Wacken Open Air 2019, the year the festival turned thirty! Three decades of heavy metal madness, three decades of blasting the north in August. As always, Wacken had a banging line up to offer and with so many good bands to choose from it was hard not to have a good time. I could go […]
Wacken Diaries
THE WACKEN DIARIES – 30th Anniversary Edition
When you turn 30 years old, a few things change, you might feel a little bit more grown up or not at all, you feel the need for a fresh start or you are completely content with your life, regardless of where you stand the big 3-0 will bring some inevitable changes (I know what […]
How to survive Wacken Open Air with a bunch of festival virgins… Part 4
The end is near! The weird and the wonderful Before packing my bags and going on this festival adventure with the boys, I knew that there will be a time where I will question my existence and think about why I even agreed to play camp mum. You know what is cool? Coming back […]
How to survive Wacken Open Air with a bunch of festival virgins… Part 3
My worst nightmare… Full Metal Wackinator On Thursday morning I woke up with plenty of time to get ready for work and was greeted with the most beautiful words ‘Hey Mel, so theoretically how bad is it when someone would potentially be missing from the camp?’ as I thought this was a joke and […]
How to survive Wacken Open Air with a bunch of festival virgins… Part 2
The Wacken saga continues… ever lost some one at a festival? Yeah, me too. Lost in Wacken After picking up the other lads, that had already run off, we could finally make our way to the village. Leaving the festival ground was a mission itself. It was a never-ending stop and go. I found […]
How to survive Wacken Open Air with a bunch of festival virgins… Part 1
This year I went to Wacken Open Air with a group of friends. Sounds absolutely normal, but it wasn’t. Me being the only lady in the group left me in the amazing position to look after seven guys of whom five had never been at a festival and were about to pop their festival cherry […]