Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s origins date back to the 6th millennium BC – and the ancient city is hosting a metal festival as a part of their heritage programme. Meet Hills Of Rock. Mainland Europe has always had an extensive love and history of metal music, but it feels in recent years, these festivals have been welcoming a larger selection of diverse metal acts in a way that celebrates that country’s alternative scene while also showcasing the larger artists that may have inspired aspects of that country’s metal culture.
Hills Of Rock 2026 promises a wide selection of local metal artists while also boasting some of the biggest names in metal at the same time. The full lineup for the 2026 lineup of Hills Of Rock features Marilyn Manson, Godsmack, Electric Callboy, Sex Pistols feat. Frank Carter, Black Label Society, Lamb of God, P.O.D., Nothing More, Nevermore, Paradise Lost, Of Mice & Men, House of Protection, Vended, Deafheaven, Karen Dió, The Toy Dolls, Last Train, Northlane, Orbit Culture, Odd Crew, Khanъ, Vrani Volosa, Tsar Plah, Hellion Stone, Black Tooth, Engineer of Death, Overhook, Django Ze, Neshto Tsvetno, Velian, H09909, P.I.F., Innerglow, Almost Green, Rusita, Koza Mostra, Bazzookas, Lek City Case, Karma Scale, Da Seed, Kontrol, GOTRA feat. VEL, Gigashadow, Lavina, low-key, and Sunblinds.
The festival will kick off on the 23rd of July with a separate festival day titled, ‘BE4 HILLS,’ featuring performances from Savatage, Epica, Sevi, and none other than Sabaton, before the official festival kicks off on the 24th of July.
P.O.D. were most recently announced as headliners, and completes the full line-up, which you can find again below. You can also find tickets to Hills Of Rock here.
- Almost Green
- Bazzookas
- Black Label Society
- Black Tooth
- Electric Callboy
- Da Seed
- Deafheaven
- Django Ze
- Engineer of Death
- Gigashadow
- Godsmack
- GOTRA feat. VEL
- H09909
- Hellion Stone
- House of Protection
- Innerglow
- Karen Dió
- Karma Scale
- Khanъ
- Kontrol
- Koza Mostra
- Lamb of God
- Last Trai
- Lavina
- Lek City Case
- low-key
- Marilyn Manson
- Neshto Tsvetno
- Nevermore
- Northlane
- Nothing More
- Odd Crew
- Of Mice & Men
- Orbit Culture
- Overhook
- Paradise Lost
- P.I.F.
- P.O.D.
- Rusita
- Sex Pistols feat. Frank Carter
- Sunblinds
- The Toy Dolls
- Tsar Plah
- Velian
- Vended
- Vrani Volosa
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