BRUTAL ASSAULT – another headliner added to the line up alongside death metal underground bands and black metal classics

The next edition of the Czech festival Brutal Assault will take place, as every year, on the grounds of the Josefov Fortress in the Czech Republic between 6-9 August 2025. The organizers have added more bands that will perform at this year’s edition.

Swedish prog-death metallers from OPETH are announced as another headliner of this year’s line-up. They are coming with their latest album “The Last Will & Testament” which was released last year.

Death metal underground will be represented by PYRRHON, PYREXIA, GUTSLIT, FULCI, MALIGNANCY and REPLICANT.

Another addition is the resurrected from several years hiatus ABSU with it’s charismatic leader Proscriptor McGovern. He is also involved in the band called ZEMIAL which was also added to the line-up. Last two bands are Greek black metallers ROTTING CHRIST and punk oriented with sludge and hardcore mixture MANTAR from Germany.

Around 80% of revealed line-up is as follows:

3 INCHES OF BLOOD; ABSU; AGNOSTIC FRONT; ALUK TODOLO; ANGELMAKER; ASPHYX; ATTILA; AUGUST BURNS RED; AVULSED; BENIGHTED; BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME; BLOOD FIRE DEATH: A TRIBUTE TO QUORTHON AND THE MUSIC OF BATHORY; BLOOD RED THRONE; BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE; BRUJERIA; CAR BOMB; COUNTERPARTS; CRYPT SERMON; CRYSTAL LAKE; CULT OF LUNA; DARK ANGEL; DARK FUNERAL; DEFEATED SANITY; DEVILDRIVER; DIMMU BORGIR; DOPE; DROWNING POOL; DYING FETUS;  ENVY; FEAR FACTORY (Demanufacture set); FIT FOR A KING; FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE; FRAYLE; FURIA; GADGET; GAEREA; GOJIRA; GOST; GRAPHIC NATURE; GRAVE (“Into The Grave”, “You Will Never See” and “Souless” set); GREEN LUNG; GUTALAX; GUTSLIT; HÄLLAS; HANABIE.; HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY; HELLBUTCHER; HELLRIPPER; HERIOT; HIDEOUS DIVINITY; HIGH PARASITE; KARNIVOOL; KATAKLYSM; KERRY KING; KLIDAS; KUBLAI KHAN TX; LANDMVRKS; MACABRE; MALEVOLENT CREATION; MALIGNANCY; MAMMOTH GRINDER; MANTAR; MASTODON; MAYHEM; MINISTRY; MNEMIC; MONOLORD; NE OBLIVISCARIS; NILE; OBITUARY; OPETH; ORANGE GOBLIN; ORANSSI PAZUZU; OVERKILL; PARADISE LOST; PATRIARCHY; PIG DESTROYER; PRIEST; PRONG; PROTECTOR; PSYCROPTIC; PYREXIA; PYRRHON; REPLICANT; REZN; RIVERS OF NIHIL; ROTTING CHRIST; RUÏM; RYKER’S; SKÁLMÖLD; STATIC–X; SUFFOCATION; THE BROWNING; THE HALO EFFECT; THE KOVENANT; THROWN; TO THE GRAVE; TSJUDER; UNLEASHED; WARBRINGER; WAYFARER; WHITE WARD; WITHIN DESTRUCTION; ZEMIAL

Tickets for all days cost 199 Euro and they will be for sale till the end of March or until the batch is sold out (around 60% is left). There are also tickets available for the youngest children (up to 12 y.o.), other for older ones (13-18 y.o.).

Apart from the tent area, there are also options to sleep in various hotels or dormitories in the neighbouring cities. The price for that also includes the possibility of free transportation to the event (1x daily back and forth).

Organisers also added an option to officially exchange the tickets for the festival, additional zones or hotel options. Link below.

https://brutalassault.cz/en

https://brutalassault.cz/en/xchange

https://www.facebook.com/brutalassault.cz/