WACKEN \\ SEPULTURA Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany.

The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):

APOCALYPTICA
AVANTASIA
BLIND GUARDIAN
EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS
KHOLD
MAYHEM
OZZY OSBOURNE
SEPULTURA
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
WARRANT

Wacken Open Air was first held in 1990 as a small event for local German bands. By 1998 the event had become the major festival on the European metal calendar and has included over 70 bands from all over Europe, North America and Australia.