Are you watching Brazil’s Soccer World Cup 2014?

Are you into Hard Rock and Heavy Metal?
What about discovering music from other places in the world?

Well we have this BATTLE OF BANDS going on and we are highlighting 128 bands from 32 different countries during the tournament. If you are in the mood, please join the ride!

Votes will be counted until the final, next July 13th.

All 32 National Teams has 3 bands from respective countries selected by the WOTM and MOM blogs for the first phase of the competition. 96 bands total!

See below the list of bands chosen by both blogs during group phase for respective national teams that got qualified to Quarter Finals:



Countries qualified by group:

Grupo A - 1º BRAZIL : 2º MEXICO
Grupo B - 1º NETHERLANDS : 2º CHILE
Grupo C - 1º COLOMBIA : 2º GREECE
Grupo D - 1º COSTA RICA : 2º URUGUAY
Grupo E - 1º FRANCE : 2º SWITZERLAND
Grupo F - 1º ARGENTINA : 2º NIGERIA
Grupo G - 1º GERMANY : 2º USA
Grupo H - 1º BELGIUM : 2º ALGERIA

There are 32 more bands to come into our game soon.

The first 4 National Teams to reach semi-finals, grant representation to 7 bands for their countries.

It’s easy to cast a vote or submit a band, just send us a tweet using #batalhadebandas and the name of the band you pick for each battle.

Post a comment in our blog until July 13th 2014 and your vote is good to go.

Bands with most votes win individual battles,
Most popular bands will be featured on blog podcast and all related social network.

PS: This blog is purposely written in Portuguese, but will eventually post in English. Not to mention, frequently updates. I appreciate your understanding and support. Follow us!