Kilkim Žaibu is a black metal/heavy metal and folk music festival in the Baltic region, Europe. It is held annually since 1999. The festival distinguishes itself from other major metal festivals by incorporating the shows of black metal aesthetic-related performers such as medieval folk bands and military-historical reconstruction clubs.
Metal programme:
Rotting Christ - Greece, gothic black metal
Mekong Delta - Germany, progressive thrash metal
Skyforger - Latvia, pagan black metal
Negura Bunget - Romania, folk black metal
Gods Tower - Belarus, pagan doom metal
Temnozor - Russia, folk black metal
Khors - Ukraine, pagan black metal
Meressin - Lithuania, black thrash metal
Luctus - Lithuania, thrash black metal
Folk programme:
A. Smilgevičiūtė & the band Skylė (Lithuania)
Vilki (archaic Latvian folk)
Krynitza (Russian folklore)
Din Brad (Romanian folkore)
Marga Muzika (Lithuanian folklore)
Ugniavijas (Lithuanian folklore)
Vaiguva (Lithuanian folklore)
Pajauta (archeological club)
Stebule (ancient tradition club)
Liepsnojantis Šerkšnas (fire show)
Dvargantis (ancient tradition club)
Kovarnis (Lithuanian warrior club))
The festival in 2010 year first time took place at lake Lukstas in Varniai, Lithuania on 11–12 June 2010.
Primordial - Ireland, Celtic black metal
Destroyer 666 - Australia, black thrash metal
Christ Agony - Poland, black metal
Nokturnal Mortum - Ukraine, folk black metal
Nahash - Lithuania, occult black metal
Azaghal - Finland, black metal
Percival - Poland, medieval folk
Percival Schuttenbach - Poland, pagan folk heavy metal
Obtest - Lithuania, pagan heavy metal
Bestia - Estonia, black metal
Inquisitor - Lithuania, symphonic black metal
Ossastorium (band) - Lithuania, melodic death metal
Thundertale - Lithuania, heavy/power metal
Ugniavijas - Lithuania, medieval folk music
First day programme:
- Root – Czech Republic (doom black metal)
- Infernal War – Poland (raw black metal)
- Saltus – Poland (pagan black death metal)
- Argharus – Lithuania (nihilistic black metal)
- Nycticorax – Latvia (black metal)
Second day programme:
- Amon Amarth – Sweden (Viking death metal)
- Skyforger – Latvia (pagan black metal)
- Impaled Nazarene – Finland (extreme black metal)
- Metsatoll – Estonia (folk pagan metal)
- Loits – Estonia (black'n'roll metal)
- Meressin – Lithuania (old school black metal)
- Atalyja – Lithuania (folk rock)
- Vilki – Latvia (archaic folk)
- Vilkatlakai – Lithuania (historical warrior club)
- Hospitalieriu Ordinas – Lithuania (historical warrior club)
Nahash - Lithuania, occult black metal
Ancient Rites - Belgium, medieval black metal
Obtest - Lithuania, pagan heavy metal
Tharaphita - Estonia, pagan black metal
Urskumug - Latvia, tribal black metal
Altaja - Lithuania, fire show
Žalvarinis - Lithuania, folk rock/metal
Auli - Latvia, traditional bagpipe and drum folk music
Vilki - Latvia, archaic folk
Varingis - Lithuania, war club
Kovarnis - Lithuania, war club
The bands that have performed at this festival since 1999 include:
Sear Bliss (Hungary)
Nokturnal Mortum (Ukraine)
Odroerir (Germany)
Moonsorrow (Finland)
Bestia (Estonia)
Flaying (Latvia)
Preternatural (Latvia)
Urt (Estonia)
Zpoan Vtenz (Lithuania)
Miseria (Latvia)
Heaven Grey (Latvia)
Ugnėlakis (Lithuania)
Liūnuosna (Lithuania)
D.A.R. (Lithuania)
Profane Probity (Lithuania)
Donis (Lithuania)
Notanga (Lithuania)
Sinimaniseele (Estonia)
Vilkači (Latvia)
Meinardus (Estonia)
Andaja (Lithuania)
Ossastorium (Lithuania)
Ugly Ogre (Estonia)
Baltuva (Lithuania)
Thundertale (Lithuania)
Trejasmens (Latvia)
Soul Brothers (Lithuania)
Dark Domination (Latvia)
