We’re getting closer to the end of summer, which unfortunately means the end of major music festivals dotting the northern hemisphere. Actually, who am I kidding — dotting Europe, since the U.S. very rarely gets to host a doesn’t a metal focused festival worth a damn. Thanks to the internet, though, we can live vicariously through our heavy metal brothers and sisters across the pond.
Back on June 3, thrash metal band Sacred Reich tore through a 13-song set spanning their five albums, including their 2019 release Awakening, at the Rock Hard Festival in Germany. You can check out their entire set courtesy of the WDR Rockpalast YouTube channel.
Their Rock Hard Festival performance was something of a triumphant return to the stage for the band, as they were forced to cancel their sets at Copenhell, Graspop Metal Meeting, and Hellfest so guitarist Wiley Arnett could undergo surgery for an undisclosed condition.
Be sure to check out WDR Rockpalast’s YouTube page for even more live setlists, with performances by Kataklysm, Blind Guardian, and Grave Digger.
Sacred Reich’s Hard Rock Festival setlist:
01. Divide & Conquer
02. The American Way
03. Killing Machine
04. Love…Hate
05. One Nation
06. Ignorance
07. Who’s To Blame
08. Independent
09. Awakening
10. Free
11. Manifest Reality
12. Death Squad
13. Surf Nicaragua
You can catch Sacred Reich on their European tour at one of the following dates:
Aug 19 – Saint-Nolff, France – Motocultor Festival
Aug 20 – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Dynamo MetalFest
Oct 15 – Erfurt, Germany – Club From Hell
Oct 16 – Nuremberg, Germany – Hirsch
Oct 18 – Münster, Germany – Sputnik Café
Oct 20 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Amager
Oct 21 – Leipzig, Germany – Hellraiser
Oct 22 – Zlín, Czech Republic – Sportovní Hala Datart
Oct 23 – Wrocław, Poland – A2 Centrum Koncertowe
Oct 25 – Vienna, Austria – Arena Wien – Grosse Halle
Oct 26 – Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra
Oct 27 – Munich, Germany – Backstage, Werk
Oct 28 – Cologne, Germany – Essigfabrik
Oct 29 – Pratteln, Switzerland – Z7 Konzertfabrik
Oct 30 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
Nov 1 – Glasgow, UK – Queen Margaret Union (QMU)
Nov 2 – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz Manchester
Nov 3 – Dublin, Ireland – The Academy
Nov 4 – Wolverhampton, UK – KK’s Steel Mill
Nov 5 – London, UK – Electric Brixton
Nov 6 – Borgerhout, Belgium – TRIX
Nov 8 – Ramonville St Agne, France – Le Bikini
Nov 9 – Madrid, Spain – Sala But
Nov 10 – Porto, Portugal – Hard Club
Nov 11 – Villava, Spain Sala – Totem Aretoa
Nov 12 – Barcelona, Spain – ala Razzmatazz
Nov 14 – Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal
Nov 15 – Paris, France – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
Nov 16 – Stuttgart, Germany – Im Wizemann – Halle
Nov 18 – Weissenhäuser Strand, Germany – Metal Hammer Paradise
Nov 19 – Hamburg, Germany – Markthalle
Nov 20 – Haarlem, Netherlands – Patronaat
Nov 21 Wiesbaden, Germany Kulturzentrum Schlachthof