Wacken Open Air 2013 will take place August 1st - 3rd in Wacken, Germany. Hand in hand with the replacement for the cancelled AS I LAY DYING performance, organizers have confirmed the following acts for this year's festival: GOJIRA, ULI JON ROTH, RUN LIBERTY RUN, SANTIANO, BLECHBLOS'N, WIRRWAHR, COMES VAGANTES, SPRING AUTUMN.

Wacken Open Air Festival 2013 band confirmations: AGNOSTIC FRONT, ALESTORM, ALPHA TIGER, AMORPHIS, ANNIHILATOR, ANTHRAX, ANVIL, ASP, BENIGHTED, BLAAS OF GLORY, BLACK MESSIAH, BLECHBLOS'N, BULLET, CALLEJON, CANDLEMASS, CHROME MOLLY, COMES VAGANTES, ALICE COOPER, COPPELIUS, CORVUS CORAX, CREMATORY, DEEP PURPLE, DEVILDRIVER, DEW-SCENTED, DEZPERADOZ, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, DIE KASSIERER, DORO, DR. LIVING DEAD, DUNDERBEIST, EAT THE GUN, EISBRECHER, EMERGENCY GATE, ESKIMO CALLBOY, FAUN, FEAR FACTORY, FEJD, FEUERSCHWANZ, FINSTERFORST, FOZZY, GOJIRA, GRAVE DIGGER, HAGGARD, HARDCORE SUPERSTORE, HARPYIE, HATE SQUAD, HEAVEN´S BASEMENT, HELLRIDE, SCOTT IAN, IHSAHN, IMPIUS MUNDI, KAMIKAZE KINGS, KÄRBHOLZ, KRYPTOS, LAMB OF GOD, LAST IN LINE, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, LEPROUS, LINGUA MORTIS Featuring RAGE, MAMBOKURT, MANDOWAR, MESHUGGAH, MOTÖRHEAD, MUSTASCH, NACHTBLUT, NAGLFAR, NEAERA, NIGHTWISH, 9MM, NULL DB, PAMPATUT, POWERWOLF, PRETTY MAIDS, RABENSCHREY, RAGNAROK, RAMMSTEIN, REBATTERED, HENRY ROLLINS, ULI JON ROTH, RUN LIBERTY RUN, RUSSKAJA, SABATON, SANTIANO, SECRET SPHERE, SERUM 114, SKYLINE, SOILWORK, SONATA ARCTICA, SOULLESS, SPITFIRE, SPRING AUTUMN, STAHLMANN, SUBWAY TO SALLY, THUNDER, TRISTANIA, TRIVIUM, UGLY KID JOE, VERSENGOLD, BOB WAYNE, WHITECHAPEL, WIRRWAHR, THE W:O:A FIREFIGHTERS.

You can find the running order here. For more details visit Wacken.com.

Check out the BraveWords.com report from Wacken 2012 at this location.