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// 13 — LEGAL NOTICE

Legal Notice

// Last updated · 22 MAY 2026

Information required by German law (§ 5 TMG, § 55 Abs. 2 RStV / § 18 MStV, § 7 JMStV), together with the copyright, liability, trademark, and dispute-resolution terms that apply to metal-battle.com and the Wacken Metal Battle competition.

Operating Entity

Company
WOA Festival GmbH
Address
Schenefelder Straße 17
25596 Wacken, Germany
Phone
+49 (0) 4827 / 999 66 0
Fax
+49 (0) 4827 / 999 66 980
Email
headquarter@wacken.com
Registered Office
Wacken
Commercial Register
AG Pinneberg, HRB 14387 PI
Tax Number
18/290/35274
Managing Directors
Thomas Jensen, Holger Hübner, André Jürgens

Responsible for Content (§ 55 Abs. 2 RStV)

Thomas Jensen, address as above.

Youth Protection Officer (§ 7 JMStV)

Manfred Lack, Attorney-at-Law and Notary
Phone: +49 (0) 4621 / 30 70 10
Fax: +49 (0) 4621 / 30 70 111
Email: mlack@lack-tilgner.de

Data Protection Officer

HABEWI GmbH & Co. KG
Represented by HABEWI Beteiligungs GmbH
Managing Director: Arne Platzbecker
Palmaille 96, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 40 / 18189800
Fax: +49 (0) 40 / 81898099
Email: datenschutz@habewi.de

Copyright

All content on metal-battle.com — text, photography, video, audio, the WMB lock-up and logotype, layout, and code — is, unless explicitly attributed otherwise, copyright © 2004–2026 WOA Festival GmbH or licensed to it by the original rightsholder. Reproduction, public performance, or republication in any medium requires prior written permission. Editorial use by accredited press is granted under our Press & Media terms.

Band names, band photography, and recordings remain the property of the bands and their labels. They are reproduced here with permission for the purpose of the competition and the surrounding editorial coverage.

Liability for Content

As a service provider, WOA Festival GmbH is responsible for its own content on these pages in accordance with § 7(1) of the German Telemediengesetz (TMG). We are not, under §§ 8–10 TMG, obliged to monitor third-party information transmitted or stored, or to actively search for circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information under general laws remain unaffected; liability in this respect is only possible from the moment we become aware of a concrete legal infringement, and we will remove the relevant content without delay.

Liability for Links

metal-battle.com links to external sites operated by bands, promoters, venues, and partners. We have no control over the content of those sites and accept no responsibility for them. At the time the link was set, no illegal content was discernible. A permanent monitoring of the linked sites is not reasonable without concrete indication of a violation. If we become aware of any infringement we will remove the link immediately.

Trademarks

Wacken Metal Battle, WMB, Louder Stage, and the skull-and-crossed-axes lock-up are trademarks of WOA Festival GmbH. Wacken Open Air and the WOA logotype are trademarks of ICS Festival Service GmbH, used under license. All other trademarks shown on this site — band names, label names, sponsor marks — are the property of their respective owners and used for identification only.

Cookies

metal-battle.com sets a strictly necessary session cookie. Optional cookies (analytics, embedded media) are only set after you consent via the banner served by Cookiebot. The full, continuously-updated list of every cookie set on this domain — name, provider, purpose, expiry — is maintained by Cookiebot and available via the cookie settings link. See also Privacy Statement → Cookies.

Online Dispute Resolution

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. WOA Festival GmbH is neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Disclaimer

The information on this site is provided in good faith but without warranty of accuracy or completeness. Competition schedules, country rounds, and lineup details are subject to change. The decisions of the WMB jury and the festival management are final.


Deutsche Version

Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG, § 55 Abs. 2 RStV / § 18 MStV und § 7 JMStV.

Unternehmen
WOA Festival GmbH
Anschrift
Schenefelder Straße 17
25596 Wacken, Deutschland
Telefon
+49 (0) 4827 / 999 66 0
Fax
+49 (0) 4827 / 999 66 980
E-Mail
headquarter@wacken.com
Geschäftssitz
Wacken
Handelsregister
AG Pinneberg, HRB 14387 PI
Steuernummer
18/290/35274
Geschäftsführer
Thomas Jensen, Holger Hübner, André Jürgens

Verantwortlich für den Inhalt (§ 55 Abs. 2 RStV)

Thomas Jensen, Anschrift wie oben.

Jugendschutzbeauftragter (§ 7 JMStV)

Manfred Lack, Rechtsanwalt und Notar
Telefon: +49 (0) 4621 / 30 70 10
Fax: +49 (0) 4621 / 30 70 111
E-Mail: mlack@lack-tilgner.de

Datenschutzbeauftragter

HABEWI GmbH & Co. KG
Vertreten durch die HABEWI Beteiligungs GmbH
Geschäftsführer: Arne Platzbecker
Palmaille 96, 22767 Hamburg, Deutschland
Telefon: +49 (0) 40 / 18189800
Fax: +49 (0) 40 / 81898099
E-Mail: datenschutz@habewi.de