Since 2004, the international band contest organization Wacken Metal Battle has gathered acts from regions and countries all over the world to perform at the honorable annual German music fest, Wacken Open Air. For this year’s selection of performers, bands from Israel, Romania, Turkey, Lithuania, Egypt, Uruguay, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Bulgaria, Croatia, South Africa, Argentina, Japan, Philippines, Latvia, Hungary, and Ukraine, etc. will be competing.
Discover the hand-picked bands below…
Blacksheep
Bucharest, Romania
FFO: Entombed, Mastodon, Carcass
Black Tooth
Ankara, Turkey
FFO: Pantera, Lamb of God, Black Label Society
Death In Taiga
Vilnius, Lithuania
FFO: Thy Art is Murder, Slaughter to Prevail, Aversions Crown
Forastero Western Metal
Maldonado, Uruguay
FFO: Avenged Sevenfold, Audioslave, Stone Sour
Horrid Sight
Mexico City, Mexico
FFO: Sepultura, Death Angel, Skeletonwitch
Left Övr
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
FFO: Texas Hippie Coalition, Hellyeah, Damageplan
Middle Grounds
Pretoria, South Africa
FFO: Alphawolf, Knocked Loose, Emmure
NVLO
Buenos Aires, Argentina
FFO: Fallujah, Bodysnatcher, The Acacia Strain
Phantom Excaliver
Tokyo, Japan
FFO: Dragonforce, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom
Redeemed by the Blood
General Santos, Philippines
FFO: Shadow of Intent, Silent Planet, Impending Doom
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