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Wacken Open Air: Running Order
June 28th, 2011 | Brutal Tunes, Grog Fests, Grymm and Frostbitten Lands
The running order for Wacken 2011 has been released, and metalheads all over the world are planning their days around their chosen bands and bemoaning the inevitable clashes. Helpfully, the Wacken website includes the Running Order Tool, where you can tick all the acts you want to see and it automatically gives you a personal itinerary and points out all your clashes so you can feel sorry for yourself.
Based on the current Wacken Running Order, (subject to change) my festival is shaping up as follows:
Wednesday 03. Aug 2011
20:00 – 21:00 - W:O:A Firefighters – Beergarden
00:00 – 01:00 - Mambo Kurt – W.E.T. Stage / HeadbangersThursday 04. Aug 2011
19:00 – 20:15 - Helloween – True Metal Stage
20:30 – 22:00 - Blind Guardian – Black Stage
22:30 – 00:00 - Ozzy Osbourne – True Metal StageFriday 05. Aug 2011
12:00 – 13:00 - Ensiferum – Black Stage
14:30 – 15:30 – Van Canto – Party Stage
14:30 – 15:30 – Morbid Angel – Black Stage
15:45 – 16:45 – Sodom – True Metal Stage
17:00 – 18:00 - Rhapsody Of Fire – Party Stage
18:25 – 19:50 - Deadlock – W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
20:15 – 20:45 - Suidakra – W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
20:45 – 23:00 - Judas Priest – True Metal Stage
23:15 – 00:15 - Kyluss Lives – Party Stage
02:00 – 03:00 - Apocalyptica – Black StageSaturday 06. Aug. 2011
12:00 – 12:45 – Moonsorrow – Black Stage
12:00 – 12:45 – Visions Of Atlantis – Party Stage
14:00 – 14:45 - Kataklysm – Black Stage
15:00 – 16:00 - Dir En Grey – True Metal Stage
16:15 – 17:15 - Mayhem – Black Stage
17:30 – 18:30 - Iced Earth – True Metal Stage
20:00 – 21:30 - Avantasia & Guests – True Metal Stage
21:45 – 22:45 - Kreator – Black Stage
23:00 – 00:15 – Motörhead – True Metal Stage
23:05 – 23:50 – Tokyo Blade – W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
01:50 – 02:50 – Subway To Sally – True Metal StageI’ve got three clashes – I’ll probably go see Van Canto, since Morbid Angel’s last album was pretty terrible and I’ve more chance of seeing them over here than Van Canto. I’ll probably go see Moonsorrow because I was mainly goingto see Visions of Atlantis out of curiosity. And I haven’t decided between Motörhead and Tokyo Blade, but I have seen Motörhead before.
I haven’t finished checking out all the bands yet, to see if there’s any hidden gems I’ll be gutted I missed, and a few of these bands aren’t must-sees, but this is a good basic idea of how my Wacken will shape up. If you want to meet up, best days for me are Wednesday and Thursday.
If you’ve ever been to a festival, what was the worst clash you ever had? Who did you choose in the end?
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[...] post was inspired by the lovely Steff Metal. She posted about the Wacken 2011 lineup and asked her readers what their worst festival scheduling clash was. I tend to get a bit ranty [...]
That’s awesome, I need to recheck my list of ‘lesser known bands that I want to check out’ and redo my schedule. As it is there are too many wet t-shirt competitions and not enough time!
Here’s what me and Andy are thinking. I can’t really make out yours … :p
Do we overlap much?
Wednesdy 03. Aug 2011
13:30 – 14:15 Ski King Bullhead City
15:00 – 15:45 Russkaja Bullhead City
18:00 – 19:00 Horch Wackinger Stage
20:00 – 21:00 W:O:A Firefighters Beergarden
Thursday 04. Aug 2011
14:00 – 15:00 Russkaja Wackinger Stage
18:00 – 20:00 Maiden United Wackinger Stage
Leave at 19:00 for Helloween
19:00 – 20:15 Helloween True Metal Stage
20:30 – 22:00 Blind Guardian Black Stage
22:30 – 00:00 Ozzy Osbourne True Metal Stage
Friday 05. Aug 2011
12:00 – 13:00 Primal Fear Party Stage
13:15 – 14:15 Suicidal Tendencies True Metal Stage
13:50 – 14:20 Pussy Sister W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
14:30 – 15:30 Van Canto Party Stage
17:00 – 18:00 Rhapsody Of Fire Party Stage
19:20 – 19:50 Bullet W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
20:45 – 23:00 Judas Priest True Metal Stage
Can go see Sirenia then come back
21:10 – 21:40 Sirena W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
23:00 – 23:30 Accuser W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
00:45 – 01:45 Airbourne True Metal Stage
02:00 – 03:00 Apocalyptica Black Stage
Probably will not go to Shraphead
02:25 – 02:55 Shraphead W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
Saturday 06. Aug 2011
12:00 – 13:00 W:O:A Firefighters Beergarden
13:00 – 13:45 Crash Diet True Metal Stage
15:40 – 16:10 Stormzone W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
Either of the next two bands look fun
16:15 – 17:15 Knorkator Party Stage
16:35 – 17:05 Hämatom W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
17:00 – 18:00 Smack Ballz Beergarden
Leave early for Iced Earth
17:30 – 18:30 Iced Earth True Metal Stage
18:45 – 19:45 Sepultura Black Stage
20:00 – 21:30 Avantasia & Guests True Metal Stage
Arrive late for Blowsight
21:10 – 21:45 Blowsight W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
Go to Tokyo Blade then arrive later for Motorhead?
23:05 – 23:50 Tokyo Blade W.E.T. Stage / Headbangers
23:00 – 00:15 Motörhead True Metal Stage
00:30 – 01:45 Eläkeläsiet Party Stage
Steff…not to mess up your schedule or anything…but you have more than two conflicts. Morgoth is on Friday between Deadlock and Suidakra (Honestly…Suidakra or Morgoth..thats a tough choice for me).
Hail of Bullets is on Saturday at the same time as Kreator (HoB is really good too…if you have any love for the band Asphyx you need to check thm out…Martin Van Drunen really brings it during a live show)
Runs off to listen to Morgoth and Hail of Bullets …
Honestly, apart from a couple of bands like Blind Guardian and Ensiferum, I’m pretty open to whatever way people (and beer) happen to pull me. That’s how we ended up at JBO last year and they were so much fun.
@Steff
What did you think of Morgoth and HoB?
Morgoth reminds me of early ” Leprosy” and “Spiritual Healing” era Death. I think if I had to choose though I’d probably go with Suidakra.
They’ve put out back to back amazing albums in “Crogacht” and “Book of Dowth” so I bet thats going to be a great show. Besides, from what I can tell, they dont get nearly as much love as they deserve.
Now HoB is another story…I got to see them play this year at MDF 2011, and they crushed their set. If you liked their music I promise they will be worth hearing live.