Festival No. 0001082 · Est. 1997
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
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Friday
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Saturday
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Voices from the field
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Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Wacken Open Air 2005
- City
- Wacken, Germany
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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DragonForce formed in London, United Kingdom, in September 1999. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal. -
Nightwish formed in Kitee, Finland, in July 1996. Plays metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Samael formed in Sion, Switzerland, in April 1987. Plays black metal, ebm, industrial metal.
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Sonata Arctica formed in Kemi, Finland, in 1999. Plays power metal.
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Stratovarius formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1984. Plays metal, power metal.