January | 2014 |

Rank	Artist	Title	Label
1	KEN mode *	Entrench	New Damage
2	Voivod *	Target Earth	Century Media
3	Fatality *	*Psychonaut*	Self-Released
4	Pissed Jeans	Honeys	Sub Pop
5	Iceage	You’re Nothing	Matador
6	Death Valley Driver *	Graveyard Dead	Diminished Fifth
7	TV Freaks *	Two	Schizophrenic
8	Ghost	Infestissumam	Loma Vista
9	Black Sabbath	13	Universal
10	Anciients *	Snakebeard	War On Music
11	Anciients *	Heart of Oak	Season Of Mist
12	Kvelertak	Meir	Roadrunner
13	Chariots of the Gods *	*Tides of War*	Self-Released
14	Bad Religion	True North	Epitaph
15	Protest The Hero *	Volition	Sony
16	Carcass	Surgical Steel	Nuclear Blast
17	Bison B.C. *	Lovelessness	Metal Blade
18	The Ketamines *	You Can’t Serve Two Masters	Mammoth Cave
19	Sanktuary *	*Something Fierce*	Spread the Metal
20	Cunter *	27	New Damage

Kolony – Sledge (2014)

R.I.Y.L. = NWOBHM, Megadeth, Metallica

Release Date: November 14, 2014
Label: Self Release
Distribution: Bandcamp, iTunes
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Contacts: PR Rep – Jon Asher – ashermedia[@]gmail.com

Radio Promotions – radiotrackingashermedia[@]gmail.com

Management / Bookings – kolonymusic[@]hotmail.com – 514-594-8338

Tour Dates | KolonyMusic.com | Facebook | Reverbnation| Youtube

Buy Links: Bandcamp

Press Photo | Download Album Cover | Download Album Lyrics

“All these guys songs are equally hummable and skull crushing, kind of like they took some power ballads and scorched them to perfection. And you have to love an album concept like the one they’ve chosen, one which calls for the dismantling of the current societal system in favor of a Metalhead’s world view. The lyrics convey this in an excellent and evocative way that really is convincing to me. Let me impart some of this wisdom by saying “Sledge that Shit”.” – Absolute Underground Mag

“All four band members are great musicians and more importantly, great song-writers….There’s an optimistic ‘up’ sound to their music, which is great. The concept here is about building a better society, away from materialism, in harmony with nature. Great cover art too – these things matter.” – Hellbound

“Every once in a while a CD will land on my doorstep that reminds me what the true spirit of “heavy metal” is all about. In this case that CD is Sledge by Montreal shredders Kolony. The group embodies the qualities that make up what can be considered the stereotypical, or “mass perception” style of heavy metal. Driving rhythms, shredding solos and plenty of parts sure to get the head banging.” – Hellbound

“What a monster of an album Sledge is. Kolony is a very talentful band that brings its own original mix of metal to the table, setting its own path and distancing itself from the rest of the province’s metal scene.” – Metal Made In Canada

“La beauté de l’album Sledge est surtout au niveau de la grande virtuosité des musiciens, la qualité de la production et l’immense souplesse face aux nombreux changements de registre dans toutes les chansons de l’album…Si tu sens que Trivium t’a abandonné avec leur dernière offrande, poigne-toi le nouvel album de Kolony!” – Voir

“Three things from Canada that make our lives better: hockey, the movie Strange Brew, and now the band Kolony with a nice, new album.” – National Rock Review

“Quebec’s finest release this year… ‘Sledge’ is an absolute roller-coaster of a ride that will get blood pumping and moshpits working overtime, hell this is insanity in physical form!! AIEEEEEE!!!!!” – Global Metal Apocalypse

“Metal music merits much more credit than being referred to as an outdated 80/90s whim, such is the message conveyed by the Canadian band KOLONY in their album “Sledge”, bonding old school musical features with XXIst century lyrics, tackling modern social, economic and political issues.” – Metal Temple

“The band has amazing talent! … We are not dealing with beginners here!” – MusikUniverse

“Fast, tight, powerful, original, clean, melodic, happy and mean at the same time…Wow!” – P.E. Drolet, Power Slaves

1 – I Realize (1:20)
2 – The Trial (3:36)
3 – Trust and Live (4:04)
4 – Echoes (4:06)
5 – Modern Hero (4:06)
6 – Anthem (5:42)
7 – Escape (4:47)
8 – I Don’t Care (5:23)
9 – Road (4:23)
10 – Monopoly (3:10)
11 – Sledge That Shit (4:16)
Album Length: 44:57

Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Kolony
• All songs written by: Kolony
• Produced by: Jef Fortin and Kolony
• Mixed by: Jef Fortin
• Mastered by: Jef Fortin

L-R – Antony: Drum | Myk: Bass, Back Vocals | Maxxx: Lead Guitar, Back Vocals | Reno: Vocals, Rythm Guitar

(Photo Credit: Mihaela Petrescu)

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BIO:

Best described as crafting melodic rock metal, Montreal outfit Kolony believes in doing things a little differently.

Boldly combining elements of old school metal, NWOBHM, modern metal and rock, the band loves fast tempos, melodic vocals and all-around high-octane music with each track coming from the heart and reflecting the way its members think about the world.

Setting out to write a full-length album at the start of 2013, Kolony arrived at its latest record, Sledge due out on November 14, 2014.

“The message of the album is one of building a new society,” explains vocalist /guitarist Reno Benoit. “It’s a call to destroy our current pyramidal system and to rebuild another world. It’s a call to go back to more human values. We want to feel that we live in a world in harmony with the earth; we don’t want to be the slaves of modernity as we feel we are right now.”

Suffice it to say, heavy metal fans along with the new generation of metalheads and mainstream rock fans will all be able to find themselves in the music of Sledge.

Discography
2014 – Sledge

Shows, Tours, Festivals plus Bands shared stage w/

2013
Dec 8th – Katacombes, Montreal with The Unconscious Mind
Nov 25th – Top Musique, Live @ Musique Plus
Nov 19th – Pub St-Maurice, Repentigny with Hey Sugar
Nov 14th – Top Musique, Live @ Musique Plus
Nov 9th – Rock le Stage, Trois-Rivières with Death Lullaby
Oct 5th – Club Soda, Montreal with Wishmaster
May 4th – L’Olympia, Montreal with MADE IN IRON
Mar. 29th – Rock Cafe Stage, Trois-Rivières with Reanimator
Mar. 9th – Le Barock, St-Jean with La Corriveau
Mar. 1st – Underworld, Montreal with 9th State
Feb. 16th – l’Agite, Quebec with Farsight
Jan. 12th – Bar le Magog, Sherbrooke with Killitorous

2012
Nov. 30th – Bar l’Élite, St-Lazare with Duo Rock On
Nov. 14th – Katacombes, Montreal – Heavy MTL launching event
Nov. 2nd – L’Attraction, Victoriaville with Openfieldz
Oct. 6th – Grimoire, Granby with Go le Hibou
Sep. 29th – Le Trash, St-Hyacinthe with Anonymus
Sep. 28th – Katacombes, Montreal with Power Slaves
Aug. 18th – Festival du Triangle Noir, St-Césaire with Grim Skunk, Mononc Serge
Jul. 27th – Festival de la Truite, St-Philémon
Jul. 21th – International de Motocross, Ste-Julie, Dance Laury Dance
Jul. 4th – Petit Campus, Montreal – Monstrous Metal Mayhem
May 19th – Le Trash, St-Hyacinthe with Wishmaster
May 12th – L’Alizé, Montreal with Opened Fist
May 5th – L’Agité, Montreal with Wishmaster
Mar. 16th – Salle la Scène, St-Hyacinthe with Alcoholica
Mar. 10th – Le Trash, St-Hyacinthe with Opened Fist & Bookakee
Feb. 25th – Salle Communautaire, Buckland with Dance Laury Dance
Feb. 11th – L’Agité, Quebec with La Corriveau
Jan. 21th – Pub de la Place, Montreal – Kolony CD release show

2011
Dec. 17th – Le Trash, St-Hyacinthe with Instanzia
Dec.10th – Hémisphère Gauche, Montreal with DOH
Nov. 25th – Café Chaos, Montreal with Ogenix
Oct. 22nd – Piranha Bar, Montreal with Alone Against Rome
Oct. 15th – Dagobert, Quebec – Omnium du Rock
Sep. 9th – Le Dôme, St-Jean sur Richelieu with Under Aspect
Aug. 19th – Le Trash, St-Hyacinthe with Virulys
Jul. 23rd – Le National, Montreal – LME Event

Here’s the playlist for the second of the Review Of 2014 shows. This list includes the person who chose each Top 10 (well, Top 6 for Jim!):

Contributor	Number	Band	Album	Track
Cat	10	Until Dawn	Horizon	The Trial
Cat	9	Tribune	Tales	Vengeance
Cat	8	Amon Amarth	Deceiver of the Gods	As Loke Falls
Cat	7	Five Finger Death Punch	The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell, Vol 1	Lift Me Up
Cat	6	Scar The Martyr	Scar The Martyr	My Retribution
Cat	5	Amorphis	Circle	Into the Abyss
Cat	4	Devildriver	Winter Kills	The Appetite
Cat	3	American Head Charge	Shoot	Writhe
Cat	2	Killswitch Engage	Disarm the Descent	You don’t bleed for me
Cat	1	Five Finger Death Punch	The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell, Vol 2	Weight Beneath My Sin

Rick	10	Haken	The Mountain	Cockroach King
Rick	9	Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart	See Saw	Nutbush City Limits
Rick	8	Monster Magnet	Last Patrol	Hallelujah
Rick	7	Dream Theater	Dream Theater	Illumination Theory
Rick	6	Pearl Jam	Lightning Bolt	Let The Records Play
Rick	5	Black Star Riders	All Hell Breaks Loose	Blues Ain’t So Bad
Rick	4	Deep Purple	Now What?!	Hell to Pay
Rick	3	Black Sabbath	13	Loner
Rick	2	Gary Clarke Jnr	Black And Blue	Ain’t Messin’ Round
Rick	1	Prog Collective	Epilogue	Adding Fuel to the Fire

Jim	6	Hiidenhauta	Surma Saapuu Suota Myöten	Varjot
Jim	5	Falkenbach	Asa	Ufirstanan Folk
Jim	4	Ereb Altor	Fire Meets Ice	Fire Meets Ice
Jim	3	Fyrdsman	Omen In The Sky	Woven Fate
Jim	2	Appalachian Winter	Ghosts Of The Mountains	The Cemetery Where Slaves Lie Buried
Jim	1	Thyrfing	De Ödeslösa	Relik

		Clutch	Earth Rocker	Earth Rocker

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