Hatebreed & Life Of Agony in Oberhausen

Hatebreed is an American hardcore band formed in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1994. Their music pairs hardcore punk rhythms with heavy metal riffing, led by vocalist Jamey Jasta. Albums including Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire, Perseverance and The Rise of Brutality established songs such as “I Will Be Heard,” “This Is Now” and “Destroy Everything” as central parts of their catalogue. Hatebreed played Ozzfest in 2002, then toured with Damageplan, Drowning Pool and Unearth on the 2004 MTV2 Headbangers Ball Tour. They returned to the festival in 2007 and later performed at Download Festival and Wacken Open Air.

Life Of Agony is an American alternative-metal and hardcore band formed in Brooklyn in 1989. Their 1993 debut album, River Runs Red, established the band through songs including “Through and Through,” “This Time” and “Underground”; later records include Ugly and Soul Searching Sun. In 2003, the band reunited for two concerts at Irving Plaza in New York, documented on the live release River Runs Again. Life Of Agony later celebrated three decades of River Runs Red on a 2023 anniversary tour, performing the album in full. Life Of Agony played Dynamo Open Air in Eindhoven in 1995. In 2022, they performed at Wacken Open Air in Germany.