Wacken Open Air 2026

Metal, Industrial, Rock

Playing on 07/29

Hämatom is a German metal band from Franconia, formed in 2004 and known for their high-energy live performances in...

Rock, Metal

Playing on 07/30

Def Leppard is an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They established themselves as part of the new wave of...

Metal

Playing on 07/31

Judas Priest is a heavy metal band formed in Birmingham, England. They are one of the most influential and important...

Metal, Power Metal

Playing on 08/01

Sabaton is a power metal band formed in Falun, Sweden. The band's lyrical themes primarily revolve around historical...

Power Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/01

Powerwolf is a German power metal band formed in 2003. Known for their dark, gothic themes and theatrical stage...

Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 07/31

In Flames is a melodic death metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990. They are considered one of the pioneers...

Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 07/31

Sepultura is a metal band formed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They emerged from the Brazilian metal scene, initially...

Power Metal

Playing on 07/31

Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 08/01

Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995. Their sound combines aggressive riffs with soaring...

Gothic, Metal

Playing on 07/29

Lacuna Coil are an Italian gothic metal band formed in 1994 in Milan, originally under the names Sleep of Right and...

Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal

Playing on 07/30

Savatage is an American heavy metal band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1979. Initially known as Avatar, they gained...

Playing on 08/01

Fit for an Autopsy is a deathcore band from Jersey City, New Jersey, formed in 2008. The band has released seven studio...

Rock, Metal

Playing on 07/30

Europe is a Swedish hard rock band formed in 1982 in Upplands Väsby. The band achieved worldwide fame in 1986 with the...

Black Metal, Doom Metal

Playing on 08/01

Rock

Playing on 07/29

Metal, Power Metal, Rock

Playing on 07/30

Yngwie Malmsteen is a Swedish guitarist born in 1963 in Stockholm. He is credited as a pioneer of neoclassical metal,...

Metal

Playing on 07/31

New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends formed in 1977. With classics like "Wheels of Steel" and "Denim and Leather,"...

Folk Metal, Power Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/01

Scottish pirate metal band formed in Perth in 2004. Combining power metal with folk elements and pirate themes, they've...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 07/30

Uli Jon Roth (born 18 December 1954 in Düsseldorf) is a German guitarist who served as lead guitarist of the Scorpions...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 07/31

Black Label Society is an American heavy metal band founded in 1998 in Los Angeles by Zakk Wylde, the former guitarist...

Hardcore, Metal

Playing on 07/29

The Butcher Sisters are a crossover band from Mannheim, Germany, blending metal riffs, hardcore and rap into a hard,...

Punk, Rock

Playing on 07/30

Turbonegro is a Norwegian punk/glam rock band from Oslo, formed in 1989. They coined the self-styled "deathpunk" sound...

Metal, Rock, Folk Metal

Playing on 07/31

Subway to Sally is a folk metal band formed in Potsdam, Germany. Initially playing Irish-influenced folk rock, the band...

Metal

Playing on 07/29

Metal

Playing on 07/30

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 07/31

Emperor are a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991 in Telemark by Ihsahn and Samoth. Their debut "In the Nightside...

Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 08/01

Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 1994. Known for their groove-laden and...

Rock, Doom Metal

Playing on 07/29

Kadavar are a stoner rock and heavy psych band formed in Berlin, Germany in 2010. Their retro-oriented sound combines...

Rock

Playing on 07/29

Metal, Nu-Metal

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P.O.D. (Payable on Death) is an American nu-metal and crossover band formed in 1992 in San Diego, fronted by Sonny...

Metal, Doom Metal, Gothic

Playing on 07/31

Paradise Lost is a British gothic metal band from Halifax, England, formed in 1988. They are considered pioneers of the...

Metal, Hardcore

Playing on 07/30

Life of Agony is an alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 1989. The band's original lineup included...

Rock

Playing on 07/31

Danko Jones is a Canadian hard rock trio formed in Toronto in 1996. Led by vocalist and guitarist Danko Jones, the band...

Rock

Playing on 07/30

Black Metal

Playing on 07/31

Vreid is an influential Norwegian metal band that combines classic black metal with elements of rock and roll, creating...

Rock, Metal

Playing on 07/30

Grindcore

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Gutalax is a goregrind band from the Czech Republic, formed in 2009. With their absurdly humorous approach and crushing...

Rock

Playing on 07/30

H-Blockx is a German rock band formed in Münster in 1991. After the success of their debut album Time to Move in 1994,...

Black Metal

Playing on 07/31

Gothic, Metal

Playing on 07/29

The Gathering is a Dutch atmospheric rock/metal band from Oss, formed in 1989. They are credited as pioneers of...

Metal, Rock, Nu-Metal

Playing on 07/30

Alien Ant Farm is an alternative rock band from Riverside, California, formed in 1995. The band became known for their...

Hardcore, Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 07/31

Hatebreed is an American hardcore/metalcore band from Bridgeport, Connecticut, formed in 1994. Frontman Jamey Jasta is...

Rock

Playing on 08/01

Airbourne is a hard rock/heavy metal band formed in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia in 2003. The band's sound is...

Rock

Playing on 07/29

The Hardkiss is a Ukrainian alternative rock band formed in Kyiv in 2011 by lead singer Julia Sanina and guitarist...

Metalcore, Hardcore

Playing on 07/31

Paleface Swiss is a slamming deathcore band from Zurich, Switzerland. Formed in 2017, the band has released four...

Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 08/01

Orbit Culture is a melodic death metal band formed in Eksjö, Sweden. Their sound incorporates elements of groove metal.

Rock

Playing on 07/29

Thundermother is an all-female Swedish hard rock band formed in Växjö. Their sound carries the torch of AC/DC and...

Black Metal, Doom Metal

Playing on 07/31

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/01

Nevermore is an American progressive and thrash metal band formed in 1991 in Seattle by vocalist Warrel Dane and...

Metal, Gothic, Power Metal

Playing on 07/29

Visions of Atlantis is a symphonic metal band formed in 2000 in Styria, Austria. The band takes inspiration from the...

Metalcore, Rock

Playing on 07/31

Future Palace is a post-hardcore trio from Berlin: vocalist Maria Lessing, guitarist Manuel Kohlert, and drummer...

Metal

Playing on 08/01

Kittie is a Canadian band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. They are known for being one of the first all-female bands...

Gothic, Rock

Playing on 07/29

Unzucht is a German gothic rock band formed in the early 2000s. The quartet from Lower Saxony has built a reputation as...

Black Metal, Death Metal, Grindcore

Playing on 07/30

Anaal Nathrakh is a British extreme metal duo from Birmingham, formed in 1999 by Mick Kenney and Dave Hunt. Their music...

Folk Metal

Playing on 07/31

Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen are a pirate-folk band formed in Osnabrück in 2009 around frontman Mr. Hurley (Simon...

Metalcore

Playing on 08/01

Thy Art Is Murder is an Australian deathcore band from Blacktown, New South Wales, formed in 2005. Albums such as...

Folk Metal

Playing on 07/29

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 07/30

Blood Red Throne is a death metal band formed in Kristiansand, Norway, in 1998 by Daniel Olaisen. The band is known for...

Black Metal

Playing on 07/31

Alcest is a French band founded in 2000 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze. They are widely credited as pioneers of blackgaze,...

Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 08/01

Folk Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 07/29

Danish Viking/folk metal band from Roskilde, combining Norse mythology with aggressive melodic death metal and...

Death Metal

Playing on 07/30

Firespawn is a Swedish death metal supergroup formed in 2014/2015 in Stockholm featuring members of Entombed A.D.,...

Industrial, Gothic, Metal

Playing on 07/31

SKYND is an industrial rock duo formed in Sydney in 2017, consisting of the enigmatic vocalist SKYND and...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/01

Kim Dracula is an Australian metal artist known for their experimental blend of metalcore, electronic music, and...

Rock

Playing on 07/29

Black Metal

Playing on 07/30

Misþyrming is an Icelandic black metal band formed in 2013 in Reykjavík around frontman D.G. Their debut "Söngvar elds...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 07/31

Bleed From Within is a Scottish metalcore band from Glasgow, founded in 2005. Notable albums include 'Era', 'Fracture'...

Metalcore, Hardcore

Playing on 08/01

Thrown is a metalcore band from Stockholm, formed in 2019. Members: drummer/producer Buster Odeholm (Humanity's Last...

Playing on 07/29

Folk Metal, Metal, Industrial

Playing on 07/30

Manntra is a new industrial and folk metal project formed by Malice and Zoltan from the Croatian band Omega Lithium....

Metal, Gothic, Death Metal

Playing on 07/31

Crematory is a German band that formed in Mannheim in 1991. Their sound blends elements of melodic death metal, gothic...

Punk, Rock

Playing on 08/01

Kärbholz is a German rock band formed in 2003 in Ruppichteroth in the Rhein-Sieg district. The four-piece combines...

Metalcore

Playing on 07/29

Broken by the Scream are a Japanese metal idol group from Tokyo, formed in 2016. They blend metalcore, deathcore and...

Death Metal, Grindcore

Playing on 07/30

Misery Index is a death metal/grindcore band formed in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2001. Following the departure of Jason...

Progressive Metal

Playing on 07/31

Metal, Metalcore, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/01

Vended is an American nu metal/metalcore band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 2018. The line-up includes sons of...

Rock

Playing on 07/29

Rock

Playing on 07/30

Kupfergold is a German folk-rock band from Cologne, founded in 2018, fusing medieval folk, party music and anarchic...

Progressive Metal, Metal

Playing on 07/31

Animals as Leaders is an American instrumental progressive metal band from Washington, D.C., formed in 2007 by...

Thrash Metal, Doom Metal, Hardcore

Playing on 08/01

Corrosion of Conformity (COC) is a US heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, founded in 1982. Their music...

Rock

Playing on 07/29

Black Metal

Playing on 07/30

Grindcore

Playing on 07/31

Punk

Playing on 08/01

Dritte Wahl is a punk rock band from Rostock, Germany, and a fixture of the German punk scene since 1988. With over...

Metal

Playing on 07/29

Black Metal

Playing on 07/30

Metal, Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 07/31

The Haunted is a metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1996. The band's sound is rooted in thrash metal, but...

Punk, Skate Punk

Playing on 08/01

Lagwagon is an American punk rock band formed in 1990. Known for their melodic skate punk sound, they were a prominent...

Metalcore

Playing on 07/29

Folk Metal, Metal

Playing on 07/30

Storm Seeker is a pirate folk metal band from Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, founded in 2013 by brothers Marius and...

Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 07/31

Any Given Day is a metalcore band formed in 2012 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Their sound incorporates elements of...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/01

Municipal Waste is an American crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2000. They've released seven...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 07/29

Folk Metal, Metal

Playing on 07/30

Sagenbringer is a folk and pagan metal band formed in 2021 in Hamburg/Sylt (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). The lineup —...

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 07/31

Deafheaven formed in February 2010 in San Francisco, California, as a two-piece project by vocalist George Clarke and...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/01

Hardcore, Thrash Metal

Playing on 07/29

Metal, Folk Metal

Playing on 07/30

Vogelfrey is a medieval metal band from Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2004. Their sound combines heavy metal and rock...

Doom Metal

Playing on 07/31

Rock

Playing on 08/01

Hardline is a hard rock band formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band was formed by brothers...

Rock

Playing on 07/29

Rock

Playing on 07/30

Katerfahrt is a German pirate folk band from Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia. They blend sea shanties and acoustic folk...

Metal, Metalcore, Hardcore

Playing on 07/31

Employed to Serve is a metallic hardcore band formed in Woking, Surrey, England. Their sound incorporates elements of...

Punk, Hardcore

Playing on 08/01

Blood Command is a Norwegian noise punk band from Bergen, formed in 2007. Their chaotic blend of punk, noise rock, and...

Doom Metal

Playing on 07/29

Rock

Playing on 07/30

Wüstenberg is the solo project of Franz Wüstenberg, former frontman of The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats. The band blends...

Metalcore, Hardcore

Playing on 08/01

Our Promise is a German metalcore sextet formed in late 2020 by musicians seeking to embrace new musical frontiers. The...

Rock

Playing on 07/29

Velvet Rush is a female-fronted hard rock band from Hamburg, Germany. Their sound draws on 1970s-rooted classic rock...

Metalcore

Playing on 07/31

ten56. is a French band from Paris playing a brutal blend of metalcore, deathcore and nu-metal. Founded by vocalist...

Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal

Playing on 08/01

Crimson Glory was formed in Sarasota, Florida, USA. They are known for their blend of progressive and power metal...

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 07/29

The Troops of Doom is a Brazilian old-school death/thrash metal band founded in 2020 by former Sepultura guitarist...

Folk Metal

Playing on 07/31

Punk

Playing on 08/01

Focus. is a punk rock band from Riesa in Saxony, Germany. With dirty Deutschpunk and lyrics oscillating between boozing...

Rock

Playing on 07/29

Rose Tattoo is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia. Their sound is characterized by blues rock influences and...

Rock

Playing on 07/31

Power Metal

Playing on 07/29

Playing on 07/31

Metaklapa is a Croatian a-cappella metal ensemble that interprets songs by Iron Maiden and other metal bands using...

Metal

Playing on 08/01

Heavysaurus is a Finnish heavy metal band formed in 2009. The band plays heavy metal music geared towards children. The...

Rock

Playing on 07/30

Folk Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 07/31

Power Metal, Folk Metal

Playing on 08/01

Rock

Playing on 07/30

Folk Metal

Playing on 07/31

Rock

Playing on 08/01

Rock, Metal, Punk

Playing on 07/30

Brunhilde is a punk-metal crossover band from Fürth, Bavaria, founded in 2013 by vocalist Carolin Loy and guitarist...

Playing on 07/31

Eläkeläiset are a Finnish humppa band formed in 1993. Known for their humorous, genre-blending sound that combines...

Rock

Playing on 08/01

Zeltinger Band is a rock band formed in Cologne, Germany. They are known for their songs in the Kölsch dialect.

Rock

Playing on 07/30

Punk, Rock

Playing on 07/31

Dubioza Kolektiv is a Bosnian punk rock band formed in 2003. They are known for blending ska, reggae, dub, rock, and...

Metal

Playing on 08/01

Ad Infinitum is a symphonic metal band founded in 2018 by vocalist Melissa Bonny in Montreux, Switzerland. With...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 07/30

Wytch Hazel is a heavy metal band formed in Chorley, England in 2011. Their sound is rooted in the New Wave of British...

Folk Metal

Playing on 07/31

Folk Metal

Playing on 08/01

Thrash Metal

Playing on 07/30

Folk Metal, Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/01

Einherjer are a Norwegian Viking/folk metal band from Haugesund, formed in 1993. As pioneers of Viking metal, they fuse...

Rock

Playing on 07/30

Rock

Playing on 08/01

Metal, Rock

Playing on 07/30

Year of the Goat is a progressive doom metal band formed in 2006 in Norrköping, Sweden. Their sound incorporates...

Metal, Death Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 07/31

Heartless Human Harvest is a deathcore band from Lingen (Ems), Germany, founded in late 2019. The band stands for...

Black Metal

Playing on 07/31

Metal, Progressive Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 07/31

Chaosbay are a German progressive metalcore band formed in Mannheim in 2012 and now based between Berlin and...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 07/31

Luna Kills is a Finnish rock band formed in 2017 in Kuopio. The group blends melodic hard rock with modern alternative...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 07/31

Insanity Alert is a crossover thrash band formed in Innsbruck, Austria in 2011. Their music is characterized by fast...

Rock

Playing on 08/01

Black Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 07/31

Rock

Playing on 08/01

Rock

Playing on 07/31

Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal

Playing on 08/01

Allt is a progressive metalcore band from Sweden, blending technical riffs and complex time signatures with heavy,...

Black Metal

Playing on 07/31

Punk, Metal

Playing on 08/01

The Other is a German horror punk band formed in Cologne in 2002. Blending punk rock and heavy metal, their dark and...

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/01

Castle Rat is an American doom metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2019. Known for their 'medieval fantasy doom...

Hardcore, Metalcore

Playing on 08/01

Guilt Trip is a British hardcore band formed in Manchester in 2015. They combine modern metallic hardcore with beatdown...

Death Metal

Playing on 08/01

Playing on 07/29

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 07/29

Hardcore

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Black Metal

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