Filmed by:
Kaeleigh Phillips, & Carly Truppe
Edited by: Kaeleigh Phillips
Filmed at various Toronto locations used for this years event.
 

Clips of stage performances from various battling bands in Ontario and at the finals. Once again, congrats to Vesperia for taking the crown in 2015! 

Click here for access to all W.M.B.C. 2015 Toronto show reviews. 

WMBC 2013 - Photo credit: Navneet Johal 

Blog: Ingrid Newton

Without further adieu, the crowing champions of Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2015 is VESPERIA! 

The bands gave it their all, and put on the best damn performance they could muster. Vesperia opened the night and had the only active pit. which set the tone for the evening and set the bar for the other competing bands.

Cheers and congrats to Vesperia on their win last night! I know you will do us proud in Wacken, Germany!!  

Judges: 

Guest Judges:
Jeff Waters (Annihilator)
Noel Peters (Inertia Entertainment)
Lindsay Schoolcraft (Cradle of Filth)
Tim Henderson (BraveWords)
David Bottrill (Producer, Mixer)
Mike Harshaw (Annihilator)

Wacken Metal Battle Canada is proud to announce the line up for this year's national final on June 6th in Toronto, ON at Opera House with special guest headliner Goat Horn. The final represents Canada's top six metal talents out of 120 competing bands from ten participating cities across Canada. One winner from the final will be crowned Canada's best metal band for the 2015 edition of Wacken Metal Battle Canada and move on to perform at the 11th international Wacken Metal Battle (participating countries can be found here) at the world's largest metal festival Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany, which has attendance of over 80,000 people.

Event Details:

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Doors @ 7pm, Show @ 7:30pm
Admission: $10 advance / $15 at the door
Purchase advance tix here: 
www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/828971utm_medium=bks 
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Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/1614422178786496/ 

TORONTO - SEMI FINAL #2 
(Toronto vs. Ottawa) - April 25, 2015

Vesperia

Competing bands:

APOKALYPTIK WARRIOR 
WRETCHEDPAIN 
A SCAR FOR THE WICKED (Ottawa Winner) 
VESPERIA 
HALLOWS DIE 
DROID 


Judges:
Jason Decay (Cauldron)
Carla Gillis (NOW Magazine)
John Belrose (Maple Metal Records)
JJ Tartaglia (Wacken Metal Battle Canada)


NATIONAL FINAL - June 6, 2015 @ Opera House 
735 Queen Street East
Event Link: www.facebook.com/events/1614422178786496/
Endless Chaos (Winnipeg)
Medevil (Vancouver)Midnight Malice (Toronto)
Bleed (Edmonton)
Nordheim (Quebec City)
Vesperia (Toronto)

QUEBEC FINAL (Montreal vs. Quebec City) - 
April 23rd

NORDHEIM


Competing bands:

SANGUINE GLACIALIS 
MAD PARISH 
DECADAWN 
NORDHEIM

Judges:
Lacey Paige- Writer - Absolute Underground
Ross Ferguson - Radio Host - Metal Nation Radio
Metal John - Radio Host - CJSR 88.5 FM
Stephanie Bell - Musician and Designer - 
Slayer of Pixels and Kryosphere 

ALBERTA FINAL (Calgary vs. Edmonton)

BLËED


Competing Bands:
AFTEREARTH
ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN
BLEED
DETHGOD

Toronto 1st Semi Final winner 
Midnight Malice 

Competitors: 
CALL OF THE WILD 
CAYM 
MIDNIGHT MALICE 
PHANTOM
BLACK ABSINTHE 

Midnight Malice and winner (tba) from semi final round 2 will compete with other provincial winners at the national final on June 6th at The Opera House.

British Columbia province finals winner: 
Medevil


Event Link: www.facebook.com/events/1601480966751177/

Facebook: 
www.facebook.com/goathornofficial/timeline

WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA is proud to announce GOAT HORN as the special guest headliner at this year's national final on June 6th in Toronto, ON at the Opera House. The national final will consist of Canada's top metal talents who are finalists from over 120 battling bands from BC (Vancouver vs. Victoria - Winner TBA), Alberta (Edmonton vs. Calgary - Winner TBA), Ontario (Toronto vs. Ottawa - Winner TBA), Quebec (Montreal vs. Quebec City - Winner TBA) and the Prairie winner Endless Chaos from Winnipeg, MB.

"We're very stoked to have the mighty and elusive Goat Horn as our guest headliner this year. Metalheads in attendance will be treated with a rare and special performance, all in the name of Canadian metal!" comments WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia.

Take a peek at last years Toronto final battle with Mutank winning: 

Quebec City battle winner: 
Nordheim 

Competing bands:

EPIPHANY FROM THE ABYSS 
FEELS LIKE HOME 
SUDDEN FLAMES 
LA CORRIVEAU 
NORDHEIM 

Judges

Lee Whiskey - MUTANK 
(2014 WMBC Winners)
Paul Zinay - Blackguard
Alain Gagnon - Capitale du Metal
Francois "Blastbeat" Fortin - 
Producer / Drummer
Marc Andre Gingras "MAG" - 
ex-guitarist for Quo Vadis and guitar teacher to CEGEP students