WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA Announces Battle Rounds - One Unsigned Canadian Band To Play Wacken Open Air 2023
Wacken Metal Battle Canada is proud to announce its 2023 battle rounds being held from coast to coast for one unsigned Canadian band to perform on one of the world's most prestigious stages and largest metal festival Wacken Open Air, with over 80,000 people in attendance, held in Wacken, Germany for now over 30 years. (dates listed below)
WMBC has been on pause since 2019, due to the Covid pandemic, and has hosted battles across Canada from 2013 until 2019, with one skip year in 2017.
Previous winners have been The Slyde (Toronto, ON - 2019), Centuries of Decay (Toronto, ON - 2018), Profaner (Hamilton, ON - 2016), Vesperia (Toronto, ON - 2015), Mutank (Montreal, QC - 2014), Crimson Shadows (Toronto, ON - 2013).
Wacken Metal Battle Canada Trailer - https://youtu.be/b55Fh5Vo64k
Battles will be hosted in the following cities: Vancouver, BC, Edmonton, AB, Calgary, AB, Toronto, ON, Hamilton, ON, Ottawa, ON, Montreal, QC, and Quebec City, QC.
All bands will be performing in front of experienced music industry professionals who will be making judgments at each qualifying round based on various categories of professionalism and musicianship.
Here's the full list of dates below, event links for each battle can be found on https://www.facebook.com/MetalBattleCanada.Official/events
Battle Rounds
Vancouver - Preliminary Round
Thurs, Feb 23 - The Cobalt
Calgary - Preliminary Rounds
Tue, January 17 - Dickens w/ Grim Prognosis, Lÿnx, Tyrants of Chaos
Wed, February 1 - Dickens
Wed, February 15 - Dickens
Wed, March 1 - Dickens
Edmonton - Preliminary Rounds
Thurs, Jan 19 - Starlite Room w/ Fall of Earth, Withered Days, Enosis
Thurs, Feb 2 - Starlite Room w/ Arcane Tyrant, Repugnant Scum, Malicious Intent
Sun, Feb 5 - Starlite Room w/ Pre Breaker, Sparrow Blue, The Judge The Juror
Thurs, Feb 16 - Starlite Room w/ Rising Sun, The Usual Suspects, Hollow Point & Buried Beneath
Hamilton - Preliminary Rounds
Fri, Jan 27 - Mainstage Studios w/ Sarcophilous, Aquila, Eaten by Sharks, Hollow Core, Death Perception
Toronto - Preliminary Rounds
Sat, Jan 28 - Hard Luck w/ Ammo, AxMinister, Devil Witch, Xephyr
Sat, Feb 4 - Hard Luck w/ Phantom, Burdizzo, Bloody Monroe, CNTRL
Fri, Feb 24 - Bovine Sex Club w/ Superchucker, I See Aura, Active Arson, Hellrager
Ottawa - Preliminary Round
Fri, March 24 - Mavericks
Quebec City - Preliminary Round
Fri, Feb 24 - Quebec City - La Source de la Martiniere
Montreal - Preliminary Rounds
Sat, Jan 28 - Piranha Bar
Fri, Feb 17 - Piranha Bar
Montreal - Quebec Final (Ottawa vs Montreal vs Quebec City)
Sat, May 6 - Piranha Bar
Toronto - Ontario Final:
Fri, Mar 3 - Rivoli
Calgary Final:
Fri, March 10 - Dickens
Calgary - Western Final (BC, AB)
Sat, April 1 - Dickens
Toronto - National Final:
Sat, May 13 - Lee's Palace
