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A review of the trip can be found in three parts: 1 - 2 - 3
| WEDNESDAY 04.08.2010 | |
| Half past six in the morning... breakfast time! |
| The best lyrics Quorthon never wrote? |
| My new (old) army tent, with a perfectly-fitting space blanket... and Jette's head |
| The Beer Sword... with my contribution on top |
| THURSDAY 05.08.2010 | |
 | The Cambridge Crew |
 | Apocalyptica (1): secret show on the Red Bull Bus |
 | Apocalyptica (2) |
 | Apocalyptica (3) |
 | Camp Fisk... on tour! |
 | That's a fine design of gas mask |
 | Prayers Of Sanity (1) |
 | Prayers Of Sanity (2) |
 | Skullet + guitar = Devin Townsend? |
 | Grilled ham with fried potatoes and lots of beer: a Bavarian speciality! (Except the beer is Beck's, from Bremen...) |
 | Svartsot (1) |
 | Svartsot (2) |
 | Svartsot (3) |
 | Svartsot (4) |
 | The Icelandic campsite shows their true colours... |
 | ...and that wasn't the end of it! |
 | My walk was so silly it took half an hour to get to the festival site... |
 | The Moviefield |
 | Alice Cooper (from afar) |
 | Cangaço |
 | Mötley Crüe (from afar) |
 | Rayleigh scattering over Wacken |
 | Iron Maiden (1) |
 | Iron Maiden (2) |
 | Iron Maiden (3) |
 | Iron Maiden (4) |
 | Iron Maiden (5) |
 | Iron Maiden (6) |
 | Iron Maiden (7) |
 | Iron Maiden (8) |
 | Iron Maiden (9) |
 | Iron Maiden (10): with the latest incarnation of Eddie |
 | Iron Maiden (11): all of them in the same place. It's a bit blurred, but it's the best shot I could get... |
 | Iron Maiden (12): Bruce puts his copper's hat on |
 | The Wacken skull shows us its latest party trick |
 | The reincarnated spirit of Quorthon visits the campsite |
| FRIDAY 06.08.2010 | |
 | Nick enjoys the spoils of pillage |
 | Amorphis (1): one brilliant performance first thing in the morning |
 | Amorphis (2) |
 | Amorphis (3) |
 | Amorphis (4) |
 | Orphaned Land (1): another brilliant performance first thing in the morning |
 | Orphaned Land (2) |
 | Orphaned Land (3) |
 | Orphaned Land (4) |
 | Orphaned Land (5): one marvellous beard! |
 | Orphaned Land (6): plus belly dancer |
 | Ever doubt where Orphaned Land come from? The flags were out in force all festival... |
 | I thought it was supposed to be 2012? |
 | Voivod (1) |
 | Voivod (2) |
 | Endstille (1) |
 | Endstille (2) |
 | Evile (1): through the dust cloud |
 | Evile (2): 26-year-old Ol shows a bald spot! |
 | Evile (3) |
 | Evile (4) |
 | Evile (5) |
 | The aftermath of the very dusty Wet Tent |
 | Our Icelandic companions |
 | Nikolaj and some strange old brew |
 | Flaming goat skull and W:O:A logo shaped globes on the way into the Wackinger Village |
 | So we weren't the only ones to drive all the way from Britain. Håpla! |
 | Slayer (1): who were very difficult to get decent shots of... |
 | Slayer (2): from afar |
 | Slayer (3) |
 | Anvil (1) |
 | Anvil (2) |
 | Anvil (3) |
 | Anvil (4) |
 | Anvil (5): using the pickups as an improvised microphone |
 | Support for Anvil, all the way from Iceland, in national dress... |
 | It's all too much for some... |
 | Turisas' performance from 2007 on the Moviefield screen |
| SATURDAY 07.08.2010 | |
 | Early morning in the Wackinger Village: another day, another raid |
 | An innovative new design of horned helmet |
 | Nightmare (1): a real tribute to Dio |
 | Nightmare (2) |
 | More Danes, with their priorities right! |
 | Unleashed (1): Johnny Hedlund has a broken back and is still playing... |
 | Unleashed (2) |
 | Unleashed (3) |
 | A new way to crowd surf! |
 | Unleashed (4): for Pete Steele and Ronnie James Dio, skål! |
 | Unleashed (5) |
 | Metsatöll (1) |
 | Metsatöll (2) |
 | Metsatöll (3) |
 | Metsatöll (4) |
 | Metsatöll (5): two at once? |
 | Metsatöll (6) |
 | Metsatöll (7) |
 | Metsatöll (8) |
 | W.A.S.P. (1) |
 | W.A.S.P. (2) |
 | W.A.S.P. (3): the guitar with the revolving saw blade |
 | W.A.S.P. (4) |
 | Týr (1) |
 | Týr (2): Terji gets caught up in all the glam that's been here this year |
 | Hail to the Hammer! |
 | Týr (3) |
 | He would get his birthday wish |
 | Týr (4) |
 | Immortal (1) |
 | Immortal (2) |
 | Immortal (3) |
 | Immortal (4) |
 | Immortal (5) |
 | Immortal (6) |
 | Immortal (7) |
 | Immortal (8): and a shower of sparks! |
 | Immortal (9): the grand finale |
 | As much dust in the air as in 2004 |
 | Not the world's greatest attempt to be Vic Rattlehead... |
 | Fear Factory (1) |
 | Fear Factory (2) |
 | Fear Factory (3) |
 | Fear Factory (4) |
 | Fear Factory (5): Dino is now so fat, he has become a black hole... |
 | The Devil's Blood (1) |
 | The Devil's Blood (2) |
 | The Devil's Blood (3) |
 | An innovative new construction of the Wacken skull |
 | The end of a long festival |
| SUNDAY 08.08.2010 | |
 | Random acts of senseless destruction |
 | Kit ist kaputt |
 | More acts of senseless destruction, now with added Vikings |
 | Ever heard of the phrase "everything but the kitchen sink"? Someone actually brought the kitchen sink this year! |
 | ...and why stop at the kitchen sink when you can bring a fridge as well? |
 | In the machine that took us there again |
 | All those are bottles of spirits. We are not responsible! |
 | A Koenigsegg CC8S changing its roof on the A7 to Hamburg. Great success! |
 | Hacksteak mit "Heavy Metall Sauce"? Don't mind if I do. |
 | And there is is - the sauce was curry ketchup with a load of hot peppers in it. Perfect fuel for the long trip home! |