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EPK – Tactus – Bending Light (2016)

  • August 28, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Tactus

Tactus – Bending Light (2016)

For fans of Periphery, Protest the Hero, Between the Buried and Me

Release Date: October 7, 2016

Label: Self-Release
 
Distribution: IndiePool

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“Tactus’ music is progressive metal through and through. They have some longer songs, heavier riffs, and “epic sections,” as they described it. Listeners can also find a heavy jazz influence in some of their songs as well, evident in some of their voicings and chord progressions.” – It Djents

 

 

Bending_Light Album Cover

[Download  = Album Cover | Album Lyrics]

1. Anamnesis (2:12)
2. Aurora (6:26)
3. Scimitar (4:08)
4. All Roads (4:06)
5. Feast or Famine (4:58)
6. Colossus (4:20)
7. Goliath (7:14)
8. Cardinal (4:20)
9. Red and Ivory (6:56)
10. King of the Sky (14:35)
Album Length: 59.21
 
Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Tactus
• All songs written by: Tactus and Rodney DuPlessis
• Produced by: Adrian Barnes, Rodney Duplessis, Tactus
• Mixed and Mastered by: Jamie King (Between The Buried In Me, Paradise Lost, Scale The Summit)
Album Band + Live Line Up: Adrian Barnes, Alec Dobbelsteyn, Ben MacLean, Jason McKnight, Steven Parish
 
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Discography:
April 2015 – ins(T)rumental (EP)
December 2014 – Resurface (single)
June 2014 – T (EP)
Full band 1 no logo (The Photo Ninja)

L-R: Tactus Current Lineup | Steve Parish (bass) | Ben MacLean (drums) | Jason McKnight (vocals) | Alec Dobbelsteyn (guitar) | Adrian Barnes (guitar & vocals)

[Photo Credit: The Photo Ninja – Download = Press Photo]

Tactus is a five-piece progressive metal band from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Formed in 2011 as a jam project by three fellow music students, the group has gone on to release several singles and EPs independently, while having the opportunity to share the stage with great metal acts like Protest the Hero, Intervals, Black Crown Initiate, and Mandroid Echostar. Their  first full-length album ‘Bending Light’ features 10 outer limits prog tracks set to be unleashed on October 7th, 2016 with mixing and mastering by Jamie King (Between The Buried In Me, Paradise Lost, Scale The Summit).

The group pride themselves on their infusion of multiple musical styles into hard-hitting riffs, epic choruses, and technically intense passages. Soaring melodies, guttural growls, and destructive breakdowns flow into soft, slow, and pensive segments of jazz and rock. Their compositional method, where songs are conceived, written, transcribed, and edited before they are ever learned or rehearsed, adds a level of refinement and fluidity not always found in heavier music. The band do almost all of their engineering work themselves. While they have released two fully self-produced tracks, Enigma (August 2014) and Roxanne (March 2015), they have also worked with several talented producers. Their first EP T (June 2014), comprised of four previously released singles and one new song, featured the mixing and mastering handiwork of Gino Bambino (Novallo) and Justin Hill (SikTh). Their single Resurface (December 2014) was handled by George Lever (Burials).

List of bands have shared stage with:
Black Crown Initiate, Protest the Hero, Cardinals Pride, Mandroid Echostar, Intervals, The Motorleague, The Parallel, Deathpoint
 
List of Tours and Festivals:
2016 – East Coast Awakening
2014 – Protest The Hero Volition Tour (Atlantic Canadian dates)
 
Music Placements:
Song “Ridges” to be featured in film “The Wasting” 
Fun Facts:
#10 on Got-Djent.com Top 10 free releases of 2014 
Band of The Week: Nov 15, 2015 – ItDjents

 

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