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0 UNTIL DAWN Announce ‘The Alberta Horizon Crusade Tour’; Offer Free Download ‘This Fallen Fortress’ From Upcoming Album ‘Horizon’

July 11, 2013
by Asher
· Until Dawn

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UNTIL DAWN Announce ‘The Alberta Horizon Crusade Tour’; Offer Free Download ‘This Fallen Fortress’ From Upcoming Album ‘Horizon’

(L-R) – Steve White – Guitar, Darren Ehler – Bass, Adam Macleod – Vocals, Luke Worrell – Drums, Deke Worrell – Guitar (Photo Credit = Barrett Klesko – FadeBlack Studios United)

Until Dawn‘s intense energy, intoxicating guitar riffs along with their lively stage shows has shown that their location in the remote northern depths of Fort McMurray, Alberta will not slow them down as they announce they will be touring Alberta this August for‘The Alberta Horizon Crusade Tour’, which will include a performance at this year’sFarmageddon Festival and Loud As Hell Festival. The band’s new album ‘Horizon’ is set for release on Tuesday, August 6th with the band offering the first single ‘This Fallen Fortress’ as a free download on PureGrainAudio.com here.

Vocalist Adam Macleod comments:

“We started working on Horizon two years ago, and the concept came together fast. As a touring band, we are always staring into the horizon geared towards the next show. That’s what we are trying to convey with our next record. We spent an immense amount of time writing and doing pre-production to ensure we lived up to our own expectations and our fans. We believe this is the best representation of what Until Dawn is right now. We are extremely proud and excited to get this record to our fans, to make new ones and hit the road to play the new songs live.

Our single ‘This Fallen Fortress’ started as a song about being from Fort McMurray and the struggles we face as a band secluded so far north. But quickly turn into being about gaining strength through out any obstacle you are faced with. We as a band believe you can find strength and perseverance in any situation, and turn it into a positive. Let this dawn awaken.”

Mixing the sound of modern metal and classic rock, brothers Luke and Deke Worrell, with Adam MacLeod and Steve White have created a thirteen track exploder that appeals to both young and old alike.

TOUR DATES: THE ALBERTA HORIZON CRUSADE TOUR

Aug 2 – Fort McMurray, AB – TBA – CD Release Party

Aug 4 – Ryley, AB (Edmonton area) – Farmageddon Open Air – Show Details

Aug 22 – Calgary, AB – Dicken’s Pub

Aug 23 – Red Deer, AB – Slumland Theater

Aug 24 – Drumheller, AB – Loud As Hell Festival – Show Details

Aug 26 – Grande Prairie, AB – Better Than Fred’s

Aug 27 – Barrhead, AB – TBA

Aug 28 – Edmonton, AB – Rendezvous Pub

Track Listing: Horizon

1. Roamers And Lurkers
2. Strings Of The Dammed
3. The Red Sun Rises This Day
4. Third Knee
5. This Fallen Fortress
6. A Conjurer Of Cheap Tricks
7. DNR
8. Time Tested Fortune
9. The Trial
10. Polar Parallels
11. Horizon
12. WM3
13. Richard

About: Until Dawn released their self titled debut in 2011 to great success having their hit single “Table and The Plastic” get steady rotation on local Rock 97.9FM. With that strong support the band was able to successfully tour Western Canada, which included festival performances and sharing the stage with such as acts as rock legends KISS, Korn, Volbeat, Billy Talent, A Day To Remember, Hell Yeah, All Else Fails, Fozzy, Ill Scarlett, 3 Inches of Blood and Striker where they wowed audiences with their own brand of modern metal.

Releasing their sophomore album in 2013, Until Dawn is building on their previous success and setting new plans to bring their music to larger audiences around the world. All in all, Until Dawn is melodic metal at its finest, and this is just the beginning.

For more info, please visit these links:

http://www.untildawn.ca/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Until-Dawn/116659511682711

https://twitter.com/UntilDawnMusic

0 CRIMSON SHADOWS Announce Western Canadian Crusade Tour w/ Vesperia

July 11, 2013
by Asher
· Spread The Metal Fest · Wacken Metal Battle Canada

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CRIMSON SHADOWS Announce Western Canadian Crusade Tour w/ Vesperia

Canadian epic metal bands CRIMSON SHADOWS recent winner ofWacken Metal Battle Canada and VESPERIA have announced plans to join forces on their first trans-continental tour entitled WESTERN CRUSADE CANADIAN TOUR! This August, VESPERIA & CRIMSON SHADOWS will hit the trans-Canada Highway from Southern Ontario to Victoria, British Columbia and back in stoic determination to bring their epic metal assault Canada-wide!

Check out the event page here https://www.facebook.com/events/670585162966905/?fref=ts

Dates:

August 5th – Winnipeg, Manitoba – The Zoo
event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/511929955529675/

August 7th – Calgary, Alberta – Dickens Pub

August 9th – Victoria, British Columbia – TBA

August 10th – Vancouver, British Columbia – Rickshaw Theatre
event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/535382993191842/

August 12th – TBA

August 14th – Edmonton, Alberta – DV8 Tavern

August 16th – Medicine Hat, Alberta – Liquid Niteclub

August 17th – Winnipeg, Manitoba – TBA

Prior to their upcoming tour, CRIMSON SHADOWS will be on their way to North Germany to take part in the International Wacken Metal Battle at the world’s largest metal festival – WACKEN OPEN AIR.

CRIMSON SHADOWS’ upcoming EP ‘SAILS OF DESTINY’ was recorded at Icehouse Studios in Goderich by Thomas Ireland (Battlesoul). Orchestrations and mixing on the EP were done by Jonathan Francois-Leduc (Blackguard, Ex-Deo) in Montreal, QC. The cover artwork was done by JM Ringuet, whose art credits include TURISAS.

To pre-order the new EP, please visit the following link:http://crimsonshadows.bandcamp.com.

Teaser – ‘Sails Of Destiny’ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzx2NWJr1Fk

Music Video – Beyond The Mountain Wasteland – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W65LfLPt5rM

Music Video (2012) – Lost In A Dark Forest – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtqEiN6AmDI

VESPERIA‘s new album AN OLDEN TALE was recorded between October 2012 and March 2013 with Thomas Ireland (Icehouse Studios, Battlesoul)in Goderich, ON. The cover artwork for the album was done by Jan Yrlund, whose art credits include TYR, KORPIKLAANI, MANOWAR & APOCALYPTICA. AN OLDEN TALE will be available later this July on the band’s Bandcamp and Bigcartel at the following locations: http://vesperia.bandcamp.com

http://vesperia.bigcartel.com

Vesperia – The Swordsman – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyDyMvAu2CY

0 Metal-Temple – Sanktuary – Something Fierce

July 10, 2013
by Asher
· Sanktuary

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0 RockEnCuba – Sanktuary – Something Fierce

July 10, 2013
by Asher
· Sanktuary

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0 WHERE GIANTS ONCE STOOD Pre-Order Available For Debut EP ‘The Changing’; Toronto Date w/ Chelsea Grin, Veil of Maya, IWRESTLEDABEARONCE

July 10, 2013
by Asher
· Where Giants Once Stood

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WHERE GIANTS ONCE STOOD Pre-Order Available For Debut EP ‘The Changing’; Toronto Date w/ Chelsea Grin, Veil of Maya, IWRESTLEDABEARONCE

Toronto, ON metallers WHERE GIANTS ONCE STOOD have announced that their upcoming debut EP ‘The Changing’ set for release on Tuesday, July 30th is now available for pre-order on iTunes here.

The band has released a lyric video ‘Secrets’ and music video ‘The Heavens Tremble’ in support of the release at the following links below.

Lyric Video – Secrets – http://youtu.be/n-_FaGZJM_I

New music video ‘The Heavens Tremble’ – http://youtu.be/PtdQd3Zu8Mo

Soundcloud stream – The Heavens Tremble – https://soundcloud.com/where-giants-once-stood/the-heavens-tremble

Soundcloud stream – Secrets – https://soundcloud.com/where-giants-once-stood/secrets

In additional news, WGOS will be sharing the stage next week with Chelsea Grin, Veil of Maya and IWRESTLEDABEARONCE in Toronto, ON on Wednesday, July 17th at The Annex Wreckroom. For more info, please visit the following event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/509276002479385/

Shedding their skin of years past, when they were known as Absence of Fear and shared the stage with such established bands as Periphery, The Human Abstract and Stray from the Path. Reborn, re-amped and heading your way, WGOS are setting themselves apart from the herd with their seven-track assault on the senses, ‘The Changing’. The EP hurtles towards the future of metal without ever forgetting its roots, fusing traditional guitar solos, technical riffing, screaming vocals and soaring melodic choruses with modern breakdowns and electronic samples.
WGOS Album Front
1. Awakening
2. The Heavens Tremble
3. Secrets
4. Disbelievers
5. A Broken Memory
6. Transition
7. The Changing

Show Dates:

July 17 – Toronto, ON – Annex Wreckroom – Show Details w/ Chelsea Grin, Veil of Maya, IWRESTLEDABEARONCE

For more info, please visit these following links:

facebook.com/wheregiantsoncestood

@WGOSofficial

youtube.com/WhereGiantsOnceStood

Pre-Order – https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/where-giants-once-stood/id648026358

0 FATALITY featured on Army OF One TV – Podcast #2 (July 8, 2013)

July 9, 2013
by Asher
· Fatality

0 About.com – New Heavy Metal Album Reviews: July 9, 2013 – Final Trigger

July 9, 2013
by Asher
· Final Trigger

http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/tp/New-Heavy-Metal-Album-Reviews-July-9-2013.htm

0 KILL MATILDA Announce Vancouver Show Date; Seek Fan Votes For CFOX 99.3FM Vancouver Seeds

July 9, 2013
by Asher
· Kill Matilda

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Punk Zombie Hunting Riot Band KILL MATILDA Announce Vancouver Show Date; Seek Fan Votes For CFOX 99.3FM Vancouver Seeds

Vancouver punk zombie hunting riot band Kill Matilda are proud to announce they will be performing on Sunday, July 14th at The Media Club with Brazil’s 7-piece symphonic metal band Santuarium along with local female fronted symphonic metal band Celestial Ruin.

Show Details:

The Media Club, 695 Cambie Street, Vancouver, B

Doors: 8:30pm – Show: 9pm – Cover: $10 – 19+

Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/575246069163574/

In additional news, Kill Matilda has entered the CFOX 99.3FM Vancouver Seeds contest and are seeking fan votes to reach the 20th battling slot in the competition where the winner will perform 5 tour dates with the Sam Roberts Band, $10,000 in tour support from CFOX, $10,000 in gear from Long & McQuade plus recording and production of 5 song EP with famed producer Garth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chil Peppers, Rise Against) at Nimbus School of Recording Arts and music video from Brass Tack Films.

Vote for Kill Matilda to be Band #20 NOW at http://cfox.supernova.com/Kill-Matilda

Voting ends Friday, July 19th at 11:59pm. You can vote once per day.

Music Videos

She’s A Killer: http://youtu.be/KUqS_hbgUDc

kill matilda - she's a killer - official music video

Fault Lines: http://youtu.be/0YA0ZI-TkLo

For more info, please visit these links:

www.killmatilda.com

http://wwww.facebook.com/killmatilda

Twitter: @KillMatilda

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/kill-matilda/id3779468

About: Kill Matilda just can’t sit still. But since they’re on an ass-kicking mission to find revenge, who can really blame them?

Touring and moving around their native country relentlessly, Kill Matilda has called B.C., Quebec and Ontario home over the years, making it exceptionally clear that they mean business. As the journey to kill Matilda continues, the title of the band’s first full-length album says it all: I Want Revenge.

Charged with the task of clearing the nation of a spreading zombie epidemic after a life or death encounter one fateful night, Kill Matilda is rising to the challenge of zombie management. Specially trained to combat these unruly creatures, Kill Matilda is armed with two incomparable, indestructible, advantageous tools: their bone-crushing music and front woman Dusty Exner’s famous cookies.

Showcasing the energy, power and adrenaline-soaked insanity Kill Matilda is famous for, I Want Revenge was recorded at Vancouver’s Nimbus Studios after the band’s self-titled DIY EP won over Garth Richardson and the students of Nimbus. Their knowledge of KM’s top-secret mission may or may not also have been a deciding factor.

The result? An album that was built on their preceding EP’s strengths and squashes its weaknesses. “Being able to have someone as committed and talented as Wes Kennedy to trust with bringing our sound to another level really shines through on this record,” comments bassist Mykel Exner. “We knew what sound we wanted to hear and Wes had no issues taking all the extra steps to bring it to life.”

For anyone who chooses to tempt fate and not pick up I Want Revenge, or anyone who opts to not support KM’s zombiecide mission, you’ve been warned – Kill Matilda may be coming for you next.

0 OUT TODAY! FINAL TRIGGER New Album ‘Skrap Metal Vol. II’; Playing Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest In Toronto July 10th

July 9, 2013
by Asher
· Final Trigger

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OUT TODAY! FINAL TRIGGER New Album ‘Skrap Metal Vol. II’; Playing Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest In Toronto July 10th

Out today! July 9th, Canadian skrap metal innovators FINAL TRIGGER drop their new album ‘Skrap Metal Vol. II’ on Boonsdale Records. Combing high-energy metal with a hip-hop feel, FINAL TRIGGER creates a unique sound and a sick vibe, with vocal hooks and anthem choruses that are undeniable to any listener. The sophomore album is the follow up to their 2009 debut ‘Skrap Metal’, which received critical acclaim in Canada and the US with success on college radio charts and their single ‘Start A Moshpit‘ receiving regular video rotation on Canada’s Much Loud.

Free Download – Face It – https://soundcloud.com/boonsdale/final-trigger-face-it-1

Music Video – ‘Face It’ – http://youtu.be/Yy1Dl0tstIE

In additional news, the band has announced they will be performing this Wednesday, July 10th at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in Toronto, ON at theMolson Canadian Amphitheatre, which includes Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, Amon Amarth, Machine Head, Children of Bodom,Behemoth, Job For A Cowboy, Battlecross and many more! (Final Trigger set time = 3:15pm)

“To play Mayhem Fest in our home city is a great opportunity and one we take very seriously. We look up to a lot of the bands on the tour and feel our music will suit perfectly alongside the likes of Rob Zombie and Five Finger Death Punch. Considering our new album officially drops today, the timing couldn’t be better.” comments Final Trigger drummer JJ Tartaglia.

Over the years FINAL TRIGGER have toured as direct support for Mushroomhead across the USA, along with sharing the stage with such acts as Suicidal Tendencies, Marilyn Manson, Dillinger Escape Plan, Protest The Hero, Baptized In Blood, Hail The Villain, Threat Signal, Slaves On Dope, Agent Orange, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Boondox and more.

Skrap Metal Vol. II – Track Listing

1. Face It
2. Through The Darkness
3. Knock Somebody Out
4. Just A Freak
5. Time I’ve Wasted
6. Everyday
7. T.H.C.

Show Dates

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 – Rockstar Mayhem Festival – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON – Show Details (Final Trigger = set time 3:15pm)

For more info, please visit these links:

http://boonsdalerecords.com/merch.html

https://www.facebook.com/finaltriggermusic

http://www.twitter.com/FINALTRIGGERx

About: FINAL TRIGGER’s story begins on ‘The Block’, nestled deep in Toronto’s urban jungle. Crime and poverty stricken, amongst a haven of thugs and deadbeats, four musically talented characters cross paths.

The spark of a lighter in a dark alley, smoking joints over the talk of escape and rebellion. A dream of a better life, where money/weed/bitches are a plenty. Free-styling with homies, rolling dirty, and dropping out of school to jam and pursue music. Most of all: a pact that would bind each member to a common cause, and entwine their fates forever. These are the fundamentals on which Final Trigger was born, and would lead it to become what it is today.

The Four Horsemen:

Lead Vocalist/Guitarist J-Roc provides the guitar-driven structures and shredding guitar solos with a tone reminiscent of Dimebag Darrell and Dave Mustaine. All while ripping vocal screams that would rival a Frankenstein of Lamb Of God, Snot and Hed PE.

Bass-man/Vocalist Fazio brings an equally heavy but funky vibe. He plays with a rock-solid presence and slap-bass style, with influences of Cliff Burton and Marcus Miller combined. Not to mention the ability to free-style vocally as if James Brown joined the Wu Tang Clan.

DJ/Vocalist Profit brings the smooth hip-hop vibe to the music, spitting savvy rhymes with old-school swagger, and tasteful keys and scratches.

Drummer extraordinaire JJ Tartaglia contributes the backbone beats and rhythms with a metal/funk style to get the groove just right. Blazing double kicks, sky-high cymbals, and a visual style unlike you’ve ever seen.

These players are the magical combination that makes Final Trigger an all-star line-up, and 2nd to none. The band believes hard in their music, and is proud to live their lyrics and image.

Music Video – Start A Moshpit – http://youtu.be/EJtqj46blWQ