Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2018 Announces Battle Rounds JANUARY 16, 2018 BY MAXINE FRISBEE Free Download – Vol 4. Compilation featuring over 90 bands and 7 Hours of Canadian Metal – here. Wacken Metal Battle Canada Promo Video: http://youtu.be/gQcxqsxchkQ Crowning one Canadian champion from 2013 to 2016 to play Wacken Open Air, the world’s largest metal festival in Wacken, Germany, WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA returns for its fifth edition after a one year hiatus in 2017. This year’s 2018 edition is being hosted in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City and will witness bands from across the country battle for to one perform at the prestigious festival and join previous winners Hamilton’s Profaner (2016), Oshawa’s Vesperia (2015), Montreal’s Mutank (2014 winners) and Toronto’s Crimson Shadows(2013) whom have had the honour of playing in front of thousands. The 2018 battles and participating bands are as follows (rounds listed by city): Vancouver, BC Round 1Date: Sunday, March 11Venue: The Red Room (398 Richards St.) Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/167370220658537/Bands:Apollyon – http://apollyon-ca.bandcamp.comGod Said Kill – http://godsaidkill.bandcamp.comKosm – http://kosmofficial.bandcamp.comLiberatia – http://liberatia.bandcamp.comObsidian – http://obsidianvancouver.bandcamp.comTruent – http://truentmetal.bandcamp.com ====================Calgary, AB Round 1Date: Friday, January 12Venue: Dicken’s Pub (1000 9 Ave SW.)Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/177110296227778/Bands:Blackest Sin – http://www.facebook.com/BlackestSinDETHGOD – http://www.facebook.com/DETHGOD – WINNERHammerdrone – http://hammerdrone.bandcamp.com – WINNERKing Mammoth – http://www.facebook.com/King-Mammoth-426930390834114 Round 2Date: Friday, January 26Venue: Dicken’s Pub (1000 9 Ave SW.)Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/555752631427435/Bands:Beneath The Wicked – http://www.beneaththewicked.comDetherous – http://detherous.bandcamp.comGales of Avalon – http://galesofavalon.bandcamp.comNuclear Oath – http://nuclearoath.bandcamp.comSubsume – http://subsume.bandcamp.com Round 3Date: Saturday, February 10Venue: Dicken’s Pub (1000 9 Ave SW.)Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/2035301500053228/Bands:Accostal – http://accostal.bandcamp.comHeyoka’s Mirror – http://heyokasmirror1.bandcamp.comRed Cain – http://redcain.bandcamp.comTo The Mountains – http://www.facebook.com/2themountainsWorld Class White Trash – http://worldclasswhitetrash.bandcamp.comCalgary FinalDate: Friday, February 23Venue: Dicken’s Pub (1000 9 Ave SW.) DETHGOD – http://www.facebook.com/DETHGOD Hammerdrone – http://hammerdrone.bandcamp.com TBATBATBATBA Western FinalDate: Friday, April 6Venue: Dicken’s Pub (1000 9 Ave SW.) Bands: TBA ==================== Edmonton, AB Rounds TBA ==================== Saskatoon, SK Round 1Date: Friday, February 9Venue: Vangelis Tavern (801 Broadway Ave.)Bands:Wrought http://www.facebook.com/Wroughtsaskatoon/Rebirth http://www.facebook.com/RB306/In Ruin http://www.facebook.com/inruinmetalMaelstrom Vale http://maelstromvale.bandcamp.com ==================== Toronto, ON Round 1Date: Friday, February 9 Venue: Bovine (542 Queen St W.) Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/330937574060643/Bands: Black Absinthe http://blackabsinthe.bandcamp.comCenturies of Decay http://www.centuriesofdecay.comTeach her Treason http://teachhertreason.bandcamp.comVileDriver http://www.facebook.com/viledrivermetalVodnik http://vodnik.bandcamp.com Round 2Date: Friday, February 16Venue: Coalition (282 Augusta Ave.)Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/338778403269170/Bands: Blastomycosis http://blastomycosis.bandcamp.comPlethora http://www.facebook.com/Plethorametal/Skull Goblet http://www.facebook.com/skullgoblet The Curse Within http://www.facebook.com/thecursewithinofficialWind Cries Mary http://windcriesmary.bandcamp.com Round 3Date: Friday, February 23 Venue: Rivoli (334 Queen St W.)Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/2009458419292082/Bands:Astaroth Incarnate http://astarothincarnate.bandcamp.comBlack Eve http://blackeve.bandcamp.comBlackcloud Syndicate http://theblackcloudsyndicate.bandcamp.comMaitreya – http://maitreyamusic.bandcamp.comMy Frost – http://myfrostofficial.weebly.com Southern Ontario FinalDate: Saturday, March 24Venue: Hard Luck (772A Dundas St W.)Bands: TBA ==================== Hamilton Round 1Date: Saturday, February 10Venue: This Ain’t Hollywood (345 James St N.)Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/152267648763326/Bands:Death Perception http://deathperception4.bandcamp.comEquivalence http://www.facebook.com/equivalencemetal/Lutharo http://www.facebook.com/LutharobandScum http://scumcanada.bandcamp.comThe Good Depression http://thegooddepression.bandcamp.com ==================== Ottawa, ONRounds TBA ==================== Montreal, QC Round 1Date: Friday, March 16Venue: Piranha Bar (680 Saint-Catherine St W.)Bands: TBA Round 2Date: Saturday, March 31Venue: Piranha Bar (680 Saint-Catherine St W.)Bands: TBA Quebec Final Date: Friday, April 27Venue: Piranha Bar (680 Saint-Catherine St W.)Bands: TBA Eastern FinalDate: Saturday, May 12Venue: Piranha Bar (680 Saint-Catherine St W.)Bands: TBA ==================== Quebec City, QC Round 1Date: Saturday, April 14Venue: Source de La Martiniere (201 de Lanaudière St.)Bands: TBA ==================== National FinalDate: Saturday, June 9Venue: Opera House (735 Queen St E.), Toronto, ONBands: TBA About: Wacken Metal Battle Canada is part of an international competition where over a hundred band’s from across the country battle each other for one to be selected and join over 20 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 28 years. 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