First 61 acts confirmed for Summer Breeze 2027

Artists in this update

• Summer Breeze Legends & Orchestra

  Symphonic Metal

  Summer Breeze Legends & Orchestra is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Symphonic 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.

• Edguy

  Power Metal · Heavy Metal

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

• SALTATIO MORTIS

  Gothic · Alternative

  SALTATIO MORTIS is a Gothic/Alternative act appearing in the 2026 festival season.

• 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.

• 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.

• Halestorm

  Hard Rock · Rock

  Hard Rock act with a distinct guitar or band sound. The music blends Hard Rock with Rock, melodic tension and direct live energy.

• 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.

• Lord of the Lost

  Dark Rock · Gothic Metal · Industrial Metal

  Hamburg dark-rock force led by Chris Harms, moving between glam, gothic, metal and grand gestures. Lord of the Lost can be dark, huge and strangely catchy at once.

• Eluveitie

  Folk Metal · Melodic Death Metal

  Eluveitie is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Folk Metal and Melodic Death Metal.

• H Blockx

  Alternative · Alternative Rock · Rap Rock · Rock

  German crossover band from Münster mixing alternative rock, rap rock and funk influences. H-Blockx became a major name in German 1990s guitar music.

• Swiss & die Andern

  Punk Rock · Rap Rock

  Swiss & die Andern blend punk rock, rap and blunt political messaging with big singalong hooks and explosive energy.

• 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.

• Kataklysm

  Death Metal · Melodic Death Metal

  Kataklysm is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Death Metal and Melodic Death Metal.

• Mono Inc.

  Gothic Rock · Dark Rock

  Mono Inc. is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Gothic Rock and Dark Rock.

• Warkings

  Metal

  Masked power metal collective performing as armoured warriors — Roman, Viking and the like. Warkings deliver epic anthems with a healthy dose of theatrical thunder.

• Dark Funeral

  Black Metal

  Dark Funeral is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Black Metal.

• Gloryhammer

  Power Metal · Symphonic Metal

  Gloryhammer is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Power Metal and Symphonic Metal.

• Finntroll

  Folk Metal · Black Metal

  Imagine a black metal blast beat colliding with a drunken Finnish polka, sung in Swedish by trolls. Somehow it slaps, every time.

• 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.

• 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.

• Equilibrium

  Folk Metal · Symphonic Metal · Melodic Death Metal

  German folk metal in widescreen: Equilibrium fuse harsh riffs, epic melodies and nature mythology into a festival-ready storm front.

• John Bush

  Heavy Metal · Thrash Metal

  John Bush brings Heavy Metal and Thrash Metal 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.

• 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.

• Long Distance Calling

  Post-Rock · Progressive Rock

  Long Distance Calling is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Post-Rock and Progressive Rock.

• 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.

• 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.

• Any Given Day

  Metalcore

  German metalcore band combining modern production, heavy breakdowns and melodic hooks. Any Given Day are among the best-known German acts in contemporary metalcore.

• 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.

• Insomnium

  Melodic Death Metal

  Finnish melodeath from Joensuu that sounds like long winters and even longer thoughts. Melancholy heavy enough to feel like a sunset over snow.

• Combichrist

  Aggrotech · Industrial Metal · EBM

  Industrial/aggrotech project founded by Andy LaPlegua in 2003. Hard beats, distorted vocals and aggressive live shows made Combichrist a household name of the industrial scene.

• 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.

• Anaal Nathrakh

  Black Metal · Grindcore

  British extreme metal duo combining black metal, grindcore, industrial elements and apocalyptic intensity. Their music is deliberately chaotic, aggressive and overwhelming.

• Fleshgod Apocalypse

  Symphonic Death Metal

  Fleshgod Apocalypse is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Symphonic Death Metal.

• Primal Fear

  Heavy Metal · Power Metal

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

• Nasty

  Hardcore · Post-Hardcore

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

• Burning Witches

  Heavy Metal · Power Metal

  A coven of Swiss women playing heavy and power metal exactly the way the '80s intended: twin guitars, soaring screams and not an ounce of compromise.

• Kupfergold

  Folk Rock

  German folk rock band with a medieval-fantasy streak. Kupfergold blend acoustic instruments, danceable melodies and modern rock muscle into something that suits both a tankard of mead and a circle pit.

• End Of Green

  Dark Rock · Gothic Metal

  End Of Green is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Dark Rock and Gothic Metal.

• Wolfheart

  Metal

  Wolfheart is a metal act in the officially confirmed Motocultor Festival 2026 lineup.

• Legion of the Damned

  Thrash Metal · Death Metal

  Legion of the Damned combine Dutch thrash metal with death-metal force.

• Ellende

  Post-Black Metal · Atmospheric Black Metal

  Atmospheric post-black metal project from Graz, combining melancholic melodies with raw heaviness.

• Angelus Apatrida

  Thrash Metal

  Spanish thrash metal band blending classic Bay Area influence with European heaviness. They are one of Spain’s most important modern thrash acts.

• Abbie Falls

  Deathcore · Metalcore

  Abbie Falls is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Deathcore and Metalcore.

• Samurai Pizza Cats

  Metalcore · Electronicore

  Samurai Pizza Cats is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Metalcore and Electronicore.

• Necrotted

  Death Metal · Deathcore

  Brutal, slamming death metal out of sleepy small-town Swabia, with a message buried under the blast beats. Tourmates from Hatebreed to Obituary can vouch.

• Left To Suffer

  Deathcore · Metalcore

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

• Evil Invaders

  Speed Metal · Thrash Metal

  Evil Invaders is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Speed Metal and Thrash Metal.

• Hiraes

  Melodic Death Metal

  Four-fifths of Dawn of Disease reborn around vocalist Britta Görtz, delivering Scandinavian-tinged melodic death metal from Osnabrück that's classic and uncompromising at once.

• Lavina

  Metal

  Lavina is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Metal.

• Asenblut

  Pagan Metal · Viking Metal

  Asenblut is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Pagan Metal and Viking Metal.

• ACCVSED

  Metalcore

  ACCVSED is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Metalcore.

• Spitting Glass

  Deathcore · Metal

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

• Ahab

  Funeral Doom Metal · Doom Metal

  Imagine Moby-Dick scored as music: glacial funeral doom that sounds like a whaling ship going down with all hands. These Germans take the high seas extremely seriously.

• Sunborn

  Metal

  Sunborn is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Metal.

• The Night Eternal

  Heavy Metal

  The Night Eternal is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Heavy Metal.

• Defiance HC

  Hardcore

  Defiance HC is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Hardcore.

• Regarde Les Hommes Tomber

  Post-Black Metal · Sludge Metal

  Regarde Les Hommes Tomber is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Post-Black Metal and Sludge Metal.

• Capacopter

  Metal

  Capacopter is a confirmed act on the 2027 European festival calendar, working in the field of Metal.