WACKEN 202088

by **TORSO** on Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:32 pm

As Wacken is getting more popular i really do hope the line up is not going to get diluted with Kerrang friendly metal bands (trivium etc etc) and the whole place is full of the chain wearing, spikey hair gromits. Its the reason i started going to escape download and people like that

by **Michalik** on Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:53 pm

\m/Steve\m/ wrote:Apparently Hammerfall, Amon Amarth, Lordi and Machine Head have also been confirmed for 2008

lordi definately are because they were meant to play this year but canceled for next year instead

by **jonny_boy34** on Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:20 pm

As long as Saxon play again I'll be happy. And Opeth should have a new album by then, so maybe they'll be playing too... goodness me, Maiden, Saxon and Opeth in the same festival! If that happens I'll be a very happy boy indeed!

by **Dian Wei** on Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:57 pm

Motorhead should do 08 as well, or at least i hope so.

by **boovidge** on Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:23 pm

\m/Steve\m/ wrote:Apparently Hammerfall, Amon Amarth, Lordi and Machine Head have also been confirmed for 2008

yuck, wacken seems to be putting on some ultra shite bands recently

by **Michalik** on Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:20 pm

kreator are apparently gonna play wacken 08, i think i'm gonna try and flog some tickets next year since at the moment the 07 tickets are selling for around double their value

by **Hostile** on Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:48 am

Darkweasel wrote:I'm going to go the UK show they announced at Download. Not sure if it'll be Reading, Milton Keynes, Donington or even Glastonbury but I don't care.
Maiden must be seen on their home turf.

The whole world's a stage dude.

I can't believe you cunts are so excited about ONE band being announced for the 08 line-up. Then again, I'll obviously see you there. Wacken is the reason that the other 362 days of life are worth living.

by **poison_was_the_cure** on Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:56 am

i wanted to go to wacken this year coz the line up was amazing!! hopefully it'll be as amazing for 2008 and ill be there!!!

by **Steve** on Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:49 pm

Tobi Sammet's Avantasia were confirmed during the "special announcement" on Saturday. For those who don't know, Avantasia are a power metal opera featuring a hell of a lot of singers. How they're gonna pull this off I don't know, but I'm interested in checking it out

by **Michalik** on Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:08 pm

\m/Steve\m/ wrote:Tobi Sammet's Avantasia were confirmed during the "special announcement" on Saturday. For those who don't know, Avantasia are a power metal opera featuring a hell of a lot of singers. How they're gonna pull this off I don't know, but I'm interested in checking it out

what else happened during this "special announcment", i was hoping for big news

by **boovidge** on Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:55 pm

\m/Steve\m/ wrote: For those who don't know, Avantasia are a power metal opera featuring a hell of a lot of singers.

by **thrashduck** on Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:46 pm

Yeh wasn't much of a special announcement was it...

I heard Ensiferum have been confirmed on the plane home, which is good news if true!

by **Dethhead** on Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:22 pm

I think holy moses have self-confirmed but dont exactly know where??
Sonata Arctica has been confirmed on German part of site ruddy good news!

And I do hope Wintersun play again!

by **TORSO** on Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:29 pm

I wish theres just as much decent Thrash bands as this year...
Though hopefully it isn't going to get more dilluted with Trivium shirted people (who all seemed to be english speaking :roll:

) was strange as there was none last year....anyways im looking forward to the announcements.

Also they say Wacken isn't going to increase its size and trying to keep it as it is but i heard rumours that they say there is only 70,000 there when infact its alot higher to dodge taxes and theres really about 100,000 people there?

by **Dethhead** on Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:49 pm

TORSO wrote:I wish theres just as much decent Thrash bands as this year...
Though hopefully it isn't going to get more dilluted with Trivium shirted people (who all seemed to be english speaking ) was strange as there was none last year....anyways im looking forward to the announcements.

Also they say Wacken isn't going to increase its size and trying to keep it as it is but i heard rumours that they say there is only 70,000 there when infact its alot higher to dodge taxes and theres really about 100,000 people there?

Yeah i heard the rumor about tax dodging too. Wasn't there 70k last year?? It seemed a lot more than last time this year so I would not be surprised if there will be. I doubt they will bill all the metalcore crud as the outrage at Bullet for my valentine this year. However I was surprised to how many Trivium/Slipknot/Enter dire band's name here t-shirts which were on display this year. Blasphemous!