KOTIPELTO, METALUCIFER, SABBAT Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

May 4, 2002

Finland's KOTIPELTOthe solo band of STRATOVARIUS vocalist Timo Kotipeltoand Japan's METALUCIFER and SABBAT are the latest acts to have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place on August 2-3 in Wacken, Germany. The full list of artists currently scheduled to appear at the event is as follows:

ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY
AMON AMARTH
BLAZE
BLIND GUARDIAN
BLITZKRIEG
BORKNAGAR
BRUCE DICKINSON
CANNIBAL CORPSE
CHILDREN OF BODOM
CRIMINAL
DEBRIS INC.
DESTRUCTION
DIMPLE MINDS
DOMINE
DORNENREICH
DORO
DYING FETUS
EDGUY
EISREGEN
EVERGREY
EXODUS
FALCONER
FLESHCRAWL
GREEN CARNATION
HEATHEN
HOLLENTHON
HYPOCRISY
IMMORTAL
IN EXTREMO
J.B.O.
KOTIPELTO
KREATOR
MACABRE
METALUCIFER
MY DYING BRIDE
NECROPHOBIC
NOCTURNAL RITES
NUCLEAR ASSAULT
ONKEL TOM
PRETTY MAIDS
PRIMORDIAL
PUNGENT STENCH
RAVEN
REBELLION
RED AIM
ROTTWEILLER
SABBAT
SAVATAGE
SINERGY
U.D.O.
UNLEASHED
VICIOUS RUMORS
VOMITORY
WARLORD
WIZARD
WOLF

Stated Timo Kotipelto about his upcoming appearance at Wacken Open Air: Me and my friends in the band will come there and will try to burn the stage down! Last time when I was there I burnt my left hand, so I think it's the time for revenge! :)

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