Wacken Open Air 2012

The 23rd Wacken Open Air takes place in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival will take place over 3 days from Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th August 2012.

Line-up

The following are confirmed across the four stages: Amaranthe, Amon Amarth, Aura Noir, Axel Rudi Pell, Broilers, Chthonic, CircleIICircle, Coroner, Cradle of Filth, Crimes of Passion, D-A-D, Danko Jones SW, Dark Funeral, Darkest Hour, Dead by April, Decapitated, Delain, Dimmu Borgir, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Dodheimsgard, Eisenherz, Electric Wizard, Endstille, Eschenbach, Forbidden, GammaRay, Gehenna, Ghost Brigade, Graveyard, HammerFall, Henry Rollins, In Extremo, In Flames, Insomnium, Kamelot, Leningrad Cowboys, Machine Head, Manticora, Ministry, Moonspell, Napalm Death, Oomph!, Opeth, OverKill, Paradise Lost, Red Fang, Riotgod, Sacred Reich, SAOR Patrol, Saturnian, Sanctuary, Saxon, Schandmaul, Scorpions, Sick Of It All, Six Feet Under, Suicide Silence, Sylosis, Testament, The Black Dahlia Murder, U.D.O., Unearth, Vogelfrey, Volbeat, Warbringer, Warrior Soul, Watain, Winterfylleth, Mono Inc. and Agro. and Wölli & Die Band des Jahres.

Tickets

Tickets were priced at 140 euro (approx £120), and for the seventh year running have sold out.

Wacken is located 10 km north of Itzehoe and 50 km north/west of Hamburg.

Camping is available on several large camping grounds surrounding the festival arena.

More information will be here when available.

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