Nowadays Wacken Open Air is the biggest metal festival in Europe. It is held from the year 1990 in Wacken, little town in Schlezwik-Holstein, north Germany. At the beggining this event was only promoting local bands, and today after 18 years this festival becam the most known, where the worlds biggest celebrieties of broaden metal scene are performing. This years edition sold out already 3 months before the start!!!