Wacken

Doro Pesch: Metal Fur Immer...

'I want to do this until I die!'

From her early metal beginnings fronting Warlock, to now. Doro Pesch has secured her position among the elite iconic front-men/women of heavy metal.

A profound chat with Chris Barnes of Six Feet Under

Sweet Kali weed and nude belly dancers. It's a hard life...

A tired and sleepy Albert launches into an in-depth interview with Chris Barnes, vocalist with Six Feet Under. Chris is in Tampa, Florida. He may well be baked.

The Wacken Diaries – 04: As Muslims go to Mecca...

The busiest day of Wacken yet... more bad weather, showering, drinking, international negotiations, interviews... oh, and some music in between all that.

This morning we woke to rain – again.

Wacken 4: mid point

Day 2 of the festival

The Wacken Diaries - 03: Fun and games in the wind and rain

They say it's Wacken, rain or shine; they forgot to mention gale force winds.

Thursday – the first real day of the festival – and we woke to the sound of rain. Poking my head out of our tent, I was dismayed to discover it was very grey and very soggy outside.

The Wacken Diaries – 02: Day Zero

The festival hadn't yet started, but the fun had...

Wednesday was an early start: up at 6am, pack up all our shit, hotel breakfast, and then hustle down to the train station, meet up with Vagrant, and figure out how the hell we were going to get to

Swashbuckle confirmed for W:O:A 2009

The official release party for the three pirates' upcoming album Back To The Noose will take place at this years Wacken Open Air!