Image: Official Wacken 2025 Poster
True to the motto “After the festival is before the festival,” Wacken has already announced the first bands for 2025. Get ready, as there are already some real gems included. Here’s a small preview:
Included are the metal Olympians Gojira, the metalcore powerhouse August Burns Red, the medieval rockers Saltatio Mortis, the black metal legends Dimmu Borgir, the symphonic metal stars Beyond The Black, as well as the thrash icons Machine Head and many more.
Here is the complete list of bands announced so far:
- Machine Head
- Saltatio Mortis
- Papa Roach
- Gojira
- Apocalyptica
- Saxon
- Within Temptation
- Dimmu Borgir
- Ministry
- Michael Schenker (My Years with UFO)
- Peyton Parrish
- Beyond The Black
- Clawfinger
- Grave Digger (45th Anniversary Show)
- August Burns Red
- Obituary
- Wind Rose
- Brothers of Metal
- Tarja & Marko Hietala
- Hanabie
- Decapitated
- Destruction
- Celeste
- Orange Goblin
- Angel Witch
- Dominum
- Exhorder
- Night Demon
- Mimi Barks
- Seven Spires
- Clowns
- Dool
- Crownshift
- Midnight
By: www.nuclearblast.com