CHILDREN OF BODOM and VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have been confirmed for next 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, AVANTASIA, BLAAS OF GLORY, BLIND GUARDIAN, CHILDREN OF BODOM, EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, HAYSEED DIXIE, IN SOLITUDE, JUDAS PRIEST, KHOLD, KNORKATOR, MAYHEM, MOTÖRHEAD, OZZY OSBOURNE, PRIMAL FEAR, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, RUSSKAJA, SEPULTURA, SKÁLMÖLD, SKI KING, SMACK BALLZ, SODOM, STIER, SUBWAY TO SALLY, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, THE PROPHECY²³, TOKYO BLADE, TRIVIUM, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, 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