Well, we decided to harden the fuck up and our 2010 metal extravaganza tour will now have three stops: Wacken, Party.San and Summer Breeze.

Co-incidentally, this is the same route that Soundworks Metal Festival Travel will be taking – but we’re not going with them (although it’s a good deal they’re offering) as we have our own plans before and after.

In the lead up to Anti-Christmas this year, both Wacken and Summer Breeze have been announcing a new band every day (in the case of Summer Breeze, quite often two bands are announced). It’s a far cry from last year where Wacken didn’t announce anything at all for bloody ages and disappointed the hell out of everyone.

We now have an absolutely insane list of bands that we could potentially see. Several of then we will have the opportunity to see multiple times. It’s absolutely brutal.

Wacken

• 1349
• Arch Enemy
• Cannibal Corpse
• Crucified Barbara
• Despised Icon
• Endstille
• Grave Digger
• Immortal
• Motley Crue
• Slayer
• U.D.O.

And also Alice Cooper, Amorphis, Caliban, Corvus Corax, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Edguy, Ektomorf, Ghost Brigade, Iron Maiden, Kampfar, Lake of Tears, Orden Ogan, Primal Fear, Stratovarius, The Devil’s Blood, Torfrock, W.A.S.P.

Party.San

• Cannibal Corpse
• Suffocation
• Watain

And also The Devil’s Blood, Demonical, Aura Noir, Manegarm, Tribulation.

Summer Breeze

• 1349
• Ahab
• Behemoth
• Cannibal Corpse
• Dark Tranquillity
• Despised Icon
• Gorgoroth
• Hypocrisy
• Kylesa
• My Dying Bride
• Obituary
• Origin
• Sepultura
• War From a Harlot’s Mouth

And also Anathema, Asphyx, Barren Earth, Callisto, Cumulo Nimbus, Dark Funeral, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Dying Fetus, Eisbrecher, Eisregen, Ensiferum, Feuerschwanz, Fiddler’s Green, Freiwild, Gwar, Hail of Bullets, Ill Nino, Insomnium, Korpiklaani, Leaves Eyes, Letzte Instanz, Long Distance Calling, Maroon, Mono Inc, Necrophagist, Orphaned Land, Pantheon I, Poisonblack, Rebellion, Solstafir, Subway to Sally, Swallow the Sun, The Crown, The Devils Blood, Tracedawn, We Butter The Bread With Butter.

Tooo… much… metal!

New plans: three festivals is a post from: hell bent for metal

Wacken is set in stone. Party.San is looking good.

Would adding Summer Breeze, the week after Party.San, be too ambitious?

Pros: Obituary are playing.

Cons: After two festivals we’re likely to be a bit worn out and ever-so-slightly meh. Not to mention probably broke.

What do you reckon? Over-ambitious or are we being emo?

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Dave and I were fortunate enough to win “meet and greet” passes with Arch Enemy at their show in Perth last week… which was heaps of fun! We got to meet most of the band but the person who was really cool to talk to was Sharlee D’Angelo, their bass player. Sharlee mentioned that while it wasn’t 100% final yet, the band were in negotiations to play Wacken 2010. Cool!

While there haven’t been any more official announcements for Wacken, Party.San, frontrunner for “additional festival in 2010” has had Cannibal Corpse, The Devil’s Blood and Demonical added to their existing list which includes Aura Noir, Manegarm, Suffocation, Tribulation and Watain. We missed CC due to a date clash when they played Perth last, so it would be awesome to see them – and even more so in a festival setting.

Summer Breeze has also had some announcements, including my favourite band Obituary. That one is the week after Party.San – so when we were planning to be in Poland — but it’s worth keeping in mind.

Anyone else making early plans for the 2010 European festival circuit?

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