Hard Rock Laager

Hard Rock Laager

Genre	Rock, Metal
Dates	late June / early July
Location(s)	Vana-Vigala, Estonia
Years active	2002 - present

Hard Rock Laager is a two-day rock and metal festival held annually in a field in the small Estonian village of Vana-Vigala. It draws a crowd of approximately 2000 people each year.

Hard Rock Laager 2002

The first Hard Rock Laager festival took place on 19 and 20 July and involved mainly Estonian bands from the local scene. It had only one stage and the line-up included:

Luciferase
Skyforger
Soulgrind
Blueprint Human Being
Bloody Sign
Tharaphita
Forgotten Sunrise
Metsatöll
Echosilence
Zorg
Solwaig
Melotrap
Hellroad Orange
Vigilia Mortum

Hard Rock Laager 2003

The second annual Hard Rock Laager festival took place on 18 and 19 July. From 2003, the festival took place over two stages, like 2002. The line-up of the second year of the festival was still almost exclusively Estonian, it included:

Antimatter
Obtest
Siffles-Chopes
Loits
Tharaphita
Metsatöll
Zorg
Herald
Instigator of Grief
East Trading Wang
Monstera
Loom
Symbolic State
Catafalc
Leech
Shabash
Sickbag
Raud-Ants
Ugly Ogre

Hard Rock Laager 2004

The third annual Hard Rock Laager festival included slightly larger international acts than previous years and took place on 16 and 17 July, the line-up included:

Dismember
Swallow the Sun
Neglected Fields
Ossatorium
Loits
Forgotten Sunrise
Human ground
Herald
Metsatöll
Must Missa
Kantor Voy
Catafalc
J.M.K.E.
Brides in Bloom
Solwaig
Zahir
Paskar Kolgats
Necro Strike

Hard Rock Laager 2005

Hard Rock Laager 2005 took place on 1 and 2 July, the line-up included:

Saku Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
No-Big-Silence Tharaphita Loits Symbolic State Inferno	Katatonia Metsatöll Human Ground Loom Monstera Raud Ants

B Stage

Friday	Saturday
Gunnar's Roses Solitaire Flaying Dawn of Gehenna	Lord Belial Darzamat Mortophilia Hellroad Orange Andaja

Hard Rock Laager 2006

This Hard Rock Laager was the biggest yet, the line-up included many international artists and was headlined by the Norwegian black metal band Satyricon.The festival took place on the 30th of June and the 1st of July, the full line-up for the festival included:

Saku Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
Tiamat Metsatöll Must Missa Me, Myself & I These Broken Remains	Satyricon Deathstars Whispering Forest Manatark Skyforger Nitrous Hell Can Wait

B Stage

Friday	Saturday
Horricane Decapitated Herald Vigilia Mortum	Beseech Pedigree Malicious Death Shadowdances Mannhai Nihilistikrypt

Hard Rock Laager 2007

The line-up included many international artists and was headlined by the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. The festival took place on the 30th of June and the 1st of July, the full line-up for the festival included:

Saku Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
Cathedral Enslaved Entwine Kosmikud Burn Still	Soilwork Vader Tharaphita Brides in Bloom Preternatural Smashed Nail Sister Smõuk

Jack Daniels Stage

Friday	Saturday
Loits Must Missa Burden of Grief Goresoerd	Forgotten Sunrise Amoral Finish Me Off Obtest Galadriel Spitblood

Hard Rock Laager 2008

Hard Rock Laager 2008 took place on 27 and 28 June. The line-up included:

Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
No-Big-Silence Primordial Charon Leech NMR	Amorphis Metsatöll Impaled Nazarene House of Games Nihilistikrypt Melmac Tiss

Jack Stage

Friday	Saturday
Horricane Witchcraft Stigmata Catafalc	Sõpruse Puiestee Watain Hate Argharus Taak Seborrhea

Hard Rock Laager 2009

Took place on 3 and 4 July, the lineup included:

Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
Septic Flesh Poisonblack Kosmikud Goresoerd Kamikadze-TR	No-Big-Silence Metsatöll Tharaphita Herald Rock Crime Burn Still Steel Scream

B Stage

Friday	Saturday
Loits Rotten Sound Blood Red Throne These Broken Remains	Trail of Tears Omnium Gatherum Revolver Urt Nevesis Morigan

Hard Rock Laager 2010

Took place on 2 and 3 July, the lineup included:

Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
Finntroll Weedeater Evestus Goresoerd Paean	Mayhem Metsatöll Throes of Dawn Crionics One Dollar Project Sõjaruun Kantor Voy

Pasunamehe Stage

Friday	Saturday
Demonical Pedigree Black Cobra Saviours	Horricane Mad Sin Ocularis Infernum Recycle Bin Cantilena Lassie the Cat

Hard Rock Laager 2011

The festival took place on 1 and 2 July, the full line-up for the festival included:

Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
Napalm Death Mnemic Moonsorrow Ceremonial Perfection Ketikoerad	My Dying Bride Metsatöll Rotting Christ Sanctimony Axegressor Catafalc Tolmunud Mesipuu

Jack Stage

Friday	Saturday
Herald Nihilistikrypt Thy Disease Emerald	Forgotten Sunrise Zorg Revolver Semargl Kurjam Necro Strike

Hard Rock Laager 2012

The festival took place on 29 and 30 of June, the full line-up for the festival included:

Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
Sybreed Swallow the Sun Metsatöll Goresoerd Syrcity	Samael October Tide Melechesh Devilish Impressions Cantilena Taak Hukkunud Hinged

Jack Stage

Friday	Saturday
Wyrm Sub Terra DND Cavus Fraility	No-Big-Silence To/Die/For Freakangel Luctus Dawn of Oblivion Monstera

Hard Rock Laager 2013

The festival took place on 28 and 29 of June, the full line-up for the festival included:

Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
Testament Skyforger Cryptopsy Evoken Evadne	Marduk Aborted 4arm Antagonist Zero Redneck Rampage Maxtraktor Emphasis

Viru Valge Stage

Friday	Saturday
Endstille Forgotten Sunrise Catafalc Ophis	Pedigree Horricane Talbot Psychoterror Psilocybe Larvae Tapper

Hard Rock Laager 2014

The festival took place on 27 and 28 of June, the full line-up for the festival included:

Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
Metsatöll Alcest Nevesis Koldbrann Skeleton Race	Behemoth Phil Anselmo and The Illegals Soul Thrower Preternatural Cantilena Domination Black Ocean Districts

Zippo Encore Stage

Friday	Saturday
Winny Puhh Tharaphita Thrashless Woland	Thou Shell Of Death Goresoerd Aghor Wyrm Sub Terra Evestus Statica

Hard Rock Laager 2015

The festival took place on 3 and 4 of July, the full line-up for the festival included:

Rock Stage

Friday	Saturday
Anaal Nathrakh Threshold Wolf Metsatöll Deformation	Caliban Candlemass Shining Kosmikud Herald Beyond The Structure Diskreetse Mango Trio

Jack Stage

Friday	Saturday
Forgotten Sunrise Alfahanne Paean Odota	Aggressor Neglected Fields J.M.K.E. Urt Au-Dessus Cryptica

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