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 Room 2 heat will be on 07.03.2025 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 Tickets:
coming soon!

Phase 1: R100 Phase 2:R120 Phase 3: R150

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_________________________________________________________________________________________

Refund and Cancellation Policy

You are entitled to cancel your tickets on the condition that they have not yet been used to attend the event. This cancellation may be done at any time prior to the day before the date of the event by sending a refund request to info@sognage.com.

Although you are entitled to cancel your tickets, you may be liable for cancellation charges. The following cancellation charges may apply:

Cancellation less than 7 days before the event

A 75% cancellation fee will apply

Cancellation less than 30 days before event

A 50% cancellation fee will apply

Cancellation more than 30 days before the event

A 25% cancellation fee will apply.

Cancellation after the event

No cancellation requests will be considered after the event

Special considerations

In the event that you can provide us with documentary proof that the person in whose name the ticket was booked will not be able to attend the event because of his/her death or incapacity, we will not levy a cancellation fee on that person’s ticket.

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