Posts Tagged ‘wacken’

GET FUSED UP AT WACKEN

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at 12:35pm by Vince Neilstein

fuse - excellent adventure

So apparently Fuse has a new show called Excellent Adventure (sans Bill and Ted, sadly) in which the hosts explore different music around the world. While last week’s exploration of Germany’s famous Wacken Open Air Festival certainly wasn’t the first time this gargantuan metal fest has been covered in the mainstream media, such choice nuggets as these from “Nate’s Travelogue,” a recap of the episode on Fuse’s website, are worth the time out of your day for a good laugh:

“They told me how to party like a METAL HEAD (the name used to refer to people who listen to Metal music).”

“Then I watched a METAL band called “Three Inches of Blood”. They were so good that I felt the desire to jump in the middle of a HUGE mosh pit. For those of you who DON’T know what a mosh pit is; it is a circle of guys and girls crashing into each other, while jamming to the music! I had the greatest time. Big guys, small guys, small girls, AND BIG girls were all in the pit crashing and laughing.”

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YET ANOTHER REASON I WISH WE WENT TO WACKEN

Monday, August 4th, 2008 at 12:22pm by Vince Neilstein

Aside from having pretty much the best lineup of any festival EVER, Wacken just seems like a great fucking time, ya know? Nothing quite like 100,000 sweaty German metalheads congregating in one place — my Jew ass would fit in quite nicely, I’m sure.

This live footage of pagan/folk metallers Ensiferum just drives the point home. Look at how fucking amped that crowd is — it’s like Paganfest times 10. I can’t imagine anything being more fun.

-VN