Impericon Festival 2027 — Lineup, Bands & Setlists
Track Impericon Festival 2027 on Gigvault. 137 bands in the lineup across 15 editions.
Impericon Festival — Festival information
The concrete expanse of Messe Leipzig transforms into a brutalist cathedral of sound when Impericon Festival takes over, cementing its reputation as the premier pilgrimage for European heavy music. This is where the visceral precision of deathcore juggernauts like Lorna Shore collide with the anthem-heavy weight of modern metalcore, turning the industrial floor into a churning, sweat-slicked battlefield. Far from a sterile trade show experience, the festival thrives on an aggressive, communal spirit that feels like a concentrated shot of pure adrenaline. It serves as the definitive cultural barometer for the scene, balancing high-octane legends with the most punishing innovators currently redefining the genre’s technical limits. For those who live for the impact of a perfectly timed breakdown and the roar of a captive crowd, Impericon remains an essential, unmissable rite of passage.
Notable acts at Impericon Festival
- Beartooth
- Blood for Blood
- Bodysnatcher
- Fit For A King
- From Ashes to New
- From Ashes to you
- Lorna Shore
- Silverstein
- Speed
- The Amity Affliction
- wage war
- 100 Kilo Herz
Venues: Messe Leipzig, Leipziger Messe Halle Eins, X-TRA.
Related pages
- Beartooth
- Blood for Blood
- Bodysnatcher
- Fit For A King
- From Ashes to New
- From Ashes to you
- Lorna Shore
- Silverstein
Impericon Festival across the years
Gigvault documents 11 editions of Impericon Festival, from 2013 to 2027. The largest recorded line-up is 2025 with 31 acts. 137 different acts have played here in total, and 6 have come back more than once — Bury Tomorrow (4 editions), Stick To Your Guns (4 editions), Being As An Ocean (3 editions), Deez Nuts (3 editions), Future Palace (3 editions), Heaven Shall Burn (3 editions).
Location
Leipzig, Germany
Headliners & confirmed acts
- 100 Kilo Herz
- A Day To Remember
- Adept
- Alazka
- Alazka Acoustic Session
- Alpha Wolf
- Anti-Flag
- Any Given Day
Impericon Festival line-ups by year
Impericon Festival editions documented on Gigvault: 11 years between 2013 and 2027.
Full line-up per year:
- Impericon Festival 2027 line-up · 11 acts
- Impericon Festival 2026 line-up · 30 acts
- Impericon Festival 2025 line-up · 31 acts
- Impericon Festival 2024 line-up · 22 acts
- Impericon Festival 2023 line-up · 18 acts
- Impericon Festival 2019 line-up · 11 acts
- Impericon Festival 2018 line-up · 19 acts
- Impericon Festival 2017 line-up · 12 acts
- Impericon Festival 2016 line-up · 11 acts
- Impericon Festival 2015 line-up · 11 acts
Impericon Festival 2027 line-up
11 acts played Impericon Festival in 2027.
- Beartooth
- Blood for Blood
- Bodysnatcher
- Fit For A King
- From Ashes to New
- From Ashes to you
- Lorna Shore
- Silverstein
- Speed
- The Amity Affliction
- wage war
Impericon Festival 2026 line-up
30 acts played Impericon Festival in 2026.
- 100 Kilo Herz
- Architects
- Babymetal
- Black Veil Brides
- Bloodywood
- Boundaries
- Cabal
- Catch Your Breath
- Distant
- Dying Wish
- Escape The Madness
- Future Palace
- Get The Shot
- Gutalax
- I Killed The Prom Queen
- Landmvrks
- Lionheart
- Mehnersmoos
- Mental Cruelty
- Montreal
- Nevertel
- Rise Against
- Siamese
- Sleep Theory
- The Browning
- The Menzingers
- The Pretty Wild
- Thornhill
- Tss
- We Came as Romans
Impericon Festival 2025 line-up
31 acts played Impericon Festival in 2025.
- A Day To Remember
- As Everything Unfolds
- Boston Manor
- Bullet For My Valentine
- Bury Tomorrow
- Cattle Decapitation
- Defects
- Delilah Bon
- Donots
- Elwood Stray
- Fit For An Autopsy
- Guilt Trip
- Hard Times Don't Last
- Hatebreed
- Heaven Shall Burn
- Imminence
- Kanonenfieber
- Letlive
- Letlive.
- Motionless In White
- Myra
- Necrotted
- Paleface Swiss
- Polaris
- Stick To Your Guns
- Swiss & Die Andern
- The Butcher Sisters
- The Ghost Inside
- Trophy Eyes
- Within Destruction
- ZSK
Impericon Festival 2024 line-up
22 acts played Impericon Festival in 2024.
- As I Lay Dying
- August Burns Red
- Breakdown of Sanity
- Callejon
- Casey
- Dying Wish
- Future Palace
- LANDMVRKS
- Mental Cruelty
- Nasty
- Neaera
- Neck Deep
- Paledusk
- Polaris
- Samurai Pizza Cats
- Silent Planet
- Terror
- The Comedown
- Thornhill
- thrown
- Thrown
- While She Sleeps
Impericon Festival 2023 line-up
18 acts played Impericon Festival in 2023.
- Alpha Wolf
- As Everything Unfolds
- Boston Manor
- Bury Tomorrow
- Decade of Hate
- Deez Nuts
- Dragged Under
- Fit For An Autopsy
- Future Palace
- King 810
- Landmvrks
- LANDMVRKS
- Rise Of The Northstar
- Sondaschule
- Stick To Your Guns
- Ten56.
- The Ghost Inside
- Thy Art Is Murder
Impericon Festival 2019 line-up
11 acts played Impericon Festival in 2019.
- Alpha Wolf
- Being As An Ocean
- Counterparts
- Deez Nuts
- Defender
- Emmure
- Fit For A King
- Get The Shot
- Holding Absence
- Nasty
- Stick To Your Guns
Impericon Festival 2018 line-up
19 acts played Impericon Festival in 2018.
- Alazka
- Alazka Acoustic Session
- Any Given Day
- Attila
- Blood Youth
- Bury Tomorrow
- Comeback Kid
- Grizzly
- Heaven Shall Burn
- Knocked Loose
- Lionheart
- Neaera
- Novelists
- Obey The Brave
- Oceans Ate Alaska
- Silverstein
- Silverstein Acoustic Session
- Vitja
- We Came As Romans
Impericon Festival 2017 line-up
12 acts played Impericon Festival in 2017.
- Anti-Flag
- Astroid Boys
- Being As An Ocean
- Breakdown Of Sanity
- Caliban
- Carnifex
- Casey
- H2O
- Ignite
- Miss May I
- Thy Art Is Murder
- Wolf Down
Impericon Festival 2016 line-up
11 acts played Impericon Festival in 2016.
- Any Given Day
- Blessthefall
- Bury Tomorrow
- Caliban
- Chelsea Grin
- Despised Icon
- Emmure
- Four Year Strong
- Hatebreed
- Hundredth
- Northlane
Impericon Festival 2015 line-up
11 acts played Impericon Festival in 2015.
- Adept
- Being As An Ocean
- Carnifex
- Comeback Kid
- Deez Nuts
- Obey The Brave
- Stick To Your Guns
- Suicide Silence
- The Ghost Inside
- Walking Dead On Broadway
- Whitechapel
Impericon Festival 2013 line-up
7 acts played Impericon Festival in 2013.
About Impericon Festival on Gigvault
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Who played Impericon Festival in 2025?
31 acts played Impericon Festival in 2025, among them A Day To Remember, As Everything Unfolds, Boston Manor, Bullet For My Valentine, Bury Tomorrow. The full 2025 line-up is listed on this page.
Who played Impericon Festival in 2024?
22 acts played Impericon Festival in 2024, among them As I Lay Dying, August Burns Red, Breakdown of Sanity, Callejon, Casey. The full 2024 line-up is listed on this page.
Who played Impericon Festival in 2023?
18 acts played Impericon Festival in 2023, among them Alpha Wolf, As Everything Unfolds, Boston Manor, Bury Tomorrow, Decade of Hate. The full 2023 line-up is listed on this page.
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