The biggest metal festival of 2023 has revealed almost all the bands that will perform in the Wacken grounds. The acts are as follows (in alphabetical order):

1. Abbath
2. Alestorm
3. Amaranthe
4. Amorphis
5. Angus McSix
6. Antrhax (40th Anniversary Show)
7. Baest
8. Battle Beast
9. Be’lakor (first time at Wacken)
10. Beartooth (first time at Wacken)
11. Beyond The Black
12. Bloodbath
13. Burning Witches
14. Caliban
15. Carpathian Forest
16. Defleshed
17. Deicide (first time at Wacken – special Legion Show)
18. Delain
19. Depressive Age (first time at Wacken)
20. Dog Eat Dog
21. Doro (40th Anniversary Show)
22. Drain (first time at Wacken)
23. Dropkick Murphys (first time at Wacken)
24. Dust Bolt
25. Dying Fetus
26. Employed To Serve (first time at Wacken)
27. Enemy Inside (first time at Wacken)
28. Ensiferum
29. Evergrey
30. Faun
31. Ferocious Dog (first time at Wacken)
32. Get The Shot (first time at Wacken)
33. Ghostkid (first time at Wacken)
34. Heaven Shall Burn
35. Heriot (first time at Wacken)
36. Holy Moses (last German open-air show)
37. Imminence
38. Immolation
39. Iron Maiden
40. J.B.O. (Special Frühshoppen show)
41. Jag Panzer
42. Jinjer
43. Kärbholz
44. Kataklysm
45. Killswitch Engage
46. Koldbrann
47. Konvent (first time at Wacken)
48. Kreator
49. Legion Of The Damned
50. Lord Of The Lost
51. Masterplan (20th Anniversary Show)
52. Megadeth
53. Nervosa (first time at Wacken)
54. Nestor (first time at Wacken)
55. Pennywise (first time at Wacken)
56. Pentagram (50th Anniversary show)
57. Rauhbein
58. Schandmaul (25th Anniversary show)
59. Skalmöld
60. Sólstafir
61. Takida (first time at Wacken)
62. The Real McKenzies (first time at Wacken)
63. Trivium
64. Two Steps From Hell (first time at Wacken – first festival show ever)
65. Universum 25 (first time at Wacken)
66. Uriah Heep
67. VV – Ville Valo (first time at Wacken)
68. Wardruna (first time at Wacken)
69. Warkings
70. While She Sleeps
71. Whoredom Rife

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I think the list speaks for itself. This edition is impossible to miss! The festival is currently sold out, but you can register here to the waiting list if more tickets are released. Some tickets will be cancelled because of outstanding payments, and we will raffle them among all metalheads who sign up for the waiting list. The registration is, of course, free of charge and without obligation.

If you want to buy o sell a ticket, you can do so by checking out the Wacken Ticketcenter here. The ticket market will open in time before the festival.