The preparations for the 32nd edition of W:O:A are approaching their peak both on site in Wacken and all over the world with all metalheads at home who are currently preparing for the journey to the Holy Ground!
In order to shorten the time until the festival begins check out the brand new W:O:A 2023 trailer:
Continue reading W:O:A Only 11 days left + new trailer, Wacken Stamp With NFT & more
by Carina Lawrence
Wacken 2023 sold out as always, quicker than any metal festival worldwide, making it the biggest metal gathering to attend. The theme for this year is Vikings and their culture! Wardruna will play the festival for the first time, fitting the theme. Ex-Gorgoroth drummer Einar Selvik started the band. Their unique brand of Nordic folk was featured in the TV hit show Vikings, giving the whole genre a massive push. So many amazing acts will appear at the festival, but here are a select few!
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Who is the next big hope for Heavy Metal?
At the end of May the first half of the finalists of this year’s Metal Battle were announced.
Now the very last national preliminary round ended and we can reveal the last 15 participants!
Wacken Open Air have revealed almost the entire program of the Welcome To The Jungle Stage as well as presented some newcomers to the band sector!
The newest addition on Friday at the Louder Stage are the Donots!
Whether it’s an acoustic set, comedy, late-night show or poetry slam – a very different kind of program awaits you on the Welcome To The Jungle Stage from Monday on!
2023 is going to be a huge year for VISIONS OF ATLANTIS! As they excited fans with their recent release Pirates, the symphonic metal icons are now doubling down on the special experiences. Along with an extensive tour throughout the USA and Europe last year, the symphonic metal visionaries captured the new era of VISIONS OF ATLANTIS as pirates for the fans at the legendary Wacken Open Air in summer 2022 – now available as their third live release, Pirates Over Wacken, out March 31, 2023 via Napalm Records.
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Wacken Open Air 2023 will be a big one, no doubt. And a lot of it, because it will be a four-day-festival for the first time. While in 2022 fans needed an extra ticket for Wacken Wednesday, that day will be included for everybody in 2023 – the festivities will start officially on Wednesday, Aug 2. We all know it’s true: Things have to get loud in the North during the first weekend of August. And we all missed it, that’s for sure. Just have a look at the big metal party currently underway…
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