Ghostfest
Ghostfest was an extreme metal and hardcore punk festival in Leeds, England that first took place at The Cockpit across two days in August 2005, returning in 2006. It brought together the UK's underground metal and hardcore music, along with metal and hardcore bands from Europe and America. There was no Ghostfest in 2007, but it returned every year from 2008 until 2015 and became a household name in the European indoor metal and hardcore scene, growing to ten times its original capacity since its inception in 2005 and selling out nearly every year in advance until 2015.
Ghostfest 2005
The first Ghostfest took place on Saturday 13 August and Sunday 14 August at the Leeds Cockpit on its smaller stage due to the main stage being unavailable. 18 of the underground metal and hardcore acts played. It was priced at £15 for a two-day pass. The whole festival was shot and released as a DVD.| Saturday 13 August | Sunday 14 August |
Hondo Maclean Eden Maine Love That Kills Azriel Penknifelovelife Test Switch Isolator Everette Her Words Kill Son Of A Fiend | Sikth Johnny Truant November Coming Fire Bring Me The Horizon The Legacy Shaped by Fate Architects Carbine Spasticated Razor Masturbator |
Ghostfest 2006
The second Ghostfest took place on Saturday 12 August and Sunday 13 August. It was once again held in the Cockpit, but on both stages. In a bid to let people see as many bands as possible without any potential clashes, stage times were alternated between the two stages so one band would play on the main stage while another would set up on the second stage.A day ticket cost £19, whilst a weekend pass cost £25.
Main Stage
| Saturday 12 August | Sunday 13 August |
Cryptopsy Knuckledust* Job For A Cowboy Azriel Broken Oath Clone The Fragile Viatrophy The Murder Obsession Submerged | Bring Me the Horizon Devil Sold His Soul Architects Penknifelovelife Flood Of Red Baysix From The Carnival Of Horrors So Red The Rose April Dead |
Second Stage
| Saturday 12 August | Sunday 13 August |
Gorerotted The Seventh Cross Burning Skies Raise The Dead Eternal Lord Everette Test Switch Isolator* Soon To Be September* The New Jonny Saville Mystery Project | Send More Paramedics The Blackout Cry For Silence D-Rail 8control Camorra From Grace A Thousand Battles Lost Buried Between The Cross* |
Ghostfest 2008
The third Ghostfest took place on Saturday 28 June and Sunday 29 June and was this time held at . A day ticket cost £20 and a weekend ticket cost £30.Some bands pulled out of their slots, including Consort With Romeo, who were replaced by Clone The Fragile for their last ever show. Annotations Of An Autopsy were replaced by The Rotted.
Tuborg Stage
| Saturday 28 June | Sunday 29 June |
Cult of Luna Architects Devil Sold His Soul Azriel Dead Swans Your Demise* Blackhole The Rotted Martyr Defiled The Eyes Of A Traitor | Johnny Truant The Berzerker Exit Ten Raging Speedhorn Glamour Of The Kill Burn Down Rome Clone The Fragile Cry For Silence Miss Conduct Dividing The Line |
Jagermeister Stage
| Saturday 28 June | Sunday 29 June |
Trigger the Bloodshed Shaped by Fate Postmortem Promises* The Ocean Gold Kids* Many Things Untold The Arusha Accord Ingested Lower Than Atlantis The Torture Of Comacine | The Ghost of a Thousand The Plight Malefice The Legacy Ted Maul Anterior The Secret* Bury Tomorrow Fei Comodo The Vehicle Field |
Ghostfest 2009
Ghostfest 2009 took place on Saturday 27 June and Sunday 28 June and was again held at Rios Leeds.The ticket prices dropped to £17.50 per day and £25 for the weekend.
Front Stage
| Saturday 27 June | Sunday 28 June |
Whitechapel Annotations of an Autopsy* Azriel The Eyes of a Traitor Trigger The Bloodshed* Evita Postmortem Promises* Lower Than Atlantis Martyr Defiled | Despised Icon Sylosis Your Demise Viatrophy More Than Life Traces Brutality Will Prevail Project Metropolis |
Monster Energy / Honour Over Glory Stage
| Saturday 27 June | Sunday 28 June |
Ted Maul The Arusha Accord Ignominious Incarceration Yashin Bury Tomorrow Ingested Heart in Hand This Is Colour | Dead Swans Flood Of Red Failsafe The Argent Dawn Chaos Days Veils Throne Of Decia |
Ghostfest 2010
Ghostfest 2010 took place at Leeds University Union on 26 and 27 June.Monster Energy Stage
| Saturday 26 June | Sunday 27 June |
The Acacia Strain Clone The Fragile Azriel The Arusha Accord Bleed from Within More Than Life TRC Desolated | Gallows Devil Sold His Soul Evergreen Terrace The Seventh Cross The Eyes of a Traitor Lower Than Atlantis Ingested Brutality Will Prevail |
Honour Over Glory Stage / Thirty Days Of Night Records Stage
| Saturday 26 June | Sunday 27 June |
Knuckledust Trigger The Bloodshed Martyr Defiled Ignominious Incarceration * This Is Colour Throats Monuments Curses | Dead Swans Evita The Boy Will Drown Last Witness The Argent Dawn The Torture Of Comacine While She Sleeps With One Last Breath |
Ghostfest 2011
Ghostfest 2011 took place at Leeds University Union on 25 and 26 June.Monster Energy Stage
| Saturday 25 June | Sunday 26 June |
Bury Your Dead Your Demise Bury Tomorrow Viatrophy Annotations Of An Autopsy Ingested Martyr Defiled Demoraliser | Suicide Silence Bleed from Within After The Burial TRC Evita Against The Flood Silent Screams With One Last Breath |
Honour Over Glory Stage
| Saturday 25 June | Sunday 26 June |
While She Sleeps Brutality Will Prevail Last Witness Heart Of A Coward Hero In Error Breaking Point Bays Broken Teeth | Deez Nuts More Than Life Heights Heart in Hand Basement Polar Crossbreaker The Ocean Between Us |
- All Shall Perish pulled out due to problems with the release date of their album and were replaced by While She Sleeps.
Ghostfest 2012
Impericon Stage
| Saturday 30 June | Sunday 1 July |
The Black Dahlia Murder Comeback Kid Bleed from Within Heights Silent Screams Heart in Hand Ingested | Emmure Your Demise Bury Tomorrow All Shall Perish TRC Demoraliser Polar |
Monster Stage
| Saturday 30 June | Sunday 1 July |
Brutality Will Prevail No Turning Back Broken Teeth Brotherhood Of The Lake Grader Desolated Heavy Hands | Defeater Last Witness Former Thieves The Eyes of a Traitor Breaking Point Departures Crossbreaker |
Time Will Tell Stage
| Saturday 30 June | Sunday 1 July |
Heart in Hand Carcer City The Bridal Procession Prowler Steak Number Eight Continents Red Seas Fire | Feed The Rhino Pay No Respect Martyr Defiled Odessa Astroid Boys Villa Rise Empires Fade |
Ghostfest 2013
Ghostfest 2013 took place at Leeds University Union on 29 June until 30 June.Impericon Stage
| Saturday 29 June | Sunday 30 June |
Terror Bury Your Dead Brutality Will Prevail Veil Of Maya Heights Monuments Betraying the Martyrs Heart in Hand | The Devil Wears Prada Chelsea Grin Bar School 101* Heart of a Coward Thy Art Is Murder Silent Screams Martyr Defiled Odessa |
Hype Stage
| Saturday 29 June | Sunday 30 June |
Vanna Harms Way Polar Demoraliser Malevolence Astroid Boys Napoleon Black Tongue | Knuckledust Antagonist A.D. Broken Teeth Breaking Point Dead Harts Frustration Mind Control Survival |
Ghost Music Stage
| Saturday 29 June | Sunday 30 June |
The Elijah Continents Desolated Twitching Tongues Grader I Exist Give 'Em Blood Fathoms | Iwrestledabearonce Azriel Oceans Ate Alaska Departures The Catharsis Chronographs Despite My Deepest Fear Empires Fade |
- The Acacia Strain pulled out of their European tour and were replaced by a secret band, called Bar School 101, who then revealed themselves to actually be Your Demise.
Ghostfest 2014
Impericon Stage
| Saturday 28 June | Sunday 29 June |
Suicide Silence Bleed from Within Betraying the Martyrs Hundredth Annotations Of An Autopsy Desolated Astroid Boys Demoraliser Black Tongue Acrania | Memphis May Fire Stick to Your Guns Heart of a Coward Being as an Ocean TRC Malevolence Martyr Defiled Nexilva Novelists Early Seasons |
Skull And Bones Boys Club Stage
| Saturday 28 June | Sunday 29 June |
Nasty Palm Reader Ingested Azriel Continents No Second Chance Cold Hard Truth Fathoms Sentenced Hardships Anchored By Avarice | Broken Teeth Dead Harts The Catharsis Pay No Respect Trial & Error Black Dogs Shields Grader Lock & Key Counting Days |
- Close Your Eyes and Rotting Out pulled out of their European tours and were replaced by Breakdown Of Sanity and the 2004 lineup of Your Demise. Your Demise also pulled out and were replaced by Pay No Respect. Breakdown Of Sanity pulled out due to illness the day before and were replaced by Demoraliser.
Ghostfest 2015
Stage 1
| 5 and 6 September |
Hatebreed Emmure Despised Icon Heart of a Coward Born of Osiris Turnstile Nasty Malevolence Astroid Boys |
Stage 2
| 5 and 6 September |
Stray from the Path Crime In Stereo Xibalba Oceano Desolated Rise of the Northstar Oathbreaker Make Them Suffer Angel Dust |
Stage 3
| 5 and 6 September |
Jonny Craig Broken Teeth Counting Days Martyr Defiled Slaughter To Prevail Continents Seafoal Blood Youth Casey Venom Prison |
- The Eyes of a Traitor pulled out of their final shows and were replaced by Counting Days.
- Emmure pulled out of the Leeds Festival date which resulted in Broken Teeth playing on the main stage instead of the third stage.