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Re: Wacken vs. Bloodstock? Have been to both numerous times and have to say I rather Bloodstock, better line up and its like the way Wacken used to be a few years back, now wacken is commercial driven! Still like Wacken but do prefer Bloodstock!

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Re: Download Vs. Sonisphere Download, without a doubt. Black Sabbath, Metallica and The Prodigy (I know, they're not metal, but they're good) are all playing there in 2012, and Sonisphere is way too mainstream. Their lineup will probably something like Bring Zme the Horizon, Bullet for my Valentine, The Blackout, Gallows, Your Demise, Asking Alexandria, Breaking Benjamin, Framing Hanley, Lostprophets, Enter Shikari, You Me at Six, 30 Seconds to Mars, and all the other shit of the British 'rock' scene which now seems to dominate Kerrang

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I have been to WACKEN 6 times and Bloodstock once. I prefer WACKEN as there is just so much to do if there isnt a band playing you want to see..... especially the Viking Village! Bloodstock I found a little unprepared, the toilets always overflowing etc and 2 rides to bide your time over whe the band you want to see suffer from unforgivable sound problems (Akercocke 2008). I felt let down by it as I have only ever heard amazing reviews, and it has put me off going again. But that was 5 years ago, and I must admit...... I am tempted this year.

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He's our resident troll.
Troll? Hmmm Never saw the need to slate bands, after all, it's personal taste, and what has it got to do with anyone else what somebody wants to listen to? Not defending Sabbaton as I haven't heard anything by them, but I'd never wish harm of any artist, from Bieber to Cannibal Corpse. Variety is the spice of life, and without artists we don't like, artists we do like would not be around as they'd have less to rebel about.
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On atmosphere Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium). Only the line-up could be better; much better. On line-up I don't know. Metalfest Loreley (Germany) and Summer Breeze (Germany) have both a great line-up. But I'm pretty sure there are way more festivals with a good line-up. EDIT: just checked the line-up of Bloodstock. Damn epic.

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I would say Bloodstock, The pure size of Wacken makes me tired, Last time there was 2008, the year they sold more tickets then they had space for. The first night Maiden played, and the stopped letting people into the stage area, because you couldnt move in there. even thou the place is big. Bloodstock was as someone said more of what Wacken used to be, and by my experience people were nicer overall at Bloodstock. I dont know about the last years but earlier Wacken to me always had the issue of a big part of their staff not knowing any english... So if I had to pick a festival i would take Bloodstock, they also use to book really good bands. Wacken just book allot of bands. some good some bad and two many playing too many stages at the same time. I prefer Metalcamp in this, they have one big stage and at least 5-6 days of conserts, hopefully 7. But wacken is still a better place if you like strolling around strange camps and meet people from everywhere. so depending on the approach i dont know anymore.

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I never been to Bloodstock but Scullicon is perfectly right about Wacken. In 2010, Iron Maiden was too crowded so I went to see an other band after 30min ( I'm not a huge fan of Iron Maiden ) and they stopped people entering the big stages when Slayer was playing one of them. We watched them from outside the stage. I also found that this year they made two mistakes about what stage some bands played at. They put Equilibrium on the Viking Stage and it was just too small for such a popular band, same thing with Gojira. Still, it was an awesome moment. I'll go there again for sure when I can^^ But Bloodstock seem to be really good as well.

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Yeah they do do their mistakes at Wacken, One year, cant remember which, the ground was so wet so they put hay all over the area infront of the two big stages and 2 days later, under clear sky and burning heat it took fire, probably from a cigarette or something but anyway.. Well planned.

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