First 27 acts confirmed for Bloodstock 2027

Artists in this update

• Mercyful Fate

  Heavy Metal · Occult Metal

  With King Diamond's unmistakable vocals, dark harmonies and theatrical stagecraft, Mercyful Fate are one of the defining bands of early extreme metal.

• Electric Callboy

  Electronic · Metalcore

  German metalcore band from Castrop-Rauxel with electronic hooks and playful pop aesthetics. Known for heavy breakdowns and danceable choruses.

• Motionless In White

  Metalcore · Gothic Metal · Industrial Metal

  US metalcore band from Scranton, Pennsylvania, with a dark gothic aesthetic and industrial influences. Albums like “Scoring the End of the World” made them one of the biggest acts in modern metal.

• Acid Bath

  Sludge Metal · Doom Metal

  Sludge Metal act focused on weight, precision and intense stage impact. The sound blends Sludge Metal with elements of Doom Metal and a dark atmosphere.

• Green Lung

  Stoner Rock · Doom Metal

  London doom with a churning Hammond organ and a taste for the occult — like a '70s hard-rock band moonlighting as a coven.

• Children Of Bodom

  Melodic Death Metal · Power Metal

  Children Of Bodom brings Melodic Death Metal and Power Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Imminence

  Metal

  Sweden's Imminence make metalcore stand out by handing the violin equal billing with the breakdowns. Emotional, cinematic and entirely their own.

• DevilDriver

  Groove Metal · Melodic Death Metal

  DevilDriver combine groove metal and melodic death metal with massive riffs and Dez Fafara's distinctive vocals.

• Wind Rose

  Power Metal · Folk Metal

  Power Metal act focused on weight, precision and intense stage impact. The sound blends Power Metal with elements of Folk Metal and a dark atmosphere.

• HammerFall

  Power Metal · Heavy Metal

  HammerFall brings Power Metal and Heavy Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Sylosis

  Thrash Metal · Melodic Death Metal

  Thrash Metal act focused on weight, precision and intense stage impact. The sound blends Thrash Metal with elements of Melodic Death Metal and a dark atmosphere.

• Corrosion of Conformity

  Sludge Metal · Southern Metal

  American band from North Carolina who fused hardcore punk roots with sludge, Southern rock and metal. COC helped shape the crossover between heavy riff rock and metal.

• Hypocrisy

  Melodic Death Metal · Death Metal

  Since the early nineties, Hypocrisy have defined Swedish death metal through melodic weight, cold atmosphere and Peter Tägtgren's distinctive songwriting.

• The Halo Effect

  Melodic Death Metal

  Melodic Death Metal act focused on weight, precision and intense stage impact. The sound blends Melodic Death Metal with elements of Melodic Death Metal and a dark atmosphere.

• Decapitated

  Death Metal · Technical Death Metal

  Polish Death Metal act focused on weight, precision and intense stage impact. The sound blends Death Metal with elements of Technical Death Metal and a dark atmosphere.

• Witch Club Satan

  Black Metal · Avant-garde Metal

  Three Norwegian women turn black metal into something between a concert and an exorcism — feminist fury and performance art fused into one ritual. Witch Club Satan isn't a band you watch so much as one you survive.

• Humanity's Last Breath

  Deathcore · Djent

  Humanity's Last Breath turn ultra-low guitars, polyrhythmic precision and oppressive atmosphere into a monumental modern metal sound.

• Gutalax

  Grindcore

  Czech grindcore band with a deliberately absurd and scatological sense of humor. They are known for bizarre shows, toilet themes and chaotic moshpits.

• Conan

  Doom Metal · Sludge Metal

  Liverpool's Conan play exceptionally heavy doom and sludge metal built from monumental riffs, deep bass and physically overwhelming volume.

• Tortured Demon

  Thrash Metal · Groove Metal

  Tortured Demon deliver modern British thrash and groove metal with high speed, precise riffs and uncompromising live energy.

• Madball

  Hardcore Punk · New York Hardcore

  If New York hardcore had a flagship, this is it — Madball have been the sound of raised fists and circle pits since the late eighties, and they haven't softened an inch.

• Gaerea

  Black Metal

  Portuguese Black Metal act focused on weight, precision and intense stage impact. The sound blends Black Metal with elements of Black Metal and a dark atmosphere.

• Kanonenfieber

  Black Metal · Death Metal

  German extreme-metal project built around World War I concepts. The sound blends black and death metal with historical weight.

• Dethklok

  Death Metal · Heavy Metal · Comedy Rock

  Fictional death metal band from the animated series Metalocalypse, brought to life by creator Brendon Small with full albums and live tours. A unique blend of genuine metal craft and satirical comedy.

• Pig Destroyer

  Grindcore

  American grindcore band from Virginia, known for extreme speed, dense riffs and disturbing lyrics. The group is one of the key names in modern grindcore.

• Fulci

  Death Metal

  Death Metal act focused on weight, precision and intense stage impact. The sound blends Death Metal with elements of Death Metal and a dark atmosphere.

• DOOL

  Dark Rock · Progressive Rock

  DOOL combine dark rock, progressive structures and psychedelic atmosphere in intense, layered songs.