A ferocious blend of modern thrash and old-school death metal, Krepitus are as distinctly melodic as they are uniformly savage, offering a modern metal approach to time honoured structures.
http://www.worshipmetal.com/reviews/krepitus-the-eyes-of-the-soulless-album-review-free-download/
…this is eight tracks of pure, unadulterated old school metal. Think NWOBHM and traditional metal with a healthy dose of thrash from the mid-to-late 80’s and you’ll get the idea. The first thing that might catch your attention is the guitar work of Shingo Ida, because it certainly caught mine. At times his playing sounds like the bastard child of MOTÖRHEAD and Kill ‘Em All-era METALLICA, which is a wonderful thing…The album has a real ebb and flow to it, with aggression, power, melody, and good hooks.
http://ampsandgreenscreens.com/2016/11/25/solitude-reach-sky/
A truly enjoyable and engaging blast of furious heavy metal thunder
http://donsmetalreviews.blogspot.ca/2016/11/solitude-jap-beneath-sky.html
From the outset, the band sets up a rather intriguing mix of molten progressive rhythms and tons of charging melodic rhythms that make for quite an intriguing and enjoyable time
http://donsmetalreviews.blogspot.ca/2016/11/red-cain-red-cain-ep.html
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Out Now! Ontario Punk Rockers EXCUSES EXCUSES Release Debut EP ‘Frame of Mind’
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Ontario punk rockers Excuses Excuses are proud to release their debut EP‘Frame of Mind’ out now as of November 25th. The EP focuses largely on events and experiences from the band’s teenage years touching on topics of drug use, family/personal matters, loss, and the uncertain future. The words “frame of mind” discusses the perception of one’s own life experiences and retrospectively looking at it. Holding a mirror up to the worst aspects of one’s life, the EP encourages people to seek different perspectives to attain a better understanding.
The EP is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and all major online retailers.
To hear the full EP stream, please visit the following link: https://officialexcusesexcuses.bandcamp.com/album/frame-of-mind
Plus watch their new music video ‘The Outsider’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSngRRpnuK8
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Excuses Excuses is a punk rock n’ roll three piece that refuse to listen to any more lies by promising to live an honest life through their music in Oshawa, ON just on the the outskirts of Canada’s Music Capitol Toronto, ON. The band is calling for people to take responsibility for their actions and Kyle (vocals, guitar, ex-Stained Glass Army), Trevor (bass, ex-Stained Glass Army), and Jay (drums) write thoughtful anthems. Since February 2016 the band has been developing their own version of punk rock inspired by bands like Green Day, Billy Talent, and Foo Fighters.
Kyle lights a spark for the band by crafting the initial melodies and structure for each song and brings it back to the team to craft the final details. Their goal is to write timeless material that speaks to disenfranchised outliers that are seeking solace through lyrical poetry and catchy riffs. Excuses Excuses write songs that are destined to be performed live with an emotive and captivating show that focuses on the crowd and ensuring their enjoyment until the last song.
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Out Now! Japanese Heavy Metallers SOLITUDE North American Release ‘Reach For The Sky’ via Test Your Metal Records
L to R: Toru Nishida (bass) / Akira Sugiuchi (vocals) / Takamasa “MAD” Ohuchi (drums) / Shingo Ida (guitars) – Credit: Yuki Kuroyanagi
Out now! TEST YOUR METAL RECORDS is proud to unleash the North American release of ‘Reach For The Sky’ from Japanese heavy metallers SOLITUDE. The release is the band’s third album that was issued in Japan in 2015 by Spiritual Beast and follows 2009’s Brave The Storm (Spiritual Beast) plus 2001’s Virtual Image(Spiritual Beast). The album features 8 fist pounding tracks mixed by Magnus “Mankan” Sedenberg, who has previously worked with Bullet and Crucified Barbara along with artwork by Velio Josto (Warlord, Medieval Steel, Ostrogoth etc). Fans of Motorhead, Saxon, Tank and Venom are sure to appreciate.
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Song Stream – You Got My Mind – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXfAk3cTLVI
Album Preview – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDLqwueYR6I
Album Length: 43:59
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Japan’s SOLITUDE was formed in 1996, when two ex-members of SACRIFICE (Japan)*, the founding member and main composer Akira Sugiuchi <vo> and the bass player on two of their albums Toru Nishida, met ex-RIP RIDE guys of Yasuo Koyano <ds> and Hiroki Nakamori <g>. The guys kept on rehearsing for as long as 3 years, composing songs and forging the foundation of the band. With Heavy Metal as its core, their sound has tastes of various music as if to show that they have been influenced by various different styles of music, such as 70’s Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, and most notably NWOBHM, among others.
In 1998, they picked up “SOLITUDE” as the name of the band, and they played live for the first time in March 1999. This debut live was reported through fanzines and the internet, with such praises as “the birth of the new Defenders of Heavy Metal” or “the answer to what Heavy Metal is”. In September, Shingo Ida (ex-BARTOLOMMEO) replaced Nakamori, and his distinctive style of melodic guitars has brought a new blood into the band. In November, they recorded two songs, “Virtual Image” and “Eagle Fly”, latter of which was dedicated to their favorite British Heavy Metal band, SAXON. This recording was used for promotion as “SOLITUDE Demo ’99”.
In July 2000, the band started recording an album, and the recording carried on until December as the band aimed at the highest quality they could achieve. Their debut album “Virtual Image” was finally released on 5th of September, 2001 as the first-ever release of SPIRITUAL BEAST, who would later grow to one of the leading independent Heavy Metal labels in Japan. The album got rave reviews from the underground fanzines and webzines, not just in Japan but in the US and throughout Europe, and requests for interviews flooded in. The reaction was especially overwhelming in Germany, owing to the sampler CD called “Metal Crusade” from “Heavy oder was!?” magazine, which featured the title track “Virtual Image”.
Koyano left the band prior to the release of the album, but the band continued touring with the help from Suguru Kobayashi (ex-CASBAH), sharing the stage with various bands from OUTRAGE, RAGING FURY or METALUCIFER to DEFILED and SIGH. In July 2003, having added Tai Syouda (ex-GUARDIAN’S NAIL, now leading his own band, SEVENTH SON) as a permanent drummer, they flew to Germany to play at “Headbangers Open Air”, where they shared the stage with veterans like BLITZKRIEG, TRESPASS, and KILLER (Belgium) as well as youngsters like STORMWARRIOR, CRYONIC TEMPLE and DOOMSWORD. Their performance was praised by various media, with German “Rock Hard” magazine describing them as “the highlight of the festival”. The fact that many metalheads kept on chanting for SOLITUDE for a while after they left the stage proves the impact they had.
In 2004, they started preparing for a new album, and first recorded “Rainbow Theme” – “Frozen Rainbow” for a SAXON tribute album “Eagleution – A Tribute to Saxon”, put together by Remedy Records in Germany. The recording continued while the band played selected gigs like “Duryu Rock Festival” in Korea (with JURASSIC JADE from Japan, MINDFLOW from Brazil etc), or first-ever opportunity to play in Sapporo, Hokkaido, but their uncompromising attitude and various personal issues of each member delayed the whole process more than they had expected.
The recording, carried out at various points, was finally over and while they were waiting the mixing to be done, at the end of 2008, Syouda decided to leave the band. In February 2009, the remaining 3 guys participated in a NWOBHM cover event “Denim And Leather” as “SOLITUDE with Mad Ohuchi”, featuring none other than Takamasa “Mad” Ohuchi of ex-ANTHEM fame on drums. This resulted in Ohuchi joining SOLITUDE as a permanent member later that year.
In December 2009, after 8 years from the debut album, the long-awaited (literally!) new album “Brave the Storm” finally hit the stores. Like its predecessor, the album was produced by Fuyuhiko Inui, ex-band mate of Ida, who has been involved in various recordings as engineer/producer from BUCK-TICK or CHARA to MAVERICK. The mastering duty was handled by Alan Douches at West West Side Music (THE AGONIST, MASTODON etc).
In January 2011, the band toured Korea and Japan with Swedish sensation Enforcer, with Mean Streak also added for the Japanese dates. In September, “Brave the Storm” was released in Europe on Fastball Music in Germany, proving their growing popularity in the mainland Europe. In July 2012, the band helped set up a Japan tour for Canada’s Skull Fist, and toured with them and Widow from US. In 2013, they co-hosted the “Japanese Assault Fest”, sharing the stage with GIRLSCHOOL, VEKTOR, FASTKILL, AIR RAID etc.
In April 2014, the band finally started recording a new album. Looking for the kind of sound production they grew up listening, they went into a closed movie theater in Gotenba, Shizuoka, where they brought in the recording equipments, just like Deep Purple did in a hotel; Rainbow did in an old castle etc in the 70’s. With the great ambience and the environment to allow you to play as loud as you want, the place was later modified into a proper recording studio called “Tapestry Recording Studio”. The band appeared at the “Japanese Assault Fest” two years in a row (SATAN, HEAVY TIGER, MIDNIGHT MALICE, ETERNAL ELYSIUM etc) later that year.
The album was mixed and mastered at Pama Studios in Sweden, by Magnus “Mankan” Sedenberg and Magnus “Maxe” Axelsson respectively, who had worked with such bands as BULLET and CRUCIFIED BARBARA. The stunning artwork was painted by the Italian artist Velio Josto, who had done covers for WARLORD, MEDIEVAL STEEL, OSTROGOTH among others. The album “Reach for the Sky” will be released on SPIRITUAL BEAST in June 2015, and the band will be extensively touring throughout Japan for the rest of the year, starting in Nagoya in August.
*SACRIFICE (Japan) was one of the leading bands in the Japanese thrash/underground scene from their formation in 1985 until disbanding in 1992, and they left a lot of impacts on young and upcoming bands then and even now. During their career, they released three studio albums, “Crest of Black” (1987), “Total Steel” (1990) and “Tears” (1992) and shared the stage with SODOM (Germany), NUCLEAR ASSAULT (USA), CASBAH, OUTRAGE, UNITED (all from Japan) among many others. They once featured Shinji “Samm” Tachi of ex-SABBAT on drums, who later formed MAGNESIUM and also joined his brother in METALUCIFER. SACRIFICE has recently reunited under the lineup of Sugiuchi <vo>, Nishida <b>, Tachi <ds> and Temis Osmond <g> of ex-SABBAT fame.
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Montreal, QC – November 25, 2016
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Out Now! Death Thrash Hybrid KREPITUS Unleash FREE Debut Album ‘The Eyes of The Soulless’
L-R: Curtis Beardy- Bass, Teran Wyer- Guitars/Vocals, Harley “Rage” D’orazio- Drums, Matt Van Wezel – Guitars
Photo Credit: Dana Zuk
Calgary, AB’s KREPITUS are challenging the relationship between death and thrash metal with their trademark downtrodden technical riffs and fierce aggressive vocals. They have been constantly playing with opposing elements and creating a stable compound of death-fused thrash since their beginnings in 2013. Three years in the making, the bone crushing four piece are proud to unleash their debut album ‘The Eyes of The Soulless’ out now as of November 25th for FREE download via the band’s Bandcamp at the following link https://krepitus.bandcamp.com/album/eyes-of-the-soulless.
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KREPITUS is comprised of Teran Wyer performing double duty on guitar and vocals; a tortured soul bound to his music. Matt Van Wezel is the second sniper, hitting each guitar note with precision and complementing the already harmonious riffs. Curtis Beardy pulls the tone down to the depths of hell with his steady hand and low register bass riffs. Finally, Harley “Rage” D’orazio kicks everything into overdrive possessed by grinding rhythms and accenting every solo on his drum kit.
Each member stands like a pillar; strong and sure in their own sound, but all standing to support the structure that is Krepitus. They have since performed with acts like Expain, Depths of Hatred, and Aegaeon and have competed in the Wacken Metal Battle Canada while writing their debut album.
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Montreal, QC – November 25, 2016
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Out Now! RED CAIN Unleash Debut Self-Titled EP
L-R: Samuel Royce – drums, Nik Ryzhenkov – guitar, Evgeniy Zayarny – vocals, William Lancaster – synths/orchestration, Rogan McAndrews – bass/back vocals
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RED CAIN are proud to unleash their debut self-titled EP out now as of November 25th on iTunes, CD Baby and Bandcamp. The band returns to the scene after a two year hiatus and line up change that now features orchestration guru William Lancaster along with the talented multi-instrumentalist Rogan McAndrews to join founding band members Evgeniy Zayarny, Nikita Ryzhenkov plus Samuel Royce.
The band comments on the EP’s release:
“Red Cain” is a concept album, with the tracks mirroring the four “Faces of Man”. Guillotine is War. Dead Aeon Requiem is Ascendance. Hiraeth is Yearning, future and past. Unborn is the Primordial.
It is with a great sense of pride, anticipation, and optimism that we finally reveal these four songs – our first quality thrust at the musical abyss, and our first challenge to you, the fans, as well as ourselves. There are lyrical, musical, and thematic layers to be discovered within these tracks; they are as much a reflection of their creators as of the subject matter, and, as often happens in music, we came out much changed on the other end. If we can instill even a small portion of that change within you, the listeners, that will make all of this worthwhile.
We want to express our gratitude to the people who made this possible and who pushed us to demonstrate that we can take this heavy first step, that we can realize our vision in a way that sets us apart from the myriad of fantastic acts in the rock and metal community. Thank you to our families, close friends, and the first circle of Red Cain fans – we lean on your spears. Thank you to our brothers who stood with us as part of this band at any point – any of our success is your own. Thank you to Robert Kukla for making this record happen from an engineering standpoint. And our deepest gratitude to every single one of you who takes the time to listen to our music, share it with others, or reach out with a word of congratulations.
It’s been quite a ride, and our charge forward is just taking shape. We hope you will share it with us.” – Red Cain
To hear the full stream of the EP, please visit the following link: https://redcain.bandcamp.com/album/red-cain-ep
FREE download of their track ‘Dead Aeon Requiem’, available at the following link: http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/red-cain-dead-aeon-requiem-free-song-download
Song stream ‘Hiraeth’ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3VzG-M_Ss8
Upcoming Show Dates:
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Montreal, QC – November 25, 2016
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VAN HALST Ask The ‘Questions’ With New Music Video Premiere On Femme Metal
Out Now! New Album ‘World of Make Believe’
Photo Credit: Renee Robyn
““Questions is a very important song for us. There is so much victim blaming in our society and we wanted to draw attention to this issue. My sister (Brittney Grabill) and I wrote this song in response to a series of sexual assaults that were happening in our home town. We were appalled by the lack of focus on the perpetrator and the questions being asked of the victims such as “Well what were they doing there in the first place?” We need to stop putting the blame on the victims and shift our focus to preventing these altercations in the first place. People need to understand that violence and abuse towards another person, any person, is not ok.”
Watch ‘Questions’ at the following link: http://www.femmemetalwebzine.net/2016/11/25/van-halst-ask-the-questions-with-new-music-video-premiere-on-femme-metal-out-now/
VAN HALST released their debut album ‘World of Make Believe’ on March 4th, 2016, which is now available on iTunes and Bandcamp.
A full album stream can be heard at the following link https://vanhalst.bandcamp.com/album/world-of-make-believe
Plus the following videos:
Save Me – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAq7jXBPSqM
Lyric Video – Questions – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJyR-ua_xaM
1. The End (4:31)
2. Save Me (4:12)
3. Ryan’s Song (4:11)
4. World of Make Believe (3:46)
5. Questions (3:23)
6. Denying Eyes (4:08)
7. Monster (3:29)
8. Plastic Smile (5:11)
9. Put Him Down (4:33)
10. Perfect Storm (4:44)
Album Length: 42:14
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Montreal, QC – November 24, 2016
Reminder – Only A Few Days Left To Apply! Brutal Battle Cuba 2017
Tour On Brutal Summer Fest Cuba
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Attention Canadian Bands! Want to tour Cuba on Brutal Summer Fest 2017? BRUTAL BATTLE CUBA is proud to announce its 2017 edition across Quebec and Ontario to send one lucky Canadian band to tour across the country during August 2017.
Submissions end on November 30th, 2016 11:59 pm EST.
Apply your band at the following link: http://www.piranhaproductions.ca/soumission.php
Participating Cities:
Ontario: Oshawa, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Kingston
Quebec: Montreal, Quebec City, Trois Rivieres
The winning Canadian band of BRUTAL BATTLE CUBA will join five to seven other international bands along with crew members, drivers and one big bus for a two week tour across Cuba. The winning band will also be provided a 500$ worth package that will include a custom banner, shirts and stickers for the tour. While on the road, the Canadian band will also be introduced to every aspect of Cuban culture.
Watch video from last year’s tour with 2016 champions Montreal’s DEALER with Verbal Abuse (USA), Fang (USA), Neige Morte (France), Euglena (Russia), KESS’KHTAK (Switzerland) and local Cuban bands Switch Adox, Sex By Manipulation and Spermask – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-aCoVppuA
For more information, please visit: www.facebook.com/BrutalBattleCUBA.
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