I think many of us considered Sepultura bygones. Then, after years of struggling their way back on the map, the drummer, one of the cornerstones of the band, also leaves (to rejoin his brother, the aforementioned front man). They’ve gone through an almost impossible situation with a seemingly irreplaceable front man leaving only to replace him with a completely unknown fellow. Here’s a band that deserves shitloads of respect if you ask me. I’m not entirely certain why it has become tradition that this combo opens Wacken – it’s not because it’s great art, that’s for sure.ĭifferent with SEPULTURA. In the meantime, SKYLINE warm up the Thursday audience with covers ranging from AC/DC over Manowar to Rammstein. Missing all but 30 seconds of Danish KELLERMENSCH’s Wacken debut doesn’t really justify a comment, but the people leaving the WET stage tent look happy enough. After an hour’s going back and forth and discussion and calling bosses, things worked out in the end, but, dammit, the zero tolerance attitude of a way too big organization is all of a sudden felt.Īnyway, all was good eventually, even if the hassle meant that we missed some one of the bands we’d planned to see. Only, we were stopped at the entrance and refused access to the press camp site, even if we insisted that we had friends in there, and that space was reserved for us. One part of our team arrived Wednesday and got a space for the rest of us. Why? Because this festival has outsized itself. The first day here haven’t been without trouble.
If you haven’t heard of it then, sorry, my friend, you’re not metal at all.
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