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How Wacken became a metal mecca

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July 29, 2023

Every summer, the Wacken Open Air festival drowns out the sounds of church bells with guitar riffs and enthusiastic metalheads in a small town in Schleswig-Holstein. It began 33 years ago, with fewer than 1,000 fans.

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