# Gods of Metal

Gods of Metal was the biggest Italian metal festival, held annually from 1997 to 2016. It took place in early summer, usually on the first or second weekend of June. It was most often held at venues in or near Milan, but took place in Bologna three times and one time in Turin. It was acquired by Live Nation in 2010.

## Lineups
### 1997

Held on June 7 at Palavobis in Milan.
* Saturday 7 June
* Manowar
* Angra
* Rage
* Grave Digger
* Moonspell
* Time Machine
* Eldritch

### 1998

Held on June 6 at Forum Open Air Arena in Milan.
* Saturday 6 June
* Black Sabbath
* Pantera
* Helloween
* Stratovarius
* Gamma Ray
* Blind Guardian
* Iced Earth
* Coal Chamber
* Labyrinth

### 1999

Held on June 5 and June 6 at Forum Open Air Arena in Assago-Milan.
| Saturday 5 June | Sunday 6 June |
| Metallica Stratovarius Mercyful Fate Biohazard Overkill Monster Magnet Space Age Playboys Lacuna Coil Cappanera PWR | Manowar Motörhead Angra HammerFall Iron Savior Nevermore Labyrinth Time Machine Skyclad Avalon Headstone Epitaph |

### 2000

Held on June 10 and June 11 at Stadio Brianteo in Monza.
| Saturday 10 June | Sunday 11 June |
| Iron Maiden Demons and Wizards Dark Tranquillity Sentenced Edguy Domine Dirty Deeds Khali Theatres des Vampires | Slayer Slipknot Methods of Mayhem Testament In Flames The Kovenant Death SS Necrodeath Magazzini Della Comunicazione |

### 2001

Held on June 9 at Palavobis in Milan.
* Saturday 9 June
* Judas Priest
* Megadeth
* Savatage
* Motörhead
* Gamma Ray
* Cradle of Filth
* Rhapsody
* W.A.S.P.
* Nevermore
* Kamelot
* Wine Spirit
* Eldritch
* Benediction
* Beholder
* Sungift
* Secret Sphere
* Centurion
* Sigma

### 2002

Held on June 8 and June 9 at Stadio Brianteo in Monza.
| Saturday 8 June | Sunday 9 June |
| Slayer Rammstein (cancelled) Halford Kreator Sodom My Dying Bride SOiL Ill Niño Anti-Product Mushroomhead Node | Manowar Blind Guardian Running Wild Shaman Symphony X Virgin Steele Domine Doro Metalium Blaze Time Machine |

### 2003

Held on June 8 at Palavobis in Milan.
* Sunday 8 June
* Whitesnake
* Queensrÿche
* Motörhead
* Saxon
* Destruction
* Grave Digger
* Angra
* Pain of Salvation
* Vision Divine
* Thoten
* Mantra
* DGM
* Madhouse

### 2004

Held on June 5 and June 6 at Arena Parco Nord in Bologna.
| Saturday 5 June | Sunday 6 June |
| Judas Priest Stratovarius UFO Nevermore Symphony X Anathema Rage Domine Into Eternity Dark Lunacy | Alice Cooper Testament Motörhead Twisted Sister W.A.S.P. Quireboys Sodom Naglfar Stormlord Through Solace DragonForce |
Due to heavy rain, the UFO concert was cancelled and Stratovarius played the next day, between the Quireboys and W.A.S.P.

### 2005

Held on June 11 and June 12 at Arena Parco Nord in Bologna.
| Saturday 11 June | Sunday 12 June |
| Iron Maiden Slayer Lacuna Coil Obituary Strapping Young Lad DragonForce Mastodon Mudvayne Evergrey | Mötley Crüe Megadeth Anthrax Accept Yngwie Malmsteen Black Label Society HammerFall Extrema Exilia |

### 2006

Held on June 1-June 4 at Idroscalo in Milan.
| Thursday 1 June | Friday 2 June | Saturday 3 June | Sunday 4 June |
| Venom Dimmu Borgir (cancelled) Opeth Down Testament Nevermore Satyricon Sodom Amorphis Cappanera | Strana Officina Fire Trails Extrema Vision Divine Necrodeath Domine Novembre Stormlord Infernal Poetry White Skull Mellowtoy Boom Perfect Picture | Whitesnake Def Leppard Motörhead Helloween Stratovarius Gamma Ray Angra Edguy Sonata Arctica Crucified Barbara | Guns N' Roses Korn Deftones Alice in Chains Stone Sour Soulfly Bloodsimple DragonForce Hellfueled Benedictum 10 Years |

### 2007

Held on June 2, June 3 and June 30 at Idroscalo in Milan.
| Saturday 2 June | Sunday 3 June | Saturday 30 June |
| Mötley Crüe Velvet Revolver Scorpions Thin Lizzy White Lion Tigertailz Eldritch Planet Hard | Heaven & Hell Dream Theater Blind Guardian Dimmu Borgir Dark Tranquillity Symphony X Anathema DGM | Ozzy Osbourne Korn Megadeth Black Label Society Type O Negative Sadist Deathstars Slowmotion Apocalypse |

### 2008

Held on June 27, June 28 and June 29 at Arena Parco Nord in Bologna
| Friday 27 June | Saturday 28 June | Sunday 29 June |
| Iron Maiden Avenged Sevenfold Rose Tattoo Apocalyptica Airbourne Lauren Harris Black Tide Kingcrow | Slayer Carcass Meshuggah Testament At the Gates The Dillinger Escape Plan Between the Buried and Me Stormlord Brain Dead | Judas Priest Iced Earth Yngwie Malmsteen Morbid Angel Obituary Enslaved Fratello Metallo Infernal Poetry Nightmare |

### 2009

Held on June 27 and June 28 at Stadio Brianteo in Monza
| Saturday 27 June | Saturday 27 June | Sunday 28 June | Sunday 28 June |
| L Stage | R Stage (Crüe Fest Stage) | L Stage | R Stage |
| Heaven and Hell Queensrÿche Edguy Epica Voivod Extrema | Mötley Crüe Tesla Lita Ford Marty Friedman Backyard Babies Lauren Harris | Dream Theater Blind Guardian Tarja Turunen Saxon (cancelled) Cynic Black Dahlia Murder | Slipknot Carcass Down Mastodon Napalm Death Static-X |

### 2010

Held on June 25, June 26 and June 27 at Parco della Certosa Reale in Collegno
Stage 1
| 25 June | 26 June | 27 June |
| Killswitch Engage Fear Factory DevilDriver As I Lay Dying Atreyu Job for a Cowboy Unearth 36 Crazyfists | Lordi Amon Amarth Raven Exodus Behemoth Orphaned Land Sadist Ex Deo | Motörhead Bullet for My Valentine Cannibal Corpse U.D.O. Saxon Devin Townsend Project Labyrinth Sabaton |
Stage 2
| 25 June | 26 June | 27 June |
| Amphitrium Dragonia Death Army | Nashwuah Subhuman Kaledon | Soulfly Van Canto Anvil |

### 2011

Held on 22 June at Arena Fiera, Rho
* Judas Priest
* Whitesnake
* Europe
* Mr. Big
* Cradle of Filth
* Epica
* Duff McKagan's Loaded
* Cavalera Conspiracy
* Baptized in Blood

### 2012

Held on 21, 22, 23 and 24 June at Arena Fiera, Rho
| 21 June | 22 June | 23 June | 24 June |
| Manowar Children of Bodom Amon Amarth Unisonic Cannibal Corpse HolyHell Adrenaline Mob Arthemis Clairvoyants | Guns N' Roses Within Temptation Sebastian Bach Killswitch Engage Black Stone Cherry Rival Sons Soulfly Ugly Kid Joe AxeWound Cancer Bats | Mötley Crüe Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators The Darkness Gotthard Hardcore Superstar Black Veil Brides Lizzy Borden Planethard | Ozzy and Friends Opeth Black Label Society Lamb of God Trivium DevilDriver August Burns Red Kobra and the Lotus I Killed the Prom Queen |

### 2016

Held on 2 June at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza
* 2 June
* Rammstein
* Korn
* Megadeth
* Sixx:A.M.
* Gamma Ray
* Halestorm
* The Shrine
* Jeff Angell's Staticland
* Planethard
* Overtures