Brutal Assault is an open-air extreme metal festival that takes place in the 18th-century army fortress Josefov , located in Jaroměř , Czechia. It is held each August early in the month from Wednesday until Saturday. The festival started in 1996, originally focused on grindcore . For many years, it was a small event with mainly Czech and Slovak bands performing. It changed location several times and grew into a large event by 2006, when over 7,000 people attended the festival in Svojšice . After moving to Josefov, attendances grew further to 15,000 in 2012 and the festival has operated two alternating main stages since. Currently, Brutal Assault features artists that perform all forms of extreme metal, including some of the genre's most prominent figures, as well as artists with dark and intense styles from genres outside of heavy metal such as punk rock , experimental rock and electronic . The festival motto is: "Against violence and intolerance".
16-510: Brutal Assault takes place in Josefov , an army fortress built between 1780 and 1787 by Emperor Joseph II on the left bank of the Elbe and Mettau rivers near Jaroměř . The two main stages are built against the fortress walls. Brutal Assault offers mandatory cashless payment with a wristband chip, reducing risk of lost items or theft. Guests can keep their valuables in deposit boxes provided by
32-561: A cover version of Twisted Sister 's 'Destroyer' plus three live tracks. More shows followed and the band made its first visit to the USA at 2009's Maryland Deathfest . In the beginning of 2010 the band started work on its second full-length album, which focused upon the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Mick Koopman provided the artwork. The album was produced by Ed Warby and the mix was again handled by Dan Swanö. On Divine Winds
48-495: A residential district. The biggest extreme metal music festival in Central Europe , Brutal Assault , takes place here each August, with the music stages built against the outer walls. Metalheads from all over Europe occupy the fortress for four days each year. 50°20′21.4″N 15°55′48.8″E / 50.339278°N 15.930222°E / 50.339278; 15.930222 Hail of Bullets Hail of Bullets
64-623: Is a large historic defence complex of 18th-century military architecture in Jaroměř in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic . It was built between 1780 and 1787. Together with Terezín fortress, it was built for protection against attacks from Prussia , but its military importance, like other such fortresses built across Europe, was minimal as decisive battles were often fought elsewhere. In 1948 it became part of
80-599: The Girls and Gorguts (who were instead announced for Brutal Assault 2015). Suburban Terrorist Keep on Rotting Flotsam and Jetsam The Agonist High on Fire Chthonic Terrorizer Venom Modern Day Babylon Panychida Havok Ringworm Texas in July Pentagram Chile iwrestledabearonce Church of Misery Onslaught Misery Index Månegarm Ignite Crowbar Obituary Red Fang Suffocation Bring Me
96-1974: The Horizon Slayer Children of Bodom Architects Katatonia Khold Isacaarum Rise of Surya Cripper Fleshless GrandExit Obscure Sphinx Heiden Mors Principium Est Skeletonwitch Fleshgod Apocalypse Carnival in Coal Unleashed H 2 O Six Feet Under Blindead The Devin Townsend Project Amon Amarth Shining Broken Hope Combichrist Nightfall Spasm Liveevil Nervecell Martyrdöd Insania Severe Torture Hacktivist Dew-Scented Manes Impaled Nazarene Cruachan August Burns Red Sodom Soilwork Sick of It All Krabathor Down Satyricon Converge My Dying Bride Hail of Bullets Siberian Meat Grinder Gutted Brutality Will Prevail Feastem Inquisition Epicardiectomy God Is an Astronaut (extended set) Gehenna ? Heaving Earth Infernal Tenebra Rats Get Fat První hoře Kraków The Ocean Pungent Stench Manes (acoustic show) Enthroned Mgła Worship Radiolokator Hammercult Okkultokrati In Mourning Exivious Repulsion Carnival in Coal Benediction Jesu Aosoth Dodecahedron Six Degrees of Separation Josefov Fortress Josefov Fortress ( Czech : Pevnost Josefov , German : Josefstadt or Josephstadt )
112-463: The area of Plesy, near the town of Jaroměř. Designed by the French architect Claude Benoît Duhamel de Querlonde and fortified by octagonal-shaped, bastion-like brick walls extending over 289 hectares, the fortress is a system of fortifications in the form of an amphitheatre with extensive three-storey deep underground corridors formed in cretaceous rocks, and running through a labyrinth of 45 kilometers,
128-524: The festival organisers for a fee. The site is fully accessible to disabled visitors. The nineteenth annual festival was held from Wednesday 6 August to Saturday 9 August 2014. It was headlined by Slayer , Amon Amarth , Satyricon , Venom , Bring Me the Horizon , Children of Bodom , Devin Townsend and Down . Three bands were announced but eventually had to be cancelled: Strife , Arsonists Get All
144-705: The four songs at Unisound Studios. Metal Blade Records released the band's debut album …Of Frost and War in May 2008. The album focused on the Eastern Front during World War II, first from the German perspective and then from the Soviet perspective as the tide of the battle turned at Stalingrad . The debut album was followed by a six-track mini album in July 2009, entitled Warsaw Rising which featured two brand new songs,
160-643: The likes of which cannot be found anywhere else in Europe. It had three distinct sections - the main fortress with its residential and public function, the lower Crown fortress with a fortified island, and a forward redoubt in Brdce fortress. The town had four gates. The dominant part of the whole Josefov Fortress is the Empire Church, which was built between 1805-10. It was designed by Heinrich Hatzinger, Julius D’Andreis and Franz Joseph Fohmann. Before that, there
176-551: The studio in February to record its third full-length album, which was released on 25 October 2013 via Metal Blade Records. Dan Swanö again mixed and mastered the album, with production duties falling to Ed Warby . Titled III: The Rommel Chronicles , the album shifted from a focus upon a particular theatre of war to the biography of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel . Cover art was provided by Dutch artist Erik Wijnands. At
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#1732793081521192-535: The town of Jaroměř . After the coronation of Emperor Joseph II , new fortifications began to be built for the defence of the northern border of the Empire. The defence of Moravia was entrusted to Olomouc , which was fortified by powerful forts. When the work was completed, the fortification of Hradec Králové commenced between 1766-88. The Emperor Joseph II himself had the Josefov Fortress built around
208-747: Was a Dutch old school death metal supergroup from Rotterdam . The band's lyrical content deals with the Second World War , and is based upon the research of vocalist Martin van Drunen , who has been described as the band's "resident historian". The band has released three albums via Metal Blade Records . Hail of Bullets formed at the end of 2006 when guitarist Stephan Gebédi recruited singer Martin van Drunen, drummer Ed Warby, bass player Theo van Eekelen and guitarist Paul Baayens for an old school death metal band. The band members already knew each other from their previous and present bands like Asphyx, Gorefest, Thanatos , and Houwitser. Hail of Bullets
224-470: Was a fountain in the same place, which was made by the Czech J. Malinský in 1817. The Josefov fortress was originally named Ples, and only later, in 1793, was it renamed Josefov. In 1948 the fortress town was incorporated into Jaroměř and today it is an urban monument reservation preserving 18th-century military building techniques and classicist urbanism. Over the years, the fortress has been converted into
240-430: Was influenced by old school death metal bands like Autopsy , Massacre , Bolt Thrower , early Death as well as Celtic Frost . As drummer Ed Warby relates, the band formed "after a night of hard drinking" when the members, hung over, decided to "bring back the old school values that we felt were sorely missing from modern day death metal." In July 2007 the band recorded a four song promotional CD. Dan Swanö produced
256-494: Was released in October 2010. The album entered the German album charts and was voted 'album of the month' in metal magazines such as Rock Hard (Germany), Legacy (Germany), and Terrorizer (UK) . 2011 saw the band playing most of the prestigious European Summer festivals Like Hellfest , Wacken Open Air , Summer Breeze , Party.San Open Air festival, and Brutal Assault . In 2013, the band announced that it would be returning to
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