List of bands at Wacken Open Air

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The burning skull as a symbol of the Wacken Open Air

This list includes a list of bands that took part in the Wacken Open Air or are announced for the next edition.

1990 to 1994

date Number Line up
August 24-25, 1990 6th 5th Avenue , Ax 'n Sex , Motoslug, Sacred Season, Skyline, Wizzard
August 23-24, 1991 8th 5th Avenue , Bon Scott, Gypsy Kyss , Kilgore, Life Artist , Ruby Red, Shanghai'd Guts, Skyline
August 21-22, 1992 26th 5th Avenue , Asmodis, Ax '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
August 20-22, 1993 32 5th Avenue , Abi Wallenstein , Ax 'n Sex , Blue Velvet, Bon Scott, Buddy Lackey, 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
August 19-20, 1994 29 Ace öf Spades, Atrocity , Chemical Breath, Deceased ... , Decision D , Dixi Gunworks, Easy Livin ', 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, UK Subs

1995 to 1999

date Number Line up
May 19-20, 1995 33 5th Avenue , Amentia, Angra , Bad Sister, Chalice, Creep, DAD , Dark at Dawn , Das Auge Gottes , Depressive Age , Dixie Gunworks, Ghosts of Dawn, Grauezellen, 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
August 9-10, 1996 32 Asylum, Atrocity , Bad Sister, Big Nothing, Böhse Onkelz , Crematory , Desert Storm, Dice, Dimple Minds , Third Choice , Gorefest , Gorn, Grave Digger , Grind Machine, Kingdom Come , Kreator , Manos , Oomph! , Pyogenesis , Ramones Mania, Randalica , Ricochet , Schweisser , Secret Discovery , Sieges Even , Temple of the Absurd , Theater of Tragedy , The Exploited , The Gathering , Tom Angelripper , Vicki Vomit , Whils
August 8-9, 1997 47 Aion, 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 , Rockbitch , Samael , Savior Machine , Scanner , Skeptic Acceptance , Sinner , Sodom , Steiger, Subway to Sally , Tank , Theater of Tragedy , The Automanic , Therion , Tom Angelripper , Torment, Totenmond , UDO , Umbra et Imago , Undish, Virgin Steele , Waltari , Zed Yago
August 7-8, 1998 71 Am I Blood , Angel Dust , Anvil , Arch Enemy , Atrocity , Benediction , Blind Guardian , Blind Passengers , Blitzkrieg , Bonfire , Borknagar , Children of Bodom , Covenant , Crack Up , Cradle of Filth , Crematory , Dew-Scented , Disbelief , Doro , Third Choice , Edguy , Gamma Ray , Goddess of Desire , Gorgoroth , Hades Almighty , Haggard , Heavenwood , Hollow, Holy Mother, Hypocrisy , Iced Earth , Iron Savior , In Extremo , JBO , Krabathor , Lacuna Coil , Manos , Nevermore , Night in Gales , Nocturnal Rites , Old Man's Child , Pegazus, Postmortem , Primal Fear , Raise Hell , Riot , Rough Silk, Ryker’s , Sacred Steel , Sadist , Savatage , Sentenced , Skyclad , Soulburn , Sons of Damnation, Stahlhammer , Stratovarius , Sundown , Sweet Noise, Sweet Savage , Tom Angelripper , Tankard , Temple of the Absurd , Devin Townsend , Unrest , Vader , Virgin Steele , Voivod , Warrior
August 6-7, 1999 83 Agent Steel , Amon Amarth , Angra , Atrocity , Axel Rudi Pell , Axxis , Bewitched , Blind Passengers , Brainstorm , Cannibal Corpse , Crematory , The Cult , Death SS , Destiny's End, Dr. Death, Destruction , Dimmu Borgir , Edguy , Eisregen , Eläkeläiset , Enslaved , 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 , Paragon , Pariah , Powergod, Pretty Maids , Primal Fear , Rage , Razor , Reverend Jürgen & Igor, Richthofen , Roland Grapow & Band, Saxon , Sinner , Six Feet Under , Solitude Aeturnus , 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 , UDO , Uli Jon Roth , Umbra et Imago , Warrant , Wardog, Warhammer , Witchery , Whiplash

2000 to 2004

date Number Line up
August 4-5, 2000 69 Agathodaimon , 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 , Dezperadoz , 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
August 2-4, 2001 79 16 Hell Ventiler, Annihilator , Arch Enemy , Artch, Behemoth , Bionix , Blackshine , Brainstorm , Cage , Carnal Forge , Chinchilla , Circle of Grief, Crematory , Cryptopsy , Crystal Shark, Culprit , Dark Tranquility , Death SS , Deceased ... , Disaster , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , 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 , Mägo de Oz , Naglfar , Napalm Death , Nasum , Nevermore , Night in Gales , Nightfall , Nightwish , Nostradameus , Opeth , Overkill , Paragon , Paul Di'Anno & Killers, Primal Fear , Rage , Rawhead Rexx, Sacraphyx, Saxon , Silent Force , Smoke Blow , Sodom , Soilwork , Sonata Arctica , Soul Doctor, Stigma IV, Subway to Sally , Tad Morose , Tankard , Deströyer 666 , The Haunted , The Sins of Thy Beloved , Impotent Sea Snakes, The Traceelords , Therion , Trail of Tears , Vinter worry , Warhammer , WASP
August 1-3, 2002 81 Alabama Thunderpussy , Amon Amarth , Angel Dust , Angra , Antagonist, Avalanch, Blaze , Blind Guardian , Blitzkrieg , Borknagar , Bruce Dickinson , Candlemass , Cannibal Corpse , Children of Bodom , Criminal , Debris Inc. , Destruction , Dimple Minds , Domine , Dornenreich , Doro , Dream Evil , Dying Fetus , Edguy , Eisregen , Evergrey , Exodus , Falconer , Fleshcrawl , Green Carnation , Haggard , Heathen , Heavenly , Hollenthon , Hypocrisy , Immortal , In Extremo , Iron Savior , JBO , Justice , Kalmah , Kotipelto , Kreator , Lock Up , Macabre , Messiah's Kiss , Metalucifer , Mezarkabul , Mob Rules , Mörk Gryning , My Dying Bride , Necrophobic , Nightmare , Nocturnal Rites , Nuclear Assault , Uncle Tom , Pretty Maids , Primordial , Pungent Stench , Raven , Rebellion , Red Aim , Rose Tattoo , Rottweiler, Sabbat , Savatage , Shakra , Sinergy , Stormwarrior , Stormwitch , Suidakra , Thunderstone , Torfrock , UDO , Unleashed , Vanden Plas , Vicious Rumors , Vision Divine , Vomitory , Warlo rd , wizard , wolf
July 31 - August 2, 2003 61 Ancient Rites , 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 , Heaven Shall Burn , Human Fortress , In Flames , Kataklysm , Lordi , Lotto King Karl , Malevolent Creation , Masterplan , Metalium , Nile , Obscenity , Uncle Tom , Psychopunch , Raunchy , Running Wild , Sentenced , 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
August 5-7, 2004 62 After Forever , 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 & Warlock 86, Dr. Rock, Ektomorf , Eläkeläiset , Engine of Pain , Everfest, Feinstein, Grave Digger , Griffin, Gun Barrel, Gutbucket, Helloween , Hobbs' Angel of Death , Hypocrisy , JBO , Knorkator , Kotipelto , Mambo Kurt , Mayhem , Methedras , Misery Index , Mnemic , Motörhead , Mystic Prophecy , Nevermore , Nocturno Culto , Orphanage, Paragon , Raunchy , Reckless Tide, Satan , Satyricon , Saxon , Schandmaul , Sufferage, Supersoma, The Quireboys , The Rods , Torah , Thunderstone , Unleashed , Vanguard, Voodoma, Weinhold , Zodiac Mindwarp

2005 to 2009

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August 4-6, 2005 65 Accept , Apocalyptica , Axel Rudi Pell , Bloodbath , Candlemass , Cataract , Contradiction , Corvus Corax , Count Raven , Dissection , Doomfoxx , DragonForce , Edguy , Eisregen , Endhammer, Endstille , Ensiferum , Equilibrium , Finntroll , Goddess of Desire , Gorefest , Hammerfall , Hanoi Rocks , Hard Time, Hatesphere , Holy Moses , Illdisposed , Kreator , losLos, Machine Head , Machine Men , Mambo Kurt , Marduk , Marky Ramone , Martin Kesici (Special Guest), Mercenary , Metal Church , Metalium , Mob Rules , Morgana Lefay , MUCC , Naglfar , Nightwish , Noise Forest, Obituary , Oomph! , Overkill , Panic Cell, Potentia Animi , Primordial , Reckless Tide, Regicide , Saeko, Samael , Sentenced , Sonata Arctica , Suffocation , Suidakra , Teräsbetoni , Torfrock , Tristania , Turisas , Vanguard, Within Temptation , Zyklon
August 3-5, 2006 56 Aborted , Amon Amarth , Arch Enemy , Atheist , Battlelore , Bloodthorn, Born from Pain , Caliban , Carnivore , Celtic Frost , Children of Bodom , D'espairsRay , Danko Jones , Dezperadoz , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Ektomorf , Emperor , End of Green , Fear Factory , Finntroll , Fleshgore, Gamma Ray , Hellfueled , In Extremo , Korpiklaani , Krieger, Krypteria , Lake of Tears , Legion of the Damned , Mambo Kurt , Metal Inquisitor , Ministry , Morbid Angel , Motörhead , Michael Schenker Group , Mystic Circle , Nevermore , Nocturnal Rites , Opeth , Orphaned Land , Primal Fear , Rose Tattoo , Scorpions , Six Feet Under , Soilwork , Soulfly , Subway to Sally , Transilvanian Beat Club , The Dogma , Tribe After Tribe , Uli Jon Roth , Victory , Vreid , WE , Whitesnake , Wintersun
August 2-4, 2007 75 1349 , All That Remains , Amorphis , Animal Alpha, Belphegor , Benedictum, The Black Dahlia Murder , Black Majesty , Blind Guardian , Blitzkrieg , Cannibal Corpse , Chthonic , Communic , Destruction , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Dimension Zero , Dimmu Borgir , Dir En Gray , Disillusion , Drone , Electric Eel Shock , Enslaved , Fair to Midland , Falconer , Fastway , Grave Digger , Gutbucket, Haggard , Hatesphere , Heaven Shall Burn , Iced Earth , Immortal , In Flames , JBO , Kampfar , Lacuna Coil , Last Instance , Mambo Kurt , Maroon , Mennen, Moonsorrow , Moonspell , Municipal Waste , Napalm Death , Narcissus , Neaera , Norther , Pharao , Possessed , Rage , Rose Tattoo , Sabbat , Sacred Reich , Sahg , Samael , Saxon , Schandmaul , Secrets of the Moon , Sodom , Sonic Syndicate , Stormwarrior , Stratovarius , Subway to Sally , Suidakra , Swallow the Sun , The Answer , The Sorrow , Therion , Torture Squad , Turbonegro , Turisas , Type O Negative , Týr , Unheilig , The Vision Bleak , Vital Remains , Volbeat
July 31 - August 2, 2008 71 3 Inches of Blood , Airbourne , Alestorm , As I Lay Dying , At the Gates , Autumn , Avenged Sevenfold , Avantasia , Axxis , Before the Dawn , Carcass , Children of Bodom , Concept Insomnia , Corvus Corax , Crematory , Cynic , Destructor, Dream of an Opium Eater , Enemy of the Sun , Ensiferum , Evocation, Excrementory Grindfuckers , Exodus , Girlschool , Girugamesh , Gorgoroth , Grave , Hatebreed , Headhunter , Holy Moses , Iron Maiden , Job for a Cowboy , Kamelot , Killswitch Engage , Kreator , Krypteria , Lauren Harris, Leaves' Eyes , Lord Belial, Lordi , Machine Men , Massacre , Mercenary , Metakilla, Mortal Sin , Mustasch , Nashville Pussy , Negură Bunget , Nifelheim , Nightwish , Obituary , Opeth , Powerwolf , Primordial , Psychopunch, Sabaton , Saltatio Mortis , Soilwork , Sonata Arctica , Stam1na , Stone Gods , Sturm und Drang , Sweet Savage , The Bones , The Haunted , The Rotted , Torture Squad , Unearth , Van Canto , Warbringer , Watain
July 30th - August 1st, 2009 80 5th Avenue, Adorned Brood , Airbourne , Amon Amarth , Anthrax , Axel Rudi Pell , ASP , Bai Bang, Bloodwork , Borknagar , Bon Scott, Bring Me the Horizon , Bullet for My Valentine , Callejon , Cathedral , Charly Beutin, Coheed and Cambria , Cumulo Nimbus , DAD , Der W , Doro , DragonForce , Drone , Einherjer , Endstille , Engel , Enslaved , Epica , eths , Fejd , Feuerschwanz , Frei.Wild , Gamma Ray , Grand Magus , Gwar , Hammerfall , Heaven and Hell , Heaven Shall Burn , Ingrimm , In Extremo , In Flames , Insidious Disease, JBO , Korpiklaani , Lacuna Coil , Machine Head , Mambo Kurt , Motörhead , Napalm Death , Nervecell, Nevermore , Uncle Tom , Pain , Pentagram , Rabenschrey , Rage , Ragnaröek , Reincarnatus , Retrospect , Running Wild , Sarke, Saxon , Schandmaul , Skyline, Subway to Sally , Suidakra , Swashbuckle , Testament , The BossHoss , The Fading , The Smackballz, The Waltons , Torment, Tracedawn , Tristania , Trouble , Turisas , UFO , UK Subs , Victims of Madness, Volbeat , Vre id , Walls of Jericho , Whiplash

2010 to 2014

date Number Line up
August 5-7, 2010 123 1349 , Alice Cooper , Altar, Amorphis , Anvil , Apocalyptica , Arch Enemy , Astral Doors , Atrocity , Black Out Beauty, Broilers , Brutus , By the Patient, Caliban , Candlemass , Cangaco, Cannibal Corpse , Corvus Corax , Crucified Barbara , Dead Means Nothing, Debauchery , Degradead , Delain , Demolished, Despised Icon , Dew-Scented , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Die Kassier , Edguy , Ektomorf , Endstille , End of Green , Equilibrium , Eternal Legacy, Evile , Fanfara Kalashnikov , Fear Factory , Fiddler's Green , Forever Storm, Frei.Wild , Frontal, Ghost Brigade , Gojira , Grave Digger , Hackneyed , Hanggai , Hathors, Hells Belles, Holy Grail , Ihsahn , Ill Niño , Immortal , Imperium Dekadenz , Iron Maiden , Job for a Cowboy , Kamelot , Kampfar , Katana, Killing Machine, Lake of Tears , Last Instance , Lizzy Borden , Lock Up , Lord of the Lost , Macbeth , Mad Max , Mambo Kurt , Metsatöll , Missing in Action, Mötley Crüe , Nightmare , No Dawn, Orcus O Dis, Orden Ogan , Orphaned Land , Overkill , Penthagon , Prayers of Sanity, Raven , Red Hot Chilli Pipers , Rotting Christ , Schelmish , Secrets of the Moon , Seven Ends, Skanners, Slayer , Smoke Blow , Snakebite, SotM , Sólstafir , Soulfly , Soul Stealer, Spit Like This , Stratovarius , Suicidal Angels , Svartsot , Tarja , The BossHoss , The Devil's Blood , The Keltics, The New Black , The Other , The Sixpounder, Tiamat , Torfrock , Total Riot, Týr , UDO , Unleashed , Varg , Victims of Madness, Vita Imana, Voivod , Wacken Firefighters , WASP , Wistaria
August 4-6, 2011 125 Accu§er , Achren, Aeon Throne, Airbourne , Aphyxion, Apocalyptica , As I Lay Dying , Atrum, Avantasia , Battle Beast , Betontod , Blaas of Glory, Die Blechblos'n , Blind Guardian , Blowsight, Bucovina, Bullet , Bülent Ceylan ( Comedy Act), Children of Bodom , Coldwar, Crashdïet , Danko Jones , Deadlock , Deathclocks, Dir En Gray , Dust Bolt , Edelweiss, Eläkeläiset , Ensiferum , Excrementory Grindfuckers , Exquisite Pus, Frei.Wild , Ghost , Girlschool , Golem , Hematoma , Hail of Bullets , Hammercult , Hayseed Dixie , Heaven Shall Burn , Helloween , Hellsaw , Horch , Iced Earth , Ignis Fatuu , In Solitude , Jim Breuer, Judas Priest , Kataklysm , Khold , Knorkator , Kreator , Kvelertak , Kyuss Lives! , Lacrimas Profundere , Leash Eye, Maiden UniteD , Mambo Kurt , Mayhem , Moonsorrow , Morbid Angel , Morgoth , Mortal Strike, Mother of God, Motörhead , Negator , Noein, Omnicide, Onkel Tom feat. Roberto Blanco (Special Guest), Onslaught , Ozzy Osbourne , Paralytic, Pharao , Pneuma, Powerstroke , Primal Fear , Pussy Sisster , Rabenschrey , Reliquiae, Rhapsody of Fire , Rude Revelation, Russkaja , Sacramental, Saltatio Mortis , Sepultura , Severenth, Shining , Shraphead, Sirenia , Skálmöld , Skeletonwitch , Ski King, Ski's Country Trash, Skindred , Skyline , Slime , Sodom , Stier , Stormzone, Subway to Sally , Suicidal Tendencies , Suidakra , Tanker, Tauthr, The Aberlours, The Haunted , The Murder of My Sweet , The Prophecy 23 , The Smackballz, Tokyo Blade, Torture Squad , Triosphere , Triptykon , Trivium , Tsjuder , Van Canto , Venomin James, Victims of Madness, Virginia Clemm, Visions of Atlantis , Volcano, Voltax, Vreid , Warrant , Wacken Firefighters , X-Tinxion
August 2-4, 2012 137 Agro, Amaranthe , Amon Amarth , Athonite, Aura Noir , Axel Rudi Pell , Betontod , Blaas of Glory, Die Blechblos'n , Broilers , BugGirl, Channel Zero , Chthonic , Circle II Circle , Cold Snap, Coroner , Corpse Garden, Cradle of Filth , Crimes of Passion, DAD , Dark Funeral , Darkest Hour , Dead by April , Decapitated , Delain , Devil's Note, Diablo Swing Orchestra , Dimmu Borgir , Dio Disciples , Disquiet, Djerv, DRI , Ease of Disgust, Edguy , Electric Hellride, Eisenherz, Endstille , Epsilon , Eschenbach , Exuviated, Faanefjell, Fateful Finality, FDJ, Frantic Amber, Gamma Ray , Gehenna , Ghost Brigade , Gone Postal, Gothic, Graveyard , Hamferð , Hammercult , Hammerfall , Helmut, Hone Your Sense, In Extremo , In Flames , Ingrimm , Inquisitor, Insomnium , Jim Breuer, Kamelot , Kellermensch , Keule , Kobra and the Lotus , Kylesa , Leaves' Eyes , Leningrad Cowboys , Liquid Meat, Lord Shades, Machine Head , Mambo Kurt , Manimals, Manticora , Massacre , Megaherz , Midnight Priest, MindthreaT , Ministry , Mono Inc. , Moonspell , Napalm Death , Nasum , Oomph! , Opeth , Overkill , Opifex, Panteón Rococó , Paradise Lost , Rain Shatter, RavenBlood, Red Fang , Riotgod , Russkaja , Rust2Dust, Sacred Reich , Santiano , Sanctuary , Saor Patrol , Saxon , Schandmaul , Scorpions , Sepultura with Les Tambours du Bronx , Shredhead, Sick of It All , Six Feet Under , Skyline, Suffocated, Suicide Silence , Sylosis , Testament , The Black Dahlia Murder , The BossHoss , The Falling, Torfrock , UDO , Unearth , Victims of Madness, Vogelfrey , Volbeat , Volksmetal , Volxrock , Wacken Firefighters , Warbringer , Warpath, Warrior Soul , Watain , We Butter the Bread with Butter , Weto , Winterfylleth , Winterstorm, Wölli and the Band of the Year , Yaksa, Zygnema

Canceled: Electric Wizard
Spoken Word: Danko Jones , Henry Rollins

August 1-3, 2013 136 9mm , Agnostic Front , Alestorm , Alice Cooper , Alpha Tiger , Amorphis , An Apple a Day, Annihilator , Anthrax , Anvil , ASP , Asthma, Black Jumper, Behold the Grave, Benighted , Black Messiah , Die Blechblos'n , Bob Wayne, Bull-Riff Stampede, Bullet , Candlemass , Callejon , Chrome Molly, Chronosphere , Comes Vagantes, Coppelius , Corvus Corax meets Wadokyo, Count to Six, Crimson Shadows, Danzig , Deep Purple , DevilDriver , Devoid, Dew-Scented , Dezperadoz , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , The Cashiers , Doro , Dr. Living Dead! , Dunderbeist, Eat the Gun , Eisbrecher , Emergency Gate , Eskimo Callboy , Faun , Fear Factory , Fejd , Feuerschwanz , Finsterforst , Fozzy , Gnida, GOD The Barbarian Horde, Gojira , Grave Digger , Haggard , Hardcore Superstar , Harpy , Hate Squad , Hellride, Ignis Fatuu , Ihsahn , Impius Mundi , Industrial City, Infanteria, JT Ripper, Kamikaze Kings, Karma Zero, Kärholz , Kill With Hate, Kryptos , La Chudra, Lamb of God , Legion of the Damned , Leprous , Lingua Mortis Orchestra with Rage , Mambo Kurt , Mandowar, Martin Dreyer, Mega Bosch, Meshuggah , Midnight Scream, Motörhead , Mr. Hurley and the powder monkeys , Mustasch , Mysterious Priestess, Nachtblut , Neaera , Naglfar , Nightwish , Nine Treasures, zero DB, Ophidian I Overoth, Pampatut , Powerwolf , Pretty Maids , Rabenschrey , Ragnarok , Rammstein (with Heino ), Rebattered, Rotten Souls, Rotten State, Russkaja , Sabaton , Santiano , Secret Sphere , Serum 114 , Sic , Skyline, Soilwork , Sonata Arctica , Soulless, Spitfire, Jump Autumn , Stahlmann , Subway to Sally , Suidakra , Thunder , Trallery, Tristania , Trivium , Tug-O-War, Ugly Kid Joe , Uli Jon Roth , Utopium, Vengha, Versengold , Victims of Madness, Vitek the Juggler, Whitechapel , Wirrwahr

Spoken Words: Henry Rollins , Scott Ian

July 31 - August 2, 2014 132 5th Avenue , Accept , A Pale Horse Named Death , Agni Kai, Amon Amarth , Anstratus, Apocalyptica & Orchestra, Arch Enemy , Arthemis, Asrock, August Burns Red , Avantasia , Ax 'n Sex , Backdawn, Battalion , Behemoth , Bembers , Beyond the Black , Black Star Riders , Die Blechblos'n , Blind Channel, Bring Me the Horizon , COP UK, Carcass , Children of Bodom , Chthonic , Collibus, Comes Vagantes, Convivium, Cosmogon, Crematory , Crescent, Crying Steel, Decapitated , Degradead , Demonic Resurrection , Der W , Devin Townsend Project, Dirty Shirt, Dismorial, Dordeduh, Dunkelschön , Earth Divide, Elmsfeuer , Emperor , Endstille , Eric Fish and Friends, Evocation , Excrementory Grindfuckers , Faun , Fiddler's Green , Firkin, Five Finger Death Punch , Fleshgod Apocalypse , For the Imperium, Fork, Hammerfall , Hatebreed , Hämatom , Heaven Shall Burn , Hell , Hellyeah , Huldre, ICS Vortex , Impius Mundi , In Mute, JBO , John Diva and the Rockets of Love , Juodvarnis, Killface, Kin Beneath Chorus , King Diamond , Knorkator , Koldbrann , Kreator , Lacrimas Profundere , Letz-Zep, Rockstarz Livekaraoke, Los Vagabundos, Magor, Mambo Kurt , Masterplan , Megabosch, Megadeth , Motörhead , Mr. Hurley and the powder monkeys, Mutank, Nachtgeschrei , Nailed to Obscurity , Neopera , Nightmare , Omnia , Onkel Tom , Pampatut , Plague Throat, Prong , Purest of Pain, Rabbit at War , Red Helen, Red Hot Chilli Pipers , Roadwolf, Room of the Mad Robots, Russkaja , Sacred Season, Saltatio Mortis , Santiano , Saor Patrol , Saxon , Schandmaul , Skid Row , Skyline, Slayer , Sodom , Starchild, Steel Panther , Tenside , The Badpiper, The Ocean , The Vintage Caravan , Timewaves, Torment , Trouble Agency, Van Canto & Special Guests, Victims of Madness , Vogelfrey , Vreid + Guests, WASP , Wacken Firefighters , Ye Banished Privateers

Canceled: Death Angel , Godsized , Iced Earth

2015 to 2019

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July 30th - August 1st, 2015 158 Alkbottle , Amorphis , Anaal Nathrakh , Ancient Bards , Angra , Annihilator , The Answer , Araña, Architects of Chaoz , Armored Saint , Asrock, At the Gates , Avatar , Baltic Sea Child, Bembers , Beyond the Black , Biohazard , Blaakyum, Blaas of Glory, Black Label Society , The Black Spiders, Die Blechblos'n , Blood Red Throne , Bloodbath , The BossHoss , Breakdown of Sanity , Burgerkill , Cannibal Corpse , Celtica, Combichrist , Comes Vagantes, Cradle of Filth , Crossplane, Cryptopsy , Cultus Ferox , Da Rocka & da Waitler , Danko Jones , Dark Fusion, Dark Tranquility , Dash the Effort, Deadiron, Death Angel , Deathless Legacy, Don Gatto, Dream Spirit, Dream Theater , Drescher , Ensiferum , Epica , Eric Fish & Friends, Ethereal Sin , Europe , Exumer , Falconer , Fat King Konrad , Feuerschwanz , For I Am King, The Gentle Storm , Godsized, Grailknights , Harpyie , Haudegen , Ill Niño , Impius Mundi , Impureza, In Extremo , In Flames , ITCOM, John Diva and the Rockets of Love , Judas Prie st , Kärholz , Kataklysm , Khold , Knasterbart , Kommando, Kvelertak , Legacy ID, Libertad O Muerte, LIVEKaraoke Rockstarz, Lord of the Lost , The Loudest Silence, Mambo Kurt , Mantar , Marteria , MegaBosch , Metaprism, Monstagon , Morgoth , Mr. Hurley and the Powder Monkeys , My Dying Bride , New Model Army , Nik Kai, No Words, Noctiferia , Nuclear Assault , Nuclear Chaos, Obituary , Oomph! , Opeth , Pampatut , The Poodles , Powerwolf , Queensrÿche , The Quireboys , Renaissense, Rock Meets Classic , Uli Jon Roth , Running Wild , Sabaton , Samael , Santiano , Savage Machine, Savatage , Scratch the Floor, Sepultura , Shining , Shiraz Lane, Silius , Skiltron, Skindred , Skyline, Steve 'n' Seagulls , Stoneman , Stortregn, Stratovarius , Subway to Sally , Suicide Silence , Summoned Tide, Sycorax, Tears for Beers, Thyrfing , Trans-Siberian Orchestra , Troldskugge, Truckfighters , UDO with the Musikkorps der Bundeswehr , Vesperia , Victims of Madness, Vroudenspil , Wacken Firefighters , Walking Dead on Broadway , Walkways, Waltari , Within Temptation , Ye Banished Privateers , Zodiac , Rob Zombie
August 4-6, 2016 157 1349 , 9mm , Alcest , Arch Enemy , asrock, Aura Noir , Auðn , Axel Rudi Pell , Barb Wire Dolls, Bembers , Beyond the Black , Blaas of Glory, The Black Dahlia Murder , Die Blechblos'n , Bliksem , Blind Guardian , Blue Öyster Cult , Bodhaktan, Bon Scott, Borknagar , Budderside, Buffalo Summer, Bullet for My Valentine , Bury Tomorrow , Caliban , Callejon , Calm Hatchery, Clutch , Carrion, Cripper , Crows Crown, Dagoba , The Dead Daisies , Deez Nuts , Der Weg One Freedom , DevilDriver , Dio Disciples , DragonForce , Doom Birds , Third Choice , Drone , Dystopia, Eat the Turnbuckle, Einherjer , Ektomorf , Elemental, Eluveitie , Elvenking , Entombed AD , Equilibrium , Eric Fish & Friends, Eskimo Callboy , Fateful Finality, Feuerschwanz , Foreigner , Forgotten North, Freiwächter, Girlschool , Gloryhammer , The Goddamn Gallows, Hämatom , Hansen & Friends, The Haunted , Honky, Horror Dance Squad, Hteththemeth, Ihsahn , Immolation , Insidious Disease , Iron Maiden , Jesus Chrüsler Supercar, Joh n Coffey , Kampfar , King Dude , Knasterbart , Krayenzeit , Die Krupps , Legacy of Brutality, Legion of the Damned , Lepergod, Lieveil, Loudness , Lynchpin, Mambo Kurt , Marduk , Metal Church , Michael Monroe , Miles to Perdition, Mindtaker, Ministry , Monstagon , Monuments , Mr. Hurley and the Powder Monkeys , Myrkur , Nasty , Negative Approach , Orden Ogan , The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats , Orphaned Land , The Other , Overthrust , Pain Is, Pampatut , Panzerballett , Parkway Drive , Phil Campbell's All Starr Band , Preternatural, Profaner, Pyogenesis , Pyraweed, The Raven Age, Red Fang , Red Hot Chilli Pipers , Reliquiae, Ritual Day, Henry Rollins , Saxon , Sébastien , Sector, Serious Black , Serum 114 , Sinphobia, Skyline, Snowy Shaw , Steel Panther , Steak Number Eight, Sub Dub Micromachine , Sunless Dawn, Svartmalm, Symphony X , Syndemic, Tarja , Testament , Therapy , Therion , Tidal Dreams, Torfrock , Triptykon , Tsjuder , Tulkas, tuXedoo , Twisted Sister , Unisonic , Vader , Verse gold , Victims of Madness, Vimoksha, The Vintage Caravan , Vogelfrey , Wacken Firefighters , Watch Out Stampede , While She Sleeps , Whitesnake , Wirrwahr, Year of the Goat , Zhora, Zombies Ate My Girlfriend
August 3-5, 2017 148 Aborted , Accept & Orchestra , Aeverium , Ahab , Alice Cooper , The Amity Affliction , Amon Amarth , Annihilator , Apocalyptica , Architects , ASP , Asrock, Asyllex, Aura Noir , Avantasia , Bai Bang, Batushka, Beyond the Black , Blaas of Glory, Die Blechblos'n , The Boomtown Rats , British Lion , Brujeria , Candlemass , Charlie Harper , Clawfinger , Corvus Corax , Crowbar , Cypecore , Dawn of Disease , The Dillinger Escape Plan , Dog Eat Dog , The Dolmen, Domination, Emil Bulls , Emperor , Ereb Altor, Europe , Evil Scarecrow, Fates Warning , Fit for an Autopsy , Flotsam and Jetsam , Fuchsteufelswild , Ganaim, Grand Magus , Grave Digger , Hämatom , Harpyie , Heaven Shall Burn , Heimatærde , Heldmaschine , Hell-O-Matic , High Fighter , The Hirsch Effect , Imperium Decadence , Insomnium , JBO , Jet Jaguar, Johnny Deathshadow , Kadavar , Kaiser Franz Josef , Krebsholz , Katatonia , Kissin 'Dynamite , Kreator , The Kroach, Kryptos , Lacuna Coil , Lords of Black, Mambo Kurt , Marilyn Manson , Max & Igor Cavalera return to Roots , Mayhem , Megadeth , Megalodon, Memoriam, Mr. Irish Bastard , Napalm Death , Nile , Null Positiv , nulldB, Omnium Gatherum , Orange Goblin , The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats , Pampatut , Paradise Lost , Phil Rind (Sacred Reich) - Spoken Word, Possessed , Powerwolf , Primal Fear , Prong , Psychotic Waltz , Rage , Rampart, Henry Rollins , Ross the Boss , Russkaja , Sacred Reich , Saltatio Mortis , Sanctuary , Saor Patrol , Serenity , Shawn James & The Shapeshifters, Skálmöld , scurvy , Skull Fist , skyline, Snoozebutton, Soilwork , Sonata Arctica , Soulless Faith, steel man , status Quo , Steak Number Eight, Stinger, Sub Dub Micromachine , Subway to Sally , Taina, Tankard , Tears for Beers, Tengger Cavalry, Thundermother , Trivium , Turbobier , Turbonegro , TuXedoo , TV Smith , Twilight Force , Ugly Kid Joe , UK Subs , Uli Jon Roth , Une Misere, Verge of Umbra, Versengold , Victims of Madness, Volbeat , Vorbid, Wacken Firefighters , Tawny Owl, Warpath , Warrant , Whiskey Dick, The Wild Lies, WirrWahr, Witchery , Wolfbrigade , Wolfchant , Wolfheart
August 2-4, 2018 196 2Cellos , Acoustic Steel, Act of Defiance , Aephanemer, Alestorm , Alfahanne, Alien Weaponry , Amaranthe , Amorphis , An Theos, Arch Enemy , Arkona , asrock, Asylum, Atomic Rocket Seeder, Attic, Awake Again, AWS , Backyard Babies , Bannkreis , Behemoth , Behind Bars, Belphegor , Betontod , Blaas of Glory, Black Inhale , Die Blechblos'n , Blessed Hellride, Bloodsucking Zombies , Blues Pills , Bömbers , Bonfire , Budderside, Cannibal Corpse , Canterra, Cemican, Centuries of Decay, Children of Bodom , Chuan-Tzu, Chugger, Clawfinger , Clowns, Converge , Cordura, Da Rocka & da Waitler , Dalriada, Danzig , Dark Tranquility , dArtagnan , Das Pack , Der Wahnsinn, Deserted Fear , Destruction , Dezperadoz , Diablo Blvd , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Die from Sorrow, Dimmu Borgir , Dirkschneider , Dirt-A-Gogo, Dokken , Dool , Doro , Down for Life, Dust Bolt , Dying Fetus , End All, Ensiferum , Enslaved , Epica , Erik Cohen , Eskimo Callboy , Eufobia, Every Dog Has Its Day, Evil Invaders , Exit E. den , Extrabreit , Feuerschwanz , Firewind , Fischer-Z , Fish , Fozzy , Fro-Tee Slips, Gaahls Wyrd , Ganaim, Ghost , Godless, Gojira , Gruesome, Haggefugg , Hate Squad , Hatebreed , Heathen Apostles, Heidevolk , Healing , Helloween , Hellzapoppin, Helmet (Band) , Herrschaft, Ignis Fatuu, In Extremo , In Flames , Ingrimm , Ivan Ivanovich & The Kreml Krauts, Jack Broadbent, Jasad, Jesper Binzer , John Diva and the Rockets of Love , Judas Priest , Karaoke Till Death, Kellermensch , Knorkator , Korpiklaani , Leaves' Eyes , Lee Aaron , Long Distance Calling , Lotrify, Lovebites , Madball , Malicious Culebra, Mambo Kurt , Manntra , Mantar , Markus Krebs , Metusa, Monstagon, Motanka, Mr. Big , Nazareth , Nemoreus, Night Demon , Nightwish , Nocturnal Rites , Ondt Blod, Uncle Tom , Oomph! , Otto and the Friesenjungs, Pampatut, Persefone , Phenomy, Phrentix, Pikes Edge, Plainride, Pyrus , Red Hot Chilli Pipers , Rezet, Riot V , Rogers , Rose Bogey's, Running Wild , Salamanda, Samael , Sarke , Schandmaul , Schidl 'n 'Schedl, Sepultura , Shiran, Skiltron, Skindred , Skyline, Soen , Sólstafir , Spoil Engine, Steel Night, Steel Panther , Stiff Little Fingers , Tarchon Fist, The Bloodstrings, The Charm the Fury , The Flying Scarecrow, The Fright, The Privateer , The Waltons , Thundermother , Todesking, Toxic Holocaust , Traitor , Tremonti , Trollfest , Unzucht , Vallenfyre , Victims of Madness, Vince Neil , Visions of Atlantis , Vogelfrey , Voices of Ruin, WAR , Wacken Firefighters , Walking Dead on Broadway , Watain , Wintersun , WirrWahr, Wirtz , Witch Taint, Xenoblight, Zeal & Ardor
August 1-3, 2019 185 1000 lions among enemies, Aborym , Acranius , Acres , Airbourne , Alabama Black Snakes , All Hail the Yeti , Angelus Apatrida , Anthrax , Asrock , Avatar , Axxis , Baby Face Nelson , Bai Bang , Battle Beast , Beyond the Black , Black Stone Cherry , Bleed from Within , Bloodywood , Body Count feat. Ice-T , Brass Against , Brenner , Bullet for My Valentine , Burning Witches , Cancer , Cesair , Christopher Bowes and His Plate of Beans , Coppelius , Cradle of Filth , Crazy Lixx , Crematory , Crisix , Critical Mess , Crobot , DAD , Damnation Defaced , Steam Engine , Dark Funeral , Deathstars , Deine Cousine , Delain , Demons & Wizards , The Curse of the Dragon , Diamond Head , Diary of Dreams , Die from Sorrow , Die Happy , Die Kassierer , Dirty Shirt , Doch Chkae, Downfall of Gaia , Dream Spirit , Drunken Swallows , Duivelspack , Eclipse, Eisbrecher , Eluveitie , Emil Bulls , Equilibrium , Evergrey (canceled at short notice), Extrabreit , Fairytale, Fiddler's Green , Fight the Fight, For I Am King , Frog Leap , Beschissene 6 , Gaita Mayan, Gama Bomb , Gernotshagen , Girlschool , Gloryful , Gloryhammer , Grave , Hämatom , Hamferð , Hammerfall , Harpyie , Hellhammer performed by Tom Warrior ’s Triumph of Death, Helsott, Jared James Nichols , Jinjer , Joachim Witt , Velvet Viper , Kaizaa , Karaoke Till Death , Kärholz , Krokus , Kvelertak , Lagerstein , Legion of the Damned , Life of Agony , Lucifer Star Machine , Manticora , Meshuggah , Michale Graves , Molllust , Mono Inc. , Monstagon , Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen , Myrath , Nachtblut , Nailed to Obscurity , Naked Six, Nashville Pussy , Nasty (canceled at short notice), Necrophobic , Night in Gales , Nordjevel , Of Mice & Men , Operus , Opeth , Paddy and the Rats , Parkway Drive , Powerwolf , Primordial , Prong , Prophets of Rage , Queensrÿche , Rage & Lingua Mortis Orchestra, Ragnaröek , Reckless Love , Reliquiae , Rose Tattoo , Sabaton , Santiano , Saor , Savage Messiah , Saxon , Septicflesh , Sibiir , Sikth , Skáld , Skew Siskin , Skyclad , Skyline , SKYND , Slave to Sirens, Slayer , SOil , Soul Demise , Stoneman , Subway to Sally , Suidakra , Tanzwut , TesseracT , The Adicts , The BossHoss , The Crown, The Damned , The Lazys , The Linewalkers , The Moon & The Nightspirit , The New Roses , The Night Flight Orchestra , The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats , The Offering, The Quireboys , The Rumjacks , The Sinderellas , The Sisters of Mercy , The Sweet , The Vintage Caravan , The Wild! , Thy Art Is Murder , Torment , Tribulation (canceled at short notice), tuXedoo , UFO , Uli Jon Roth , Unleashed , Uriah Heep , Vallley of Chrome, Vampire , Venom Inc. , Versengold , Victims of Madness , Violons Barbares , Vltimas , Vogelfrey , Warkings , Wiegedood , Windhand , Within Temptation , Zuriaake ,

Announced for 2020

The Wacken Open Air 2020 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

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