Doom Shall Rise is the world’s biggest festival exclusively dedicated to Doom Rock & Metal.
The first festival took place in February 2003 in Crailsheim, Germany. Surprised and overwhelmed by the great response from fans, bands and the media the organizers Frank Hellweg ( Well of Souls ) and Jochen Fopp ( Mirror of Deception ) had to move to a bigger location the year after. The Chapel, a former US military church in Göppingen (near Stuttgart) has been the location since then.
Apart from giving bands of this often overlooked and neglected musical genre and their fans a platform and a reason for an annual gathering the focus is also introducing newcomers as well as featuring more established bands and bringing some to Europe for the first time.
The following bands have played at DSR:
2003: Dawn Of Winter, Doomshine, Dreaming, Forsaken, Mirror of Deception, Officium Triste, Revelation, Reverend Bizarre, Semlah, Subversion, Tollwuet, Thunderstorm, Voodooshock, Weed in the Head, Well of Souls, Wytchcraft.
2004: Count Raven, Drecksau, Mourning Beloveth, Northwinds, Orodruin, Penance, Pantheist, Shepherd, Spancer, Spiritus Mortis, Thee Plague of Gentlemen, The Doomsday Cult, Wall of Sleep, While Heaven Wept.
2005: Beyond Belief, Burning Saviours, Gorilla Monsoon, Isole, Lahar, Mar de Grises, Mirror of Deception, Pale Divine, Place of Skulls, Rising Dust, The Gates of Slumber, The River, Thunderstorm, Warning, Well of Souls.
2006: Against Nature, Ahab, Beehoover, Bunkur, Dantesco, Dawn Of Winter, Debris Inc., Doomraiser, Glow, Heavy Lord, Iron Hearse, Jack Frost, Solitude Aeturnus, Veni Domine, Versus The Stillborn-Minded.
2007: Centurions Ghost, Dreaming, Earthride, Faith, Forsaken, Low Man’s Tune, Mael Mordha, Memory Garden, Mirror of Deception, My Shameful, Officium Triste, Our Survival Depends On Us, Serpentcult, Stereochrist, The Gates of Slumber, The Last Supper.
2008: - DSR took a break -
2009: Black Shape of Nexus, Extorian, Griftegård, Lord of the Grave, Lord Vicar, Omega Massif, Pagan Altar, Procession, Reino Ermitaño, Revelation, Semlah, shEver, Syrach, The Lamp of Thoth, Tortured Spirit, Voodooshock, Wino
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