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This year the W:O:A Metal Battle will take place for the 18th time and today we can already confirm the first 15 finalists of this years edition!

Here are the contestants from all over the world:

Argentina – NVLO

Caribbean – Left Ovr

Caucasus & Türkiye – Black Tooth

Iceland – Krownest

Japan – Phantom Excaliver

Philippines – Redeemed By The Blood

Lithuania – Death In Taiga

Mexico – Horrid Sight

Middle East – Erasing Mankind

Norway – Ghetto Ghouls

Romania – Blacksheep

South Africa – Middle Grounds

Sweden – Misery Oath

Uruguay – Forastero Western Metal

USA – Fadrait

Registrations & Show Announcement

Info about the Denmark gig announced today

Venue: Gimle in Roskilde 
When: 10/6/2023
Who: 6 bands TBA 
Link for ticket sales for show: https://gimle.dk/event/woa-metal-battle/

Bands must send:

3 Songs (in priority #1 as the best)
1 Bio
1 Band picture 
1 Logo

Send to: woadkbattle@gmail.com 
(no(!!) wetransfer link) 

Starts today at 12.00 (CET)
DEADLINE April 27 at 12.00 (CET)

They came last year and conquered the stage and they are returning again! We are thrilled and excited that SABLE HILLS winners of the W:O:A Metal Battle 2022 will perform at Wacken Open Air 2023 as our guests. Our motto is to support new and upcoming Metal Bands from all across the globe and we hope it will open doors for them. We work towards building the next big headliners. In Metal We Trust!

National Finals Announced.

One of Hamburg’s own bands is ready to relaunch with a heavier and more dynamic approach to the metal scene. With an upcoming album “FULL BODY STOMP” (November 2022), and newly reinvented trio signed with the legendary label Massacre Records! No longer waiting in the dark, the heavy groove fans have a lot to look forward to, as Detraktor stomps their bodies with massive riffs just waiting to be unleashed to the world. Their previous album “Grinder” was just a short introduction to what the band is really capable of, and now with the support of a new drummer, Pablo Cortes (Undercroft), the band has invented a record worthy of all of the attention. See you on the road!

Detraktor were the Metal Battle Germany winners in 2017 and now will be performing at Wacken Open Air 2023

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It’s the time! We announce which bands will perform at Gaukurinn in Reykjavik, Saturday 22. April, where they will compete for the honor of playing Wacken Open Air this summer and play in front of thousands of people. Special guests will be the awesome Une Misère and last year’s winner Múr.

Hey metalheads! Now we are ready for band applications for the year 2023 competition. Bands interested to participate in the competition should send us band demo (3 best songs of you will be more than enough), band picture in high resolution, band logo, band info and contact data.

We can allow only 5 bands to participate in the Wacken Metal Battle Latvia this year. An international judges will help us to choose bands that will be able to take part in the final, which will take place on 27 of May at the MP Club in Riga.

Send your applications to: estragons@inbox.lv (with “Metal Battle Latvia 2023” in message subj.).
Deadline for application sending is 17 of April, 2023.

Groove/Death Metal band from Cairo, Egypt Erasing Mankind are the winners of the Metal Battle – Egypt. They will be performing at Wacken Open Air this year. We can’t wait to have them.

The Metal Battle 2023 has begun all over the world and we are happy to present you with the first finalist band that will represent their country at Wacken 2023!

LEFT-ÖVR from the W:O:A Metal Battle Caribbean has won the competition and will travel to Wacken in August!

We are honoured and thrilled to declare that nothing on earth nothing can stop the power of heavy metal. Metal is all about breaking boundaries, blurring borders, spreading camaraderie and being united, no matter where you’re from. Heavy metal is all-inclusive, and there is no bigger family than metalheads bonded together by their sheer dedication to the music they love. As the legendary Bruce Dickinson says – “We are all bloodbrothers”

Having said that, it is an incredibly proud moment for us that our partners in Ukraine are going full steam ahead with the Metal Battle in Kyiv against all odds. We salute them wholeheartedly and we’re sure the rest of the metal world will too. So, go out and support your local promoters and your favourite bands, buy their merch and bang your heads to kingdom come. Remember, your support keeps them alive!

Finals of the Wacken Metal Battle in the Philippines will be headlined by Suicide Silence & Born of Osiris.

AUSTRIA

Send Applications to wackenmetalbattleaustria@gmail.com

ARGENTINA

Bands wanting to take part in the Wacken Metal Battle Argentina need to send applications to the following E-Mail ID. argentinametalbattle@gmail.com

PHILIPPINES

Applications Open: Apply Now at www.metalbattleph.com

UKRAINE

The first announcement from W:O:A Metal Battle Ukraine 2023

On April 22, in the capital’s Volume Club, there will be a competition among Metal and Hard Rock bands for the opportunity to participate in the world’s largest W:O:A Metal Battle competition, which is held as part of the Wacken Open Air festival.

The winner will go to the International Final, where he will represent Ukraine among dozens of the strongest bands from around the world!

The first participants are already known:

Midgard is an independent metal band from the centre of Ukraine, Kaniv, created in December 2015 by Klym Apalkov. At first, it was positioned as a “one-man band”, but quickly turned into a full-fledged band.
It all started with the song “Black Drakkar”, which made a good impression on fans of folk and Viking metal.

Midgard is currently finishing work on their fourth album “Yggdrasil” and re-recording their third album “Tales Of Kreia” in Ukrainian.