Festival No. 0001082 · Est. 1997
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- Venue
- Wacken Open Air 2004
- City
- Wacken, Germany
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For the record
About the artists
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Amon Amarth formed in Tumba, Sweden, in 1992. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, viking metal. -
Anthrax formed in New York, United States, in 1981. Plays alternative metal, crossover thrash, groove metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal.
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Arch Enemy formed in Halmstad, Sweden, in 1996. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, symphonic metal.
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Bohse Onkelz formed in Hösbach, Germany, on 1 November 1980. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, oi, punk, punk rock.
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Brainstorm formed in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany, in 1989. Plays power metal.
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Cannibal Corpse formed in Buffalo, United States, in 1988. Plays brutal death metal, death metal.
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Cathedral formed in Coventry, United Kingdom, in 1989, and split up in 2013, after 24 years. Plays doom metal, metal, stoner metal.
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Children of Bodom formed in Espoo, Finland, in 1997, and split up on 15 December 2019, after 22 years. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal, power metal.
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Death Angel formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1982. Plays heavy metal, metal, technical thrash metal, thrash metal.
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Destruction formed in Weil am Rhein, Germany, in 1983. Plays metal, thrash metal.
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Dio formed in Cortland, United States, in 1982, and split up on 16 May 2010, after 28 years. Plays classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock.
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Grave Digger formed in Gladbeck, Germany, in 1980. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Helloween formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 1984. Plays acoustic rock, heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Hypocrisy formed in Ludvika, Sweden, in 1990. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Mayhem formed in Langhus, Norway, in 1984. Plays black metal, metal.
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Misery Index formed in Baltimore, United States, in 2001. Plays death metal, grindcore, metal.
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Mnemic formed in Aalborg, Denmark, in 1998, and split up on 28 November 2013, after 15 years. Plays groove metal, industrial metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Motörhead formed in London, United Kingdom, in June 1975, and split up on 28 December 2015, after 40 years. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock, rock and roll, speed metal.
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Nevermore formed in Seattle, United States, in 1991. Plays groove metal, heavy metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, thrash metal.
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Paragon formed in 1990. Plays power metal.
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Satyricon formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1990. Plays black 'n' roll, black metal, metal.
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Saxon formed in Barnsley, United Kingdom, in 1976. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock.
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Unleashed formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989. Plays death metal, metal, viking metal.