Germany, Wacken - Wacken Open Air 2009
| Location: | Germany, Wacken (Festivalgelände) |
| Date: | 29 July 2009 - 01 August 2009 |
| Website: | wacken.com |
| Organizer: | ICS Event Service |
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Tickets: |
SOLD OUT!! |
20 years! 20 fucking years! That's how long the Wacken Open Air exists already. And it has come a long way from a garden party with 800 guests and 6 bands to the biggest metal festival in the world with more than 75,000 visitors and close to 70 bands performing on four stages. Said stages have seen performances by nearly every important band in the world of metal as well as numerous underground acts, so expectations are quite high for this year's lineup. Already confirmed are several fan favorites from the previous editions, such as Saxon, Motörhead, Machine Head, In Flames and Doro who has announced a special Warlock show. Further highlights are the two hour farewell show of metal veterans Running Wild, who will show the young lads how pirate metal is really done, and the performance of recently reunited viking metal legends Einherjer. And as always the lineup will please metalheads of every age: the older folks will be delighted by the confirmations of Heaven And Hell and UFO while Bullet For My Valentine, Walls Of Jericho and Bring Me The Horizon represent the newest generation of metal(-related) music.
The namesake and host of the festival is the small town of Wacken in Northern Germany. For just short of a week the town's population skyrockets from a mere 2,000 souls and turns the village into the world's metal mecca. The town is located 10 km north of Itzehoe and 50 km north/west of Hamburg. There will be shuttle buses from the festival site to the train station in Itzehoe as well as to the airports in both Hamburg and Lübeck. For more info on getting there and away check the festival page here.
The festival is sold out since December already. If you haven't got your ticket yet, but want to go there nonetheless, you can circumvent the black marketing going on eBay and reduce the risk of acquiring fake tickets by using the ticket exchange in the official forum. In this exchange the Wacken staff supervises the ticket prices and acts as trust which means that the seller sends the ticket(s) to the staff who verifies the authenticity of the ticket(s) and reports it to the buyer. After the buyer has transferred the money to the seller, the Wacken staff will pass on the ticket(s) to the buyer. More information on this model can be found here (in German).
Headliners
DAY 1 (29.07)
W.E.T. Stage
| Victims Of Madness | 19:00 - 19:30 | |
| Bai Bang | 20:00 - 20:45 | |
| Bon Scott | 21:15 - 22:15 | |
| Onkel Tom | 22:30 - 23:30 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 00:00 - 01:00 | |
| Metal Karaoke | 01:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 21:00 - 22:00 |
Medieval Stage
| FEJD | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Ragnaröek | 22:00 - 23:00 |
DAY 2 (30.07)
Black Stage
| Skyline | 16:00 - 16:45 | |
| Schandmaul | 17:00 - 18:00 | |
| Der W | 18:30 - 19:45 | |
| Running Wild | 20:15 - 22:00 | |
| Heaven And Hell | 22:30 - 00:00 |
Party Stage
| D-A-D | 17:00 - 18:00 | |
| Anthrax | 18:30 - 19:30 | |
| Secret Show | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| The BossHoss | 21:30 - 22:30 | |
| Lacuna Coil | 23:00 - 00:00 |
W.E.T. Stage
| Metal Battle Finland | 16:00 - 16:25 | |
| X-Plod (Metal Battle Romania) | 16:40 - 17:05 | |
| Furion (Metal Battle Ex-SFRY Republics) | 17:20 - 17:45 | |
| S.A.W. (Metal Battle China) | 18:00 - 18:25 | |
| 5th Avenue | 18:45 - 19:25 | |
| The Waltons | 19:50 - 20:30 | |
| Drone | 21:00 - 21:45 | |
| Bloodwork | 22:05 - 22:50 | |
| Grand Magus | 23:10 - 00:00 | |
| Metal Karaoke / Metal Hammer Party | 00:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 16:00 - 17:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 19:30 - 20:30 |
Medieval Stage
| TBA | 16:00 - 17:00 | |
| Reincarnatus | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Cumulo Nimbus | 20:00 - 21:00 |
DAY 3 (31.07)
Black Stage
| Vreid | 11:00 - 11:40 | |
| Endstille | 13:00 - 14:00 | |
| Walls Of Jericho | 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| Airbourne | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Bullet For My Valentine | 20:30 - 21:30 | |
| In Flames | 23:15 - 00:30 | |
| Amon Amarth | 02:00 - 03:00 |
True Metal Stage
| UFO | 11:45 - 12:45 | |
| Gamma Ray | 14:15 - 15:15 | |
| Nevermore | 16:45 - 17:45 | |
| HammerFall | 19:15 - 20:15 | |
| Motörhead | 21:45 - 23:00 | |
| Doro | 00:45 - 01:45 |
Party Stage
| Suidakra | 11:00 - 11:40 | |
| Retrospect | 13:00 - 14:00 | |
| Tristania | 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| DragonForce | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Coheed & Cambria | 20:30 - 21:30 | |
| Epica | 23:15 - 00:15 | |
| ASP | 02:00 - 03:00 |
W.E.T. Stage
| Leave Scars (Metal Battle Belgium) | 11:00 - 11:25 | |
| Reason To Kill (Metal Battle Netherlands) | 11:45 - 12:10 | |
| Ade (Metal Battle Italy) | 12:30 - 12:55 | |
| Insidead (Metal Battle Greece) | 13:15 - 13:40 | |
| Scarred (Metal Battle Luxembourg) | 14:00 - 14:25 | |
| Kielwater (Metal Battle Lithuania) | 14:45 - 15:10 | |
| Irr (Metal Battle Norway) | 15:30 - 15:55 | |
| Beneath (Metal Battle Iceland) | 16:15 - 16:40 | |
| Silence Means Death (Metal Battle Brazil) | 17:00 - 17:25 | |
| Callejon | 17:45 - 18:25 | |
| Bring Me The Horizon | 18:55 - 19:35 | |
| Whiplash | 20:05 - 20:45 | |
| Nervecell | 21:15 - 21:55 | |
| Insidious Disease | 22:25 - 23:05 | |
| ETHS | 23:35 - 00:15 | |
| Sarke | 00:45 - 01:45 | |
| Pentagram [CHI] | 02:15 - 03:00 | |
| Metal Karaoke | 03:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 11:00 - 12:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 22:00 - 23:00 |
Medieval Stage
| TBA | 11:00 - 12:00 | |
| Swashbuckle | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Ingrimm | 22:00 - 23:00 |
DAY 4 (01.08)
Black Stage
| Einherjer | 12:00 - 12:45 | |
| Cathedral | 14:15 - 15:15 | |
| Heaven Shall Burn | 16:45 - 17:45 | |
| In Extremo | 19:15 - 20:15 | |
| Machine Head | 21:45 - 22:45 | |
| Gwar | 00:45 - 01:45 |
True Metal Stage
| Rage | 13:00 - 14:00 | |
| Testament | 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| Axel Rudi Pell | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Volbeat | 20:30 - 21:30 | |
| Saxon | 23:00 - 00:30 | |
| Subway To Sally | 02:00 - 03:00 |
Party Stage
| Napalm Death | 12:00 - 12:45 | |
| TBA | 14:15 - 15:15 | |
| Borknagar | 16:45 - 17:45 | |
| Pain | 19:15 - 20:15 | |
| Enslaved | 21:45 - 22:45 | |
| Korpiklaani | 00:45 - 01:45 |
W.E.T. Stage
| None (Metal Battle Poland) | 12:00 - 12:25 | |
| Cadaver Race (Metal Battle Austria) | 12:45 - 13:10 | |
| A Fine Day To Exit (Metal Battle Switzerland) | 13:30 - 13:55 | |
| Crysys (Metal Battle Spain) | 14:15 - 14:40 | |
| T.A.N.K. (Metal Battle France) | 15:00 - 15:25 | |
| Metal Battle Germany | 15:45 - 16:10 | |
| Ferium (Metal Battle Israel) | 16:30 - 16:55 | |
| Split Heaven (Metal Battle Mexico) | 17:15 - 17:40 | |
| The Fading | 18:00 - 18:30 | |
| Trouble | 19:00 - 19:40 | |
| UK Subs | 20:10 - 20:50 | |
| Engel | 21:20 - 22:00 | |
| Turisas | 22:30 - 23:10 | |
| TBA | 23:40 - 00:20 | |
| Tracedawn | 00:50 - 01:30 | |
| Torment | 02:00 - 02:45 | |
| Metal Karaoke | 03:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 12:00 - 13:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 19:00 - 20:00 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 22:00 - 23:00 |
Medieval Stage
| Adorned Brood | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Rabenschrey | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Feuerschwanz | 22:00 - 23:00 |
Who was there?
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Baz Anderson (UK) | 100% |
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GT (Denmark) | 100% |
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Promonex | 100% |
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corrupt | 100% |
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Valentin B (Czech Republic) | 100% |
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buki of steel (Croatia) | 100% |
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Infurnace (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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Black Mass (UK) | 100% |
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Maxx666 (USA) | 100% |
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DanielViking (Finland) | 100% |
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infernall (Romania) | 100% |
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Overlord_PT (Portugal) | 100% |
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.:Jux:. (Estonia) | 100% |
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LeDruide (France) | 100% |
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Skyum (Denmark) | 100% |
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Krixiro (Mexico) | 100% |
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THRASHTILDEATH (USA) | 100% |
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elven (Mexico) | 100% |
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Marcelo Hissa (Brazil) | 100% |
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Rebel Monster (Denmark) | 100% |
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Holy_Diver (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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Gâsh (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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Soulweeper (Denmark) | 100% |
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Neoclis (Cyprus) | 100% |
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BRJ Events (UK) | 100% |
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Misanthrope (UAE) | 100% |
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Dewil Rituale (Bulgaria) | 100% |
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COBdeath666 (Portugal) | 100% |
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Den Gode Hr. Kim (UK) | 100% |
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By Demons Driven (Denmark) | 100% |
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Brodd (Denmark) | 100% |
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Fraja (Peru) | 100% |
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Miquele | 100% |
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Kawarai (Denmark) | 100% |
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Ravendark (Estonia) | 100% |
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Jonjy (Israel) | 100% |
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Trust (Portugal) | 100% |
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Grumble (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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mantiviking (Spain) | 100% |
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Izarus (Denmark) | 100% |
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Caramelita (Finland) | 100% |
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wastedcorpse (Estonia) | 100% |
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Xyvind (Spain) | 100% |
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goshdra (Romania) | 100% |
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Doomhammer | 100% |
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DieLaughing (Finland) | 100% |
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ThePhilosopher (UK) | 100% |
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iblis (Turkey) | 100% |
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Fjorten (Denmark) | 100% |
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Rot N' Troll (Finland) | 100% |
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huntlus (Estonia) | 100% |
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zmya (Croatia) | 100% |
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Sautherom (Mexico) | 100% |
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Dunkelgeist (Spain) | 100% |
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Rooste (Estonia) | 100% |
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MaeseOrtu (Spain) | 100% |
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JustinOwaR (Australia) | 100% |
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grecianearn (UK) | 100% |
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ANArhia (Romania) | 100% |
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BarracudaMalta (Malta) | 100% |
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Artem (Estonia) | 100% |
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nihil (Turkey) | 100% |
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simml | 100% |
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squirmno9 (Cyprus) | 100% |
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TheMaggotMaster (Israel) | 100% |
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Vihtori Raivoisa (Finland) | 100% |
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UncleD | 100% |
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Vincent M (Israel) | 100% |
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mgades (Denmark) | 100% |
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metaldread (UAE) | 100% |
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kaoskrew (UK) | 20% |
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Bloodfrozen (The Netherlands) | 20% |
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acfromthekc44 (USA) | 10% |
News
| 30.07.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Live Online Broadcast And Giveaway Winners |
| 28.06.2009 | Wacken Open Air - W:O:A Live Stream |
Reviews
| 26.08.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany, 30th July 2009 by Baz Anderson |
| 26.08.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany, 31st July 2009 by Baz Anderson |
| 26.08.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany, 1st August 2009 by Baz Anderson |
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3136 |
Ok, now it really starts getting ridiculous. They announced Kampfar and Korpiklaani today. Even my Spirit starts dropping if it goes on like that.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by corrupt on 19.10.2008 at 02:08  But what did you expect? The Wacken organisation can book third rate bands because they know it will sell out no matter what. And alll those bands are cheaper than good and big bands, so they will make a profit. But if this is an anniversary show why don't they try to get some really big one-off reunion shows? And make something truly special out of it all?
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Elio Red Nightmare Posts: 4920  |
The only big name here is Cathedral (and secondly Amon Amarth) wtf is happening? at people who buy a 130 euros ticket before knowing the setlist.
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3136 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 19.10.2008 at 13:09 The Wacken team book what the people want to see. They have an online poll after every festival as part of a feedback form you can use to express a band wish or two. And they try to get the bands that are most asked for. Unfortunately the audience in Wacken is getting younger each year. There's a certain popularity about it and many people who don't even listen to the music go there because they want to see what it's like. That's to blame on the media resonance in the last couple of years and the movie "full metal village". Many of the old 'classic' wacken folks have turned to other festivals and don't even look at Wacken anymore. That might be one part. Another thing that has occured to me over the years is this odd metal-fashion thing. A few years ago, many of the younger folks there were listening predominantly to black metal. Mostly accompanied by some 'I don't care for the band as long as it's loud and hard' attitude. That changed to following any random death/metalcore combo in recent years. And you could always measure that by looking at (for example) the Wacken lineup. And now there's this really annoying folk metal movement that slowly takes over the whole metal world. It's like for every good band I get to know, I stumble upon ten new (new to me that is) folk metal bands that all annoy the crap outta me. But the people want to see them. And even to a point where there were 'boo'-cries during a slow passage of Wacken 07's Haggard performance. These people don't seem to apprechiate good music as in the old days anymore. I just don't want a Wacken that is only about loud and hard. There always was a certain standard to metal for me. The people that introduced me to it were all deeply rooted in their music, appreciating the musical as well as the lyrical arts of it. I just kinda want that old feeling back 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
@corrupt, you can forget about getting the old feeling back. But I know exactly what you mean. It happened to me with Dynamo Open Air which I attended from the first edition onwards to the one that drew over 130,000 people. The festival's own popularity became its own demise. The same thing will happen to Wacken I am sure.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Hylia Posts: 1435  |
Hello! This is my first year going to Wacken. Good line up so far=D But does anyone know firsty, whereI can buy tickets and when they go on sale. And Secondly, are they reliable??? ( I think theres 3 questions in here but whatever!  )Thankkks!
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13237 |
Written by Hylia on 21.10.2008 at 20:54 The link is at the top - the site is here: http://www.metaltix.com/item_list.php?item_cat=2013 They have been on sale a while and a lot have already been sold, so if you are going to come - order your ticket soon!! I've never had to buy a ticket, but I assume it is reliable - it worked for 70,000 people last year.
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3136 |
Of course it's reliable. Metaltix was founded by the same people who started the Wacken festival. So you get your tickets at the very first hand.
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3136 |
Hammerfall confirmed. How did Axel Rudi Pell and Schandmaul get onto this list? They are not on the Wacken Page. See here for reference. Do some of you guys know something, nobody else does?
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Hammerfall. Meh. Written by corrupt on 22.10.2008 at 19:33 http://www.wacken.com/de/woa2009/main-news/news/news-suche/suche-ansicht/article/axel-rudi-pell-beim-woa-2009/ http://www.schandmaul.de/forum/index.php?topic=7879.0
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3136 |
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| Gâsh Posts: 28 |
2009 will be my third time. Last 2 years were an excellent party;D:beer2: Quite a good line up so far:metal:
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| THRASHTILDEATH Posts: 54 |
This will be my first time ever at WACKEN and i can not wait WACKEN OPEN AIR RULES 
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
In Flames confirmed.
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13237 |
Written by Promonex on 28.10.2008 at 02:03 Arrgh, come on!! We only just had them in 2007!!
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Baz Anderson on 28.10.2008 at 11:46 Like I say every single year. "Wacken ALWAYS goes for the safe names"  Wacken really is the most mainstream metal festival around. It even outdoes Ozzfest on that part cause although there's a lot of metalcore on Ozzfest they always have a lot of unknown metalcore bands as well.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Deadsoulman Elite Posts: 8004  |
How surprising, Marcel posts in the Wacken thread to say something he already said at least twice in this topic 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Deadsoulman on 28.10.2008 at 12:57 Hahahaha, well, I will keep on repeating myself here as long as people are still surprised by the sorts of bands Wacken adds to their line-up
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Who could blame him? I just analyzed the lineup a bit... Confirmed bands which have played there already: in 2007: 3 in 2006: 3 in 2005: 4 never before: 2 Complete listing: Amon Amarth (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006) Axel Rudi Pell (1999, 2005) Cathedral (2004) Einherjer Hammerfall (1997, 1999, 2001, 2005) In Extremo (1998, 1999, 2002, 2006) In Flames (1997, 2001, 2003, 2007) Kampfar (2007) Korpiklaani (2006) Machine Head (2005) Schandmaul (2004, 2007) Tristania (1999, 2005) Walls Of Jericho
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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| The Bass Posts: 4  |
Written by Guest on 28.10.2008 at 15:14 very true
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| Dagorwen Posts: 291  |
I really would go, but none of my friends is interessed, and being alone in a festival really sucks (specially for a girl when everybody is dead drunk around) so I don't know what to do...
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3136 |
Written by Dagorwen on 11.11.2008 at 14:26 You are aware of the next ten posts that will follow this right? "Post a picture, you can camp with us" "are you good-looking?" ... blabla But if it's only people you're lacking, that can be fixed.
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3136 |
YES! Nevermore confirmed. That alone is worth it. woooohooooo!
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| Infurnace Posts: 948 |
Ah yes! Nevermore. Awesome! That's the band I've been waiting for. Best addition to the line-up so far, IMO.
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| Dagorwen Posts: 291 |
Written by corrupt on 11.11.2008 at 17:56 no, I didn't except that type of posts!!! In anycase, it sounds even worst than camping alone! I'll probably buy my ticket and then try to convince my friends!
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| Jeff Freaky Admin Elite Posts: 7078  |
Written by Dagorwen on 11.11.2008 at 14:26 A tip from me: You live in france => You go to the Hellfest... People believe me it's the good thing to do
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| Dagorwen Posts: 291 |
Written by Jeff on 13.11.2008 at 13:52 Well, going to Hellfest don't forbidd to go to Wacken TO does it  ?Besides, it's exactly the same problem for both, having discovered metal by myself, I have only one metalhead friend, and I'm sure he won't come with me... (life is a bitch!)
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