Some of the most well-known metal bands in the world have performed at the Bangalore Open Air Metal Music Festival. Numerous bands have played at the festival, captivating the crowd with their performances. Some of the biggest names in metal music participated in the festival's 2023 iteration, including Overkill, Beyond The Black, Alcest, Suffocation, Marduk, Abbath, Immolation, Kalmah, Intronaut, and THE DOWN TRODDENCE.
The renowned American thrash metal band Overkill delivered a ferocious opening performance to officially start off the event. The energetic performance of the band set the tone for the remainder of the festival. Other highlights included the riveting symphonic metal performance by Beyond The Black, the spellbinding shoegaze black metal by Alcest, and the ferocious death metal set by Suffocation.
Among the festival's notable performances were Marduk's powerful black metal, Abbath's unforgettable blackened heavy metal, Immolation's crushing death metal, Kalmah's melodic death metal, Intronaut's progressive metal, and THE DOWN TRODDENCE's distinctive fusion of Carnatic music and metal. The Bangalore Open Air Metal Music Festival's 2023 iteration was a great success all around, with each band giving a standout performance that left the audience clamoring for more.