The world’s biggest metal festival just got even bigger. Wacken Open Air 2025—already sold out months in advance—has dropped a massive Easter lineup update that delivers something for every metal taste, from corpse paint to comedic lounge metal. With the latest additions now revealed via the official Wacken poster and website, fans are in for a diverse, heavy-hitting treat.
This year’s Wacken Open Air, taking place from 30 July to 2 August 2025, will be headlined by rock royalty Guns N’ Roses, alongside mammoth names like Machine Head, Gojira, Papa Roach, Mastodon, Dimmu Borgir, Within Temptation, King Diamond, and Saltatio Mortis (celebrating their 25th anniversary with a special show).
But it’s the new additions that have us at Metal on Tap hyped beyond words. The fresh wave of bands was dropped via Wacken.com as a special Heavy Easter surprise, and it’s stacked with legendary acts, up-and-comers, and a few… surprises.
🐣 New Additions to the Wacken 2025 Lineup:
Among the standout newly announced bands for Wacken 2025 are:
- Wednesday 13
- Drowning Pool
- Bad Loverz (Salatio Mortis’ 80s glam alter ego!)
- Dark Funeral
- Fit For A King
- Helmet
- Nestor
- UK SUBS
- SKYND
- Graveyard
- From Fall To Spring
- Zeke
- Soulbound
- Torsten Sträter (Sträter)
- Joja Wendt
- Vulvarine
- Induction
- Mambo Kurt (because what’s Wacken without him?)
- Extermination Dismemberment
- Non Est Deus
- …and many more.
Whether you’re into thrash, black metal, glam, core, or even quirky cover artists, this Wacken lineup continues to prove why it’s the Holy Land of Heavy Metal.
🖤 Metal on Tap’s Must-See Picks:
Every metalhead has their own path through Wacken’s wild stages, but here are our top must-see new additions for Wacken 2025:
🔪 Wednesday 13
Horror punk icon Wednesday 13 brings his twisted blend of theatrical macabre and catchy anthems to Wacken. Expect blood, attitude, and a show worthy of a midnight graveyard crawl.
💀 Drowning Pool
Back to make bodies hit the floor once more, Drowning Pool’s early-2000s nu-metal rage is a guaranteed pit starter.
🌟 Bad Loverz
Possibly the most unexpected and awesome surprise of the bunch—Bad Loverz is none other than the members of Saltatio Mortis donning wigs and spandex to blast out ‘80s glam rock bangers. It’s high-octane fun and pure Wacken chaos.
🎹 Mambo Kurt
A living legend of Wacken. Mambo Kurt flips metal hits into lounge classics with his Hammond organ and cheeky humor. It’s weird, it’s wild, it’s Wacken.
🖤 Dark Funeral
Sweden’s black metal masters return to Wacken with blast beats and blazing darkness. You know what you’re in for—and you’ll love every minute of it.
🔥 Fit For A King
Modern metalcore done right. Crushing breakdowns, melodic choruses, and relentless energy will make their Wacken debut one to remember.
🤘 Why Wacken 2025 Might Be the Most Diverse Yet
Wacken 2025 is shaping up to be one of the most genre-spanning editions in its storied history. From iconic acts like Saxon, W.A.S.P., Apocalyptica, and Michael Schenker, to newer forces like Liliac, Landmvrks, and Beyond the Black, the festival promises four days of unforgettable performances across every corner of the metal map.
And let’s not forget the soul of Wacken—the Wacken Firefighters, always bringing the heat to open the festival, and weirdos like Mambo Kurt reminding us to never take metal too seriously.
🎟️ Wacken 2025 Is Sold Out—But Stay Tuned
With Wacken Open Air 2025 already sold out, thousands of lucky fans will be heading to the fields of northern Germany for what promises to be a truly legendary edition. If you missed out, don’t worry—Metal on Tap will be covering every moment, every mosh, and every madness.
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