Auch auf dem Metalfest Germany East 2012 erhalten die Veranstalter reichlich Unterstützung vom Bandnachwuchs. Hier die Newcomer für Dessau:
- Aletrun (Pagan-/Viking Metal)
- Clitcommander (Funny Grind'n Roll)
- Elderich (Pagan-/Viking Metal)
- Infesting Swarm (Black-/Death Metal)
- Kain (Pagan-/Viking Metal)
- Longed For Fusion {Gothic-/Power Metal)
- Mindreaper (Thrash-/Death Metal)
- Nailed To Obscurity (Progressive-/Death Metal)
- Next Damage (Thrash / Hardcore)
- Northern Eternity (Power Metal)
- Obscura Religio (Black Metal)
- Plenty Of Nails (Melodic Death Metal)
- Rising Storm (Prog-Power Meta)
- S Low Kill System (Thrash Metal)
- Skipdown (Thrash Metal)
- Strydegor (Melodic Death Metal)
- Surface (Thrash Metal)
- The Atmosfear (Death Metal)
