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.

So after a weekend of three rounds in Montreal, Calgary and Winnipeg, here are the winners moving on:

Montreal Round 1 Winner - Ordoxe

Calgary Round 3 Winner - Hrom 

Winnipeg Round 1 had two Winners - Cell and Commencing Human Desperation

The Canadian Final will take place June 11th at The Opera House in Toronto, ON. For complete details on Metal Battle Canada, head to this location.

Wacken Metal Battle Canada is offering a free download of their new digital sampler. Wacken Metal Battle Canada Compilation Vol. 4 features over 90 tracks from the over 120 bands competing this year. Get your free download here. The set is also streaming below.

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