The 2019 Wacken Metal Battle USA recently took place at The Viper Room in Los Angeles, as the annual nationwide competition decided which band will represent the U.S. in the next stages of the battle – facing off against 29 other countries to see who will win the chance to take the stage at Wacken Open Air this year. Out of the selection of finalists – consisting of unsigned bands Dissentience, Monarch, Nahaya, Toxic Ruin, and Violence System – San Diego Thrash Metallers Monarch were the band chosen to represent the U.S. this year, and the international battle (featuring every metal band in the worldwide competition from over 29 countries aiming for the coveted win) is set for July 31^st-August 2^nd.

Here’s what the band has to say about their win in the competition:

“Without a doubt, this has been a journey for the Monarch camp and everyone involved. We are beyond thrilled to have won Wacken Metal Battle USA in 2019 to represent the United States of America! We have put 15 years of our blood, sweat, and tears into this band to make it what it is today. And we know that every band up until this moment have done the same. We would like to thank the fans for always being there and believing in what we do. We wouldn’t be here without the fans. To Eric Dow to have taken it upon himself to even have this opportunity, to begin with, and to the Brick by Brick, Viper Room, Andrew Bansal of Metal Assault for helping make this a reality for us and Jon Asher of Asher Media Relations for all his help with all the battles. We can’t imagine how hard it was for the judges to make a decision every time one of these epic battles went down and to them, we have much respect. Best believe that Monarch will be bringing the fire and metal from the United States to Wacken to show them what the USA metal scene has got. And we will be going as hard as we can to show the metal heads attending that we want to win this one! We are forever humbled to have gotten this far and now it’s time to strategize our victory in Germany.
Big Thanks to everyone involved that put together such an amazing year of metal! – Monarch”

For more on the competition, check out: https://www.metal-battle.com/about/ and to find all the details on Wacken, head to: https://www.wacken.com/.