Wacken Open Air Festival 2012

TIME FOR THE WACKEN OPEN AIR ADVENT CALENDAR! Today brings news that once again Wacken Open Air is now sold out, all 75,000 tickets have gone and with 8 months to go until the doors open organisers are announcing one band every day on the run up to Xmas…. And the first band is melodic [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

3 LEGENDS JOIN THE WACKEN OPEN AIR 2012 LINE UP After a 20 year career the New York Hardcore institution SICK OF IT ALL join the 2012 line up!  After destroying the Holy Grounds of Wacken in 2005 and 2009, Thrash Metal icons MACHINE HEAD are back at the world´s biggest Heavy Metal festival with [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

WACKEN OPEN AIR ADDS MORE TO THIS YEAR’S LINE UP EDELWEISS – AC/DC with German lyrics? That´s right! This year German rockers EDELWEISS from Mannheim will sweeten your time at the beer garden with their own interpretation of songs from the Australian hard rock legend. The band will cover songs from the complete period of [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

LET OFF SOME STEAM WITH SKELETONWITCH AT WACKEN OPEN AIR The US-American band SKELETONWITCH has been confirmed for W:O:A 2011. Their stile consists of fast metal elements and classic guitar riffs appeal to a big part of metal scene. For more WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL information – click here >>>

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

KYUSS LIVES! COMING TO WACKEN OPEN AIR The legends of Stonerrock are back. Three quarters of the original lineup (John Garcia, Nick Oliveri and Brant Bjork) and guitarist Bruno Fevery start touring europe in march and will also stop at W:O:A in august. With songs such as Green Machine, Thumb or One Inch Man they [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

VAN CANTO, SEVERENTH and MAIDEN UNITED ADDED TO W.O.A LINE UP The German acoustic Metal band VAN CANTO will be back in Wacken this year. The band, consisting of one drummer and five singers, is playing Metal strong-voiced.  Besides own compositions you can find cover versions of famous Metal acts like Nightwish, Iron Maiden, Manowar [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

GERMAN BLACK METAL FROM NEGATOR IS BACK AT W.O.A! After an absence of five years the German black metal band NEGATOR is back more louder. With “Panzer Metal” they´d released their third studio album. This one arose out of intransigent and brute black metal and a must have for every black metal fan. The NEGATOR [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

BATTLE BEAST ADDED TO W.O.A LINE UP This finish band with front woman Nitte as vocalist was the winner of Metal Battle 2010. This year they will play again and blow their power metal demolition bomb up in your face! Fans of bands like Accept or Airbourne will be served perfectly! The release date for [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

LAST DOOR OPENED ON THE W.O.A XMAS CALENDAR Behind it there are no one less than KREATOR and AS I LAY DYING! Kreator – Germany’s Thrash-Metal legends! Scarcly any other band had as much influence on the thrash metal scene in germany and in many other parts of the world. In 2011 they will return [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

EXODUS, HELLSAW AND VOLCANO ADDED TO THE W.O.A LINE UP Exodus – The Shovel headed Kill Machine is back! The bay area thrashers will lay Wacken in Ashes again! Hellsaw – Here is a delicacy for all black metal fans! With a whole bunch of dark riffs and their current album “Cold” in the backpack [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

3 More bands announced for WOA Morgoth – Germanys Death Metal legend is back to celebrate their Reunion with you! In 2011 they will play a best of program with songs of records like “Cursed”, “The Eternal Fall”, or “Resurrection Absurd”. A must see for every death metal fan! Tauthr – Black metal at it´s [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

WACKEN OPEN AIR ANNOUNCE 2 MORE BANDS PROPHECY 23 – Sometimes fast, sometimes groovy. Action-loaded with humor. That´s how Prophecy 23 describe themselves. SMACK BALLZ – It definitely needs “Ballz” to play Rockmusic with exotic instruments like cajon and accordion.  SMACK BALLZ play fancy interpretations of rock classics added with some own stuff – sounds [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

THREE MORE BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR W.O.A The legend that is MOTORHEAD will rock the stage at next year’s festival! Besides new songs of the album “THE WÖRLD IS YOURS” you can look forward to all classics from the past years. Definitely Motörhead will celebrate a fantastic rock n roll party with you!! The Italian metal [...]

Wacken Open Air Festival – Germany

More bands added for W.O.A 2011 – Airborne, Apocalyptica, Avantasia, Blind Guardian, Suicidal Tendencies, Mayhem For more WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL information – click here >>>