Festival No. 0001082 · Est. 1997
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The details
- Venue
- Wacken Open Air 2014
- City
- Wacken, Germany
Somewhere to sleep it off
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For the record
About the artists
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A Pale Horse Named Death formed in New York, United States, in 2010. -
Accept formed in Solingen, Germany, in 1971. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, power metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Apocalyptica formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1993. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, instrumental, instrumental rock, metal, neoclassical metal, symphonic 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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Avantasia formed in 2000. Plays metal, power metal, progressive metal, rock opera, symphonic metal.
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Behemoth formed in Gdansk, Poland, in 1991. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, 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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Decapitated formed in Krosno, Poland, in 1996. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, metal, technical death metal.
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Devin Townsend Project formed in Vancouver, Canada, in March 2008, and split up on 31 January 2018, after 9 years. Plays ambient, experimental, post-metal, progressive metal, progressive rock.
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Emperor formed in Notodden, Norway, in 1991. Plays black metal, melodic black metal, metal, progressive metal, symphonic black metal, symphonic metal.
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Endstille formed in 2000. Plays black metal.
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Firkin formed in 2008. Plays celtic, folk, punk.
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For the Imperium formed in 2008.
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Heaven Shall Burn formed in Saalfeld, Germany, in 1996. Plays death metal, deathcore, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore.
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Iced Earth formed in 1988. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, thrash metal.
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J.B.O. formed in 1989. Plays comedy, metal.
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King Diamond formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1985. Plays black metal, heavy metal, metal, progressive metal.
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Knorkator formed in 1994.
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Lacrimas Profundere formed in Waging am See, Germany, in 1993. Plays gothic metal.
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Masterplan formed in Hamburg, Germany, in August 2001. Plays heavy metal, power metal.
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Prong formed in New York, United States, in 1986. Plays crossover thrash, groove metal, heavy metal, industrial metal, thrash metal.
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Sodom formed in 1981. Plays black metal, metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Torment formed in 2002, and split up on 31 August 2009, after 7 years.
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Vreid formed in Sogndal, Norway, in 2004. Plays black metal, melodic black metal.
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ye banished privateers formed in 2008. Plays celtic, folk, folk rock, punk.