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0 Skull Fracturing Metal – Striker – Stand In The Fire

  • December 23, 2015
  • by Asher
  • · Striker

http://skullfracturingmetal.blogspot.ca/2015/12/striker-stand-in-fire.html

0 Yukon Power Thrashers SANKTUARY Offer Free Download ‘Corpse Blockade’ via PureGrainAudio; New Album ‘Winter’s Doom’ Out Jan 22nd

  • December 22, 2015
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · Sanktuary

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Yukon Power Thrashers SANKTUARY  Offer Free Download ‘Corpse Blockade’ via PureGrainAudio

New Album ‘Winter’s Doom’ Out Jan 22nd

 

L-R: Anders Grasholm – Drums | Cole Hume – Bass | Alan Binger – Vocals, Guitar | Glen Emond – Guitar

     Power thrash champions SANKTUARY are returning in 2016 with their new album ‘Winters Doom’ to follow up 2013’s widely praised ‘Something Fierce’.Set to be unleashed on January 22nd, the Yukon warriors of the Canadian North have teamed up with PureGrainAudio.com for the premiere and FREEdownload of their second single ‘Corpse Blockade’.

Bassist Cole Hume explains the track:

“A Necromancer summons the dead and forms a wall of corpses as his entourage. Moral of the story…don’t fuck with this Necromancer.”

Get your FREE download of ‘Corpse Blockade’ at the following link: http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/sanktuary-corpse-blockade-free-song-download 

‘Winter’s Doom’ is available for pre-order at the following bandcamp link here.

1. Space Race (4:30) [Bravewords]
2. Wild Is The Wind (4:12)
3. Vermin Lord (6:50)
4. Winter’s Doom (3:39)
5. Open Your Eyes (4:40)
6. Corpse Blockade (4:15)
7. Maximum Authority (4:46)
Album Length: 32:55

About:

Power thrash champions SANKTUARY hail from the harsh and blisteringly cold of the deep far North of Canada’s Yukon Territory situating themselves in the city of Whitehorse (pretty far north, like the Siberia of Canada eh!). They have been trekking across the country for the past 6 years to bring their fierce and dynamic high speed riffs, catchy hooks, and belted out lyrics to the metal crowds.

A collective vision that began in high school with a group of like-minded teens fed up with the constraints of mainstream music who wanted to emulate the lifestyles of their favourite bands. Their straight-forward, no-bullshit attitudes shape their signature brand of heavy metal, which has led them to release the full length, 2013’s ‘Something Fierce’ that reached #19 on the national college radio loud charts, 2011’s ‘Tundrastruck’ split with Nova Scotia’s Black Moor and Montreal’s Metallian plus two EPs 2010’s ‘Black Magic’ and 2009’s self-titled.

Members of the band write harmoniously, basing each song off of a key riff from either Alan Binger (vocals and guitar), Glen Emond (guitar), or Cole Hume (bass), and then Anders Grasholm (drums) works his magic on the rhythm of each tune.

2016 see the band’s return with their sophomore album ‘Winter’s Doom’ set for release on January 22nd, 2016. The album features seven killer high speed, breakneck thrash metal tracks inspired by the Yukon’s far North they call home along with other issues such as politics, technology, etc..

“In the title track and album cover we portray ourselves as heavy metal warriors thriving in a habitat where most would perish instantaneously.That’s our homeland, the Yukon.” comments the band.

Stay tuned for what Sanktuary has to offer for fans! Visit their Facebook page for more details at www.facebook.com/sanktuarymetal.

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0 BarsnBands.com – Silent Line CD Release with Ravage Red and Tides Of Kharon

  • December 22, 2015
  • by Asher
  • · Silent Line

http://barsnbands.net/listings/events/28486/%20Silent%20Line%20CD%20Release%20with%20Ravage%20Red%20and%20Tides%20Of%20Kharon/

0 Fuck The Facts​ #26 on The Top 100! Pretty stoked! Thanks CJLO – 1690AM​

  • December 22, 2015
  • by Asher
  • · Fuck The Facts

Fuck The Facts​ #26 on The Top 100! Pretty stoked! Thanks CJLO – 1690AM​ http://www.cjlo.com/articles/cjlo-top-100-mmxv

0 The Killchain Blog – Odium – Terraform

  • December 22, 2015
  • by Asher
  • · Odium

https://thoseonceloyal.wordpress.com/2015/12/22/review-odium-terraform/

0 Soundsgood Webzine – Silent Line – Shattered Shores

  • December 22, 2015
  • by Asher
  • · Silent Line

http://www.soundsgoodwebzine.com/#!Silent-Line-Shores-Shattered-Autoproduzione/c1di9/56757e2c0cf203da56e510f6

0 Seattle Prog Metal RHINE Premiere New Single ‘Paralyzed’ Via PureGrainAudio; New Album ‘An Outsider’ Due Out Feb 5th, 2016

  • December 22, 2015
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · Rhine

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Montreal, QC – December 22, 2015

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Seattle Prog Metal RHINE Premiere New Single ‘Paralyzed’ Via PureGrainAudio

New Album ‘An Outsider’ Due Out Feb 5th, 2016

L-R – Gabe Tachell – Guitar/Vocals, James Porter – Bass, Carlos Delgado – Drums, Alex Smolin – Guitar – Photo Credit – Megan Treasure – MeganTreasure.com

An Outsider – Trailer Video here.

Album Pre-Order – http://rhine.bandcamp.com 

      Seattle’s RHINE has teamed up with PureGrainAudio.com for the premiere of their first single ‘Paralyzed’ off their upcoming album ‘An Outsider’ due out on February 5th, 2016.

The track can be heard at the following link: http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/rhine-paralyzed-exclusive-song-stream-premiere 

Commented vocalist/guitarist Gabe Tachell about the song:

“The single “Paralyzed” by Rhine is all about tension and release. The theme is about personal experiences with sleep paralysis. This song gives people a well rounded Rhine experience, showing both the dissonant and heavy as well as the light and pretty side of the music. It’s a very dynamic song that features a completely improvised solo plus a clean section that turns from sweet sounding finger picking into rock ‘n roll then back into an epic metal ending with a monotonous slow outro that represents the idea of being stuck in paralysis.”

‘An Outsider’ is the follow up RHINE‘s 2011 debut ‘Duality’, which was first a solo effort by band founder Gabriel Tachell (guitar and vocals) whom is now joined by Alex Smolin on guitar (ex-Metameric), James Porter on bass (Ideofone), and Carlos Delgado (Inferion, ex-Death Crowned King) to collaborate on this project.

Track Listing of Album: RHINE – An Outsider
1. Dreaming of Death (11:46)
2. The Spell of Dark Water (6:20)
3. An Outsider (10:05)
4. Somewhere (3:59)
5. Paralyzed (10:50)
6. Dissolved in Fire (7:53)
7. P.R.E.Y. (5:31)
8. Into the Unknown (6:34)
9. Shipwrecked In Stasis (3:02)
10. Fragments (8:21)
About:
Seattle’s Rhine are seamlessly connecting German thrash metal with Swedish death metal much like their namesake, the Rhine River. The founder of the group Gabriel Tachell named it such for its simplicity and as a metaphor for fluidity and change. The band started in 2011 with the release of their first album ‘Duality’ which was at first a solo effort by Tachell (guitar and vocals) and eventually led to a full band. He is now joined by Alex Smolin on guitar (ex-Metameric), James Porter on bass (Ideofone), and Carlos Delgado (Inferion, ex-Death Crowned King) to collaborate on this project.
Rhine are primarily producing epic, progressive songs and yet others flow to the mouth of the river where there is a culmination of black, death, and thrash metal, occasionally tinged with classical, folk and other styles. The band has a certain frantic unpredictability in terms of songwriting and structure while the moody vocals gently ride over the extreme precision of the guitar, drum, and bass. The four-piece are experimental in their intentions, yet melodically and rhythmically catchy with the delivery. Tachell is the primary inspiration for the current material, referencing experiences in his life from emotional turmoil, health issues, fairy tales, to dreams of finding corpses floating in a swamp. Their interesting themes and energetic music has been evolving into a unique and distinctive sound.
Live, Rhine is an unbridled horse that emotes a nervous uncertainty of what is next compositionally and emotionally. The band bases their performance on the backbone of the band — guitar, vocals, bass, and drums, and they definitely don’t shy away from the challenges of playing music like this live without the help of backing tracks. Their latest release ‘An Outsider’ is slated for February 5, 2016 and while it may not be heavier than the previous release, it is certainly more advanced in terms of playing, songwriting, vocal performance and production. It includes tracks featuring german lyrics, completely improvised solos and an overall human-ness that is often lost amongst other high level metal productions in this age of quantizing and autotuning. Rhine are one band that has grown into a machine that is not to be missed.
For more info, please visit www.RhineOfficial.com.
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0 Pitchfork – Fuck The Facts #1 on Staff Lists: The Best Metal Albums of 2015

  • December 21, 2015
  • by Asher
  • · Fuck The Facts

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9772-the-best-metal-albums-of-2015/2/

0 Symphonic Viking Metal VALFREYA Launch Indiegogo For 2016 Album ‘Promised Land’

  • December 21, 2015
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · Valfreya

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Symphonic Viking Metal VALFREYA Launch Indiegogo For 2016 Album ‘Promised Land’

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Official Cover JPG

Indiegogo – https://www.indiegogo.com/at/Valfreya

Promo Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48EoGa8YD8c

       Montreal, QC female fronted symphonic viking metal band VALFREYA are reaching out to fans and friends for advance support via an Indiegogo campaign to aid in recording and releasing their 2016 album ‘Promised Land’ to follow up 2013’s ‘Acoustic Chronicles’ and 2012’s ‘Path To Eternity’ released on Maple Metal Records, which can be heard here, along with videos ‘Confront Immensity’, ‘Odin’s Fury’, ‘Alefest’. The release will be a story line album about a conqueror and his warriors who came from the North to leave a glorious legacy for his people and the memory that his name deserves. He will discover his promised land, but will also meet Odin’s divine wrath. A preview of two demo tracks off the album has been posted at the following links below.

Great Sons of Warlord – https://youtu.be/YhItZ0LTk3E

Peuple du Nord – https://youtu.be/uXegs9yr7MM

“We’re looking to gather funds for the recording of our second full length album, which we plan to go in studio for around March 2016. We’re pretty happy with what we were able to do with limited funds on our first album and EP, but we want to raise the bar much higher for the next one with quality of production, better marketing and more merch for fans. Plus, with this campaign we’re looking to gain more exposure so we can encourage opportunities of playing where the fans want to see us! Even a simple share to supports us is much appreciated!’ comments vocalist Korrinn.

The Indiegogo campaign will offer fans various perks in return for their support starting from as little as $5 for a farmer’s fealty to up to $550 for the raiders plunder. Full details can be found here.

Where the money goes:

Here’s how the costs all break down:

Recording, mixing, and mastering

Marketing

500 CDs with inserts

The rest goes towards new quality t-shirts, stickers, etc

All funds raised here will go towards the production costs of the records, CDs, shirts, and shipping costs. Any additional funds raised will go towards bonus goodies like stickers, koozies, buttons, etc.

For more info, please visit www.valfreyametal.com.

Upcoming Shows:

Feb 5 – Bar L’Autre Zone – Quebec City, QC w/ Aeternam, Trollwar, Merkabah

Feb 6 – Le Stage – Trois Rivieres, QC

Feb 27 – Piranha Bar – Diva Fest – Montreal, QC –

 

About:

Valfreya is a symphonic Viking metal band from Montréal, Quebec, Canada. The band was created in February 2009 by Korrinn (Corinne Cardinal), female singer and main composer. Her compositions have a much more aggressive musical sound than typical folk metal. Over the years many members joined and left to finally settle with the band’s current lineup who all bring their own musical ideas to the group.

Their first EP offers a lively, energetic and epic music which will quench listeners’ musical thirst with a both symphonic and beautiful yet powerful style.

They released the full album “Path to Eternity” on February 2012 on the label “Maple Metal Records”.

This album will carry you to an era of myths and legends. It delivers a catchy and aggressive epic style within the Viking folk metal genre. “Path to Eternity” is an impressive piece of work on all levels; music, concept and artwork. It will not only please folk metal fans but also those in need of a good dose of mead with their daily brutality.

The Viking metallers have put aside their electric guitars and released a totally acoustic EP entitled “Acoustic Chronicles” in May 2013, supported by many acoustic live shows.

The band is currently working on a new album to be released next spring 2016.

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0 Feelcore – Critique: World In Decay du groupe Fallen Angels

  • December 21, 2015
  • by Asher
  • · Fallen Angels

http://www.feelcore.ca/site/scenes/internationale/critique-world-in-decay-du-groupe-fallen-angels/

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