The 2010 winner of the “Finnish Metal Battle” BATTLE BEAST has been confirmed for this year’s edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany.
The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):
ACCU§ER, APOCALYPTICA, AS I LAY DYING, AVANTASIA, BATTLE BEAST, BLAAS OF GLORY, BLIND GUARDIAN, BLOWSIGHT, CHILDREN OF BODOM, CRADLE OF FILTH, DEVILDRIVER, EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS, EXODUS, HAYSEED DIXIE, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, HELLSAW, ICED EARTH, IN SOLITUDE, JUDAS PRIEST, KHOLD, KNORKATOR, KREATOR, MAYHEM, MORBID ANGEL, MORGOTH, MOTÖRHEAD, OZZY OSBOURNE, PRIMAL FEAR, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, RUSSKAJA, SEPULTURA, SIRENIA, SKÁLMÖLD, SKI KING, SMACK BALLZ, SODOM, STIER, SUBWAY TO SALLY, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, TAUTHR, THE HAUNTED, THE PROPHECY²³, TOKYO BLADE, TRIVIUM, TSJUDER, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, VOLCANO, VREID, WARRANT
Wacken Open Air was first held in 1990 as a small event for local German bands. By 1998 the event had become the major festival on the European metal calendar and has included over 70 bands from all over Europe, North America and Australia.
Source: Blabbermouth.net









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