of Bangalore Open Air is Scheduled on 21 March 2020. The organizers announced a new venue. Ramada by Wyndham in Yelahanka, a four star resort in Bangalore will host the 9th edition of the festival.