Hard Rock Laager
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| Location(s) | Vana-Vigala, Estonia |
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| Years active | 2002 - present |
| Date(s) | late June / early July |
| Genre | Rock, Metal |
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 is the largest alternative music festival in Estonia and draws a crowd of approximately 2000 people each year.
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Hard Rock Laager 2004
The third annual Hard Rock Laager festival included slightly more 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
[edit] Hard Rock Laager 2005
Hard Rock Laager 2005 took place on 1 and 2 July, the line-up included;
- Katatonia
- Lord Belial
- Solitaire
- No-Big-Silence
- Andaja
- Darzamat
- Flaying
- Metsatöll
- Human ground
- Gunnar's Roses
- Loits
- Loom
- Tharaphita
- Raud-Ants
- Mortophilia
- Symbolic State
- Dawn of Gehenna
- Hellroad Orange
- Inferno
[edit] 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
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B Stage
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[edit] 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
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Jack Daniels Stage
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[edit] Hard Rock Laager 2008
Hard Rock Laager 2008 took place on 27 and 28 June. The line-up included;
Rock Stage
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Jack Stage
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[edit] Hard Rock Laager 2009
Took place on 3 and 4 July, the lineup included:
- Blood Red Throne
- Burn Still
- Goresoard
- Heaven's Basement
- Herald
- Kosmikud
- Loits
- Metsatöll
- Morigan
- Nevesis
- No-Big-Silence
- Omnium Gatherum
- Poisonblack
- Revolver
- Rock Crime
- Rotten Sound
- Septic Flesh
- Steel Scream
- Tharaphita
- These Broken Remains
- Trail of Tears
- Urt
[edit] Hard Rock Laager 2010
Took place on 2 and 3 July, the lineup included:
Rock Stage
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Pasunamehe Stage
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[edit] Hard Rock Laager 2011
The festival took place on 1 and 2 July, the full line-up for the festival included:
Rock Stage
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Jack Stage
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