WACKEN
OPEN
AIR 2017
Every year, fans are looking forward to be told
the first names for the festivals they will be
attending the next year. Maybe even more so in
the case of WACKEN OPEN AIR. The festival
has been sold out in just days over the past year,
not even having released a single name for the
upcoming year. That would be hard to do, since
the ticketsale starts just a few days after every
edition. Like every other festival, WACKEN is
releasing the first names for the year to come
around this time, and we gladly offer you our
view on the matter.
As you can expect from a festival the size of
W:O:A, the variety in bands and genres, is pretty
amazing. Even with the first names out, you can
see that. WACKN has around seven stages on
which they let bands perform, and each stage has
it’s own atmosphere. That makes for tons of
opportunity’s to place different style of bands on
your line-up.
AMON
AMARTH
have played at
W:O:A before.
Their dragon
infested music,
made the
infield explode
on more then
one occasion.
And it’s easy to
see why. They
sound brutal
and pr imal,
and they look
the part. But at
the same time,
their music calls for a large crowd. They don’t
seem to have any kind of trouble, gathering that
crowd, with their explosive live shows. Their
recently released album “JOMSVIKING” will
only help them to convince more to come and see
them.
APOCALYPTICA are around for 20 years now.
The band has changed the heavy music scene.
They were one of the first, to bring have music,
on classical instruments. To celebrate this fact,
they rereleased their “PLAYS METALLICA BY
FOUR CELLOS” album, and added three bonus
tracks. W:O:A always looks for some relaxing
moments on stage, and APOCALYPTICA may
just do that.
With their
refund music,
their well
orchestrated
tunes and their
epic
atmosphere,
the band will
not only bring
some
relaxation, but
also some
epicness on
stage.