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0 Battle Rounds Announced For Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2016
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – January 21, 2016
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Battle Rounds Announced For Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2016
One Band To Rule Them All!
2016 Trailer Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQcxqsxchkQ
WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA is proud to announce this year’s 2016 battle rounds and line up of over 100 bands competing across the country in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. This is WMBC’s fourth year showcasing Canada’s top independent metal talent to the world stage at Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany, which holds an attendance of over 80,000 metalheads from around the world. 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
2016 Band Line Up & Battle Rounds:
VANCOUVER
ROUND 1 – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 @ Red Room Ultrabar (398 Richards St.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/635063959968057/
Mournir
Uncle Sid
Process
Sleepcircle
Aetherion
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ROUND 2 – SUNDAY, MARCH 20 – @ Red Room Ultrabar (398 Richards St.)
Meridius
God Said Kill
The Fall of Day
Drop Dead Fred
Majora
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ROUND 3 – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 @ Red Room Ultrabar (398 Richards St.)
Exterminatus
The Mountain Man
Slaughterhauser
Saints of Death
Occasionally Dropped
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VANCOUVER FINAL – SUNDAY, MAY 1 @ Red Room Ultrabar (398 Richards St.)
(winner will move on to National Final in Toronto on June 11 @ Opera House)
TBA
TBA
TBA
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EDMONTON
ROUND 1 – FRIDAY, MARCH 11 @ The Mercury Room (10575 114 St.)
Tales Of The Tomb
These Colours Don’t Run
Silent Line
Redskull Ritual
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ROUND 2 – SUNDAY, MARCH 20 @ The Mercury Room (10575 114 St.)
Mongol
Monarch Sky
Tessitura
Shadows Of Malice
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ROUND 3 – THURSDAY, MARCH 31 @ The Mercury Room (10575 114 St.)
Van Halst
Tyrant
Tides of Kharon
Valyria
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ROUND 4 – SATURDAY, APRIL 9 @ The Mercury Room (10575 114 St.)
Armifera
Tymo
Within The Ashes
Vehement Dissent
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EDMONTON FINAL – FRIDAY, APRIL 15 @ The Mercury Room (10575 114 St.)
(winner will move on to Prairie Final in Calgary on April 16 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
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CALGARY
ROUND 1 – FRIDAY, JAN 29 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)
Sentient – WINNER
From The Wolves
Skymir
Awaken The Abstract
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ROUND 2 – FRIDAY, FEB 12 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/803400949806615/
Ripper Alley
Terminal Human Condition
Stenno
Statue of Demur – WINNER
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ROUND 3 – FRIDAY, FEB 26 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/934620566623312/
Nuclear Oath
Naraka
Concrete Funeral
Hrom
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CALGARY FINAL – SATURDAY, MARCH 19 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)
(winner will move on to Prairie Final in Calgary on April 16 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)
Sentient
Statue of Demur
TBA
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PRAIRIE FINAL – SATURDAY, APRIL 16 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)
(winner will move on to National Final in Toronto on June 11 @ Opera House)
Finalist – Calgary – TBA
Finalist – Edmonton – TBA
Finalist – Saskatchewan – TBA
Finalist – Manitoba – TBA
SASKATOON
ROUND 1 – FRIDAY, MARCH 11 @ Vangelis Tavern (801 Broadway Ave.)
(one band from round will move on to SK final)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/581089642067319/
Singularity
Maelstrom Vale
Corvathra
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REGINA
ROUND 1 – SATURDAY, MARCH 12 @ The Exchange (2431 8 Ave)
(two bands from round will move on to SK final)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/143528636030863/
Magnetic
Northern Fallout
Planet Eater
Scythra
Deadrot
Kelevra
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SASKATCHEWAN FINAL – FRIDAY, MARCH 25 @ The Exchange (2431 8 Ave)
(winner will move on to Prairie Final in Calgary on April 16 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
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WINNIPEG
ROUND 1 – SATURDAY, FEB 27 @ The Windsor Hotel (187 Garry St.)
(two bands from round will move on to MB final)
Angstrom
Cell
Commencing Human Desperation
Five Hundred Pound Furnace
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ROUND 2 – SATURDAY, MARCH 5 @ The Windsor Hotel (187 Garry St.)
(two bands from round will move on to MB final)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/949623465119194/
Ossific
Perilous
Speed Demon
The Void
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MANITOBA FINAL – FRIDAY, MARCH 18 @ The Windsor Hotel (187 Garry St.)
(winner will move on to Prairie Final in Calgary on April 16
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
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HAMILTON
ROUND 1 – SATURDAY, MARCH 12 @ This Ain’t Hollywood (345 James St. N.)
(winner will move on to semi-final in Toronto on April 16)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/469569299917747/
Lutharo
Profaner
Act of Sin
Full Dead
Death Perception
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LONDON
ROUND 1 – SATURDAY, APRIL 2 @ Call The Office (216 York St.)
(winner will move on to semi-final in Toronto on April 22)
Bloodmoon Collective
Wind Cries Mary
Nothing Left For Tomorrow
Bloodless Child
Saudade
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TORONTO
ROUND 1 – FRIDAY, MARCH 4 @ Bovine Sex Club (542 Queen St. W.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/523617461148763/
Six of Swords
My Frost
Mental Circuit
Crawl
Python
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ROUND 2 – FRIDAY, MARCH 11 @ Rivoli (334 Queen St. W.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/178974922466916/
Pyramid Theorem
Vodnik
Slow Death Lights
Devilz By Definition
At Dawn’s Edge
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ROUND 3 – SATURDAY, MARCH 19 @ Hard Luck Bar (772A Dundas St. W.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/939941656119329/
On The Verge
Mirrelia
The Parallax
Odium
Milk Room
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ROUND 4 – FRIDAY, MARCH 25 @ Bovine Sex Club (542 Queen St. W.)
Dawn Vally
Earth’s Yellow Sun
Blastomycosis
Cellphone
Door To Door Human Gore
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ROUND 5 – FRIDAY, APRIL 1 @ Rivoli (334 Queen St. W.)
Astaroth
Strike the Storm
Out Of The Ruins
Phear
Centuries of Decay
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SEMI-FINAL – SATURDAY, APRIL 16 @ Hard Luck Bar (772A Dundas St. W.)
(winner will move on to National Final in Toronto on June 11 @ Opera House)
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SEMI-FINAL – FRIDAY, APRIL 22 @ Rivoli (334 Queen St. W.)
(winner will move on to National Final in Toronto on June 11 @ Opera House)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/457673247762353/
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OTTAWA
(winner will move on to semi-final in Toronto on April 22)
ROUND 1 – SATURDAY, APRIL 9 @ House of Targ (1077 Bank St.)
Ominous Eclipse
Diabholico
Scarecrowz
Signs of Chaos
A Scar For The Wicked
Chariots of The Gods
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MONTREAL
ROUND 1 – FRIDAY, FEB 26 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1680018885579008/
Seismic Breach
Chronolith
Ordoxe
Kruhl
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ROUND 2 – SATURDAY, MARCH 26 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/490543394469406/
Distorthead
CroMagnum
Devora
Meet The Mailman
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ROUND 3 – SUNDAY, APRIL 3 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/876334269151234/
Confined To Oblivion
Demise The Crown
Helpless
Thistolord
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ROUND 4 – FRIDAY, APRIL 8 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1683767418548839/
[Evertrapped]
Starlight Ritual
Requiomend
Smirking Revenge
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ROUND 5 – SATURDAY, APRIL 16 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/465233043687038/
Skeleris
Vantablack Warship
Distoriam
Sacrificed Alliance
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MONTREAL FINAL – SATURDAY, MAY 7 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)
(winner will move on to National Final in Toronto on June 11 @ Opera House)
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
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CANADIAN FINAL – SATURDAY, JUNE 11 @ OPERA HOUSE (735 Queen St. E.), Toronto, ON
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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0 NEWS: Revolver Mag Streaming FALLEN ANGELS New Single ‘Into The Abyss’
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – January 21, 2016
Album Request here.
For fans of Late 80’s Bay Area thrash, Testament, Havok, Forbidden, Exodus, Annihilator, Anthrax,
FallenAngelsThrashBand.com | Facebook | Twitter @FallenAngelsThr | Youtube | iTunes | CD Baby
Seattle Thrashers FALLEN ANGELS Stream New Single ‘Into The Abyss’ via Revolver Mag
New Album Out ‘World In Decay’ Produced By Legendary Thrash Producer Michael Rosen
L- R – Steve Spitzbart – Drums, Bradzilla – Vocals, Erik Hanson – Guitars, Carl Larsson – Bass, Matt Be Roth – Guitars (Photo Credit – Aaron Meyers)
Video – Nightmare – Watch here + Free Song Download here.
Song Stream – Forsaken Existence – Listen here.
Seattle, WA thrashers FALLEN ANGELS have teamed up with Revolver Magazine for the stream of their latest single ‘Into The Abyss’ in support of their third studio release ‘World In Decay’ produced by Grammy award winning metal producer/engineer Michael Rosen (Forbidden, Testament, Death Angel, Flotsam and Jetsam, Tesla, Vicious Rumors).
To listen to ‘Into The Abyss’, please visit the following link: http://www.revolvermag.com/news/fallen-angels-release-new-single-into-the-abyss.html
‘World In Decay’ was released on August 4th via their indie label Cyberdyne Records to follow 2010’s ‘Engines of Oppression’ and 2008 debut ‘Rise From Ashes’ released on Metal On Metal Records. To order ‘World In Decay’, please visit here.
Track Listing – Fallen Angels – World In Decay
1. The Hammer’s Blow (4:25)
2. Nightmare (4:58) [Free Download]
3. Forsaken Existence (5:05) [Video]
4. Leading the Blind (4:36)
5. Fire At Eden’s Gate (6:13)
6. Into The Abyss (5:39)
7. The Hour of the Time (5:40)
8. Mortis Ex Machina (4:28)
Album Length: 41:08
About:
Capturing the classic thrash sound of the Big Four in their prime; early Metallica, Testament, Slayer, and Megadeth as well as lesser known cult heroes Exodus, Annihilator, Forbidden and Havok. FALLEN ANGELS is influenced by a wide range of 80’s thrash as well as classic metal from the 70’s and 80’s. The band combines these elements in a fresh, modern sounding album with the explosive riffs and solos that one might have expected to hear on the radio around 1989. FALLEN ANGELS is a band that thrash fans and more classic metal oriented fans can agree on because the music is catchy but also very aggressive.
For more info, please visit: http://www.fallenangelsthrashband.com.
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0 Metal Blast – Indie Wednesday – Week 3, 2016 – Sanktuary, Like Animals
0 Worship Metal – Sanktuary – Winter’s Doom
Sanktuary have unleashed the first mandatory thrash release of 2016!
http://www.worshipmetal.com/reviews/sanktuary-winters-doom-album-review/
0 Heavy Metal Bands – Sanktuary – Winter’s Doom
an album that is extremely catchy, straight forward and to the point. In other words: this album is a lot of fun and that’s what it should be all about.
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0 NEWS: DIVINITY Premiere ‘Manhunt’ Video via Metal Nation Radio; New EP ‘The Immortalist Part 2. Momentum’ Out Feb 5th
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For EP Promo, please send request here.
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DIVINITY Premiere ‘Manhunt’ Video via Metal Nation Radio
New EP ‘The Immortalist Part 2. Momentum’ Out Feb 5th
Taking flashlights and a simple HD cam, Calgary, AB progressive death metal band DIVINITY have created one of the cheapest but very much fulfilling music videos of their career. Teaming up with Metal Nation Radio, the band is premiering their video ‘Manhunt’ in support of their upcoming EP ‘The Immortalist Part 2. Momentum’set to be unleashed on February 5th to follow 2013’s ‘The Immortalist – Part 1 – Awestruck’.
Vocalist Sean Jenkins comments on the video:
“We’re very excited to release a new music video for our upcoming EP release! This video is raw, in your face, and will leave no doubt in your mind that we are back, stronger than ever. We’re also very proud of the fact that we self produced and directed this video all in our band room using flashlights and an HD Cam. Who says you need a 10K budget to make a music video? We surely don’t think so. Crank this new video up and rock on!”
To watch ‘Manhunt’, please visit the following link: http://metalnationradio.ca/exclusive-divinity-premiere-manhunt-video/#more-19705
‘The Immortalist Part 2. Momentum’ was produced by DIVINITY and mixed and mastered by Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy) at The Grid studio in Montreal along with artwork created by Justin Totemical. The EP is also part of DIVINITY‘s EP trilogy series that will lead up to a full length release later in 2016.
Track listing and EP artwork revealed below.
- Manhunt (4:24)
- PsyWar (6:34)
- DMT (7:33)
- Momentum (5:26)
EP Length: 24:00
The Immortalist – Trilogy Overview
DIVINITY have decided to release a full-length album in a different way. They are going to create a 3 part series of 4-song EPs that will develop a full length concept album they are calling ‘The Immortalist’. Doing an Indiegogo campaign in 2012, the band was able to gather enough support to get the production rolling. In April 2013, the band released the first of three EPs entitled, ‘The Immortalist, Part 1 – Awestruck’, which put the trilogy EP idea into motion. With ‘The Immortalist, Part 2 –Momentum’ being released in early February 2016, this leaves Part 3 left to complete and the band is already on top of the writing/recording process for the final 4 songs. Once all 3 EPs are complete, DIVINITY will release an LP version as a 12 song full-length album which is slated to be released later this year.
About:
DIVINITY is made up of 5 musicians with 4 of them being original members of nearly 20 years of playing together. They’ve been described as Progressive Death Metal and compared to bands such as Soilwork, Strapping Young Lad, Death, and Fear Factory.
Current Line-up:
Sean Jenkins – Vocals
Jeff Waite – Vocals
James Duncan – Guitars
Brett Duncan – Drums
Keith Branston – Bass
DIVINITY, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, started in 1997 and began playing live shows in 1999. In 2001, the band released its first EP album called “Intensify”, which received a lot of local (Canadian) praise. A music video was released for the song “World of Pain” in 2003.
Fast forward to 2007, DIVINITY independently releases their first full-length album called “Allegory” and is picked up by Nuclear Blast Records just 3 months after the independent release. Obviously, this was a major turning point for the band!
In 2008, DIVINITY took on it’s first major tour by joining the Summer Slaughter Canada tour. This gave them the opportunity to connect to high-caliber booking agents and other acts such as Dying Fetus, Whitechapel, and Necrophagist.
Then in 2010, DIVINITY spent its time creating their 2nd full-length album called “The Singularity”,which was released under Candlelight Records with a very positive response from numerous reviewers and listeners. Since the release of The Singularity, DIVINITY has toured Canada numerous times over and has received countless support and praise from around the world.
Currently, The band looks forward to finishing the release of The Immortalist Trilogy and doing follow up touring to support it later this year!
For more info, please visit www.Divinity.ca.
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