This year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival is scheduled for August 5th - 7th in Wacken, Germany.

The Metal Battle winners from France and Belgium have been added to the bill for the festival. Organizers state:

"The Belgian band DEMOLISHED won the national Metal Battle and is now going to play a show on the W.E.T. stage at Wacken Open Air in August. The 5 death metalheads got together in 2005 and were very successful since then: they were presented on a sampler and released their first album in March. You can prove their live skills at Wacken.

And the French got their Metal Battle winner, too: FRONTAL. Founded in 2005, the guys could delight many metalheads from Lyon and surroundings with their mix of progressive and thrash metal. Their live experiences with for example MARILY MANSON sound very promising, so don’t miss their show at Wacken!"

Organizers previously announced: "The W:O:A Running Order with times and our special Running Order Tool are online now! You can also print both of them. But please do not forget: everything is "subject to change"."

Acts confirmed for W:O:A 2010 include: AMORPHIS, ANVIL, ARCH ENEMY, ASTRAL DOORS, ATROCITY, THE BOSSHOSS, BROILERS, BRUTUS, CALIBAN, CANDLEMASS, CANNIBAL CORPSE, ALICE COOPER, CORVUS CORAX, CRUCIFIED BARBARA, DEAD MEANS NOTHING, DEBAUCHERY, DEGRADEAD, DELAIN, DEMOLISHED, DESPISED ICON, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DIE KASSIERER, EDGUY, END OF GREEN, ENDSTILLE, EQUILIBRIUM, ETERNAL LEGACY, EVILE, FEAR FACTORY, FREI.WILD, FRONTAL, GHOST BRIGADE, GOJIRA, GRAVE DIGGER, HACKNEYED, HANGGAI, HELLS BELLES, HOLY GRAIL, IHSAHN, ILL NINO, IMMORTAL, IMPERIUM DEKADENZ, IRON MAIDEN, JOB FOR A COWBOY, KAMELOT, KAMPFAR, KATANA, THE KELTICS, KILLING MACHINE, LAKE OF TEARS, LETZTE INSTANZ, LIZZY BORDEN, LOCK UP, MAD MAX, MAMBO KURT, MAROON, METSATÖLL, MÖTLEY CRÜE, THE NEW BLACK, NIGHTMARE, ORDEN OGAN, ORPHANED LAND, THE OTHER, OVERKILL, RAVEN, ROTTING CHRIST, SCHELMISH, SECRET OF THE MOON, SKANNERS, SLAYER, SMOKE BLOW, SÓLSTAFIR, SOULFLY, SPIT LIKE THIS, STRATOVARIUS, SUICIDAL ANGELS, SVARTSOT, 1349, TIAMAT, TOTAL RIOT, TARJA TURUNEN, TÝR, U.D.O., UNLEASHED, VARG, VICTIMS OF MADNESS, VITA IMANA, VOIVOD, W.A.S.P., WISTARIA.

For more info visit www.wacken.com or the Wacken Open Air Myspace page.