Wacken Open Air 2025 is set to take place from July 30 to August 2 in Wacken, Germany. The festival has announced the first 34 bands booked for the festival which predictably includes Gojira fresh off their world-shaking Olympic performance. The
- Machine Head
- Saltatio Mortis
- Papa Roach
- Gojira
- Apocalyptica
- Saxon
- Within Temptation
- Dimmu Borgir
- Ministry
- Michael Schenker (My years with UFO)
- Peyton Parrish
- Beyond The Black
- Clawfinger
- Grave Digger (45th Anniversary Show)
- August Burns Red
- Obituary
- Wind Rose
- Brothers Of Metal
- Tarja & Marko Hietala
- Hanabie
- Decapitated
- Destruction
- Celeste
- Orange Goblin
- Angel Witch
- Dominum
- Exhorder
- Night Demon
- Mimi Barks
- Seven Spires
- Clowns
- Dool
- Crownshift
- Midnight
