W:O:A Video / DVD
We look to the year of 2004 – and that means an anniversary in Wacken. 15 years of FASTER LOUDER HARDER in the small village in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany. I mean, to be quite honest: nobody would have heard of the place called Wacken (except for the farm animals by farmer Giles) if it wasn’t for two crazy friends called Thomas Jenssen and Holger Hübner, who in 1990 had the wacky idea of presenting their band at an open air festival. The only problem was, which festival would take them when nobody had ever heard of them!! They came to the only conclusion: We’ll organise our own festival! After a lot of trial and error in the early years, The Wacken Open air festival in it’s 15th Anniversary year has grown to be an international success. (The whole story can be read in the book „The Offical History of 15 Years Of Wacken Open Air).
The biggest pure-Metal Open-Air-Live-Party celebrated the highest point of it’s history in 2004. 40.000 fans partied day and night to support their metal heroes and those who are trying to reach the same heights. Naturally it was certain from the start that this anniversary had to be captured on a DVD.
With ca. 360 minutes, 35 bands, 50 live clips this is the material of 2004 from bands, fans, organisation and the complete atmosphere which makes Wacken Open Air so special.
Wacken Open Air means a cool mix from all the metal genres. The fractions of Black-, Death and Thrash were represented in 2004 by bands such as Destruction, Cannibal Corpse, Death Angel, Unleashed, Mayhem, Satyricon, Nocturno Culto and Anthrax. The camp of True and Power Metal fans can await the arge acts such as Doro, Motörhead, Dio, Kotipelto, Blaze Bailey who have presented live tracks for the DVD. Hot newcomer Ektomorf or the complete all-starter Children Of Bodom are respresented just as legends from Zodiac Mindwarp and Jutta Weinhold are on the anniversary DVD. The WET Stage is there to give new bands a chance to get themselves noticed. For this reason, at the 15th year of Wacken Open Air, a national and international Metal Battle took place. There’s a medley from the participating bands naturally including the winners Reckless Tide and Vanguard to be found on the DVD, just as with further newcomers from all genres such as Sufferage, Gutbucket and Hobbs Angel Of Death. The live-DVD is then rounded off with the party acts such as J.B.O and Eläkeläiset. We also can’t forget the wake up crew from Tom Angelripper with the Wacken Fire Fighters or the cult personality of Mambo Kurt on his organ. There are more bands, loads of atmosphere, backstage scenes and interviews to round the anniversary package off to make this DVD something special for everyone.
The festival is always a massive highlight for every metal fan and therefore a must for anyone who wants to party, live a great atmosphere and wants to watch loads of cool bands. So that the DVD can produce this feeling in your living room, the DVD has been given a super stereo and a 5.1 surround sound so that even the nextdoor neighbour can feel the rumble from Wacken. Packed in a high quality digipack with a thorough booklet, the other 362 days of the year without Wacken are now surviveable.
See you at Wacken – Rain or Shine – 15 year anniversary party – for ever in your home!
Text: Sabina Classen
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A program with loads of variation, with material from all stages, from headliner to underground act.
Special Feature Wacken Newcomer Stage WET Stage - including the best bands from the Wacken Metal Battle Contest 2004
All different styles from Hardrock through True- and Power-Metal to Death- and Black-Metal are represented
Close team work with the artists and record labels for the choice of clips
All clips are equally edited to the same quality, whether newcomer or top act.
Clips from the camping ground and in the crowd to create and show the atmosphere
Back-stage Interviews with musicians
DVD with digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 Stereo Sound
Over 360 minutes playing time on 2 DVD`s
35 bands and 50 live Titles
Special Price Digipack
Zodiac Mindwarp - Fucked By Rock
Brainstorm - Blin Suffering
Brainstorm - Shivas Tears
Mnemic - Deathbox
Mambo Kurt - Medley
Nevermore - This Sacrament
Children Of Bodom - Sixpounder
Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh
Anthrax - What Doesn't Die
Motörhead - Civil War
Motörhead - Metropolis
Dio - Rainbow In The Dark
Dio . Heaven And Hell
Doro & Orchestra - Für Immer
Doro & Orchestra Feat. Blaze Bayley - Fear Of The Dark
J.B.O. - Glaubensbekenntnis
J.B.O. - Gänseblümchen
Raunchy - Drive
Death Angel - Thrown To The Wolves
Ektomorf - Gipsy
Knorkator - Try Again
Feinstein - Rule The World
Mystic Prophecy - Lords Of Pain
Mayhem - Freezing Moon
Cannibal Corpse - Decency Defied
Destruction - The Butcher Strikes Back
Destruction - Total Desaster
and many more...
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Zodiac Mindwarp - Feed My Frankenstein
Mnemic - Bloodstained
Raunchy - Twelve Feet Tall
Weinhold - The Beacon Light
Feinstein - Third Wish
Kotipelto - Take Me Away
Mystic Prophecy - Eternal Flame
Bal-Sagoth - Atlantis Ascendant
Bal-Sagoth - The Empyreal Lexicon
Cathedral - Congregation Of Sorcerers
Cathedral - Hopkins
Orphanage - Truth Or Lies
Orphanage - At The Mountains Of Madness
Paragon - Thunderstorm
Paragon - Steelbound
Unleashed - Death Metal Victory
Cannibal Corpse - They Deserve To Die
Ektomorf - Destroy
Mayhem - My Death
and many more...
Medley Wetstage:
GUN BARREL - BATTLE TESTED
HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH - JACK THE RIPPER
GUTBUCKET - LEAVE MY SHOW
GUTBUCKET - ROLLOVERPLAYDEAD
GRIFFIN - FLEET STREET SUPERSTARS
SUFFERAGE - ENMITY WITH THIS WORLD
Medley Metal Battle:
THORA - THE HEROES
EVERFEST - SOMETHING TO BELIEVE
VANGUARD - HOMECOMING
DR. ROCK - DON'T KICK ASS
DR. ROCK - DAMNED IN D-LAND
METHEDRAS - L.R.S.
METHEDRAS - MY INQUITY GIRL
SUPERSOMA - HERE COMES THE GOD
RECKLESS TIDE - DEATH TRAIN
THORA - THE HEROES
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"Great live mixture of the last Wacken Open Air, which will not only appeal to Wacken fans. All in all pure Wacken live atmosphere"
Christian Albers, EMP
"A fat package which makes you want to hear more! The best way to shorten the time until the next festival is happening."
Matthias Weiner, Legacy
"The list of participating bands can be shown"
Matthias Mineur, Metal Hammer
"First class metal and a awesome band selection"
Björn Backes, Powermetal
For almost 15 years Germanys Wacken Open Air draws countless fans of heavy music. Hard rock, true, death and black metal, Undergroundact and arena rocker, you will find them all northwest of Hamburg.
In 2003 the metal party found its peak as far as the quality of the band line-up and seize of the audience are concerned. A mere 35000 fans celebrated the sound of the likes of Twisted Sister, Vader, Running Wild or Testament. Those remarkable days in August pretty well deserved to be conserved for all time. The audio bit of the party has already been released as a double CD set Armageddon over Wacken via Armageddon Productions. As the Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary this year the time is right to release also the visual mayhem for the masses. This double DVD set features a decent cross section of last years festival: From beginning to end, from first to last note, from dusk till dawn, from the smallest to main stage.
Although the extended running time of about four and a half hours may seem rather short compared to the festival bill, this DVD shows almost everything. As the bands confirmed this DVDs strength shows with its variety. Any death metal fan is going to like it as much as the ones dedicated to power metal as Vader or Nile are included as well as Rage or Saxon. The same goes with blast beat fetishist who will go crazy for Carpathian Forest.
In close cooperation with the artists the best performances and songs have been carefully picked and cutted. No difference whether a band opened on Party Stage early in the morning or hit the main stage as a final band with a bombastic show like Twisted Sister, each and every clip has been carefully edited. The same goes with the sound. This DVD is worldwide the very first Festival DVD to feature 5.1 digital stereo, so the viewer will find himself right in the middle of the audience.
As the fans are about as important as the music itself, the set features as well a lot of material such as interviews and statements from the camping round and from the audience. Of course, you will not miss backstage clips and interviews with artists.
This DVD features it all: The atmosphere, the party and last but not least the music with brilliant quality. Armageddon over Wacken
Playtime: 3 hours 48 minutes
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Freedom Call - The Quest
Victory - Temples Of Gold
Saxon - Princess Of The Night
Running Wild - Welcome To Hell
Evidence One - In The Beginning There Was Fire
The Crown - Under The Whip
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Instinct
Testament - Over The Wall
Vader - Reign Forever World
Nile - Black Seeds Of Vengeance
In Flames - Only For The Weak
Subway To Sally - Falscher Heiland
Holy Moses - World Chaos
Seventh One - Crimson Sky
Metalium - Pain Crawls In The Night
Dark Age - Suicide Crew
Primal Fear - Angel In Black
Rage - Higher Than The Sky
Sinner - Born To Rock
Gamma Ray - One With The World
Lordi - Would You Love A Monsterman
Twisted Sister - Like A Knife In The Back
Twisted Sister - I Am, I'm Me
Onkel Tom - Bon Scott Hab Ich Noch Live Gesehen
Holy Moses - Nothing For My Mum
Dew-Scented - Cities Of The Dead
Kataklysm - Where The Enemy Sleeps
Carpathian Forest - Maks Of The Slave
Diamond Head - Am I Evil
Testament - Burnt Offerings
Testament - Alone In The Dark
Sentenced - Nepenthe
Gamma Ray - Last Before The Storm
Nile - Blessed Dead
The W:O:A Roadshow DVD 2003 feat. Onkel Tom Angelripper, Amon Amarth, Mob Rules & special guest Lordi. This product is available since March, the 29th at www.metaltix.com ( directly to the article)!
Im Tiefen Keller ( Onkel Tom Angelripper )
Medley ( Onkel Tom Angelripper )
Trink, Brüderlein Trink( Onkel Tom Angelripper )
Monster, Monster ( Lordi )
Dynamite Tonight ( Lordi )
Death In Fire ( Amon Amarth )
Versus The World ( Amon Armath )
Victorious March ( Amon Amarth )
In The Land Of Wind And Rain ( Mob Rules )
And Of All Days ( Mob Rules )
[Translate to englisch:] Der Metal Hammer schreibt über die Roadshow DVD 2003:
"Ich bin ein Flugzeug! Ich fliege hoch, ich fliege weit! An dieser Stelle ist keineswegs der Rezensent endgültig durchgeknallt, sondern jene weisen Worte werden sich jedem Betrachter der W:O:A Roadshow 2003 auf ewig ins Hirn brennen. Warum? Weil die Musik von Mob Rules, Amon Amarth, Lordi und Onkel Tom diese kryptische Melodie auf, neben und hinter der Bühne immer wieder singen. Alle Beteiligten der Aufwärm-Shows für das letztjährige Wacken-Festival hatten offenbar eine Menge Spaß, und diese Feierlaune überträgt sich unmittelbar auf den Bildschirm. Hier lassen sich authentische Eindrücke über die guten Seiten des Tourlebens gewinnen. Selten war eine Kamera derart intim dabei und wirkt dennoch nie aufdringlich. Mit einfachen Mitteln gefilmt, kommt so mehr als ein bloßer Konzertmitschnitt heraus.
Doch natürlich darf die Musik nicht fehlen. Mob Rules rocken, Amon Amarth malmen als heimlicher Headliner alles in Grund und Boden, Lordi landen wieder beim guten alten Rock und bieten einen monstösen Anblick, aber zu guter Letzt räumt dann Onkel Tom alles ab. Dieser Mann ist nicht zu stoppen. Die Fans auf der Bühne, Tom unten an der Theke - ein echter Alptraum für den Sicherheitsdienst. Im Ergebnis liegen mit der W:O:A Roadshow DVD zehn tolle Song-Clips und vor allem einmalige Bilder hinter den Kulissen vor, die man sich gerne öfter ansieht.
Ach ja: Für das mysteriöse Flugzeug-Lied zeichnen sich Amon Amarth verantwortlich, aber seht es Euch selbst an..."
Quelle: Gunnar Sauermann - www.hammer-mag.de
Already available: The ultimate Wacken Open Air DVD "Metal Overdrive" 2001/2002 with many songs and special features like the "Horny Henry" trailer, the Wacken impressions, the slideshow and also the Wacken poster gallery.
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Holy Moses & Doro - Too Drunk To Fuck
Grave Digger - Rebellion
Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdow
Vicious Rumors - Fight
Vicious Rumors - Down To The Temple
Rose Tattoo - Outta This Place
Rose Tattoo - Bad Boy For Lov
Rage - Don´t Fear The Winter
Sodom - Ausgebomt
Sodom - M-16
Hammerfall - Renegade
Hammerfall - Hammerfall
Dimmu Borgier - Blessing Upon The Throne Of Thyranny
Dimmu Borgir - Puritania
Motörhead - No Class
Motörhead - Motörhead
Saxon - Power & The Glory
Saxon - Princes Of The Night
Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
Also available is the cult movie "Metalheads" - Making Of 1999 Documentary as VHS.
The cult movie "Metalheads" - Making Of - 1999 Documentary from the cult festivla "METALHEADS" is a must-have for all metal freaks abd visitors of the legendary festival - the biggest heavy metal festival in europe. This documentation gives you a watch into the making of the festival - wacken. From the booking about planning, organising, build-up and technical questions you will get many many insiderstories. You´ll see parties, interviews and you´ll hear much music.
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This is how it’s meant to be – ‘Metal Blast From The Past’ is a perfect history lesson on the subject of heavy metal made in Germany – a DVDplus that’s just what the doctor ordered for all those who enjoy indulging in reminiscences or – due to their youthful age – are simply eager to find out how the success story of that Teutonic metal institution, ACCEPT, really came about.
‘Metal Blast From The Past’ not only captures the spirit of ACCEPT’s early career with previously unreleased numbers, the Japan bonus track ‘Rich And Famous’ and demo versions of five ‘Breaker’ cuts, but also contains a video recording from Osaka, a visual document of the group’s first Japanese tour, which proves impressively how enthusiastically the guys from Solingen were celebrated in the Land of the Rising Sun. Until now, this performance was only available on a double live LP, entitled ‘Staying A Life’. But, as outlined above, not only nostalgists will be happy with this release – after all, next to a number of video clips there is also footage from their 1993 show in Sofia, broadcast by Bulgarian television at the time and documenting the comeback of a band which had split up a few years previously.
For all those who want more facts, there are various interviews, a complete discography, a photo gallery and complete lyrics to rummage through.
DVD-Trailer(divX)
Price: 18,00 EUR plus shipment Onlineshop
No questions, TWISTED SISTER are cult! With hits like "We`re not gonna take it" and "I wanna Rock" this Rock ’n Roll band around the legendary singer Dee Sniders conquered the world at their time. With this classic tracks the marked an aim still today a lot of bands would like to achieve.
They are still a fantastic and entertaining liveband and finally their performance is available on DVD. All hits in front of a terrific livescenery, first of all last years Wacken Open Air, are guarantors for a fantastic party. Besides that the backside of this DVD[plus] "LIVE AT WACKEN – THE REUNION" contains an audio-part with 11 rare livetacks fitting in every CD-player. If you still think „That’s not enough!“ There also some interviews and videolivetakes from New York and South Korea.
LIVE AT WACKEN is the only TWISTED SISTER DVD worldwide and was expected from the fans for a long time. And soon they can relax in their livingrooms and sing along when thousands of Open Air guests shout: “We`re not gonna take it”!
Price: 18,00 EUR plus. shipment Onlineshop
1. Intro:What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You)
2. In The Beginning
3. The Final Show… 1987 (Interviews)
4. The Kids Are Back
5. Stay Hungry
6. The Speaks Reunion (Interviews)
7. A Night For Jason (Interviews)
8. Destroyer
9. Like A Knife In The Back
10. VH1 Behind The Music (Interviews)
11. The New York Steel Benefi t (Interviews)
12. Under The Blade
13. Old School Returns (Interviews)
14. You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll
15. The Fire Still Burns
16. The U.S.O. Tour Of South Korea April 2003 (Interviews)
17. Shoot ‘Em Down
18. We’re Not Gonna Take It
19. Festivals (Interviews)
20. The Price
21. Reflections (Interviews)
22. Burn In Hell
23. I Wanna Rock
24. Intro Of Band S.M.F.
25. Credits
Detroit, Portchester, NY May 1980:
1. Bad Boys Of Rock ‘n’ Roll
2. Born To Be Wild
3. I’ll Never Grow Up, Now!
4. You Know I Cry
Marquee, London, UK December 1982:
5. You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll
Wacken Open Air, Germany, August 2nd 2003:
6. What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You)
7. The Kids Are Back
8. Stay Hungry
9. Like A Knife In The Back
10. I Am, I’m Me
11. The Fire Still Burns
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