WMBSSA - Westville Warehouse

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The Wacken Metal Battle Sub-Saharan Africa is back in 2025!

Join us as we follow bands from Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa as they embark on a journey to send one of our own to the home of heavy metal - Wacken Open Air 2025!

The Westville Warehouse heat will be on 01.02.2025 and will select 1 winner to head to the national finals in May!

Grab your tickets, support heavy metal and lets send a fellow African band to Wacken!

The finals will take place on the 3rd of May 2025, at Sognage in Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Band registration is officially open at www.metal-battle.com

Follow the Wacken Metal Battle Sb-Saharan Africa social media pages for more info about local bands, heats and the finals!

See you in Wacken

Rain or Shine

Proudly presented to you by Emalyth Promotions in collaboration with:

Sogange

Rock Society of Kenya

Rockfest Mozambique

Kavalera Entertainment

Metal4Africa

Durban Rock City

Not Russel Crow Productions

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