Festival No. 0001082 · Est. 1997
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Festival lineup
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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
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Amorphis formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1990. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, folk metal, melodic death metal, metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal. -
Anaal Nathrakh formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays black metal, death metal, grindcore, industrial metal, metal.
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Angra formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1991. Plays neoclassical metal, power metal, progressive metal, speed metal.
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Annihilator formed in Ottawa, Canada, in 1984. Plays heavy metal, metal, speed metal, technical thrash metal, thrash metal.
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Black Label Society formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1998. Plays acoustic rock, groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock, southern metal, southern rock.
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Black Spiders formed in 2008. Plays hard rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Blood Red Throne formed in Kristiansand, Norway, in 1999. Plays death metal.
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Bloodbath formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1998. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, brutal death metal, death metal, deathgrind, melodic death metal, metal, technical death metal.
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Butcher Babies formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2010. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, heavy metal, metalcore, nu metal, thrash metal.
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Cannibal Corpse formed in Buffalo, United States, in 1988. Plays brutal death metal, death metal.
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CombiChrist formed in 2003. Plays aggrotech, ebm, electro-industrial, industrial, industrial 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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Cryptopsy formed in Montreal, Canada, in 1992. Plays brutal death metal, death metal, deathcore, metal, technical death metal.
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Danko Jones formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1996. Plays hard rock, rock.
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Dark Tranquillity formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1989. Plays death metal, gothic metal, melodic death metal, 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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Ensiferum formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1995. Plays folk metal, melodic death metal, metal, power metal, viking metal.
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Epica formed in Reuver, Netherlands, on 18 May 2002. Plays gothic metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal.
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Falconer formed in Mjölby, Sweden, in 2000, and split up on 26 June 2020, after 20 years. Plays folk metal, power metal.
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In Extremo formed in 1995. Plays folk metal, folk rock, medieval metal, medieval rock.
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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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Kataklysm formed in Montreal, Canada, in 1991. Plays death metal, melodic death metal, metal.
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Kvelertak formed in Stavanger, Norway, in 2007. Plays black 'n' roll, black metal, hard rock, hardcore punk, heavy metal.
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Mambo Kurt was born in Hagen, Germany, on 11 April 1967.
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Mushroomhead formed in Cleveland, United States, in 1993. Plays alternative metal, industrial, industrial metal, metal, nu metal.
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My Dying Bride formed in Bradford, United Kingdom, in June 1990. Plays death-doom metal, doom metal, gothic metal.
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Nuclear Assault formed in Queens, United States, in 1985, and split up on 20 November 2022, after 37 years. Plays crossover thrash, heavy metal, metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Obituary formed in Tampa, United States, in 1988. Plays death metal, metal, old school death 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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Powerwolf formed in 2003. Plays metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Queensrÿche formed in Bellevue, United States, in 1981. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, power metal, progressive metal, us power metal.
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Running Wild formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 1976. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal.
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Sabaton formed in Falun, Sweden, in 1999. Plays heavy metal, metal, pop metal, power metal, speed metal.
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Samael formed in Sion, Switzerland, in April 1987. Plays black metal, ebm, industrial metal.
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Savatage formed in Tarpon Springs, United States, in 1979. Plays heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal.
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Sepultura formed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 1984. Plays alternative metal, death metal, groove metal, heavy metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Stratovarius formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1984. Plays metal, power metal.
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Thyrfing formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1995. Plays black metal, folk metal, metal, viking metal.
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra formed in 1996. Plays christmas music, crossover prog, progressive rock, rock opera, symphonic metal, symphonic rock.
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U.D.O. formed in 1987. Plays heavy metal, metal.