First 50 bands confirmed for Wacken 2027

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  Melodic Death Metal · Heavy Metal

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

• 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.

• Belphegor

  Blackened Death Metal

  Belphegor brings Blackened Death Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Between Two Worlds

  Heavy Metal

  Between Two Worlds brings Heavy Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Blue Medusa

  Heavy Metal · Alternative Metal · Hard Rock

  Heavy metal project led by Canadian vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, formerly of Arch Enemy, combining technically sophisticated guitar work with powerful vocals and emotionally raw songwriting.

• Carnifex

  Deathcore

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

• Cavalera Conspiracy

  Thrash Metal · Death Metal · Groove Metal

  The famous Cavalera feud is long buried — Max and Iggor share a stage again and crank straight into neck-snap mode, thrash and death metal carrying the Sepultura bloodline.

• 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.

• Creeper

  Glam Rock · Alternative Rock

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

• Crypta

  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.

• Dark Tranquillity

  Melodic Death Metal

  Dark Tranquillity brings Melodic Death Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• 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.

• DragonForce

  Power Metal · Speed Metal

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

• 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.

• Electric Callboy

  Electronic · Metalcore

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

• Feuerschwanz

  Folk Metal · Medieval Rock

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

• Five Finger Death Punch

  Groove Metal · Alternative Metal

  Five Finger Death Punch brings Groove Metal and Alternative Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Heavens Gate

  Power Metal · Heavy Metal

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

• Helloween

  Power Metal

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

• 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.

• Imminence

  Metal

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

• 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.

• John 5

  Instrumental Rock · Hard Rock · Shred

  Six strings, a thousand tricks. The Michigan fretboard wizard who's fueled Rob Zombie and Mötley Crüe goes solo to prove a guitarist needs no singer to own an entire stage.

• 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.

• 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.

• Knocked Loose

  Hardcore · Metalcore

  Kentucky's Knocked Loose deliver hardcore of brutal heft — shrieking vocals, demolishing breakdowns and a live energy that turns whole rooms into moving chaos.

• 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.

• 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.

• Metal Church

  Heavy Metal · Thrash Metal · Power Metal

  Out of rainy Aberdeen, Washington, came a metal that bit harder than its peers before thrash even broke big – the church where the sermons come at full volume.

• 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.

• Napalm Death

  Grindcore · Death Metal

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

• Norther

  Melodic Death Metal · Power Metal

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

• Overkill

  Thrash Metal

  New Jersey's most stubborn thrash institution, fronted by a screeching green bat mascot and a band that simply refuses to slow down, mellow out, or politely retire.

• Primordial

  Black Metal · Celtic Metal

  Primordial brings Black Metal and Celtic Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Seven Blood

  Alternative Rock · Punk

  Seven Blood is a Alternative Rock/Punk act appearing in the 2026 festival season.

• 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.

• 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.

• TAILGUNNER

  Hard Rock · Heavy Metal

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

• 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.

• The Narrator

  Metalcore · Post-Hardcore

  The Narrator are a German metalcore band built around melodic choruses, heavy riffs and energetic live presence.

• The New Roses

  Hard Rock

  The New Roses brings Hard Rock to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Towards The Sinister

  Doom Metal

  Towards The Sinister brings Doom Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Tyketto

  Hard Rock · Glam Metal

  Tyketto brings Hard Rock and Glam Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• U.D.O.

  Heavy Metal

  U.D.O. brings Heavy Metal to the Holy Ground as part of the first confirmed band wave for Wacken Open Air 2027.

• Victorius

  Power Metal

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

• 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.