But there's no denying it's Heavy ... influential German Web site Metal Rules (metal-rules.de), will be at the show, as a part of a two-week stay here to soak up Cleveland's metal scene.

Launched in 1989, Wacken is billed as the world's largest heavy metal gathering and regularly draws the scene's biggest bands, with headbangers travelling from across Germany and abroad to take part.

A heavy metal festival in Germany has been forced to halt admissions after heavy rain turned the site into a mud bath. The Wacken Open Air festival is an annual event which takes place in fields ...