Wacken Open Air - asking for advice on which bands to see

[micha]

well, the title says it all.
I'm going to WOA again this year and as usual I don't know half of the bands that play there.
but I do know what happens; I go there, spend a whole lot of time on the camping ground (even though it's an amazingly good time usually... ) and later, when I get back home, someone hands CDs to me and I'm like "wow, wtf?" and have to see I missed something couple of days ago...
now your job is to save me from that!!

the billing this year is;

Aborted
Amon Amarth
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Arch Enemy
Atheist
Battlelore
Bloodthorn
Born from Pain
Caliban
Carnivore
Celtic Frost
Children of Bodom
D'espairs Ray
Danko Jones
Dezperadoz
The Dogma
Ektomorf
Emperor
End Of Green
Fear Factory
Finntroll
Fleshgore
Gammay Ray
Hellfueled
In Extremo
Korpiklaani
Krieger
Krypteria
Lake Of Tears
Legion of the Damned
Mambo Kurt
Metal Inquisitor
Ministry
Morbid Angel
Motörhead
MSG
Mystic Circle
Nevermore
Opeth
Orphanded Land
Primal Fear
Rose Tattoo
Scorpions
Six Feed Under
Soilwork
Soulfly
Subway to Sally
Transilvanian B.C.
Uli Jon Roth
Victory
Vreid
WE
Whitesnake
Wintersun

So far I know I'm trying to see Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Gamma Ray, In Extremo and Soilwork (I'm just curious who In Flames is bashing all day... ).

what would you be seeing if you were going there?
what do you think would be worth a try?

and last but not least; how are the chances I'm gonna see some JCFers there?

I'm gonne leave on wednesday, so I'd be glad for all kind of hints or recommendations!!
thanks a lot///micha

[levantin]

My pick from that lot would be:

Amon Amarth - Do not miss (if you're into death metal)
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Celtic Frost
Emperor - the best black metal band ever IMO
Hellfueled - Do not miss!
Ministry
Motörhead - why isn't this on your list
MSG
Nevermore - Do not miss!!!!!!
Opeth - hmmm, nice
Orphaned Land - Great oriental death metal
Soulfly
Uli Jon Roth
Whitesnake

Plus all the obvious ones you already wrote!

Wot no Onkel Tom this year?

Have fun by the way!

[followthereaper]

+1 for Motörhead, Nevermore, and Opeth... No Cannibal Corpse this year?

[kmanick]

+1 for Nevermore and Opeth!!!
I'd check out whitesnake too (Ddoug and Reb both smoke!)

[Nazgul]

Don't miss the Emperor!!

Not many bands that I like this year at WOA: Emperor, COB, ULi Jon Roth, maybe Six Feet Under aswell.

[Nuclear Vampire]

Amon Amarth
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Arch Enemy
Atheist - Fucking awesome!
Battlelore - curious to see their show
Carnivore - this would be great.
Celtic Frost
Children of Bodom
Danko Jones - Great rocker from Canada
Emperor
Fear Factory
Finntroll
Gammay Ray
In Extremo
Korpiklaani - Drunken Folk Metal party time!
Ministry - always good live
Morbid Angel
Motörhead
MSG
Nevermore
Opeth
Orphanded Land
Primal Fear
Rose Tattoo - classic!
Scorpions
Soilwork
Subway to Sally
Uli Jon Roth
Vreid
Wintersun - Best ever!!!!!!




This is who I'd love to see.

[Inearthed]

Personally, I wouldn't bother with Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, or Soilwork. Those bands are all playing on sub-par albums and chances are they'll play a bunch of material from that subpar album.

Amon Amarth - Break your neck
Atheist - Worth checking out for the trippy music
Battlelore - Supposedly one of the most over the top bands out there
Carnivore - Heard great things about these guys
Celtic Frost - Have to see these guys
Emperor - Have to see these guys
Finntroll - Another fun band to listen to while drinking
Gamma Ray - My roommate says they were the best live band he's seen
Korpiklaani - They would be a fun band to listen to while drinking
Motörhead - Gotta see them at least once
Primal Fear - To hear what modern Judas Priest should sound like
Wintersun - These guys are awesome, epic and powerful.

The above list will get you a great balance of stuff. Also skip Opeth, they're boring as hell live.

[shadowcat]

I'll be there, and Baum83 will be there... this can only mean one thing:


As for bands this year, this is what I plan to see:

Aborted (they canceled their Hamburg gig as support of Cryptopsy, so I really want to catch them this time)
Arch Enemy (were good live last time in Wacken, so I'm gonna see them again)
Atheist - never thought I'd get the chance to see them live... must see for me!
Celtic Frost - I only know two songs, so I want to see what the hype is about...
Children of Bodom - this will be my fifth time seeing them live, 3rd time in Wacken
Emperor - just as with Atheist... I'm not gonna miss this!!!
Finntroll - great fun live
Korpiklaani - what can I say...

Legion of the Damned - I need to see at least one thrash band at each Wacken Open Air
Morbid Angel - were awesome live in Hamburg... must see!
Motörhead - well it's MOTÖRHEAD!
Nevermore - hope they get better sound this year... I've never seen them live with good sound, which is why for three years I thought they sucked! Until I bought an album of theirs...
Opeth - my fav band on album, great live in a club... I'm curious how they come across on a festival...
Scorpions - because... well just because. And because otherwise there would be no band to see on Thursday.
Wintersun - Do not miss!!! I could care less if I missed COB this time, but I HAVE TO SEE Wintersun.

So that's alot of bands right there, but why not, that's what Wacken is for IMO... I'll drink my brains out on Wednesday and Thursday and see lots of great metal on Friday and Saturday.

BTW Soilwork can be skipped IMO, I've seen them live four times and was disappointed every time. And they play at the same time as Opeth, so...

Cannibal Corpse canceled their gig at Wacken this year, so I'm glad we got Morbid Angel.

[followthereaper]

+1 for Wintersun... I don't know how the hell I missed it on the list.

[micha]

I'll be there, and Baum83 will be there... this can only mean one thing:

hey, that's kind of cool!! can't wait to finally meet some JCFers in person!!
I think we're gonna arrive somewhere around 1800 or so on wednesday (it's quite a trip from here actually), you got an idea when you're gonna go there? we should meet up somewhere or we could be neighbours for a couple of days...



with regard to motörhead;
I think I saw them twice on festivals, and they really didn't impress me much. somehow I hardly noticed when a song ended and the new one was going already...
scorpions, I just forgot about. there a classic IMO. and thursday really isn't that bizzy.
korplikaani; never heard about them... are they as humpa as I think they are?
really love humpa!!

well... I think I should have another look at my list then...
thanks a lot for your help guys!


oh, and I think onkel tom is gonna be there for sure.
there's just no need to put him on the list anymore...
he belongs to WOA.

[petedz]

In addition to what's already been mentioned, I'd be really curious about Victory. Maybe that's just because I woudn't have a chance in hell of ever seeing them here in the US.

[shadowcat]

hey, that's kind of cool!! can't wait to finally meet some JCFers in person!!
I think we're gonna arrive somewhere around 1800 or so on wednesday (it's quite a trip from here actually), you got an idea when you're gonna go there? we should meet up somewhere or we could be neighbours for a couple of days...



with regard to motörhead;
I think I saw them twice on festivals, and they really didn't impress me much. somehow I hardly noticed when a song ended and the new one was going already...
scorpions, I just forgot about. there a classic IMO. and thursday really isn't that bizzy.
korplikaani; never heard about them... are they as humpa as I think they are?
really love humpa!!

well... I think I should have another look at my list then...
thanks a lot for your help guys!


oh, and I think onkel tom is gonna be there for sure.
there's just no need to put him on the list anymore...
he belongs to WOA.

We'll hopefully arrive around noon. Living in Hamburg sure has advantages... like a close distance to Wacken, for example.
That means it's near impossible that we'll be neighbours, but I'll shoot you a PM with my number so we can arrange a meeting. The "german-JCF-drunkparty", so to speak.

Motörhead... well it's just cult. And we always have alot to laugh afterwards!
Korpiklaani - yes, they are humpa! I missed them live when they played in Hamburg, but my buddies said it was an absolutely awesome party. Wacken's gotta be even better!

[Elfastball7]

My personal recommendations are:

Aborted
Amon Amarth
Arch Enemy
Atheist-great tech death metal band
Bloodthorn-death/black metal band from Norway
Celtic Frost
Children of Bodom
Emperor
Fleshgore
Metal Inquisitor
Morbid Angel-one of the greatest Death Metal bands of all time
Motörhead
MSG
Opeth
Primal Fear
Victory
Vreid
Wintersun

[jgcable]

If you play guitar and you are a true student of the game and aspire to be the best player you could be there is only 1 stand out in that entire list...
the best guitar player that has ever lived....
the most inspiring guitarist on the planet...
the guitar player who invented the term neo-classical...
the guitar player who was shredding in the neo-classical style just a few years after The Beatles broke up!!!.....
The one..
The only...


ULI JON ROTH

[jgcable]

ULI JON ROTH