Battle rounds announced for Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2016

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.

2016 Band Line Up & Battle Rounds:

VANCOUVER

ROUND 1 – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 @ Red Room Ultrabar (398 Richards St.)

Mournir
Uncle Sid
Process
Sleepcircle
Aetherion

ROUND 2 – SUNDAY, MARCH 20 – @ Red Room Ultrabar (398 Richards St.)

Meridius
God Said Kill
The Fall of Day
Drop Dead Fred
Majora

ROUND 3 – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 @ Red Room Ultrabar (398 Richards St.)

Exterminatus
The Mountain Man
Slaughterhauser
Saints of Death
Occasionally Dropped

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)

EDMONTON

Edmonton bands:

Armifera
Monarch Sky
Mongol
Protosequence
REDSKULL RITUAL
Shadows Of Malice
Silent Line
Tales Of The Tomb
Tessitura
These Colours Don’t Run
Tides Of Kharon
Tyrant
Van Halst
Vehement dissent
Within The Ashes

ROUND 1 – FRIDAY, MARCH 11 @ The Mercury Room (10575 114 St.)

ROUND 2 – SUNDAY, MARCH 20 @ The Mercury Room (10575 114 St.)

ROUND 3 – THURSDAY, MARCH 31 @ The Mercury Room (10575 114 St.)

SEMI-FINAL – SATURDAY, APRIL 9 @ The Mercury Room (10575 114 St.)

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.)

CALGARY

ROUND 1 – FRIDAY, JAN 29 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)

Sentient
From The Wolves
Skymir
Awaken The Abstract

ROUND 2 – FRIDAY, FEB 12 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)

Ripper Alley
Terminal Human Condition
Stenno
Statue of Demur

ROUND 3 – FRIDAY, FEB 26 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)

Nuclear Oath
Naraka
Concrete Funeral
Hrom

CALGARY FINAL – FRIDAY, MARCH 11 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)
(winner will move on to Prairie Final in Calgary on April 16 @ Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)

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 – DATE AND VENUE TBA
(two bands from round will move on to SK final)

Singularity
Maelstrom Vale
TMHM
Corvathria

REGINA

ROUND 1 – SATURDAY, MARCH 12 @ The Exchange (2431 8 Ave)
(three bands from round will move on to SK final)

Magnetic
Northern Fallout
Planet Eater
Scythra
Deadrot
Kelevra

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.)

WINNIPEG

Manitoba bands:

The Void
Perilous
Inverted Serenity
Commencing Human Desperation
Speed Demon
Ossific
Cell
Five Hundred Pound Furnace
Angstrom

ROUND 1 – SATURDAY, FEB 27 @ The Windsor Hotel (187 Garry St.)
(two bands from round will move on to MB final)

ROUND 2 – SATURDAY, MARCH 5 @ The Windsor Hotel (187 Garry St.)
(two bands from round will move on to MB final)

MANITOBA FINAL – FRIDAY, MARCH 18 @ The Windsor Hotel (187 Garry St.)
(winner will move on to Prairie Final in Calgary on April 16

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)

Lutharo
Profaner
Act of Sin
Full Dead
Death Perception

LONDON

ROUND 1 – DATE & VENUE TBA
(winner will move on to semi-final in Toronto on April 22)

Bloodmoon Collective
Wind Cries Mary
Nothing Left For Tomorrow
Bloodless Child
Saudade

TORONTO

ROUND 1 – FRIDAY, MARCH 4 @ Bovine Sex Club (542 Queen St. W.)

Six of Swords
My Frost
Mental Circuit
Crawl
Python

ROUND 2 – FRIDAY, MARCH 11 @ Rivoli (334 Queen St. W.)

Pyramid Theorem
Vodnik
Slow Death Lights
Devilz By Definition
At Dawn’s Edge

ROUND 3 – SATURDAY, MARCH 19 @ Hard Luck Bar (772A Dundas St. W.)

On The Verge
Mirrelia
The Parallax
Odium
Milk Room

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

ROUND 5 – FRIDAY, APRIL 1 @ Rivoli (334 Queen St. W.)

Astaroth
Strike the Storm
Out Of The Ruins
Phear
Centuries of Decay

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)

SEMI-FINAL – FRIDAY, APRIL 22 @ Rivoli (334 Queen St. W.)
(winner will move on to National Final in Toronto on June 11 @ Opera House)

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

MONTREAL

ROUND 1 – FRIDAY, FEB 26 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)

Seismic Breach
Mellevon
Ordoxe
Kruhl

ROUND 2 – SATURDAY, MARCH 26 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)

Distorthead
CroMagnum
Devora
Meet The Mailman

ROUND 3 – SUNDAY, APRIL 3 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)

Confined To Oblivion
Helpless
Requiomend
Thistolord

ROUND 4 – FRIDAY, APRIL 8 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)

[Evertrapped]
Demise The Crown
Starlight Ritual
Smirking Revenge

ROUND 5 – SATURDAY, APRIL 16 @ Piranha Bar (680 Rue Ste-Catherine O.)

Skeleris
Vantablack Warship
Distoriam
Sacrificed Alliance

SEMI-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)

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), Toronto’s Crimson Shadows (2013 winners) and Montreal’s Mutank (2014 winners) 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

For more info on Metal Battle Canada, please visit these links:

Official Website: http://www.metalbattle.ca

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetalBattleCanada