Category: Wacken Metal Battle Canada
0 CKCU 931. FM – MELTDOWN Monday December 11th, 2017 with Dimitri Chatting with Jon Asher from Asher Media Relations about Wacken Metal Battle! www.metalbattle.ca
0 Check out this chat with Calgary’s CJSW’s Rock Bottom on the upcoming details for this year’s Wacken Battles coming to Calgary and across Canada!
0 Wacken Metal Battle Canada Announce 2018 Band Submissions
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – November 7, 2017
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada Announce 2018 Band Submissions
Free Download – Vol 4. Compilation featuring over 90 bands and 7 Hours of Canadian Metal – here.
Wacken Metal Battle Canada Promo Video: http://youtu.be/gQcxqsxchkQ
Crowning one Canadian champion from 2013 to 2016 to play Wacken Open Air, the world’s largest metal festival in Wacken, Germany, WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA returns for its fifth edition after a one year hiatus in 2017. This year’s 2018 edition will be hosted in multiple cities across the country from Vancouver to Montreal and host over a hundred bands to see only one play the prestigious festival and join previous winners Hamilton’s Profaner (2016), Oshawa’s Vesperia (2015), Montreal’s Mutank (2014 winners) and Toronto’s Crimson Shadows (2013) whom have had the honour of playing in front of thousands.
WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia comments:
“We’re all very excited about the 2018 Metal Battle. After the pause from last year, we expect a good batch of quality submissions from across the country, both from existing bands that have been honing their craft, and from new bands that have emerged during the break. We’ve also made some tweaks to the round structure which will include a Western Final and Eastern Final leading up to the grand finale in Toronto. So it will be more of a hockey playoff style, which I think will work out better, with the Final being technically on neutral ground.”
Live Video @ Wacken – 2016 – Profaner – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfphPHynT6s
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
Submissions for the 2018 battles will open on November 7th, 2017 and close on December 29th, 2017 at 11:59pm EST.
Bands interested in participating can apply at the following link: http://metalbattle.ca/apply.html
Bands and battle rounds to be announced in January 2018.
Participating Areas & Cities:
– Toronto, ON
– Hamilton, ON
– Ottawa, ON
– Montreal, QC
– Quebec City, QC
– Winnipeg, MB
– Saskatoon, SK
– Calgary, AB
– Edmonton, AB
– Vancouver, BC / Lower Mainland
– Vancouver Island, BC
– BC – Interior
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 20 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 27 years.
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 Indie Week Presents Wacken Metal Battle Canada Showcase: Friday, Nov 18 – Toronto, ON @ Coalition
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Montreal, QC – November 2016
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Indie Week Presents Wacken Metal Battle Canada Showcase
Friday, Nov 18 – Toronto, ON @ Coalition – 8pm
Free Download – Vol 4. Compilation featuring over 90 bands and 7 Hours of Canadian Metal – here.
With WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA taking a break this year from battles, the event that crowns one champion to play Wacken Open Air has teamed up with Indie Week Canada to showcase some of the competing bands from years past along with some fresh new metal talents. The metal showcase will feature six stellar bands that includes ODIUM (Walkerton, ON), Scarecrowz (Ottawa, ON), Reptoid (Toronto, ON), Black Absinthe (Toronto, ON), Chagall (Toronto, ON) and Plethora (Toronto, ON).
Event Details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/246615545754628/
FRI NOV 18
@ COALITION
Doors: 8pm • $6 ADV / $8 Door
8:30 Plethorametal
9:15 Scarecrowz fanpage
10:00 Chagall
10:45 Black Absinthe
11:30 Reptoid
12:15 Odium
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 20 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 27 years. Hamilton’s Profaner (2016 winners), Oshawa’s Vesperia (2015 winners), Montreal’s Mutank (2014 winners) and Toronto’s Crimson Shadows (2013 winners) have had that honour playing in front of thousands.
Live Video @ Wacken – 2016 – Profaner – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfphPHynT6s
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
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 METAL BATTLE CANADA SHALL BE PAUSING FOR 2017.. BACK IN 2018!
METAL BATTLE CANADA SHALL BE PAUSING FOR 2017.. BACK IN 2018!
As you know the Wacken Metal Battle is a worldwide event. Each year Wacken allocates 28 slots at W.O.A. for the Metal Battle winners whom represent 28 countries across the globe.
Due to the increasing number of new countries who join the Metal Battle each year, some countries are asked to pause for a year to give the chance to other countries to participate.
That time has come for Canada. After a very strong 4 years in a row, yielding two 1st place winners and one 2nd place, Canada will be pausing for 2017. But do not fret, we shall be back and better than ever in 2018!
In the meantime, get your ass to WACKEN anyway because it’s gonna be a great one!
0 Wacken Metal Battle Canada: Hamilton’s PROFANER Win 2nd Place At International Wacken Metal Battle At Wacken Open Air
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Montreal, QC – August 5, 2016
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada:
Hamilton’s PROFANER Win 2nd Place At International Wacken Metal Battle At Wacken Open Air
(photo credit: Profaner)
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.
Hamilton, ON’s PROFANER conquered the 2016 WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA competition this past June beating out over 100 bands from across the country to be the ‘One Band To Rule Them All’ and perform at the world’s largest metal fest Wacken Open Air 2016 in Wacken, Germany, which holds an attendance of over 80,000 metalheads. Ready to pillage the crowds at the international WACKEN METAL BATTLE representing Canada among 27 other countries, the dust settled from all the mosh pits and PROFANER were presented 2nd place for this year’s 2016 world competition, continuing the prestige of metal talent produced out of Canada.
Witnessed by WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia at Wacken Open Air, he had this to comment:
“Profaner played their best set I’ve seen yet. They’ve beyond proven themselves here at Wacken and have impressed a lot of people. I’ve never been prouder of the Metal Battle and the dreams that it realizes. Canadian metal is stronger than ever!”
PROFANER also commented on their win:
PROFANER was defending Canada’s world title after Vesperia were crowned 2015 world champions. In the last three years of Canada’s participation, they have produced two world champions, Vesperia (2015) (video) and Crimson Shadows (2013) (video).
Wacken 2016 Metal Battle
5. Rd Place Austria-Pain Is
4. Rd Place Germany-Syndemic
3. Rd Place Iceland-Auðn
2. Rd Place Canada-Profaner
1. Rd Place South Africa-Zombies ate my girlfriend
The 2016 national final for Wacken Metal Battle Canada was held on June 11th in Toronto, ON at The Opera House, with the country’s top five bands, Vancouver’s The Mountain Man (BC Winner), Edmonton’s Tales of The Tomb (Prairie Winner), Hamilton’s Profaner and Toronto’s Pyramid Theorem (Ontario Winners) plus Montreal’s DistortHead (Quebec Winner).
The national final judges were Noel Peters (Inertia Entertainment), Sarah Lutz (Metal Blade Canada), Darryl Hurs (Indie Week), Chris Gonda (PureGrainAudio.com), Tim Henderson (Bravewords.com), Andrew Epstein (Zombitrol Productions) and Glenn Fricker (Spectre Media Group) proclaimed Hamilton, ON’s PROFANER, Wacken Metal Battle Canada’s 2016 champion to join the ranks of previous national winners Vesperia (2015), MUTANK (2014) and Crimson Shadows (2013).
All Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2016 Battle Rounds info can be found here.
This was WMBC’s fourth year hosting the competition across country in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
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 20 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.
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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