Wacken Metal Battle Canada has announced this year's 2016 battle rounds and lineup 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.

Band lineup and battle rounds:

Toronto:

Round 1 – Friday, March 4th and Bovine Sex Club
Six Of Swords
My Frost
Mental Circuit
Crawl
Python

Round 2 – Friday, March 11th at Rivoli
Pyramid Theorem
Vodnik
Slow Death Lights
Devilz By Definition
At Dawn’s Edge

Round 3 – Saturday, March 19th at Hard Luck Bar
On The Verge
Mirrelia
The Parallax
Odium 
Milk Room

Round 4 – Friday, March 25th at Bovine Sex Club
Dawn Valley
Earth’s Yellow Sun
Blastomycosis
Cellphone
Door To Door Human Gore

Round 5 – Friday, April 1st at Rivoli
Astaroth
Strike The Storm
Out Of The Ruins
Phear
Centuries Of Decay

Semi-Final – Saturday, April 16th at Hard Luck Bar – Winner will move on to National Final in Toronto on June 11th at Opera House

Semi-Final – Friday, April 22nd at Rivoli – Winner will move on to National Final in Toronto on June 11th at Opera House

Canadian Final – Saturday, June 11th at Opera House. 

For complete details on Metal Battle Canada, head to this location.

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