COPENHELL METAL CRUISE 2026
Today, COPENHELL announces this year’s COPENHELL Metal Cruise, taking place on October 23–25, 2026. MNEMIC, SKULLCLUB, BRAT, LUNA KILLS and XO ARMOR are ready to set sail into the darkness!
The ninth COPENHELL Metal Cruise will take place aboard the well-known vessel Nordic Crown – and as always, the voyage will be packed with top-tier entertainment and the unmistakable COPENHELL atmosphere.
In addition to rock and metal concerts on the ship’s stages, you can visit the best floating dive bar, Den Synkende Skude (The Sinking Wreck), get a permanent souvenir from our seafaring tattoo artists, join in a sing-along with our singing sailors, try to escape from an escape room, nurse your hangover in our cosy board game lounge, and much, much more on the trip to Oslo and back!
Mark it in big bold letters in your autumn calendar right now, grab your finest crew members, and bring them on board when we cast off on October 23. We look forward to adding even more bands to the Metal Cruise lineup very soon!
Tickets for COPENHELL Metal Cruise 2026 go on sale on Monday, April 13 at 10:00.
Read more about the announced bands here:
MNEMIC
MNEMIC is one of the early Danish pioneers of the djent sound, leaving a significant mark on the metal scene with five albums released on Nuclear Blast Records. They had the honour of supporting heavyweights such as Metallica, Deftones and Meshuggah on numerous tours, earning not only Danish but international recognition for their visionary sound. After disbanding in 2011, the band made a strong comeback in 2024, reuniting with their original vocalist, Michael Bøgballe – who had left the group back in 2005 – resulting in, among other things, an outstanding performance at last year’s COPENHELL. We look forward to them repeating that success this autumn!
SKULLCLUB
SKULLCLUB delivers the finest nautical blend of folk, singalong rock ‘n’ roll, seasick punk rock and hardcore with a generous splash of metal: a mixture straight from the harbour pub in hell, capable of getting even the stiffest peg leg stomping along. With a massive twinkle in one eye and a patch over the other, they dish out earclips and keelhaulings in abundance. The party is guaranteed and the entertainment is locked in, because there are plenty of ugly things to sing
about and ear-splitting choruses to bellow along to when SKULLCLUB tears one sea shanty after another from their tattered shirt sleeves. Look forward to a pirate’s ransom for every last gold coin in the treasure chest when the utterly deranged punk pirates return to COPENHELL Metal Cruise!
BRAT
Since forming in 2021, New Orleans band BRAT has undergone rapid development with their deathgrind/hardcore – we’re talking powerviolence, which in BRAT’s pink universe goes by the names “barbiegrind” or “bimboviolence”. Their music is crunchy, crushingly heavy and gloriously anti-purist, celebrating all the outsiders with a joyful party that everyone is invited to! The band gave the audience a serious beating on the Gehenna stage at last year’s COPENHELL, and they are ready for round two with us this autumn.
LUNA KILLS
Finnish LUNA KILLS is a refreshingly modern addition to the metal scene, combining alternative music and nu-metal with electronic elements inspired by game soundtracks into a wholly distinctive musical identity. Since forming in 2019, the band has built a dedicated fanbase at home and is now embarking on a broader European conquest – and we look forward to giving them a very warm welcome at sea.
XO ARMOR
German XO ARMOR plays a crushing combination of metalcore, trap, techno and pop – yes, it makes sense when you hear it! Their music is raw and intense, yet filled with melodic details and quirky elements alongside a twisted and nerdy lyrical universe that revolves around everything from witches to dinosaurs. It is distilled madness in musical form and a truly exciting addition to the modern metal wave washing over us in these years.
