The all-female band Vixen emerged during the glory days of glam metal. Best-known for hits such as “Cryin’” and “Edge of a Broken Heart,” Vixen is recognized as one of the best pivotal bands in rock music. Their intense tour activity included this unmissable concert at Wacken Festival.

This British band made history when releasing the second album, they gave birth and name to a genre: Black Metal. Since then, the band has reached a peak in popularity and has built a strong fan base among those who worshipped extreme metal.

Since 1989, Therapy? has been a staple of the UK‘s alternative rock and metal scene, with their home base in Northern Ireland. Celebrat ing their 30th anniversary in 2020, the band released a greatest hits album, and we can‘t wait to hear those hits live at W:O:A 2022.

From the Big Apple, the city with a hole, the navel of the world – New York – come the four around singer Mina Caputo to make the speakers of every box burst with their alternative metal. Nobody can blame them for the fact that their biggest influences are bands like Metallica, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd. Their own sound lies somewhere in between, but still – and thanks to Caputo‘s unique voice – hardly comparable.

Originally coming from hardcore, the four US-Americans today move somewhere between loud and dirty stoner rock and musically versatile blues rock. The band from Germantown, Maryland around singer and founding member Neil Fallon brings the mood of the endless and dusty country roads of the US state on 11 studio albums.

Iann Dior was born Michael Ian Olmo in Puerto Rico, but grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. After a painful breakup, the young rapper began writing songs at the age of 17 to find an outlet for his pain. He posted the songs online and was a bit surprised himself at how well his early musical efforts were received. From these humble beginnings, a large fan base for his pop-infused emo-rap songs quickly grew.

Sir Chloe formed in 2018 at a music university in the USA, but their music doesn‘t sound like a study group. Between lo-fi, garage, rock, indie and shoegaze, the band around frontwoman and mastermind Dana Foote makes itself comfortable. Despite the raw energy and somewhat unwieldy indie aesthetic, the songs unfold great pop qualities without ever pandering.

Charlotte Jane is probably the best new voice the UK has to offer right now. Her musical career started at the age of three in her grandparents‘ soul band, shortly after she began writing her own songs and Lewis Capaldi calls her „one of the fucking greatest things in the world.“ In 2019, the young Brit impresses with vocal power and terrific songwriting on her debut EP „Nowhere To Hide,“ and with the singles „All My Life“ and „Down Days,“ which are streamed millions of times, she underscores her ambition to soon be a big one