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Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2016
Wacken Metal Battle Canada: Crimson Shadows To Guest Headline National Final In Toronto June 11th
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 2013 championsCRIMSON SHADOWS will be special guest headliners of this year’s 2016 national final in Toronto, ON at Opera House on June 11th.
“We are very pleased to have 2013 champions Crimson Shadows as our guest headliner for this year. I think it’s an obvious choice, they have been going strong since they’re crowning at Wacken and have been big supporters of the metal battle the entire time. It will be a proud moment to see their performance inspire and mentor this year’s finalists.” comments WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia.
The national final in Toronto, ON will be host to Prairie Final winner Tales of The Tomb (Edmonton, AB) plus Ontario Final winners Profaner (Hamilton, ON) and Pyramid Theorem (Toronto, ON) with BC and Quebec finalists still to be announced. The winner of this year’s national competition will perform at Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany, which holds an attendance of over 80,000 metalheads from around the world for ‘One Band To Rule Them All’.
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
2016 Band Line Up & Battle Rounds:
All rounds can be found here.
CANADIAN FINAL – SATURDAY, JUNE 11 @ OPERA HOUSE (735 Queen St. E.), Toronto, ON
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1526172981010202/
Crimson Shadows – (special guest headliner) – 2013 WMBC Champions – https://www.facebook.com/CrimsonShadowsBand
Tales Of The Tomb – Edmonton, AB – (Prairie Final Winner) –https://www.facebook.com/talesofthetomb
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
TBA – QUEBEC FINAL WINNER
TBA – BC FINAL WINNER
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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)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1547598565566749/
Process
Majora
The Mountain Man
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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)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/847646198674239/
Ordoxe
Distorthead
Confined To Oblivion
[Evertrapped]
Vantablack Warship
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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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FACTOR – http://www.factor.ca/ (“We acknowledge the financial support of Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters”)
Pearl Drums – http://pearldrum.com/
Boonsdale Records – https://www.boonsdalerecords.com/
TicketFly – http://www.ticketfly.com/
Los Cabos Drumsticks – http://www.loscabosdrumsticks.com/
Dungeonworks – https://www.facebook.com/dungeonworksprods
The Invisible Orange – http://www.theinvisibleorange.com/
Concertworks – http://www.concertworks.ca/
Big Nate Productions – http://www.calgarymetalfest.com/
Rose Management – http://www.facebook.com/RoseManagement/
Indie Week – http://www.canada.indieweek.com/
Ibanez – http://www.ibanez.com/
Band-Brand – https://www.band-brand.ca/
Axe Music – https://axemusic.com/
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Bucketlist Music Reviews – http://www.bucketlistmusicreviews.com/
Canadian Death Metal – http://www.facebook.com/CanadianDeathMetal
Canada’s Extreme Metal Radio – http://www.xtrememetalradio.ca
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Quebec-Metal – http://www.quebec-metal-archives.blogspot.ca/
Scene Magazine – http://www.thescenemagazine.ca/
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