Blind Guardian in Blackguard sta nova potrjena banda za festival
70000 Tons Of Metal. Poleg njih so potrjeni tudi Agent Steel, Amon Amarth, Cripper, Dark Tranquillity, Death Angel, Ensiferum, Epica, Exodus, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Forbidden, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, Korpiklaani, Marduk, Moonspell, Nevermore, Obituary, Rage, Raven, Sabaton, Sanctuary, Saxon, Sodom, Sonata Arctica, Swashbuckle, Testament, Trouble, Týr, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed in Witchburner. /P.G./