**Premiere at the Wacken Open Air - Hotel ship for Metalheads"***

Premiere at the Wacken Open Air – Hotel ship MS Wacken River Hotel will land near the festival site!

In cooperation with the travel agency KLUGES REISEN, the organizers of the Wacken Open Air, the ICS Festival Service GmbH, are offering a very special alternative to sleeping in a tent on the campgrounds at this years festival. From July 31st until August 04th 2013 metalheads will have the opportunity to sleep on a comfortable hotel ship, the MS Wacken River Hotel.

The ship is located at the Wacken Port in Hochdonn, directly at the Kiel Canal, only three kilometers away from the festival grounds. The swimming hotel has a lot to offer for the friends of heavy music. Nice cabins including a private shower and WC and a nice view of the canal. Furthermore a diverse breakfast buffet will make sure that nobody has to start their festival day hungry. After strengthening for the day, the metalheads can use the regularly scheduled bus shuttle to get to the festival area.

This strictly limited offer includes four accommodations in a comfortable outside cabin with private WC and shower, as well as the breakfast onboard and the bus shuttle to the festival site. Furthermore there will be a bus shuttle starting at the central station in Hamburg and Itzehoe which will drive directly to the landing place of the MS Wacken River Hotel in Hochdonn,

The early bird offer of the MS Wacken is valid from April 03rd to April 16th 2013. Please find more information at www.wacken.com or http://www.kluges-reisen.de/reisen/spezialreisen.htm

Hello metalheads,

again it is time for another W:O:A newsletter! This time’s topics are:
After a short lean period, we were now able to confirm seven new bands for the Wacken Open Air 2013.
Also we uploaded the calendar sheet for March 2013, which can be downloaded as desktop wallpaper as usual and we inform you about the upcoming special Easter sale in Wacken.
Sadly we also have some bad news: Farmer Uwe is badly diseased. All details about this and the other topics can be found in this newsletter.

Yours,
W:O:A Team


7 new band confirmations

After a short lean period we like to announce the next bounce of bands for this year’s W:O:A billing.
We have seven new bands for you, which never played in Wacken before. Their musical styles ranges from traditional heavy metal through power and progressive elements to New German Hardness.

Dunderbeist - The Norwegian whiz kids are considered as one of the hottest newcomer bands from Scandinavia. They just released their third album “Songs Of The Buried” which will be used to conquer Europe for sure. And on their way to this goal, they will also enter the Wacken Open Air!

Eisbrecher - – New German Hardness at the W:O:A. After they left Megaherz and founded Eisbrecher about 10 years ago, the duo Wesselksy & Pix used to get started again – with huge success. With their fifth album, released in 2012, the band entered position 3 in the German album charts.

Kärbholz - the German rock/punk band Kärbholz was founded in 2003 and released five albums so far. Every album raises their fan base and their last album “Rastlos” made it to position 16 in the German charts.

Kryptos - the band from India was founded in 1998 and is part of the spearhead of the metal music and scene in their country. Since their establishment they released three albums which generated a lot of furor. A record deal in 2007 led to support shows for bands like Iron Maiden, Kreator, Amon Amarth and Satyricon. In 2010, they came to play some shows in Europe as the first Indian metal band ever. In 2012 they released their third album “The Coils Of Apollyon”. They play straight eighties metal inspired by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Candlemass – if you like this music, you must check ´em out!

Null DB –resulting from an under-18 school band, Null DB are striving to the top with their independent sound. You could try to categorize the band between Nu Metal and New German Hardness, but you shouldn’t draw a parallel like “they sound like…” – it will not work out. In 2008 they first attract attention when they won a German rock music award and shortly afterwards they published their first real release “Im Auge des Sturms”. By now they also released their second work “Endzeit”.

Rebattered – this band is living the metal! The band Rebattered focuses on grooving thrash metal now, after they tried some musical experiments with for example progressive elements in their beginning. Founded in 2002, the band won several band competitions and awards, played countless live-shows and released their debut EP “Wheel of Misfortune” in 2007. In 2012 they released their second EP “We Eat People” and by now they are working on their first album.

Secret Sphere – from Italy plays progressive power metal, which is often also categorized as symphonic power metal. Whatever you call the genre, the band which was founded in 1997 has the finger on the pulse. In 2012 they released their sevenths Album “Portrait Of A Dying Heart”. And in 2013 they will release a new version of their second album “A Time Never Come”.

Farmer Uwe badly diseased

Our farmer Uwe from Wacken isn’t just a real unique, but also an important character and element of the Wacken Open Air history.

By now, we got the sad message, that Uwe Trede is badly diseased. The thoughts of the whole Wacken Open Air team are with him and his family in this time. We hope for a speedy and full recovery. He is already on the way to recovery.

Cheerful greetings can be posted in the commentaries on Facebook and in our board. We will forward them to Uwe and his family.

Special Easter sale and long Thorsday on the 28th of March in Wacken

On Thursday the 28th of March there is a special Easter sale in Wacken again, the W:O:A Info Office and Battle-Merchant invite you to the next big metal shopping tour.

This time's highlight: Wacken merchandise with special discounts, fan articles and the new W:O:A 2013 collection! Everyone who brings the X-Mas sale flyer will also get a special goodie for free!!

The Full:Metal:Army – our official fan club - will also be back on spot. Inform yourself about the Full:Metal:Army and become a member!

Also the Battle-Merchant is reducing its full product range with a 11% discount because of its 11th birthday. Furthermore, every customer which buys articles with a worth of more than 20€ will get a Thor´s hammer for free!

So, let's go to Wacken!

Hello Metalheads,

Christmas time has just begun and with it our yearly online X-MAS calendar!

This week we already have confirmed a lot of new bands and raffled amazing prizes - All about the calendar can be found in our top news.

Further there are news regarding our X-Mas voucher action with Wacken Memories, the info office in Wacken, the W:O:A Camperpark and more!

Everything else as always at www.wacken.com

Since the 1st of December you have the chance to win loads of daily prizes and probably also one of our first prizes.
As every year, we tried to make the calendar better than in the year before and we are convinced that we succeeded with it.
Never before we had as many bands and big prizes as in this year!

Besides daily changing prices every winner will get the W:O:A X-MAS Fan Package 

And for those who are able to figure out the big main solution we have prepared a lot of special prices such as:

The Amazing Main Price
A balcony cabin (all inclusive) at the Full Metal Cruise 2013!
7 nights Northern Europe & Great Britain from the 05th May to 12th May 2013 from/to Hamburg in a balcony cabin (price aproxx. 4000€)
A panorama view of the cabin and all info can be found HERE

A very big thank you to the TUI Cruises GmbH!

(Attention! Only a few cabins are left – Book now at www.full-metal-cruise.com !)

There are also several other main prices such as:
Relentless desktop coolers sponsored by Relentless Energy Drink (www.relentlessenergy.com) ,
Motörheadphones and Mobile/i-Phone Cases (www.motorheadphones.com)
Travel voucher by MetalTravel (www.metaltravel.de)
Signed W:O:A Guitars
Nintento 3DS - each including 2 video games
Mics, headphones and other studio equipment sponsored by Rock Shop GmbH (http://rockshop.de)
and a lot more!

All main prizes and the sponsors (Thank you very much!) can be found by clicking the „prizes” button.

And of course we will announce at least one or more bands each day for W:O:A 2013.

How to participate???
The complete rules can be found in the calendar (by clicking the help button on the upper left) at www.metaltix.com.





W:O:A Camperpark 2013 - Rentable campers and tents are sold out!


Also the W:O:A Camperpark can confirm sold out for some of it´s offered services.

Rentable tents as well as campers are completely sold out.

Power Supply for own campers and Toilet To Go (the rentable mobile toilet) are still available.


    
Metal artwork designer releases book


There is probably no other genre, where the linkage between cover artworks and music is so important like in the metal genre. In other genres, the artists use to take pictures from their own for their covers, but metal bands like to create stunning artworks in most cases. These artworks are meant to represent either single songs or the whole album. The music and the artworks go hand in hand.

One of the most important artwork artists from the metal scene is Paul Raymond Gregory, no doubt. Beside eleven album artworks for Saxon, he also created artworks for big names like Dio, Uriah Heep, Blind Guardian or the Wacken Open Air. Before he started to work with metal bands, he used to take JRR Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings to create a series of paintings about the great saga. Besides, he is one of the founders of the Bloodstock Open Air, which is an influential heavy metal festival in Great Britain. And of course he also makes the artworks for this event too.

Now he released Beyond Time and Place, a printed summary of his work. 176 pages show you the magic of his 40 years of painting. The book is available both in a limited and in a normal edition. A must for all fans of sophisticated artworks!

More information and the option to buy an exemplar are available here:
www.paulraymondgregory.com
www.studio54.co.uk

Hello Metalheads,

today it´s time for the next W:O:A newsletter.

This one is dominated by the topic NEW WACKEN MERCH. Check out our new range of merchandise - ecpecially the 2013 collection in the Full:Metal:Mini Mag.
These items will also be available at the special X-Mas sale at the Info Office in Wacken.

Further we have news regarding the Wacken Foundation and the Full Metal Cruise.

Everything else on www.wacken.com

Full:Metal:Shop - New Merchandise & Mini-Mag



X-Mas time is coming closer and now the Full:Metal:Shop offers a new range of merchandise products.
Take a look and browse through our new Full:Metal:Shop Mini-Mag. There you can find lots of new products such as the new W:O:A 2013 collection or special X-Mas products.

All products can be purchased on:
www.full-metal-shop.de


Full Metal Cruise - Attunement for Circle II Circle


Ahoi Metalheads!

We already announced that Circle II Circle will play some very special Savatage sets aboard the Full Metal Cruise.

To get you in the mood for this, here‘s an unreleased live video of ‘The Wake Of Magellan‘, recorded at this year‘s Wacken Open Air. This will be huge!

The band from Tampa, Florida featuring former Savatage singer Zak Stevens is going to perform the Savatage album “Edge Of Thoms” (1993) in it‘s entirety and a best of show of their own material alongside further material from Stevens‘ time in Savatage.

Enjoy!

Circle II Circle - Wake of The Magellan

Further info about the cruise and cabin booking on:
www.full-metal-cruise.com


Wacken Foundation - Fendt engine bonnet in Wacken design will be auctioned!


On this years’ Wacken Open Air a Fendt engine bonet has received a new design with W:O:A logo by airbrush illustrator Wolfgang Zeh and numerous artists have signed the bonet. Amongst them for example: In Extremo, Betontod, Overkill, Detlef Buck, Markus Kavka, Oomph, Mambo Kurt and Endstille.

The auction will take last for one week from Monday, 26th November until 2nd December 2012

Further information on:
www.wacken-foundation.com

Special X-MAS sale at the W:O:A Info Office in Wacken!


Do not forget!

On Friday November 30th and Saturday December 1st we will start the next special sale at the W:O:A Info Office in Wacken!

Hello Metalheads,

today´s special newsletter is more than HOT!!!

For all your loyalty and support over all the years we present you one more big headliner which has never played before in the history of the festival!

Want to find out more? Than please read on..

yours
W:O:A Team

Feuer Frei! Madness Wacken! Sold Out is already within reach & Thank You-Top Act confirmed!!!


As mentioned before, Wacken Open Air is just ahead of the Sold Out - as a big thank you for your loyalty within the last 24 years & your amazing support (as well as a little consolation for the mud we all had to put up with last August) we will present you one of the biggest band announcements we have ever made!!!

Last week we already signed that something is on the way and now the time has come - a bit earlier as planned to shorten your last working day of this week:

RAMMSTEIN


In August 2013 it will finally come true - RAMMSTEIN will conquer the True Metal Stage at Wacken with their worldwide-known unique and famous live show.

Here is the official press release of Rammstein:
“Wir halten das Tempo” will also be Rammstein’s motto for 2013, with the band headlining a number of big European festivals.
Over the past two years alone over 1.3 million people from Mexico, the USA, South Africa, Australia, Canada and Europe have been blown away by the band’s spectacular live show. The Rammstein machine keeps rolling on and on, and 2013 will be no different: it promises to be one hot summer!

We hope we served you well with this!

Stay tuned - more amazing bands will be confirmed within the course of today´s evening - visitors of the Hamburg Metal Dayz will get the info a bit earlier!

Be prepared! In Metal We Trust!

See you in Wacken, Metalheads – Rain or Shine

Tickets for Wacken Open Air are as always available at www.metaltix.com
Ticket-Hotline: +49 (0) 4627 - 18 38 38

Your W:O:A team

Feuer Frei! Madness Wacken! Sold Out is already within reach & Thank You-Top Act confirmed!!!

As mentioned before, Wacken Open Air is just ahead of the Sold Out - as a big “Thank You” for the fans´ loyalty within the last 24 years we are able to present one of the biggest band announcements we have ever made!!!

In August 2013 it will finally come true - RAMMSTEIN will conquer the True Metal Stage at Wacken with their worldwide-known unique and famous live show.

Here is the official press release of Rammstein:
“Wir halten das Tempo” will also be Rammstein’s motto for 2013, with the band headlining a number of big European festivals.
Over the past two years alone over 1.3 million people from Mexico, the USA, South Africa, Australia, Canada and Europe have been blown away by the band’s spectacular live show. The Rammstein machine keeps rolling on and on, and 2013 will be no different: it promises to be one hot summer!

Hamburg Metal Dayz - supporting programme announced


The 1st Hamburg Metal Dayz offer a lot of entertainment in addition to band performances and panels: workshops, comedy, readings… Today we can announce the additional supporting programme!

GUITAR-WORKSHOP WITH ULI JON ROTH
Saturday, 22.9. – 5 PM - Markthalle

The legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth, who is known since the 70s as a member of the Scorpions and as a solo artist, will offer a view into his special musical world, which even makes heroes such as Joe Satriani and Kirk Hammett (Metallica) fall to their knees in awe.

READING: "Kumpels in Kutten" with Bobby Schottkowski (Ex-Sodom) as guest
Friday, 21.9. - 5:30 PM - Markthalle (German only!)

"Kumpels in Kutten - Heavy Metal im Ruhrgebiet" and "Century Media. Do it yourself – Geschichte eines Labels"?with: Christian Krumm and Bobby Schottkowski (Ex-Sodom)

Author Christian Krumm is reading from his two books about the world of the heavy music. “Kumpels in Kutten” (Buddies in patched vests) tells the story of the unique metal scene in the Ruhr district of Germany, spawning legendary bands, labels, media and venues, from the 80s until today. „Century Media“ carefully examines the formation of the scene-shaping label from Dortmund. Who would be more fitting as a guest than a veteran of Metal and the Ruhr district alike? Enter Bobby Schottkowski (Hungöver, Ex-Sodom)!??

COMEDY: MOSES W. and THE HEAVIES
Saturday, 22.9. - 3:30 PM - Markthalle (Moses W. in German only!)

Moses W. is a stand-up comedian from Germany. On Metal Dayz´s Saturday, he is reading from his book "Das rockt!" (This rocks!). Afterwards he is playing metal-classics from AC/DC to ZZ Top acoustically with his partner „Fast“ Eddie Arndt as The Heavies. Irish Folk meets British Steel, if you will.


READING: TILL BURGWÄCHTER
??Thursday, 20.9. – 6 PM - Marx (German only!)

Till Burgwächter – passionate meat eater, frenetic soccer fan and in general a really friendly guy – has been commenting about Heavy Metal, soccer and other really important things for the last ten years in his own a sharp and comical way. His books "JGTHM - Juhr Gait tu Hewi Mettäl" (Your guide to Heavy Metal), „Schmerztöter“ (Painkiller) and "Väter, Völker und Vandalen" (Dads, nations and vandals) regularly go on reading journeys with him and attack the world. The only thing is: You have to have some humor…??

READING: VOLXBIBEL
Saturday, 22.9. - 3:30 PM - Marx (German only!)

The "Volxbibel" (The people's bible) is a reworking of the bible, done by people as part of an open source project. As a result, the language is transformed to this day and age and sounds younger. Martin Dreyer, a theologist and author, has been reading from the "Volxbibel" at this year's Wacken:Open:Air.

Tickets are available at www.metaltix.com

Further information regarding programme, bands and much more can be found under the following link:

Hamburg Metal Dayz Homepage
Hamburg Metal Dayz Facebook




Wacken-Marathon at NDR.de on the 14th and 15h of September 2012!


Wacken 2012 is history and the sale for the next festival is running at full blast. Fitting to this, our media partner NDR is going to send some more hours of footage from the Wacken Open Air 2012 today and tomorrow.

At first, there will be a broadcasting of the stunning performances from Graveyard, Leningrad Cowboys and Saxon, which were some of the highlights at this year’s Wacken Open Air, starting at 21 o’clock on the 14th of September. Subsequent to this at 0´clock on the 15th of September, the NDR will also send the documentary report „Heavy Metal trifft Karniggels”, which will take 4 additional hours of broadcasting.

The report will be guided by Thomas Buck, who is well known for his strange humor in Germany. Buck wrote and produced several cinema and television projects and is also a popular actor and director. For example he put on his mark and humor on commercials from the Flensburger beer company and his movie Karniggels from 1991 was already about the life in the countryside of northern Germany – what predestines him for the Wacken Open Air. The report will show you the strange and remarkable he experienced in Wacken, in the backstage area but also at the whole festival. You should give it a try, if you understand a little German.

The concerts and the report will also be streamed world-wide for free on at NDR.de at the same time and the will be also available afterwards online. So it is an all-round carefree package for all fans of the Wacken Open Air!

Hello Metalheads,

The W:O:A 2013 presale runs on high speed so this week provide you with the next update regarding the current ticket sale.

Further we present the a real unique special of ex-Nightwish vocalist Tarja and Pledge Music as well as news from the Hamburg Metal Dayz.

Further issues: The new "Live at Wacken 2011" DVD, W:O:A video spcials on WackenTube, streams and TV-broadcasts on ZDFkultur & NDR.de as well as the donation for the metalhead who sadly deceased during the last Wacken Open Air.

Read this and a lot more in the newsletter

Everything else under www.wacken.com

W:O:A 2013 - Run for tickets is still unbroken


The presale for the 24th edition of Wacken Open Air, which will occur from the 1st to 3rd of August 2013 is taking up more and more speed!
After the big run for the X-Mas tickets and normal 3-Day-All-In tickets after the presale start on Monday, the demand for tickets in the second is still unbroken.

By now we can confirm that 35000 Tickets are already sold - That´s a new record high!

Herewith we want to say thank you again to all metalheads for their great support and loyalty for all the years!
And also in the next year we will present a great festival with lots of surprises and top-acts!

With bands like Deep Purple, Anthrax, Sabaton, Nightwish, Doro (30th Anniversary Show), Arch Enemy, Lingua Mortis Feat. Rage, Subway To Sally and Amorphis (plus special Acoustic Show) we have already given you a good taste of what´s awaiting you in the next amazing line-up. Further band highlights are coming soon!

The coveted original Wacken tickets are available only at www.metaltix.com or via telephone at the following number: +49 (0) 4627- 18 3838.

We want to ask you to not use Ebay, Seatwave, Viagogo and others to stop dealing with tickets! Due to the personalization we have implemented this year for the first time, the resale is definitely forbidden and will be tracked with legal actions. With this action we want to make sure that YOU - the fans - will get the tickets but not any kind of hustlers.

Detailed info about personalization can be found under FAQ´s personalization.

In metal we trust – see you in Wacken – rain or shine!

Your
W:O:A Team

Hamburg Metal Dayz - The heaviest event at the Reeperbahn Festival


Just one month is left until the 1st Hamburg Metal Dayz will open its doors as part of the “Reeperbahn Festival”.

From Sept 20th-22nd, you will get the full experience of Metal at the Markthalle Hamburg: Three days of concerts, workshops, signing sessions, expert roundtables, meet & greets, exhibitions and more!

Fans from all kinds of metal will get music of their personal taste: On Thursday´s “Progression Day” bands of the modern and heavy side of Metal like Heaven Shall Burn, Callejon and Neara will blow the audience away. On Friday we will proceed with rock and metal acts like Saxon, Audrey Horne and Dezperadoz. On Saturday bands like Doro, Betontod and Endstille will rock the audience with their performaces.

The complete line-up can be found HERE.

One day tickets will each cost 23€- There is also a limited amount of 2-Day tickets (Fr/Sa) for 39,50€ and 3-Day tickets (Thursday-Saturday) for 52,70€ available.

But the Metal Dayz are not only interesting for fans: Especially musicians and newcomer bands will get answers for questions like „Career aspirations & working in the music business“, „The future of Metal“ and „How to push your own band through the panels and roundtable discussions.

The Metal Dayz will occur in the Markthalle which belongs to the most important concert venues of the city and offeres several rooms for the many shows and activities at the Hamburg Metal Dayz. The Markthalle is located close to the main station.

All tickets are available at www.metaltix.com oder +49 (0) 4627 - 18 38 0.

Hamburg Metal Dayz
presented by Wacken Open Air und Reeperbahn Festival in cooperation with Hamburg Konzerte, Kingstar Music, Impericon, iM1, Wacken Foundation und ICS Festival Service 20.-22. September 2012
Markthalle, Hamburg Do-Fr ab 17 Uhr, Sa ab 15 Uhr.
www.hamburg-metal-dayz.de
www.facebook.com/HamburgMetalDayz
www.reeperbahnfestival.com

TARJA - ACT I Special on Pledge Music


ACT I in special elaborated fan packages
Donation of profits will go to Wacken Foundation
First taste of ACT I for free at Wackentube!

Tarja will release her first solo live audio and video product in her rock outfit. Via Pledge fans can purchase a very special and limited 80 and more pages photobook (including 3 - ! - DVDs and 2 CDs), a rare and limited vinyl version of the product plus many personalized Tarja gimmicks and clothing items.
The live recordings and filmings ofACT I took place in Argentina and the photobook (also referred to as "mediabook") features one full exclusive concert which cannot be purchased anywhere else than in this mediabook. A first taste of the live product is for free! Wackentube will feature a trailer which will show you a lot what the fan package will look like. Please check HERE for an astonishing look at ACT I. So worth checking it!

ATTENTION: The Pledge-campaign will end this Sunday, August 19th, thus the fan packages can only be ordered until then. So hurry up to save your version of ACT I!

No other voice and artist influenced and basically created the female fronted symphonic metal genre more than Tarja Turunen. A pioneer in Goth-, Opera and Symphonic Metal, the classically trained Finn rose to fame with the metal outfit Nightwish, whose face and voice she was for 9 years. Releasing two very successful solo albums (2007 and 2010) afterwards, awarded gold and Platinum in many countries, Tarja Turunen toured the world with her new band, including Wacken Open Air.

The last roadtrip ended in South America, where Tarja filmed and recorded ACT I. The main content was filmed and recorded this March in Rosario, Argentina, in a beautiful theatre setting. The video-products include plenty of extras – video and photo material. Besides the Pledge products, a 2CD is available in regular retail just as well as a 2DVD and Blu-Ray version.

ACT I delivers the most intense, the most personal and most intimate Tarja performances and footage so far. The artist herself admits, she “was many times ready to burst into tears.”" With the elaborate packaging, tracklisting and its extras, ACT I provides the full-fledged bill of fare to either Tarja fan. Two brand new Tarja songs will be featured on the album, one of them is the first single out of ACT I, “Into The Sun”, which can already be purchased digitally. The remaining tracklisting consists of Tarja’s greatest solo tracks, many Nightwish classics as well as some cover versions, such as “Phantom of the Opera” or marvellous Gary Moore’s “Over The Hills and Far Away” – or to make it short: a unique blend of music selection.


ACT I, as the title already suggests, is the vanguard in a sequence of live products. A successor live product is planned at a yet to be determined point of time.
While releasing ACT I, Tarja is already working on her next solo studio album.

Fans should not miss the opportunity to purchase the limited and rare TARJA fan packages on Pledge. More info can be found here: www.pledgemusic.com/projects/tarjaact1

TARJA decided to donate a share of the income out of this product to the WACKEN FOUNDATION. A great product and the foundation (dedicated to the advancement of young artists) team up for a good cause!!!

At www.tarja-act1.com fans receive first insight on the product, Tarja frequently communicates with her fans and updates her followers on the process in the Pledge campaign, the live product, etc.

Hello Metalheads,

The time after Wacken is the time before Wacken!

With these words we welcome you to the first Newsletter for W:O:A 2013!

Not even a whole week has passed since the beginning of the presale but right in this moment we have already sold more than 25000 Tickets for Wacken Open Air 2013. Read more about that in our top news.

Further we have masses of news regarding tv broadcasts and streams. Let´s begin with the 90 minutes lasting Scorpions at Wacken special from ARTE on Saturday.
Further there a tons of live streams, interviews and backstage reports from this year´s Wacken which can be watched on NDR.de and ZDFkultur,
Meanwhile our gallery and also WackenTube are filled with masses of pictures and videos from this year´s festival.

We also have news regarding Wacken Memories (the well known photobook/poster editor), the new visitor survey and last but not least the new DVD "Live at Wacken 2011" which is available since the last weekend.

Read this and a lot more in the newsletter

Everything else under www.wacken.com

W:O:A 2013 - Run for tickets has just begun!


The run for the tickets of the 24th edition of the biggest Heavy Metal Festival worldwide had started.
Next year the Wacken:Open:Air Festival takes place from the 1st until the 3rd of August 2013.

The 10.000 limited X-Mas Packages for W:O:A 2013 was again sold out in less than a hour! Also the regular pre-sale for the W:O:A tickets is beating all records. Already now there are 25.000 tickets for W:O:A 2013 sold.

By now there are some high class acts for Wacken 2013 confirmed which definitely will make W:O:A become a gigantic party:

Started with bands like Deep Purple, Anthrax, Sabaton, Nightwish, Doro (30th Anniversary Show), Arch Enemy, Lingua Mortis Feat. Rage, Subway To Sally und Amorphis (plus special Acoustic Show) we promise again one of the best line-up´s in history of the Wacken Open Air!

Herewith we want to say thank you to all metalheads for the great support and the faithfulness and loyalty for years. The 23rd Wacken Open Air was a huge success and the most peaceful party of the year.
Again in 2013 we will present a great festival with lots of surprises.

The coveted original Wacken tickets are available only at www.metaltix.com or via telephone at the following number: +49 (0) 4627- 18 3838.

We want to ask you not using Ebay, Seatwave, Viagogo and others to stop dealing with tickets! Due to the personalization we have implemented this year for the first time, the resale is definitely forbidden and will be tracked with legal actions. With this action we want to make sure that YOU - the fans - will get the tickets but not any kind of hustlers.

Detailed info about personalization can be found under FAQ´s personalization

In metal we trust – see you in Wacken – rain or shine!

Your

W:O:A Team

W:O:A Memories 2012


The Wacken Open Air is over and for sure a lot of you shot dozens of pictures during the festival. Regardless of whether it be campgrounds, the beer garden or the Wackinger Village - Nice motives can be found everywhere!
So what is better than presenting you personal festival memories in a photobook in official Wacken layout or as high quality poster or canvas prints? Right - nothing!

Corresponding to this we also offer W:O:A Memories in this year again!

You can use this editor (created together with our partner Jenomics) to print your favorite self-taken pictures or the pictures from our official festival photographers in, for example, the W:O:A Memories photo books (the layout for 2012 will be released shortly after the festival) or choose from several different products and layouts to create complete unique products.

As if that wasn't already enough we have prepared a special gift for you – Each customer which enters a special voucher code during the payment process will get a discount of 5€ on his order. (Minimum order 20€) This code is: wacken

Further info plus a short step by step instruction can be found in our specials corner under W:O:A Memories or directly at the Wacken Memories Landingpage

Hello metalheads,

the newsletter of today begins with an important message regarding the travel to Wacken.

Due to the bad weather we had to change the earliest day of arrival from Monday to Tuesday - Read more in our top-news.

Further issues are the lottery and on side actions of out sponsors of Relentless and Captain Morgan.

Our interactive area map is also online again.

Read all of it in our Newsletter.

Everything else can be found on www.wacken.com

IMPORTANT ACTUAL ARRIVAL INFORMATION!!! Early Arrivals on MONDAY are definately NOT POSSIBLE. There are no surrogate campgrounds available!


Dear Metalheads,

due to the actual weather situation (partial more than 50 liter/m² rain in one hour) we have a special request to you:

DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN AN EARLY ARRIVAL IS NOT POSSIBLE BEFORE TUESDAY, 31ST OF JULY - THE SAME GOES FOR PEOPLE TRAVELLING WITHOUT OWN VEHICLE. IF POSSIBLE PLEASE TRAVEL BY BUS AND TRAIN WICH ENSURE A COMFORTABLE AND SAFE ARRIVAL.

To guarantee us, but ESPECIALLY YOU a smooth festival we are depending on your cooperation.

The grounds are completely soaked at the moment and CAN’T be frequented by automobiles. Unfortunately, more rain is announced for this weekend.

The whole team is working at full speed at the dewatering and preparation of the grounds, to enable the camping at the automobiles and to afford you the best possible camping grounds. The weather outlook for the festival time is better, but every day counts to get the grounds dry, so that they will sustain the festival time, which is of-course in everyone's interest. But this contains, that the campgrounds have to be blank as long as possible and that they can’t be frequented by car or foot.

Please use the attractive travel offers with bus and train , more info in our travel portal

We hope and request your cooperation and we are sure that you will understand and support us, to make the W:O:A the most awesome metal party of the year again.
Otherwise we would probably unfortunately be forced to separate camping and parking!

All workers which are setting up the W:O:A are anyhow in cheerful spirits and we are looking forward to welcome you as of Wednesday, when we will say again:

Faster:Harder:Louder – See you in Wacken Metalheads – Rain or Shine!!!

„Welcome To The Family” – Relentless arranges for some great moments at the Meet & Greet Area again!


Great and unforgettable encounters are to take place at this year’s W:O:A Meet & Greet Area again. And once more, we are pleased to inform you that our partner Relentless is gonna pimp our meeting center for some special metal-moments.
An imperative must see at the Artist Lounge above the Meet & Greet is of course Tom Solo’s special exhibit “Headbangers Call”. His highly expressive photographs can burn into your mind like a tattoo…

To win your exclusive access to this lounge with free drinks included, drop us a mail with the subject: Meet & Greet and your full name to Relentless@wacken.com

However, our metal mates Relentless don’t take half-measures, as we know, just like us.
Along these lines… Let there be Rock!

MEET & GREET PAGE - CLICK HERE)

Ahoy, land lovers! Be aware: The Captain is hijacking Wacken


You think you’re true rockers? Okay, so prove it and defend your honour!

Captain Morgan is not only coming to Wacken for the festival, but to test your seaworthiness. If you’re brave enough, you’ll be rewarded: the buccaneer is not just bringing along his charming Morganettes but also a load of surprises. There’s one secret we can reveal in advance: You’ll be protected from the sun in style.

Just look for the red flags in the festival area which the Captain has put up especially for you, and obey the orders of the hero of the Carribean.

But don’t be afraid, Captain Morgan has a heart for his crew. He has even revealed that he will share his Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold® with you. You can enjoy his favourite drink Captain & Cola outside all Edeka Wacken supermarkets and of course across the entire Wacken festival area. But don’t forget the Captain’s orders: please drink responsibly!

So, crew, fingers crossed that you carry out the orders of Captain Morgan and we’re looking forward to hijacking Wacken together with the buccaneer of the high seas!

Interactive festival area map is online


As known from the last years, we have created a new interactive festival area map also in this year.
Click on the point of interest (for example stages) and get all info like opening hours, running order and area info.

You can find the interactive map under Maps

Hello Metalheads,

The preparations for W:O:A 2012 are going into crunch mode and only a few days are left until the festival begins!
Also on other frontlines the planning goes on: This week we are proud to announce the 1. Hamburg Metal Dayz which will occur in the course of Hamburgs Reeperbahn Festival.

Further topics in this newsletter regarding new specials at this year´s Wacken Open Air we don´t want to hold back any longer:
These topics are the W:O:A video countdown, the Wacken Foundation Camp, The Relentless Energy Drink Flashpoint and the main prizes for this year´s winner of the Metal-Battle.

Read all details in the newsletter

Anything else under www.wacken.com

Hamburg Metal Dayz start into the first round!


Wacken Open Air und Reeperbahn Festival präsentieren:

1. HAMBURG METAL DAYZ
www.hamburg-metal-dayz.de

The promoters of the Wacken Open Air and of the Reeperbahn Festival are proud to invite you to the first Hamburg Metal Dayz:

Three days of concerts, workshops, signing sessions, expert roundtables, meet & greets, exhibitions and more!

From September 20th to 22nd, about 20 bands from the heavier range of music will play at the Markthalle, among them Heaven Shall Burn, Doro, Saxon, Callejon , Endstille, Betontod and Kill Devil Hill. There will be panels and roundtable discussions, where music business insiders share their knowledge and discuss topics like „Career aspirations & working in the music business“, „The future of Metal“ and „How to push your own band“. The fans can meet the artists, and therewill be exhibitions, readings, comedy and workshops for musicians.

This makes the first Hamburg Metal Dayz an entertaining and valuable forum for music fans, up-and-coming rockers and business veterans. An updated schedule of bands and activities can be found at www.hamburg-metal-dayz.de.

Hamburg Metal Dayz
presented by Wacken Open Air and Reeperbahn Festival
in cooperation with Hamburg Konzerte, Kingstar Music, Impericon, iM1, Wacken Foundation und ICS Festival Service
20.-22. September 2012
Thu, Fri from 5pm, Sat from 3pm.
Info: www.hamburg-metal-dayz.de & www.reeperbahnfestival.com

Hello metalheads,

In spring 2013 we will set sail and start for the first Full Metal Cruise! Some days ago the presale had started. So have a look in the newsletter to find out more about the Full Metal Cruise and its presale.

Moreover we had collected the latest news for you! Besides others you can find information about the Masters Of Comedy, new Updates and news about the Metal Battle winner Germany in the newsletter.

Check out all information in detail by reading on!


Also have a look at www.wacken.com!


See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

Full Metal Cruise - Presale starts!


Ahoi, Metalheads!

Presale has started! You can book your tickets online exclusively through this LINK

Please note that online bookings are only possible in German. We recommend to call the english language Full Metal Cruise hotline: +49 (0) 4627 - 184192
(Mon-Fri, 9am-8pm & Sat, 9am-6pm)

Space on Europe‘s biggest Heavy Metal Cruise is limited, however: Around 2000 metalheads will be aboard the Mein Schiff 1 from Hamburg via Southampton, Le Havre and Amsterdam back to Hamburg. There will be concerts on board and on land, while Full Metal Drinks and a wide choice of meals are included with the cruise price!

There‘s also an early bird special: Be quick and show the world that you will be joining as the first 500 guests receive exclusive Full Metal Cruisader Shirt! !

More info about the journey can be found HERE

For answers to frequently asked questions, please refer to the FAQ section. If you need to know anything else, just contact us!

Join the cruise, Metalheads!

Masters of Comedy 2012


Fat King Konrad presents new MASTERS OF COMEDY shows at WACKEN OPEN AIR 2012!

Special guests this year: Hans-Werner Olm, Dietmar Wischmeyer, Bembers, Buddy Ogün pres. Mozart, Markus Krebs and Sven Hieronymus.

Welcome to the heaviest Comedy show of the world!

Get more information about Masters Of Comedy online!

Ahoi, Metalheads! The FULL METAL CRUISE will finally set sails in 2013.

Be prepared for the first and the biggest Metal Cruise in Europe: From 5th to 12th of May 2013, the FULL METAL CRUISE brings the real festival feeling to the sea.

The FULL METAL CRUISE starts in Hamburg and enters the harbors of Southampton (UK), Le Havre (F) and Amsterdam (NL). After 7 days full of sea & relaxing and Metal & party feeling, the ship then returns to Hamburg with a special show at the harbor anniversary fest.
Whilst there will be big fireworks and a special show on onboard, the cruise will return to the harbor and this will be one of the many things leading to a great overall experience for every metal-sailor!

The special features of this Metal Cruise:
- Drinks and food are included
- No difficult travelling to the starting point - Hamburg, the gateway to the world!
- Concerts take place onboard and onshore
- Interesting shore excursions for every metal-heart

More than 20 high-quality bands from the Metal and Rock scene will perform on 3 stages at the Mein Schiff 1. Certainly there will be everything which provides you with festival fun onboard: Meet & Greets, Metal Karaoke, movie nights, metal comedy, workshops for musicians and much more.
In the many lounges onboard, the metalheads can party and meet the artists – nowhere else it is possible to have such a direct connection to the musicians.
Furthermore, Metalheads can book shore excursions with more concerts at the harbors. The line up of the shows at the seaports and onboard of the cruise will be announced soon. You can find more information about this Heavy Metal Cruise at www.full-metal-cruise.com.

“Heavy and hard music and a cruise don’t conflict with each other”, says Wacken boss Thomas Jensen. “With the FULL METAL CRUISE we want to bring a real Metal festival to the sea!”

You can purchase your FULL METAL CRUISE ticket from 18th of July on at www.full-metal-cruise.com

On this seven days FULL METAL CRUISE, the food and drinks are included alongside with the floating festival program: drinks such as beer, wine and softdrinks are free of charge at all times, from 18 o´clock on also most of the spirituous beverages and cocktails will be for free. In addition, there is no need to pay for the food in most of the restaurants onboard.

Attention: The tickets for this very special festival are limited to an amount of 2000. The quick ones can show the whole world that they will attend the cruise: the first 500 metal sailors will receive an exclusive Full Metal Cruise Shirt!

Join the cruise, Metalheads!
www.full-metal-cruise.com

Hello metalheads,

The festival is only one month away, that’s why we want to inform you about further news of it!

This week’s newsletter contains much information for you, particularly the top news regarding the Running Order, the Holy Wacken Land maps, the new travel portal and much more!

Check out all information in detail by reading on!


Also have a look at www.wacken.com!


See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

W:O:A Running Order and Holy Wacken Land maps – online now!


Finally the Running Order including times for which many of you have been waiting for is online.
Soon the well-tried Running Order Tool will also be online - the printable Running Order pdf will as always follow in July.

The entire information about the W:O:A Running Order 2012 can be found at the link below!
www.wacken.com

IMPORTANT!!! Subject to be changed


As already said the Holy Wacken Land maps are also available online!

Apply for the W:O:A Festival Diary and film your visit to Wacken 2012!


You’re travelling to Wacken Open Air 2012 and enjoy recording your experiences on video? Then you can help us in the production of a documentary this year! You’ll receive a digital camcorder that you can use to film your journey and stay at W:O:A 2012. In addition, you’ll receive an exclusive T-shirt reserved only for Festival Diary participants. You can keep the camcorder and limited edition T-shirt by way of thanks for your participation!

Interested? Then fill out the form by 18 July, 2012 (midnight) stating your name, address and telephone number to the form under WOA FESTIVAL DIARY

Please include brief answers to the following questions:
a. What day are you planning to arrive and when are you heading back home?
b. What mode of transport will you be using?
c. What is the size of your group?
d. How old are you?
e. What is your current occupation?
f. What is your highest school / higher education qualification?

Conditions:
- You already have a ticket for W:O:A 2012.
- You will not be departing before 29 July, 2012, so that we can send the camcorder to you in time.
- You will enjoy making and are prepared to provide us with video material at least one hour and a maximum of two hours long (otherwise, the camcorder and T-shirt must be returned to us). You will receive guidelines from us in advance.

As we only require a limited amount of participants for the project, we regret that we are unable to consider all applications. However, we will contact you soon after the selection of participants to inform you whether you have been chosen.

Fill out the form under WOA FESTIVAL DIARY

Many thanks for your participation in advance!
Your W:O:A Team

W:O:A travel tool


Today we want to refer again on our new travel tool which is enthusiastically used since it´s launch.

Here you will find all information regarding the travel to Wacken (no matter if it´s with bus, train, car or plane) bundled in one section.
The main special is the integrated W:O:A route planer - By entering your city into the search box of the integrated route planner you will get a list with all travel options (like official travel partners or rides) near to your hometown.

It´s getting dirty! AXE Festival Shower at Wacken!


Which festival visitor does not know this problem?

You are standing in the crowd, listen to your favorite bands - the sun is burning, the moshpit is in full swing and the omnipresent dust cloud does not ease the sweat problem. So what would be better after the concert than walking a few paces, cool down and reenter the fray with a good smell? NOTHING!

The Solution: The AXE FESTIVAL SHOWER

The famous deodorant / shower gel producer AXE is on festival tour and will also visit this year´s Wacken Open Air.
Thanks to 8 big shower cabins which are directly on the festival area you will have the possibility to directly leave the moshpit and take a shower.

Further information at:
www.wacken.com


Wacken Warm Up Party Siegburg


Close to the beginning of the festival there will be a Warm Up Party in Siegburg on 6th July 2012.
The two bands Drone and Perzonal War which are about to release their new CDs and the special guest Accuser are going to entertain you through the night!
This event will take place in the Kubana, Zeithstraße 100 in Siegburg and the doors will be opened at 7 pm.
Furthermore there will be an after show party and a lottery for all the visitors where you can win e.g. tickets for Helstar, Graveworm, Tribute to the Gods or Völkerball – this is the place to be on 6th July!

Further information at:
www.kubana.de

Pole-sitting 2012


The W:O:A pole-sitting contest goes into the second round!
The ones who can stand the longest time on a pole will receive a W:O:A VIP-Upgrade. Like in the last year, four companies (Woodbrass, Washburn, Marshall and Randall) will take sponsorship for one pole each. For every hour you have been sitting on the pole they are going to donate € 10 to the Wacken Foundation. The Foundation is a charitable organization, which deals in the request of the Wacken Open Air promoters, while supporting young metal bands.


As a feature in this year there will be one pole for people who would like to take a picture or shortly enjoy the view. For a little donation you may take place on one of the poles.

Bullhead City Wrestling 2012


Also this year there will be wrestling shows at Wacken - this time inside the new established Bullhead City Circus!

Also host Martin "The Crusher" Ruder will be there again and sends you the following statement to get you in the mood for the upcoming fights!

"Thank you so much WACKEN, for the great response you are giving us during the Wrestling Shows in the BULLHEAD CITY CIRCUS!

The fantastic atmosphere you are creating live at our shows is unbelievable. 2012 is the 4th year now that we run the Wrestling at the W.O.A.
Every year more and more Metalheads are checking us out to have a good time and to see top names of the Wrestling scene, but also crazy freaks, all giving a 100 % and delivering a tough show for you.”

The whole announcement is available online!

Wacken:Open:Air Mobile App 2012 is released!


As promised; there will be a new version of the proven Wacken apps for Android devices and iPhones this year.

Important: This is no update, but a brand new app. You have to uninstall the Wacken 2011 app first!
You can find the new app HERE by now!

The app fro i-phones can be found at the iTunes Store

Find all information about the mobile app in detail online!


Official Wacken Ring and Pendant


Hi Wackener! Rob Lazell here.
I would like to inform you all that the official W:O:A Ring and Pendant is on sale at WACKEN PLAZA in the near of WACKINGER VILLAGE this year so if you´re interested please come past my stand as I am there personally, also with many more items.
I am from England and I love Wacken and the atmosphere so I hope to see you in Wacken.

In a few weeks Festivalphoto will be at Wacken Open Air. Listen to some of the artists playing there with our Spotify playlist. http://open.spotify.com/user/candyapplequeen/playlist/1BNZRhXQTRlQPIDqmWJbrH

Hello metalheads,

This week we start our newsletter with the newest information about the current festival planning.

Some days ago we had published the W:O:A opening hours 2012. Have a look on it and get a general idea about the opening hours of Wacken 2012 in the newsletter!

We also want to ifnorm you about the summary of the livechat from th 24th of May 2012 and the program of thiss years Wackinger Village.

Moreover you can find news about the Electric Hotel in Wacken as well as news about the world premiere of a video of Ruined Soul in the newsletter!

Check out all information in detail by reading on!


Also have a look at www.wacken.com!


See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

The new opening hours pdf including all schedules for Infield, forecourts, the new Bullhead City Circus and Thrash Of The Titans Field as well as all other areas within the festival grounds is now online. You can download it as colored or printer friendly monochrome version.

Summary of the livechat at the 24th of May, 2012


The livechat at the 24th of May 2012 was a huge success – we were able to answer a lot of questions from the community and got new suggestions. Thank you for that! We will organize another chat soon.

The following summary is meant to give the information to all the visitors, which couldn’t participate in the livechat. This information should be interesting for all visitors. To enable a better readableness, we merged the questions and answers and reworded them, without touching the meaning.

The Wackinger Village 2012 - The Big Middle-Age Event at Wacken!


After the last year success of the medieval event The Wackinger at the W:O:A, there will be again about 240 vikings, knights and role players "raiding" the Wacken Open Air.

Ruined Soul – WackenTube video premiere for the song “Rewind” on Tuesday


On Tuesday the 5th of June there was a new video world premiere on WackenTube!

Ruined Soul from Gothenborg, Sweden had released the music video for the track "Rewind".

The song was taken from their album "My Dying Day" which was released back in April 2010 and is the second music video from the album.

The video was shot March 16, and was once again filmed by Greenworks ( www.greenworks.se )

Fine more information about the premier and the song at www.wacken.com and www.wackentube.com!

Wacken Goes Wireless - WiFi at W:O:A 2012


Also in 2012 we offer WLAN (Wi-Fi) for every festival visitor.

WLAN tickets are available at all W:O:A supermarkets, info office and merchandise booths.

The tickets will cost 8€ and are valid from Wednesday to Sunday.

What you need:
WLAN CAPABLE END DEVICE
(Notebook, IPhone, etc.)
1. Activate WLAN, Then scan and connect to the strongest W:O:A Hotspot
2. Set IP-Addres and DNS Server to “Automatic” (DHCP)
3. Open Browser
4. W:O:A Login Comes Up
5. Enter Username and Password, ready

Reception (IMPORTANT)
… is available everywhere in perimeter of the W:O:A WLAN Hotspots marked on the Campingsite-Plan (COMING SOON!). On the camping-site you can recognize them by the WLAN Hotspot Sign/Banner.

Service Hotline: (0) 4367 – 996 994 0
e-mail: wackenlan@wacken.com

The Electric Hotel @ Wacken 2012


Welcome to THE ELECTRIC HOTEL.
The Mobile Powerstation. The Communication Platform. The Piece of Art.

THE ELECTRIC HOTEL is the oasis for power-hungry electric nomads. Here you can recharge your mobile device, be it phone, camera or other, with 100% renewable energy. An old american Airstream-Trailer that has been converted into a hotel reception offers space for up to 400 devices to be charged with electricity that has been generated using only wind and sun - in a secure and very charming way. You do not even need to bring your own charging cord; the professional staff on board has adapters for almost any kind of mobile phone right there.

This is already the second time THE ELECTRIC HOTEL makes a tour stop at WACKEN OPEN AIR. After the huge success in 2011, we bring along even more modules for you to watch, try and awe at. Of course, the Generator Bike will be there, allowing one person to generate power for up to ten others, that in return have to keep the pedalists spirit up. Or our Electric Campfire, where you can plug in your own adapter to charge, in case you need a quick fill-up, and meet up with other festival guests. And there is more, including an animation film program and a brand new, still secret major new way to generate electricity Rock'n'Roll-Style.

As last year, THE ELECTRIC HOTEL will support the WACKEN FOUNDATION with part of the generated income.

Time to start practicing the Electric Salute...

Parking and camping regulations 2012 online


o ensure safety, order and peaceful relations on the camping areas, each visitor has to act appropriately so that no one is harmed, threatened, harassed or molested.

The most important regulations can be found in our Parking- and Camping regulations (updated to 2012) which can be inspected from now on.

Hello metalheads,

This week we got a lot of news for you - so we are proud to announce the winner of this years Metal Masters competition.
Next issue is our survey about personalized tickets. Furthermore the Duhorn pharmacy in Wacken had announced its opening hours during the festivals days. Check it out in the newsletter.
Addtional news regarding the Metal-Battle, the Trash of The Titans Field and the refurbishment of the raiba-Tower can also be found in this newsletter.
And last but not least we want to inform you about a nice raffle we did together with Impericon. On their homepage you can win a W:O:A guitar signed by Heaven Shall Burn!

Check out all information in detail by reading on!

Also have a look at www.wacken.com!


See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

W:O:A Metal Maters energised by Relentless Energy Drink – And the winner is…


The final voting of this year´s W:O:A Metal Masters Competition (energised by Relentless Energy Drink) is over and here we go with the announcement of the winner!

We granted you almost 3 months of time to vote your favorite bands to the top and just about 100 bands participated during the first voting period.
Three of them made it to the final voting period which started on the 1st of May. These bands were Mythika, GOD and Winterstorm.

Until yesterday these bands fought a head-to-head race to gain the highly coveted live slot at this year´s Wacken Open Air.

As in the last year the winner was not determined by the number of votes but by the average rating.

However - There can only be one! With a small majority of points WINTERSTORM left it´s competitors GOD and Mythika behind and gained the well deserved victory and therewith the title W:O:A METAL MASTER 2012!

Survey regarding personalized Tickets


Dear Metalheadz,

The rip-off with the resale of tickets on the black market is getting worse and worse. Increasingly tickets are being bought by black marketeers only with the purpose of selling them on to Metalheadz for outrageous prices in order to cash on the difference as own profit. Despite all efforts of protecting tickets against counterfeiting – more and more counterfeit tickets enter circulation. We want to do something against this rip-off. An effective method against black-market trade and ticket counterfeiting is a personalisation of tickets.

Wacken Open Air 2012 Spotify playlist


For the first time ever, the Wacken Open Air offers you the possibility to get to know the great number of bands which will play at the festival better, without searching the bands and songs by hand for several hours. Our new playlist at the popular music streaming service Spotify contains multiple songs from nearly all the performers which will play on our stages this year.

Our interest and purpose is to make it easier for you to discover new bands which you didn’t know so well before. If you like a bands song, you just need one click to get more songs and also whole albums of this band. And off course you will also enjoy some of your favorite bands and songs while listening to the playlist. And you can also use it to get in the right mood for the upcoming festival!

Spotify is a streaming service where you can listen to music legal and for free, in a high quality and without delays. You just need a Facebook account and the free Spotify software to use Spotify.

We are looking forward to your comments and suggestions about the Wacken Open Air 2012 playlist and have fun at listening to it.

Hello metalheads,

This week we want to give you the status quo about the W:O:A Metal Masters 2012. The finalists are certain and the second voting period already had started. Find out more about the Metal Masters by reading on!

Moreover there are news about the brandnew Thrash Of The Titans Field, the new shuttle bus schedule for Wacken 2012 as well as News from the Full:Metal:Army - the official W:O:A Supporters Club.

Check out all information in details by reading on!


Also have a look at www.wacken.com!


See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

W:O:A Metal Masters – second voting period had started


The first stage of the W:O:A Metal Masters is over now. Overall more than 90 bands uploaded their videos to get the chance to play live at the W:O:A 2012. After the end of the first voting we can now announce the three finalists. And here they are:

GOD - Legea Pamantului
Winterstorm - Fortunes Blood
Mythika - Desert Lions

On the 1st of Mai 2012 the final voting had started. The three finalists which you elected can use the remaining time to mobilize their fans once again or to win new supporters. The final voting will end on the 21th of Mai 2012 and then we will elect the winner of this year, which will play on the Wacken Open Air in this summer!

Thrash Of The Titans Field – Experience The End of Time


For all those who can´t get enough of heat on the festival we have something special:
The THRASH OF THE TITANS FIELD

Fitting to the year 2012 you will experience the end of time. From fire- or tesla shows to titanic robots to futuristic end time warriors here you´ll get them all! As a pendant to the Wackinger village the visitor will be thrown directly into a MAD MAX inspired future ambient to experience how mankind defies the physical forces.

A whole army of specialist, sci-fi artists and metal construction artists will bring the THRASH OF THE TITANS FIELD to life in 2012.

Full:Metal:Army - Founding of the association


Dear members of Full:Metal:Army

..it is done.
The association Full:Metal:Army was founded in April 2012. Actually we are waiting for the official entry in the register of associations. The managing board consists of your known contact person Ralph Klenk and Fine Wolff.
During the next weeks we will send the application of membership and all important information to you. Moreover we will give you a short preview about the upcoming F:M:A activities.

Until then we wish you all the best,
Ralph & Fine

W:O:A 2012 - Shuttle bus schedule is online


The new shuttle bus schedule which is providing you with the complete arrival and departure times from Itzehoe to Wacken and back is now online.

You can download them either as coloured or black/white version in PDF format.

Hallo Metalheads,

welcome to the next edition of the W:O:A newsletter - top issue of today is the new festival alphabet 2012. Here you´ll find answers to almost all questions about the festival.

Further we have news regarding new bands, soccer cup, camping for handicapped persons as well as a big raffle.

Want to find out more than just read further...

Detailed information, alls bands and news can be found as always on www.wacken.com

yours
W:O:A team

W:O:A festival alphabet is online!


The festival Alphabet 2012 is online now. There you´ll find answer to most of your questions about Wacken Open Air sorted alphabetically.

Please note that our Festival ABC is constantly being updated and extended. Therefore, regularly check up on it!!!

Paradise Lost - fan boxes raffle


During the upcoming release of the new Paradise Lost album Tragic Idol we will raffle three strictly limited fan boxes in co-operation with Century Media in the colors white, blue and gold. There are only 200 copies of each color available – so they are an absolute rarity! The features of this box differ from ordinary special editions, so it is a must have for all real Paradise Lost fans!

The fanbox includes the following features:
• Limited 2CD Box Set
• Gatefold LP (Colored Vinyl)
• 7 inch (Colored Vinyl)
• Paradise Lost Army Cap
• A1 Tragic Idol poster
• Tragic Idol Slipmat
• Hand-numbered certificate of authenticity

Tragic Idol will be released on the 20th of April and orientates itself stylistically at Iron and Draconian Times, which are both classified as milestone of gothic metal. The magazines Metal Hammer, Sonic Seducer & Legacy promptly chose the new album as their album of the month. So we have to expect a big thing coming! The band was found in 1988 and begun with grim death and doom metal. Their second album Gothic, which was released in 1991, is considered as the defining influence for the whole gothic metal genre and as the big breakthrough of the band. Paradise Lost continued to experiment and in the late 90s era they intensified added electric elements to their music. At last the album Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us was released in 2009 and was also orientated at Iron and Draconian Times like Tragic Idol, but is was also filled with experiments as usual.

To participate at the raffle just answer the following question:

What is the name of the first song on the new album “Tragic Idol”?

Just send the answer and your complete adress to verlosung@wacken.com

Deadline is the 25th of April 2012!

There´s no right of appeal!



Final regulation regarding camping for people with handicap


After the discussions of the last weeks and months regarding the issue “camping for people with handicap” we´re now able to announce the final regulations for the campground for handicapped people. We also want to tell you about all the inventions like new wheelchair platforms and the extended range of sanitary facilities for handicapped people, just to name a few.

The whole description can be found in our info corner under the following LINK

We hope that we have served you well with this.

Yours
W:O:A team

W:O:A Soccercup 2012 - registration starts on 1st June


"Also this year the Soccercup will take place at the W:O:A.
The winner team will get the inofficial title of the Soccer-Metalchampion.
As from 1st June 2012 you can register for the cup at the page of the
W:O:A Soccercup.

As every year you can win attractive awards and lots of fun.

You will find here or in the forum all further information like game
mode, play time etc.

W:O:A Soccercupteam & Metal Train"

Hello Metalheads,

todays newsletter top priority issue is regarding the innovations for the campground for handicapped persons.

Additionally there are a lot of new bands in our billing as well as news about our Warm Up Parties. A link to the new Saxon podcast regarding their Wacken live DVD is also included.

Read further for more details...

All further information under www.wacken.com



News and Information regarding person with handicap


Back in October we already gave a statement regarding the situation of the campground for handicapped people.
We want to thank all of you people who supported us with their opinions, ideas and hints In advance!

Basically Wacken Open Air is always interested into the optimization of the service for our audience with the goal to offer the best possible service. So we have worried a lot about how to grant an almost barrier-free festival experience for visitors with handicap. That means as barrier-free as a festival event allows it. Our intention is to grant the highest possible integration and inclusion into the festival. That means no separation for people with handicaps or a special treatment to every other festival visitor – in accordance with the integration idea of the metal community and the Wacken Open Air. This is also in line with tenor of feedback we received from you after W:O:A 2011 and in the course of the last months.

So now we want to inform you about the innovations for W:O:A 2012:
- There will be again a reserved Campground in close distance to the festival area for all people with a B in their handicapped ID - that means the ID that makes clear this person is dependent to an accompanying person. Wacken Open Air makes no difference between various handicaps or classes. But especially this area shall make a barrier-free as possible stay at the festival possible. Above all we speak about people with significant restrictions in their possibilities of moving (f.e. people depending on a wheelchair). Beforehand the only option left to the Wacken Open Air is to check this by reference of the information of the handicapped ID

- A personalized reservation will NOT occur

- If you want to use this service just get in contact with the stewards on the entrance to the camping area. They will accordingly guide your way to the handicapped area.

- It is possible to take a maximum of 4 other persons with you on the campground. Due to organizational reasons your friends have to travel and arrive together with you. A later arrival is definately not possible.

- We also grant a sufficient range of sanitary facilities like toilets and shower cabins at our sanitary camps for handicapped people who do not want to utilize the separated camping ground and wish a complete integration/ inclusion into the festival. The key will be handed out at the pay booth on presenting the handicapped ID to the personal. As a result people are no more dependent on a separated campground.

- For the first time there will be a tribune for guests with handicap on the festival forecourt. This tribune grants a perfect sight on all of the 3 main stages of the infield. It will be also is equipped with monitors which broadcast the whole concerts.

- Additionally we will install disablity-friendly toilets between the main entrance and the party stage entrance on the festival infield.

- Also there will be an additional handicapped podest within the Bullhead City Circus.

We hope that we can reach a highest possible barrier-free event characterized by integration and inclusion to all people visiting the festival.
We are looking forward to welcome you again in August when it´s said again:

Faster:Harder:Louder

See you in Wacken Metalheads – rain or shine

W:O:A Newsletter KW 12

Hello metalheads,

Today we reveal the secret about the new location of the W.E.T Stage and the new Headbanger´s Stage and introduce the new Bullhead City Circus. Also the W:O:A 2012 Running Order is online since last week! As in past years the provisional Running Order will be supplemented continuous in the next weeks. Find all information about in the newsletter

Moreover we want to give you a short update of the W:O:A Metal Masters 2012. Find all news in detail and how you can join the Metal Masters in the newsletter!

Check out all information by reading on.


Also have a look at www.wacken.com!


See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

The new W.E.T and Headbanger´s Stage – Something big is coming up!


Something big appears on the horizon!

During the last year we thought a lot about improving the stage situation and took all the positive critics and ideas which have been forwarded to us by you.

Certainly you have noticed about the Headbanger´s Stage by sighting the provisional running order. We´ll we think now it´s time to release this secret for you

From this year on there will be a new, much bigger Bullhead City Tent – BULLHEAD CITY CIRCUS!

We talk about an 8 pylon pagoda tent - with an area of roundabout 6350m², one of the biggest mobile tents worldwide.
With a size of 110 meters length and 60 meters width this titan of a tent will from now on be from the new home of the newly established Headbanger´s Stage as well as our well known W.E.T. Stage. Both stages are standing side by side – only separated by the wrestling ring in the center – and will be played alternate. So there will be no intersections between these 2 stages.

Now we can give the artists playing on these stages an area for presentation that we aspired for a long time and which they deserve.
Sound intersections with the main stages also shouldn´t be expected anymore.

Now sadly to say we have to take leave from our good old Headbanger´s Ballroom Tent which is going into its well deserved retirement. With this action we answer the calls of the people who wanted more space in front of the W.E.T. Stage.
Further advantages are: More space in front of the stage, no more mud/dust landscape, no more crowding and lines of people waiting at the entrance, which sadly caused a lot of problems especially on Wednesday and Thursday in the past and last but not least the better acclimation caused by the height of the new tent – that means no stuffy air anymore.

Oil catching and Miss Wet T-Shirt contest belong to the past. Besides specials like Spoken Word, Air Guitar Contest and our good old Wrestling show now the music inside the Bullhead City Circus get´s the major priority.

The position has also changed: The Bullhead City Circus is no more on the Wacken Plaza but on a newly acquired area at campground C.
An additional result of the missing of the old Headbanger´s Tent will be that all concentration on the Infield goes to Black-, True - and Party Stage as well as there will be more space for the audience in front of the stages. The path´s between Bullhead City Circus and Infield will remain short.

For all those who can´t imagine such a big tent, maybe this presentation video could do a little help:

BULLHEAD CITY CIRCUS

Also a bit of the new inner life of the Bullhead City Circus shall be revealed to you now – THE ALCHEMY BAR:

THE ALCHEMY BAR

We hope that we have served you well with this and are looking forward to your reactions and critics after the festival!

Your
W:O:A-Team

Provisional Running Order is online


The provisional Running Order is now online. Get an overview of the time schedule and make sure don´t missing one of your favorite bands.

Missing bands will be announced soon!

Hello metalheads,

Last week we had announced the start of W:O:A Metal Masters 2012! The online video voting provides the chance for young bands to win a live slot at W:O:A 2012. Find the eligibility requirements and further information about the 3rd round of Metal Masters in the newsletter!

Moreover there are news about the “W:O:A Warm Up Party”. Here we had announced 3 more dates. Find also the new W:O:A Wallpaper in the newsletter!

Check out all information by reading on.


Also have a look at www.wacken.com!

Here we go again – the W:O:A Metal Masters starts into the 3rd round!

The video online voting for metal bands (whether with or without a record deal, newcomer or part of the metal scene since years) starts in a few days. Participating bands will get their chance to compete for a slot at Wacken 2012 and also the possibility to show their music to a huge mass of users.

Interested bands can upload their video from the 5th of March to the 29th of April 2012 at www.wackentube.com. The 3 leading bands will compete into the final voting which will begin on the 1st of May and ends on the21st of may 2012.

The winner band will get the unique possibility to present their music to a huge audience at the Wacken Open Air 2012.

Further info about Metal Masters can be found at www.wackentube.com or www.wacken.com.

4 new band confirmations for W:O:A 2012


Djerv - it`s aggressive rock, borderline metal and dangerously catchy! The Norwegian newcomer band Djerv is going to rock the Wacken:Open:Air 2012 for the first time! As foretaste for their show in Wacken you should listen to Djerv´s debut album. It banged in like a bolt!

The power duo BugGirl will invite everyone to party at W:O:A 2012! Amber and Clinno are going to bring their newest album with them to present it live on stage in Wacken. See BugGirl live in summer 2012.

In August 2012 Blaas Of Glory are again going to hit the road for Wacken:Open:Air! With their special sound of music Blaas Of Glory brings back hard rock to its absolute essence.

And last but not least the Austrian Ska-Band Russkaja will play in Wacken again. With their headstrong and atmospheric music Russkaja will enter the stage in summer.

More information at www.wacken.com!

W:O:A Warm Up Parties - 3 new dates announced


We can announce three more dates for W:O:A Warm Up Parties which will takes place in Hamburg, Ochsenfurt and Marburg. Therefore there are all in all 16 dates confirmed.

Here you can find the dates in detail:

Date: 24.03.2012
Location: Marburg
Venue: Till Dawn
Website: till-dawn.com/

Date: 28.04.2012
Location: Hamburg
Venue: Headcrash
Website:www.headcrash-hamburg.com/

Date: 28.07.2012
Location: Ochsenfurt
Venue: Postkeller
Website: http://www.postkeller-ochsenfurt.de
Band: Dust Bolt



4 new band confirmations for W:O:A 2012


Djerv - it`s aggressive rock, borderline metal and dangerously catchy! The Norwegian newcomer band Djerv is going to rock the Wacken:Open:Air 2012 for the first time! As foretaste for their show in Wacken you should listen to Djerv´s debut album. It banged in like a bolt!

The power duo BugGirl will invite everyone to party at W:O:A 2012! Amber and Clinno are going to bring their newest album with them to present it live on stage in Wacken. See BugGirl live in summer 2012.

In August 2012 Blaas Of Glory are again going to hit the road for Wacken:Open:Air! With their special sound of music Blaas Of Glory brings back hard rock to its absolute essence.

And last but not least the Austrian Ska-Band Russkaja will play in Wacken again. With their headstrong and atmospheric music Russkaja will enter the stage in summer.

More information at www.wacken.com!


W:O:A Warm Up Parties - 3 new dates announced


We can announce three more dates for W:O:A Warm Up Parties which will takes place in Hamburg, Ochsenfurt and Marburg. Therefore there are all in all 16 dates confirmed.

Here you can find the dates in detail:

Date: 24.03.2012
Location: Marburg
Venue: Till Dawn
Website: till-dawn.com/

Date: 28.04.2012
Location: Hamburg
Venue: Headcrash
Website:www.headcrash-hamburg.com/

Date: 28.07.2012
Location: Ochsenfurt
Venue: Postkeller
Website: http://www.postkeller-ochsenfurt.de
Band: Dust Bolt

All further information and a summery of all Warm Up-dates you can find here!






Group reservations will not be offered in 2012


After long discussions and due to deliberation with our crew, the group reservation service for groups off 50 people won’t be available anymore. This is, among others, caused by the following reasons:

- In the previous years the staff again and again became insulted, people spit on them and threat them with violence.
- No personal agrees to take care of this area at the moment
- Groups which signed in came with a notable lesser number of persons than they signed up or used more ground than they were entitled.

This abuse of the group reservation service can’t be tolerated anymore, because for example, we had to rent additional camping grounds in last minute. This service was always costless and offered by our good will. Sadly some things went wrong, as mentioned above, so we had to make this step. Please arrange yourselves early enough and plan your arrival, as far as practicable, together, so you can continue to camp together.

Of course we still have an open mind for constructive suggestions and ideas about how we can keep the service alive.

Hello metalheads,

There are news about the W:O:A Metal Battle! Croatia and Faroe Islands will attend the Metal Battle in 2012 for the first time. Both had sent some greetings you can find in the newsletter!

Furthermore there are news about Toilet To Go – the service where you can rent your own portable festival toilet and RENT YOUR TENT – for camping and tent renting!

Check out all information by reading on.


Also have a look at www.wacken.com!


See you in Wacken – rain or shine

Metal Battle 2012 – two new countries attending


Croatia

Croatia is (besides Serbia, BiH and Macedonia) one of the 4 countries which are promoting the semifinals for the Metal-Battle Ex-SFRJ Republics.
The local team worked really hard to show the rest of the Metal-World, what their metal scene is made of. On the 18th of February the Croatian semi-final will take place at the Boogaloo Club in Zagreb.

Like their colleagues from Faroe Islands the promoter team shot a nice video report, introducing themselves and the participating bands to the Metal-Battle family and the rest of the metal world. Have fun while watching!

Faroe Islands

With the Faroe Islands more Nordic men will reinforce the Metal-Battle!
The small group of islands which is situated in the center of the triangle between Great Britain, Iceland and Norway has a population of about 50.000 people.
That doesn´t sound much in the beginning but the descendants of the Vikings have plenty to offer on good quality metal which was already proofed by their fellow countrymen of Týr.

Also the promoters of Metal-Battle Faroe Islands have recorded a little video message - introducing themselves, their country and the local metal scene. Have fun while watching!


All further info on www.metal-battle.com!

Toilet To Go – Rent your own portable festival toilet!


And here is our next special regarding camping equipment. Many of you took part in our Metal Mobile WC action but missed the opportunity to get one of them due to the big run on the toilets . But now we have the perfect alternative for all who can´t abandon on their personal toilet: Toilet to Go – the portable festival toilet!

Our partner “Camperpark Wacken” offers a rental service for portable toilets.
These toilets can now be booked online – including a 20 liter canister, toilet paper, toilet brush, a biologically degradable product of decomposition.
(Additionally you can book a toilet-tent with headroom)

For all of those who didn’t got any of the metal mobile Wc´s this may be the perfect alternative.

RENT YOUR TENT


For all who want to avoid masses of luggage we now have the perfect solution!

In the new corner RENT YOUR TENT you can find offers for renting tents and camping equipment directly on the festival area.

Currently the companies ready to rock and Mein Zelt Steht Schon are offering their services.

Hello metalheads,

This week we give you the current information about the W:O:A Mail and Parcel Office! Find out more about the innovation within this service by reading the newsletter!

Moreover there are news about the last few band announcements, a virtual panorama-tour through the W:O:Art exhibition by Jens Rusch and Alice Cooper.

Find all information in detail by reading on!

Also have a look at www.wacken.com!

See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

Wacken Mail and Parcel Office


Also in 2012 the Wacken Mail and Parcel Office will be on the festival ground. Read below to learn more about the extended offer for 2012:

1. Luggage shipping TO Wacken W:O:A

Simplify your trip to Wacken W:O:A 2012 by sending your luggage directly to the WOA festival area in advance. You can pick up your luggage at the Wacken Mail and Parcel Office (WACKEN CENTER) from 1 August 2012.

You can find further information regarding the handling as well as prices at the following website www.wackenpostoffice.com. Here you start the assignment and pay for the shipping. You need to assign for the luggage service prior to 24 July 2012 (due to organisational requirements). The luggage will have to be picked up by UPS prior to 27 July 2012.

The service will only be offered from the following countries (like last year): Germany, BeNeLux, Denmark, Austria, France and Sweden. The number of luggage for the service is limited to 250 pieces. So, the earlier you book, the higher is the probability that you can use this service.

2. Parcel and packaging service (including luggage service)

We offer parcel shipping and packaging service at the festival area (WACKEN CENTER). We provide worldwide and secured parcel service via UPS so that you can send for example your merchandising products and gifts home directly.

If you do not want to carry your luggage back home after the W:O:A, we also provide a luggage shipping from the festival area back to your home. We will take care of professionally wrapping and packing your belongings to ensure a secure shipping.

3. Your personal post card from W:O:A 2012

This year, you can mail your personal and customised post card from the W:O:A 2012. We take a picture from your friends and you in front of Wacken city sign and print the shoot as a post card. Mail your personal and individual greetings from W:O:A 2012.

4. Mail and stamps

This year, you can stamp your mail with a postal charges including a logo of W:O:A 2012. Bring your postcards from the „Full Metal Bag“ directly from Wacken Mail and Parcel Office and we print the postal charges including the logo of W:O:A: 2012 onto the post card. The charges for this are EUR 0.15 plus postal charges (thereof we donate EUR 0.05 to Wacken Foundation). In addition, you can get post cards in the Mail and Parcel Office.

Four additional Bands for 2012 – Megaherz, Manimals, Massacre and We Butter The Bread With Butter


Two German and two American Bands are among the lineup for Wacken Open Air 2012. Except for Massacre it’s the first gig for the bands on WOA at all.

Megaherz – With their album Götterdämmerung Megaherz had confirmed their status in the German scene “Neue Deutsche Härte”. It’s hard to imagine the scene without the Munich guys.

Manimals – The guys from Ohio celebrate reunion as well as their 30th Anniversary. They will come with their Monster Metal or Horrorcore to the WOA. They are one of the 80’s cult metal acts.

We Butter The Bread With Butter – founded in 2007 WBTBWB celebrate their own style. The 5 guys from Brandenburg established with their new interpretation of German children song’s with elements of Death Metal, Metalcore and Electro. Now they write own songs.

Massacre – One of the first Death Metal Bands is Massacre. Founded in 1984 in Florida, they will come for the second time to Wacken and will heat you up.

Hello metalheads,

After the great success of the Metal Mobile WC´s (MMWC) in 2011 we are now going to start the rental for MMWCs at W:O:A 2012!
There is a limited count of 150 Metal Mobil WCs like in the years before. So get the most important information to rent your own Mobile WC in this week´s newsletter.

Moreover there were made some new band announcements in past days. Besides others there will be Overkill, Dead by April and Aura Noir on stage at Wacken 2012.

Read on to find all information in detail!

Also have a look at www.wacken.com!

See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

Hello metalheads,

We hope all of you had a good start in 2012. We are already at work and as usual will give all current news about W:O:A in our newsletter.

In 2012 the W:O:A Warm Up Parties will take place with live performances for the first time. There are already some dates announced! Have a look in the newsletter to get more information!

Moreover we want to call your attention to the special offering of ready to rock! Rent your camping tent and accessories easily with ready to rock.

Read on to find all information in detail!


Also have a look at www.wacken.com!


See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

Now available! Rent your tents and camping articles for Wacken Open Air with ready to rock!


Every festival visitor knows this situation – you are preparing for the departure to Wacken until you realize the sad truth: Too much luggage!
A big problem especially for fans travelling by bus or train which have to carry their luggage all the way by their self.
BUT what would be if you will not have to worry about the transport of festival survival stuff like tents, sleeping bags or camping chairs?

A question that is now being answered by ready to rock!

ready to rock will rent camping tents and accessories (such as camping chairs, tables, mattresses) at WOA or other open-air-festivals to you and even takes care of all the necessary assembly before your arrival.

All rented ready to rock tents at the WOA will be at the camping area B and are therefore in close proximity to the festival site.

Just book online, get there, check in and be ready to rock!
Book now at www.ready-to-rock.de

W:O:A Camper Park 2012

Our specials section „Camper Park” is back online. That means you will have again the possibility to rent campers, tents and 230 V power supply for own campers. Our partner "Camper Park Wacken GbR" has increased its offer for 2012 with a few new versions of tents and other new services. So take a look…

Important: Renting of campers is exclusively lead in the name and on invoice of Camper Park Wacken GbR .

New W:O:A Wallpaper

Besides our still available 2012 Wallpapers we will release a new wallpaper with calendar design at every month. The january is available from now on as download in 8 different resolutions.

W:O:A Newsletter KW 01


Hello Metalheads,

a happy new year to all of you! The first step into the new year brings some news about the next Wacken TV Special and the new camping festival service of Ready to Rock!

Learn more in the newsletter

All further news at www.wacken.com

yours
W:O:A team

Wacken: A Village loves Metal - TV Show on german broadcaster "NDR Fernsehen"


Wacken - A Village loves Metal: A hayfield Heavy-Metal–Spectacle

Once a year the international metal - family is going on a pilgrimage to Wacken. 75.000 fans from all over the world are celebrating an inimitable metal party! On German Television "NDR Fernsehen" you will see all about the never ending nights in Wacken. Concerts, the W:O:A feeling, stars and backstagestories - 90 minutes full of Metal.
Motörhead and Apocalytica met there colleagues of Blind Guardian or Heaven Shall Burn. Don´t miss the highlights of the biggest Heavy Metal Party in the World.

Sunday, 08th of January 2012, 11:00 pm until 12:30 am on "NDR Fernsehen"
The Livestream will be available at www.ndr.de/wacken


Now available! Rent your tents and camping articles for Wacken Open Air with ready to rock!


Every festival visitor knows this situation – you are preparing for the departure to Wacken until you realize the sad truth: Too much luggage!
A big problem especially for fans travelling by bus or train which have to carry their luggage all the way by their self.
BUT what would be if you will not have to worry about the transport of festival survival stuff like tents, sleeping bags or camping chairs?

A question that is now being answered by ready to rock!

ready to rock will rent camping tents and accessories (such as camping chairs, tables, mattresses) at WOA or other open-air-festivals to you and even takes care of all the necessary assembly before your arrival.

All rented ready to rock tents at the WOA will be at the camping area B and are therefore in close proximity to the festival site.

Just book online, get there, check in and be ready to rock!
> Book now at www.ready-to-rock.de

23rd Wacken Open Air 2012 is SOLD OUT!

For the seventh time in a row the 23rd W:O:A ( take place from 2nd to 4th of August 2011 ) is SOLD OUT - and never before in such a short time. Again 75.000 tickets were sold!

A huge part of the billing is already announced including several special and exclusive shows as well as high-class acts. As every year we have made every effort to provide a terrific billing! And the announcements don´t stop. Via our online advent calendar at least one band will be announced every day during December.

AMON AMARTH + AXEL RUDI PELL + BROILERS + CORONER + CRADLE OF FILTH + DANKO JONES (spoken words) + DARK FUNERAL + DIMMU BORGIR (mit Orchester) + ENDSTILLE + FORBIDDEN + GAMMARAY + HAMMERFALL + HENRY ROLLINS (spoken words) + IN EXTREMO + IN FLAMES (einzige Show in DEU) + MACHINE HEAD + MINISTRY + MOONSPELL + NAPALM DEATH + OPETH + PARADISE LOST + SCORPIONS ( letzte Festivalshow ihrer Karriere ) + SICK OF IT ALL + SIX FEET UNDER + SUICIDE SILENCE + U.D.O. + VOLBEAT (einzige Europashow in 2012 ) + WATAIN + WINTERFYLLETH uvm.
……these are only a few names, which will make the W:O:A 2012 another Festival - Highlight. But we are still working. More Bandhighlights will be confirmed every day in December at www.wacken.com

Thanx to all our fans and supporters!

Blasting the North in August! See you in Wacken - Rain or Shine!

The next band announcements – Stay tuned!

As we have promised a few days ago we will announce the next bands for Wacken 2012 during november – And of course this is a promise we will keep!
In the night from Wednesday to Thursday at 00.01 am we announce the next big act! During the following days some amazing announcements will follow. And when December arrives we will unleash the ultimate storm of band announcements via our online advent calendar!

Stay tuned! The next days are getting hot!

As we have told you in our news from the 3rd of November we are expecting the sold out for the middle of December.
So hurry up and order your W:O:A 3-Day-All-In Festival Ticket in time – only at the official W:O:A ticketshop Metaltix][link_text:Metaltix]#

Yours
W:O:A team

W:O:A Newsletter KW 44

Hello metalheads,

Big theme this week is the cooperation of label Nuclear Blast with the WOA “Metal Battle”. How the world wide biggest independent Heavy Metal-label is going to support “Metal Battle” you can find out by reading on.

More great topics are the GreenEvents Conference 2011 and the Voting for the European Festival Awards.

So read on and find more information!

Also have a look at www.wacken.com!

See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

Nuclear Blast and Wacken Open Air to cooperate with “Metal Battle”

The “Metal Battle” which was started in 2004 by the founders of the world’s biggest heavy metal festival – the Wacken:Open:Air - as a newcomer contest to support up-and-coming bands from all over the world will go into its ninth round in 2012 – with Nuclear Blast Records and Wacken Open Air joining in!

What initially started out as a small contest with six German bands and five bands from other countries grew and grew over the years, so that there was a total of 29 international newcomer bands performing during the festival in 2011 and striving for the first place after having won the preliminary decisions in their respective countries. In the past, the first prize was a record deal with Wacken Records. For 2012, Nuclear Blast and Wacken Open Air have announced their participation, meaning that the winning band of “Metal Battle” 2012 will win no less than a record deal with Nuclear Blast - the biggest independent heavy metal label worldwide!

A&R manager Andy Siry states: “We’re looking forward to this cooperation with the W:O:A ´Metal Battle´ and Wacken Open Air. Supporting young talents means paving the way for a diverse and prosperous international heavy metal scene in the future. Plus it’s always great to see how many musical rough diamonds are out there, who deserve much more attention than they currently receive.”

All is set for the next exciting newcomer hunt! More information to follow in good time.

www.nuclearblast.de | http://www.ics-int.de | #[weblink:www.metal-battle.com

Green Events Europe Conference 2011

Sustainability and environmental protection are important themes the promoters of Wacken Open Air are dealing with long ago.
Projects as “Viva Con Aqua” or “Metal for Nature” became a constant part in the festival.

For this reason we will attend the GreenEvents Conference 2011 which takes place in Bonn at the 2nd and 3rd of November.
The conference aims are giving sustainability and environmental protection appropriate space within the events and live music industry, raise consciousness, exchange knowledge and build networks.

If you want to find out more about the GreenEvents have a look here:
www.green-events-germany.eu

European Festival Awards – Wacken needs your Vote!

It´s time again – The European Festival Awards are calling for your votes and as in the year before Wacken is nominated in the category “Best Major Festival”.
Since Monday fans from all over Europe have the possibility to vote for their favorite festivals, anthems, headline performances, line-ups as well as best newcomer acts.

There is also the chance to win an amazing price – Your perfect festival summer!
2 free tickets for ALL winning festivals are raffled amongst all participants.
Of course we need as many votes as possible to win this year! That´s why we count on!
We want to reach the title “Best European Major Festival” with the votes from THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD – YOUR VOTES!!!

Thanks for your Support Metalheadz!

Metal-Battle UK – Saturnian won the finals

During the bloodstock festival in the UK the band Saturnian won the “Metal 2 The Masses” contest and is now confirmed as UK candidate for the next edition of the Metal-Battle.
As every year the finals will take place at Wacken and Saturnian are the first Metal-Battle band that is confirmed for the Wacken Open Air 2012!

Hey Metalheads,

Halloween is drawing closer! On this occasion we have sended out this special newsletter so that every single one of you can recognize this special offer at our Full:Metal:Shop.
Second issue is the next edition of the European Festival Awards! Once again we are nominated in the category "Best European Major Festival". So we need your Votes to win!

Detailed info about both topics can be read in the following newsletter!

Further news and info can be found at www.wacken.com

Halloween discount special at Full:Metal:Shop!

Year after year it´s time again for the pumpkin head to return!
A few years ago this old custom swept over the pond and became also in Germany a day for celebrating.
Halloween is near and the prices of the Full:Metal:Shop are spiraling downwards!
On each order on Monday the 31st of October2011 between 00:00 h – 24.00 h you will get 6,66% discount by entering the following voucher code!
So take your chance as long as this offer continues!

The code is: FMSHW11
The Full:Meta:Shop can be found here:
http://www.full-metal-shop.de/

Important: This is a one day action only! The minimum order amounts 15€
The voucher code is only valid on the 31st of October 2011 and only for online Orders!

Have fun while shopping!

yours
W:O:A team

European Festival Awards – Wacken needs your Vote!

It´s time again – The European Festival Awards are calling for your votes and as in the year before Wacken is nominated in the category “Best Major Festival”.
Since Monday fans from all over Europe have the possibility to vote for their favorite festivals, anthems, headline performances, line-ups as well as best newcomer acts.

There is also the chance to win an amazing price – Your perfect festival summer!
2 free tickets for ALL winning festivals are raffled amongst all participants.
Of course we need as many votes as possible to win this year! That´s why we count on!
We want to reach the title “Best European Major Festival” with the votes from THE BEST FANS IN THE WORLD – YOUR VOTES!!!

The voting can be found here:
http://eu.festivalawards.com/vote/

Thanks for your Support Metalheadz!

Wacken Open Air 2012

Dear all,

As we are sold already more than 50% of the Tickets for next year, we want to inform especially our foreign guest, that they have to make their ticket-order as soon as possible.

They´ll get the original W:O:A Festivaltickets only at www.metaltix.com.

At http://www.wacken.com/de/woa2012/main-info/bustours/ you´ll find our international partners. They are offering bus-trips to the festivals including the 3-Day-Festticket.

Here are the bands already confirmed f or the Festival 2012 ( in alphabetic order ):

Amon Amarth ** Axel Rudi Pell**Cradle of Filth**Dark Funeral**Dimmu Borgir**Endstille**Forbidden**GammaRay**Hammerfall**Henry Rollins
** In Extremo*Ministry**Moonspell**Napalm Death**Pradise Lost**Scorpions**Sick Of It All**Six Feet Under**U.D.O. **Watain**Winterfylleth

More Infos: www.wacken.com / britta@ics-woa.de

Tickets: www.metaltix.com

Wacken Open Air 2012

Hello metalheads,

This week we again had collected all important news about Wacken Open Air Festival.

After the successful start of the worldwide first festival panorama last year we now present you the 2011 edition.
With it you´ll have the possibility to gain some special insights of the festival.
Find out more about the festival site, the band performances as well as the metal fans and have look at W:O:A Panorama 2011.

Furthermore there are news about how W:O:A grows up in 2 minutes, the Full Metal Poker, your best W:O:A experience at wackentube.com and many more.


Also have a look at www.wacken.com!


See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

In 2010 the world´s first festival panorama had started successfully!
Now we want to present the W:O:A Panorama 2011 which again gives you the possibility to experience the Wacken Festival in a 360 degrees view.

Within the edition of 2011 there are several panoramas available. Have a look at the festival site, Wacken Plaza or band performances.
An interactive map and the hotspots help you changing between the different festival areas.
The instructions help you in using the panorama.

During the next weeks we will upgrade the W:O:A Panorama 2011 with further panoramas and festival videos.
Moreover we will also include the 2010 edition in this year´s Panorama!

One week of Wacken in 2 Minutes


Good news for all of you who don´t want to spend a whole week with observing the progress of the festival via webcam.
For the first time the Wacken Open Air can be watched in time lapse on WackenTube. The happenings of a whole week Wacken including the construction and festival days can now be watched in a 2 minute version. The footage was filmed by some of our numerous cams on the Wacken Center and Infield and converted into a nice movie clip.

Have fun!

Wacken Memories


Last week we had released the 2011 edition of the Wacken Memories Photobook. This book can be filled with your fotos according to your personal wishes.
Known from the last year the photo book editor, which was developed in co-operation with our partner Jenomics returns in a revised version.
With this editor you have the possibility to put your festival memories & pictures within a special designed photo book – the perfect gift idea!

Full:Metal:Army – started at W:O:A 2011


The 22nd Wacken Open Air is over and also the Full Metal Army has started ably.
At this year´s festival the official fanclub of Wacken Open Air starts with a booth at Wacken infield.
Within the first day we had received round about 100 declarations of application. After the festival days they had grown to more than 240.

This was a great start for the Full:Metal:Army!
Until the end of the year you can join the F:M:A for free. During this period you can check out the services and structures of the F:M:A.

More information about the fanclub, the services and all plans which should be realized until the end of the year you can find at our homepage www.full-metal-army.com.

Become a part of the F:M:A community and join the taster membership now!
Here you´ll find the declaration of application.

If there are any further questions feel free to contact us:

info@full-metal-army.com

Join the F:M:A!

Your F:M:A-Team

Your best W:O:A experience at wackentube.com


At the page wackentube.com you can share your favorite W:O:A moments with metalheads all over the world.

Just upload your best W:O:A video or picture to the category “22 years W:O:A”!

Have a look at the page wackentube.com and find the newest videos and pictures there.

Wacken Open Air Newsletter

The bumper to bumper traffic has arrived and the festival has just begun. The sun is shining and the weather forecast for the next day’s looks very good. Sadly not every metalhead has become an owner of a ticket so this newsletter is dedicated to all the people who have to stay at home. With this newsletter we want to refer on our wide range of live broadcasting and streaming of our broadcasting partners ZDFkultur and NDR.


ZDFkultur – Live broadcasting

For all the people who have to stay at home this year we have good news – Also in TV there will be the full charge of Wacken for your eyes and ears!
On Saturday the 6th of August german TV broadcaster ZDFkultur will begin with the live broadcasting – 4 hours of footage of the highlights of Saturday. From 8pm you can watch Avantasia, Blind Guardian (20.55 H), Apocalyptica (21:45H), Airbourne (22:45 H) and Motörhead ond ZDFkultur and as live stream at www.zdfkultur.de. The moderators Silke Super and Jo Schück will present the concerts on the ground. The broadcasting will shown again at the night of Sunday from 04:45 H as well as on Sunday at 3pm.

But that´s not enough! In the following week (from Monday 8th of August to Friday 12th of August) there will be 5 one hour lasting special shows. Each show will be broadcasted on 7pm. The list of bands reads as follows:
Monday – Helloween
Tuesday – Heaven Shall Burn
Wednesday – Subway to Sally
Thursday – Children of Bodom
Friday - Motörhead

The one hour lasting specials will each be replayed at the following night on 01:40 am and on the next morning at 08:00 pm

As you can see there will be a whole week of Wacken also after the festival on ZDFkultur


NDR Livestream and Giga Panorama

Due to our cooperation with NDR there is a live stream directly from the festival for free this year. For the first time ever there is also a giga panorama where you can immortalize yourself. How that works you will find out now:

W:O:A live streams on NDR.DE
If you belong to those who could not get hold of a ticket this year we have a good message for you: There will be a live stream arranged by NDR.DE. So you can watch the performance of the most important bands via internet. You can find all information about this topic on www.ndr.de/wacken.

NDR and the W:O:A Giga-Panorama
Everyone who already has been standing in the first row during a concert of his/ her favorite band before knows it: After the show the first photos of the crowd are shown and you promptly start searching for yourself! Unfortunately the photos are often too small and blurred so that you cannot identify much in the crowd. The NDR attends to this problem now – namely with the giga panorama! During the scene-changing intermission between Bülent Cheylan and Frei.Wild the panorama which catches the crowd in a large scale format is constructed and offers you the possibility to tag yourself and to share on Facebook or Studivz.

The program info can be found at: http://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/musik_konzerte/wacken/livestream/index.html

Only 7 days left until the Wacken Open Air 2011 begins. The whole Crew is in big action and the Stage grows and grows, so the Festival-Area takes figure. Exactly at the point of building up the Stages the Sun comes out of hiding and the weather forecast makes us feel very hopeful for the next 14 Days!

In this Newsletter you’ll get a little surprise for all the Smartphone-Junkies out there. And because of the short time until the Festival begins we´ll grant you some general Information about the W:O:A!

The WACKEN OPEN AIR team welcomes you and looks forward to the best week of the year with the best fans in the world!

Next week you’ll get the latest news about the Traffic, shorts and all the important news you need to know for your travel and your destination.

See you in Wacken – Rain or Shine!

Actual News and Information in detail you get on www.wacken.com

The first of 2 Wacken Apps is online

In company with the partner junaio and PETER PAUL AND MARY W:O:A will offer you as the first festival worldwide its own Virtual Guide App – of course free of charge!

W:O:A Running Order

The Running-Order for those four unforgettable days full of good music is done and there are as usual many Mega-Acts like Ozzy Osbourne, Triptykon, Apocalyptica, Judas Priest, Children of Bodom, Motörhead and so on. Please follow this LINK to get the whole Running Order.

Link & Zelda rock Wacken


Two special guests have announced their arrival at this year’s W:O:A: The adventurous princess Zelda and her brave hero Link.
In Grave Digger’s festival anthem „Wacken will never die” it says „No time to wait, get out on the road / And never give up.“ It sounds just like an order to start a fantastic journey through Hyrule with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.
The heroes Link and Zelda have geared themselves up with hair flowing, and are ready to take their position as your chaperon in Wacken. They invite you to join them for their new action adventure at the Wacken Plaza. With the Nintendo 3DS amended version of one of the most acclaimed video games of all times, Zelda fans get to experience Hyrule for the first time in 3 D.
While the music takes center stage on the festival floors, Nintendo presents a real eye-candy inside their tent at the Wacken Plaza. One can test thoroughly The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Besides that, promotion teams are on the grounds, inviting you to dive into the fantasy empire of Hyrule. Nintendo takes you through a magical journey across time, through mystical landscapes and temples, dark dungeons and invites you to show the villain Ganondorf who the real master is.
The very best: One can see 3D pictures just like that without any special 3D glasses! With The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D one understands for the very first time, what it means “to immerge into gameplay”.
For all those that feel the need to relax in between, the Nintendo tent offers a variety of options, like renting a Nintendo 3DS and choosing one of many 3D games.

Nintendo looks forward to seeing you!

The Electric Hotel


Every festival visitor knows the problem: You are on a festival, lost your friends, the mobile phone is on low battery and no electric socket in sight – that´s annoying!
But now we have a solution for this problem situated on the Wacken Plaza besides the safety locker truck – It´s name: “The Electric Hotel”

Electric What?
Behind the curtain of this strange sounding name hides a construction of inventive spirit. THE ELECTRIC HOTEL is an airstream-trailer which was rebuilt into a mobile power plant for charging mobile devices. The power from this trailer is absolutely clean and created from renewable energy sources like wind, kinetics and photovoltaic cells.

For a little fee of 2€ small electric devices like f.e. mobile-/Iphones, cameras can be delivered for charging. 0,50€ of this fee will be donated for a good cause to the Wacken Foundation. The reception inside of the trailer will hand out sheets for receiving and collecting and lock your phone or other device into the locker matrix for charging. You certainly won´t have to pay for charging if you get on one of the bikes and pedal by yourself.
On the outside of the trailer there will be also sockets, giving you the possibility to charge your mobile device by yourself.

Besides providing energy, the goal of the electric hotel is to provide awareness for the responsible dealing with resources.
So take a look and try it!

Police Co-Operation


Even in this year we need your support to prevent thefts. In cooperation with the local police we put together the most important news on a flyer. Furthermore this year you’ll get an belt-bag in your Full:Metal:Bag which prevents thefts. Please read the flyer carefully or even print it out.

The W:O:A even got it’s publicity because of the best atmosphere on the camping-ground in the world. This is just because there are less prohibitions than on other festivals. So please keep in mind, that we can only leave it like that if everyone follow the rules for the camping-ground, so even in the future we will never stop this Wacken-Feeling.

Festival alphabet


Furthermore please EVERYONE read our Festival Alphabet where you will get to know every important information about behavior, Rules, opening hours, locations and much more.

Journey to W:O:A

The whole W:O:A Team is already very glad to see you again in the Holy Land Of Wacken. Anyhow we wish you to reach your destination stress-free without any kind of trouble, so please follow the instructions of our security-personal.


Jägermeister Hochsitz at W:O:A 2011


Ready for lift-off:

The third year in a row Jägermeister Hochsitz is ready for the festival summer 2011.
Jägermeister Hocksitz is the on-air-bar with an exclusive view of the top acts on W:O:A Festival!

How to get one seat in it you´ll get informed locally.

W:O:A 2011
Registration for the METAL MOBILE WC

After the amazingly good development in 2010, we again are starting the unique rental service for the METAL MOBILE WCs.
In 2010 all 150 WCs where booked up within 4 hours! So better buck up in 2011!

METAL MOBILE WC

150 limited Metal Mobile WCs will again be available for you this year.

This year every confirmation of each MMWC-registration will be given with a reservation number to assure the smooth going of the distribution of the METAL MOBILE WCs.

The rental price for a METAL MOBILE WC is 120Euros and to be paid cash directly to the service driver on delivery. Please talk to your service driver for an intermediate cleaning. The fee for each intermediate cleaning will be 25Euros which also has to be paid immediately in cash to the service driver.

The service will be on route at the campsite every day from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm.

An intermediate cleaning will only be possible if the METAL MOBILE WC is positioned max 5meter away from the roadside. The service driver will advise you on the possibility of an intermediate cleaning when delivering your METAL MOBILE WC. Your right to get an intermediate cleaning will be dispensed with the METAL MOBILE WC being positioned to far away from the roadside. The service driver will make a note about this when delivering the METAL MOBILE WC to avoid further disagreements.

A padlock, if required, can be bought from the service driver for 3Euros. Returning the padlock is not possible.
A change of the fixed location of the METAL MOBILE WC needs to be approved by the service driver.


Delivery of the METAL MOBILE WC:

When you’ve reached your final camping location and called the hotline by giving them your name and reservation number, please tell them approximately your location (e.g. by referring to a special feature on Campsite P) and the delivery will be activated.

The METAL MOBILE WC will only be delivered after previous registration via phone. You or a representative of yours has to be at your camping location long enough to get the METAL MOBILE WC positioned accordingly. Afterwards you are asked to sign for the delivery.

The deliveries will start at Wednesday, 03.08.2011 from 8:00 am on.

The cars with the METAL MOBILE WCs are clearly marked with a banner saying “Metal Mobil WC”.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Each reservation can only ask for one METAL MOBILE WC.
It is absolutely essential that we get one, best case two mobile numbers where you will be available at during W:O:A.

Wacken Virtual Guide APP for Iphone and android

The first out of 2 Wacken Apps for the festival 2011 is released

W:O:A is proud to present you another world’s first.
In company with the partner junaio and PETER PAUL AND MARY, W:O:A will offer you as the first metal festival worldwide its own Virtual Guide App free of charge. The App is based on the new Augmented Reality technique. It is a channel on its own of the junaio Augmented Reality Browser.

What is it?
Well, your Smartphone acts as some kind of glasses. For that purpose it makes use of the camera and the GPS system. So, if you are on the festival site you can hold your camera in every direction and then the App shows you in a picture all points of interest (POI) including the corresponding information. Furthermore the App identifies and displays the exact distance from your present whereabouts. The POI’s are peppered with real-time information as e.g. seasons of the bands. So, the visitor is always on the current status.

How does it work?
In the particular App Store the Augmented Reality App of „junaio“ can be downloaded for free. If the App is installed you can choose the Wacken Virtual Guide Channel and go off. Furthermore the Virtual Guide can be directly found as Featured Pick from the welcome page of Junaio App during the whole festival.
Explore the W:O:A without long searching. With Augmented Reality App there is no problem anymore!

Please find the junaio app here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/junaio/id337415615
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.metaio.junaio

Hello metalheads,

Just a few weeks left until the Wacken Open Air Festival 2011 starts.
The preparations are in full swing and we want to inform you currently about all news and updates.

This week we present two mobile applications which informs you about all wirth knowing about W:O:A 2011.
The applications help you looking over the festival site and even remind you about the shows of your favorite bands.

Moreover there are updates of the Running Order, the Festival ABC and the Festival site plans.
Two great raffles will also start this week!

Read the newsletter and also have a look at www.wacken.com!

See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

The mobile applications for W:O:A 2011

Wacken:Open:Air Mobile App

Your festival app for Wacken Open Air. All news around the festival always up-to-date on your iPhone or Android.
Are you looking forward to always have your running order with you on your mobile phone? There is no problem at all with the W:O:A Mobile App. Furthermore you can arrange your individual running order and you are also reminded of the performance 15 minutes earlier by a push message.
Via the special animated Google Map you know where what is taking place any time and how you can get from A to B the fastest. (Attention! With the coming update you can enter your position on the map. That way you will find back to your tent any time and moreover you can communicate to your friends where you are. That means you don’t waste time searching your friends via statements as e.g.: „My tent is to the left of the flag pole with the skull flag!“)
The obligatory pocket lamp must be included of course and when you are at a loss the festival ABC, the opening hours and the advices of further offers within the information range will help you.
Your multi tool for a festival time without stress. All information always ready to hand, your W:O:A Mobile App!

Virtual Guide App

W:O:A is the first Festival worldwide that offers augmented reality with the Virtual Guide App!
Soon you´ll find more information about it online!

So look forward to the worldwide first Virtual Guide App and have a look at www.wacken.com!


New W:O:A updates

Final W:O:A Running Order 2011 online

After some updates we published the final W:O:A Running Order online!

W:O:A maps 2011

There are new updates of the campground and the festival area maps.
Have a look on them online or download them as pdf!

Festival ABC

The Festival ABC updates are online now.
Have a look on it at www.wacken.com.


FREI.WILD – Confirmed as last Act for this year´s Wacken Open Air

South Tirol´s most successful “Deutsch-Rock” band Frei.Wild has been confirmed as last official act for this year´s Wacken Open Air. Thereby the last mysterious “tba” slot at the festival running order has been disappeared.
FREI.WILD will take over a headliner position on the Blackstage, one of the two big main stages. Fitting to their 10th anniversary the band will arrange a memorable gig at this year´s Wacken Open Air.

Just a few weeks ago, on occasion to their 10th Anniversary the band managed to place a unique coup with the re-release of their chart entry #2 success record: The album again climbed the top of the charts by hitting place 4 of the Media Control Charts and entered two top-5 chart entries within 6 months. Meanwhile the band seeks to crack a download record:

As some kind of “Thank You” as well as extraordinary give away the band grants their audience something really special. FREI.WILD sheds a complete download single for free!
This includes 2 brand new songs in good old sound manner called “Engel Der Verdammten” and “Nur Arschlöcher Um Mich Herum”.

The whole campaign will only start if the following conditions are solved: To get the 2 new songs the Frei.Wild fans have to catapult the video “Weil Du Mich Verarscht Hast” into the elite class of YouTube videos and that means the video has to be watched more than 1 Million times. Only after this you can get the 2 new songs for free.

A quest that has to be solved within only six weeks. Only six weeks time to place one million clicks.
A mission that can only be accomplished through real rock n´ roll feeling. The fan base has given proof for more than a single time that they are able to do this:
Sold out tours, growing concert halls, amazing record sales and last but not least the awesome support of their fan base marks the unique success-story of the band from South Tirol.

Deadline of this campaign is the middle of August which means a few days after their show at Wacken.

Great WOA Zelda raffle - powered by Nintendo

Anybody who has owned one of Nintendo’s gaming consoles over the past decades, has heard of him – the spike eared hero that keeps on saving the princess over and over again over the past years.
YES! You got it right, we are talking about ZELDA! As you have most likely noticed, Nintendo will be on site with its own stand during this years Wacken Open Air.
Nintendo will present software novelties such as the new Nintendo 3DS to the metal audience. Supported by Nintendo, we will also raffle a fantastic price!

To participate you only have to answer the following questions:

1.Which anniversary is Zelda celebrating this year?

A)10 years B) 25 years C) 30 years

2.Who is the hero in Zelda?
A) Zelda B) Link C) Luigi

Send your right answers to Nintendo@wacken.com
Deadline is the 24th of July 2011

The winner will get one of the brand new Nintendo 3DS including ZELDA 3D “Ocarina of Time” – Powered by Nintendo

The W:O:A team wishes you good luck!

Hello metalheads,

As in past years we want to call on you to help protecting the festival side.
With Metal4Natur we present a project saving the festival ground from trash.
For more information about Metal4Nature read on!

Moreover we have collected the newest W:O:A themes for you.
Find out more about the Bullhead City Wrestling, W:O:A´s new sponsor Relentless and “ready to Rock” which introduces itself.
This week there are great lotteries to win in our newsletter…

Also have a look at www.wacken.com!

See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

Metal4Nature

Under the slogan “Metal 4 Nature” we want to realize the topics waste avoidance and waste disposal together with you, to make sure, that the future WOAs can still take place on juicy, green fields.

We are appealing to your environmental awareness and want to motivate you to collect your waste on the festival site and to try to keep your waste volume as low as possible. Do it out of respect for the environment!
We need your support to achieve these goals!
Metal 4 Nature – I took my trash – just left my footprint & spirit!
Try to avoid waste as much as possible! Use reusable packages whenever possible and always keep in mind that the WOA is taking place at an agricultural area!

Metal 4 Nature – “Safe your holy land!“

Your own personal “no worries” package by "ready to rock"!

No mind to carry around your tent? Your airmattress is to big? You do not want to waste your time setting up your tent and all the accessoiries; you rather simply want to arrive and really start your party?

If that sounds like you, we've got the right package-deal for carefree partying for you. Leave your tent, the camping chairs and that used-up airbed at home and trust the guys and girls from "ready to rock" - they have all a festival visitors heart needs. They set up your tent and camping equipment and will be there for you during the whole festival.

To book this great service for an unforgettable festival with no hassle, just go to:

www.ready-to-rock.de and make a reservation today for your individual party package. You have already wasted your last cents for the WOA ticket? No problem! Together with “ready to rock” we raffle off 3 festival "no wories" package deals (FNWPD) for 2 people. A single package is one 2-person-tent, one compact led latern, two camping chairs, one comfortable & innovative 2-person-Sleep'in Bed and one big water carrier.

To participate in this RAFFLE, just send an email with the subject „ready to rock @wacken“ and a good explanation why you deserve be the winner of the FNWPD to "verlosung@wacken.com" und there you go - the 3 best explanations win the raffle. Emails must be in by July 11th, 2011.

Good luck!!

W:O:A Bullhead City Wrestling

As in past years the Bullhead City Tent holds lots of attractions.

Again in 2011 professional Wrestlers from all over the world will travel to the high north of Germany to fight within the ambient of the W:O:A atmosphere .

Wrestling presenter Martin "The Crusher" Ruder has some words dedicated for you:

"Hello Metal Maniacs and Wrestling Fans !!!

It´s time again and it is the third year now that I can announce an awesome card of wrestlers from all over the world. Some of the biggest names that dominate this great sport are coming, I can only say the ground will be shaking when COLUSSUS or THUNDER will enter the ring. For the first time these wrestling superstars are joining the BULLHEAD CITY WRETLING roster. From show to show and year to year the crowd is growing at the Bullhead Wrestling shows.
Most of the the Wrestlers are Metalheads themselves, that and the great, noisy atmosphere you fans are creating, make the Wrestlers work double hard or even more. Come by and check it out !
We are looking forward to welcome
you to the very own and special world of the Bullhead City Tent.

cheers,
the Crusher"

W:O:A Metal Chorus & Drummer 2011

During the next weeks the two specials W:O:A Metal Chorus and W:O:A Drummer 2011 finished.
So hury up to upload your videos at wackentube.com!

The W:O:A Metal Chorus ends on the 15th of July. Your video for W:O:A Drummer 2011 you can upload till the 20th of July.

We wish you good luck!

Hello metalheads,

this week there are new information about the video contest W:O:A Metal Chorus.
Becoming attentive about this special the singer and songwriter of the Wacken anthem Chris Boltendahl (Grave Digger) wants to invite the five winners to perform live with him on stage in Wacken!
For more information about this unique special read on!

Moreover we have collected the newest W:O:A themes for you.
Find out more about the W:O:A Running Order, the W:O:A Festival Plans and new band confirmations.

Read more in the newsletter…

Also have a look at www.wacken.com!

See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

TICKET HUNTERS, here’s your chance:

Relentless Energy Drink offers 5 x 2 festival tickets with stay at the Relentless Village!

Wacken sold out? No need to hang your metal heads!

Relentless Energy Drink will raffle 5 x 2 festival tickets via the next newsletter. Tickets will include accommodation at the Relentless camping site, close to the festival ground. Means: Sleeping in RELENTLESS double tents and further extras to energize your festival experience.
Watch out for details in the next Wacken newsletter!

No Half Measures.

www.relentlessenergy.com

Winners of W:O:A Metal Chorus will perform live with Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger at W:O:A

Last week the W:O:A Metal Chorus, a contest for all the creative Metalheads, started!

At the W:O:A Metal Chorus you can record an own performance of this year’s Wacken hymn „Wacken Will Never Die“ and upload the video on Wackentube.

Chris Boltendahl (Grave Digger) became aware of our campaign and asks the 5 winners to perform the Wacken hymn together with himself and Skyline live at W:O:A!!!
Consequently the winners of the W:O:A Metal Chorus will not perform at the Metal karaoke as planned, but they will sing the refrain of the Wacken hymn together with Chris Boltendahl during the opening show on Thursday on the Black Stage!

An independent jury will judge the 5 fanciest, funniest and most creative videos of the participants. You can still engage in the W:O:A Metal Chorus until the 15th of July 2011.

Important: One condition for participation is the ownership of a valid festival ticket!

For more information and the conditions of participating have a look at www.wackentube.com!

Hello metalheads,

As always there are current information and updates published in the newsletter! Since Today the W:O:A festival ABC is online which gives you all information about the Wacken Open Air Festival.
For more info read on!

Furthermore we can present you the first finalists for Metal Battle 2011.
And moreover the W:O:A band billing is not complete yet. Recently we announced a handful more bands performing at W:O:A 2011 !

Read more in the newsletter…

Also have a look at www.wacken.com!

See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

W:O:A Festival ABC online now!!

The Festival ABC answers most of your questions concerning the Wacken Open Air Festival.
There you´ll find information about things like travel or camping, but also information about renovations in 2011.

From now on the Festival ABC is online!!
Have a look at it and don´t pass the renewals in 2011.

If there are further questions who can´t be answered by the Festival ABC you can send an email to headquarter@ics-woa.de!

Metal Battle 2011 – first finalists

Today new feed for your ears is coming from the Metal-Battle camp. By now almost half of the 30 participating countries have chosen their national finalist for the Metal Battle which will also introduce this year´s Wacken Open Air on Wednesday. These finalists will battle for fame and honor as well as for several endorsement articles, such as Eden, Marshall, Washburn and Woodbrass and a record deal as first prize.

The finalist will now be added to the Billing/Bands section. We can cater for all tastes so take a look! Listen to your favorits and support them as best as you can at the international finals of the METAL-BATTLE 2011!

Confirmed bands:
Central America – Virginia Clemm - www.myspace.com/clemmvirginia
Denmark – Aphyxion - www.aphyxion.dk
Germany – Dust Bolt - www.myspace.com/DustBolt
Greece – Deathclocks - www.myspace.com/deathclockss
Iceland – Atrum - www.myspace.com/atrumiceland
India – Eccentric Pendulum - www.myspace.com/eccentricpendulum
Ireland – Coldwar - www.thisiscoldwar.net/
Israel – Hammercult - www.facebook.com/hammercult
Lithuania – Paralytic - www.myspace.com/paralyticlt
Luxemburg – Rude Revelation - www.myspace.com/ruderevelation
Netherlands – X-Tixion - www.x-tinxion.nl/
Norway – Aeon Throne - www.myspace.com/aeonthroneofficial
Sweden – Mother of God - www.myspace.com/motherofgodofficial
UK – Achren -www.achren.com

More finalist bands will be added to the Billing/Bands section within the next days.

All further info at www.metal-battle.com.

Wacköön at Youtube http://youtu.be/toyB2eMciN4

W:O:A Hymn 2011 – Wacken Will Never Die

Wacken hymn gets it´s third issue

Also this year the W:O:A will be accompanied into battle by an appropriate hymn. Following Doro in 2009 and U.D.O in 2010 now Grave Digger will compose oneself to present the Wacken Open Air with their hymn “Wacken Will Never Die”. Vocalist Chris Boltendahl and his comrades follow in the footsteps of their two ancestors without any trouble and present another powerful hymn which knows how to transport the spirit of Wacken to their fans.

This piece of music can be pre-listened at the facebook and MySpace-Seite of W:O:A. There you can also listen to “We are the Metalheads” (Doro) and “Heavy Metal W:O:A” (U.D.O.)

The purchasable single will be available during the upcoming festival and in stores after the end of W:O:A 2011

As in the last year the Wacken Foundation will get all the receipts of the single.

Here are the lyrics of the song:

WACKEN WILL NEVER DIE
1. Strophe :

We´re standing in the first row
Raising our fist
Sreaming at our idols
Coming out of the mist

Like a thunder from the sky
Rolling on the stage
Metal Monsters are unleashed
Fighting side by side)

Bridge :

For Metal we live
For Metal we`ll die
We are riding the sky
Til the morning light

Chorus :

ALL FOR ONE
AND ALL FOR METAL
WACKEN WILL NEVER DIE

WE ROCK UNTIL THE DAWN
WITH ENDLESS POWER
WACKEN WILL NEVER DIE
WACKEN WILL NEVER DIE

2. Strophe

No time to wait, get out on the road
And never give up
Time to burn, time to learn
Every second we yearn



Relentless Energy on board with the world’s biggest metal festival
Wacken, northern Germany – probably not the kind of place you’d expect to find the world’s largest metal gathering. But 21 years since its inception, the Wacken Open Air Festival remains an annual fixture in this small, sleepy town. Taking place from 4 - 6 August 2011, it's set to be another huge occasion.

The big guns come out
Headliners include the mighty Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Motörhead, Avantasia, Children of Bodom, Suicidal Tendencies, Airbourne and Mayhem – enough to justify the ticket price alone. There are also various weird and wonderful curios worth checking out, like the annual opening show from the Wacken Firefighters. As their name would suggest, they’re fire-fighters who just happen to love metal and can thrash out a song or two.

Breaking new talent
On top of the established talent, aspiring metal acts have the chance to perform alongside their heroes thanks to the Wacken Open Air Metal Masters online video competition. This year Relentless Energy are on board to help spread the word and give this opportunity-of-a-lifetime contest their full backing. Bands that think they can cut it live can upload a video of themselves in action to the WackenTube website (check the link below). Users then vote on their favourites. The winners get a slot on the Wacken Wet Stage – also known as Headbanger’s Ballroom.
The festival is already sold out, but the Relentless Energy community have a chance to win a trip to this immense metal nirvana – keep your eyes peeled to the site and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to find out how around the beginning of June.

Waaaköööööön!!

Hello metalheads,

This weeks newsletter gives you the most important information about the Wacken Open Air Festival 2011.
Find out about the preparations of the Festival ABC and W:O:A Running Order.

The Festival ABC is ready to be released soon. For the W:O:A Running Ordner we have to be patient untill Easter.

Moreover there are the newest band conformations and the greatest stuff at our online shop.

Read more in the newsletter…

Also have a look at:
www.wacken.com


See you in Wacken – rain or shine!

W:O:A Running Order and Festival ABC

Most of you are already waiting for updates about the W:O:A Running Order and Festival ABC.
The preparations of both soon will be done!

If you want to know which band will plays on which stage you have to check out the running order.
Already month before the Festival starts you there will find enough information to creat your own plan for the Wacken Open Air Festival.
With it you can be sure not to miss one of your favorites Bands!

The Festival ABC gives answers to most of your questions around the festival.
There you´ll find information about things like travel or camping, but also information about renovations in 2011.
And if there are further questions who arn´t answered by the Festival ABC you can write an email or make a call!

The W:O:A Running Order and Festival ABC will be online briefly!

Don’t miss it and have a look on www.wacken.com.

Metaltix on facebook now

From now on Metaltix is available on facebook.

Here you can get the newest information always and current.
As well as you known from other pages there is the possibility to recommend shows from metaltix.com via facebook.

Show and say what you like especially, compare notes and discuss with each other!

Just click the “like” button to join Metaltix on facebook to get news about shows and artists immediately.

Here you find the page:
http://www.facebook.com/Metaltix

Obituary – Peter Brügmann

Our former team member and first security from the founding days of Wacken Open Air, Peter Brügmann, has died a short time ago.
We are mourning for our old companion and wish strength for family and friends.

R.I.P.

Obituary - Volker Vette

Not long ago the head of W:O:A Firefighters, Volker Vette died. Over years he made the Firefighters to what they are today - a cult act of the Wacken Open Air.

We wish all strenght strength for his family and friends.

R.I.P

Devil Driver have to cancel W:O:A performance

Bad news today. Devil Driver had to cancel their W:O:A 2011 appearance because they are going to tour the US during that time.

W:O:A Metal Masters – use your chance and join it

As already related in last weeks the W:O:A Metal Master is in full swing.
The Metal Masters in a video online voting for young metal bands which can compete for a slot at Wacken Open Air 2011.
On www.wackentube.com all user can decide about the winning video in the period from the 2nd of March till the 7th of June.

Still to the 7th of June you´ll get the possibility to upload your video on www.wackentube.com to join the W:O:A Metal Masters!

But also the following is in demand.
You are voting for the band which achievs the win and hits the road for Wacken Open Air. Don´t miss taking the vote for your favorite band at W:O:A MEtal Masters 2011!!

Further Info about Metal Masters can be found at www.wackentube.com.

Kings of Black Metal Festival 2011

With hard and brutal sound the league of Black Metal musicians get together in the middle of April in Alsfeld (Hessen).

In cause of Kings of Black Metal Festival 2011 there will be acts like Watain, Inquisition, Endstille or Chrome Division on stage.
On the 16th of April you can see them live in Stadthalle in Alsfeld.

For everybody who got a tickets already:
Kings of Black Metal Festival changed location from Giessen to Alsfeld!!

For more information about the festival have a look at the myspace page!

Tickets are available at:
www.metaltix.com