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Montreal, QC – Feb 23, 2015

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Wacken Metal Battle Canada: Annihilator’s Jeff Waters To Guest Judge Battle Rounds In Select Cities

Full Listing of Battle Rounds By City: http://wp.me/PciNW-5lQ

Free Download: Wacken Metal Battle Canada Compilation Vol. 3 (Over 80 Tracks)

Wacken Metal Battle Canada is proud to announce Annihilator founder / guitarist Jeff Waters will be guest judging select battles in Edmonton, Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa and the national final in Toronto, ON.

Thurs, March 5, 2015 – Edmonton, AB – Pawn Shop – Ticket and show info here.
Fri, March 6, 2015 – Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub – Ticket and show info here.

Sat, March 21, 2015 – Ottawa, ON – Mavericks – Ticket and show info here.
Fri, March 27, 2015 – Montreal, QC – Katacombes – Ticket and show info here.

Sat, June 6, 2015 – Toronto, ON – Opera House (National Final)

“We’re thrilled about this. Having a legendary player such as Jeff Waters judging and travelling across the country is something I think the bands will really appreciate. It will push them to perform their absolute best, and that’s exactly what we want. A big thanks to Thomas Jensen and Wacken for helping make this project possible.” comments WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia.

In addition, a video ‘Battle Report’ will be filmed that will follow Jeff Waters judging, travelling and interviewing competing bands/members during Wacken Metal Battle Canada.

Jeff Waters comments:

“Well it looks like I get to have some good metal fun in the next few months! Thanks to the Wacken Battle Canada, and my affiliation with my old German friends who run the mighty Wacken Festival, I will be crossing this fine land of ours soon to judge the many talented bands involved in the “Battle“. This is such an amazing opportunity for Canadian bands and I am honoured to be a part of it! I will also be filming for a “Wacken Battle“ report. Come down to the shows & say “Hi“! Let’s show the world how good our bands are and how much we love our music!”

About:

Canadian metal band ANNIHILATOR is the lifework of guitarist Jeff Waters. ANNIHILATOR is the biggest-selling Canadian heavy metal/thrash metal band in Canadian history with close to 3.5 million units sold.

Founded in 1984, the band took the metal scene by storm with their debut 1989 release “Alice In Hell”, upped the ante with 1990’s “Never, Neverland” and finished off their 3-record deal (Roadrunner Records/Sony/Epic) with “Set The World On Fire”.

While most late-80’s era metal bands disappeared, ANNIHILATOR went on to forge 11 more studio CDs, DVDs and live releases, all consistently selling well and remaining true to the heavy metal cause. Tours & shows with everyone from Judas Priest, Pantera, Rammstein, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Slayer, plus dozens of headlining tours and festivals around the world have been going on steady since 1989 for this band; no rest as the demand for this band never ends & the love of metal is in this bands’ blood. ANNIHILATOR is touted as one of the best live acts in metal music. High-end musicianship, tight playing and massive energy and fun are what these lads are known for.

Jeff’s guitar playing, songwriting and production skills have been a major influence on countless well-known metal acts and musicians around the world. In fact, countless, successful non-metal acts & musicians cite Waters and Co. as an influence in their careers. He has also been an important member of the Epiphone/Gibson family with his 2nd signature model flying V guitar coming this year, as well as being a staple on the European guitar clinic and music convention scene.

2013 saw the release of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed Annihilator CD in close to 18 years: FEAST. Touring this record took the band (as always) to Europe but also brought huge attendance to a few South American runs… After close to 2 years of touring, ANNIHILATOR are back live in the summer of 2015 to play the Euro-festival circuit, including a night-time slot on the Wacken stage; the 3rd time for the band. The new and 15th studio ANNIHILATOR cd should drop at end of July on UDR Records & the band have already booked a headline Europe tour from Sept. to Nov. 2015.

Video – No Way Out – http://youtu.be/U5PDr8lstKE

For more info, please visit http://www.annihilatormetal.com

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