Wacken Open Air is one of the most visited and biggest music festivals in Europe and said to be the greatest heavy metal festival in the world. About 80,000 metal and rock fans gather in the otherwise tranquil town every year without fail. The visitors cause an almost crisis situation situation in the 2,000 capacity village for three days – and they do not care about the weather.

At this year’s Wacken Open Air, DMAX followed the internationally successful band BLIND GUARDIAN. The band – Hansi Kürsch (vocals), André Olbricht (lead guitars), Marcus Siepen (guitars), Frederik Ehmke (drums) and Barend Courbois (bass) – have achieved status as one of the leading international metal acts for almost 30 years. They have sold more than 2,5 million records and are followed by an enormously loyal fanbase.

With BLIND GUARDIAN and their crew, DMAX goes behind the big stage and has a look behind the scenes of Wacken Open Air for the first time: how do you experience such an event, if you’re not a guest, but a part of the crew? The DMAX documentary focuses on the varied and hectic daily routine of the musicians on tour as well as the hard work of the “secret heroes” of Wacken Open Air (f.e. security, project manager), which is all running in the background unnoticedly. The DMAX documentary, “Road To Wacken”, delivers fascinating insights on the daily routine of an experienced band and shows the everyday life at the festival between adventurous fun and hard work.

DMAX Doku – “Road To Wacken” – September 3rd – 10.15pm CEST – for the first time exclusively on German free TV on DMAX!

BLIND GUARDIAN‘s current record, “Beyond The Red Mirror”, can be ordered here.

More on “Beyond The Red Mirror”:
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BLIND GUARDIAN live:

08.09.  USA     Atlanta, GA – Prog Power Festival

w/ GRAVE DIGGER
09.09.  USA     Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
10.09.  USA     Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
12.09.  USA     Wilmington, NC – Ziggy’s By The Sea
13.09.  USA     Chapel Hill, NC – Cats Cradle
15.09.  USA     New York, NY – Webster Hall
16.09.  USA     Worcester, MA – The Palladium
17.09.  CDN     Quebec City – Imperial
19.09.  CDN     London, ON – London Music Hall
20.09.  USA     Detroit, MI – The Crofoot
22.09.  USA     Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
23.09.  USA     Milwaukee, WI – The Rave II
24.09.  USA     St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room
26.09.  USA     Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
27.09.  USA     Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill
29.09.  USA     Denver, CO – The Summit Music Hall
30.09.  USA     Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
01.10.  USA     Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues
02.10.  USA     San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park
04.10.  USA     Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
05.10.  USA     San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore

08.10.  J           Tokyo – Loud Park Festival
10.10.  RC       Taipei – Taipei ATT @ Showbox Live House
03.12.  D         Oberhausen – Ruhrpott Metal Meeting
09.12.  NL        Rijssen – Lucky
10.12.  D         Geiselwind – Christmas Bash
11.12.  CH       Pratteln – Z7

12.08.  A          Graz – Metal On The Hill

More info:
www.blind-guardian.com
www.facebook.de/blindguardian
www.nuclearblast.de/blindguardian