thumb|260px|Perttu Kivilaakso of [[Apocalyptica (2003)]]

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thumb|260px|[[Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro of Lacuna Coil (2005)]]

The M'era Luna is a gothic festival that encompasses a number of different styles such as metal, future pop, aggrotech, synthpop, gothic rock, dark wave, and EBM. It is held annually on the second weekend of every August, in Hildesheim, Germany at Flugplatz Hildesheim-Drispenstedt, a former British Army airbase.

M'era Luna includes camping facilities and has two stages: a large rock festival-style structure, erected for the show each year, and a former aircraft hangar.

With its 20,000–25,000 regular attendants (21,000 in 2005, 23,000 in 2009, 24,000 in 2010) (many flying in via the Hanover airport, with others traveling via road and railway), the M'era Luna is one of the biggest dark music events in Germany.

The festival's logo is based on the image of the moon from the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon by the French director Georges Méliès. An altered version of the logo was introduced for the 2019 festival.

Line-ups

Source: Cinema Strange, Saltatio Mortis, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Eisbrecher, Agonoize, The Vision Bleak, Elegant Machinery, Rabenschrey, End of Green, Frank the Baptist, Painbastard, The Other, Irfan, Akanoid, Klimt 1918, Paradise Lost.

  • 2009: Alexander Veljanov, Apocalyptica, Ashbury Heights, Blutengel, Deathstars, De/Vision, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Faderhead, Frozen Plasma, Grendel, Heimataerde, IAMX, Jesus on Extasy, Krypteria, L'Âme Immortelle, Leichtmatrose, Letzte Instanz, Lola Angst, Mina Harker, Nachtmahr, Nightwish, No More, Oomph!, Peter Heppner, Schelmish, Scream Silence, [:SITD:], Spetsnaz, Star Industry, Subway to Sally, The Birthday Massacre, The Crüxshadows, The Prodigy, Tiamat, Tyske Ludder, Untoten, Welle: Erdball, Whispers in the Shadow, Zeraphine, Zeromancer
  • 2010: Agonoize, Ambassador21, Amduscia, Angelspit, Brendan Perry, Celine and Nite Wreckage, Colony 5, Combichrist, Crematory, Das Ich, Editors, Eluveitie, Faith and the Muse, Feindflug, Hanzel und Gretyl, Ignis Fatuu, Illuminate, In Extremo, Lacrimas Profundere, Leandra, Nitzer Ebb, Placebo, Punish Yourself, Rabenschrey, Rotersand, Saltatio Mortis, Samsas Traum, Skinny Puppy, Stolen Babies, The 69 Eyes, The Other, The Sisters of Mercy, Unheilig, Zeraphine
  • 2011: A Life Divided, Apocalyptica, ASP, Atari Teenage Riot, Blind Passenger, Coppelius, End of Green, Equilibrium, Fetisch:Mensch, Funker Vogt, Gothminister, Hurts, Julien-K, Mesh, Mono Inc., My Dying Bride, Nachtmahr, Project Pitchfork, Tanzwut, Teufel, The Beauty Of Gemina, Tiamat, Tying Tiffany, VNV Nation, Within Temptation, The Mission Veo.
  • 2012: Placebo, In Extremo, Subway To Sally, Schandmaul, Fields Of The Nephilim, Eisbrecher, Megaherz, Diary Of Dreams, Suicide Commando, De/Vision, Leæther Strip, Welle: Erdball, KMFDM, The Beauty Of Gemina, Faun, Amduscia, Letzte Instanz, Lacrimas Profundere, Rabia Sorda, Noisuf-X, Heimataerde, Roterfield, Lahannya, Jäger 90, Les Jupes, Officers.
  • 2013: Nightwish, HIM, ASP, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Deine Lakaien, Blutengel, Apoptygma Berzerk, Mono Inc., The Crüxshadows, Staubkind, Saltatio Mortis, Tanzwut, Klinik, IAMX (cancelled), End Of Green, [:SITD:], Nachtmahr, Kirlian Camera, Haujobb, Diorama, Clan Of Xymox, Coppelius, Ost+Front, Eisenfunk, Lord of the Lost, Unzucht, ASP & Kai Meyer, Markus Heitz, Boris Koch, Christian von Aster, u.v.a., Molllust.
  • 2014: Within Temptation, And One, Marilyn Manson, In Extremo, Deine Lakaien, Subway To Sally, ASPs von Zaubererbrüdern, Paradise Lost, Lacrimas Profundere, Covenant, Faun, Die Krupps, Combichrist, De/Vision, DAF, Leæther Strip, Hocico, Letzte Instanz, Das Ich, Stahlmann, Spetsnaz, Darkhaus, X-RX, Rabia Sorda, Neuroticfish, Solitary Experiments, Ignis Fatuu, Heimataerde, Solar Fake, Chrom, Feuerschwanz, The Beauty Of Gemina, Henke, Ambassador21, Sündenklang, Meinhard, microClocks
  • 2015: Nightwish, ASP, Rob Zombie, Einsturzende Neubauten, Blutengel, Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub, Mono Inc, Saltatio Mortis, Apoptygma Berzerk, L'Âme Immortelle, Anne Clark feat. Herrb, X-RX, Joachim Witt, Deathstars, Tanzwut, Rotersand, In Strict Confidence, Lord of the Lost, Nachtmahr, Dope Stars Inc., Aesthetic Perfection, Assemblage 23, Tying Tiffany, Merciful Nuns, Melotron, Absolute Body Control, Ost+Front, Coppelius, Unzucht, Frozen Plasma, Tyske Ludder, Versengold, The Other, Schwarzer Engel, Spielbann, Nachtgeschrei, Private Pact, Elvellon
  • 2016: Within Temptation, The Sisters of Mercy, In Extremo, VNV Nation, Lacrimosa, Eisbrecher, Apocalyptica, The Lord of The Lost Ensemble, Faun, Diary of Dreams, OOMPH!, Combichrist, IAMX, Hocico, Die Krupps, Suicide Commando, Lacrimas Profundere, Letze Instanz, [:SITD:], Zeromancer, Diorama, S.P.O.C.K, Gothminister, Stahlmann, Cassandra Complex, Beborn Beton, Noisuf-X, Centhron, Rabia Sorda, Hämatom, Agent Side Grinder, Heldmaschine, A Life Divided, Chrom, Me The Tiger, Aeverium, Erdling, Vlad In Tears, Essence of Mind, Shaârghot, Christian Von Aster, Luci van Org, Markus Heitz
  • 2017: Markus Heitz, Alexander Wohnhaas, , , , Unzucht, , Feuerschwanz, Mesh, White Lies, Project Pitchfork, Subway to Sally, ASP, Korn, , Schwarzer Engel, Darkhaus, Versengold, Megaherz, The Crûxshadows, Mono Inc., Schandmaul, Blutengel, And One
  • 2018: The Prodigy, Eisbrecher, Peter Heppner. In Extremo, Ministry, Apoptygma Berzerk, London After Midnight, Lord of the Lost, The 69 Eyes, In Strict Confidence, Nachtmahr, Tanzwut, Zeraphine, Welle:Erdball, Clan of Xymox, Das Ich, Rabia Sorda, Merciful Nuns, Erdling, Eisfabrik, Cephalgy, Whispering Sons, Cyborg, Front 242, Saltatio Mortis, L'Âme Immortelle, Hocico, Atari Teenage Riot, Rotersand, Lacrimas Profundere, Bannkreis, Aesthetic Perfection, Die Kammer, , Heimatærde, , , Massive Ego, Schattenmann, Too Dead To Die
  • 2019: ASP, VNV Nation, Within Temptation. Die Krupps, [:SITD], Lacrimosa, Zeromancer, Mono Inc., Agonoize, Oomph!, Neuroticfish, Corvus Corax, , Deathstars, , Stahlmann, Terrolokaust, , Sono, , , Null Positiv, Suicide Commando, Fields Of The Nephilim, De/Vision, Subway To Sally, Assemblage 23, Joachim Witt, Spetsnaz, Combichrist, Funker Vogt, Diary Of Dreams, Melotron, Versengold, Heldmaschine, Faelder, Formalin, Scarlet Dorn, Yellow Lazarus, Fear of Domination.

See also

  • List of gothic festivals
  • List of industrial music festivals
  • List of heavy metal festivals
  • Zillostrierte Music Magazine

References

  • Official M'era Luna Festival website