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Gorilla Monsoon ✦2005 Champion

Germany flagGermany Doom Metal / Stoner Rock
Hall of Fame · WMB 2005 Global Champion

Won the Holy Ground.

English

The winner of the W:O:A Metal Battle 2004 was the German doom metal respectively stoner rock band Gorilla Monsoon.

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Their Wacken moment

How they took it.

Gorilla Monsoon took the Wacken Metal Battle 2005 crown on the Louder Stage at Wacken Open Air — global champion of that edition, chosen from the winners of national finals around the world.

They join the line of bands the world heard first at the Wacken Metal Battle — from RECKLESS TIDE in 2004 through FORCE in 2026.

Stage
Louder Stage
Edition
WMB 2005
Genre brought
Doom Metal / Stoner Rock
Country
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