In front of the Party Stage it was slowly getting crowded and just in time the guys of the Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica entered the stage. You could directly from the start see that they were really up for it. Toni Kakko swirled across the stage and used his microphone stand as air guitar and also drummer Tommy Portimo was grinning from ear to ear all the time.
After the mariners of Alestorm safely reached the harbor it continued on the True Metal stage in front of which it already was quite cozy. With the Apokalyptischen Reiter it should continue mainly with German lyrics.
After a swinging start with Callejon I sailed over to the Party Stage where Alestorm was laying at anchor to enter Wacken. The Scottish band around band leader Christopher Bowes had their self named True Scottish Pirate Metal with them.
On Saturday morning there was firstly the Rhenish metal core group Callejon to get the tired limbs going again. Although it was quite earl that day in front of the True Metal Stage there were already quite a lot of people.
It was already after midnight when the Party Stage in front of which already a quite impressive crowd had gathered was painted into a soft violet light. The gig of the Finnish metal band of Amorphis should have some features as an acoustic set was announced. And so they started with unknown soft sounds. Growling was relinquished and singer Tomi Joutsens was conscious about convincing with his clear voice.
The Canadian metalller of Anvil were guests for the last time at Wacken in 2010 rocking at nearly the same time the True Metal Stage, but this year they had to be satisfied by playing the much smaller W.E.T. stage inside the tent.
Already last year this unusual cooperation was made and on this year's Wacken it should be continued. When the concert started first the Düsseldorf Taiko drummers of Wadokyo entered the stage and that was already quite impressive what they presented. Shortly after the guys of the eastern German mid-age band Corvus Corax entered also the stage to the pipe sounds of Venestus Oleriaticus, Pan Peter, Vit and front men and singer Castus Rabensang. Supported they were by the percussionists Hatz, Harman der Drescher and Steve.
It was still very warm but due to the slowly setting sun not that hot anymore when the guys of Sabaton under deafening cheers entered the stage. With their power-metal singing about historic battles they are having success across the whole of Europe.
Driven by the heat I decided to flee into the tent after the Romanian (Saarland) evangelists of Powerwolf. There the sun was not that burning onto your head but an oppressive heat was there too althoug they tried to ventilate. Anyhow I tried to persevere as the German pagan metal heads of Black Messiah entered the stage. With lots of fur and dressed into vestments they tried to enthuse the crowd in front of the stage. It may be due to the high temperatures that this did not went very well. At least during "Söldnerschwein" the atmosphere got a little higher.
Back again at the Black Stage a quite high number of people were waiting there already agog for Powerwolf. The power metal band from the Saarland has turned their carreer in a fulminant one. 2004 founded in 2005 they released their first album "Return In Bloodred" which just as the following ones was not making a great stir. A first decent result was reached by the 2011 released longplayer "Blood Of The Saints" but the current album "Preachers Of The Night" is outclassing everything released before. Praised by the critics it was directly going to number one of the German album charts. This may also be the reason for the huge interest of the Wacken audience.