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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Aephanemer formed in Toulouse, France, in 2013. Plays melodic death metal, metal, symphonic metal. -
Alfahanne formed in 2010.
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Amaranthe formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2008. Plays melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore, power metal, rock, symphonic metal, trance metal.
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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.
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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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Backyard Babies formed in Nassjo, Sweden, in 1987. Plays alternative rock, glam punk, glam rock, hard rock, punk rock.
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Bannkreis plays folk rock.
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Behemoth formed in Gdansk, Poland, in 1991. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, metal.
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Belphegor formed in Salzburg, Austria, in 1993. Plays black metal, blackened death metal, death metal, metal.
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Betontod formed in Rheinberg, Germany, in 1990. Plays punk rock.
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Deserted Fear formed in Eisenberg, Germany, in 2007. Plays death metal.
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Diablo Blvd formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2005. Plays heavy metal.
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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter formed in Weimar, Germany, in 1995. Plays death metal, folk metal, heavy metal, metal, thrash metal.
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Dokken formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1979. Plays glam, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal.
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Dool formed in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 2015. Plays metal, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Doro formed in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1988. Plays hard rock, heavy metal.
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Dust Bolt formed in 2006. Plays emo, metalcore, thrash metal.
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Enslaved formed in Haugesund, Norway, in June 1991. Plays black metal, progressive 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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Evil Invaders formed in 2007. Plays speed metal.
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Firewind formed in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1998. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Fischer-Z formed in 1979. Plays rock.
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Fish was born in Dalkeith, United Kingdom, on 25 April 1958. Plays art rock, neo-progressive rock, progressive rock.
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Helmet formed in New York, United States, in 1989. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, groove metal, metal, post-hardcore, post-metal.
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In Extremo formed in 1995. Plays folk metal, folk rock, medieval metal, medieval rock.
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Judas Priest formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1969. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, metal, nwobhm.
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Kellermensch formed in Esbjerg, Denmark, in 2006.
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Knorkator formed in 1994.
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Korpiklaani formed in 2003. Plays folk metal, metal.
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Lotrify formed in February 2008.
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Mantar formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 2012. Plays black metal, doom metal, metal, punk, sludge metal.
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Mr. Big formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1988, and split up on 23 August 2024, after 36 years. Plays acoustic rock, aor, glam metal, hard rock, pop rock, rock.
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Nails formed in Oxnard, United States, in December 2007. Plays blackened crust, crust punk, grindcore, hardcore punk, metalcore, neocrust, powerviolence.
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Night Demon formed in Ventura, United States, in May 2011. Plays heavy metal.
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Nightwish formed in Kitee, Finland, in July 1996. Plays metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Oomph! formed in Wolfsburg, Germany, in 1989. Plays neue deutsche härte.
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Plainride plays stoner rock.
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Rezet formed in Schleswig, Germany, in 2004. Plays speed metal, thrash metal.
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Running Wild formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 1976. Plays heavy metal, metal, power metal.
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Samael formed in Sion, Switzerland, in April 1987. Plays black metal, ebm, industrial metal.
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Sarke formed in Oslo, Norway, in 2008, and split up on 20 February 2025, after 17 years. Plays black metal, thrash metal.
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Spoil Engine formed in Roeselare, Belgium, in 2004. Plays melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore.
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The Charm The Fury formed in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in September 2010, and split up on 20 November 2018, after 8 years. Plays groove metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore, nu metal, post-hardcore.
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Toxic Holocaust formed in Portland, United States, in 1999. Plays black metal, speed metal, thrash metal.
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Traitor formed in Balingen, Germany, in 2009. Plays metal, thrash metal.
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TrollfesT formed in Oslo, Norway, in 2003. Plays folk metal.
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Unzucht plays gothic metal, gothic rock.
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Vallenfyre formed in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, in 2010, and split up in 2018, after 8 years. Plays death metal, doom metal, old school death metal.
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Vince Neil was born on 8 February 1961. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock.
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Walking Dead On Broadway formed in Leipzig, Germany.
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Watain formed in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1998. Plays black metal.