NIAKARA - OPEN AIR

Name: NIAKARA - OPEN AIR
Start: 2026-08-31T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-31T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Modrá Vopice

took place · 31 Aug 2026

Blue Vopice, Prague

festival party outdoor

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Open-air music festival NIAKARA at Modrá Vopice in Prague. The event starts at 20:00.

About the festival: NIAKARA - OPEN AIR

2023

year of band formation

Melodic Heavy/Groove Metal/Metalcore

genre

Good to know

Start August 31, 2026 at 20:00
Genre: melodic heavy/groove metal, metalcore
Tickets on presale via GoOut or Ticketstream
Outdoor stage capacity up to 800 people
Each tour concert features guests from the Czech rock and metal scene
Recommended for fans of heavy music; suitable for adults

Line-up

NIAKARA

20:30

DESTROY! 19:00

About: Niakara

Niakara is the project of bassist Zdeněk Kub, who after more than three decades in Arakain decided to bring his own songs back to the stage. The band plays heavy/thrash metal with a strong melodic edge, mixing Kub's Arakain-era classics with tracks from the EPs Anunnaki and Anubis.

Tour

PrahaPardubiceOlomoucKutná HoraLitomyšlJihlavaUherské HradištěČeské BudějoviceTepliceKladnoKolínZruč u PlzněTrnava u TřebíčeKarlovy Vary

Tracks

Anunnakititle track of debut EP (2024), inspired by Sumerian mythology

Anubistitle track of EP Anubis (2025), Egyptian theme, more melodic and darker sound

Zlatá generaceband's first single (April 2023), critique of consumer society

Kruhy v obilíoriginally written for Arakain, reworked by Kubem for Niakaru

Nesmrtelnásingle from EP Anubis, released December 2025

Recent shows

May 22, 2026 Klub Mír, Uherské Hradiště
Oct 17, 2025 Futurum, Prague
May 3, 2025 Městský společenský dům, Kolín

About: Destroy!

Starting out as teenage enthusiasts from Beroun, Destroy! have grown into one of the most active young acts on the Czech metal scene, with two EPs, dozens of festival slots and a collaboration with producer Pavel Marcel already behind them.

concerts performed in the first year after the release of the debut EP

released EPs (2023 and 2025)

What's new

2025-07
Destroy! released their second EP Autostop značí smrt (July 1, 2025) with the label The Barn Production; the recording was created in Dana Frimla's studio.
2025-11
The metal magazine Czechblade rated the second EP as a significant step forward - the band expanded their sound with doubled guitars and vocals.
2025-07
After the release of the second EP, bassist Jiří Kux left the band; Ondřej Šubotník took his place.

Tracks

Pomsta Společnostititle track of the debut EP (2023), inspired by the story of Olga Hepnarová

Kvadratura ženyopener of the debut EP, thrash riff with criminal theme

Masakrlive favorite played since the band's inception, performed for example at KAFEST 2022

Autostop značí smrttitle track of the second EP (2025), released by The Barn Production

Kázeň musí býtsingle from the EP Autostop značí smrt (2025), highlighted by reviewers as the catchiest track

Recent shows

Mar 24, 2026 Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland (US)
Mar 22, 2026 Black Water, Portland (US)
Jun 29, 1993 The Sitcom, Indianapolis (US)

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