German thrash legends DESTRUCTION check in with the following update:

"The show in Wacken this year will feature some special surprise performances:

Beside the "Mad Butcher and his pleasure slaves", all the original and former members will join the band for the finale of the performance. Although the band will perform 'The Alliance Of Hellhoundz' with different guest singers!

You can enjoy the 75 minutes "Best of Destruction" set at 6.45 PM on the Wacken BlackStage.

The event will be filmed for the 25th anniversary DVD, that will be released in 2007!"

Wacken Open Air 2007 is scheduled for August 2nd - 4th in Wacken, Germany.

The festival bill for the sold out event is as follows: 1349, ALL THAT REMAINS, AMORPHIS, ANIMAL ALPHA, MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO, BELPHEGOR, BENEDICTUM, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, BLACK MAJESTY, BLIND GUARDIAN, BLITZKRIEG, CANNIBAL CORPSE, CHTHONIC, COMMUNIC, DESTRUCTION, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DIMENSION ZERO, DIMMU BORGIR, DIR EN GREY, DISILLUSION, DRONE, ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK, ENSLAVED, FAIR TO MIDLAND, FALCONER, FASTWAY, GRAVE DIGGER, GUTBUCKET, HAGGARD, HATESPHERE, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, ICED EARTH, IMMORTAL, IN FLAMES, J.B.O., KAMPFAR, LACUNA COIL, LETZTE INSTANZ, MENDEED, MENNEN, MOONSORROW, MOONSPELL, MUNICIPAL WASTE, NAPALM DEATH, NARZISS, NEAERA, NORTHER, OVERKILL, PHARAOH, POSSESSED, RAGE & LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTER, ROSE TATTOO, SABBAT, SACRED REICH, SAHG, SAMAEL, SAXON, SCHANDMAUL, SECRETS OF THE MOON, SODOM, SONIC SYNDICATE, THE SORROW, STORMWARRIOR (featuring GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen), STRATOVARIUS, SVBWAY TO SALLY, SUIDAKRA, SWALLOW THE SUN, THE VISION BLEAK, THERION, TURBONEGRO, TYPE O NEGATIVE, TYR, UNHEILIG, VADER, VITAL REMAINS, VOLBEAT, W:O:A FIREFIGHTERS.

To view the final running order head here.