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Wacken Metal Battle Canada Unleash FREE Download Compilation of 2014 Battling Bands; Line Up Announced! One Band To Rule Them All!
Wacken Metal Battle Canada is proud to unleash in promotion of this year’s 2014 battle line up, a FREE DOWNLOAD compilation featuring some of the indie metal bands competing in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.
FREE DOWNLOAD link: https://wackenmetalbattlecanada.bandcamp.com/album/wacken-metal-battle-canada-compilation-vol-2
About: Over 100 independent Canadian metal bands have been selected to participate in this year’s Wacken Metal Battle Canada line up in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. The bands will compete during the months of March, April and May in 22 qualifying rounds, 6 semi-finals, and an Alberta final along with the national final being held on June 7th in Toronto, ON at Opera House.
One band will be chosen to represent the nation with highest honour at this year’s 2014 international battle at the world’s most prestigious metal festival Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany.
The finals will have the following representation and will be judged along with all other rounds by a panel of music industry representatives.
1 finalist from Vancouver, BC
1 finalist from Alberta (Calgary & Edmonton will face off in Alberta final)
2 finalists from Toronto, ON
1 finalist from Montreal, QC
Last year’s battle was witnessed to Toronto, ON’s epic power/death metal band Crimson Shadows not only winning the 2013 Canadian final but conquering the international final and performing in front of thousands unknown to their behemoth sound. (Video of that champion set can be viewed here.) The band joined a list of Canadian heavyweights such as Voivod, Exciter, Razor, Annihilator, Anvil, Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, 3 Inches of Bloods, Despised Icon and Danko Jones who have performed at the festival in years past.
Submissions were open from December 5, 2013 to January 31, 2014.
Rules: http://metalbattle.ca/rules.html
Wacken Metal Battle Canada Promo Video: http://youtu.be/gQcxqsxchkQ
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
Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2014 Line Up:
TORONTO
Sat, March 8 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. – Event Details – Ticket Link
The Parallax
Sovereign Council
Oneiromancy
Pariah
Psycho Mad Sally
Fri, March 14 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. – Event Details – Ticket Link
Our Covenant
Operus
Protokult
The Fiction In Folklore
Endemise
Fri, March 21 @ Rivoli, 334 Queen St W. – Event Details – Ticket Link
Burning The Day
The Curse Within
SludgeHammer
Empyrean Plague
My Hollow
Fri, March 28 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. – Event Details – Ticket Link
Beg For Mercy
Tsargrad
At Dawn’s Edge
Shattered Remains
Santuarium
Fri, April 4 @ Rivoli, 334 Queen St W. – Event Details – Ticket Link
Shotgun Cure
The Blackcloud Syndicate
Dawn Vally
Wretchedpain
FINAL TRIGGER (Special Guest Headliner)
Toronto – Semi-Finals:
Sat, April 26 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. – Event Details
Sat, May 3 @ Rivoli, 334 Queen St W. – Event Details
National Final:
Sat, June 7 @ Opera House, 735 Queen St E. – Event Details
MONTREAL
Sun, April 27 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
NearGrey
Sudden Spawn
Fanachronic
Eclipse Prophecy
Thur, May 1 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
Kruhl
Warsenal
Mutank
Chemical Way
Wed, May 14 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
The Catalyst
Forbidden Sin
Ogenix
Evertrapped
Wed, May 21 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
Hidden Pride
Dark Century
Tunguska Mammoth
Uriel
Montreal Semi-Final:
Wed, May 28 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
CALGARY
Sat, Jan 25 @ The D, 222 7 St S.W. – Event Details
Krepitus – WINNER
Video – Calgary Battle One – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2_jT9elUI
Sat, March 8 @ Dicken’s Pub, 1000 9 Ave SW. – Event Details
Sat, March 22 @ The D, 222 7 St S.W. – Event Details
Sat, April 26 @ The D, 222 7 St S.W. – Event Details
Fri, May 2 @ The D, 222 7 St S.W. – Event Details
Calgary Semi-Final:
Sat, May 3 @ Lord Nelson’s Pub, 1020 8 Ave SW. – Event Details
EDMONTON
Wed, March 5 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW. – Event Details
Bring Us Your Dead
Immunize
Quietus
These Colors Don’t Run
With Malice
Wed, March 19 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW.
Black XIII
Death Assembly
Display of Decay
Samandriel
Arrival of Autumn
Wed, April 2 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW.
BLËED
Earth’s Ashes
Eye of Horus
Netherward
This is War
Wed, April 23 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW.
Death Toll Rising
Dieuponaday
Ides of Winter
Kryosphere
VANCOUVER
Wed, March 5 @ Red Room Ultra Bar, 398 Richards St. – Event Details – Ticket Link
Wed, March 19 @ Red Room Ultra Bar, 398 Richards St. – Event Details – Ticket Link
Vancouver Semi-Final:
Sat, May 3 @ Rickshaw Theatre, 254 E. Hastings St. – Event Details – Ticket Link
Special Guest Headliners: Mitochondrion and Aevangelist
Sponsors:
Rehearsal Factory – http://rehearsalfactory.com
Pearl Drums – http://pearldrum.com
Boonsdale Records – https://www.boonsdalerecords.com
TicketFly – http://www.ticketfly.com
Long & McQuade – http://www.long-mcquade.com
H.M.M.A.C. – https://www.facebook.com/HMMACANADA
Dungeonworks – https://www.facebook.com/dungeonworksprods
The Invisible Orange – http://www.theinvisibleorange.com
Concertworks – www.concertworks.ca
Big Nate Productions – www.calgarymetalfest.com
Media Sponsors:
Abort Mag – http://www.abortmag.com
Absolute Underground – https://www.facebook.com/groups/10034445807
Asher Media Relations – http://www.ashermediarelations.com
Beatroute Magazine – http://www.beatroute.ca
Bravewords – http://www.bravewords.com
Broken Neck Radio – http://www.BrokenNeckRadio.com
Camuz – http://www.camuz.ca
Canadian Music News – http://www.canadianmusicnews.com
Chronic Aggression – https://www.facebook.com/ChronicAggressionRadio
CJLO – http://www.cjlo.com
CJSR – http://www.cjsr.ca
Exclaim! – http://www.exclaim.ca
Governor’s Ball – http://www.thegovernorsball.com
Hellbound – www.Hellbound.ca
Metal Master Kingdom – http://www.metalmasterkingdom.com
Montreal Music Scene – http://www.montrealmusicscene.com
Metal Nation Radio – http://www.metalnationradio.com
Metal-Rules – http://www.metal-rules.com
MusikUniverse – http://www.musikuniverse.com
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Scene Magazine – http://www.thescenemagazine.ca
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