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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.
Congratulations to Nephelium for their win in the ‘Best Metal’ category at the Toronto Independent Music Awards.
Nominees were:
THIRDRITE
BLIND RACE
THE MARKED
SUMO CYCO
NEPHELIUM
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H.M.M.A.C. would like to thank Calgary’s Noctis V Metal Fest for hosting PR rep Jon Asher and Northern Ontario rep Mark Howitt of Archaic North Entertainment at their conference as they represented H.M.M.A.C. and were guest speakers on their music industry panels.
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Countdown is on: Only 2 weeks left for Canadian acts to submit showcase applications for Canadian Music Week taking place in Toronto, ON from March 19-24, 2013.
If you are a Canadian band/artist or represent one, submit your showcase applications online @sonicbids.com/canadianmusicfest2013 orwww.canadianmusicfest.com before October 27.
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RUSH is nominated to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and for the first time in its history, fans are given the opportunity to officially participate in the induction selection process. Beginning on Thursday, October 4 and continuing through December 3, the public can vote for the five nominees they believe to be most deserving of induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The top five artists, as selected by the public, will comprise a “fans’ ballot†that will be tallied along with the other ballots to choose the 2013 inductees.
http://rockhall.com/get-involved/interact/poll/
Other nominees include (in order of votes so far):
Deep Purple
Heart
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
Albert King
Public Enemy
Donna Summer
Procol Harum
N.W.A.
Randy Newman
Kraftwerk
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Meters
The Marvelettes
Chic
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Oct 21 – Montreal: Diemonds, Rusted, Doll, Snakeskyn Whiskey
The Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.) & Dungeon Works have done it again, collaborating to bring Montreal metal heads a night of live music that will leave fans screaming for more.
On Sunday, October 21, Piranha Bar (680 Ste-Catherine West) will be the place to be, as Rusted, Doll, Snakeskyn Whiskey and Toronto’s Diemonds – purveyors of saccharine-and-daggers hard rock – tear the city apart.
Show Details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/257980864322357/
Sunday / Dimanche – October 21 / Octobre 21
8:30pm / 20H30h – Piranha Bar – 680 Rue Ste. Catherine Ouest
10$ adv. /12$ doors/ portes – 18+ – 8:30pm
billets disponibles au Piranha Bar, la boutique Labyrinthe
tickets available at Piranha Bar, Labyrinthe Boutique
www.diemonds.net
with/avec
RUSTED
www.myspace.com/rustedqc
DOLL
www.reverbnation.com/dollband
SNAKESKYN WHISKEY
www.snakeskynwhiskey.com
H.M.M.A.C. – http://www.facebook.com/HMMACANADA
Labyrinthe Boutique – www.labyrintherock.com
Belle Gueule – http://www.bellegueule.ca/
Absolute Underground – www.absoluteunderground.ca
Nov 1 – Montreal: Truth or Scare, Dark Century, Forbidden Sin
Dungeon Works & The Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.) just keep on raising the bar when it comes to live events, this time bringing together three of Montreal’s most recognizable homegrown metal acts and one of Toronto’s biggest indie metallers at Piranha Bar (680 Ste-Catherine West) on Thursday, November 1.
Join metal thrashers Forbidden Sin, aggressive and hilarious Dark Century who recently played Heavy Mtl, horror band Truth or Scare and Toronto’s one and only Aggressor for a night of head banging like no other.
Show Details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/290166534418955/
Thursday / Jeudi – November 1 / Novembre 21
8:30pm / 20H30h – Piranha Bar – 680 Rue Ste. Catherine Ouest
10$adv. /12$ doors/ portes – 18+ – 8:30pm
billets disponibles au Piranha Bar, la boutique Labyrinthe
tickets available at Piranha Bar, Labyrinthe Boutique
AGGRESSOR
https://www.facebook.com/aggressivemusic
with/avec
TRUTH OR SCARE
https://www.facebook.com/truthorscaremtl
DARK CENTURY
http://www.darkcentury.ca
FORBIDDEN SIN
http://www.reverbnation.com/forbiddensin
commandité par/sponsored by:
H.M.M.A.C. – http://www.facebook.com/HMMACANADA
Labyrinthe Boutique – www.labyrintherock.com
Belle Gueule – http://www.bellegueule.ca/
Nov 3 – Toronto: Thrash Fuck Thrash Bash 4
w/ Fatality, Aggressor, West of Hell +more
Following the undeniable success of the last three Thrash Fuck Thrash Bashes, Blacktooth Entertainment & The Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.) is proud to bring fans the highly anticipated fourth installment on Saturday, November 3 at Hard Luck Bar (772 Dundas Street West).
A slew of bands, including Fatality, Aggressor, West of Hell, Mastery, Lethal Voltage and more, will take to the stage while DJ Cyndi Z will be spinnin’ classic vinyl records all night, giving all show goers what is bound to be an epic music hangover.
Show Details:
Thrash Fuck Thrash Bash 4 – http://www.facebook.com/events/157027787769941
Featuring: Fatality, Aggressor, West of Hell, Mastery, Lethal Voltage and more TBA!
DJ CYNDI Z spinnin’ classic vinyls all night!
All Ages – More details TBA
FATALITY
www.facebook.com/fatalitythrash
AGGRESSOR (Return show!)
www.facebook.com/aggressivemusic
WEST OF HELL (Vancouver)
www.facebook.com/WestofHell
MASTERY
www.facebook.com/pages/Mastery/160638577320942
LETHAL VOLTAGE
www.facebook.com/lethalvoltage
ETERNAL JUDGMENT (Montreal)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eternal-Judgment/112880535392018
+ DJ CYNDI Z spinnin’ classic vinyls all night!
*MORE TBA!*
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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.
Your Last Wish – Hastening Death –http://youtu.be/06_TbI5OZHo
D3ATHCHARG3R – Buried in the Basement – http://youtu.be/xUFr7FCEQAo
Diemonds – http://diemonds.net/
Odium – No Way Out – http://youtu.be/A_Avwi3xVQQ
All Else Fails – This Burden of Life –http://youtu.be/9IOIWddofYE
OGENIX – http://ogenix.bandcamp.com
Derelict – http://derelictmetal.com/
Endast – on Canadian tour –http://www.facebook.com/EndastMusic
Projekt F – http://www.projektf.net/
Hero’s Last Rite – I Am Atomic –http://youtu.be/F5n0a9Rg6Uw
SKROU – http://www.facebook.com/skroumusic
XUL – http://www.facebook.com/Xulband
Ancients – http://www.facebook.com/ANCIIENTS
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Great Articles To Read!
How To Make Your Music Career Highly Profitable And Sustainable –http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-to-make-your-music-career-highly-profitable-and-sustaina.html
Halford Guitarist METAL MIKE CHLASCIAK Launches CMM Services –http://www.bravewords.com/news/191416
10 Tips for Better Lyric Writing –http://musicclout.com/contents/article-124-10-tips-for-better-lyric-writing.aspx
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H.M.M.A.C. and Loudtrax.com unleash Canuck Metal Volume 2.
Download link – http://www.loudtrax.com/canuckmetal2/
Promo Code= HMMAC
Track Listing:
Arapacis – End of The Line
Crisis Kings – Glutton
Forbidden Sin – Man Down
Hollow – Sunriser
Hymnosis – How Dare You
Makaria – Spire
Nephelium – Merciless Annihilation
Project Mars – Don’t Hold Back
Sanktuary – Raise The Flag
New Jacobin Club – My Smile
The Void – If Ya Can’t Beat ‘Em (Detour ‘Em)
Trainwreck Architect – Dream Pariah
Tribune – The Succubus
Wolven Ancestry – The Animistic Awakening
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