Wacken Metal Battle Austria

30/08/2026

Official WMB 2026 aftermovie 😎🤟

Wacken Metal Battle 2026 brought the global underground Metal commu...

30/07/2026

Day 2 live stream

Live from Wacken Open Air 2025 MagentaMusik and WackenTV bring to y...

24/07/2026

This years members of the jury with Patricia Cihlar representing Austria! 🤘

Wacken here we come.. 😎

⚔️ **MEET THE WACKEN METAL BATTLE 2026 GLOBAL JURY!** ⚔️

Representing countries and regions from across the world, these industry professionals will bring their experience, knowledge and passion for heavy music to the Wacken Metal Battle 2026 jury.

🌍 Alana Britz — Africa
🇦🇷 Luis De Marsico — Argentina
🇦🇺 Michael Lueders — Australia
🇦🇹 Patricia Cihlar — Austria
🌍 Stjepan Juras — Balkan Regions
🇧🇪 Kevin Van De Mergel — Belgium
🇧🇬 Frank Nagel — Bulgaria
🇨🇦 Jean-Jacques Tartaglia — Canada
🌍 Arthur Stam — Caribbean
🌍 Ernst Khechumov (Eric) — Caucasia & West Asia
🌍 Pablo Vargas — Central America
🇨🇳 Yang Yu — China
🇨🇾 Melina Green — Cyprus
🇨🇿 🇸🇰 Rudolf Rus — Czech Republic & Slovakia
🇩🇰 Helena Viberg Olsen — Denmark
🇪🇬 Osama Deabes — Egypt
🇫🇴 Teitur Fossaberg — Faroe Islands
🇫🇮 Aino Jarventaus — Finland
🇫🇷 Karo Kapelski — France
🇩🇪 Pierre Seidel — Germany
🇬🇷 George Konchylakis — Greece
🇭🇺 Oliver Sütöri — Hungary
🇮🇸 Þorsteinn Kolbeinsson — Iceland
🇮🇳 Abbas Razvi — India
🇮🇪 Donnchadh O'Leary — Ireland
🇮🇱 Yotam Avny — Israel
🇮🇹 Massimo Mazzola — Italy
🇯🇵 Yutaro Shindo — Japan
🇱🇻 Vladimirs Kravchenko — Latvia
🇱🇹 Simonas Urbanavicius — Lithuania
🇱🇺 Jeannot Hutchinson — Luxembourg
🇲🇹 Emanuel Portelli — Malta
🇲🇽 Luis Humberto Monge Ramírez — Mexico
🇲🇳 Unenkhuu Umbanyamba — Mongolia
🇳🇱 Jochen Lumeij — Netherlands
🇳🇴 Viktor Penalver Mondejar — Norway
🇵🇭 Alvin Ryan Chan — Philippines
🇵🇱 Karolina Florek — Poland
🇷🇴 Laurentiu Straut — Romania
🌍 Udo Ewertz — South America NR
🇪🇸 Emma García Artell — Spain
🇸🇪 Fredrik Svensson — Sweden
🇨🇭 Vincent Dévaud — Switzerland
🇬🇧 Chris Ward — United Kingdom
🇺🇸 Michael Muller — USA

Together, they will help discover the bands ready to take the next step onto the global stage.

Welcome to the Wacken Metal Battle 2026 Global Jury!*🤘🌍

10/05/2026

🏆 WACKEN METAL BATTLE AUSTRIA 2026 — WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT 🏆

After an incredible final filled with outstanding performances, passion, and true metal spirit, we are proud to announce that The Crescent’s Call are the official winners of Wacken Metal Battle Austria 2026! ⚔️🔥

Congratulations to the band for an unforgettable performance and for earning the chance to represent Austria at the international final at Wacken Open Air in Germany.

A huge thank you goes out to all participating bands, our partners, the jury, everyone at the venue, and of course every single metalhead who joined us and supported the Austrian metal scene.

See you at Wacken! 🤘

09/05/2026

The hardest job of the day?!

Figuring out who the f*** should win the contest.

It‘s in our hands now.

08/05/2026

🔥 WE LISTEN AND WE… JUDGE! 😎🔥

This Saturday, May 9th, the Wacken Metal Battle Austria returns to Szene Wien with 8 outstanding bands from all over Austria ready to fight for their next step toward the Holy Land! 🤘

📍 Szene Wien
🕡 Doors: 18:30

And now — our FINAL JURY ANNOUNCEMENT 🔥

⚡ Steven Jersey
⚡ Etzi (Mortal Strike)
⚡ Haubi
⚡ Patricia Cihlar
⚡ Oliver Sütöri

With decades of combined experience in the metal scene, live performance, promotion, radio, and event organization, our jury is ready to decide who will move one step closer to Wacken Open Air! ⚔️🔥

Huge thanks as well to Radio 88.6 and Jägermeister for the continued support and great collaboration throughout the Wacken Metal Battle Austria journey. 📻⚡

🎟️ Last tickets available now via the bands or Oeticket!
Limited number of tickets remaining at the box office.

See you on May 9th — THE BATTLE IS ON! 🤘🔥

13/04/2026

🔥 WACKEN METAL BATTLE - SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT🔥

Heute im Fokus: unser Partner TON MUSIC PRODUCTIONS 🎸

TON Music Productions steht für Leidenschaft für Live-Musik und bringt seit Jahren internationale und nationale Acts auf die Bühnen der Wiener Metal-Szene. Als Konzertveranstalter und Promoter organisiert das Team regelmäßig Shows mit bekannten Bands und Events in Locations wie der Szene Wien, dem Viper Room oder der Arena Wien.

Wir freuen uns sehr, TON Music Productions als starken Partner bei unseren Events in der SZENE WIEN dabei zu haben – sowohl bei der WACKEN OPEN AIR WARM-UP PARTY am 18.04.🤘🔥

👉 Support the scene – kommt vorbei und feiert mit uns eine Nacht voller Metal!

10/04/2026

🔥 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ONE AND ONLY🔥

💪🏼 💪🏼

Before we head to Wacken again, we’re getting the party started in Vienna! 🤘

Together with .6 – Der Rocksender, we invite you to the official Wacken Open Air Warm-Up Party at Szene Wien! 🎸

Under the motto:
One world. One stage. 35 shows. 35 countries. One day. 🌍

Get ready for a night full of heavy riffs, true Wacken vibes and a killer live lineup:

⚡ Nanowar of Steel (Headliner)
⚡ Bloody Holly and the Ricketz
⚡ Chaos Inside

Whether you’re making the pilgrimage to Wacken this year or just want a loud and legendary rock & metal night – you don’t want to miss this!

📍 Szene Wien
🎶 Wacken Open Air Warm-Up Party
📻 presented by Radio 88.6 – Der Rocksender

Come by, raise a drink with us and get your neck muscles ready for festival season! 🤘🔥

08/04/2026

Kick off for 35 years of .official begins on *April 18th, 2026*.

35 countries - 35 shows
One single day. One world. One stage.

The loudest celebration on Earth starts now.

Together with our collab-partner .6 and our sponsors .austria, & we‘re happy to be part of the Party.