The Belgium extreme metal festival Alcatraz Open Air announces new names for 2026. 66 more bands confirmed for the four days of mayhem from August 6 to August 9 in Kortrijk, Belgium. The first headliners for the 18th festival edition are Powerwolf and Slaughter to Prevail. Now are coming Arch Enemy and Alestorm. Body Count ft. Ice-T is the real surprise. They will storm Europe in 2026, including Alcatraz.

The list of the new bands: 200 Stab Wounds, Alcest, Alestorm, Alien Ant Farm, Alien Weaponry, Amenra, Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Animals As Leaders, Arch Enemy, Armored Saint, Aura Noir, Biohazard, Blackbraid, Bleed From Within, Bloodbound, Body Count, Breakout, Brutal Sphincter, Carach Angren, Castle Rat, Channel Zero, Chelsea Grin, Combichrist, Coroner, Crimson Glory, Death Angel, Deceased, Deicide, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Dirkschneider, Enthroned, Firespawn, Fit For An Autopsy, Graceless, Gutalax, Hate, Hatebreed, Igorrr, Ill Nino, Imminence, Immolation, Internal Bleeding, Jungle Rot, Kittie, Kylesa, Lamb Of God, Luna Kills, Mantah, Merauder, Metal Church, Midnight, Mikkey Dee With Friends, Miracle Of Sound, Monolord, Mortal Scepter, Municipal Waste, Mushroomhead, Nevermore, Northlane, Of Mice & Men, Orbit Culture, Paleface Swiss, Powerwolf, Psychonaut, Ratos De Porao, Revocation, Rise Of The Northstar, Rose Tattoo, Sacred Reich, Sanguisugabogg, Satyricon, Savatage, Saxon, Slaughter To Prevail, Soen, Soulfly, Terror, Testament, The Ghost Inside, The Ruins Of Beverast, Thy Art Is Murder, Vacuous, Vended, Voivod Warkings, Warrior Soul.

You can find more information for the festival and tickets here: http://www.alcatraz.be