https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Armies of black-clad fans gathered for the world's biggest heavy metal festival between Thursday and Saturday, marking 25 years of headbanging fun in the small town of Wacken in northern Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20150803/heavy-metal-fest-wacken-opens-amid-rain-mud Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:26:14 +0200 heavy-metal-fest-wacken-opens-amid-rain-mud A heavy metal fan was found to have bleeding in the brain a month after a night of headbanging at a Motorhead concert, doctors in Germany reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140704/headbanging-motorhead-can-make-brain-bleed Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:11:00 +0200 headbanging-motorhead-can-make-brain-bleed Heavy metal fans have descended on a small town in Schleswig-Holstein for the 22nd annual Wacken Open Air. With Ozzy Osbourne, Motörhead and Judas Priest headlining, the three-day festival's 75,000 tickets have been sold out for months. https://www.thelocal.de/20110805/36769 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:17:00 +0200 36769 The 21st annual Wacken Open Air heavy metal music festival kicked off on Thursday in northern Germany, with a sold-out crowd of 75,000 headbangers expected through Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100805/28969 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:52:00 +0200 28969 The heavy metal music festival rocked Wacken for the 20th time this weekend, attracting around 75,000 people and more than 80 bands from around the world. https://www.thelocal.de/20090802/20977 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:47:00 +0200 20977