First 30 bands confirmed for Reload 2027

Artists in this update

• Electric Callboy

  Electronic · Metalcore

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

• Heaven Shall Burn

  Metalcore · Melodic Death Metal

  Heaven Shall Burn brings Metalcore and Melodic Death Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• 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.

• 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.

• The Butcher Sisters

  Comedy Metal · Metalcore · Rap Metal · Rap-Metal

  German band from Mannheim mixing metalcore, rap and rough party energy. Their shows thrive on demolition-room atmosphere, breakdowns and provocative humor.

• Jinjer

  Progressive Metal · Metalcore

  Jinjer brings Progressive Metal and Metalcore to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Skindred

  Alternative Metal · Reggae-Metal

  British band from Wales blending alternative metal with reggae, punk and electronic energy. Known for Benji Webbe’s voice and danceable heaviness.

• 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.

• Beast In Black

  Heavy Metal · Power Metal

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

• Igorrr

  Experimental Metal · Breakcore

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

• Clawfinger

  Rap Metal · Nu Metal · Industrial Metal

  Swedish metal riffs slammed against furious raps and a heap of social commentary. Clawfinger have been preaching since the early nineties and still land the hit.

• 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.

• Malevolence

  Hardcore · Metal · Metalcore

  British hardcore and metalcore band from Sheffield with heavy groove-metal influences. Known for massive riffs, gang vocals and crushing breakdowns.

• Atreyu

  Metalcore · Post-Hardcore · Heavy Metal

  US metalcore pioneers from Orange County, California, who helped define melodic metalcore in the 2000s with albums like A Death-Grip on Yesterday and Lead Sails Paper Anchor.

• Make Them Suffer

  Metalcore · Deathcore

  Make Them Suffer brings Metalcore and Deathcore to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Shadow Of Intent

  Deathcore · Symphonic Metal

  Shadow Of Intent brings Deathcore and Symphonic Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Emil Bulls

  Metalcore · Alternative Metal · Nu Metal

  Munich heavyweights with nu-metal roots and metalcore choruses made for bellowing along, reliably loud since the mid-'90s.

• 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.

• 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.

• Carnifex

  Deathcore

  Carnifex brings Deathcore to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• The Browning

  Electronicore · Deathcore · Metal

  Kansas City's The Browning weld deathcore brutality to thumping electronics — metal that sounds like a club DJ got hold of it.

• Oxo86

  Ska Punk · Oi! · Street Punk

  German ska-punk and Oi! band from Bernau near Berlin, formed in 1996. Brass-heavy street punk with an antifascist stance.

• Brand Of Sacrifice

  Deathcore · Symphonic Deathcore

  Canadian deathcore combining orchestral weight, down-tuned riffs and massive breakdowns.

• Bloodred Hourglass

  Melodic Death Metal

  Out of Mikkeli, Finland: growls mean enough to scare your neighbours, leads catchy enough that you'll hum them anyway. Melodic death with hooks that refuse to leave.

• Mittel Alta

  Alternative

  Mittel Alta works the alternative spectrum – catchy melodies with a rough edge, somewhere between a wall of guitars and a goosebumps chorus.

• Infected Rain

  Nu Metalcore · Groove Metal

  Out of Chișinău, Moldova, led by Lena Scissorhands flipping between guttural roars and clean melody. Moldova's loudest, most-tattooed calling card.

• Peelingflesh

  Slamming Brutal Death Metal · Deathcore

  American slam death of the most stomach-churning variety; Peelingflesh pile on the deathcore brutality until the band name reads like a content warning.

• 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.

• Calva Louise

  Alternative Rock · Post-Hardcore · Electronica

  A multicultural London trio throwing razor riffs, glitchy electronics and snarled vocals into one blender – live shows that detonate and genre lines that quietly dissolve.

• Left To Suffer

  Deathcore · Metalcore

  Atlanta deathcore built on crushing breakdowns, modern production and a dark atmosphere.