Spotify – 2024 WMBU Nationwide Finalists Playlist – https://spoti.fi/4cbAEb8
One Band To Overcome Them All! Wacken Steel Struggle USA is proud to announce its go back for 2025 battles national for one impartial band to be topped champion and carry out at one of the vital global’s maximum prestigious and biggest already sold-out metallic fairs Wacken Open Air (July thirtieth – August 2d) (Attendance of over 80,000 other folks in Wacken, Germany for over 30 years).
Unsigned bands ONLY can practice. Please fill out your knowledge on the following hyperlink (please make a selection USA after which the Town that your band want to carry out in) – https://www.metal-battle.com
(Band Submissions open from October eleventh – December fifteenth, 2024)
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The 2025 WMBU champion will obtain the next:
– A slot on the 2025 Wacken Open Air Pageant.
– Complete skilled backline supplied.
– $1,000 USD in opposition to flights to Germany.
– VIP tenting on the competition.
2025 battles shall be happening within the following towns:
New York, NY
Clifton, NJ
Baltimore, MA
Tampa, FL
Portland, OR
Seattle, WA
Bay Space, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Orange County, CA
Sacramento, CA
San Diego, CA
Austin, TX
Dallas, TX
Corpus Christi, TX
Houston, TX
San Antonio, TX
The 2024 WMBU nationwide ultimate used to be held in San Diego at Brick By way of Brick with regional winners Cascade Impact (San Diego), WarTroll (NorCal), Versipul (PNW), High Prophecy (East Coast), and Father Wolf (Texas).
Judged via an trade panel that integrated Rod Kukla (Silver Lining Track), Craig Goldy (Dio), Derek Engemann (Scour, Phil Anselmo and the Illegals, ex-Livestock Decapitation), and Patrick Stone (Adler’s Urge for food, Budderside), the band that reigned the degree and proved themselves worthy of gracing the holy land of metallic at Wacken Open Air in Germany used to be topped 2024 champion, San Diego’s Cascade Impact.
Because the 2024 topped USA champion, Cascade Impact went on to accomplish as the one impartial American band on the Global Struggle at Wacken Open Air 2024 (July thirty first – August third).
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Listing of earlier WMBU nationwide winners, Cascade Impact (2024 – San Diego), Fadrait (2023 – San Diego) Mythraeum (2022 – San Diego), Monarch (2019 – San Diego), Voices of Destroy (2018 – Anaheim) and Corpse Hoarder (2017 – Philadelphia).
2024 battles have been hosted within the following towns: New York, NY, Clifton, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Bay Space, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Orange County, CA, Sacramento, CA, San Diego, CA, Austin, TX, Dallas, TX, El Paso, TX, Houston, TX, San Antonio, TX.
For the remaining 6 years of battles (2017-2019, 2022, 2023, 2024), Wacken Steel Struggle USA has hosted battles around the nation to ship one impartial metallic band to accomplish on the global’s biggest metallic competition Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany. 2019 noticed the competition rejoice its thirtieth anniversary, however because of Covid, the 2020 and 2021 editions have been each canceled. Because the metallic neighborhood regains its energy, Wacken Open Air 2025 would be the thirty fourth version of the competition and shall be held from July thirtieth – August 2d. The 2025 match is already offered out with a line-up that comes with Gadget Head, Saltatio Mortis, Papa Roach, Gojira, Apocalyptica, Saxon, Inside of Temptation, Dimmu Borgir, Ministry, and lots of extra. Main points right here .
Wacken Steel Struggle USA is a part of a world pageant that sees bands from around the nation wrestle every different for the danger to win their spot amongst 30 different international locations’ champions, and constitute the United States in a world wrestle of the bands on the global’s biggest outside metallic competition: Wacken Open Air. The battles had been hosted on the competition for over a decade and provides impartial bands the chance to show off their skills to a world target audience along side the danger to win a couple of prizes.
The way it works:
Taking part towns will host qualifying rounds plus a town ultimate arranged via a neighborhood town live performance promoter the place one band will transfer ahead to the American nationwide ultimate (date and town to be decided). The winner of the nationwide ultimate will transfer on to accomplish on the Wacken Open Air 2024 and compete towards the winners of 30 different international locations in a last international wrestle. All bands shall be judged right through wrestle rounds via revered native song trade representatives.
Hyperlinks:
Steel-Struggle.com
MetalBattleUSA.com
Fb.com/metalbattleusa.
Twitter.com/MetalBattleUSA
Instagram.com/metalbattleusa.
