Festival No. 0001082 · Est. 1997
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Where it happens
Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Wacken Open Air
- Address
- Norderstr. 25596
- City
- Wacken, Germany
- Capacity
- 180,000
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Where to stay
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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. -
Axel Rudi Pell formed in Bochum, Germany, in 1989. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Broilers formed in Düsseldorf, Germany. Plays punk.
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Circle II Circle formed in 2002. Plays heavy metal, progressive metal.
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Cradle of Filth formed in Ipswich, United Kingdom, in 1991. Plays black metal, gothic metal, metal, symphonic black metal.
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D-A-D formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1982. Plays blues, blues rock, hard rock, rock.
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D.R.I. formed in Houston, United States, on 2 May 1982. Plays crossover thrash, hardcore punk, metal, punk, thrash metal.
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Danko Jones formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1996. Plays hard rock, rock.
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Dark Funeral formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1993. Plays black metal, melodic black metal.
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Decapitated formed in Krosno, Poland, in 1996. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, metal, technical death metal.
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Delain formed in Zwolle, Netherlands, in 2002. Plays gothic metal, gothic rock, metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Dimmu Borgir formed in 1993. Plays black metal, melodic black metal, metal, symphonic black metal.
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Dodheimsgard formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1994. Plays avant-garde metal, black metal, industrial metal, metal, progressive metal.
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Endstille formed in 2000. Plays black metal.
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Forbidden formed in Hayward, United States, in 1985. Plays classical, groove metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Gamma Ray formed in 1989. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Ghost Brigade formed in Jyvaskyla, Finland, in 2005, and split up in 2020, after 15 years. Plays atmospheric sludge metal, doom metal, melodic death metal, post-metal, progressive metal, sludge metal.
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Hamferð formed in Torshavn, Faroe Islands, in 2008. Plays doom metal, metal, neofolk.
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HammerFall formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1993. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal.
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Henry Rollins was born in Washington, D.C., United States, on 13 February 1961. Plays alternative metal, comedy, hardcore punk, spoken word.
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In Flames formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, melodic death metal, metal, metalcore.
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Kylesa formed in 2001, and split up on 28 April 2016, after 15 years. Plays atmospheric sludge metal, desert rock, heavy psych, metal, psychedelic rock, sludge metal, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Manticora formed in 1996. Plays power metal, progressive metal, speed metal.
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Moonspell formed in Lisboa, Portugal, in 1989. Plays black metal, gothic metal, metal.
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Napalm Death formed in Meriden, United Kingdom, in 1982. Plays crust punk, death metal, deathgrind, grindcore, industrial metal, metal.
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Opeth formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1990. Plays acoustic rock, art rock, death metal, melodic black metal, melodic death metal, metal, progressive metal, progressive rock.
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Paradise Lost formed in Halifax, United Kingdom, on 26 March 1988. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, doom metal, gothic metal, gothic rock, metal, rock.
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Red Fang formed in Portland, United States, in 2005. Plays grunge, hard rock, metal, rock, sludge metal, stoner metal, stoner rock.
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Sanctuary formed in Seattle, United States, in 1985. Plays heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal, thrash metal.
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Saor Patrol plays folk.
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Scorpions formed in Hannover, Germany, in 1965. Plays acoustic rock, aor, classic rock, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, krautrock, metal.
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Sick of It All formed in Queens, United States, in 1986. Plays hardcore punk, punk.
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Six Feet Under formed in Tampa, United States, in 1993. Plays death metal.
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U.D.O. formed in 1987. Plays heavy metal, metal.
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Vogelfrey formed in 2004. Plays folk rock.
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Volbeat formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2001. Plays groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock and roll.
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Warbringer formed in Ventura, United States, in 2004. Plays metal, thrash metal.
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Warrior Soul formed in New York, United States, in 1987. Plays hard rock.
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Watain formed in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1998. Plays black metal.
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Winterfylleth formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays atmospheric black metal, black metal, dark folk, melodic black metal, pagan black metal.