I’m not sure you all know what’s about to go down on March 21, 2020 in Portland, Oregon, but it’s big.  Really Big.

Portland has been selected as one of the cities to host the preliminary battle of the bands for a spot at Wacken 2020 and will be hosted by VonWolfeEntertainment.  If you don’t know what Wacken is, it’s a giant multi-day, music festival in the small village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany.  Annually, on the festival dates, this small town hosts around 75,000 metal fans.

“A Metal Battle of the Bands for a slot at Wacken Open Air 2020 in Germany!   Six Portland, Oregon area bands will face off for the chance to move on to the semi-finals in Seattle and then onto the Finals in Los Angeles. The ultimate winner will be granted a slot on a stage at the largest Metal fest on the Planet.” – VonWolfeEntertainment

This year, some of the biggest names in metal will be there.  Bands like:

  • AMON AMARTH
  • ANNIHILATOR
  • AS I LAY DYING
  • AVANTASIA
  • BORKNAGAR
  • BUTCHER BABIES
  • DEATH ANGEL
  • DEVIN TOWNSEND
  • DOPE
  • DROPKICK MURPHYS
  • HATE
  • JUDAS PRIEST
  • A. GUNS
  • LACUNA COIL
  • LOUDNESS
  • MARDUK
  • MERCYFUL FATE
  • NASTY
  • OVERKILL
  • PESTILENCE
  • ROTTING CHRIST
  • SACRED REICH
  • SLIPKNOT
  • STATIC-X
  • STRATOVARIUS
  • TARJA
  • VENOM
  • WEDNESDAY 13
  • WHILE SHE SLEEPS

AND… possibly one of our own!

The bands will be judged in on the following criteria:

  • Overall Performance
  • Originality
  • Musicianship
  • Image/Representation
  • Crowd reaction/Interaction
  • Time Efficiency Onstage

And the six bands are:

Apophis Theory
DND7
ParadigmShift
Pitch Black Mass
Set In Stone
Somewhere Between

We love our local bands, and now the possibility is real that the rest of the world may get the opportunity to see and love one of our Portland bands too!

Tickets will be available soon.  Watch for more information, such as the announcement of judges, interviews with the bands, and more, here on www.mirp411.com.

You can find out more information at VonWolfeEntertainment.com

From all of us here at MIRP…we wish all of you the BEST of LUCK!