New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Metal Battle Canada) And the winner is... One band has won to rule them all!
WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA is proud to announce MUTANK (Montreal) WMBC 2014 champion. After hundreds of submissions and over 100 bands selected to compete in battles across the country, five bands remained representing their cities on Saturday, June 7 at Opera House (735
Queen St E.) for the WMBC
National Final. Neck of The Woods from Vancouver, Exit Strategy from Calgary, Mutank from Montreal plus My Hollow and Burning The Day from Toronto all took the stage to a packed crowd at Opera House where they were judged by a panel of music industry that included Robb Reiner (Anvil), Noel Peters (Inertia Entertainment),
Lindsay Schoolcraft (Cradle Of Filth), Jon Asher (Asher Media Relations), Adam Sewell (Riot, Rock Management /
Stereo Dynamite), Darrell
Shelley (Scene Magazine), Tim Henderson (BW&BK), Drew Copland (Villainizer).
"Saturday night was an incredible display of talent from across the country. Each band proved that they deserved to be on that stage. With great pride we will send off thrash metal powerhouse and new champions Mutank to Wacken." comments WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia.
MUTANK will now move on to perform at the international Wacken Metal
Battle in Germany, which saw last year's Canadian winners Crimson
Shadows become the 2013 WMB international champions. MUTANK's performance date is set for July 30th at 2pm on the WET Stage, a day before the 25th annual Wacken Open Air officially kicks off during July 31 - Aug 2.
TORONTO
National Final:
NATIONAL Sat, June 7 @ Opera House, 735
Queen St E. - Event Details
FINAL Special Guest Headliner:
Skull Fist
My Hollow (Toronto)
Burning The Day (Toronto)
Neck of the Woods (Vancouver)
Exit Strategy (Calgary)
Mutank (Montreal) - WINNER
Judges:
Robb Reiner (Anvil)
Noel Peters (Inertia Entertainment)
Lindsay Schoolcraft (Cradle Of Filth)
Jon Asher (Asher Media Relations)
Adam Sewell (Riot Rock Management /
Stereo Dynamite)
Darrell
Shelley (Scene Magazine)
Tim Henderson (BW&BK)
Drew Copland (Villainizer)
About: Over 100 independent Canadian metal bands were selected to participate in this year's Wacken Metal
Battle Canada line up in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. The bands competed during the months of March, April and May in 22 qualifying rounds, 6 semi-finals, and an Alberta final along with the national final to be held on June 7th in Toronto, ON at Opera House.
One band will be chosen to represent the nation with highest honour at this year's 2014 international battle at the world's most prestigious metal festival Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany.
The finals will have the following representation and will be judged along with all other rounds by a panel of music industry representatives.
1 finalist from Vancouver, BC
1 finalist from Alberta (Calgary & Edmonton will face off in Alberta final)
2 finalists from Toronto, ON
1 finalist from Montreal, QC
Last year's battle was witnessed to Toronto, ON's epic power/death metal band Crimson
Shadows not only winning the 2013 Canadian final but conquering the international final and performing in front of thousands unknown to their behemoth sound. (Video of that champion set can be viewed here.) The band joined a list of Canadian heavyweights such as Voivod, Exciter, Razor, Annihilator, Anvil, Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, 3 Inches of Bloods, Despised Icon and
Danko Jones who have performed at the festival in years past.
Submissions were open from December 5, 2013 to January 31, 2014.
Rules: https://metalbattle.ca/rules.html
Wacken Metal
Battle Canada Promo Video: https://youtu.be/gQcxqsxchkQ
wacken metal battle canada - 2014 trailer
For more info on Metal
Battle Canada, please visit these links:
Official Website: https://www.metalbattle.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetalBattleCanada
Twitter: @MetalBattleCAN
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WackenMetalBattleCAN
For more info on Wacken Open Air, please visit https://www.wacken.com
Wacken Metal
Battle Canada 2014 Line Up (listed by date):
CALGARY Sat, Jan 25 @ The D, 222 7 St S.W. - Event Details
ROUND ONE Shark Infested Daughters
Krepitus - WINNER
Zipgun Wisdom
Dethgod
Druidus
Video - Calgary
Battle One - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2_jT9elUI
EDMONTON Wed, March 5 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW. - Event Details
ROUND ONE Bring Us Your Dead
Immunize
Quietus - WINNER
These Colors Don't Run
With Malice
VANCOUVER Wed, March 5 @ Red Room Ultra Bar, 398 Richards St. - Event Details
ROUND ONE Crucifliction
Dead Asylum
Omnisight - WINNER
Without Mercy
CALGARY Sat, March 8 @ Dicken's Pub, 1000 9 Ave. SW- Event Details
ROUND TWO Derailed
Penitentz
Osyron
Skymir
Breed of War
False Flag - WINNER
TORONTO Sat, March 8 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. - Event Details
ROUND ONE The Parallax - WINNER
Sovereign Council
Oneiromancy
Pariah
Psycho Mad Sally - WINNER
VANCOUVER Wed, March 12 @ Fortune Sound Club, 147 E Pender St. - Event Details
ROUND TWO Celestial Ruin
Hallowed Catharsis
Witch of The Waste - WINNER
The Fifth Circle
TORONTO Fri, March 14 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. - Event Details
ROUND TWO Our Covenant - WINNER
Operus
Protokult
The Fiction In Folklore
Endemise - WINNER
EDMONTON Wed, March 19 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW. - Events Details
ROUND TWO Ticket Link
Black XIII
Death Assembly
Display of Decay
Samandriel - WINNER
Arrival of Autumn
VANCOUVER Wed, March 19 @ Red Room Ultra Bar, 398 Richards St. - Event Details
ROUND THREE Lethal Halo
Mournir
Over The Coals - WINNER
Scimitar
TORONTO Fri, March 21 @ Rivoli, 334
Queen St W. - Event Details
ROUND THREE Burning The Day - WINNER
The
Curse Within
SludgeHammer
Empyrean Plague
My Hollow - WINNER
TORONTO Fri, March 28 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. - Event Details
ROUND FOUR Beg For Mercy
Tsargrad
At Dawn's Edge
Shattered Remains - WINNER
Santuarium - WINNER
VANCOUVER Sun, March 30 @ Venue Night Club, 881 Granville St. - Event Details
ROUND FOUR Neck of the Woods - WINNER
88 Mile Trip
Unleash The Archers - WILDCARD
Xul
EDMONTON Wed, April 2 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW. - Event Details
ROUND THREE Ticket Link
BLËED
Earth's Ashes
Eye of Horus - WINNER
Netherward
This is War
TORONTO Fri, April 4 @ Rivoli, 334
Queen St W. - Event Details
ROUND FIVE Shotgun Cure - WINNER
The Blackcloud Syndicate - WINNER
Dawn Vally
Wretchedpain
FINAL TRIGGER (Special Guest Headliner)
CALGARY Sat, Apr 5 @ Dicken's 1000 9 Ave SW - Event Details
ROUND THREE Osyron
The Cadavor Dog
Morbidly Depraved
Hell Hounds
Vile Insignia - WINNER
EDMONTON Wed, April 23 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW. - Event Details
ROUND FOUR Ticket Link
Death Toll Rising - WINNER
Dieuponaday
Ides of Winter
Kryosphere
TORONTO Semi-Final:
Sat, April 26 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. - Event Details
My Hollow (12:15am) - WINNER
The Parallax (11:30pm)
Psycho Mad Sally (10:45pm)
Shotgun Cure (10:00pm)
Santuarium (9:15pm)
CALGARY Sat, Apr 26 @ Vern's, 622 8 Ave SW - Event Details
ROUND FOUR The Reckless Heroes
Anakronis
Black Pestilence - WINNER
Hammerdrone
Slagduster
Scythia
MONTREAL Sun, April 27 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent - Event Details
ROUND ONE NearGrey
Sudden Spawn
Fanachronic - WINNER
Eclipse Prophecy
MONTREAL Thur, May 1 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent - Event Details
ROUND TWO Kruhl
Warsenal
Mutank - WINNER
Chemical Way
CALGARY Sat, May 3 @ Lord Nelson's Pub, 1020 8 Ave SW. - Event Details
ROUND FIVE Moosifix
Train Bigger Monkeys
Burning Effigy
Exit Strategy - WINNER
Every Hour Kills
TORONTO Semi-Final:
Sat, May 3 @ Rivoli, 334
Queen St W. - Event Details
Shattered Remains (12:15am)
Our Covenant (11:30pm)
Endemise (10:45pm)
Burning The Day (10:00pm) - WINNER
The Blackcloud Syndicate (9:15pm)
VANCOUVER Vancouver Semi-Final:
SEMI FINAL Sat, May 3 @ Rickshaw Theatre, 254 E. Hastings St. - Event Details
Special Guest Headliners: Mitochondrion and Aevangelist
Omnisight
Witch of The Waste
Over The Coals
Neck of the Woods - WINNER
Unleash The Archers (WILDCARD)
EDMONTON Edmonton Semi- Final:
SEMI FINAL Wed, May 7 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW.
Quietus
Samandriel
Eye of Horus - WINNER
Death Toll Rising - WINNER
MONTREAL Wed, May 14 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
ROUND THREE The Catalyst
Forbidden Sin
Ogenix - WINNER
Evertrapped
CALGARY Sat, May 17 @ Vern's, 622 8 Ave SW - CALGARY FINAL - Event Details
FINAL Krepitus
False Flag
Vile Insignia
Black Pestilence - WINNER
Exit Strategy - WINNER
MONTREAL Wed, May 21 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
ROUND FOUR Hidden Pride - WINNER
Dark Century
Tunguska Mammoth
Uriel
CALGARY Alberta Final:
ALBERTA Fri, May 23 @ Dicken's Pub, 1000 9 Ave SW. - Event Details
FINAL Eye of Horus
Death Toll Rising
Black Pestilence
Exit Strategy - WINNER
MONTREAL Montreal Semi-Final:
SEMI FINAL Wed, May 28 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
Fanachronic
Mutank - WINNER
Ogenix
Hidden Pride
TORONTO
National Final:
NATIONAL Sat, June 7 @ Opera House, 735
Queen St E. - Event Details
FINAL Special Guest Headliner:
Skull Fist
My Hollow (Toronto)
Burning The Day (Toronto)
Neck of the Woods (Vancouver)
Exit Strategy (Calgary)
Mutank (Montreal) - WINNER
Sponsors:
Rehearsal Factory - https://rehearsalfactory.com/
FACTOR - https://www.factor.ca/ ("We acknowledge the financial support of Canada's
Private Radio Broadcasters")
Pearl Drums - https://pearldrum.com/
Boonsdale Records - https://www.boonsdalerecords.com/
TicketFly - https://www.ticketfly.com/
Long & McQuade - https://www.long-mcquade.com/
H.M.M.A.C. - https://www.facebook.com/HMMACANADA
Dungeonworks - https://www.facebook.com/dungeonworksprods
The Invisible
Orange - https://www.theinvisibleorange.com/
Concertworks - https://www.concertworks.ca
Big Nate Productions - https://www.calgarymetalfest.com
Lex Guitars - https://www.lexguitars.com/
Media Sponsors:
Abort Magazine - https://abortmag.com/
Absolute Underground - https://www.facebook.com/groups/10034445807/
Asher Media Relations - https://www.ashermediarelations.com/
Beatroute Magazine - https://www.beatroute.ca/
Bravewords - https://www.bravewords.com/
Broken Neck
Radio - https://www.BrokenNeckRadio.com/
Camuz - https://www.camuz.ca/
Chronic Aggression - https://www.facebook.com/ChronicAggressionRadio
CJLO - https://www.cjlo.com/
CJSR - https://www.cjsr.ca/
Exclaim! - https://www.exclaim.ca/
Governor's Ball - https://www.thegovernorsball.com/
Hellbound - https://www.Hellbound.ca
LiveVan.com - https://livevan.com/
Metal Master Kingdom - https://www.metalmasterkingdom.com/
Montreal
Music Scene - https://www.montrealmusicscene.com/
Metal Nation
Radio - https://www.metalnationradio.com/
Metal-Rules - https://www.metal-rules.com/
MusikUniverse - https://www.musikuniverse.com/
Ondes Chocs - https://www.facebook.com/OndesChocs
Quebec-Metal - https://www.quebec-metal-archives.blogspot.ca/
Scene Magazine - https://www.thescenemagazine.ca/
