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Zombies Ate My Girlfriend ✦2016 Champion

South Africa flagSouth Africa Metalcore / Groove Metal
Hall of Fame · WMB 2016 Global Champion

Won the Holy Ground.

English

The winner of W:O:A Metal Battle 2016 was heavy metal band Zombies Ate My Girlfriend from South Africa.

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Their Wacken moment

How they took it.

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 FORCE in 2026.

Stage
Louder Stage
Edition
WMB 2016
Genre brought
Metalcore / Groove Metal
Country
South Africa flag South Africa
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