Dynamo Open Air

Netherlands music festival

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Dynamo Open Air is a festival in the Netherlands that was held (almost) every year between 1986 and 2005. It was reborn in 2008 as Dynamo Outdoor and in 2015 as Dynamo Metal Fest.

Dweezil & Ahmet Zappa performing live at Dynamo Open Air in 1993

## History

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Originally held to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Dynamo rock club in Eindhoven, it grew from 5,000 people in the Dynamo parking lot up to 118,000 attendees in 1995. Until this day, the 1995 edition still is the largest multi-day open air festival ever held in the Netherlands. This caused too much pressure on the Dutch infrastructure and the festival had to shrink to a maximum of 60,000 visitors for 1996. From there it went downhill, mostly because the festival could not find a permanent venue. In 1999 Dynamo Open Air was held on a former rubbish dump in Mierlo, and the following year it went to the Goffertpark in Nijmegen. That was the first time DOA was held outside the province of North Brabant, and it was the first time in years that the festival had to shrink down to only one day. The previous years it had always been a two- or three-day festival.

In 2001, the organisation thought they had found a site where the festival could return on a yearly basis, near the town of Lichtenvoorde. However, the threat of foot-and-mouth disease caused trouble, and Dynamo Open Air had to be cancelled. In 2002 it returned, at the site of the Bospop festival, but 2003 was another year without a Dynamo festival, because it would violate a recently passed law about animal protection during breeding season. For 2004, the festival returned to Nijmegen, at the same location where it took place in 2000. In 2005, the festival used the site of the Dauwpop festival, and the reunited Anthrax headlined the stage.

In an attempt to revitalise the festival, the current organization of the Dynamo youth center decided to change the festival's name from Dynamo Open Air to Dynamo Outdoor. In 2008, the first Dynamo Outdoor festival was held in the centre of Eindhoven, with bands such as Mad Sin, Anathema and Born From Pain performing. The festival was once again held in Eindhoven in the following year, with Destine, Stahlzeit, Asphyx, Textures, The Butcher and Municipal Waste on the bill.

The revival of the festival occurred with a new name as Dynamo Metal Fest, which has taken place every year since 2015. The festival had taken place traditionally on the second or third Saturday in July from 2015 to 2018; for the 2019 edition, it was converted into a two-day festival. After the 2020 edition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dynamo Metal Fest was scheduled to return in August 2021, however again cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The Dynamo Metal Fest was again held in August 2022.

### Live recordings

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In 1995, Nailbomb had their performance recorded at the festival and it was released as Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide the same year it was recorded. It was released by Roadrunner Records In 2005, live footage of the performance was released on DVD and it was called Live at Dynamo. It was also released by Roadrunner Records. In May 1998, guest band Death recorded stock footage of their performance. Three years later, in an effort to raise money to pay for Chuck Schuldiner's cancer treatment, the footage was limitedly released in October 2001 by Nuclear Blast on CD and DVD formats under the name Live In Eindhoven, two months before Schuldiner's ultimate demise.

## Line-ups and dates

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### Dynamo Open Air

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#### 1986

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Sunday September 7

Joshua
Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone
Satan
Chariot
Angel Witch
Onslaught
Avalon

Cancelled shows : Lääz Rockit

#### 1987

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Monday June 8

Stryper
Testament
Destruction
Vengeance
Atomkraft
Mad Max

Cancelled shows : Agent Steel (replaced by Testament)

#### 1988

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Monday May 23

Exodus
Lȧȧz Rockit
Candlemass
Toxik
Sabbat
Paradox

#### 1989

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Monday May 15

Savatage
Armored Saint
Sacred Reich
Forbidden
Sleeze Beez
Holy Moses
Fatal Destiny

#### 1990

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Monday June 4

Death Angel
Sacred Reich
Sepultura
Vicious Rumors
Trouble
Mordred

#### 1991

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Monday May 20

Metal Church
Primus
Armored Saint
Morbid Angel
Extreme
Saigon Kick
Obituary
Ignorance
Psychotic Waltz

#### 1992

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Sunday June 7

Prong
Corrosion of Conformity
Mordred
Paradise Lost
The Organization
My Sister's Machine
Pestilence
Skyclad
Love on Ice

#### 1993

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Saturday May 29

Anthrax
Suicidal Tendencies
Mind Funk
Biohazard
Monster Magnet
Dweezil Zappa
Freak of Nature
Fear Factory
Nudeswirl

Sunday May 30

Mercyful Fate
Trouble
Annihilator
Gorefest
Fudge Tunnel
Kong
Wool

Cancelled shows: Therapy?, Tool (replaced by Z)

#### 1994

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Friday May 20 (Warm-Up)

Forbidden
Gorefest
Vicious Rumors

Saturday May 21

Prong
Clawfinger
Sick of It All
Jackyl
The Organization
Skintrade
Die Krupps
Cynic
Last Crack
Nerve

Sunday May 22

Danzig
Urban Dance Squad
Kyuss
Life of Agony
Pride & Glory
Skyclad
Sleeze Beez
The Obsessed
B-Thong
Skrew

#### 1995

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Friday June 2

Campsite  | Skatefest

Tiamat
My Dying Bride
Skyclad
Mary Beats Jane
Sun
Shihad
Overdose
Rape
Waving Corn
Hate Squad
Schweisser
Brotherhood Foundation

Undeclinable Ambuscade
Earth Crisis
Snapcase
Rich Kids on LSD
Propaghandi

Saturday June 3

Mainstage  | Skatefest  | Campsite

Paradise Lost
Type O Negative
Dog Eat Dog
Grip Inc.
Warrior Soul
Fear Factory
Nailbomb
Mental Hippie Blood
Madball
Nevermore

Absconded
Horace Pinker
NRA
Blitz Babies

Crash Worship
35007

Sunday June 4

Mainstage  | Skatefest

Biohazard
Machine Head
Life of Agony
Trouble
Dub War
Downset.
Eleven Pictures

No Fun at All
Strawman
Burning Heads
Orange 9mm

#### 1996

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Friday May 24

Campsite  | Skatefest

Neurosis
Anathema
Pitchshifter
Orphanage
Altar
Skrew
Transpunk
Dearly Beheaded
Dreamgrinder
Spiritual Beggars
Merauder
Torque
Gurd
Thumb

Slapshot
Ryker's
Skippies
Unsane

Saturday May 25

Mainstage  | Skatefest

Venom
Gorefest
Savatage
The Gathering
Pennywise
Sacred Reich
Shelter
Voivod
Galactic Cowboys
White Devil
Stuck Mojo

Down by Law
Millencolin
Strung Out
7Zuma7

Sunday May 26

Mainstage  | Skatefest

Slayer
Kreatief Met Kirk
Osdorp Possé & Nembrionic
CIV
Channel Zero
Pro-Pain
The Exploited
Drain

Shelter
59 Times the Pain
Satanic Surfers
Cooper
Bambix

Cancelled shows : Halford (replaced by Sacred Reich)

#### 1997

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Friday May 16

Campsite  | Skatefest

Rockbitch
Therion
Samael
Pist.On
Sentenced
Coal Chamber
Skinlab
Totenmond
Within Temptation
Keaton
Sundown

Ignite
SNFU
$400 Suits
Ni Hao

Saturday May 17

Mainstage  | Campsite  | Skatefest

Type O Negative
Machine Head
Sick of It All
Exodus
Moonspell
Orphanage
Amorphis
Entombed
Thumb
Slo Burn
Limp Bizkit

Rage
Secret Discovery

The Black Stage
Dissection
Satyricon
Dimmu Borgir
Goddess of Desire

Vision of Disorder
Deviate
Discipline
I Against I

Sunday May 18

Mainstage  | Skatefest

Tiamat
KoЯn
Marilyn Manson
Helmet
Testament
Cradle of Filth
Karma to Burn
Laberinto

Voodoo Glow Skulls
Backfire!
Travoltas
Slyce

#### 1998

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Friday May 29

The Gallery  | Skatefest

Atrocity
Theatre of Tragedy
Masters of Reality
The Hellacopters
Transport League
Sevendust
Insane Clown Posse
Tura Satana
Deicide
Six Feet Under
Disbelief
T-Nailed

Pro-Pain
Congress
Refused
Hard Resistance
Janez Detd.
Driven

Saturday May 30

Mainstage  | The Gallery  | Skatefest

Rammstein
Deftones
Soulfly
Fates Warning
Agnostic Front
Fu Manchu
Stuck Mojo
HammerFall
Within Temptation
Zebrahead

The Factory
Strapping Young Lad
Junkie XL
Think About Mutation
Misery Loves Co.

Black Stage
Emperor
Immortal

The Kovenant
Bewitched
Enslaved

In Flames
Cold
Oomph!
Ultraspank
The Black Symphony
Form

Brotherhood Foundation
H2O
25 ta Life
Good Riddance
Right Direction
Psycore
Fury of Five
Tech-9

Sunday May 31

Mainstage  | The Gallery  | Skatefest

Pantera
Death
Life of Agony
Coal Chamber
Kreator
Dimmu Borgir
Incubus
(həd) p.e.

Power Pack
Primal Fear
Stratovarius
Helloween
Saxon
Blind Guardian
Iced Earth
Tom Angelripper

Space Jam
Far
Cathedral
Spiritual Beggars
7Zuma7
Sheavy
Orange Goblin

Misfits
Undeclinable Ambuscade
Hatebreed
Battery
Better Than a Thousand
Maximum Penalty

Cancelled shows : Fear Factory (replaced by Death), Human Waste Project (replaced by Ultraspank) and Limp Bizkit (replaced by Psycore).

#### 1999

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Friday May 21

The Gallery  | Skatefest

Dark Symphonies
Therion
Anathema
Lacuna Coil

Sodom
Static-X
Spineshank
Darkane
One Minute Silence
Angra
Out

Madball
Hard-Ons
Heideroosjes
Violation of Trust
Cold as Life

Saturday May 22

Mainstage  | The Gallery  | Skatefest

Manowar
Cradle of Filth
Stormtroopers of Death
The Gathering
Grip Inc.
Nashville Pussy
Black Label Society
Meshuggah
Loudness
Skinlab

The Factory
Pitchshifter
Atari Teenage Riot
Cubanate

The Gore Zone
Hypocrisy
Cryptopsy
Arch Enemy
Nile

Trail of Tears
Pulkas
The Haunted
Unjust
CAGE

Ryker's
59 Times the Pain
Merauder
Murphy's Law
Run Devil Run
All Out War
E.Town Concrete
Troopers

Sunday May 23

Mainstage  | The Gallery  | Maximum Overdrive

Metallica
Apocalyptica
Fear Factory
Biohazard
Monster Magnet
System of a Down
Mercyful Fate

The Power Pack
Labyrinth
Nevermore
Overkill
Gamma Ray
Nocturnal Rites

The Black Stage
Marduk
Dimmu Borgir
Thyrfing
God Dethroned
Ancient Rites

In Extremo
Space Age Playboys
Oceans of Sadness

Gluecifer
Unida
Goatsnake
Fatso Jetson
Zeke
Iron Monkey
Nebula
Peter Pan Speedrock

Cancelled bands : Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel, Speedealer, Skarhead and Blood for Blood. The three latter bands were replaced by Arch Enemy, Goatsnake, Merauder and E.Town Concrete respectively.

#### 2000

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Saturday June 3

Main Stage  | Tent Stage

Iron Maiden
Korn
Slipknot
Suicidal Tendencies
P.O.D.
Testament
Methods of Mayhem
Zeke

Immortal
Mayhem
The Kovenant
Destruction
Spiritual Beggars
Kittie
Sentenced
Engine

Cancelled bands : Entombed (replaced by Destruction)

#### 2001

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Festival cancelled due to the threat of foot and mouth disease.

The announced bands were: After Forever, Amen, Backfire!, Behemoth, Brightside, Catastrophic, Cradle of Filth, Destiny's End, Destroÿer 666, Discipline, Disturbed, Dreadlock Pussy, Dropkick Murphys, Dying Fetus, Exhumed, Hed PE, Ignite, In Extremo, Krisiun, Length of Time, Liar, Lost Horizon, Macabre, Merauder, M.O.D., Motörhead, Mudvayne, Napalm Death, Nasum, Nevermore, Opeth, Pain of Salvation, Papa Roach, Savatage, Saxon, Severe Torture, Shelter, Slipknot, Soulfly, Spineshank, Static-X, Symphony X, Terra Firma, Tool, The Union Underground, Vader, Wicked Mystic, Within Temptation.

Tool scheduled a headlining show at 013 in Tilburg on the day they were supposed to play, while Slipknot and few other bands played a "mini-festival" at Maaspoort in Den Bosch on May 25. Soulfly played more club shows in the Netherlands.

#### 2002

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Sunday July 14

Main Stage  | Tent Stage

Soulfly
Death Angel
Dropkick Murphys
Within Temptation
Biohazard
Pain of Salvation
Deadsoul Tribe

Children of Bodom
Opeth
Finntroll
Strapping Young Lad
Zimmers Hole
Peter Pan Speedrock
Hermano
Autumn

#### 2003

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Festival cancelled. No bands announced.

#### 2004

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Saturday June 5

Stage 1  | Stage 2

Slayer
Nightwish
Life of Agony
Soulfly
Children of Bodom
Ill Nino
Shadows Fall

Dimmu Borgir
Agent Steel
After Forever
Oomph!
Deicide
Mastodon

#### 2005

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Saturday May 7

Stage 1  | Stage 2

Anthrax
Jon Oliva's Pain
Testament
Obituary
Gorefest
Lȧȧz Rockit
Masterplan
Mercenary

Evergrey
Trivium
3 Inches of Blood
Still Remains

### Dynamo Metalfest

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#### 2015

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Saturday July 18

Arch Enemy
Death Angel
Nuclear Assault
Biohazard
Alestorm
Orange Goblin
Bodyfarm
Facelifter

#### 2016

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Saturday July 16

Anthrax
At the Gates
Metal Church
Obituary
~~Life of Agony~~
Powerwolf
Sacred Reich
Textures
Audrey Horne
Extremities

#### 2017

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Saturday July 15

Gojira
Testament
Devin Townsend Project
Exodus
Entombed A.D.
Prong
Toxik
Vuur
White Boy Wasted

#### 2018

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Saturday July 14

Ghost
Ministry
Overkill
Annihilator
Leprous
I Am Morbid
VUUR (replacing Sons of Apollo)
Iron Reagan
Elephant

#### 2019

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Friday July 19

Airbourne
Avatar
Eluveitie
Grand Magus
Jungle Rot
Bæst

Saturday July 20

Arch Enemy
Steel Panther
Carcass
Metal Church
Soulfly
Phil Anselmo & the Illegals
Armored Saint
Tribulation
Alien Weaponry

#### 2020

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Festival cancelled due to the threat of coronavirus. Bands that were supposed to play were Exodus, Obituary, Midnight, Flotsam and Jetsam, Heaven Shall Burn, Sepultura, Jinjer and Beast in Black.

#### 2021

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Festival cancelled due to coronavirus. Bands that were supposed to play were Heaven Shall Burn, Testament, Bay Area Interthrashional, Sacred Reich, The Black Dahlia Murder, Firewind, Rings of Saturn, Amon Amarth, Candlemass, Clutch, Jinjer, Municipal Waste, Unleash the Archers and Dress the Dead.

#### 2022

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Saturday August 20

Testament

Candlemass

Exodus

Death Angel

Cattle Decapitation

Firewind

Vended

Dress the Dead

TankZilla

Sunday August 21

Kreator

Heaven Shall Burn

Lamb of God

Bay Area Interthrashional

Jinjer

Cannibal Corpse

Angelus Apatrida

Lik

Urne

## References

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1. ^ "Dynamo Metalfest". dynamo-metalfest.nl. Retrieved November 27, 2020.

## External links

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* (in Dutch)Official website

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