Unirock Open Air Festival

Unirock Open Air Festival is an annual summer open-air heavy metal music festival held in Istanbul, Turkey since 2008.

The festival has attracted many international big-name metal bands, such as Testament, Arch Enemy, Opeth, Kreator, Dark Tranquillity, Paradise Lost, and Amon Amarth. Various Middle Eastern and Mediterranean bands have also participated in the event, including Orphaned Land (Israel), Bilocate (Jordan), Arsames (Iran), and Rotting Christ (Greece).

2008
Dates: 20-22 June 2008

Location: Parkorman, Istanbul

Running Order:

20 June 2008: Obstinacy, Definitive, Insistence, Affliction, Catafalque, Opeth

21 June 2008: Unleash, Altona, Crossfire, Malt, Orphaned Land, Mezarkabul, Testament

22 June 2008: Prime Object, Heretic Soul, Black Tooth, False in Truth, Moribund Oblivion, Soul Sacrifice, Dark Tranquillity

Warm-up party
Dates: 27 March 2009

Location: Bronx, Istanbul

Bands: The Haunted

Dates: 17-19 July 2009

Location: Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, Istanbul

Running Order:

17 July 2009: And I Exist, Undertakers, Pickpocket, Rampage, Magilum, Soul Sacrifice, Arch Enemy

18 July 2009: Deathblow, UÇK Grind, One Bullet Left, Catafalque, Rotting Christ, Paradise Lost, Kreator

19 July 2009: Mosh Pit Project, Arsames, Bilocate, Saints'N'Sinners, Episode 13, Firewind, Amon Amarth

Extreme Open Air Festival
Dates: 3 October 2009

Location: Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, Istanbul

Bands: Biocrime, Carnophage, Moribund Oblivion, Graveworm, Legion of the Damned, Mezarkabul

2010
Dates: 2-4 July 2010

Location: Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, Istanbul

Running Order:

2 July 2010: Gates of Eternity, Belphegor, Entombed, Behemoth, Overkill, Cannibal Corpse

3 July 2010: None Shall Return, Sabhankra, Sabaton, Necrophagist, Dark Funeral, Grave Digger, Evergrey, Amorphis

4 July 2010: Choler Age, Since Yesterday, Makine, Heaven Shall Burn, Korpiklaani, Obituary, Nevermore

Warm-up party
Dates: 8 June 2011

Location: Jolly Joker Balans, Istanbul

Bands: August Burns Red

Dates: 9-11 September 2011

Location: Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, Istanbul

Running Order:

9 September 2011: Baht, Azhirock, Apsent, GROZA, Decapitated

10 September 2011: Dream Ocean, Chopstick Suicide, Nitro, Kimaera, Asafated, Orphaned Land

11 September 2011: 5grs, Gürz, Decaying Purity, Undermost, Ascraeus, Vader, Mayhem