2016 Trailer Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQcxqsxchkQ
Free Download - Vol 4. Compilation featuring over 90 bands and 7 Hours of Canadian Metal - here.
WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA is proud to announce the line up for this year's national final on June 11th in Toronto, ON at The Opera House for 'One Band To Rule Them All' and play at Wacken Open Air 2016 in Wacken, Germany, which holds an attendance of over 80,000 metalheads from around the world. After battle rounds across the country during the months of January to May, the following bands listed below will be judged by a panel of industry professionals (to be announced at a later date) during their performance plus will be joined by special guest headliners and 2013 WMBC champions Crimson Shadows.
"The National Final is upon us once again. In the name of Canadian metal, and in honour of all who have participated and supported the 2016 Metal Battle, we're very proud to present some of Canada's finest metal acts. Let us rally together and give the winning band a proper send off to Germany." comments WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia.
CANADIAN FINAL - SATURDAY, JUNE 11 @ OPERA HOUSE (735 Queen St. E.), Toronto, ON
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1526172981010202/
Special Guest Headliner - Crimson Shadows (2013 WMBC Champions) - https://www.facebook.com/CrimsonShadowsBand/
Tales Of The Tomb - Edmonton, AB - (Prairie Final Winner) - https://talesofthetomb.bandcamp.com
Profaner - Hamilton, ON - (Ontario 1/2 Final Winner) - http://profanercanada.bandcamp.com
Pyramid Theorem (Toronto, ON - Ontario Final 2/2 Winner - https://pyramidtheorem.bandcamp.com
The Mountain Man - (Vancouver, BC - BC Final Winner) - https://mountainmanmetal.bandcamp.com
Distorthead - (Montreal, QC - Quebec Final Winner) - https://distortheadmetal.bandcamp.com
All 2016 Battle Rounds info can be found here.
The national final winner will also be given a drummer prize pack from Los Cabos Drumsticks that includes 12 pairs of sticks of their choosing, a stick bag, a practice pad, and other Los Cabos Drumsticks swag plus automatic eligibility for endorsement (full details here). This year's runner up will receive a prize from our media partner PureGrainAudio.com, which will be giving a promotional package (valued at approximately $3k) that includes a video interview shot and edited by PureGrainAudio, a featured contest of the band's choosing (giveaway of signed merch, music, etc.), a free song download article that's featured at the very top of PureGrainAudio's Audio section for at least 1 week, a photo shoot with the band (either a live show shoot or band pics.) and one month free web banner advertisement on the site. (Full details here)
This is WMBC's fourth year hosting the competition across country in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. For the last three years that Wacken Metal Battle has been held in Canada, it has produced two world champions Vesperia (2015) and Crimson Shadows (2013) to triumph at the international Wacken Metal Battle beating out over 30 other representing countries from around the globe.
Live Video @ Wacken - 2015 - Vesperia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lwkzc4zGUY
Live Video @ Wacken - 2014 - Mutank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQrLaG8BPL4
Live Video @ Wacken - 2013 - Crimson Shadows - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prOdgG4OwQU
About:
Wacken Metal Battle Canada is part of an international competition where over a hundred band's from across the country battle each other for one to be selected and join over 30 other countries for an international battle of the bands at the world's largest outdoor metal festival Wacken Open Air, which has been taking place in Wacken , Germany for the last 26 years. Oshawa's Vesperia (2014 winners - video at Wacken), Toronto's Crimson Shadows (2013 winners - video at Wacken) and Montreal's Mutank (2014 winners - video at Wacken) have had that honour playing in front of thousands. The 2016 festival will be taking place from August 4-6.
How it works:
Each city will hold their qualifying rounds plus city finals from the months of January to May 2016 selecting the top band to move forward to the national finals in Toronto, ON on June 11th at Opera House with one being selected to perform at the 27th edition of Wacken Open Air taking place from August 4-6. All bands will be judged during battle rounds by respected local music industry.
The finalists will be selected as follows by province.
1 finalist from BC
1 finalist from Prairies (AB, SK, MB)
2 finalists from Ontario
1 finalist from Quebec
Rules: http://metalbattle.ca/rules.html
Wacken Metal Battle Canada Promo Video: http://youtu.be/gQcxqsxchkQ
Wacken Metal Battle 2014 Canada Finals by Ondeschocs.com: http://youtu.be/RrOGyBtqwaQ
For more info on Metal Battle Canada, please visit these links:
Official Website: http://www.metalbattle.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetalBattleCanada
Twitter: @MetalBattleCAN
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/WackenMetalBattleCAN
For more info on Wacken Open Air, please visit http://www.wacken.com
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