Wacken Metal Battle Canada has announced the lineup for this year's national final on June 6th in Toronto, ON at Opera House with special guest headliner Goat Horn. The final represents Canada's top six metal talents out of 120 competing bands from ten participating cities across Canada. One winner from the final will be crowned Canada's best metal band for the 2015 edition of Wacken Metal Battle Canada and move on to perform at the 11th international Wacken Metal Battle at the world's largest metal festival Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany, which has attendance of over 80,000 people.

"The final billing is complete and what an impressive lineup of our finest from across the country. It will be a true showcase of the diversity and excellence of Canadian metal. I feel this will be one to remember. Let us rally together and give the chosen ones a proper send off to the holy fields of Wacken!" comments WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia.

 

 

This event takes place Saturday, June 6th (Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm) Admission is $10 advance / $15 at the door. Get tickets here (19+).

Featuring: Goat Horn (Special Guest Headliner), Endless Chaos, Medevil, Midnight Malice, Bleed, Nordheim and Vesperia.

Hosted by The Governor! Guest Judges:

Jeff Waters (Annihilator) Noel Peters (Inertia Entertainment) Lindsay Schoolcraft (Cradle Of Filth) Tim Henderson (BraveWords) More judges to be announced.

For more info on the finalists, head to this location.

Wacken Metal Battle Canada is part of an international competition where band's from across the country in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City will 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 25 years. Toronto's Crimson Shadows (2013 winners) and Montreal's Mutank (2014 winners) have had that honour playing in front of thousands. This year's festival will be taking place from July 30th to August 1st.

How it works:

Each city will hold their qualifying rounds plus city finals from the months of January to May 2015 selecting the top band to move forward to the national finals in Toronto, ON in June (date to be determined) with one being selected to perform at the 26th edition of Wacken Open Air taking place from July 30th to August 1st. All bands will be judged during battle rounds by respected local music industry.

The finalists will be selected as follows:

1 finalist from BC (Vancouver & Victoria will face off)

1 finalist from Alberta (Calgary & Edmonton will face off)

2 finalists from Ontario (Toronto vs. Ottawa will face off)

1 finalist from Quebec (Montreal & Quebec City will face off)

1 finalist from Saskatoon or Winnipeg (Saskatoon and Winnipeg will face off)

Rules at this location..