Næstved Metalfest (NMF) has grown rapidly from its humble beginnings at a local brewery to become Zealand’s largest open-air metal festival. Below is the complete chronological history of the bands that have hit the stages in Næstved.
2026: The “Næver Næver Land” Edition
Scheduled for August 27–29 (22 of 32 bands announced so far):
- Headliner: The Gathering (NL)
- International: Bloodbath (SE), Marduk (SE), Týr (FO), Heathen (US), Firewind (GR), Nervosa (BR), The Troops of Doom (BR), Ambush (SE), Oddland (FI), Hypersonic (IT).
- Danish: Mnemic, Illdisposed, Red Warszawa, Sunken, Empire Drowns, Crocell, Frelser, Cold Night for Alligators, Guttural Slug, Danefae, Only Human.
2025: The Record-Breaker
- Headliners: Blind Guardian (DE), Napalm Death (UK).
- International: Septicflesh (GR), Unleashed (SE), Flotsam & Jetsam (US), Grave Digger (DE), Grand Magus (SE), Sorcerer (SE), Persefone (AD), Destinity (FR), Neverland (CH), Course of Fate (NO), Injector (ES).
- Danish: Artillery, Dawn of Demise, Cabal, Denial of God, Saturnus, Red Warszawa, Strychnos, Skullclub, Trold, Vulvatorious, Nothing Noble, Aurora, Endarken, Afdød, Pustulant Flesh, Parasomnia, Split, Paradumb.
2024: The Satyricon Summer
- Headliners: Satyricon (NO), Tiamat (SE).
- International: Threshold (UK), Necrophobic (SE), Tygers of Pan Tang (UK), Demonical (SE), Brainstorm (DE), Centinex (SE), Everdawn (US), Ethereal Sin (JP), Loch Vostok (SE), Ring of Gyges (IS), Nervochaos (BR).
- Danish: Asinhell (Feat. Michael Poulsen), Baest, Svartsot, Undergang, Manticora, Withering Surface, Red Warszawa, Defecto, Thus, Blazing Eternity, Shadowspawn, Michael Catton, Sylvatica, Maceration, Idaslet, Advocacy, Avarice, Vanir.
2023: The First 3-Day Expansion
- Headliners: Paradise Lost (UK), Lacuna Coil (IT).
- International: Grave (SE), Strigoi (UK), Structural (IL), Divided Multitude (NO), After Lapse (ES), Needless (HU).
- Danish: Artillery, Illdisposed, Nicklas Sonne, Defacing God, Ghost Iris, Steel Inferno, Thorium, Trold, Hellmaze, Exelerate, Dethrxner, Vansind, Lotan, Sickomania.
2022: The First Open-Air (Kaserne)
- Headliners: Candlemass (SE), Rotting Christ (GR).
- International: Dagoba (FR), Oddland (FI), As I May (FI), Creeping Flesh (SE).
- Danish: Withering Surface, Iotunn, Lamentari, Natjager, Cold Night for Alligators, Statement, Timechild, Detest, Hearteater, Kadavermarch, Between Oceans, Cauterizer.
2021: The “Back from Lockdown” Ride
Held at Gl. Ridehus (Indoor) with the first “Metal Market” area.
- Bands: Illdisposed, Hatesphere, Red Warszawa, Cabal, Heidra, Lifesick, Rot Away, Manticora, Alterfact, Black Swamp Water, Cauterizer, Chronicle, Demolizer, Ethereal Kingdoms, Pectora, Pitchblack, Shadowspawn, Wayward Dawn.
2020: The “Kongebryg” Year
Held at the Kongebryg Brewery.
- Bands: Baest, Hatesphere, Dawn of Demise, Withering Surface, Wayward Dawn, Murder Among Kings, Rot Away, Ethereal Kingdoms, Chronicle, Lamentari, Pectora, Pitchblack, Black Swamp Water, Alterfact.
2019: The Inaugural Year
The very first one-day event that started it all at the brewery.
- Bands: Illdisposed, Konkhra, Artillery, Iron Fire, Mercenary (canceled/replaced), and several local supporting acts.