Tag: Wacken Metal Battle Canada
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada returns to Hamilton, ON
After a one-year hiatus, Wacken Metal Battle Canada has returned, with this year’s competitions kicking off in Calgary this past January. This month the battle comes to Ontario, with rounds beginning in Toronto this Friday, February 9 and in Hamilton this Saturday, February 10. The full schedule of shows can be found on the WMBC…
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WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA returns
WMBC band submissions open till December 29 If you’ve been following Wacken Metal Battle Canada at all, you likely know that things were on hold in 2017. Earlier this month, organizer JJ Tartaglia announced that the Canadian competition is back on for 2018, and WMBC has been taking band submissions since November 7. Canadian bands…
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Profaner co-host Kill Eat Exploit the Weak
This week on Kill Eat Exploit the Weak, Adam Wills and I had the pleasure of hosting local heroes / Wacken Metal Battle Canada winners Profaner as special guests on our (pre) Canada Day special. If you’re reading this in July 2016, you can listen to the entire show via the CFMU website: Programming >…
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One Band to Rule Them All: Wacken Metal Battle Canada Finals 2016
The final round of this year’s Wacken Metal Battle Canada competition takes place at Toronto’s Opera House this Saturday, June 11. Whichever band emerges victorious will be the fourth Canadian metal artist to represent our nation on the international Metal Battle stage at Wacken Open Air in Germany – a competition that’s been running for more than a decade. Several…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada thunders on
The latest news from Wacken Metal Battle Canada comes from the West coast, where Victoria thrash band Torrefy emerged triumphant in their home town. Torrefy move ahead to the WMBC Vancouver final to compete with Gushwhacker, Unbeheld, Resurgence, and Medevil – April 10 at the Rickshaw Theatre. Before Vancouver’s victor is announced, Edmonton’s final round takes place…
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Get out your popcorn kiddies, MUTANK is coming
A deranged lunatic broke out of an insane asylum (which was really a front for a mutagenic testing facility) with a strong sexual magnetism towards nuclear waste. Upon finding a discarded vat of the stuff in a nearby swamp, he proceeded to pound-off into the glowing green slime. The smell brought back memories of his…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2015 competition has begun
In 2013, Canada stepped up to compete in the international Wacken Metal Battle competition, a contest for emerging metal bands that takes place alongside the annual Wacken Open Air metal festival in Germany. In 2013, Canada also won the competition – or, more specifically, Toronto’s Crimson Shadows fought their way to the top while representing the…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada announces plans for 2015
News from the Wacken Metal Battle Canada team: WMBC has just announced plans for the upcoming 2015 competition. Submissions are set to open on November 20th, 2014 and will run till January 6th, 2015. WMBC is also proud to announce its expansion to Ottawa, Quebec City, Saskatoon and Winnipeg to join Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, and Montreal as the official battle grounds.…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2014: who are the final combatants?
This coming Saturday five bands will step up to compete in Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2014 one last time, each striving to represent their home and native land in the international metal battle competition at Germany’s Wacken Open Air festival. If you can make it out to the show, don’t hesitate – it looks to be…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada continues – semi-finals updates
With each live event Wacken Metal Battle Canada draws closer to the final rounds of the competition — choosing a band to represent Canada at Wacken Metal Battle in Germany this summer. The most recent Wacken Metal Battle contest (April 23) sends Death Toll Rising to join Quietus, Samandriel, and Eye of Horus in the Edmonton semi-final round, scheduled for May 7.…