Just two days before the beginning of Wacken Open Air 2014, Avantasia will play a special "Family & Friends Show" at the Eiderlandhalle in Pahlen (40 km away from Wacken).
This homelike show will
24-06-14
Wacken Foundation - Star-Cooking with Fabs from The New Black
Tomorrow starts the next participation process for the Star-Cooking. From tomorrow, 25th June 2014 6 pm to Thursday, 26th June 2014 6 pm you can bid for a participation place for the cooking course
24-06-14
Further Metal-Battle bands confirmed!
Four more Metal-Battle finalists can be confirmed today: Cosmogon from Luxembourg, Crying Steel from Italy, Evocation from China and Trouble Agency from Belgium!
Founded in 2011 out of the ashes
23-06-14
Metal Travel - Reservation deadline for busses ends on July 22nd 2014!
Dear Metalheads,
The reservation system for the Metal Travel busses from Hamburg and Berlin will be closed July 22nd and after that it`s no longer possible to make an online reservation. Many
19-06-14
Polesitting at W:O:A 2014
The legendary W:O:A pole-sitting contest goes into the next round! The ones who stay the longest time on a pole will receive a W:O:A VIP-Upgrade.
Rules:
You have to sustain for 6 hours on one of
18-06-14
Wacken Foundation - Star-Cooking with Tom Angelripper - application process ends at 06.00 pm
On 06.00 PM (CET) the 2nd application process for the Star-Cooking with Tom Angelripper will end. So if you are still interested in cooking together with Uncle Tom, you should place your bids within
18-06-14
Wacken Anthem - the final voting!
The final voting has started! Listen to both songs and vote for the official W:O:A anthem 2014 - and get ready to sing the song together with 74.999 metalheads!
We also want to say thank you to
18-06-14
4 new Metal-Battle finalists confirmed!
Today we can confirm 4 new Metal-Battle finalists!
Backdawn beated the competition in France and were founded in 2011. The band plays a mix of Thrash, Death, Sludge and Doom and are ready to rock
17-06-14
Wacken Foundation - Star-Cooking with Tom Angelripper
The application process for the Star-Cooking courses goes into the next round. From today, 17th June 2014 6 pm to Wednesday, 18th June 2014 6 pm you can bid for a participation place for the cooking
17-06-14
New location for the wheelchair platform
For the last two years our platform for wheelchair users was located at the festival foreground to offer an easy access for all wheelchair users and to allow a perfect view over all three stages from
