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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Grumble (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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Trust (Portugal) | 100% |
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mantiviking (Spain) | 100% |
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Caramelita (Finland) | 100% |
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Izarus (Denmark) | 100% |
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Xyvind (Spain) | 100% |
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wastedcorpse (Estonia) | 100% |
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goshdra (Romania) | 100% |
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Doomhammer | 100% |
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iblis (Turkey) | 100% |
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DieLaughing (Finland) | 100% |
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ThePhilosopher (UK) | 100% |
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Rot N' Troll (Finland) | 100% |
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Fjorten (Denmark) | 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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huntlus (Estonia) | 100% |
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zmya (Croatia) | 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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Artem (Estonia) | 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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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
Written by corrupt on 01.12.2008 at 16:52 Awesome! I'm so happy I'm not going. 
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
Written by Promonex on 01.12.2008 at 21:19 Especially after reading their news announcement. "Endlich! Bullet for my Valentine in Wacken!" Which means "Finally, BfMV in Wacken". What are those guys thinking?
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13237 |
This festival really is turning out to be that joke for a Wacken 2009 that was going around before they started announcing bands. Still, there's time. We'll see if it gets better.
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
According to rumours Scorpions are to be confirmed soon. Or perhaps they already are. I can't really verify as the Wacken page is down.
---- 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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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
Well the page is back up. And no Scorpions so far.
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Ah well, don't put too much belief in my rumours anyway. Unless they are about Ragnarök they are far from reliable
---- 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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| Inlé Posts: 334  |
Hahaha. At this rate "My Chem" will be the main headlining band. tr00 metal is tr00.
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Motörhead 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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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
Written by un/heart/ed on 13.12.2008 at 17:28 The whole approach is wrong. I expect a good metal festival to offer me variation. Metalcore as well as the annoying Folk Metal wave are hopefully just a temporary fashion. And the Wacken staff currently put their main effort in these bands. You can see that in the demographic resonance of the festival. Wacken just five years ago was like visiting parts of your family. A sworn adept group of friends, all with the same concern. Wacken now has become quite the Metal-Kindergarten. Last year was especially hard on the soul, with quite a bunch of Hard-/Metalcore/Gotheburg/<insert random trendy-style here> bands attracting thousands of kids and teens. And these kids bring their own attitude into an otherwise very intimate audience. And come on, Metalcore is nothing compared to the goold old styles. You don't even have to know about music to do it. It is like grunge with a second guitar and screaming instead of whining. And one of three simple song patterns matches any of these songs. For these kids, music is nothing to get deeply into anymore but just another cheap thrill in an already stimuly-flooded world. And I don't have anything against kids or teens. Hell, when I started listening to metal, I was 14. But back then, we looked at the scene and got inspired by it's attitude. Today, if you're a kid, a concert isn't a good one unless you get drunk to a near comatose state and then beat youself and others up senselessly in what is called 'moshing' these days. And those are the same kids who go to see Opeth and boo the crap out of the atmosphere whenever they play a quite, emotional song or passage. That's whats wrong. At least if you ask me.
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| VPeter Posts: 1450  |
Better then this year at least. Good: Amon Amarth, Epica, Tristania, Korpiklaani, Napalm Death, Kampfar Okay: In Flames, Hammerfall, Motörhead, Cathedral, Schandmaul, Gwar Boring: Nevermore, Einherjer, In Extremo crap: Machine Head, Walls Of Jericho utter crap: Bullet for my Valentine the rest I know, but haven't listend to. So overall not a bad line up for a fest who nowdays mostly functions as a meeting place for metalheads from all over the globe. they are improving, of course there is Bullet for my Valentine but ever wacken edition has an ultimate crap band. the rest is pretty good 
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
So far only Nevermore and Tristania are of interest for me. I'll catch Epica and Volbeat at Summer Breeze and Einherjer at Ragnarök, so for me Wacken 2009 wouldn't be worth those 130 bucks.
---- 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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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
Written by Promonex on 14.12.2008 at 21:01 Still wanting to see Tristania although Vibeke's gone? They are the one band I will always hate to have split up so soon. Parting with Morten Veland that is of course. Their Wacken '05 show was the only time I've ever seen them and Kjetil did a great job on Mortens vocals. But now that both are gone, and considering the less than average last album, I don't expect anything. Although I will see them. Østen just doesn't have what it takes to do deep growls.
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Written by corrupt on 15.12.2008 at 01:37 I was always impressed by Tristania as a band which has lost a key figure quite early in its career, but managed to get a grip of themselves again, adopt an individual style which significantly deviates from the style that made them famous (I always used to say a new Tristania has risen from the "Ashes") and still release albums of high quality. Yes, that includes their latest output as well. And I'm curious to see how the new girl performs and whether the band will follow its recent path or go through another reorientation.
---- 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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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
Written by Promonex on 15.12.2008 at 01:53 Interesting point of view. I've always loved their first two albums, thought World Of Glass was alright and have over the years grown to really like Ashes. But I don't listen to them together. Ashes has earned itself as special status for me. Illumination on the other hand is one of the greates disappointments in my CD rack. The loss of growls (deep or croaky) doesn't suit the band at all. Vibekes singing might make a grown man cry, but that's not enough for me to feel like Tristania. So I better keep my expectations low. What I've seen from Mariangela so far doesn't do anything for me. Kinda like Anette Olzon.
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Written by Promonex on 15.10.2008 at 23:54 Numero uno.
---- 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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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Subway To Sally are said to have confirmed their appearance at Wacken at a concert just recently.
---- 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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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Written by Promonex on 19.12.2008 at 19:43 http://forum.subwaytosally.de/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5689
---- 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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| Infurnace Posts: 948 |
I would love some good Death/Black or Thrash metal additions to the line-up. Hopefully they will announce some good bands. They promised to confirm a lot of great bands in December. Motörhead was one of them I guess.
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
Written by Infurnace on 22.12.2008 at 21:14 I'm keeping my hopes up on Bloodbath. Opeth's tour should be over till then. And their new album more than justifies a few festival appearances.
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695  |
So far it doesn't look all that original and satisfying for me. There's good bands here and there, but no band that makes me think: "DAMN!!! I must be there!". What I try to say is that there's no surprises so far.
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| Infurnace Posts: 948 |
Written by corrupt on 23.12.2008 at 00:33 Yeah, same here. I'm really hoping they will be confirmed too. The line-up would be an awful lot more interesting if Bloodbath would be there.
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
Sold out as of today: http://www.wacken.com/en/woa2009/main-news/news/ansicht/article/wahnsinn-wacken-sold-out/
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
This is sick. Such a shitty lineup and sold out already. If you recall last Wacken, at this time of the year they already had Iron Maiden, Carcass, At The Gates, Avantasia, Kreator, Gorgoroth, Children Of Bodom, Nightwish, Kamelot, Obituary and many more confirmed. I wouldn't have minded BFMV, Walls of Jericho and Callejon if they had been confirmed at a later point, but this way all the "real" metalheads were waiting for something really interesting to be confirmed while all those who get attracted by them shitty bands and by the brand "Wacken" (i.e. kiddies and festival tourists) have successfully purchased their tic. Even if the lineup sucked, Wacken always had that special spirit of togetherness and an international flavor resulting in kind of a "united by metal" atmosphere. But somehow I have the feeling that this spirit of togetherness will be destroyed by an overly heterogeneous audience making Wacken nothing more than another Rock am Ring/Download Festival. I just hope Slipknot and Trivium get confirmed as well, so I can laugh in the faces of every metalhead who's happy to still have gotten a tic...
---- 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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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
This was to be expected. At any rate it's still their 20th anniversary. There were times I was thinking they held back good bands until they were sold out to reward their fans or such. We'll see. But you can't complain about being suddenly sold out. They kept us well-informed about ticket sales. But in general i do agree. Last year's lineup was much more massive at this time a year.
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| VaronoZz Vampbaron Posts: 707  |
Is it really sold out....>!?!!?
---- give praise for the blood it bled, grant a rose for the dead...
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13237 |
Written by VaronoZz on 03.01.2009 at 11:19 Yes, just look at the web page.
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| kaoskrew Posts: 185 |
Amazing how the line-up so far, sold so many tickets this year!
---- John Kaos Krew Promotions "Metal Music Facilitators" Sponsors of Black Winter Day http://www.blackwinterday.co.uk
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| Kasper Posts: 372  |
Oh my god, is it already sold out?? Gosh, and I was going to buy my ticket this month...  
---- "An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded"
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Finally a new band confirmed: BORKNAGAR!
---- 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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| Infurnace Posts: 948 |
About time they announced some good bands. I'm really happy about Borknagar.
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