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Montreal, QC – April 6, 2015

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WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA Announce National Final Special Guest Headliner: GOAT HORN

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WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA is proud to announce GOAT HORN as the special guest headliner at this year’s national final on June 6th in Toronto, ON at the Opera House. The national final will consist of Canada’s top metal talents who are finalists from over 120 battling bands from BC (Vancouver vs. Victoria – Winner TBA), Alberta (Edmonton vs. Calgary – Winner TBA), Ontario (Toronto vs. Ottawa – Winner TBA), Quebec (Montreal vs. Quebec City – Winner TBA) and the Prairie winner Endless Chaos from Winnipeg, MB.

“We’re very stoked to have the mighty and elusive Goat Horn as our guest headliner this year. Metalheads in attendance will be treated with a rare and special performance, all in the name of Canadian metal!” comments WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia.

Upcoming Battles:

BC Final (Vancouver vs. Victoria)

April 10, 2015 @ Rickshaw Theatre, 254 East Hastings, Vancouver, BC

Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1601480966751177/

Bushwhacker (Vancouver)

Unbeheld (Vancouver)

Resurgence (Vancouver)

Medevil (Vancouver)

Torrefy (Victoria)

Toronto Semi-Final #1

April 18, 2015 @ Rivoli, 334 Queen St W, Toronto, ON

Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1689069487986718/

Caym

Midnight Malice

Phantom

Call Of The Wild

Black Absinthe

Alberta Final (Edmonton vs. Calgary)

April 18, 2015 @ The Pawn Shop, 10551 82 Avenue Northwest, Edmonton, AB

Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/679157078855069/

Dethgod (Calgary)

AfterEarth (Calgary)

Arrival of Autumn (Grande Prairie)

Bleed (Edmonton)

Quebec Final (Montreal vs. Quebec City)

April 23, 2015 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC

Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/316905555181858/

Sanguine Glacialis (Montreal)

Mad Parish (Montreal)

Decadawn (Montreal)

Nordheim (Quebec City)

Toronto Semi-Final #2

April 25, 2015 @ Hard Luck, 772 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON

Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/365031283682318/

Hallows Die

Vesperia

Droid

A Scar For The Wicked (Ottawa Winner)

Apokalyptik Warrior

Wretchedpain

National Final

June 6, 2015 @ Opera House, 735 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON

Endless Chaos (Winnipeg)

OTHER NATIONAL FINALISTS TBA

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About:

Wacken Metal Battle Canada is part of an international competition where band’s from across the country in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City will 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 25 years. 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. This year’s festival will be taking place from July 30th to August 1st.

How it works:

Each city will hold their qualifying rounds plus city finals from the months of January to May 2015 selecting the top band to move forward to the national finals in Toronto, ON in June (date to be determined) with one being selected to perform at the 26th edition of Wacken Open Air taking place from July 30th to August 1st. All bands will be judged during battle rounds by respected local music industry.

The finalists will be selected as follows.

1 finalist from BC (Vancouver & Victoria will face off)

1 finalist from Alberta (Calgary & Edmonton will face off)

2 finalists from Toronto, ON

1 finalist from Quebec (Montreal & Quebec City will face off)

1 finalist from Ottawa, ON

1 finalist from Saskatoon or Winnipeg (Saskatoon and Winnipeg will face off)

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