There is probably no other genre, where the linkage between cover artworks and music is so important like in the metal genre. In other genres, the artists use to take pictures from their own for
05-12-12
Door number five brings Benighted and Black Messiah!
Today we have another metallic double pack for you! Door number 5 hides Benighted and Black Messiah – both bands will celebrate their Wacken premiere in 2013.
Black Messiah started as an old
04-12-12
Dew-Scented behind door number four
Door number four hides the German thrash metal band Dew-Scented.
The band, which was found in 1992 played in Wacken for the first time in 1998. And now they will return for their fourth
03-12-12
Door number three brings you Mustasch and 9mm
Double pack at door number three! With Mustasch and 9mm we can announce two additional bands for 2013 at once!
Mustasch played already at the Wacken Open Air 2008, so their show in 2013 will be
02-12-12
DevilDriver behind door number two
Today is the second day of December and that means it is the first Advent too. And at this first Advent, we like to announce a Wacken debutant which kicks asses: DevilDriver!
The American band got
01-12-12
Advent calendar 2012 starts with "Die Apokalyptischen Reiter"
The band behind door number one is none other than Die Apokalyptischen Reiter!
Again, the five horsemen will fall in at the festival to unleash their Reitermania over Wacken with their intensive
30-11-12
Christmas mood in Wacken with giant X-MAS tree / Special X-MAS Sale
Also in these days there is a lot of action in Wacken. At the beginning of December and Christmas time everything at the whole village is about W:O:A.
Every traveler and visitor passing the
29-11-12
Special X-Mas sale at the W:O:A Info Office starts tomorrow
As mentioned before, the special X-Mas sale at the W:O:A Info Office will start tomorrow at the 30th of November and will end at the 1st of December. At both days, you can shop whatever you want
28-11-12
Reminder: Auction of a Fendt engine bonnet with exclusive Wacken design
As mentioned before, we currently sell at auction an exclusive Fendt engine bonnet with a Wacken airbrush for a good purpose. The half of the proceeds will go the Kindergarten Vaale and the other
27-11-12
First success in the conflict against the black market
Dear Metalheads,
as some of you may have recognized, we were successful with our efforts against the black market at first. You discussed the way of our ticket personalization a lot and so did