MusicThe history of the Wacken Open Air festivalTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoMusic08/05/2017August 5, 2017Every August, the town of Wacken is transformed into the world capital of heavy metal. 800 people turned out for the first festival in 1990. Now, it's tens of thousands. We'll have more on the history of the festival.https://p.dw.com/p/2hjJ3Advertisement