Wacken 2023

August 2-5, 2023

Wacken, Germany

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The Scene

It's been dubbed The Mecca of Heavy Metal Culture. For three days in August, the population of the tiny town of Wacken swells from 2,000 to 75,000 for this annual gathering of German metalheads. This monster of a festival started off small in 1990 as a showcase for local bands, but has become a juggernaut of the metal festival scene.

Festival Info

Venue: Wacken



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Festival Poster
2023 Artist Lineup
Vito Valentinetti Nova Rock 2019-15
Dropkick Murphys
Vito Valentinetti Tuska 2023 Friday 8772
Jinjer
Killswitch Engage Editorial
Killswitch Engage
Pennywise Editorial
Pennywise
  • Abbath
  • Ad Infinitum
  • Alestorm
  • All For Metal
  • All Hail The Yeti
  • Amaranthe
  • Amorphis
  • Angus McSix
  • Asrock
  • Autumn Bride
  • Baest
  • Battle Beast
  • Be’lakor
  • Beartooth
  • Beyond The Black
  • Biohazard
  • Blaas of Glory
  • Black Mirrors
  • Blitzkid
  • Bloodbath
  • Brand of Sacrifice
  • Brunhilde
  • Burning Witches
  • Bütcher
  • Caliban
  • Carpathian Forest
  • Cellar Darling
  • Cemican
  • CobraKill
  • Crematory
  • Cypecore
  • Dark Tranquility
  • dArtagnan
  • Defleshed
  • Deicide
  • Delain
  • Depressive Age
  • Der W
  • Detraktor
  • Dezperadoz
  • Die beschissenen Sechs
  • Dog Eat Dog
  • Doro
  • Drain
  • Dropkick Murphys
  • Dust Bolt
  • Dying Fetus
  • Eivor
  • Empire State Bastard
  • Employed To Serve
  • Enemy Inside
  • Ensiferum
  • Ereb Altor
  • Evergrey
  • EvilDead
  • Eyes
  • Faun
  • Ferocious Dog
  • Finntroll
  • Focus
  • Frog Bog Dosenband
  • Frozen Soul
  • Get The Shot
  • Ghostkid
  • Hammerfall
  • Harpyie
  • Havukruunu
  • Heaven Shall Burn
  • Helloween
  • Heriot
  • Hidden Intent
  • Holy Moses
  • Igorrr
  • Imminence
  • Immolation
  • Iron Maiden
  • J.B.O.
  • Jag Panzer
  • Jinjer
  • Kärbholz
  • Kataklysm
  • Killswitch Engage
  • Knife
  • Koldbrann
  • Konvent
  • Kreator
  • Leaves’ Eyes
  • Legion Of The Damned
  • Lord Of The Lost
  • Marco Mendoza
  • Marty Friedman
  • Masterplan
  • Megadeth
  • Monsters of Liedermaching
  • Morast
  • Mr. Hurley und die Pulveraffen
  • Mutz and the Blackeyed Banditz
  • Nervosa
  • Nestor
  • Neverland In Ashes
  • Our Promise
  • Pennywise
  • Pentagram
  • Peter Pan Speedrock
  • Possessed
  • Raging Speedhorn
  • Rauhbein
  • Riot City
  • Sable Hills
  • Saltatio Mortis
  • Santiano
  • Schandmaul
  • Schizophrenia
  • Screamer
  • Skalmöld
  • Skindred
  • Skyline
  • Sleep Token
  • Sólstafir
  • Takida
  • Tanzwut
  • Terror
  • The Answer
  • The Good the Bad and the Zugly
  • The Night Eternal
  • The Raven Age
  • The Real McKenzies
  • The Vintage Caravan
  • Trivium
  • Twilight Force
  • Two Steps From Hell
  • Universum 25
  • Unzucht
  • Uriah Heep
  • Venues
  • Vixen
  • Voivod
  • VV
  • Wardruna
  • Warkings
  • While She Sleeps
  • Whoredom Rife
  • Ye Banished Privateers
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