News: Wacken Metal Battle Canada Unleash Free Digital Sampler of 2018 Competing Bands
Wacken Metal Battle Canada is proud to present this year's 2018 free digital sampler of competing bands from across the country. This year's compilation features hours of headbanging tracks from Canada's up and coming underground metal talents!
Get your FREE DOWNLOAD at the following link: https://wackenmetalbattlecanada.bandcamp.com/album/wacken-metal-battle-canada-compilation-vol-5
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 is being hosted in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City and will witness bands from across the country battle for to one perform at 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.
The 2018 battles and participating bands are as follows (rounds listed by city):
Vancouver, BC
Round 1
Date: Sunday, March 11
Venue: The Red Room (398 Richards St.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Apollyon - http://apollyon-ca.bandcamp.
God Said Kill - http://godsaidkill.bandcamp.
KOSM - http://kosmofficial.bandcamp.
Liberatia - http://liberatia.bandcamp.com
Obsidian - http://obsidianvancouver.
TRUENT - http://truentmetal.bandcamp.
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Calgary, AB
Round 1
Date: Friday, January 12
Venue: Dickens Pub (1000 9 Ave SW.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Blackest Sin - http://www.facebook.com/
DETHGOD - http://www.facebook.com/
Hammerdrone - http://hammerdrone.bandcamp.
King Mammoth - http://www.facebook.com/King-
Round 2
Date: Friday, January 26
Venue: Dickens Pub (1000 9 Ave SW.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Beneath the Wicked - http://www.beneaththewicked.
Detherous - http://detherous.bandcamp.com
Gales of Avalon - http://galesofavalon.bandcamp.
Nuclear Oath - http://nuclearoath.bandcamp.
Subsume - http://subsume.bandcamp.com - WINNER
Round 3
Date: Saturday, February 10
Venue: Distortion (3828 MacLeod Trail S.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Accostal - http://accostal.bandcamp.com - WINNER
Heyoka's Mirror - http://heyokasmirror1.
Red Cain - http://redcain.bandcamp.com
To The Mountains - http://www.facebook.com/
WORLD CLASS WHITE TRASH - http://worldclasswhitetrash.
Calgary Final
Date: Friday, February 23
Venue: Dickens Pub (1000 9 Ave SW.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
DETHGOD - http://www.facebook.com/
Hammerdrone - http://hammerdrone.bandcamp.
Gales of Avalon - http://galesofavalon.bandcamp.
Subsume - http://subsume.bandcamp.com
Accostal - http://accostal.bandcamp.com
World Class White Trash - http://worldclasswhitetrash.
Western Final
Date: Friday, April 6
Venue: Dickens Pub (1000 9 Ave SW.)
Event Link: TBA
Bands: More TBA
Wasted Heretics http://wastedheretics.
Hammerdrone - http://hammerdrone.bandcamp.
TBA - EDMONTON WINNER
TBA - VANCOUVER WINNER
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Edmonton, AB
Round 1
Date: Sunday, February 18
Venue: The Starlite Room (10030 102 St NW.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Breaking The Silent http://www.facebook.com/
Juliet Ruin http://julietruin.com
Protosequence http://protosequence.bandcamp.
Tymo http://tymoband.bandcamp.com
Round 2
Date: Thursday, March 15
Venue: Temple - The Starlite Room (10030 102 St NW.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Dahlmers Realm http://www.reverbnation.com/
Remnants http://remnants2.bandcamp.com
Sins Of Sorrow http://silverthornmetal.
Sol Runner http://solrunner.bandcamp.com/
Edmonton Final
Date: Friday, March 23
Venue: Temple - The Starlite Room (10030 102 St NW.)
Event Link: TBA
Bands:
Breaking The Silent http://www.facebook.
Protosequence http://
TBA - ROUND 2 WINNER
TBA - ROUND 2 WINNER
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Saskatoon, SK
Round 1
Date: Friday, February 9
Venue: Black Cat Tavern (801 Broadway Ave.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
WroughT http://www.facebook.com/
Rebirth http://www.facebook.com/RB306/
In Ruin http://www.facebook.com/
Maelstrom Vale http://maelstromvale.bandcamp.
Wasted Heretics http://wastedheretics.
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Toronto, ON
Round 1
Date: Friday, February 9
Venue: Bovine (542 Queen St W.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Black Absinthe http://blackabsinthe.bandcamp.
Centuries of Decay http://www.centuriesofdecay.
Teach her Treason http://teachhertreason.
Burdizzo http://www.facebook.com/
Vodnik http://vodnik.bandcamp.com
Round 2
Date: Friday, February 16
Venue: Coalition (282 Augusta Ave.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
BLASTOMYCOSIS Official http://blastomycosis.bandcamp.
Plethorametal http://www.facebook.com/
Skull Goblet http://www.facebook.com/
The Curse Within http://www.facebook.com/
Wind Cries Mary http://windcriesmary.bandcamp.
Round 3
Date: Friday, February 23
Venue: Rivoli (334 Queen St W.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Astaroth Incarnate http://astarothincarnate.
Black Eve http://blackeve.bandcamp.com
THE BLACKCLOUD SYNDICATEhttp://theblackclouds
Maitreya - http://maitreyamusic.bandcamp.
My Frost - http://myfrostofficial.weebly.
Southern Ontario Final:
Date: Saturday, March 24
Venue: Hard Luck (772A Dundas St W.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Lutharo http://www.facebook.com/
Centuries of Decay http://www.centuriesofdecay.
Wind Cries Mary http://windcriesmary.bandcamp.
Astaroth Incarnate http://astarothincarnate.
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Hamilton, ON
Round 1
Date: Saturday, February 10
Venue: This Ain't Hollywood (345 James St N.)
Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Death Perception http://deathperception4.
Equivalence http://www.facebook.com/
Lutharö http://www.facebook.com/
Scumcanada http://scumcanada.bandcamp.com
The Good Depression http://thegooddepression.
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Ottawa, ON
Round 1
Date: Thursday, March 22
Venue: House of Targ (1077 Bank St.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Ominous Eclipse http://ominouseclipse.
Lycanthro http://lycanthro.bandcamp.com
Sovereign Council http://sovereigncouncil.
A Scar For The Wicked http://asftwband.bandcamp.com
The Dead Centuries http://thedeadcenturies.
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Montreal, QC
Round 1
Date: Friday, March 16
Venue: Piranha Bar (680 Saint-Catherine St W.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Behind An Empire http://www.facebook.com/
DistortHead http://distortheadmetal.
Ultyma http://ultyma.bandcamp.com
Dumpster Mummy http://dumpstermummy.bandcamp.
Round 2
Date: Saturday, March 31
Venue: Piranha Bar (680 Saint-Catherine St W.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
NonHuman Era http://nonhumanera.com
Confined to Oblivion http://confinedtooblivion.
Skullmace http://skullmace.bandcamp.com
Tribal Bones http://www.facebook.com/
Quebec Final
Date: Friday, April 27
Venue: Piranha Bar (680 Saint-Catherine St W.)
Event Link: TBA
Bands: TBA
Eastern Final
Date: Saturday, May 12
Venue: Piranha Bar (680 Saint-Catherine St W.)
Event Link: TBA
Bands: TBA
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Quebec City, QC
Round 1
Date: Saturday, April 14
Venue: Source de La Martiniere (201 de Lanaudière St.)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/
Bands:
Lancaster http://www.facebook.com/
Meet The Mailman http://meetthemailman.
Ice Vinland http://www.facebook.com/
Dépérir http://deperir.bandcamp.com/
Nordheim http://www.facebook.com/
Restless http://www.facebook.com/
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National Final
Date: Saturday, June 9
Venue: Opera House (735 Queen St E.), Toronto, ON
Event Link: TBA
Bands: TBA
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