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0 SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: WACKEN METAL BATTLE COMES TO CANADA; ONE CANADIAN BAND TO RULE THEM ALL!
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: WACKEN METAL BATTLE COMES TO CANADA; ONE CANADIAN BAND TO RULE THEM ALL!
The world’s most prestigious metal festival, Wacken Open Air, known for its elite lineup of the globe’s best metal bands is bringing the largest metal contest on the planet to Canada. Wacken Metal Battle Canada will be recruiting one independent Canadian band to perform at this year’s highly celebrated gathering of metal heads in Wacken, Germany. Searching for the strongest contenders, Metal Battle Canada will showcase Canada’s premiere talents for one true champion to represent the nation with highest honor at the Wacken Open Air Festival.
Being held in Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC during the months of May and June, Canadian metal bands from across the country will challenge one another to join a list of Canadian heavyweights such as Voivod, Exciter, Razor, Annihilator, Anvil, Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, 3 Inches of Bloods, Despised Icon and Danko Jones who have performed at the festival in years past.
The W:O:A Metal Battle was founded in 2004 to encourage future generations of heavy metal and rock, as Wacken Open Air believes in supporting the future of metal music and its musicians.
Submissions for Metal Battle Canada has now been extended to March 17th and can be completed via the online application at the following link below. (Please remember to select the city in which you would like to potentially compete.)
Metal Battle Canada application link – http://www.metalbattle.ca/apply.html
Promo Video – Wacken Metal Battle Canada
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Battling rounds for Metal Battle Canada will be held on the following dates:
TORONTO DATES:
QUALIFYING
April 28 – Rivoli – Toronto, ON
May 2 – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
May 5 – Rivoli – Toronto, ON
May 9 – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
May 12 – Rivoli – Toronto, ON
May 16 – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
SEMI-FINALS
May 24 – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
May 31 – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
June 7 – Rivoli – Toronto, ON
MONTREAL DATES:
QUALIFYING
May 9 – Katacombes – Montreal, QC
May 15 – Katacombes – Montreal, QC
May 22 – Katacombes – Montreal, QC
May 31 – Katacombes – Montreal, QC
MONTREAL SEMI-FINALS
June 7 – Katacombes – Montreal, QC*
* 2 MONTREAL BANDS MOVE TO FINALS – June 22 at Opera House, Toronto, ON
FINALS – METAL BATTLE CANADA
June 22 – Opera House, Toronto, ON
RULES
All bands that wish to participate in the Metal Battle must read the following rules and guidelines. Bands who send in an application automatically agree to the rules and terms.
- Your band doesn’t have a record deal and isn’t about to sign to a record label in the near future.
- Your band must be able to play a 30 minute set consisting of your own original material.
- PA, lighting, and sound engineer will be provided for all bands by Metal Battle Canada.
- Backline arrangements TBA.
- The bands must bring their own instruments such as guitars, bass, drum breakables, keyboards and effect pedals and may also bring and use their own guitar amps.
- To keep the changeover times as short as possible, bands with left handed drummers will play as first or last band. All bands have to follow the directions given by the promoters or stage manager.
- Jury of respected music industry folk will decide the winners each night.
If a band overruns its allotted performance time, then the band-members should be aware of the fact that in this case their sound will be faded out. The running order for the concert will be released a few days before the event takes place.
About Wacken:
Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With 80,000 festival visitors, and including personnel a total of roughly 86,000 attendees in 2011,[2] it attracts all kinds of metal music fans, such as fans of black metal, death metal, power metal, thrash metal, gothic metal, folk metal, and even metalcore, nu metal and hard rock from around the world.
The festival was first held in 1990 as a small event for local German bands. By 1998 the event had become the major festival on the European metal calendar and has included over 70 bands from all over Europe, North America and Australia. W:O:A is usually held at the beginning of August and lasts three days, during which the festival-goers camp on several large camping grounds surrounding the actual festival area. The 70 or more bands perform across four separate stages over the course of the event.
Since 2002, the Wacken Firefighters, the local volunteer fire department band, opens the festival.
The 2009 edition set a sales record when it sold out its 70,000 tickets by December 30, 2008, just 200 days prior to the festival. However, the 2012 edition broke this record; when it sold out on November 29th, 2011, 8 months before the opening of the festival with 75,000 tickets sold. The W:O:A 2012 took place with 137 bands, performing on seven stages.
For more info on Metal Battle Canada, please visit these links:
Official Website: http://www.metalbattle.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetalBattleCanada
Twitter: @MetalBattleCAN
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0 Tour Alert – Pop Rockers REND On The Road To Canadian Music Week; Nominated For Edmonton Music Award ‘Female Artist Of The Year’; New Music Video ‘Battlecry’
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Tour Alert – Pop Rockers REND On The Road To Canadian Music Week; Nominated For Edmonton Music Award ‘Female Artist Of The Year’; New Music Video ‘Battlecry’
L-R – Nate Glubish (Keys), Steve Roe (Guitar), Carol-Lynne Quinn (Vocals), Jeff Quinn (Bass) – Photo Credit – Kristy-Anne Swart
Edmonton, AB pop rockers REND are proud to announce they will be performing a series of show dates from Alberta to Ontario as they make their way to perform at this year’s Canadian Music Week on March 20th and 22nd in support of their upcoming EP and new single ‘Battlecry’ set for release on March 26th.
Music Video – Battlecry
Soundcloud Stream – http://soundcloud.com/rendmusic/battlecry-2
REND vocalist Carol-Lynne Quinn comments:
“We are excited to be playing Canadian Music Week for the first time! We couldn’t wait to be back in Toronto’s amazing music scene since playing Indie Week Canada 2012. We are releasing our EP “Battlecry” in March 2013 and are so ready to show Toronto what Rend can do live!”
Rend Road To Canadian Music Week Show Daets:
March 14 – O’Byrnes – Edmonton, AB
March 15 – The Revolution Youth Concert – Lethbridge, AB
March 16 – Studio 37 – Calgary w/ King Doom, Grandola, Ball Gag and Chain
March 20 – Tranzac – Toronto, ON – 9:30 p.m. – CMW
March 22 – Clintons – Toronto, ON – 8:00 p.m. – CMW
March 23 – The Underground – Hamilton, ON – Independent Music Fest
March 29 – O’Hanlons – Regina, SK – w/ The Fortunate Isles
March 30: Lydia’s in Saskatoon
Canadian Music Week Showcases
Date: Wednesday March 20, 2013
Venue: Tranzac (Back Room) (292 Brunswick Avenue.)
Set Time: 9:30 PM
Date: Friday, March 22, 2013
Venue: Clinton’s Tavern (693 Bloor St. West)
Set Time: 8:00 PM
In additional news, REND has been nominated at this year’s Edmonton Music Awards for ‘Female Artist of The Year’, which will be taking place on April 28th at The Royal Alberta Museum Theatre.”
2013 Edmonton Music Awards – Nominated ‘Female Artist of The Year
Nominees: – http://www.edmontonmusicawards.com/2013/2013nominees.html
Ariane Mahryke Lemire
Danielle Lowe
Michelle Molineux
Nuela Charles
Rend
BIO:
Rend is an Edmonton based, 5 piece, electrifying Rock/Pop band. Picture a dash of Metric, a scoop of Coldplay, a layer of Paramore topped off with The Cranberries. When you listen to Rend you get a new experience with every song. They are a Canadian band inspired to inspire. You will hear driving rhythms, Zeppelin worthy guitar solos, synth pop hook lines, and dynamic, soulful vocals. Supported by Rawlco Radio through the 10K20 project, Rend released their debut album “No Lines” on February 25th, 2012 and are set to release their follow up EP ‘Battlecry’ in March 2013.
Founded in 2010 by lead singer/songwriter Carol-Lynne Quinn, these past 2 years have been an incredible journey. 2012 was a whirlwind of activity, including a week of performances in Toronto at classic venues like Cherry Cola’s, The Hideout, and the Bovine Sex Club for Indie Music Week Canada, and opening for Faber Drive on the Edmonton installment of the Lost in Paradise
tour.
Their vision is to bring musical and lyrical substance to their music. Whether it’s the anthem like chorus in “Battlecry” or the unique blend of soulful vocals and electric guitar in “Monster”, Rend is fresh, energy filled, and inspiring. Their debut single “Hide” was released to radio in March 2012 and received Canadian wide radio play climbing the top 100 Rock Charts.
2013 will be an exciting year for Rend, with the upcoming release of a brand new music video for Battlecry, which will also be released to radio in February. For such a fresh band they have already caught the attention and support of many. Sandra Sperounes from the Edmonton Journal commented “together, the five make up (or perhaps unrend) Rend, one of Edmonton’s newest – and fiercest – pop-rock bands. “Quinn” might just be the next great voice to come out of Canada.” Kevin Mainmann from the Edmonton Examiner commented on their debut “No Lines is drenched in powerful melodies anchored by Carol-Lynne’s vocal acrobatics, with hints of soul weaving into potent radio-rock hooks.” To put it simply Rend is five passionate people who love music, people, and putting on a great show.
Music Video – Hide (from debut Album ‘No Lines’) – http://youtu.be/Wo3LCNMY7lE
Lyric Video – No Lines (from debut album ‘No Lines’) – http://youtu.be/6cjtar-kslk
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0 Irish Extreme Metallers CHOSEN Premiere New Track ‘Defective Prospection’ From Upcoming Album ‘Resolution’
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Irish Extreme Metallers CHOSEN Premiere New Track ‘Defective Prospection’ From Upcoming Album ‘Resolution’
Chosen Line Up | David McCann (Drums & Percussion) | Paul Shields (Vocals/Guitars) – Photo Credit – Fiaz Farrelly
Irish extreme metallers CHOSEN are premiering their latest track ‘Defective Prospection’ on MetalMusicArchives.com at the following link here . The track features guest vocals from Jackie Mc Nally and sound samples from Paul Allen and will be on the band’s upcoming debut album ‘Resolution’ set for release on March 30th as a FREE DOWNLOAD on their official website www.chosen.ie along with it being available on CD in two special editions.
Produced by Alwyn Walker, ‘Resolution’ is a reflection of sheer perseverance and innovation, brimming with top-notch musicianship, well-crafted arrangements and inventive hooks. Merged with a rich audio production value, void of the sterile, homogeneous and plastic instrumentation factor, which currently dominates the commercial metal market, this debut album from one of Ireland’s noteworthy metal bands is a truly refreshing piece of work.
Drummer / Percussionist David McCann comments:
“Our hope is to put our music out there, make it as accessible as possible, and simply let people discover it in their own time, free of charge. While we do respect the rights of other bands and artists who want to charge for their music upfront, we believe in this new method of exposure and it’s something we are willing to explore for the foreseeable future in this digital age of abundance.”
About Special Edition CDs:
The Deluxe Special Edition is a double CD that features a 9-track bonus disc of unreleased songs, rough mixes, drum and bass tracks taken from their album sessions along with a detailed album booklet.
The Collector’s Edition is a spawn of the Deluxe Special Edition that includes a beautiful 60-page, full colour soft cover booklet, extensive liner notes, lyrical themes and illustrations for each song, rare photos, studio diaries and more, all exhibited within an exquisite tapestry of expanded album artwork courtesy of Fiaz Farrelly making it a must have item for those who want something a little more tangible to add to their music collection.
CHOSEN will also be holding a competition on the album release day, where they will be giving away three copies of the Deluxe Special Edition. To enter, contestants must email their full name to competition@chosen.ie for their chance to win, with the option of having a personal message of your choice inscribed inside the booklets if they choose.
The winners will be announced the day of the album release on March 30th. The closing date for entry is March 28th.
Track Listing
1. Engines of Belief
2. Defective Prospection
3. The Narcissism Epidemic
4. Mental Clarity
5. Diminishment
6. Instinct
7. Asch’s Paradigm
8. Metaphysical Contradiction
9. The Departure Lounge
Streaming Links
– Youtube – Engines of Belief – http://youtu.be/_3yh5QitXjY
– Soundcloud – Engines of Belief – http://soundcloud.com/chosenmetal/01-engines-of-belief
– Free Download – Engines of Belief – http://chosen.ie/01%20Engines%20of%20Belief.mp3
– Behind The Scenes In Studio With CHOSEN – http://youtu.be/PwNkRLpmmh0
For more info on CHOSEN, please visit these links:
Chosen.ie | Facebook.com/chosenmetal | Twitter @chosenmetal
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