The line up for Wacken Open Air (Germany) is taking shape, as Finnish melodic metal act Machine Men become the latest name added to the bill.

Others to appear over the weekend include Iron Maiden, Killswitch Engage, Children Of Bodom, Hatebreed, Nightwish, Dream Of An Opium Eater, Lordi, As I Lay Dying, Carcass, Gorerotted and Sonata Arctica.

Wacken, one of Europe’s leading metal festivals, takes place July 31 - August
2 in Wacken, Germany.