In Flames & Trivium in Bern

In Flames are a Swedish metal band formed in Gothenburg in 1990. Albums including The Jester Race, Whoracle, Colony and Clayman established their melodic death metal sound, while songs such as “Only for the Weak,” “Cloud Connected” and “Take This Life” became staples of their catalogue. In 2008, In Flames joined Megadeth’s Gigantour across North America. They returned to the continent for the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and co-headlined a North American tour with Lamb of God in 2022. Beyond their home city, they have performed at Germany’s Wacken Open Air and at Download Festival in England.

Trivium are an American metal band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1999. Their music draws on metalcore, thrash metal and traditional heavy metal, and they are known for albums including Ascendancy, Shogun and In Waves. “Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr,” “A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation” and “In Waves” are among their signature songs. Trivium played Ozzfest and Download Festival in 2005, then supported Iron Maiden on European dates in 2006. In 2022 they toured with Megadeth, Lamb of God and In Flames on the Metal Tour of the Year before mounting the Deadmen and Dragons Tour with Between the Buried and Me, Whitechapel and Khemmis.