Music

Wacken festival draws metalheads of the world

Armies of black-clad fans gathered for the world's biggest heavy metal festival between Thursday and Saturday, marking 25 years of headbanging fun in the small town of Wacken in northern Germany.

Health

Motorhead fan's brain bled after headbanging

A heavy metal fan was found to have bleeding in the brain a month after a night of headbanging at a Motorhead concert, doctors in Germany reported on Friday.

Music

Wacken heavy metal festival gets heads banging

Heavy metal fans have descended on a small town in Schleswig-Holstein for the 22nd annual Wacken Open Air. With Ozzy Osbourne, Motörhead and Judas Priest headlining, the three-day festival's 75,000 tickets have been sold out for months.

Music

Legendary Wacken heavy metal festival strikes opening chord

The 21st annual Wacken Open Air heavy metal music festival kicked off on Thursday in northern Germany, with a sold-out crowd of 75,000 headbangers expected through Saturday.

Music

Heavy metal festival rocks Wacken for 20th time

The heavy metal music festival rocked Wacken for the 20th time this weekend, attracting around 75,000 people and more than 80 bands from around the world.