Germany, Wacken - Wacken Open Air 2009
| Location: | Germany, Wacken (Festivalgelände) |
| Date: | 29 July 2009 - 01 August 2009 |
| Website: | wacken.com |
| Organizer: | ICS Event Service |
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Tickets: |
SOLD OUT!! |
20 years! 20 fucking years! That's how long the Wacken Open Air exists already. And it has come a long way from a garden party with 800 guests and 6 bands to the biggest metal festival in the world with more than 75,000 visitors and close to 70 bands performing on four stages. Said stages have seen performances by nearly every important band in the world of metal as well as numerous underground acts, so expectations are quite high for this year's lineup. Already confirmed are several fan favorites from the previous editions, such as Saxon, Motörhead, Machine Head, In Flames and Doro who has announced a special Warlock show. Further highlights are the two hour farewell show of metal veterans Running Wild, who will show the young lads how pirate metal is really done, and the performance of recently reunited viking metal legends Einherjer. And as always the lineup will please metalheads of every age: the older folks will be delighted by the confirmations of Heaven And Hell and UFO while Bullet For My Valentine, Walls Of Jericho and Bring Me The Horizon represent the newest generation of metal(-related) music.
The namesake and host of the festival is the small town of Wacken in Northern Germany. For just short of a week the town's population skyrockets from a mere 2,000 souls and turns the village into the world's metal mecca. The town is located 10 km north of Itzehoe and 50 km north/west of Hamburg. There will be shuttle buses from the festival site to the train station in Itzehoe as well as to the airports in both Hamburg and Lübeck. For more info on getting there and away check the festival page here.
The festival is sold out since December already. If you haven't got your ticket yet, but want to go there nonetheless, you can circumvent the black marketing going on eBay and reduce the risk of acquiring fake tickets by using the ticket exchange in the official forum. In this exchange the Wacken staff supervises the ticket prices and acts as trust which means that the seller sends the ticket(s) to the staff who verifies the authenticity of the ticket(s) and reports it to the buyer. After the buyer has transferred the money to the seller, the Wacken staff will pass on the ticket(s) to the buyer. More information on this model can be found here (in German).
Headliners
DAY 1 (29.07)
W.E.T. Stage
| Victims Of Madness | 19:00 - 19:30 | |
| Bai Bang | 20:00 - 20:45 | |
| Bon Scott | 21:15 - 22:15 | |
| Onkel Tom | 22:30 - 23:30 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 00:00 - 01:00 | |
| Metal Karaoke | 01:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 21:00 - 22:00 |
Medieval Stage
| FEJD | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Ragnaröek | 22:00 - 23:00 |
DAY 2 (30.07)
Black Stage
| Skyline | 16:00 - 16:45 | |
| Schandmaul | 17:00 - 18:00 | |
| Der W | 18:30 - 19:45 | |
| Running Wild | 20:15 - 22:00 | |
| Heaven And Hell | 22:30 - 00:00 |
Party Stage
| D-A-D | 17:00 - 18:00 | |
| Anthrax | 18:30 - 19:30 | |
| Secret Show | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| The BossHoss | 21:30 - 22:30 | |
| Lacuna Coil | 23:00 - 00:00 |
W.E.T. Stage
| Metal Battle Finland | 16:00 - 16:25 | |
| X-Plod (Metal Battle Romania) | 16:40 - 17:05 | |
| Furion (Metal Battle Ex-SFRY Republics) | 17:20 - 17:45 | |
| S.A.W. (Metal Battle China) | 18:00 - 18:25 | |
| 5th Avenue | 18:45 - 19:25 | |
| The Waltons | 19:50 - 20:30 | |
| Drone | 21:00 - 21:45 | |
| Bloodwork | 22:05 - 22:50 | |
| Grand Magus | 23:10 - 00:00 | |
| Metal Karaoke / Metal Hammer Party | 00:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 16:00 - 17:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 19:30 - 20:30 |
Medieval Stage
| TBA | 16:00 - 17:00 | |
| Reincarnatus | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Cumulo Nimbus | 20:00 - 21:00 |
DAY 3 (31.07)
Black Stage
| Vreid | 11:00 - 11:40 | |
| Endstille | 13:00 - 14:00 | |
| Walls Of Jericho | 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| Airbourne | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Bullet For My Valentine | 20:30 - 21:30 | |
| In Flames | 23:15 - 00:30 | |
| Amon Amarth | 02:00 - 03:00 |
True Metal Stage
| UFO | 11:45 - 12:45 | |
| Gamma Ray | 14:15 - 15:15 | |
| Nevermore | 16:45 - 17:45 | |
| HammerFall | 19:15 - 20:15 | |
| Motörhead | 21:45 - 23:00 | |
| Doro | 00:45 - 01:45 |
Party Stage
| Suidakra | 11:00 - 11:40 | |
| Retrospect | 13:00 - 14:00 | |
| Tristania | 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| DragonForce | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Coheed & Cambria | 20:30 - 21:30 | |
| Epica | 23:15 - 00:15 | |
| ASP | 02:00 - 03:00 |
W.E.T. Stage
| Leave Scars (Metal Battle Belgium) | 11:00 - 11:25 | |
| Reason To Kill (Metal Battle Netherlands) | 11:45 - 12:10 | |
| Ade (Metal Battle Italy) | 12:30 - 12:55 | |
| Insidead (Metal Battle Greece) | 13:15 - 13:40 | |
| Scarred (Metal Battle Luxembourg) | 14:00 - 14:25 | |
| Kielwater (Metal Battle Lithuania) | 14:45 - 15:10 | |
| Irr (Metal Battle Norway) | 15:30 - 15:55 | |
| Beneath (Metal Battle Iceland) | 16:15 - 16:40 | |
| Silence Means Death (Metal Battle Brazil) | 17:00 - 17:25 | |
| Callejon | 17:45 - 18:25 | |
| Bring Me The Horizon | 18:55 - 19:35 | |
| Whiplash | 20:05 - 20:45 | |
| Nervecell | 21:15 - 21:55 | |
| Insidious Disease | 22:25 - 23:05 | |
| ETHS | 23:35 - 00:15 | |
| Sarke | 00:45 - 01:45 | |
| Pentagram [CHI] | 02:15 - 03:00 | |
| Metal Karaoke | 03:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 11:00 - 12:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 22:00 - 23:00 |
Medieval Stage
| TBA | 11:00 - 12:00 | |
| Swashbuckle | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Ingrimm | 22:00 - 23:00 |
DAY 4 (01.08)
Black Stage
| Einherjer | 12:00 - 12:45 | |
| Cathedral | 14:15 - 15:15 | |
| Heaven Shall Burn | 16:45 - 17:45 | |
| In Extremo | 19:15 - 20:15 | |
| Machine Head | 21:45 - 22:45 | |
| Gwar | 00:45 - 01:45 |
True Metal Stage
| Rage | 13:00 - 14:00 | |
| Testament | 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| Axel Rudi Pell | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Volbeat | 20:30 - 21:30 | |
| Saxon | 23:00 - 00:30 | |
| Subway To Sally | 02:00 - 03:00 |
Party Stage
| Napalm Death | 12:00 - 12:45 | |
| TBA | 14:15 - 15:15 | |
| Borknagar | 16:45 - 17:45 | |
| Pain | 19:15 - 20:15 | |
| Enslaved | 21:45 - 22:45 | |
| Korpiklaani | 00:45 - 01:45 |
W.E.T. Stage
| None (Metal Battle Poland) | 12:00 - 12:25 | |
| Cadaver Race (Metal Battle Austria) | 12:45 - 13:10 | |
| A Fine Day To Exit (Metal Battle Switzerland) | 13:30 - 13:55 | |
| Crysys (Metal Battle Spain) | 14:15 - 14:40 | |
| T.A.N.K. (Metal Battle France) | 15:00 - 15:25 | |
| Metal Battle Germany | 15:45 - 16:10 | |
| Ferium (Metal Battle Israel) | 16:30 - 16:55 | |
| Split Heaven (Metal Battle Mexico) | 17:15 - 17:40 | |
| The Fading | 18:00 - 18:30 | |
| Trouble | 19:00 - 19:40 | |
| UK Subs | 20:10 - 20:50 | |
| Engel | 21:20 - 22:00 | |
| Turisas | 22:30 - 23:10 | |
| TBA | 23:40 - 00:20 | |
| Tracedawn | 00:50 - 01:30 | |
| Torment | 02:00 - 02:45 | |
| Metal Karaoke | 03:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 12:00 - 13:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 19:00 - 20:00 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 22:00 - 23:00 |
Medieval Stage
| Adorned Brood | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Rabenschrey | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Feuerschwanz | 22:00 - 23:00 |
Who was there?
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Baz Anderson (UK) | 100% |
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GT (Denmark) | 100% |
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Promonex | 100% |
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corrupt | 100% |
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Valentin B (Czech Republic) | 100% |
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buki of steel (Croatia) | 100% |
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Infurnace (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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Black Mass (UK) | 100% |
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Maxx666 (USA) | 100% |
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DanielViking (Finland) | 100% |
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infernall (Romania) | 100% |
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Overlord_PT (Portugal) | 100% |
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.:Jux:. (Estonia) | 100% |
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LeDruide (France) | 100% |
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Skyum (Denmark) | 100% |
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Krixiro (Mexico) | 100% |
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THRASHTILDEATH (USA) | 100% |
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elven (Mexico) | 100% |
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Marcelo Hissa (Brazil) | 100% |
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Rebel Monster (Denmark) | 100% |
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Holy_Diver (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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Gâsh (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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Soulweeper (Denmark) | 100% |
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Neoclis (Cyprus) | 100% |
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BRJ Events (UK) | 100% |
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Misanthrope (UAE) | 100% |
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Dewil Rituale (Bulgaria) | 100% |
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COBdeath666 (Portugal) | 100% |
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Den Gode Hr. Kim (UK) | 100% |
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By Demons Driven (Denmark) | 100% |
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Brodd (Denmark) | 100% |
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Fraja (Peru) | 100% |
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Miquele | 100% |
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Kawarai (Denmark) | 100% |
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Ravendark (Estonia) | 100% |
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Jonjy (Israel) | 100% |
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Trust (Portugal) | 100% |
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Grumble (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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mantiviking (Spain) | 100% |
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Izarus (Denmark) | 100% |
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Caramelita (Finland) | 100% |
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wastedcorpse (Estonia) | 100% |
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Xyvind (Spain) | 100% |
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goshdra (Romania) | 100% |
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Doomhammer | 100% |
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DieLaughing (Finland) | 100% |
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ThePhilosopher (UK) | 100% |
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iblis (Turkey) | 100% |
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Fjorten (Denmark) | 100% |
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Rot N' Troll (Finland) | 100% |
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ANArhia (Romania) | 100% |
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BarracudaMalta (Malta) | 100% |
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huntlus (Estonia) | 100% |
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zmya (Croatia) | 100% |
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Sautherom (Mexico) | 100% |
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Dunkelgeist (Spain) | 100% |
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Rooste (Estonia) | 100% |
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MaeseOrtu (Spain) | 100% |
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JustinOwaR (Australia) | 100% |
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grecianearn (UK) | 100% |
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metaldread (UAE) | 100% |
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Artem (Estonia) | 100% |
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nihil (Turkey) | 100% |
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simml | 100% |
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squirmno9 (Cyprus) | 100% |
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TheMaggotMaster (Israel) | 100% |
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Vihtori Raivoisa (Finland) | 100% |
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UncleD | 100% |
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Vincent M (Israel) | 100% |
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mgades (Denmark) | 100% |
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kaoskrew (UK) | 20% |
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Bloodfrozen (The Netherlands) | 20% |
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acfromthekc44 (USA) | 10% |
News
| 30.07.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Live Online Broadcast And Giveaway Winners |
| 28.06.2009 | Wacken Open Air - W:O:A Live Stream |
Reviews
| 26.08.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany, 30th July 2009 by Baz Anderson |
| 26.08.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany, 31st July 2009 by Baz Anderson |
| 26.08.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany, 1st August 2009 by Baz Anderson |
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 01.07.2009 at 21:33 lol, rest assured :  Running Wild is doing it's farewell show, the guy from Thin Lizzy said that thing about being back full speed.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Valentin B on 01.07.2009 at 21:48 I actually wish that this abomination calling themselves Thin Lizzy would also stop, cause now they taint the glorious legacy left behind by Phil Lynott. Why don't they just call themselves Thin Lizzy Tirbute Band or something along those lines?
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 01.07.2009 at 22:08 I actually have quite a number of bands in mind to whom that could also apply. And none seem to either realize or care. Pity for all those great names... 
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| GT Coffee!! Staff Posts: 5101 |
Fuck...I really wanted to see Mägo De Oz 
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
To fill the slot of Thin Lizzy, today a secret show has been announced. They say it's going to be a long-time wacken companion.
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| Black Mass Posts: 427 |
I'd give my first born to get on the Jager perch bar  It looks insane!
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by corrupt on 02.07.2009 at 15:05 i'm sure the information will leak soon enough, or at least before the show
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
Written by Valentin B on 03.07.2009 at 18:23 It didn't when Stratovarius were the special act. Man, was I disappointed 
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by corrupt on 03.07.2009 at 18:55 why the hell does everyone spell Stratovarious? it's STRATOVARIUS, STRATOcaster + stradiVARIUS! anyway i don't care for this since RUNNING WILD is gonna be one of my main interests in the whole festival and they're playing at the same time.
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| Elio Red Nightmare Posts: 4920  |
Written by Valentin B on 03.07.2009 at 19:00  so angry
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3137 |
Written by Valentin B on 03.07.2009 at 19:00 Ah, that's why it looked odd. I corrected my post. If you correct your quote now, we can tell everyone it never happened  I never cared much for running wild, but seens as it's supposed to be their last show I might check it out. At least I might tell my grandchildren about it one day.
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by corrupt on 03.07.2009 at 19:22 man i'm listening right now to them(The Brotherhood), these guys can't NOT put on a great show, given how bombastic and hook-laden their music is, plus it's their last show before disbanding, at the world's biggest metal festival, and they are headlining the first day and have the most time to play out of all the bands along with Saxon. the world is watching and listening, it just can't not be a great show!
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| Elio Red Nightmare Posts: 4920 |
Or it's gonna be an EPIC EPIC FAIL.
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Elio on 03.07.2009 at 19:49 shut up and go masturbate on a Wolves in the Throne Room thread!
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| Elio Red Nightmare Posts: 4920 |
Written by Valentin B on 03.07.2009 at 19:53 I'm not saying they're crap or stuff, I've enver lsitened to them except some songs, but you gotta realise it would be a huge failure (obviously I hope they'll be great)
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Elio on 03.07.2009 at 19:56 ahahahahhah, you're so sensitive and gullible, i almost forgot why i loved you 
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Black Mass on 03.07.2009 at 18:07 good idea, i shudder when i think what kind of mother you'd make... you'd put cider in the baby's feeder or something!
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Elio on 03.07.2009 at 19:21 i mean, what's so "Various" about Stratovarius? do they use "Various" instruments? they're influenced by "Various" genres and artists? their discography comprises songs and albums with "Various" concepts and structures? does the bass player screw "Various" groupies every night??? do they even fucking show "Various" facial expressions while they play????????????????????? that's what i thought, they play generic european power metal, all their groupies are either gothic sluts, indie wannabes or gay little boys pretending to be girls and don't even get me started on the facial expressions : . how can they have "Various" in their name? not only would it be a disgrace because it fails to describe their music, sexual prowess and potency, but it would be a disgrace to an english dictionary which describes "Various" as this: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/various but you, generic brainwashed generic power metal fan , find it really difficult to use Wiktionary huh? well a lifetime of masturbating to Sonata Arctica does that to you i guess.therefore, from now on, every time you, generic brainwashed generic power metal fan every time you misspell Stratovarius i am going to rip off your head and shit down your throat in "Various" ways.... BITCH
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| Black Mass Posts: 427 |
Written by Valentin B on 06.07.2009 at 14:20 Feel better now that you got that off your chest, mate?
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Black Mass on 06.07.2009 at 19:32 you bet 
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| Eddgore Posts: 6 |
Written by Valentin B on 03.07.2009 at 19:00 its the difference between British and American english. British-ous and American-us
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Black Mass on 07.07.2009 at 20:22 you know where to find me for everybody else: i'll be, on the morning and afternoon of the 29th, either in the medieval market or the beer garden, and the W.E.T. tent(evening - if at the metal-karaoke there's a guy who presents himself in German something like "hello i'm Valentin from Romania and this is <Band - Song>" or something, it's me), other than that i'll probably be in the medieval area or in the beer garden except during X-Plod(the WOA Romania Metal Battle winners), Anthrax, Running Wild, Heaven and Hell, UFO, Gamma Ray, Nevermore and the rest of the bands who play on the second day, Rage, Cathedral, Testament, In Extremo, Volbeat, Saxon, Korpiklaani and Subway to Sally play. if i'm not in any of those places i'm probably sleeping/fucking/eating in my tent.
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
If you see some dude with far too many wristbands on his left arm and an oldschool MS shirt (you know, like the one in Ivan's avatar), say hi and give him a beer. Or skip the hi part
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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| Black Mass Posts: 427 |
I hope to arrive around midday on the 29th. Will set up camp and head straight to the beer garden. NFI what I'm going to be wearing, will advise closer to the day so people can find me (oh yeah, tall girl with long dark hair wearing black...hahaha, should be heaps easy to find )
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| Infurnace Posts: 948 |
Ah, some new additions to the medieval stage. It's good to see that Adorned Brood is announced. Nice confirmation.
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| Infurnace Posts: 948 |
Does anyone know about the rumours that Edguy will be playing Wacken? Someone told me that Edguy will be there, although I'm not quite sure if this is true. Would be awesome though.
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Adorned Brood between Borknagar and In Extremo sounds like a nice plan indeed. At least one interesting band on that medieval stage.
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Infurnace on 10.07.2009 at 00:40 i think it's gonna be the "secret band"
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