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Lacuna Coil and Numento Set Dubai’s Sandstorm Metal Festival Ablaze – Check out the evening’s highlights in our photo gallery

Author Kai Lukander - 21.2.2026

Lacuna Coil from Italy and Numento from Finland brought the power of international metal to the Sandstorm Metal Festival held in Dubai on February 7. Also taking the stage were Lebanon’s Borrowed Time, along with UAE-based acts April, Metarust, and Baryo. The evening delivered intense live moments, a powerful atmosphere, and a crowd that lived every riff — an unforgettable celebration of metal in the heart of the Middle East.

Baryo

Metarust

April

Borrowed Time

Numento

Lacuna Coil

Photos by Kai Lukander – Instagram

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