Metal Hammer Paradise

Metal Meets Beach Holiday

Metal Hammer Paradise is one of Germany's most unusual Metal festivals. Instead of being held outdoors on a festival meadow, it takes place indoors at the Beachhotel Weissenhäuser Strand — right on the Baltic Sea, in the seaside resort of Schashagen in the Ostholstein district. Festival passes and hotel stays are sold as a package, allowing visitors to head to the beach, sauna, or restaurant between concerts.

2026 Line-up: Kreator as Headliner

Several bands have already been officially announced for the 2026 edition — advance sales are ongoing. Confirmed acts include:

• Kreator — German Thrash Metal legends
• The Halo Effect — Swedish Melodic Death Metal
• Knorkator — German Crossover classics
• Rage — Power Metal from Herne
• Destruction — Thrash pioneers
• Victory, Unleashed, Legion of the Damned, Neckbreakker, Flotsam and Jetsam

A total of over 15 bands are on the program. More acts will be announced successively throughout the summer of 2026.

Promoter and Media Partners

The festival is produced by FKP Scorpio, one of Northern Germany's most important concert promoters (also behind Hurricane and Southside Festival). Media partners are ARTE and the Hamburg-based radio station BOB. Behind the scenes is the magazine Metal Hammer, which gives the festival its name.

Weissenhäuser Strand — Unusual Venue

The Beachhotel Weissenhäuser Strand is located between Heiligenhafen and Hohwacht in one of the most beautiful bays on the Baltic Sea coast. Sandy beach, dunes, mixed forest — and a large beach hotel resort whose event spaces become concert stages on the two festival days. The combination of beach hotel plus Metal has quickly earned the festival cult status. The aftermovie of the 2025 edition is available on the festival website.