Unirock Open Air Festival
Unirock Open Air Festival is one of the summer open air heavy metal music festivals in İstanbul.[1] It takes place annually in İstanbul, Turkey. Total 40,000 attendees at first two years.
| Unirock Open Air Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Metal |
| Dates | June, July |
| Location(s) | İstanbul, Turkey |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Founded by | Unirock Organisations |
| Website | Official Web Page |
Having brought the likes of Testament, Arch Enemy, Opeth, Kreator, Dark Tranquillity, Paradise Lost, and Amon Amarth to you over the first two years.
The festival was awarded 4 full pages in the September issue of the infamous British publication, Metal Hammer, and in just two years has grown to international fame with various artists, journalists and managers alike expressing their support.
Unirock Open Air Festival aims to maintain and improve on already impeccable standards in all areas including artist booking and production with a goal to unite metal fans from all over the globe.
Bands who have participated in the festival from the Middle East include Orphaned Land (Israel), Bilocate (Jordan), and Arsames (Iran) along with our Greek neighbours Rotting Christ who expressed their solidarity with Turkish fans in 1999 when they held a charity concert for Turkish earthquake victims. These names alone are some of the best examples of the way metal music and metal fans transcend all conventional borders and boundaries.
Unirock Open Air Festival
2008
Dates : 20-21–22 June 2008
Location : Parkorman, İstanbul, Turkey
Running Order :
20 June 2008: Obstinacy, Definitive, Insistence, Affliction, Catafalque, Opeth
21 June 2008: Unleash, Altona, Crossfire, Malt, Orphaned Land, Mezarkabul, Testament
22 June 2008: Prime Object, Heretic Soul, Black Tooth, False in Truth, Moribund Oblivion, Soul Sacrifice, Dark Tranquillity
2009
Dates : 17-18–19 July 2009
Location : Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, İstanbul, Turkey
Running Order :
17 July 2009: And I Exist, Undertakers, Pickpocket, Rampage, Magilum, Soul Sacrifice, Arch Enemy
18 July 2009: Deathblow, UÇK Grind, One Bullet Left, Catafalque, Rotting Christ, Paradise Lost, Kreator
19 July 2009: Mosh Pit Project, Arsames, Bilocate, Saints'N'Sinners, Episode 13, Firewind, Amon Amarth
Warm-Up Party
Dates : 27 March 2009
Location : Bronx, İstanbul, Turkey
Bands : The Haunted
Extreme Open Air Festival
Dates : 3 October 2009
Location : Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, İstanbul, Turkey
Bands : Biocrime, Carnophage, Moribund Oblivion, Graveworm, Legion of the Damned, Mezarkabul
2010
Dates : 2-3–4 July 2010
Location : Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, İstanbul, Turkey
Running Order :
2 July 2010: Gates of Eternity, Belphegor, Entombed, Behemoth, Overkill, Cannibal Corpse
3 July 2010: None Shall Return, Sabhankra, Sabaton, Necrophagist, Dark Funeral, Grave Digger, Evergrey, Amorphis
4 July 2010: Choler Age, Since Yesterday, Makine, Heaven Shall Burn, Korpiklaani, Obituary, Nevermore
2011
Dates : 9-10–11 September 2011
Location : Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, İstanbul, Turkey
9 September 2011: Baht, Azhirock, Apsent, GROZA, Decapitated
10 September 2011: Dream Ocean, Chopstick Suicide, Nitro, Kimaera, Asafated, Orphaned Land
11 September 2011: 5grs, Gürz, Decaying Purity, Undermost, Ascraeus, Vader, Mayhem
Warm-Up Party
Dates : 8 June 2011
Location : Jolly Joker Balans, İstanbul, Turkey
Bands Confirmed Yet : August Burns Red
References
- "Unirock open-air festival starts". Hürriyet Daily News. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2013.