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As Wacken fast approaches, we find out how a small gathering in Germany evolved into one of the world’s biggest metal fests

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Chaos, blood, death, resurrection – Kerry King and Tom Araya look back on the tumultuous journey of the thrash icons who pushed metal to new extremes