The winner of W:O:A Metal Battle 2016 was heavy metal band Zombies Ate My Girlfriend from South Africa.
Zombies Ate My Girlfriend took the Wacken Metal Battle 2016 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 Expellow in 2025.