Hegyalja Festival (Tokaj)

Hegyalja Festival is a hard-rock, metal festival in Tokaj in Hungary. The Hungarians historically had the most liberal music scene during the communist years and with the formation of bands like Illés, Metró, Beatrice and Omega in the 60's, Locomotiv GT, Edda Muvek and Panta Rhei in the 70's and punk/new wave bands like Bikini and CPg and heavy metal bands like Ossian in the 80's, the Hungarians are very proud of their rock n roll history. Since democracy, more bands have emerged like Ektomorf that keep the genre alive. Sziget Festival in Budapest sees hundreds of bands from all over the world take to the stage on the island in the middle of the river but the ...