Wacken Open Air

Wacken Open Air on metallimusiikkiin painottunut kolmipäiväinen musiikkifestivaali, joka järjestetään vuosittain elokuussa Itzehoen kaupungin lähellä pienessä Wackenin kylässä ja sitä ympäröivillä pelloilla Schleswig-Holsteinin osavaltiossa Saksassa. Vuonna 2008 festivaaleilla oli parhaimmillaan päivän aikana yli 75 000 kävijää. Festivaali on maailman suurin metallimusiikkifestivaali.

Esiintyjät

24.–25. elokuuta 1990

  5th Avenue

  Ax'n Sex

  Motoslug

  Sacret Season

  Skyline

  Wizzard

21.–22. elokuuta 1991

  Bon Scott

  Gypsy Kyss

  Kilgore

  Life Artist

  Ruby Red

  Shanghai'd Guts

  Skyline

22.–23. elokuuta 1992

  5th Avenue

  Asmodis

  Ax'n Sex

  Bad Sister

  Bai Bang

  Blind Guardian

 De La Cruz

  Doc Eisenhauer

  Dr. Hörp

 Eddie E

  Highlander

  Ides of March

  Incubator

 Jolly Hangman

  Mama's Boys

  Morbid Mind

  Motoslug

 Pagan Spell

  Paradise

  Play 'n' Bleed

  Saitensprünge

  Saxon

  Störspatzen of Des

  STS 8 Mission

  The Waltons

  Vivan

20.–22. elokuuta 1993

  5th Avenue

  Abi Wallenstein

  Ax'n Sex

  Blue Velvet

  Bon Scott

  Buddy Lackey

  Châlice

  Doro

  Fast Lover

  Fates Warning

  Gary Hughes

  Gorefest

  Häwi Mädels

  Heavenward

  Highlander

  Holocaust

  Jacks Hammer

  Jingo de Lunch

  Michael Dickes

  Noisy Act of Protest

  Plan B

  Railway

  RAX

  Riverdogs

  Samael

  Sahara

  Skew Siskin

  Torment

  Troy

  Trespass

  Vivian

  Warpath

19.–20. elokuuta 1994

  Ace Öf Spades

  Atrocity

  Chemical Breath

  Deceased

  Decision D

  Dixi Gunworks

  Easy Livin'

  Gamma Ray

  Hannes Bauer & Orchester

  Gnadenlos

  Ken Templin

  Many Acts Of Maniacs

  Moray

  Pagandom

  Paul Di'Anno & Killers

  Prollhead

  Rausch

  Riff Raff

  Riverdogs

  Roan

  Saintcatee

  Skyclad

  Stoney Rudolph & The Happy Mc Cardies

  Suiciety

  Tears for Beers

  The Tea Party

  The Waltons

  Torment

  U.K. Subs

19.–20. elokuuta 1995

  5th Avenue

  Amentia

  Angra

  Bad Sister

  Châlice

  Creep

  D-A-D

  Dark At Down

  Das Auge Gottes

  Depressive Age

  Dixie Gunworks

  Ghosts of Dawn

  Graue Zellen

  Hate Squad

  Laberinto

 More About Dogs

  Morgoth

  Paragon

  Phantoms of Future

  Pothead

  Power of Expression

  Pretty Maids

 Prime

 Rape

 Revelation

  Schweisser

  Solitude Aeturnus

  Temple of the Absurd

  Tiamat

  The Trauma

  Trieb

  Vanden Plas

  Vocation

9.–10. elokuuta 1996

  Asylum

  Atrocity

  Bad Sister

 Big Nothing

  Böhse Onkelz

  Crematory

  Desert Storm

 Dice

  Dimple Minds

  Dritte Wahl

  Gorefest

 Gorn

  Grave Digger

 Grind Machine

  Kingdom Come

  Kreator

  Manos

  Oomph!

  Pyogenesis

  Ramones Mania

  Randalica

  Ricochet

  Schweisser

  Secret Discovery

  Sieges Even

  Temple of the Absurd

  Theatre of Tragedy

  The Exploited

  The Gathering

  Tom Angelripper

  Vicki Vomit

  Whils

8.–9. elokuuta 1997

  Aion

  Alastis

  Amorphis

  Birth Control

  Dimmu Borgir

  Dismember

  Dissection

 Don Bosco

 Entrust

  Fox Force Five

  Gainsay

  Grave Digger

  Grinning Sinner

  HammerFall

  Hassmütz

  In Flames

  Iron Savior

  Late September Dogs

  Lake Of Tears

  Love Gun

  Motörhead

  Mummlox

  Overkill

 Paunch

  Rage & Lingua Mortis Orchester

  Raven

  Rock Bitch

  Samael

  Saviour Machine

  Scanner

  Sceptic Acceptance

  Sodom

  Steigner

  Subway to Sally

 Tank

  Theatre of Tragedy

  The Automaniac

  Therion

  Tom Angelripper

  Torment

  Totenmond

  U.D.O.

  Umbra Et Imago

  Undish

  Virgin Steele

  Waltari

  Zed Yago

7.–8. elokuuta 1998

  Am I Blood

  Angel Dust

  Anvil

  Arch Enemy

  Atrocity

  Benediction

  Blind Guardian

  Blind Passenger

  Blitzkrieg

  Bonfire

  Borknagar

  Children of Bodom

  Covenant

  Crack Up

  Cradle of Filth

  Crematory

  Darkseed

  Dew-Scented

  Disbelief

  Doro

  Dritte Wahl

  Edguy

  Gamma Ray

  Goddess Of Desire

  Gorgoroth

  Hades Almighty

  Haggard

  Heavenwood

  Hollow

  Holy Mother

  Hypocrisy

  Iced Earth

  Iron Savior

  In Extremo

  J.B.O.

  Krabathor

  Kreator

  Lacuna Coil

  Manos

  Nevermore

  Night In Gales

  Nocturnal Rites

  Old Man’s Child

  Pegazus

  Postmortem

  Primal Fear

  Raise Hell

  Riot

  Rough Silk

  Ryker's

  Sacred Steel

  Sadist

  Savatage

  Sentenced

  Skyclad

  Soulburn

  Sons of Damnation

  Stahlhammer

  Stigmata IV

  Stratovarius

  Sundown

  Sweet Noise

  Sweet Savage

  Tom Angelripper

  Tankard

  Temple of the Absurd

  Devin Townsend

  Unrest

  Vader

  Virgin Steele

  Voivod

  Warrior

6.–7. elokuuta 1999

  Agent Steel

  Amon Amarth

  Angra

  Atrocity

  Axel Rudi Pell

  Axxis

  Bewitched

  Blind Passenger

  Brainstorm

  Cannibal Corpse

  Crematory

  The Cult

  Death SS

  Destiny's End

  Destruction

  Dimmu Borgir

  Edguy

  Eisregen

  Eläkeläiset

  Enslaved

  Europe

  Fates Warning

  God Dethroned

  Graveworm

  HammerFall

  Immortal

  In Aeternum

  In Extremo

  Jaguar

  Jag Panzer

  Killer

  Leatherwolf

  Labyrinth

  Lefay

  Marduk

  Marshall Law

  Mayhem

  Memory Garden

  Metal Church

  Metalium

  Mercyful Fate

  Mindfeed

  Mystic Circle

  Napalm Death

  Nevermore

  Paradox

  Paragon

  Pariah

  Powergod

  Pretty Maids

  Primal Fear

  Rage

  Razor

  Reverend Jürgen & Igor

  Richthofen

  Roland Grapow

  Saxon

  Sinner

  Six Feet Under

  Solitude Aeternus

  Spock's Beard

  Steel Prophet

  Subway to Sally

  The Crown

  Temple of the Absurd

  Therion

  Threshold

  Torment

  Totenmond

  Tristania

  Tygers of Pan Tang

  The Gathering

  The Sygnet

  Tom Angelripper

  U.D.O.

  Uli Jon Roth

  Umbra et Imago

  Warrant

  Wardog

  Warhammer

  Witcherry

  Whiplash

4.–5. elokuuta 2000

  Agathodaimon

  Ancient

  Angel Witch

  Annihilator

  Artillery

  Black Sweden

  Black Label Society

  Blaze Bayley

  Breaker

  Chantal Chevalier

  Dark At Dawn

  Dark Age

  Dark Funeral

  Dee Snider

  Demon

  Doro

  Deranged

  Desperados

  Engine

  Entombed

  Freedom Call

  Gamma Ray

  Gaskin

  Grim Reaper

  Hades

  Heir Apparent

  Hypocrisy

  Iced Earth

  Immolation

  Jacob's Dream

  Knorkator

  Labyrinth

  Late Nite Romeo

  Liege Lord

  Lizzy Borden

  Lock Up

  Marduk

  Molly Hatchet

  Morbid Angel

  Mob Rules

  Nightmare

  Nightwish

  October 31

  Overkill

  Pain

  Pink Cream 69

  Praying Mantis

  Raise Hell

  Rhapsody

  Rose Tattoo

  Royal Hunt

  Samson

  Savage

  Sentenced

  Six Feet Under

  Skew Siskin

  Solstice

  Spiritual Beggars

  Squealer

  Steel Attack

  Stratovarius

  Testament

  Tom Angelripper

  Twisted Tower Dire

  Umbra Et Imago

  Vader

  Vanishing Point

  Venom

  Zakk Wylde

3.–4. elokuuta 2001

  16 Hell Ventiler
  Annihilator
  Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
  Arch Enemy
  Artch
  Behemoth
  Bionix
  Blackshine
  Brainstorm
  Cage
  Carnal Forge
  Chinchilla
  Circle of Grief
  Crematory
  Cryptopsy
  Crystal Shark

  Culprit
  Dark Tranquillity
  Death SS
  Deceased
  Disaster
  Dimmu Borgir
  Exciter
  Echumed
  Exumer
  Finntroll
  Grave Digger
  HammerFall
  Helloween
  Holy Moses
  In Flames
  Jag Panzer

  Kamelot
  Kju
  Knight Errant
  Krisiun
  Lacuna Coil
  Lost Horizon
  Metalium
  Mortician
  Motörhead
  Mägo de Oz
  Naglfar
  Napalm Death
  Nasum
  Nevermore
  Night in Gales
  Nightfall

  Nightwish
  Nostradameus
  Opeth
  Overkill
  Paragon
  Paul Dianno & Killers
  Primal Fear
  Rage
  Rawhead Rexx
  Sacraphyx
  Saxon
  Silent Force
  Sins of Thy Beloved
  Smoke Blow
  Sodom
  Soilwork

  Sonata Arctica
  Soul Doctor
  Stigma IV
  Subway to Sally
  Tad Morose
  Tankard
  Deströyer 666
  The Haunted
  Impotent Sea Snakes
  The Traceelords
  Therion
  Trail of Tears
  Vintersorg
  Warhammer
  W.A.S.P.

1.–3. elokuuta 2002

  Alabama Thunderpussy
  Amon Amarth
  Angel Dust
  Angra
  Avalanch
  Blaze Bayley
  Blind Guardian
  Blitzkrieg
  Borknagar
  Bruce Dickinson
  Candlemass
  Cannibal Corpse
  Children of Bodom
  Criminal
  Debris Inc.
  Destruction

  Dimple Minds
  Domine
  Dornenreich
  Doro
  Dream Evil
  Dying Fetus
  Edguy
  Eisregen
  Evergrey
  Exodus
  Falconer
  Fleshcrawl
  Green Carnation
  Haggard
  Heathen
  Heavenly

  Hollenthon
  Hypocrisy
  Immortal
  In Extremo
  Iron Savior
  J.B.O.
  Justice
  Kalmah
  Kotipelto
  Kreator
  Lock Up
  Macabre
  Metalucifer
  Mezarkabul
  Mob Rules
  Mörk Gryning

  My Dying Bride
  Necrophobic
  Nightmare
  Nocturnal Rites
  Nuclear Attack
  Onkel Tom
  Pretty Maids
  Primordial
  Pungent Stench
  Raven
  Rebellion
  Red Aim
  Rose Tattoo
  Rottweiler
  Sabbat
  Savatage

  Shakra
  Sinergy
  Stormwarrior
  Stormwitch
  Suidakra
  Thunderstone
  Torfrock
  U.D.O.
  Unleashed
  Vanden Plas
  Vicious Rumors
  Vision Divine
  Vomitory
  Warlord
  Wizard
  Wolf

31. heinäkuuta – 2. elokuuta 2003

  Ancient Rites
  Annihilator
  Assassin
  Bai Bang
  Callenish Circle
  Carpathian Forest
  Circle II Circle
  Dark Age
  Dark Angel
  Dark Funeral
  Darkane
  Dew-Scented
  Diamond Head

  Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
  Dismember
  Eidolon
  Evidence One
  Extreme Noise Terror
  Freedom Call
  Gamma Ray
  Graveworm
  Heaven Shall Burn
  Human Fortress
  In Flames
  Kataklysm

  Lordi
  Lotto King Karl
  Malevolent Creation
  Masterplan
  Metalium
  Nile
  Obscenity
  Onkel Tom
  Oratory
  Primal Fear
  Psychopunch
  Rage

  Raise Hell
  Raunchy
  Rotting Christ
  Running Wild
  Sentenced
  Seventh One
  Sinister
  Sinner
  Slayer
  Soilwork
  Sonata Arctica
  Stratovarius

  Subway to Sally
  Symphorce
  Testament
  The Almighty Punchdrunk
  The Crown
  Thyrfing
  Twisted Sister
  Twisted Tower Dire
  V8 Wankers
  Vader
  Victims of Madness
  Victory

5.–7. elokuuta 2004

  After Forever
  Amon Amarth
  Anthrax
  Arch Enemy
  Artefact
  Astral Doors
  Bal-Sagoth
  Brainstorm
  Böhse Onkelz
  Cannibal Corpse
  Cathedral
  Children of Bodom
  Death Angel

  Destruction
  Dio
  Dionysus
  Desbelief
  Doro & Warlock
  Dr. Rock
  Ektomorf
  Eläkeläiset
  Engine of Pain
  Everfest
  Feinstein
  Grave Digger
  Griffin

  Gun Barrel
  Gutbucket
  Helloween
  Hobbs Angel of Death
  Hypocrisy
  J.B.O.
  Knorkator
  Kotipelto
  Mambo Kurt
  Mayhem
  Methedras
  Misery Index

  Mnemic
  Motörhead
  Mystic Prophecy
  Nevermore
  Nocturno Culto
  Orphanage
  Paragon
  Quireboys
  Raunchy
  Reckless Tide
  Satan
  Satyricon

  Saxon
  Schandmaul
  Sufferage
  Supersoma
  The Rods
  Thora
  Thunderstone
  Unleashed
  Vanguard
  Voodoma
  Weinhold
  Zodiac Mindwarp

4.–6. elokuuta 2005

  Accept
  Agonizer
  Apocalyptica
  Axel Rudi Pell
  Bloodbath
  Candlemass
  Cataract
  Contradiction
  Corvus Corax
  Count Raven
  Dissection
  Doomfoxx
  DragonForce
  Edguy

  Eisregen
  Endhammer
  Endstille
  Ensiferum
  Equilibrium
  Finntroll
  Goddess of Desire
  Gorefest
  Gorilla Monsoon
  HammerFall
  Hard Time
  Hatesphere
  Holy Moses
  Illdisposed

  Kreator
  Machine Head
  Machine Men
  Manifest
  Marduk
  Marky Ramone
  Martin Kesici
  Mercenary
  Metal Church
  Metalium
  Mob Rules
  Morgana Lefay
  Mucc
  Naglfar

  Nightwish
  Noise Forest
  Obituary
  Oomph!
  Overkill
  Panic Cell
  Potentia Animi
  Primordial
  Reckless Tide
  Regicide
  Saeko
  Samael
  Sentenced

  Sinners Bleed
  Snake Eye
  Sonata Arctica
  Stratovarius
  Suffocation
  Suidakra
  Teräsbetoni
  Torfrock
  Tristania
  Turisas
  Vanguard
  Within Temptation
  Zyklon

3.–5. elokuuta 2006

  Aborted
  Amon Amarth
  Arch Enemy
  Atheist
  Battlelore
  Bloodthorn
  Born From Pain
  Cadaveric Crematorium
  Caliban
  Carnivore
  Celtic Frost
  Children of Bodom
  D’espairsRay
  Danko Jones

  Delirious
  Dezperadoz
  Die Apokalyptichen Reiter
  Drone
  Ektomorf
  Emperor
  End of Green
  Faster Inferno
  Fear Factory
  Finntroll
  Fleshgore
  Forever Slave
  Gamma Ray
  Gorilla Monsoon

  Hellfueled
  In Extremo
  Infinight
  Korpiklaani
  Krypteria
  Lake of Tears
  Legion of the Damned
  Malefactor
  Mambo Kurt
  Metal Church
  Metal Inquisitor
  Michael Schenker Group
  Ministry

  Mortal Sin
  Morbid Angel
  Motörhead
  Mystic Circle
  Nevermore
  Nikki Puppet
  Opeth
  Orphaned Land
  Primal Fear
  Rose Tattoo
  Scorpions
  Six Feet Under
  Soilwork

  Soulfly
  Subway to Sally
  Suidakra
  The Dogma
  Transilvanian Beat Club
  Tourettes
  Victory
  Vreid
  WE
  Whitesnake
  Wintersun
  Würm

2.–4. elokuuta 2007

  1349
  Amorphis
  All That Remains
  Animal Alpha
  Belphegor
  Benedictum
  Black Majesty
  Blind Guardian
  Blitzkrieg
  Cannibal Corpse
  Chthonic
  Communic
  Corruption
  Destruction
  Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
  Dimension Zero

  Dimmu Borgir
  Dir En Grey
  Disillusion
  Drone
  Ecliptica
  Electronic Eel Shock
  Enslaved
  Fair to Midland
  Falconer
  Fastaway
  Grave Digger
  Gutbucket
  Haggard
  HateSphere
  Heaven Shall Burn
  Iced Earth

  Immortal
  In Flames
  J.B.O.
  Kampfar
  Lacuna Coil
  Letzte Instanz
  Maroon
  Mennen
  Moonsorrow
  Moonspell
  Municipal Waste
  Napalm Death
  Narziss
  Neaera
  Norther
  Overkill

  Pharao
  Possessed
  Rage
  Red Ink
  Rose Tattoo
  Sabbat
  Sacred Reich
  Sahg
  Samael
  Schandmaul
  Saxon
  Secrets of the Moon
  Sodom
  Sonic Syndicate
  StormWarrior
  Stratovarius

  Subway to Sally
  Suidakra
  Swallow the Sun
  The Answer
  The Black Dahlia Murder
  The Sorrow
  The Vision Bleak
  Therion
  Torture Squad
  Turboneger
  Turisas
  Type O Negative
  Týr
  Unheilig
  Vital Remains
  Volbeat

31. heinäkuuta – 2. elokuuta 2008

  3 Inches of Blood
  Airbourne
  Alestorm
  As I Lay Dying
  At the Gates
  Autumn
  Avantasia
  Avenged Sevenfold
  Axxis
  Before the Dawn
  Carcass
  Children of Bodom
  Concept Insomnia
  Corvus Corax

  Crematory
  Cynic
  Destructor
  Enemy of the Sun
  Ensiferum
  Evocation
  Excrementory Grindfuckers
  Exodus
  Girlschool
  God Seed
  Grave
  Hatebreed
  Headhunter
  Holy Moses

  Iron Maiden
  Job For a Cowboy
  Kamelot
  Killswitch Engage
  Kreator
  Krypteria
  Lauren Harris
  Leaves’ Eyes
  Lord Belial
  Lordi
  Massacre
  Machine Men
  Mercenary

  Mortal Sin
  Mustasch
  Nashville Pussy
  Negură Bunget
  Nifelheim
  Nightwish
  Obituary
  Opeth
  Powerwolf
  Primordial
  Psychopunch
  Sabaton
  Saltatio Mortis

  Soilwork
  Sonata Arctica
  Stam1na
  Sturm Und Drang
  Sweet Savage
  The Bones
  The Haunted
  The Rotted
  Torture Squad
  Unearth
  Van Canto
  Warbringer
  Watain

29. heinäkuuta – 1. elokuuta 2009 

  Ade
  Adorned Blood
  Airbourne
  Amon Amarth
  Arkaea
  ASP
  Axel Rudi Pell
  Bai Bang
  Bon Scott
  Borknagar
  Bring Me the Horizon
  Bullet For My Valentine
  Callejon
  Cathedral
  Coheed and Cambria
  Crisix

  Cumulo Nimbus
  D-A-D
  Der W
  Doro
  DragonForce
  Drone
  Einherjer
  Endstille
  Engel
  Enslaved
  Epica
  Eths
  Fejd
  Frei.Wild
  Freuerschwanz
  Gamma Ray

  Grand Magus
  GWAR
  HammerFall
  Heaven & Hell
  Heaven Shall Burn
  In Extremo
  In Flames
  Ingrimm
  Insidious Disease
  J.B.O.
  Korpiklaani
  Lacuna Coil
  Machine Head
  Mambo Kurt
  Motörhead
  Napalm Death

  Nervecell
  Nevermore
  Pain
  Pentagram
  Pentagram Chile
  Rabenschrey
  Rage
  Running Wild
  Sarke
  Saxon
  Schandmaul
  Skyline
  Subway to Sally
  Suidakra
  Swashbuckle

  Testament
  The BossHoss
  The Waltons
  Tom Angelripper
  Torment
  Tracedawn
  Tristania
  Trouble
  Turisas
  UFO
  UK Subs
  Volbeat
  Vreid
  Walls of Jericho
  Whiplash

4.–7. elokuuta 2010 

  1349
  Alice Cooper
  Altar
  Amorphis
  Anvil
  Apocalyptica
  Arch Enemy
  Astral Doors
  Atrocity
  Battle Beast
  Broilers
  Brutus
  Caliban
  Candlemass
  Cannibal Corpse
  Chimaira
  Corvus Corax
  Crisix
  Crucified Barbara
  Crystallion
  Death Means Nothing

  Debauchery
  Degradead
  Delain
  Despised Icon
  Dew-Scented
  Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
  Die Kassierer
  Edguy
  Ektomorf
  End of Green
  Endstille
  Equilibrium
  Eternal Legacy
  Evile
  Fanfara Kalashnikov
  Fear Factory
  Fiddler's Green
  Frei.Wild
  Ghost Brigade
  Gojira
  Grave Digger

  Hackneyed
  Hanggai
  Holy Grail
  Ihsahn
  Ill Niño
  Immortal
  Impreium Dekadenz
  Iron Maiden
  Job For a Cowboy
  Kamelot
  Kampfar
  Killing Machine
  Lake of Tears
  Letzte Instanz
  Lizzy Borden
  Lock Up
  Macbeth
  Mad Max
  Mambo Kurt
  Metsätöll

  Mötley Crüe
  Nightmare
  Orden Ogan
  Orphaned Land
  Overkill
  Prayers of Sanity
  Raven
  Red Hot Chili Pipers
  Rock Rotten’s 9mm Assi Rock’n’Roll
  Rotting Christ
  Schelmish
  Secrets of the Moon
  Skanners
  Skyline
  Slayer
  Smoke Blow
  Snakebite
  Sólstafir
  Soul Stealer
  Soulfly

  Spit Like This
  Stratovarius
  Subway to Sally
  Suicidal Angels
  Svartsot
  Tarja
  The BossHoss
  The Devil's Blood
  The Keltics
  The New Black
  The Other
  Tiamat
  Torfrock
  Týr
  U.D.O.
  Unleashed
  Varg
  Vita Imana
  Voivod
  W.A.S.P.

2.–5. elokuuta 2023 

  Amorphis
  Battle Beast
  Omnivortex
  Ville Valo

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