The Romanian jury has chosen it´s finalist for this year´s Metal-Battle and the name of the band is GOTHIC.
The band mixes death metal with dark sounds and meanwhile the band is working on their
2012-06-14
The Wackinger Village 2012 - The Big Middle-Age Event at Wacken!
After the last year success of the medieval event The Wackinger at the W:O:A, there will be again about 240 vikings, knights and role players "raiding" the Wacken Open Air.
A fenced area of 2HA
2012-06-13
Metal-Battle Winner Japan - Hone Your Sense
This year Japan participates for the first time in the W:O:A Metal-Battle. The first band they have chosen to be part of the international finals is: HONE YOUR SENSE
The Melodic death metal band
2012-06-13
Thrash Of The Titans Field - Joanna Peacock
Here is the next Thrash Of The Titans artist!
Joanna Peacock is a famous costume and sci-fi artist and can look back on a experience of more 20 years.
This year she will visit Wacken for the
2012-06-11
Metal-Battle Winner Denmark - Electric Hellride
Also this year´s Danish Metal-Battle final is over. The winner of the national final which occurred in Copenhagen is ELECTRIC HELLRIDE.
The band from Copenhagen won the battle with their
Summary of the livechat at the 24th of May, 2012
The livechat at the 24th of May 2012 was a huge success – we were able to answer a lot of questions from the community and got new suggestions. Thank you for that! We will organize another chat
2012-06-08
Metal-Battle Winner Russia - Ease Of Disgust
Ease OF Disgust - that´s the name of the band which won the national Metal-Battle Finals in Russia.
The band from Moscow was founded in 2009 and released 1 EP and 1 full lenght album which
2012-06-07
Wacken Mail and Parcel Office
Today we want to remind you of our Mail and Parcel Office at Wacken Open Air. With their service you can ship your luggage easily to the festival ground and from there back to your home. Especially
2012-06-07
Wacken Goes Wireless - WiFi at W:O:A 2012
Also in 2012 we offer WLAN (Wi-Fi) for every festival visitor.
WLAN tickets are available at all W:O:A supermarkets, info office and merchandise booths.
The tickets will cost 8€ and are valid
2012-06-06
Metal-Battle Winner Sweden – Frantic Amber
Our next candidate form the Metal-Battle finalists comes from the high north – Stockholm, Sweden to be exact.
The name of this year´s Swedish finalist is FRANTIC AMBER.
The band, consisting out