(W:O:A) is the biggest Metal music festival in Europe , running since 1990 . It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein , northern Germany . A major event (with over 35,000 attendees in 2004), it attracts metal music fans from the whole of Europe and even beyond.
It usually takes place at the beginning of August and lasts three days, during which the festival-goers camp on several large camping grounds surrounding the actual festival area. During these three days there are concerts by at least 60 bands on four different stages.
The music styles include Power Metal , Death Metal , Black Metal , Folk Metal and Gothic Metal .
Some of the better-known bands to play at W:O:A include Dimmu Borgir , Twisted Sister , Saxon , Warlock , Satyricon (together with Nocturno Culto ( Darkthrone )), Nightwish , Motörhead , Blind Guardian , Helloween , Gamma Ray and many more.
#, Axe´n Sex , Motoslug , Sacret Season , Skyline , Wizzard
#, Gypsy Kyss , Kilgore , Life Artist , Ruby Red , Shanghai´d Guts , Skyline
#, Asmodis , Axe´n Sex , Bad Sister , Bai Bang , Blind Guardian , De La Cruz , Doc Eisenhauer , Dr. Hörp , Eddie E. , Highlander , Ides Of March , Incubator , Jolly Hangman , Mama´s Boys , Morbid Mind , Motoslug , Pagan Spell , Paradise , Play´n´Bleed , Saitensprünge , Saxon , Störspatzen Of Des , STS 8 Mission , The Waltons , Vivian
#, Abi Wallenstein , Ax´nSex , Blue Velvet , Bon Scott (HH ], Buddy Lackey (Sänger v. Pychotic Waltz ), Chalice , Doro , Fast Lover , Fates Warning , Gary Hughes , Gorefest , Häwi Mädels , Heavenward , Highlander , Holocaust , Jacks Hammer , Jingo De Lunch , Michael Dickes , Noisy Act Of Protest , Plan B , Railway , RAX , Riverdogs , Samael , Sahara , Skew Siskin , Torment , Toy , Trespass , Vivian , Warpath
#, Atrocity , Chemical Breath , Deceased , Decision D , Dixi Gunworks , Easy Livin´( Uriah Heep feat. Markus Grosskopf from Helloween ), Gamma Ray , Hannes Bauer & Orchester , Gnadenlos , Ken Templin , Many Acts Of Maniacs , Moray , Pagandom , Paul Di´anno´s Killers , Prollhead , Rausch , Riff Raff , Riverdogs , Roan , Saintcatee , Skyclad , Stoney Rudolph & The Happy Mc Cardies , Suiciety , Tears For Beers , The Tea Party , The Waltons , Torment , U.K. Subs
#, Dark At Down , Das Auge Gottes , Depressive Age , Dixie Gunworks , Ghosts Of Dawn , Graue Zellen , Hate Squad , Laberinto , More About Dogs , Morgoth , Paragon , Phantoms Of Future , Pothead , Power Of Expression , Pretty Maids , Prime, Rape , Revelation , Schweisser , Solitude Aeturnus , Temple Of The Absurd , Tiamat , Trauma , Trieb , Vanden Plas , Vocation
#, Atrocity , Bad Sister , Big Nothing , Böhse Onkelz , Crematory , Desert Storm , Dice , Dimple Minds , Dritte Wahl , Gorefest , Gorn , Grave Digger , Grind Machine , Kingdom Come , Kreator , Manos , Oomph! , Pyogensis , Ramones Mania , Randalica , Ricochet , Schweisser , Secret Discovery , Sieges Even , Temple Of The Absurd , Theatre Of Tragedy , The Exploited , The Gathering , Tom Angelripper , Vicki Vomit , Whils
#, Alastis , Amorphis , Birth Control , Dimmu Borgir , Dismember , Dissection , Don Bosco , Entrust , Fox Force Five , Gainsay , Grave Digger , Grinning Sinner , Hammerfall , Hassmütz , In Flames , Iron Savior , Late September Dogs , Lake Of Tears , Love Gun , Motörhead , Mummlox , Overkill , Paunch , Rage & Lingua Mortis Orchester , Raven , Rock Bitch , Samael , Saviour Machine , Scanner , Sceptic Acceptance Sinner , Sodom , Steiger , Subway To Sally , Tank , Theatre Of Tragedy , The Automanic , Therion , Tom Angelripper , Torment , Totenmond , U.D.O. , Umbra Et Imago , Undish , Virgin Steele , Waltari , Zed Yago
#, Angel Dust , Anvil , Arch Enemy , Atrocity , Benediction , Blind Guardian , Blind Passenger , Blitzkrieg , Bonfire , Borknagar , Children Of Bodom , Covenant , Crack Up , Cradle Of Filth , Crematory , Darkseed , Dew-Scented , Disbelief , Doro , Dritte Wahl , Edguy , Gamma Ray , Goddes Of Desire , Gorgoroth , Hades Almighty , Haggard , Heavenwood , Hollow , Holy Mother , Hypocrisy , Iced Earth , Iron Savior , In Extremo , J.B.O. , Krabathor , Kreator , Lacuna Coil , Manos , Nevermore , Night In Gales , Nocturnal Rites , Old Man's Child , Pegazus , Postmortem , Primal Fear , Raise Hell , Rough Silk , Ryker's, Sacred Steel , Sadist , Savatage , Sentenced , Skyclad , Soulburn , Sons Of Damnation , Stahlhammer , Stigmata IV , Stratovarius , Sundown , Sweet Noise , Sweet Savage , Tom Angelripper , Tankard , Temple Of The Absurd , Devin Townsend , Unrest , Vader , Virgin Steele , Voivod , Warrior
#, Angra , Agent Steel , Atrocity , Axel Rudi Pell , Axxis , Blind Passengers , Bewitched , Brainstorm , Cannibal Corpse , Crematory , Cult , Death SS , Destiny´s End , Dimmu Borgir , Destruction , Eisregen , Eläkeläiset , Enslaved , Edguy , Europe , Fates Warning , God Dethroned , Graveworm , HammerFall , Immortal , In Aeternum , In Extremo , Jaguar , Jag Panzer , Killer , Leatherwolf , Labyrinth , Lefay , Marduk , Marshall Law , Mayhem , Memory Garden , Metal Church , Metalium , Mercyful Fate , Mindfeed , Mystic Circle , Napalm Death , Nevermore , Paradox (band) , Paragon , Pariah , Powergod , Pretty Maids , Primal Fear , Rage , Razor , Reverend Jürgen & Igor , Richthofen , Roland Grapow & Band , Saxon , Sinner , Six Feet Under , Solitude Aeternus , Spock´s Beard , Steel Prophet , Subway To Sally , The Crown , Temple Of The Absurd , Therion , Threshold , Torment , Totenmond , Tristania , Tygers Of Pan Tang , The Gathering , The Sygnet , Tom Angelripper , U.D.O. , Uli John Roth , Umbra Et Image , Warrant , Wardog , Warhammer , Witchery , Whiplash
#, Ancient , Angel Witch , Annihilator , Artillery , Black Sweden , Black Label Society , Blaze Bayley , Breaker , Chantal Chevalier , Dark At Dawn , Dark Age , Dark Funeral , Dee Snider , Demon , Doro , Deranged , Desperados , Engine , Entombed , Freedom Call , Gamma Ray , Gaskin , Grim Reaper , Hades , Heir Apparent , Hypocrisy , Iced Earth , Immolation , Jacob`s Dream , Knorkator , Labyrinth , Late Nite Romeo , Liege Lord , Lizzy Borden , Lock Up , Marduk , Molly Hatchet , Morbid Angel , Mob Rules , Nightmare , Nightwish , October 31 , Overkill , Pain , Pink Cream 69 , Praying Mantis , Raise Hell , Rhapsody , Rose Tattoo , Royal Hunt , Samson , Savage , Sentenced , Six Feet Under , Skew Siskin , Solstice , Spiritual Beggars , Squealer , Steel Attack , Stratovarius , Testament , Tom Angelripper , Twisted Tower Dire , Umbra Et Imago , Vader , Vanishing Point , Venom , Zakk Wylde
#, Annihilator , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Arch Enemy , Artch , Behemoth , Bionix , Blackshine , Brainstorm , Cage , Carnal Forge , Chinchilla , Circle Of Grief , Crematory , Cryptopsy , Crystal Shark , Culprit , Dark Tranquillity , Death SS , Deceased , Desaster , Dimmu Borgir , Exciter , Exhumed , Exumer , Finntroll , Grave Digger , HammerFall , Helloween , Holy Moses , In Flames , Jag Panzer , Kamelot , Kju , Knight Errant , Krisiun , Lacuna Coil , Lost Horizon , Metalium , Mortician , Motörhead , Mago De Oz , Naglfar , Napalm Death , Nasum , Nevermore , Night In Gales , Nightfall , Nightwish , Nostradameus , Opeth , Overkill , Paragon , Paul Dianno & Killers , Primal Fear , Rage , Rawhead Rexx , Sacraphyx , Saxon , Silent Force , Sins Of Thy Beloved , Smoke Blow , Sodom , Soilwork , Sonata Arctica , Soul Doctor , Stigma IV , Subway To Sally , Tad Morose , Tankard , Deströyer 666 , The Haunted , Impotent Sea Snakes , The Traceelords , Therion Mit Chor , Trail Of Tears , Vintersorg , Warhammer , WASP
#, Amon Amarth , Angel Dust , Angra , Avalanch , Blaze , Blind Guardian , Blitzkrieg , Borknagar , Bruce Dickinson , Candlemass (Reunion) , Cannibal Corpse , Children Of Bodom , Criminal , Debris Inc. (Members Of Trouble) , Destruction , Dimple Minds , Domine , Dornenreich , Doro , Dream Evil , Dying Fetus , Edguy , Eisregen , Evergrey , Exodus , Falconer , Fleshcrawl , Green Carnation , Haggard , Heathen,Heathen (Reunion) , Heavenly , Hollenthon , Hypocrisy , Immortal , In Extremo , Iron Savior , J.B.O. , Justice , Kalmah , Kotipelto , Kreator , Lock Up , Macabre , Metalucifer , Mezarkabul , Mob Rules , Mörk Gryning , My Dying Bride , Necrophobic , Nightmare , Nocturnal Rites , Nuclear Assault (Reunion) , Onkel Tom , Pretty Maids , Primordial , Pungent Stench , Raven , Rebellion , Red Aim , Rose Tattoo , Rottweiler , Sabbat , Savatage , Shakra , Sinergy , Stormwarrior , Stormwitch , Suidakra , Thunderstone , Torfrock , U.D.O. , Unleashed , Vanden Plas , Vicious Rumors , Vision Divine , Vomitory , Warlord (Reunion) , Wizard , Wolf
#, Annihilator , Assassin , Bai Bang , Callenish Circle , Carpathian Forest , Circle II Circle , Dark Age , Dark Angel , Dark Funeral , Darkane , Dew-Scented , Diamond Head , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Dismember , Eidolon , Evidence One , Extreme Noise Terror , Freedom Call , Gamma Ray , Graveworm , Heavenshallburn , Human Fortress , In Flames , Kataklysm , Lordi , Lotto King Karl , Malevolent Creation , Masterplan , Metalium , Nile , Obscenity , Onkel Tom , Oratory , Primal Fear , Psychopunch , Rage , Raise Hell , Raunchy , Rotting Christ , Running Wild , Sentenced , Seventh One , Sinister , Sinner , Slayer , Soilwork , Sonata Arctica , Stratovarius , Subway To Sally , Symphorce , Testament , The Almighty Punchdrunk , The Crown , Thyrfing , Twisted Sister , Twisted Tower Dire , V8 Wankers , Vader , Victims Of Madness , Victory
#, Amon Amarth , Anthrax , Arch Enemy , Artefact , Astral Doors , Bal-Sagoth , Brainstorm , Böhse Onkelz , Cannibal Corpse , Cathedral , Children Of Bodom , Death Angel , Destruction , Dio , Dionysus , Disbelief , Doro Pesch & Warlock (1986's line up), Dr. Rock , Ektomorf , Eläkeläiset , Engine Of Pain , Everfest , Feinstein , Grave Digger , Griffin , Gun Barrel , Gutbucket , Helloween , Hobbs Angel Of Death , Hypocrisy , J.B.O. , Knorkator , Kotipelto , Mambo Kurt , Mayhem , Methedras , Misery Index , Mnemic , Motörhead , Mystic Prophecy , Nevermore , Nocturno Culto , Onkel Tom , Orphanage , Paragon , Quireboys , Raunchy , Reckless Tide , Satan , Satyricon , Saxon , Schandmaul , Sufferage , Supersoma , The Rods , Thora , Thunderstone , Unleashed , Vanguard , Voodoma , Wackener Feuerwehrkapelle , Weinhold , Zodiac Mindwarp
#, Within Temptation , Zyklon
#, Amon Amarth , Atheist , Battlelore , Bloodthorn , Born From Pain , Caliban , Celtic Frost , Children Of Bodom , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , D'espairs Ray , The Dogma , Ektomorf , Emperor , End Of Green , Finntroll , Gamma Ray , In Extremo , Korpiklaani , Krieger , Lake Of Tears , Mambo Kurt , Metal Inquisitor , Michael Schenker Group , Ministry , Motörhead , Mystic Circle , Nevermore , Opeth , Orphaned Land , Primal Fear , Scorpions , Six Feet Under , Soilwork , Subway To Sally , Tourettes Uli Jon Roth , Victory , Vreid , WE , Wintersun
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