The world’s biggest heavy metal battle of the bands is coming to Australia with the band selections now announced!
The legendary Wacken Metal Battle will be making it’s triumphant debut in the great southern land, giving unsigned Australian metal acts the opportunity to battle it out for a spot at the world’s largest and greatest heavy metal festival – Wacken Open Air. 30 years have passed since the creation of Wacken Open Air and now going into their fourth decade, the “holy land of heavy metal” has chosen Australia as it’s newest inclusion into the ranks of their fabled battle of the bands.
Wacken Open Air and national promoter Bailey Graham (Founder, Pinnacle Music Group) will be bringing the competition across Australia next year in search of the greatest unsigned metal band down under, and send them off to play Wacken Open Air 2020. The regional heats will hit Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and twice in Melbourne.
See below for the lineups for each city. Head to the Wacken Metal Battle Facebook page here to find further info for each city.
Perth – Saturday 25th January
Illyria
Remission
Septillion
Dying Kings
Icarus Lives
Tempest Rising
Bayview Suspect
All This Filth
Adelaide – Saturday 18th January *CHANGED DATE*
Plague 9
Sons of Innocence
Ouroboric
Audio Reign
Shattered Hourglass
In The Burial
Brisbane – Saturday 8th February NIGHT 1
Therein
Warrior Within
Asylum
Weight of the World
Brisbane – Sunday 9th February NIGHT 2
F.U.C
Seraphic
Darklore
Massic
Sydney – Sunday 16th February
Gravity Stone
Alchemy
Temtris
Pestilent Doom
Lethal Vendetta
Evocatus
Saralisse
Anno Domini
Melbourne – Saturday 22nd February NIGHT 1
Triple Kill
Larry Leadfoot
Torrential Thrill
The Creptter Children
Cam Bird
Annihilist
Svcred
Upon Worlds End
Melbourne – Sunday 23rd February NIGHT 2
Mr Kill
Obsidian Monolith
Beast Impalor
Nothing
Victoria K
Interitum
Ready for Battle
Scaphis
