Under the Black Sun
Festival
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Under the Black Sun is one of Europe’s longest-running and most respected underground extreme metal festivals. Held deep in the forests near Berlin, the festival is renowned for its uncompromising curation of true black metal and raw death metal acts, emphasizing atmosphere, authenticity, and sonic violence over commercial appeal. With a deliberately intimate capacity and an outdoor woodland setting, UTBS captures the raw spirit of the genre: no frills, no trends—just pure, unrelenting black metal in its most feral form. The festival traditionally runs over three days in early July and has hosted both cult legends and emerging underground acts from across Europe and beyond.
Upcoming Events
Under the Black Sun 2026
Lineup: Aegrus, ArsGoatia, Auro, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Dim Aura, Doodswens, Dymna Lotva, Frantic Aggressor, Helheim, I...
Past Events
Under The Black Sun 2025
Lineup: Infernal Execrator, Nun Slaughter, Death of God, Vader, Har Shatan, Abyssic, Odium Humani Generis, Tyrannic, Curse Upon ...
Band History
A complete list of all bands recorded as playing at this festival across all years.
Abigor, Abysmal Grief, Abyssic, Acherontas, Aegrus, Archgoat, Arrogant Destruktor, Ars Veneficium, ArsGoatia, Auro, Barshasketh, Bewitched, Bezwering, Bilskirnir, Black Altar, Cryptic Wintermoon, Curse Upon A Prayer, Curse Upon a Prayer, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Death of God, Demoncy, Denial of God, Denouncement Pyre, Desaster, Dim Aura, Dominator, Doodswens, Dumal, Dymna Lotva, Frantic Aggressor, Funeral Winds, Gorgon, Har Shatan, Helheim, I I I I I I, Iku-Turso, Impaled Nazarene, Imsek, Infernal Execrator, Infliction, Kaeck, Khold, Marduk, Mavorim, Mellom, Moribund Mantras, Naked Whipper, Nun Slaughter, NunSlaughter, Odium Humani Generis, Order of Nosferat, Panzerfaust, Path, Pestilential Shadows, Plaguepreacher, Sadistic Intent, Sardonic Witchery, Sarkrista, Saxtrashed, Seelenwinter, Sextrash, Sodomized Cadaver, Sodomizer, Sorgelig, Sulfuric, Svart, Tardus Mortem, The Black Moriah, The Stone, Thou Shell of Death, Tormentor, Trono, Tulpa, Tyrannic, Uada, Ultha, Vader, Vel'Har, Verrat, Witches Brew