Wacken Open Air 2027 Lineup: 47 Bands Announced & Where to Shop the Official Gear

By Ultimate Merch2 September 2026 6 min read

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*Experience the energy of Wacken - Get ready for 2027.* The holy ground has spoken. Wacken Open Air 2027 is locked in for 28 - 31 July, and the bill is already stacked: 47 bands confirmed and counting. Five Finger Death Punch lead the charge, Helloween return home for an exclusive 40th-anniversary show that will never be played anywhere else, and behind them stands a wall of confirmed names that covers everything from power metal to grindcore. Tickets for W:O:A move fast. So does the merch. Every band below already has its official range live on our Wacken hub - so you can lock in your battle jacket long before the village of Wacken fills up.

Shop the Wacken 2027 Merch Hub

One page, every announced band, all official gear: Shop the Wacken 2027 Merch Hub - band tees, hoodies, patches and accessories from EMP and Impericon, updated automatically as each new wave of bands is announced.

The Names Leading the Charge

Five Finger Death Punch are the biggest draw of the first wave - arena-sized grooves built for the Faster stage, and one of the deepest official merch catalogues of any band on the bill. Then there's the history moment: Helloween celebrate 40 years with a show billed as a one-off exclusive. The Hamburg legends practically invented German power metal, and a hometown-country anniversary set at Wacken is as close to sacred as this genre gets. Expect their pumpkin-stamped merch to be everywhere on the holy ground. Add Halestorm bringing Lzzy Hale's voice to the open air, Electric Callboy turning the infield into the world's heaviest disco, and Jinjer delivering the most technical set of the weekend, and the top of this bill is already worth the wristband.

The Full Bill So Far

Depth is where this announcement really flexes. Thrash and classic steel come from Overkill, Metal Church, U.D.O. and HammerFall. The extreme end is covered by Napalm Death, Belphegor, Carnifex and Shadow of Intent. Melodic death gets Children of Bodom and Dark Tranquillity, while the modern heavy contingent runs deep: Knocked Loose, Heaven Shall Burn, Malevolence, Make Them Suffer, Imminence and Sylosis. Round it out with DragonForce at full gallop, Avatar bringing the circus, Beast in Black, Feuerschwanz, Edguy, Creeper, Gaerea, Kanonenfieber, The Browning, The New Roses, Tyketto and Seven Blood - plus Cavalera Conspiracy, Dethklok, John 5, Crypta, Witch Club Satan and more still to get their merch ranges synced. Tap any highlighted band to jump straight to its Wacken 2027 merch page.

How to Shop the Lineup Before the Queues Form

Festival merch stands mean 45-minute queues and sold-out sizes by Saturday. The smarter play: every announced band has a dedicated page on our Wacken 2027 hub with its full official range - sizes, sale prices and stock straight from EMP and Impericon. Order ahead, wear it broken-in on day one, and spend your queue time in front of a stage instead. New waves get added to the hub the day they're announced, so bookmark it - the bill only gets heavier from here.

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