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0 Medicine Hat News – ‘Loud as Hell Fest’ in Drumheller
0 Strathmore Times – Metal Fans Unite (Loud As Hell Fest)
0 Strathmore Standard – Loud As Hell Set To Hit Drumheller
0 EPK – Dead Ranch (2016)
Dead Ranch (2016) (No List Records)
For fans of Mastodon, Neurosis, Cult Of Luna, Melvins
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“Antler Royal is FUCKING AMAZING!!! – There is no simpler way of saying it. This album rules from start to finish. Dead Ranch have upped their game from their debut EP. Everything is heavier and they have thrown in a staggering amount of riffs to slay you with.” – The Sludgelord
” Antler Royal, is a true demonstration of their spastic musical capabilities” – Beatroute (AB)
“the album perfectly captures the band’s brand of pummelling rhythms and down-tuned ferocity.” – Exclaim!
“a tight-as-fuck, down-tuned colossus that will leave you with a huge grin on your face, and the fear of god in your eyes…Heavy as fuck, with some of the best song titles and album artwork your eyes will ever see.” – Echoes And Dust
Track Listing – Brumation (album artwork coming soon)
Dead Ranch is crushing and catchy. A loud and noisy four piece from Winnipeg, Canada. Where you are 8 hours away from everything. Isolated in their winter city, they started playing local shows in late 2011 to early 2012, which quickly turned into an eastern Canadian tour in the summer of 2012. This helped them promote their first recordings “Birds of Pray”. A modest basement recorded EP that got them attention on local university radio stations. In Early 2013 they recorded their debut full length “Antler Royal” with renowned engineer, Jesse Gander (who has worked with Japandroids, Anciients…), at the Hive Creative Labs in Burnaby B.C. Released with help from legendary Winnipeg based record label No List Records, “Antler Royal” gained notoriety both nationally and internationally. It went on to reach number one on the Earshot 20 Loud Charts and remained in the top five for months. They toured Canada steadily throughout 2013 and 2014, and have shared the stage with such acts as Bison B.C., KEN mode, Weedeater, The Great Sabatini, and Jucifer, to name a few. They’re currently gearing up to release their second full length album titled “Brumation” and are planning extensive tours, including Europe in 2016.
0 NEWS: SLUDGEHAMMER Posts New Video ‘Ectogenesis’ + Ontario Show Dates
(contact info below)
NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 22, 2016
Album Promo Request here.
For fans of Revocation, Mastodon, Lamb Of God, Pantera, Opeth
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SLUDGEHAMMER Posts New Video ‘Ectogenesis’ + Ontario Show Dates
Debut Album ‘The Fallen Sun’ Out Now!
L-R – Chris Szarota – Vocals, Jeff Wilson – Guitars, Tyler Williams – Guitars, Dan Ayers – Bass/Vocals, Fernando Villalobos- DrumsCredit: Hayden John WolfMusic Video – Carrion Eater – Watch here.
Album Stream – The Fallen Sun – Listen here.
With upcoming performances in their home province of Ontario that includes a show date with Abiotic and Vesperia (listed below), Toronto’s SLUDGEHAMMER have posted their new video ‘Ectogenesis’ from their recently released debut full length ‘The Fallen Sun’.
The video can be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy7YMdHn7cA
Album Length: 55:48
Show Dates:
July 29 – Oshawa, ON – The Atria – info w/ Caym, Backlash, Astaroth
August 27 – Oshawa, ON – The Atria – info w/ Abiotic, Vesperia
For more info, please visit https://www.facebook.com/sludgehammermusic
About:
Sludgehammer is a five piece Canadian metal band formed in 2013. The band began with guitarist Jeff Wilson and drummer Fernando Villalobos jamming together, which quickly resulted in writing songs and searching for a full line up. Their search led to vocalist Chris Szarota, who possessed an astonishing vocal ferocity and bassist and vocalist Dan Ayers, who passed the audition as a bassist and also revealed a golden voice. Thus, the first incarnation of Sludgehammer was formed.
The four members worked hard over the next few months to put together a demo, which was released at the band’s first gig on November 22nd, 2013. The demo was well received even though it was completely self-recorded and the gig offers kept on coming, along with new fans.
With the success of the demo, the band knew that it was time to step things up and hired producer Christian Anderson for their 2014 release, ‘Organ Harvester’. During the writing sessions, the band decided that Chris and Dan should share vocal duties for this record, as Dan’s voice had been absent from the demo. The dual vocals proved to be a force to be reckoned with and on August 11th, 2014 ‘Organ Harvester’ was released to rave reviews.
‘Organ Harvester’ gained both new fans and better shows, gathering serious momentum and solid name among the metal community. However by 2015, after playing many gigs with the ‘Organ Harvester’ material it became very obvious that the fans were hungry for more. The band began writing more songs for the next release and kept playing gigs, which led them to guitarist Tyler Williams. Tyler was working as a sound man at the Atria in Oshawa, ON where Sludgehammer was playing, and after their performance, Tyler approached the band. They set up a jam and in July 2015, Tyler Williams joined Sludgehammer.
The new five piece line up produced a much fuller sound as Jeff and Tyler began working together. The old songs were given new life and badass new material was being written for their next release, titled ‘The Fallen Sun’. The new songs featured dynamic vocal performances from Dan and Chris, mind bending guitar solos, heavy riffs and blistering drumming. As the songs started to pile up, Sludgehammer discussed recording a full length album. Tyler suggested that they record at his studio, Monolithic Productions. The band set up shop there and are now ready to unleash ‘The Fallen Sun’ for release on June 10, 2016.
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0 Metal Hammer Germany Song of The Week! Black Absinthe ‘The Wild
0 Kingston Music Reviews – Vow of Thorns – Farewell To The Sun
“this is an album which you play from start to finish.”
http://kingstonmusicreviews.ca/albumreviews/vow-of-thorns-farewell-to-the-sun/
0 Obliveon – Vow of Thorns – Farewell To The Sun
0 NEWS: THE APEX Announce Toronto Date w/ The Dillenger Escape Plan On Aug 4th + Reveal New EP Details
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 21, 2016
Album Request here.
For fans of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Meshuggah, The Red Chord, Candiria
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THE APEX Reveal Artwork + Track Listing For New EP ‘Underbelly + Canadian Tour Dates
‘Fresh Out of The Foundry Tour’ (ON/QC/PE/NB/NS)
Supporting THE DILLENGER ESCAPE PLAN – Aug 4th – Toronto, ON
L-R: The Apex Album lineup: Brian Gemus (Guitar) | Tyson Taylor (Drums) | Darren Marchand (Vocals) | Jer Candusso (Bass) | Steve Landgraff (Guitar) (Photo Credit Shari Richards)
2015 – Self-Titled – Album Stream – Bandcamp
Music Video – If Detroit River Could Speak – Watch here.
Windsor, ON’s THE APEX will be hitting the road this August for their two week‘Fresh Out of The Foundry Tour’ with Regina’s The Man and His Machineacross Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (dates listed below). The tour is in support of their upcoming EP‘Underbelly’ in follow up to their 2015 self-titled album. The EP will feature 3 ear piercing blasts of extreme shrapnel in the following track listing and album cover below.
In additional news, prior to the tour, THE APEX will be supportingTHE DILLENGER ESCAPE PLAN in Toronto on August 4th at the Hard Luck Bar. Full details can be found here.
The ghetto tech metallers have also launched a Go Fund Me / Pre-Order Campaign for fans to support. A full list of perks ranging from limited edition shirts, tapes, CDs, vinyls plus an exclusive performance can be viewed at the following link here.
Video of the band recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EL0PLlXh2A
The band comments:
“We would like to start by saying we are trying to stay as modest as possible here. We see many campaigns for bands shoot for crazy numbers and we are trying to keep ours at a reasonable and achievable number. We are trying to raise some funds to put out our new EP entitled, “Underbelly” which is set to be released in August in time for our East Coast tour around the same time. We need all the help we can get by Aug. 1st. Any help past that day is still a HUGE help!”
Music and lyrics written by: Steve Landgraff and Tyson Taylor
Recorded at: Empire Recording Studios
Engineered by: Nick Kinnish at Serafina Productions
‘Fresh Out of The Foundry Tour’:
Aug 17 – Windsor, ON – The Dominion House – info
Aug 18 – Toronto, ON – Coalition T.O. – info
Aug 19 – Montreal, QC – THR Bar – info
Aug 20 – Drummondville, QC – Pur Heriot – info
Aug 21 – Quebec City, QC – La Source de la Martinière – info
Aug 22 – Charlottetown, PE – Babas Lounge – info
Aug 23 – Moncton, NB – Plan B – info
Aug 25 – Sussex, NB – Uncle G’s – info
Aug 26 – Sydney, NS – Embers – info
Aug 27 – Sackville, NS – House Show – info
Aug 28 – Halifax, NS – Gus’ Pub – info
Aug 29 – Fredericton, NB – Charlotte Street Arts Center – info
BIO:
The Apex formed in August of 2013.
They are a collective of individuals from the Ontario metal community, whom over the years have come together from past bands such as, Closed Casket Funeral, Dismata, Blood Shot Eye, The Coalition Design, and Corprophemia to form The Apex.
In a true culmination of talent, dedication, and timing, this group has created a unique hometown sound that is now being called “Windsor Ghetto Tech”. The brutal sonic assault of their music coupled with the emotional reckless abandonment of their live performance, have drawn stanch comparisons to Meshuggah and classic Dillinger Escape Plan rounded out with a distinctly Canadian flair. To add influence, vocalist Darren M. suffers from Neurogenic Stammering, which effects his speech where the brain won’t tell the mouth what to say so he’s unable to carry on a normal conversation, but for some reason he’s able to scream all the lyrics live and that is how he gets to express himself vocally with the band.
In July, 2014 they entered Shark Tank Productions studio in Windsor, Ontario to begin recording their debut self-titled full length album, “The Apex”. They hired engineer Nick Kinnish of Serafina Productions (Johnny Truent, Architects, and more) to aid them in capturing their sound accurately. In November, 2014 they completed their recording and announced the independent release date of February 21st, 2015. In 2016, the band entered Empire Recording Studios to record their next release, the EP ‘Underbelly’ set to be unleashed in August.
TOUR EXPERIENCE
This band is no stranger to hitting the pavement to support the music they love to make. In their 15+ years of experience creating music in previous bands, they’ve been support on tour for bands like: Cephalic Carnage, All Shall Perish, Despised Icon, Cryptopsy, Today Is The Day, Killitorous, Erimha and Ion Dissonance to name a few. In previous bands they’ve also shared the stage on festivals with bands like: SOD, Venom, Obituary, Cradle Of Filth, Earth Crisis, God Forbid, Skinless, Beneath The Massacre and more to crowds up to 7500+ in North America.
As their current lineup “The Apex”, they have already invested in a mid-sized tour bus and have began to book many shows and festivals across Canada for 2016.
For more info, please visit http://www.facebook.com/wearetheapex.
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0 Thy Demons Be Scribblin – Medevil – Conductor of Storms
A metal band from Chilliwack, BC? If that isn’t bad ass enough for ya’ the album, Conductor of Storms definitely will take up the slack. Thriving on rhythm and familiarity this is a release that can’t be ignored and on all accounts an act that has to be witnessed live to get the full experience. Keep an eye on these fellas they aregoing places!!…Liam’s unique vocal approach puts me in mind of both Ronny James and Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth respectively, a fascinating range (if truth be told) that completely enthralls.
http://www.thydemonsbescribblin.com/scribblin-metal—album-reviews/cults-bucket-of-metal-15
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