Plan B - Malmö

Malmö Massacre 2026 – Day 1

Doors open

From Malmö come Extreme Metal and Death Metal outfit Synekrosis, who have released, back in February, their debut album "Amalgamation of Flesh".

Synekrosis

Swedish outfit from Gothenburg, that play Crust, Hardcore Punk and D-Beat, while also incorporating elements from Death Metal and a fast-paced rock'n'roll backbone to their sound.

Fredagen Den 13:E

Hailing from Helsingborg, Sweden, and emerging from the vibrant underground music scene, KLPS is a force to be reckoned with in the realms of post-metal, sludge, and post-hardcore.

Klps

Swedish extreme metal band, primarily known for playing Grindcore. Formed in Växjö, in 1992, they are known in the metal scene for their signature blend of thrash and death metal riffs, and highly humorous, satirical lyrics about gore and horror.

Birdflesh

Hardcore, Crust and D-Beat outfit from Sweden, known for fast, raw, and politically charged music, that made them a staple of the local underground scene in Gothenburg.

Trench Rot

Grand Harvest are a Swedish Death Metal band based in Malmö, that are known for combining the rhythmic intensity of death metal with the sludge and heaviness of doom, adding atmospheric, esoteric elements heavily associated with black metal.

Grand Harvest

Straight outta Copenhagen comes the gore splattered Grindviolence outfit UxDxS. Driven forth by punishing blast beats and low-end distorted axe, the 4-piece has been around for 2 years playing a handful of shows in the suburban sewers of Cph.

Uxdxs

The Crown are a Swedish Death Metal band formed in 1990 in Trollhättan. Their music and lyrics are inspired by death, antireligious and rebellion themes, resulting in a mix of melodic death metal with more aggressive, old-school tendencies and trash metal influences.

The Crown

Mule are an emerging Metalcore band based in Helsingborg, Sweden. Known for their aggressive energy, raw emotion, and heavy breakdowns, their sound blends aggressive, rhythmic intensity with melodic sections.

Mule

Afsky are a Danish Black Metal from Copenhagen, formed in 2015 by Ole Pedersen Luk. Their lyrics often draw from old Danish poetry, while their sound is inspired by Danish schlager music creating a unique blend of atmospheric and depressive Black Metal.

Afsky

Malmö Massacre 2026 – Day 2

Stand up - Blasphemy and Comedy

Malmö Old School Black Metal outfit inspired by a time before the 1990’s, when black metal was still defined as Satanic metal. This is Black Demon Metal executed with narrow minded simplicity.

Black Demon

Form in Norrköping in 2015, Godhead Machinery are a blackened death metal constellation with the main purpose to analyse the ongoing greed and corruption that swallows all that can be eaten in this world.

Godhead Machinery

Amputated Genitals is a Brutal Death Metal band from Bogotá, Colombia. Formed in 2003, the group is known for their hyper-blasting drum work, heavily down-tuned guitars, and grotesque lyricism.

Amputated Genitals

Hailing from Montreal, Canada, this Black Metal outfit focus on on raw, melodic, and atmospheric black metal, drawing heavy influence from the classic 1990s Scandinavian and Finnish scenes while offering a visceral, modern energy.

Spectral Wound

Old School Death Metal outfit from Karlskrona, Sweden, that draw inspiration from classic, raw 90s underground death metal. Their sound features down-tuned, heavily distorted guitars and aggressive riffs.

Veins Of Death

Bølzer are a Swiss Extreme Metal band whose sound is best characterised as blackened death metal. Celebrated for a sound that is vast, atmospheric, and uniquely heavy, they combine the raw aggression of black and death metal with slow, crushing sludge and psychedelic, meditative elements.

Bölzer

Italian Grindcore and Hardcore Punk band formed in 1988, that incorporates elements of extreme metal and noisecore into their sound. Fast, aggressive instrumentation featuring ultra-short, chaotic song structures.

Cripple Bastards

Swedish Black Metal supergroup from Stockholm, formed in 1994 by members of Entombed and Dismember. Their sound features the classic HM-2 buzzsaw guitar tone combined with the doomy, twisted, and horror-obsessed morbidity of the American band Autopsy.

Murder Squad

Malmö Massacre 2026 – Day 3

B.L.M Quiz - Power Hour

Stockholm-based band XIAO plays hardcore punk and powerviolence. Formed in 2019, the group is known for their raw, high-energy sound that blends fast, aggressive blast-beats with heavy, sludge-inspired breakdowns.

Xiao

Jordfäst are a Swedish Black Metal band, combining traditional, raw black metal guitar riffs and harsh vocals, with Scandinavian folk-inspired melodies and theatrical storytelling. In their songs, they unearth the grim past of the Scandinavian peninsula, channeling the long-forgotten cries of people that once lived.

Jordfäst

Abortion is a long-running Slovak extreme metal band, formed in 1989 in Nitriansky Kraj. Known for their fast-paced, DIY approach and heavy presence in the European underground, they have been releasing full-lengths and split records for over three decades.

Abortion

Brainwasher is a Swedish extreme metal band based in Gothenburg, playing a high-intensity blend of Grindcore and Hardcore punk. Formed in 2015, they are known for their fast, punishing sound.

Brainwasher

Disrupted is a Swedish Death metal band from Ludvika, that retains the old glory and aesthetics of the Swedish tradition but enhances the sound, the speed and, yes, the heaviness. Time to rot again, only more gruesomely!!!

Disrupted

Brain Burn are a heavy, uncompromising garage punk and "knuttekraut" band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Born on the industrial island of Ringön, the quartet features members with roots in local acts like Uran GBG, Exorcist GBG, and Morrhår.

Brain Burn

Martyrdöd is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, known for an intense hybrid of crust punk, d-beat, and black metal. Their heavy sound blends the raw energy of Scandinavian hardcore with dark, melodic atmospheres and aggressive guitar riffs.

Martyrdöd

Blackened Progressive Death Metal and Blackened Heavy Metal Swedish band, whose music fuses intense, atmospheric black and death metal elements with the melody and rhythm of classic heavy metal and dark rock.

Speglas

American Death Metal band from Yonkers, New York, widely considered as one of the pioneers of the city's death metal scene, alongside acts such as Incantation and Suffocation. Celebrated for guitarist Bob Vigna's unique, off-kilter, and highly dissonant guitar work.

Immolation

Malmö Massacre 2026 – Day 4

Myrdinger are an extreme metal band from Skåne, Sweden, playing Black Metal. Their sound is deeply rooted in the raw, "old-school" style of the genre, focusing on themes of mythology, devilry, and destruction.

Myrdinger

Harrowed is a crusty, old-school death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed by vocalist/drummer Adam Lindmark and guitarist/bassist Tobias Alpadie. They are best known for their raw, punk-infused, and maggot-ridden take on Swedish death metal.

Harrowed

Formed in Gothenburg, Walking Corpse plays a heavy, uncompromising blend of Grindcore and Deathgrind. Their sound is often described as a raw, cerebral, and dissonant form of traditional grind that incorporates heavy, chugging breakdowns, crust punk, and sludge influences.

Walking Corpse

Crimson Moonlight is a Swedish extreme metal, formed in 1997 in Jönköping. They are known for their aggressive musical style alongside their openly Christian lyrical themes, occasionally falling into the Unblack Metal subgenre.

Crimson Moonlight

Sweden's Razorvoid plays a raw, energetic blend of Thrash Metal and Punk, often described as "metalpunk". Their aggressive, fast-paced sound is heavily inspired by old-school death metal, heavy metal, and D-beat, drawing influences from bands like Motörhead, Bathory, and Anticimex.

Razorvoid

New Orleans-based heavy metal group that plays a ferocious blend of grindcore, powerviolence, and death metal. They self-describe their genre as "bimboviolence" and "barbiegrind", a style that pairs punishing, heavy riffs with a pink-pilled Y2K and Barbie aesthetic.

Brat

Powerviolence and Sludge Metal band from Malmö, known for the blistering "Øresund Powerviolence" that combines dirty death metal riffs, abrasive sludge, and punishing tempos.

Lingchi

American metalcore band, widely recognized as pioneers of their genre. They are known for their heavy, driving sound and are specifically noted for playing metallic hardcore—a subgenre that blends hardcore punk with extreme metal influences.

Hatebreed

Malmö Massacre 2026 – Day 5

Illvilja are a Swedish band from Lidköping that plays blackened crust mixed with fast black metal, punk, and d-beat. Their music is often characterised as "pitch-black crust", featuring aggressive rhythms and dark, bleak lyrics about the grittier aspects of life.

Illvilja

Formed in Avest back in 2006, Demonical are a Swedish Death Metal band. Their sound is deeply rooted in classic Stockholm-style death metal, featuring a mix of crushing, infernal grooves, aggressive mid-tempo riffs, and dark, grim melodies.

Demonical

Danish alternative metal and shoegaze band, formed in 2022, known for their genre-blending sound and cinematic approach to music releases. Gained rapid popularity by playing significant festivals, such as Sweden Rock Festival, Roskilde Festival, and Copenhell.

Heavily influenced by death metal and more atmospheric sounds, Avslut were formed in Stockholm in 2016 and are now one of the mainstays of the Black Metal scene. Their songs feature themes of misanthropy and hatred.

Avslut

Basque Grindcore band from Spain that are known for their ultra-fast drum machine blast beats, heavy bass distortion, and highly satirical, offensive, and absurdly humorous themes.

Mutilated Judge

Baest are a Danish Death Metal band, with their sound deeply rooted in old-school death metal, while also incorporating classic heavy metal, groove, and progressive twists into their music.

Bæst

Originating from Gothenburg, Agrimonia play thundering death and black metal soaked doom, with hints of crust, as well as atmospheric and melody-driven soundscapes.

Agrimonia

Hailing from Poland and recognized as one of Death Metal most widely respected bands, Decapited earned an international fan base in the underground music community, and became an innovating act in the modern death metal genre ever since they debuted in 1997.

Decapitated

Stockholm-based Sludge Metal band known for their blend of blackened hardcore, sludge and post-metal. Their sound also pulls heavily from drone soundscapes, post-metal, and death metal to create an uncompromising, heavy auditory assault.

This Gift Is A Curse

Malmö Massacre 2026 – Day 6

Crust Hardcore and Punk band formed in Lidköping, Sweden in 2002. M40 signature sound combines heavy D-beat, metallic hardcore, and darker, atmospheric post-metal elements.

M:40

Swedish band that plays a vicious hybrid of Crust Punk, D-Beat, Hardcore, and Death Metal. Formed in Gothenburg, their sound is heavily inspired by 90s Swedish death metal bands like Dismember and the raw punk of Disrupt.

Industrial Puke

From Malmö, Crutches are a prominent D-beat and Crust Punk band. 

While rooted heavily in hardcore punk, the band's sonic gnarliness relies heavily on the heavy metal-associated Boss HM-2 guitar distortion, sharing a massive crossover appeal with extreme metal genres like grindcore, and death metal.

Crutches

Gehennah is a Swedish band best known for playing dirty, fast-paced Street Metal mixed Their lyrics shy away from the more traditional heavy metal themes, with punk-infused, anti-establishment and drinking-anthem lyrics instead.

Gehennah

Explosive Swedish thrash metal band formed in Gothenburg in 2021 by brothers William and Albert Lindeblad. Their sound draws heavily from the raw, old-school, and aggressive 1980s Bay Area scene and have been said to represent a new wave of thrash metal that emerged in the second half of the 2010s and the first half of the 2020s.

Hostilia

Cryptic Shift, an English extreme metal band, describe their sound as "Phenomenal Technological Astrodeath", heavily rooted in complex, expansive science-fiction lore.

Cryptic Shift

A cult thrash/death metal band formed in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1988 that split up shortly after. Now the band has been revived in Stockholm by founding member Nicke Olsson with a new lineup and are ready to spread the disease again!

Leprosy

Swedish Death Metal band from Östersund formed in 1999, that play an uncommonly intense, technically proficient, high-velocity brand of death metal.

Aeon

Svaveldioxid

1349 is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1997. The band's name is a reference to the year the Black Death reached Norway.

1349

Mawiza are an indigenous Mapuche Heavy Metal band from Wallmapu, the ancestral territory spanning Chile and Argentina. 

Their genre is best described as Groove Metal and Indigenous Folk Metal, combining heavy, modern metal riffs with traditional chants, indigenous instrumentation, and lyrics sung entirely in their native language, Mapuzungun.

July 31-Aug 2
Aug 6-8, 2026
Plan B, Malmö

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Fri 31 Jul - Sat 08 Aug

Plan B Malmö,

30 min from CPH

18+, Food & Full Bar