haha... knowing Maniac's strange habits with pig heads, that'd be funny.didn't Mayhem just cancel their South America tour due to the pig flu?
I really can't believe that a festival like Wacken doesn't bring in any good death metal band, specially when I think about German death Metal ... Necrophagist, Obscura, Centaurus A etc etc ... these are brilliant bands AND german bands, why don't they bill them ...
If you want to see Necrophagist and Obscura live - come to Summer Breeze this year! They are already confirmed - like Vader , Misery Index , Kreator , Entombed , Evocation , Grand Magus , Jack slater and much more! and indeed - There are almost enough "softer" metal like Sabaton , Opeth(The headliner) Schandmaul or Volbeat
This Year Summer Breeze is MUCH better than Wacken! Better prices - More support/communication in the forum from the Organisators - a better mix of bands and Genres!!!
Was last year on wacken - and iam ABSOLUTLY confused what the organisators do now....but its their fault - not mine. I´ll be happy at summer Breeze , and maybe i will visit Wacken - the ticket is here.
I could have written every single word of this...I know dude, this is indeed what makes me sick ... cause I have planed my holidays for Wacken cause I expected Wacken to be the best festival this year, at least they ought to be ...
i would like to see these wacken rocks bands on the "real wacken":
Drone,Holy Moses,Edguy and Heavan Shall Burn -> best liveband i've seen so far and I've seen a lot bands live!
the two last play at hellfest... (plus numerous great stuff, and also crap like manowar, stratovarius, that people here seem to like...) as well...i would like to see these wacken rocks bands on the "real wacken":
Drone,Holy Moses,Edguy and Heavan Shall Burn -> best liveband i've seen so far and I've seen a lot bands live!
In 08, you forgot Opeth & Cynic. That's quite a difference !! They are not really brutal, but still performing great music. And Opeth can be considered as a "big act".Trying to sum up last years bm/dm bands, I actually see no difference to this year. Even now 3 month before the festival
08
Carcass
Ensiferum
Gorgoroth
Grave
Lord Belial
Nifelheim
Obituary
Watain
09
Amon Amarth
Borknagar
Einherjer
Endstille
Enslaved
Napalm Death
Kampfar
Sarke
except for Napalm Death, I can't see an extreme band in '09 which can compete with one of those.Job for a cowboy was there too as kinda brutal act ...Excrementory Grindfuckers, The Rotted ...
To me, only the appearances of Iron Maiden, Carcass, At the gates, Opeth and Cynic were worth the ticket price, other bands were kinda of bonus ...
Trying to sum up last years bm/dm bands, I actually see no difference to this year. Even now 3 month before the festival
08
At the Gates
Carcass
Ensiferum
Gorgoroth
Grave
Lord Belial
Nifelheim
Obituary
Watain
09
Amon Amarth
Borknagar
Einherjer
Endstille
Enslaved
Napalm Death
Kampfar
Sarke
...
Trying to sum up last years bm/dm bands, I actually see no difference to this year. Even now 3 month before the festival
08
At the Gates
Carcass
Ensiferum
Gorgoroth
Grave
Lord Belial
Nifelheim
Obituary
Watain
09
Amon Amarth
Borknagar
Einherjer
Endstille
Enslaved
Napalm Death
Kampfar
Sarke
...
More or less, it has reached the same level as last year. You could find an eqiuvalent comparing the two years. And theres still something coming this year, as we heared.
And its "just" 5 metalcore bands this year. I mean - 6 too much, but it shows the emphases: Its quite the same, noticing that we have to face another 3 or 4. Its just annoying that they have bfmv as a "headliner" and theres no bm/dm band headlining. Thats a real shame and symptomatic for our time.
I really hope they disclose some really good dm/bm bands maybe also in the second row.
Maybe Summoning, 1349, Dismember, Autopsy, Entombed, Deicide, Angel Corpse, Dødheimsgard, Taunusheim, Taake ...
You always expect the exceptional in wacken - even in the second row. that means bands reuniting only for wacken, playing their only show in wacken. This must always be the approach for wacken. otherwise the reputation will at least utterly die.
A personal illusion of me is nocte obducta or dornenreich. I know, these would be headliners as well.
I would also like nargaroth, although this might score me off entirely. But I really appreciate Ash and his music despite all the nonsense he said in past..