Wacken Open Air 2013 will take place August 1st - 3rd in Wacken, Germany. The festival will be broadcast both on television and via internet streams. Media partners NDR and ZDF.kultur will be part of the festival again to bring the W:O:A to people who can’t be there themselves. They will present you live recordings, background stories and interviews with musicians and promoters.

The Norddeutsche Rundfunk (Northern German Broadcast) is streaming concerts during the entire festival, both live and time-displaced. On September 13th they will also broadcast a documentary about W:O:A 2013 at 12 (midnight).

ZDF.kultur will broadcast the concerts on Saturday from 8 PM - 12 midnight on television. Afterwards the station will broadcast 10 chosen concerts in the two weeks after the festival. The chosen concerts will be announced soon. Check out an overview at this location.

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.