H.M.M.A.C. Newsletter – April 2012 – Canuck Metal United |

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Hey Metal Heads!

Welcome to our headbanging newsletter. We’re glad to hear from all of you and proud to bring Canadian Metal from across the provinces and territories to you.

In the news from H.M.M.A.C.

H.M.M.A.C. would like to welcome our newest member Richard Gaggi of Blacktooth Entertainment as Events Coordinator for the Province of Ontario.

H.M.M.A.C. would like to congratulate Winnipeg’s KEN mode for their Juno Award win for Metal Album of The Year.

Bands Nominated were the following:

Anvil (The End/Sony) – Juggernaut of Justice

Cauldron (Earache/eOne) – Burning Fortune

Devin Townsend Project (HevyDevy/eOne) –

Deconstruction

Fuck The Facts (Relapse/eOne) – Die Miserable

KEN mode (Profound Lore/Sonic Unyon/F>A>B) – Venerable

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Awesome Interview with the women of H.M.M.A.C. Jenny DuHaime, Michelle Ayoub and Barbara Pavone and Canada Arts Connect Magazine.

Check it out here

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H.M.M.A.C. and Loudtrax.com will be presenting Canuck Metal Volume 2 in the coming weeks. We would like to thank all the bands who submitted their tracks. We can’t promise all will be selected for this next compilation as we were overwhelmed by the initiative of so many to send us their metal tunes, but will consider them for Canuck Metal Vol. 3 to be released this fall.

Free download of Canuck Metal Vol.1 is currently available at the following link here. Promo code = HMMAC

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Congrats to Simon Chatteleyn – lucky winner for the ANVIL Ticket for their May 23rd show at Underworld (251 Ste.-Catherine E.) in Montreal, QC.

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Fivebyfive Records, based in Sudbury, ON and now headed by Marty DePietro is becoming completely independent. They have just signed Brooklyn’s (N.Y.) “As Judgement Day Approaches”, bringing their roster to 20 bands around the world and growing.

www.reverbnation.com/label/fivebyfiverecords

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Check out these spotlighted bands.

If you are an artist or member of a group and would like to be featured in our spotlight, please send us your band’s information, as well as any relevant links (Myspace, music video, etc) so we may showcase your work in our newsletters and our Youtube channel.

All Else Fails – New Music Video – Obsidian Walls – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ4PZuzQq_g

Crimson Shadows – signs to Spread the Metal Records (Free Download – Beyond the Mountain Wasteland)

Fatality – New Music Video – Monstrous – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDUWk5j-Mfk

Forbidden Sin

Miley Cyrus Got Fisted

Retaliatory Daeth Consumption

Tribune – New Music Video – The Succubus – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra41BsGtxUs

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Need a Music Video?

Check out these video companies

Ax Media Studios (Toronto) – http://www.axmediastudios.ca/

FadeBack Studios United (Edmonton) – https://www.facebook.com/FadeBackStudiosUnited

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Great Two Part Video Interview by Montreal’s CJLO 1690 AM – Burnt Offerings with Legendary Drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, Heaven & Hell, Black Sabbath)

Part 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13JqOsAshlg

Part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsDDHM7b7gk

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WOODS OF YPRES – Footage From David Gold Tribute Show In Toronto Online – http://www.bravewords.com/news/181345

www.woodsofypres.ca

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Google Play – New way for bands to sell their music – https://play.google.com/about/

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Events

Hold The Date: April 29^th, 2012 at the Jello Martini Bar, 151 Ontario East, Montreal, QC

Kovago Voice Studio Cabaret is a FUNDRAISER for Dr. Kovago’s Voice Studio and to help showcase her students. As part of our Continuing Music Education Mandate, H.M.M.A.C. is helping Dr. Andrea Kovago promote the event, acquire prizes or certificates for the silent auction and door prizes.

For more information on Kovago Voice Studio, to purchase tickets to the event or to donate to the silent auction table , please feel free to visit her site at: www.kovagovoicestudio.com or call 514.507.2999

ANNIHILATOR AND AGGRESSOR TEAM UP FOR EXCLUSIVE ONE OFF SHOW IN OTTAWA – April 18 – http://goodmorningmetal.blogspot.ca/2012/03/annihilator-and-aggressor-team-up-for.html

Derelict – Deamon – Nephelium – The Unborn Dead – May 4th @ Hard Luck Bar – https://www.facebook.com/events/103977863068749/

WEST OF HELL w/CRIMSON SHADOWS, REDEEMER + MORE – May 12th @ HARD LUCK – https://www.facebook.com/events/199308960184237/

Archaic North is sponsoring the Negura Bunget tour with Wolven Ancestry.
For More Info – https://www.facebook.com/events/267557059934315/

Spread The Metal Festival (Fundraiser for Heart & Stroke Foundation) – headliner is Kataklysm – http://www.facebook.com/events/190001607777740/

Armstrong Metalfest – https://www.facebook.com/armstrongmetalfest

NXNE 2012 – Toronto, ON, June 11-17, 2012, info@nxne.com, www.nxne.com

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About HMMAC: HMMAC is dedicated to supporting established and upcoming talent in the Heavy Metal genre and its subgenres and promoting the overall practice of music. The Association will also help with promotional tour support, informing its members of grant support and new and upcoming information concerning the ever evolving music industry of today. We will be representing our Association through Trade Shows, Conferences and Seminars, and our own events.

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