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0 Glacially Musical – Death Lullaby – Wormz (Famined Records)

  • April 6, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Death Lullaby

Death Lullaby are scary, brutal, and a group of amazing writers. On a technical level this album is a ten

http://glaciallymusical.blogspot.ca/2016/04/album-review-wormz-by-death-lullabye.html

0 Canadian Beats – Montreal – Photo Review – Double Experience

  • April 6, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Double Experience

http://canadianbeats.ca/2016/04/06/photo-review-double-experience/

0 April 2016 – Rock Hard – Germany – Sanktuary – Winter’s Doom

  • April 6, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Sanktuary

April 2016 - Rock Hard - Germany - Sanktuary

0 Dioses Del Metal – Edu Falaschi – Moonlight

  • April 6, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Edu Falaschi

http://diosesdelmetal.org/criticas/novedades/7745-edu-falaschi-moonlight-2016

0 ARMSTRONG METAL FEST Add Dayglo Abortions, West of Hell To 2016 Line Up

  • April 6, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Armstrong Metal Fest · Music News

(contact info below)

NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – April 6, 2016

ArmstrongMetalFest.ca | Facebook | Twitter | Youtube | AMF Merch Online Store

ARMSTRONG METAL FEST Add Dayglo Abortions, West of Hell To 2016 Line Up

Early Bird PreSale Tickets Available Now!

Online Store Now Open!

Promo Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9zHeA2pKWs 

      Armstrong Metal Fest is proud to announce punk legends Dayglo Abortions (Victoria, BC) and West of Hell (Vancouver, BC) to join its aurally assaulting showcase of some of Western Canada’s best independent and established bands for this year’s 2016 line up with more to be announced.

 

Bands added to line up this week are the following:
Dayglo Abortions (Victoria, BC) – http://thedaygloabortions.com
West of Hell (Vancouver, BC) – https://www.facebook.com/WestofHell

Armstrong Metal Fest will be taking place on July 15th and 16th in Armstrong, BC at the Hassen Arena. This year’s fest plans to showcase a high caliber of Western Canadian and international bands. Follow event details and news at the following facebook event here or www.ArmstongMetalFest.ca.

Bands previously confirmed for AMF are the following with more to be announced at a later date:
Archspire (Vancouver, BC) – http://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/archspire
Apollyon (Kelowna, BC) – http://apollyon-ca.bandcamp.com
Apprentice (Vancouver, BC) – http://apprenticevancouver.bandcamp.com
ArkenFire (Kelowna, BC) – http://www.arkenfire.com
Black Wizard (Vancouver, BC) – http://blackwizard.bandcamp.com
BLËED (Edmonton, AB) – http://www.bleedband.com
Crucible of Scorn (Prince George, BC) – http://www.facebook.com/crucibleofscorn
Cryptic Enslavement (Nanaimo, BC) – http://crypticenslavement.bandcamp.com
DEAD ASYLUM (Vancouver, BC) – http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/deadasylum
Defiling The Nasma (Vancouver, BC) – http://defilingthenasma.bandcamp.com
DropDeadFred (Kelowna, BC) – http://dropdeadfredcanada.bandcamp.com
Entity (Winnipeg, MB) – http://entitywinnipeg.bandcamp.com
Eye of Horus (Edmonton, AB) – http://eyeofhorusofficial.bandcamp.com
Inverted Serenity (Winnipeg, MB) – http://invertedserenity.bandcamp.com
Kataplexis (Calgary, AB) – http://kataplexis.bandcamp.com
Leave the Living (Red Deer, AB) – http://www.leavetheliving.bandcamp.com
Noire (Winnipeg, MB) – http://deathboundrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dark-reverence
Nomad (Enderby, BC) – http://www.facebook.com/nomadmetalband
Nylithia (Vancouver, BC) – http://www.nylithia.com
Odinfist (Armstrong, BC) – http://odinfist.bandcamp.com

Planet Eater (Regina, SK) – http://planeteater-sk.bandcamp.com
Revenger (Vancouver, BC) – http://revengermusic.bandcamp.com
Saints of Death (Vancouver, BC) – http://www.saintsofdeath.com
Slagduster (Grand Forks, BC) – http://slagduster.com
The Mountain Man (Vancouver, BC) (Broken Neck Radio People’s Choice Award Winner) – http://mountainmanmetal.bandcamp.com
Trollband (Edmonton, AB/ Vancouver, BC) –http://www.trollband.bandcamp.com
Tyrants Demise (Winnipeg, MB) – http://tyrantsdemise.bandcamp.com
Unleash The Archers (Vancouver, BC) (Whammy Award Metal Winner) – http://www.unleashthearchers.com
Vehement Dissent (Edmonton, AB) – http://soundcloud.com/user-190217290/desolation-sound-1
W.M.D (Calgary, AB) – http://www.wmdofficial.com
XUL (Vernon, BC) – http://xulmetal.bandcamp.com

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Early Bird Presale have begun!

Tickets prices as follows:
– $90 limited early bird Presale, online only (November 1st to January 31st)
– $120 regular presale (February 1st to July 14) 
– $160 at the door.

Tickets can be purchased at the following link: https://armstrongmetalfest.ca/tickets/ 

Upcoming AMF Partner Events:

April 23 – Kelowna, BC @ Flashbacks Nightclub – West Metal Entertainment Presents w/ Kalmah, Vesperia, Xul, DropDeadFred – Event info

About:

Taking influence from Europe’s music festival circuit, Armstrong Metal Fest is a heavy metal celebration that encourages metal heads from across Canada and the globe to mosh and camp with the backdrop of great outdoors of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. What started as a backyard party in 2009 with nothing but eleven local metal bands such as Terrifier, Xul and Odinfist to name a few, has grown into a a huge success admired by the Western Canadian Metal scene. 2016 will be the eighth year of the festival and is planned to be the largest year for music and attendance yet. This year’s team of organizers known as the West Metal Entertainment Society is the most dedicated to date and are excited to present an incredible line up along with some changes to come for AMF 2016. Previous years of the festival have seen line ups with Cattle Decapitation, Suffocation, Anciients, Bison BC, Striker, Crimson Shadows, Holy Grail, Archspire, Cryptopsy, Unleash The Archers, Divinity, Into Eternity, Ninjaspy, Vesperia, XUL, Odinfist, Death Toll Rising, Gomorrah among many others .

For more info, please visit www.ArmstrongMetalFest.ca

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WCMFA:

Calgary Metal Fest – http://www.calgarymetalfest.com

Farmageddon Open Air – http://www.farmageddon.ca

Loud As Hell – http://www.loudashell.com

Sponsors:

Broken Neck Radio – http://www.brokenneckradio.com

Canada’s Extreme Metal Radio​ – http://www.xtrememetalradio.ca

Metal Master Kingdom – http://www.metalmasterkingdom.com

Metal Nation Radio – http://www.metalnationradio.com

No Messiah – http://www.nomessiah.net

PureGrainAudio – http://www.puregrainaudio.com

Rancho Vignola – http://www.ranchovignola.com

The Green – http://www.thegreen.ca

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0 Northern Life – Sudbury stop for Kamloops rockers THE DECOYS

  • April 6, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · The Decoys

http://www.northernlife.ca/news/lifestyle/2016/04/01-the-decoys-play-townehouse-sudbury.aspx

0 Pipestone Flyer – The Decoys make Leduc first Alberta stop on rock tour

  • April 6, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · The Decoys

http://www.pipestoneflyer.ca/news/374631301.html

0 Want to get a glimpse of what to expect with Vesperia and Kalmah (Official) on tour across Canada? Check out Exclaim!’s coverage from Ottawa last night!

  • April 6, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Vesperia

http://exclaim.ca/music/article/kalmah_vesperia_chariots_of_the_gods_ominous_eclipse-mavericks_ottawa_on_april_5

0 EPK – Without Mercy – Mouichido (2016)

  • April 6, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Without Mercy

Without Mercy – Mouichido (2016)

Release Date: May 27, 2016

For fans of Lamb of God, Pantera, Gojira, Decapitated, Cannibal Corpse

WithoutMercyBand.com | Facebook | Twitter @WithoutMercy | Youtube | Bandcamp | Instagram

Download Press Photo | Download EP Cover | Download EP Lyrics

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1. Worthless (3:48)
2. In Waves (Ft. Mark Hunter of Chimaira) (4:06)
3. Burn (4:27)
4. Morphine (5:56)
EP Length: 18:19

EP Credits:
– All songs performed by: Without Mercy
– All songs written by: DJ Temple and Matt Helie
– Produced by: DJ Temple
– Mixed by: Sheldon Zaharko
– Mastered by: Sheldon Zaharko
– CD Cover, Album Artwork: Design by Temple Entertainment

Album Band Line Up:
Vocals: Alex Friis
Guitars: DJ Temple
Bass: Tristan Martin
Drums: Matt Helie
 
Live Band Line Up:
Vocals: Alex Friis
Guitars: DJ Temple
Bass: Ryan Loewen
Drums: Matt Helie
 
Track by Track explained by the band:
 

Worthless:

-This song represents a person in your life that causes you undue stress and pressure. They constantly bring you down and are a negative force in your life. The catch phrase, “You smell like a bitch” is drawing attention to the cowardice in their actions and tells the story of their inability to help the situation and only serve to make it worse. Close listeners of this track will be able to piece together the story of how our relationship with previous members deteriorated.

 

In Waves:

This song is about the path becoming more clear to making things right again. Becoming focused on repairing an issue and rebuilding a cause. This song represents the sheer will of not allowing yourself to stay the victim but instead, taking massive action to improve. As the final lyric of the song states, “Shatter Paradigms”.

 

Burn:

A decent into madness. The song discusses the fall into the dark depths of hell while outlining mental illness. Listeners of this song can hear references to famous depictions of damnation from other literary worlds and even a very famous video game.

 

Morphine:

– On the surface, this song comes across as if being about addiction to the powerful pain medication. In reality, it represents the addiction to self loathing which can often manifest in drug addiction. The song touches about issues with personal demons and hatred for your own appearance which leads to depression. 

 

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Tenacity, work ethic and originality. There’s no excuses anymore.

Vancouver-based Without Mercy certainly stays true to its name. Ruthless and menacing, these Canadian metal titans have cultivated and redefined the phrase, “Fuck Pussy Metal”.

Founded in 2004, Without Mercy has gone from strength to strength over the years. They released their first EP “All Else Fails” in 2007 completely independently and used its humble beginnings to start the catapulting of performances, internet presence and radio play. In 2009, Without Mercy went on to record their self-titled full length album using the same team that worked on records by Devin Townsend, Mudvayne, and Marilyn Manson.  Without Mercy rode the attention wave of their self-titled debut, using the escalation to begin a relentless performance schedule that would lead them far from their hometown and include over 200 live performances.  No stranger to tenacity, in only a few short years Without Mercy have achieved; being the only indie metal band in Western Canada to have two tracks available on Rock Band 3, being featured in Tattoo Savage Magazine, and pioneering the phrases, ‘You Smell Like A Bitch’ and ‘Fuck Pussy Metal’ – which have now become synonymous with the band.

In 2014, Without Mercy unleashed third studio release, “Reborn”.  Another massive evolution for the band, Without Mercy sought to bring back the organic metal sound and combine it with a high production standard.  Fast forward to 2016, some line up changes with a new vocalist Alex Friis and bass tracks recorded by Tristan Martin and live performance being done by Ryan Loewen, the band is ready to share with fans re-recorded material from ‘Reborn’ on their new EP ‘Mouichido’ that even features Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter on their track ‘In Waves’.

“‘Mouichido’ is the Japanese word for “Repeat” or “to do one more time”.  We chose this as the title to signify the re-release of a previous version of this record. After the release ‘Reborn’, we faced an issue with our vocalist, which caused us to part ways with him.  On the advice of our legal team, we recorded the album again with our current vocalist in an effort to terminate possible legal action.” says  Band founder and guitarist DJ Temple. “In addition to that, I hold hold close ties with Japanese culture so I thought it would be the perfect time to introduce those lines into our music.  Facing the incredible difficulty with the last record and the way the vocalist departed the band, the stress was compounded by the financial burden left with a record we couldn’t release.  By venturing back to some of my martial art roots, I found the strength to maintain my tenacity and get the record back on track.  The result, is “Mouichido”. Fans should receive this as the ultimate reason to never give up. Take the aggressive nature of the songs and allow the culture of the Japanese writing to envelop you in a way that will carry you through each track. Let this EP be the story that inspires you to push through something difficult and come out the other side a stronger and more experienced person.”

The EP is set to be unleashed on May 27th, 2016 and will be supported with a steady rotation of touring and appearances across Canada and the USA. All of course, independently.

Discography

2014 – Reborn (EP) – [Bandcamp]

2009 – Self-Titled (LP) – [Bandcamp]

2007 – All Else Fails (EP)

Shared Stage w/:

Cattle Decapitation, Cthonic, Satyricon, Augury, System Divide, Aborted, Battlecross, Protest The Hero, Crowbar, Ken Mode, Death Angel

0 Wacken Metal Battle Canada – TORONTO ROUND 3 – METAL MASTER KINGDOM SHOW REVIEW

  • April 6, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Wacken Metal Battle Canada

http://www.metalmasterkingdom.com/wmbc-2016/toronto-round-3-metal-master-kingdom-show-review

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