Advent Advent – and the first candle burns! What this means for the Wacken Metalhead is pretty clear: Today comes the first of Wacken Open Air's December band announcements! To go in with a bang, we present to you two heavyweight champions. Both Testament and Armored Saint will be joining us back on the field and everyone can probably agree that both bands were able to absolutely smash their Holy Ground gigs every time.
The legendary knights from DragonForce are also no strangers to our little bash and are probably the most „fabulous“ answer to the question of how to combine Speed with Power Metal.
The return of these finnish Vikings should also be legendary - we had to wait 12 years until Insomnium finally storm the W:O:A again – equipped with a new album.
But we don't just want to take a look at existing legends but also at „legends in the making“: Here is a Wacken Premiere - We just can't ignore the Canadian Spiritbox anymore! They are currently pushing boundaries in a highly decorated way and are at the forefront of the new generation Metal brigade. Welcome!
And of course there will be familiar faces: OOMPH! surprised everyone by changing their frontman and are currently delighting everyone in the new line-up. Rage made the LGH explode last year - for their 40th birthday they are coming to the big stage that they deserve.
April Art from Giessen are with us for the first time to convince you of their casual female fronted alternative.
Well and then the moshpit faction can look forward to the appropriate background music: We invited Flogging Molly, as a worthy representative of Irish Folk Punk and the Californians from Zebrahead to bring you just the right mix of Rock and Skate Punk.
Performing at the Holy Ground in 2024 will be Metal institution Accept, the Norwegian steamhammer Bokassa, L.A. rock god Don Dokken and his band, the Dutch firestarters Dear Mother and Alligatoah, who will show us how much Rap can be in Metal and vice versa.
British post-hardcore band As Everything Unfolds will grace us with their presence at W:O:A in 2024, if they need Holy Ground expert tips they can get them from German Punk veterans BETONTOD.
Our Irish Speed Folk buddies Fiddler's Green are bringing a new album and approved partyhits with them. The Route 66 doesn’t follow all the way to Wacken, but Beasto Blanco and Butcher Babies made it anyhow and with them their good ol‘ LA metal spirit!
The Holy Ground turns black with the Dark Metal quintet Nachtblut and Melodic Death band Asenblut. Van Canto are going to pave the epic road for the headliners of the heart: Skyline!
Last but not least joining the festival from Sweden, land of myths: Legendary Prog-Death Metal OPETH with mastermind Mikael Åkerfeldt is making its way to Schleswig-Holstein for you in 2024. As a special treat for the fans, they will be playing a Special Request show.
Wacken Open Air takes place on 31/7-3/8/2024. For info visit www.wacken.com.
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