All pictures are 800 × 600 pixels. A review of the trip can be found in two parts, because it was that long: part one and part two.
| WEDNESDAY 01.08.2007 | |
| Håpla, more English people! With a suitably decorated car... |
| The Danes: out in the sun |
| He wishes he was Danish |
| 8:30 in the evening on the Wednesday, and they're breaking chairs already... |
| He's ratarsed. That didn't take long... |
| At least they're honest... |
| The inverted cross of 5,0 Original cans |
| Art students: I knew they had some use! |
| THURSDAY 02.08.2007 | |
 | He got what he deserved |
 | Fairies wear boots (you've got to believe it) |
 | Fleischspieß, grilling merrily |
 | How many brightly coloured mammoths had to die for those hats? |
 | Jason and Claire join the Transatlantic party... |
 | ...as do Katrin, Caroline and Rik, trying to hide from the rest of us! |
 | I think I'll stick with the chemical toilets if it's all the same with you |
 | Týr (1): Hail to the Hammer! |
 | Týr (2) |
 | Scaling the ceiling of the Wet Tent |
 | Týr (3) |
 | Letzte Instanz (1) |
 | Letzte Instanz (2) |
 | The Great Hay Fight |
 | The Great Hay Fight: also in motion! |
 | Hatesphere (1) |
 | Hatesphere (2): having a rare "True Metal" moment |
 | Hatesphere (3) |
 | Saxon (1): I wonder what their chosen manufacturer of their amps is? |
 | Saxon (2): with added fire |
 | Saxon (3): with added Wacken skulls |
 | Saxon (4): I wonder what track they might be playing here? |
 | Saxon (5): only one Wheel of Steel |
 | Saxon (6): with Biff's Budgie |
| FRIDAY 03.08.2007 | |
 | Suidakra (1): the latest occupiers of the 11 am slot on Friday |
 | Suidakra (2) |
 | Suidakra (3) |
 | Suidakra (4) |
 | The Great Fire Of Wacken: it starts |
 | ...we're all moved over to the Black Stage so we don't get burned and died |
 | Napalm Death (1): on stage a bit earlier than they'd banked on |
 | Napalm Death (2) |
 | Napalm Death (3) |
 | Napalm Death (4) |
 | Napalm Death (5): Shane's balding rapidly under that mop |
 | Amorphis (1): Perkele (the God Of Fire) caused a few delays |
 | Amorphis (2) |
 | Amorphis (3) |
 | Amorphis (4) |
 | I couldn't agree more. With the bit about beer, that is. |
 | Broken bones are no barrier to attendance at Wacken |
 | Possessed (1): being confined to a wheelchair is no barrier to performance at Wacken, either! |
 | Possessed (2) |
 | Sabbat (1): Andy Sneap can barely believe how many people have crammed into the Wet Tent! |
 | Sabbat (2): Gizz Butt, now on bass |
 | Sabbat (3) |
 | Sabbat (4) |
 | Sabbat (5) |
 | Sabbat (6) |
 | Sabbat (7) |
 | Sabbat (8) |
 | Sabbat (9) |
 | Sabbat (10) |
 | After all that thrash metal, I need refuelling... with the return of the famous Wacken pea soup! |
 | Alistair: burned, but not died |
 | Oooh, matron. Put it away! |
 | Enslaved (1): at the wrong time of day! |
 | Enslaved (2) |
 | Enslaved (3) |
 | Enslaved (4) |
 | Belphegor (1) |
 | Belphegor (2) |
 | Belphegor (3) |
 | Sahg's stage setup: what happens when black metallers leave their day jobs for a bit of stoner rock |
 | Sahg (1) |
 | Sahg (2) |
 | Sahg (3) |
 | Sahg (4) |
 | More roasting meat. I have no idea why my camera makes glowing coals look purple... it just does. |
 | Someone's been raiding Suidakra's equipment! I blame the J.B.O. t-shirts... |
 | Samael (1) |
 | Samael (2) |
| SATURDAY 04.08.2007 | |
 | Roy and Allan with their Ei Potts |
 | Another Ei Pott finds an appropriate home |
 | On yer bike, Roy! |
 | The sheer unbelievable amount of hay that caused both the Great Hay Fight and the Great Fire Of Wacken |
 | Sacred Reich (1) |
 | Sacred Reich (2) |
 | Sacred Reich (3) |
 | Moonspell (1): cape flapping dramatically not included in this shot |
 | Moonspell (2) |
 | Moonspell (3) |
 | Moonspell (4) |
 | Mythlorian (1): this year's pleasant surprise |
 | Mythlorian (2) |
 | Mythlorian (3) |
 | Dimension Zero (1) |
 | Dimension Zero (2) |
 | Too much beer, too little ability to stay awake |
 | Swallow The Sun (1) |
 | Swallow The Sun (2) |
 | Swallow The Sun (3) |
 | Turisas (1) |
 | Turisas (2) |
 | Turisas (3): falling over "drunk" |
 | Turisas (4): Nygård with added vodka |
 | Turisas (5) |
 | Turisas (6) |
 | Turisas (7) |
 | Benedictum (1): a valiant performance from the American cheeseburger in a Finnish reindeer steak sandwich |
 | Benedictum (2) |
 | Benedictum (3): with Veronica's Boots Of Sex |
 | Unless you were there, you will have no idea of the volume of the cheer that resounded around the Wet Tent when this banner was put up at the back of the stage... |
 | Moonsorrow (1): probably the finest "rock star" picture I will ever take, and a what a moment to do it! |
 | Moonsorrow (2) |
 | Moonsorrow (3) |
 | Moonsorrow (4): the Fat Man graces us with his presence |
 | Moonsorrow (5): Mitja in full flow |
 | Moonsorrow (6): "do you want to hear Henri sing?" |
 | Moonsorrow (7) |
 | Moonsorrow (8) |
 | Moonsorrow (9) |
 | Moonsorrow (10) |
 | Fireworks, for the band that's just caused them in thw Wet Tent! |
 | Haggard (1) |
 | Haggard (2) |
 | Haggard (3) |
 | Haggard (4) |
 | 1349 (1) |
 | 1349 (2) |
 | 1349 (3) |
 | The Great Fire Of Wacken, MkII: on the campsite in the middle of the night |
 | ...the Feuerwehr put out the fun |
| SUNDAY 05.07.2007 | |
 | The urge to tip over chemical toilets... I just don't get it |
 | A lake in the middle of Hamburg, on the way back to the airport |
 | This caterpilar tried to set up home in my rucksack... |
 | ...it made a fine mid-afternoon snack, Fear Factor-style! |