This year's Gods of Metal festival will take place in two separate installments at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. The first part of the festival will be held on June 2-3 and will feature the following artists (with more to be confirmed):

Saturday, June 2:

Scorpions

Sunday, June 3:

Heaven And Hell
Dream Theater (co-headliner)
Blind Guardian
Dimmu Borgir

The second installment of Gods of Metal will take place June 30 and will feature Ozzy Osbourne (headliner), Megadeth and Black Label Society, among others.

There will be eight bands performing each day (a total of 24 artists over the three days). Tickets go on sale January 26.