Vreid, Wolf, A Pale Horse Named Death, The Sorrow, 9mm Assi Rock'N'Roll, Devil Sold His Soul, Vader, Destruction, Melechesh, Scar Symmetry, Revamp in Sylosis so novi potrjeni bandi za festival Summer Breeze, ki se bo odvijal med 17. in 20. avgustom (17.8. bo v šotoru potekal t.i. Nuclear Blast Night) 2011. Nastop so potrdili tudi Saltatio Mortis, Bolt Thrower, Caliban, Primordial, J.B.O., The Haunted, Vomitory, Arch Enemy, Kvelertak, Kalmah, Suicidal Tendencies, Týr, Witchery, Farmer Boys, Hail Of Bullets, Corvus Corax, Hammerfall, Skeletonwitch, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Hayseed Dixie, Kampfar, Marduk, Sonic Syndicate, Tarja, Turisas, Moonsorrow in Decapitated.

Exodus, Khold in Nevermore so novi potrjeni bandi za festival Brutal Assault, ki se bo odvijal med 11. in 13. avgustom, nastop pa so zaenkrat napovedali tudi Dordeduh, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Exhumed, Gorgus, Kvelertak, Morbid Angel, Skeletonwitch, Skyforger, Suicidal Tendencies, Trigger The Bloodshed, Triptykon in Vader.

Znani so prvi bandi, ki bodo nastopili na češkem festivalu Brutal Assault 2011: Morbid Angel, Suicidal Tendencies, Trigger The Bloodshed, Skyforger, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Skeletonwitch, Kvelertak, Gorguts, Vader, Exhumed, Triptykon in Dordeduh.