Wacken

Welcome to the holy land of Wacken!

The movie is not a live recording of a concert, but rather a documentary about the world's biggest heavy metal festival. Every year, about 75,000 metal fans from all over the world travel to Wacken, a small village in northern Germany, to listen to more than 100 famous and not so famous bands.

The movie includes interviews with a couple of metal fans and some of the musicians, and of course there is also the music. The filmmakers managed to capture the atmosphere perfectly. Everybody is peaceful, in good spirits, and having lots of fun during the four days of the festival.

I think all those metal fans who have been to Wacken or are planning to go there should see the movie. However, not just them, but also everybody else who wants to know what Wacken is like, should see it. Great movie! And now that I've watched it, I can hardly wait till July 30, when this year's festival starts.

I guess this is the second best thing, if you've never been to Wacken. On the other hand if you are a real Metal fan, how can you not have been there? Stop reading/watching and go there immediately. Well actually not right now, but when the next festival is of course. Some people will recognize themselves, because we do not only get the rock-stars but also visitors of Wacken and their thoughts.

It is a well balanced affair and should entertain you, if you at least like Metal music a little bit. There are a few performances and a couple of classic (rock) songs being played. There is also one instance where we get classical music that scores people going "me(n)tal"! A great scene (with slo-motion effects and nice pictures).

There is a lot of profanity and if you're easily offended this isn't for you, but then again, it wouldn't be Rock&Roll otherwise, right?

This is a festival I have wanted to go to for years but probably won't get to as it's in Germany. I found this on Prime & watched. It focused too much on the bands in the little tent that have gone nowhere!! I thought this was going to give a focus on the main festival that people are interested in instead of the sideshow wannabes!! That was a huge disappointment but otherwise this was ok.

I would've liked it a lot better if there was English subtitles for the non english interviews and comments. When I see things like "German being spoken here," I have to think if they could do that they could've just as easily translated.