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2DESTROY WINNAAR van de WILDMAN METAL FEST BATTLE.
Zaterdag, 2 mei, veranderde Wildman Metal Fest The Battle in één grote bak chaos, riffs, bier, gezelligheid en keiharde metal.
Wat een geweldige avond met een zaal vol toffe mensen!
Onze eigen metal-master Niels van @metalcafe666 praatte de avond "strak" en op geheel eigen wijze aan elkaar alsof hij nooit anders doet (en waarschijnlijk doet hij dat ook niet ).
@anomicofficialmusic
@2destroymusic
@baasdeband
@theinfamousnameless
Gingen de strijd aan voor een plek op Wildman Metal Fest… en geloof ons, deze gasten hebben het de jury niet makkelijk gemaakt.
Na langdurig overleg, hoofdpijn, discussie en waarschijnlijk een kleine mentale breakdown kwam uiteindelijk 2DESTROY als winnaar uit de strijd! En terecht, want wat een brute set.
In onze Gallery ( internal://7a0c53c8-7d4f-4e36-84d7-68e4d22d37e2 ) vind je de foto’s , gemaakt door onze huisfotograaf Dirk van Dremp
The Winner : DYSTOPIA
Congrats to DYSTOPIA! They are the winner of the MetalFromNL Tiplist Battle.
DYSTOPIA will perform on the 2nd edition of WILMAN METAL FESST
The Final Winner : Mountaineye Band
Congrats to Mountaineye Band! They are the final winner in our MetalFromNL Tiplist Battle.
That means the three winners are now known, and together with the organization of Wildman Fest — partly based on your enthusiastic votes — we will decide who will play at Wildman Fest. We will announce that later this week, so stay tuned! It's going to be a difficult choice...
The 2nd winner: DYSTOPIA
With just one hour left to vote, it's clear that Dystopia is the winner of February's Tiplist Battle! Congrats to this black metal band from Noord-Holland.
Next month, we'll have the final battle, after which we'll decide which of these three bands will play Wildman Metalfest this year!
Go check out Dystopia's latest release 'De Ultieme Roeping', and stay tuned for their full EP later this year. Also, congrats to HERETIX. Even though they didn't win, they battled fiercely and got a lot of people to vote for them! Rightfully so — check out their latest release 'Borderline' on Spotify right now.
The first winner of the MetalFrom.NL Tiplist Battle has been announced!
The MetalFrom.NL Tiplist Battle is a new concept they launched earlier this year.
In short: every month, MFNL records the Tiplijst, where they discuss their favorite tracks from the past month. From those, they select a top 2. Then YOU get to vote for which of the two bands you would most like to see perform at Wildman MetalFest.
At the end of three months, we will have three bands, from which Wildman Metal Fest, MFNL, and YOU will make the final selection.
The first band that may still be added to the Wildman Metal Fest lineup this year is:
The Fifth Alliance!
It was an incredibly close battle, as it stayed neck and neck with Shoot The Messiah for a long time.
In the end, The Fifth Alliance won with 59% of the votes!
Next month, a brand-new battle begins!
Is your band releasing a new single, EP, or album this month? Let MetalFrom.nl know! They’ll make sure to include it in the Release Radar, the MFNL Spotify Playlists, and who knows — maybe even in the MetalFrom.nl Tiplist!
The winners of the Wildman Battle voting round :
- Anomic
- The Infamous Nameless
- Baas
- 2Destroy
On behalf of Wildman, we would like to congratulate these bands and are honored to welcome them on May 2, 2026, at NIRWANA in Dronten.
We would also like to sincerely thank all the bands, that didn’t quite make it this time, for registering and for all the promotional effort you put into your own band.
In addition, a huge Thanks to everyone who voted for their favorite band, your support means a lot. If your favorite band isn’t on the list this time, don’t worry, next year there will definitely be a new round and so new opportunities.
