“These days, metal seems so compartmentalized and we just don’t have many bands that have the reach of an AC/DC, but I feel like Black Absinthe could be that band.”
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0 OUT NOW! BLACK ABSINTHE ‘Early Signs of Denial’; Post Full Album Stream
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OUT NOW! BLACK ABSINTHE ‘Early Signs of Denial’; Post Full Album Stream
Upcoming Show Dates:
May 13 – Oshawa, ON @ The Atria – Event info
May 14 – Toronto, ON @ Coalition T.O. (CD Release Show) – Event info
Toronto, ON heavy metal trio BLACK ABSINTHE have surfaced from the basement to unleash their debut album ‘Early Signs of Denial’ produced by Sum 41’s Dave Baksh (Cross Dog, The Mahones) plus mixed and mastered by Frank Gryner (Rob Zombie- Hillbilly Deluxe). Out now as of May 13th, 2016, the album is the band’s first professional recording to follow their three self recorded EPs Live At Coalition (2014), Noise Complaint (2014) and Augusta (2012).
The album stream can be heard at the following links:
– https://soundcloud.com/blackabsintheband/sets/early-signs-of-denial
– http://exclaim.ca/music/article/black_absinthe-early_signs_of_denial_album_stream
along with album order at https://blackabsinthe.bandcamp.com/
“This was our first foray into recording in a studio environment plus working with a producer and mixer. Having a team of people around us helped us produce better songs at a higher quality to give our fans the chance to hear what we’re truly about without the barrier of poor recordings. It’s our jump from the basement to the studio, the raw energy is still there, but there’s an added level of detail to each track. We wanted to make a significant jump forward in quality and songwriting plus for fans who have been following us, we think they’ll be pleasantly surprised.” comments vocalist/guitarist Jack Cerre.
BLACK ABSINTHE’s powerful heavy riffs and bass lines are reminiscent of classic thrash and new wave British heavy metal with a range of progressive to classic rock influence ready to be shared with fans new and old alike.
The title “Early Signs of Denial” is a conceptual connection to the themes of fear, corruption, and overcoming disparity, which is explored in the album’s songs. The record has emphasis of crushing modern tone, polished instrumental sections, soaring vocals and a blending of contemporary and classic metal. With each track, this unique record represents different aspects of BLACK ABSINTHE’s diversity in song writing. The band does not tread lightly over their new wave of British heavy metal song style or their technical and progressive metal influences.
1. The Wild (3:50) [MetalNationRadio]
2. Is This Life (4:42)
3. Berj Khalifa (3:19)
4. Pigs (4:03)
5. NOW (3:58) [MMK]
6. Winter (6:23) [Hellbound]
Album Length: 26:18
For more info, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/blackabsintheband.
About:
Formed in 2011 by vocalist and guitarist Jack Cerre, bassist Kyle Scarlett and drummer Austin Henderson, the trio continue to rip through the underground Toronto metal scene without pause.
Compounding heavy riffs and bass lines reminiscent of classic thrash and new wave British heavy metal with a range of progressive to classic rock influence, Black Absinthe presents a solid example of a Canadian metal band. They’re road hungry, influenced plus supported by other driven Canadian musicians and most of all, ready to innovate and grow the traditions of a genre they venerate and respect. As leaders in the scene, Black Absinthe were headlining Toronto semi-finalists in the Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2015.
With a new year ahead, Black Absinthe pushes on with their desire to provide their fans in Canada and online with a cleaner and heavier presentation of their sound. The years incubating in Toronto’s metal underground have served the band well. From their 2012 debut EP Augusta to their 2014 EP Noise Complaint, both releases have established the band’s sound as well as their stage presence, leading to their driven heavy metal machine. Now in 2016, Black Absinthe are ready to release their debut studio album Early Signs Of Denial (May 13, 2016). The album was produced by Dave Baksh (Cross Dog, The Mahones) out of the Gentleman’s Den studio in Pickering, ON who’s experience proved to be the final touch; aiding in refining drum dynamics, smoothing the transitions and layering harmonic guitar lines. Black Absinthe’s Early Signs Of Denial sound is a leading example of the contemporary Canadian metal scene serving to showcase how the band sounds in a crisp, powerful, and ultimately more professional recording environment.
The title “Early Signs of Denial” is a conceptual connection to the themes of fear, corruption, and overcoming disparity, which is explored in the songs. The record has emphasis of crushing modern tone, polished instrumental sections, soaring vocals and a blending of contemporary and classic metal. With each track, this unique record represents different aspects of Black Absinthe’s diversity in song writing. The band does not tread lightly over their new wave of British heavy metal song style or their technical and progressive metal influences.
Through the bands expanding network cultivated through Coalition Music’s “Artist Entrepreneur Program”, they chose Frank Gryner (Rob Zombie- Hillbilly Deluxe) to mix and master the album in the Winter of 2015. His strong ability to work with a diversity of sounds was the appeal to the band. His mixing took the album into the sonic spheres of a classic 80’s sound providing, grandeur, psychedelia, and an arena rock feel that could properly represent the textures put down in tracking. There was an immediate trust formed with the stylistic choices Gryner made throughout mixing.
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0 Blekkmetal and Bardspec in Montreal Grimposium Presents The Norwegian Invasion – July 2 & 3, 2016
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Blekkmetal and Bardspec in Montreal
Grimposium Presents The Norwegian Invasion – July 2 & 3, 2016
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Blekkmetal Video Trailer – https://vimeo.com/158059799
Blekkmetal Extended Trailer – https://vimeo.com/165600936
Bardspec Promo Video – https://vimeo.com/160902696
Vivek Venkatesh and David Hall proudly present a unique celebration of film and music featuring key members of the Norwegian extreme metal music scene. The Norwegian Invasion will feature the Canadian premiere screening of the concert film Blekkmetal, and the Canadian premiere soundscape performance of Norwegian composer Ivar Bjørnson’s Bardspec project. The Blekkmetal screening is free to the public and will take place at 19h00 on July 3 at the VA114 cinema at Concordia University (1395 René-Lévesque Ouest) (Facebook event page). The Bardspec performance will take place at 20h00 on July 2 at Co-op Katacombes; tickets are $15 at the door or online at lepointdevente (Facebook event page).
Following on the heels of the highly successful world premiere in April 2016 in New York City, The Norwegian Invasion will see the Canadian premiere screening ofBlekkmetal – a documentary about the one-off 2015 festival celebrating the origins of Norwegian black metal. Featuring exclusive interviews and footage of Enslaved, Taake, Aeternus, Gehenna, Helheim, Old Funeral, Kampfar, Hades Almighty and Gaahls Wyrd performing classic and rare songs from their catalog, Blekkmetal features an all-Canadian production team including director David Hall (alumnus of Concordia University), metal studies scholars Vivek Venkatesh (Concordia University) and Jason Wallin (University of Alberta), and mobile media scholar Owen Chapman (Concordia University).
Producer Vivek Venkatesh sees the Blekkmetal film as “a stellar exemplar of how key members of the extreme metal scenes from Canada and Norway have worked collaboratively, provided a stark reimagination of a cultural artform, and revealed an acute focus on the music and visual arts associated with the Norwegian black metal scene in the early 1990s”. Director David Hall says, “I am really proud and eager to present the Blekkmetal documentary to our friends in Montreal – I truly believe we have managed to capture the essence of the Bergen Black Metal scene via interviews, concert footage and fly-on-the-wall guerrilla filmmaking. The fact that our friend and collaborator Ivar Bjørnson has agreed to perform his mythical ambient psych project Bardspec as a prelude to the screening is a dream come true for us!”
Blekkmetal is co-produced by the festival’s organizers Ivar Bjørnson, Jannicke Wiese-Hansen and Kirsti Rosseland. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers and festival organizers. The original trailer for the film can be viewed here, an extended trailer is now available here, while exclusive performance footage from select bands who performed at Blekkmetal can be found here: Enslaved, Taake.
Ivar Bjørnson (songwriter, founder and guitarist of Norway’s black metal pioneers Enslaved) describes his BardSpec, project as “Electronic Dark Ambient-Psych wherein the listener is invited into weird and wonderful soundscapes, and where deep minimalism meets cascades of psychedelic harmony and esoteric noise”. The music will be complemented by live manipulations of film co-created by David Hall and Bjørnson, with additional visuals by Vivek Venkatesh and Jason Wallin. Watch a video clip of the Bardspec demo here.
Canadian soundscape artist and media studies graduate scholar at Concordia University, Leticia Trandafir, who goes by the stage moniker of Softcoresoft, will perform a live set of ambient and drone music to open the Bardspec performance on July 2 at Katacombes.
NOTES TO EDITOR
About Grimposium
Grimposium is an international touring festival and conference which brings together musicians, visual artists, journalists, writers and record label executives in the global extreme metal scene. Created in 2014 by metal studies scholar Vivek Venkatesh from Concordia University in Québec, Canada, Grimposium has hosted editions of its festivals and conferences in Montréal, Canada (April 2014, August 2015), Bergen, Norway (November 2015), the Bay Area, California (January 2016), Brooklyn, New York (April 2016) and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (April 2016). Grimposium is now co-presented by two of Venkatesh’s collaborators – filmmaker David Hall and metal studies scholar Jason Wallin, and is managed by Kathryn Urbaniak. Grimposium has been funded through grants obtained by Venkatesh to support his research programs on social pedagogy, digital literacy and critical thinking from Canadian funding agencies such as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Fonds de Recherche Québec, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada and the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies at Concordia University. Visit http://grimposum.com for more information.
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Blekkmetal et Bardspec à Montréal
Grimposium présente L’Invasion Norvégienne – Les 2 et 3 juillet 2016
Vivek Venkatesh et David Hall sont fiers de présenter une occasion unique de venir assister à un film et une prestation musicale en présence de musiciens importants de la scène norvégienne du métal extrême. L’Invasion Norvégienne présentera la première canadienne de la projection du film de concert Blekkmetal, et la première prestation canadienne du projet de paysage sonore Bardspec du compositeur norvégien Ivar Bjørnson. La projection du film Blekkmetal aura lieu le 3 juillet à 19 h au cinéma VA114 de l’Université Concordia; l’entrée sera gratuite (événement Facebook). La prestation de Bardspec aura lieu le 2 juillet à 20 h à la coop Katacombes; les billets seront en vente au coût de 15 $ à la porte ou en ligne sur lepointdevente (événement Facebook).
Dans la foulée du succès de la première mondiale présentée en avril 2016 à New York, L’Invasion Norvégienne projettera en grande première canadienne le filmBlekkmetal, un documentaire sur le festival ponctuel de 2015 visant à célébrer les origines du black métal norvégien. Contenant notamment des entrevues et des captations vidéos exclusives des groupes Enslaved, Taake, Aeternus, Gehenna, Helheim, Old Funeral, Kampfar, Hades Almighty et Gaahls Wyrd jouant leurs classiques ainsi que des chansons plus rares de leur répertoire, le documentaire Blekkmetal est le fruit d’une équipe de production entièrement canadienne dont le réalisateur David Hall (ancien étudiant de l’Université Concordia), les chercheurs en études de la musique métal Vivek Venkatesh (Université Concordia) et Jason Wallin (Université de l’Alberta) ainsi que le chercheur en études des médias mobiles Owen Chapman (Université Concordia).
Le producteur Vivek Venkatesh voit le film Blekkmetal comme « un parfait exemple qui illustre comment des membres importants des scènes canadiennes et norvégiennes du métal extrême ont collaboré et ont complètement réinventé cette forme d’art culturelle tout en révélant la grande importance de la musique et des arts visuels associés à la scène norvégienne du black métal au début des années ‘90. » Le réalisateur David Hall a déclaré : « Je suis vraiment fier et impatient de présenter le documentaire Blekkmetal à nos amis de Montréal – Je crois que nous avons vraiment réussi à capturer l’essence de la scène du black métal de Bergen grâce à des entrevues, des captations vidéos de concert et notre travail cinématographique sur le terrain dans le vif de l’action. C’est tout simplement incroyable que notre ami et collaborateur Ivar Bjørnson ait accepté d’offir une performance de Bardspec, son projet mythique de musique psych ambiante, la veille de la projection du film! »
Blekkmetal est coproduit par Ivar Bjørnson, Jannicke Wiese-Hansen et Kirsti Rosseland, organisateurs du festival. Le film sera suivi d’une discussion avec les cinéastes et les organisateurs du festival. La bande-annonce original du film peut être visionnée ici, une nouvelle bande-annoce prolongée est maintenant disponible ici, et des captations vidéos exclusives de prestations de certains groupes présents à Blekkmetal sont disponibles ici : Enslaved, Taake.
Ivar Bjørnson (auteur-compositeur, membre fondateur et guitariste d’Enslaved, un groupe pionnier du black métal norvégien) décrit son projet Bardspec comme de la « dark psych ambiante électronique où l’auditeur est invité à s’immerger dans des paysages sonores étranges et merveilleux et où le profond minimalisme rencontre des cascades d’harmonies psychédéliques et de bruits ésotériques ». La musique sera appuyée par des manipulations en direct de films cocréés par David Hall et Bjørnson ainsi que des visuels additionnels de Vivek Venkatesh et Jason Wallin. Vous pouvez visionner un vidéoclip du démo de Bardspec ici.
L’artiste de paysage sonore canadienne et chercheuse diplômée en études des médias de l’Université Concordia, Leticia Trandafir, qui se produit sous le nom de scèneSoftcoresoft, présentera une performance live de musique ambiante et de drone en première partie de Bardspec le 2 juillet aux Katacombes.
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À propos de Grimposium
Grimposium tient des festivals et des conférences itinérants internationaux qui réunissent des musiciens, des artistes visuels, des journalistes, des auteurs et des dirigeants de maisons de disques de la scène mondiale du métal extrême. Créé en 2014 par le chercheur en études de la musique métal Vivek Venkatesh, de l’Université Concordia au Québec, au Canada, Grimposium a tenu des éditions de ses festivals et conférences à Montréal, au Canada (avril 2014, août 2015), à Bergen, en Norvège (novembre 2015), dans la région de la baie de San Francisco, en Californie (janvier 2016), à Brooklyn, dans l’état de New York (avril 2016) et à Philadelphie, en Pennsylvanie (avril 2016). Grimposium est maintenant coprésenté par deux collaborateurs de Venkatesh, le cinéaste David Hall et le chercheur en études de la musique métal Jason Wallin, et est administré par Kathryn Urbaniak. Le financement de Grimposium a été rendu possible grâce à des subventions octroyées à Venkatesh pour soutenir ses programmes de recherche sur la pédagogie sociale, la littératie numérique et la pensée critique par des organismes canadiens de financement tels que le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines, le Fonds de Recherche Québec, Sécurité publique et Protection civile Canada et le Bureau du vice-président à la recherche et aux études supérieures de l’Université Concordia. Consultez le sitehttp://grimposum.com pour de plus amples informations.
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0 Vancouver Sun: Scene & Heard CD Reviews: Scythia – Lineage
“The fourth full-length (Lineage) and follow-up to the groundbreaking … Of Conquest from this Vancouver progressive/fantasy metal crew is easily its best in terms of production, performance and variety….Album overall award goes to drummer Celine Derval, who just hammers home ever riff and break with pounding complexity. ”
0 NEWS: Louder Than Hell! Ottawa’s HELLBROS Announce European Tour Dates
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Louder Than Hell! Ottawa’s HELLBROS Announce European Tour Dates
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Ottawa, ON’s loud, wild and heavy anthemic rock n’rollers HELLBROS are proud to announce they will be trekking across the Atlantic for their first European tour that will kick off on June 2nd and see them perform in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and wrap up in the Netherlands on June 24th.
“Going to Europe has been a goal of ours for a few years now and then suddenly everything just fell into place. We look forward to playing in front of fans that are seeing us for the first time. To say we are stoked would be a massive understatement.” comments frontman Peter Jurt.
The tour is in support of last year’s self-titled and the band’s third studio recording that was debuted on French label Bad Reputation, and is a compilation of their two previous self releases, 2011’s full length album ‘Good Time Machine’ and their 2015 EP ‘Calling All Giants’. Album is available for online purchase at the following link here and be heard at the following stream here.
Tour Dates:
May 21 2016 – Cherry Cola’s – Toronto ON, (Tour Kick off show)
June 2 2016 – Au Vigor – Vance, Belgium
June 3 2016 – La Taverne du Théâtre – La Louviere, Belgium
June 4 2016 – A La Ville de Rennes – Vouziers, France
June 5 2016 – El Diablo – Lille, France
June 8 2016 – Rocas – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
June 9 2016 – Sombrero Café – Amiens, France
June 10 2016 – L’entrepôt – Arlons, Belgium
June 11 2016 – Le Belvédère – Namur, Belgium
June 12 2016 – Thunderbird Lounge – St. Etinenne, France
June 14 2016 – Black Label Bar – Leipzig, Germany
June 17 2016 – Rockjungfer – Arnstadt, Germany
June 18 2016 – Ölfleck – Frauenfeld, Switzerland
June 21 2016 – Liberties – Avranches, France
June 22 2016 – La Scène Michelet – Nantes, France
June 24 2016 – The Cave – Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 24 2016 – The Cave – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1. Street Party (3:24)
2. For The Worst (3:26)
3. Dead City Rockers (2:11)
4. Father Time (3:08)
5. Hate (4:44)
6. Tombstone (3:02)
7. Kill You (2:57)
8. Terminator (2:12)
9. Trespassing by Night (3:07)
10. Shoot The Horse (4:00)
11. I Heart Drugs (4:17)
Album Length: 36:33 BIO:
Straight outta Canada’s capital, Ottawa Ontario, Hellbros are anything but a bunch of latte sipping civil servants. Instead they spend their time crafting loud, belligerent rock n roll with heaps of attitude. Brothers Peter Jurt (vocals, guitar) & Christian Jurt (guitar) along with childhood friends Josh Roy (drums, vocals) and Mat ‘Spag’ Collins (bass, vocals) create the high-energy quartet that blast out “loud, wild and heavy, excellent stuff as you’d like to point your bucket of beer to the sky while screaming and shouting alongside brothers and sisters during a nightly wild party” – Metal To Infinity
2015 began a great year for the Hellbros, they signed with Bad Reputation Records (Fr) and released their 3rd album, ‘Self Titled’, on September 15th in Europe. A follow up to their debut full length album ‘Goodtime Machine’, which took home the fan voted best rock/hard rock album of the year in the 2012 Independent Music Awards. They once again teamed up with engineer and co-producer Dean Hadjichristou and mixer Riccardo ‘Paso’ Pasini for this album.
2015 began a great year for the Hellbros, they signed with Bad Reputation Records (Fr) and released their 3rd album, ‘Self Titled’, on September 15th in Europe. A follow up to their debut full length album ‘Goodtime Machine’, which took home the fan voted best rock/hard rock album of the year in the 2012 Independent Music Awards. They once again teamed up with engineer and co-producer Dean Hadjichristou and mixer Riccardo ‘Paso’ Pasini for this album.
November 2015 Hellbros released an unofficial anthem during the Grey Cup week for the Ottawa Redblacks CFL football team. The song entitled, “We’re All Redblacks” was debuted on TSN1200 radio. “Pretty strong effort!, well sung, well performed.” – JR TGOR Show The song was also picked up by Ottawa’s Classic Rock station Chez 106.1 – “Hellbros getting us all in the mood for the Ottawa Redblacks game!” – Woody (Chez 106)
In June 2016 Hellbros will head overseas for a run of shows in Europe that bring them through Belgium, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany & the Netherlands. Just like Hellbros latest album their shows will start off with a “hardrock-like ‘heeeeeell yeaaah!’” and just like it does on their album it will set the tone for the rest of the show. So hold on to your butts.
Hellbros Highlights:
Main Stage Opening Act for Monster Truck, Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden at Ottawa Bluesfest, “I think these guys are going to be loudest band so far today. Dammit they look pretty frigging cool.” – Scotty Lear (106.9 The Bear) introducing Hellbros at Bluesfest.
– Goodtime Machine LP received Rock/Hardrock Album of the Year – Independent Music Awards
– Multiple Cross Canada Tours (Performed in all Canadian provinces except Newfoundland)
– Reached over 17,500 Song Downloads (Itunes, Tunecore & Bandcamp)
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The melody, the unabated power, vocals and musicianship combined are such a strong and unwavering force. It has the potential to be anything it wants to be, from cold and imposing to warm and radiating – the balance has been reached!
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