Today we’re all about Andorra prog, Ruhrpott glam power, metal Balkan beats and Hessian quality metal!
Persefone combine powerful riffs and atmospheric growls in a unique prog metal performance. Not really into prog at all? Then the sextet from Andorra may just prove you wrong! Their unique musical blend of prog with melo-death influences promises to blow the minds of discerning audiences across all (sub)genre boundaries! Are you ready to for a challenge and a good time?
After an explosive performance at the D.O.A 2022, Dirty Shirt will push you right back into the most awesome mosh pit ever! With the concentrated metal power of 12 musicians and a unique mix of progressive, alternative, power, hardcore, funk, electro, classical and Romanian folklore, Dirty Shirt are the band to which every hangover loses. Are you strong enough for the Transylvanian metal party?
Formosa kick ass! The four guys who reside in Essen don’t take themselves very seriously, their mission, though, even more so: to make music about beer excesses (“Fuck your Liver!”) and everything that comes with being a cultivated rock star. According to their own statements, they are what comes out when hard rock, heavy metal and glam have a love child. Over 300 concerts later, they finally make it to Mount Moshmore!
Dragonsfire from Hesse round off this band package: 20 years of stage experience in the heavy/power metal genre and just in time for their Dong show: a 2025 anniversary album! If you like bands like Manowar, Iron Maiden, Motörhead and Grave Digger, you shouldn’t miss this show. But pay attention and listen carefully: if you find metal clichés in the lyrics, you can keep them!
Got you interested? Click on the band names to find out more!
Is the line-up all set? Almost! Like every year we are hosting the German Wacken Metal Battle final! As soon as the candidates are finalized (probably in early summer) there will be more information.
Ready for the best summer party 2025? Get excited with Kreator, The Halo Effect, Kissin‘ Dynamite, Battle Beast, Destruction, Mantar, Ensiferum, Rise of the Northstar, Van Canto, SuidakrA, Rezet, Khirki, Doomcrusher, Old Ruins, Subterranean Masquerade, Neurotic Machinery, Vanaheim, Burn Down Eden, Weckörhead, Blodtåke, Sweet Electric, Crash Pilots and today’s four new additions! Tickets are available here!
Looking forward to a wonderful extended weekend with all of you!
Your Dong Team