Wacken Open Air is wrapping up today in the titular German village, but that hasn't stopped the announcement of next year's acts. The 2027 festival, which will run from July 28th-31st, will see Electric Callboy and Knocked Loose among the top billing, with acts such as Jinjer, The Browning, and John Bush (the singer for Anthrax's oddball mid-90s era) rounding out the first wave of announcements.
More announcements will follow in the coming weeks, but if you are planning on making the trek to metal's sacred grounds, check out Wacken's official website for the presales and information on all of the packages available for next year's gathering.
The full list of bands currently announced includes:
- Electric Callboy
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Helloween
- Kanonenfieber
- Knocked Loose
- Heaven Shall Burn
- Edguy
- Children of Bodom
- Dragonforce
- Hammerfall
- Halestorm
- Imminence
- Feuerschwanz
- Dethklok
- Beast in Black
- Heavens Gate
- Between Two Worlds
- Cavalera Conspiracy
- Jinjer
- U.D.O.
- Avatar
- Napalm Death
- John Bush
- Overkill
- Blue Medusa
- Make Them Suffer
- Belphegor
- The Browning
- Metal Church
- Malevolence
- Dark Tranquillity
- Norther
- Gaerea
- Primordial
- Shadow of Intent
- Tyketto
- Carnifex
- Creeper
- Sylosis
- The New Roses
- Witch Club Satan
- Towards The Sinister
- John 5 and the Creatures feat. Wednesday 13
- Mittel Alta
- Crypta
- Victorious
- Seven Blood
- Hiraes
- The Narrator
- Tailgunner
