This concise, compact and charismatic EP brings the fire immediately as it channels the essence of Hard Rock into CRNKSHFT’s opening song, ‘Systematic’…a marvelous release which excels in many areas including drive, determination, dominance and general brilliance. CRNKSHFT will surely prove to be a valuable name for Rock in the future if they can advance on the progress made by this EP.
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http://earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=106&dWeekOfID=2017-02-21
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Striker show they are among today’s best young ’80s-style metal bands.
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0 NEWS: Wacken Metal Battle USA Boston Round 1 Winner! COFFIN BIRTH
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 22, 2017
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Wacken Metal Battle USA Boston Round 1 Winner! COFFIN BIRTH
One Champion To Play At Wacken Open Air
One band, one champion, thousands of metalheads!
Wacken Metal Battle In America For The First Time!
Wacken Metal Battle USA is proud to announce the first ever round on American soil and in Boston has been conquered by the brutal blackened death metal of COFFIN BIRTH. The band will now move on to the Boston city final on April 20th. Remaining qualifying rounds listed below.
For over a decade at the world’s largest outdoor metal festival Wacken Open Air, independent metal bands from around the globe have been performing in front of thousands and competing against one another for one to be crowned champion of the world along with winning multiple prizes (prizes info). For the first time ever, Wacken Metal Battle USA is coming to America for its inaugural year and will be hosting qualifying rounds in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. The national champion of those battles will perform at the 2017 festival taking place from August 3rd – 5th. Please watch the following video trailer to see all the metal fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_xjt8Qp3TE
Boston, MA
Round 3 – Tuesday, March 21 @ Once Somerville (156 Highland Ave, Somerville, Massachusetts)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1841549376120623/
Pathogenic – http://pathogenic.bandcamp.com
Carnivora – http://carnivora.bandcamp.com
Ravage – http://www.RavageTheEarth.com
Goblet – http://goblet2.bandcamp.com
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1841549376120623/
Pathogenic – http://pathogenic.bandcamp.com
Carnivora – http://carnivora.bandcamp.com
Ravage – http://www.RavageTheEarth.com
Goblet – http://goblet2.bandcamp.com
Final – Thursday, April 20 @ Once Somerville (156 Highland Ave, Somerville, Massachusetts)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/364745117238312/
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/364745117238312/
Coffin Birth – http://coffinbirth.bandcamp.com
TBD
TBD
Philadelphia, PA
Round 1 – Saturday, March 18 @ Whiskey Tango (14000 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Round 1 – Saturday, March 18 @ Whiskey Tango (14000 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/618215298370947/
In The Presence Of Wolves – http://inthepresenceofwolves.com/
POWER THEORY – http://sentinelmusic75.wixsite.com/powertheory
Corpse Hoarder – https://corpsehoarder.bandcamp.com/
Fatal Aggression – https://youtu.be/GW-oxme5duM
Assayer – http://assayermetal.com/
Malphas – https://malphas94.bandcamp.com/
New York City
(dates coming soon)
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How it works:
Each city will hold their qualifying rounds plus city finals, selecting the top band to move forward to the national final in New York City (date to be determined) with one being selected to perform at the 28th edition of Wacken Open Air. All bands will be judged during battle rounds by respected local music industry.
The finalists will be selected as follows by city.
2 Finalists from Boston
2 Finalists from Philadelphia
2 Finalists from New York City
National Final in New York City
National Final in New York City
For more info on Wacken Metal Battle USA, please visit these links:
Official Website: http://www.metalbattlusa.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wackenmetalbattleusa/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WackenBattleUSA
For more info on international battle, please visit: http://www.metal-battle.com
For more info on Wacken Open Air, please visit http://www.wacken.com
RULES:
All bands, that wish to participate in the Metal Battle, must read the following rules and guidelines. Bands who send in an application automatically agree to the rules and terms.
- Your band doesn’t have a deal and isn’t about to sign to a label in the near future.
- Your band can easily play a 25 minute set consisting of your own songs. (No Covers). Full set performance time is 25 mins.
- PA, lighting, and sound engineer will be provided for all bands.
- Backline arrangements TBA.
- The bands must bring their own instruments such as guitars, bass, drum breakables, keyboards and effect pedals and may also bring and use their own guitar amps.
- To keep the changeover times as short as possible, bands with left handed drummers will play as first or last band. All bands have to follow the directions given by the promoters or stage manager.
- Semi playback is not allowed. All bands must play live. Background orchestrations are ok as long as all vocals, guitars and bass are live. Intros / interludes are also ok.
- Jury of respected music industry folk will decide the winners each night.
If a band overruns its allotted performance-time, then the band-members should be aware of the fact that in this case their sound will be faded out. The running order for the concert will be released a few days before the event takes place.
Please note:
Travel for the winning band to go to Germany is at their own expense and accommodations at the festival will be in the form of camping in the VIP area.
Full professional back line will be provided for performance.
Sponsors / Media Partners:
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MetalMasterKingdom.com
MetalNationRadio.com
Metal-Rules.com
MetalSucks.net
MetalUnderground.com
PureGrainAudio.com
DVT Entertainment
Dungeon Works Productions
Asher Media Relations
Grayskull Booking
Full Siege Entertainment
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0 NEWS: Vancouver’s GNASH RAMBLER Premiere ‘Bad Karma’ via PureGrainAudio; Debut Album Out March 31st
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Montreal, QC – February 22, 2017
For Fans of Husker Du, The Ramones
Vancouver’s GNASH RAMBLER Premiere ‘Bad Karma’ via PureGrainAudio; Debut Album Out March 31st
All great bands have a great name and Vancouver, BC’s splendidly-named GNASH RAMBLER is no exception. Their name is a combination of that of a classic car and vocalist Nick Venditti’s habit of gnashing his teeth! Their superb brand of ‘hooky punk rock / metal- tinged power pop’ is a unique musical vision.
“The music we do betrays my own obvious musical influences: The Ramones, Motorhead, Husker Du, The Who and the Beatles.”
comments vocalist Nick Venditti.
The band’s debut self-titled album is due out on March 31st and before it drops, the band has teamed up with PureGrainAudio.com for the premiere of their first single ‘Bad Karma’.
The band comments on the track:
“‘Bad Karma’…..how friendships and alliances can often be worthless than the paper they were printed on. Always read the damn contract.”
Listen to ‘Bad Karma’ at the following link: http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/listen-to-new-gnash-rambler-single-or-get-some-bad-karma-exclusive-premiere
Venditti promises the best is yet to come from GNASH RAMBLER.
“Many of these songs had been around for a long time and I had a terrific opportunity to get them down for posterity. The next album will have even more musical stylistic diversity than this one, but will still possess the big post-punk rock sound that is at the heart of what we’re doing. Many of the songs are just me reflecting on where we’re going these days. The anxiety felt by so many folks on account of all the crazy things going on in the world and even crazier things going on closer to home. We have probably always lived in interesting times, but because of technology our ability to be aware is always going to be at odds with how we process our feelings.”
GNASH RAMBLER‘s self-titled debut album will be available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Bandcamp and all major online retailers.
1. No One Gives A Fuck (1:19)
2. Dues And Don’ts (5:29)
3. Bad Karma (4:18)
4. Downtown Rock (3:30)
5. Buick Spyder Beyond Our Means (5:23)
6. Blues For Boogie (5:10)
7. Jello Mold (3:12)
8. Doin’ It All Wrong (2:14)
9. I’m Het (1:45)
10. PAX Amerikana (3:43)
11. Man Over (2:21)
12. Sex Beat (2:21)
Album Length: 38:20
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0 NEWS: ARMSTRONG METAL FEST 2017 Line Up w/ REVOCATION, NINJASPY, AGGRESSION, GOLERS and more! Tickets On Sale Now!
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 22, 2017
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ARMSTRONG METAL FEST 2017 Line Up w/ REVOCATION, NINJASPY, AGGRESSION, GOLERS and more!
Tickets On Sale Now!
Promo Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9zHeA2pKWs
2016 AMF Free Digital Sampler – https://armstrongmetalfest.bandcamp.com/album/armstrong-metalfest-2016-mountain-moshpit-vol-1
(over 90 minutes of headbanging tracks from bands on the 2016 line up)
Nestled in the Okanagan valley, the town of Armstrong has become British Columbia’s largest mosh pit. Trembling the Rocky Mountains and creating a gathering of metalheads like no other in Western Canada, ARMSTRONG METALFEST, now in its ninth year returns with a 2017 line up that metal fans from across country will feast on from sunrise till way past sunset on July 14th and 15th at the Hassen Arena.
This year’s headliners include Boston’s tech death / thrash titans REVOCATION, Vancouver’s ska-metal champions NINJASPY, Canadian 80’s thrash legends AGGRESSION and the Broken Neck Radio peoples choice winner GOLERS among many more from across the country. (full list below)
Festival co-founder Jesse Valstar comments:
“The team members of West Metal Entertainment poured their sweat and blood into making this year’s line up for Armstrong Metalfest the best year yet! A large portion of this year’s line up consists of bands who will be releasing albums in 2017. The fact that so many bands in Canada are able to write and record quality material is a real testament to the thriving metal scene we have. The band submission process is a grueling gauntlet of awesomeness, but personally I love every second I dedicate to the brilliant artists of Canadian Metal!
I am especially excited to have Revocation on this year’s edition of Armstrong Metalfest. Their style is hella fitting for the festival and I know they will be well received! Also, their album “Great Is Our Sin” is fantastic front to back. I’ll be front row center screaming my heart out for sure!
I am very proud of the work our team has put into year nine of Armstrong Metalfest. Our work is paying off, so far this year we have broken every record for ticket sales we have ever had. As a community we built this festival from the ground up. As the festival grows, so does our community. We are all proud of this big beautiful beast!”
Weekend pass available for $120 CAD regular pre-sale with camping included in ticket price. Weekend of festival, the weekend pass will be $160 CAD at the festival gate. Day pass will be available at the festival gate only for $70 CAD. Camping is an additional $20 CAD for day pass per night. Please visit the following link for details and purchase: https://armstrongmetalfest.ca/tickets/
Confirmed for the fest is the following line-up:
(day line-ups and set times will be revealed at a later date)
Aggression
Angelmaker
Apollyon
Arkenfire
Atrous Leviathan
Cell
Citizen Rage
Cocaine Moustache
Dahlmers Realm
Dead Quiet
Dragstrips Devils
Drop Dead Fred
Exit Strategy
Expain
Eye of Horus
Galactic Pegasus
Gardener
Gatekeeper
Gladius Sky
Golers
Ninjaspy
Nomad
Odinfist
Ossific
Planet Eater
Revocation
Serephic Nihilist
Slagduster
Spore
Tales of The Tomb
Terrifier
The Avulsion
Train Bigger Monkeys
W.M.D.
Xul
Zuckuss
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 was the eighth year of the festival and was its largest year for music and attendance. Previous years of the festival have seen line ups with Cattle Decapitation, Suffocation, Beyond Creation, Dayglo Abortions, Rivers of Nihil, The Zenith Passage, 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:
Armstrong MetalFest – http://www.armstrongmetalfest.ca
Calgary Metalfest – http://www.calgarymetalfest.com
Days of The Dead – https://www.facebook.com/DaysOfTheDeadRD
Farmageddon Open Air – http://www.farmageddon.ca
Loud As Hell – http://www.loudashell.com
Metalocalypstick – http://metalocalypstickfest.rocks
Metallion – http://www.facebook.com/metallionfestival
Sponsors:
The Green – http://www.thegreen.ca
Absolute Underground Mag – https://www.facebook.com/AbsoluteUndergroundTV
Asher Media Relations – http://www.ashermediarelations.com
Askew’s Foods – http://www.askewsfoods.com/index.php
Broken Neck Radio – http://www.brokenneckradio.com
Canada’s Extreme Metal Radio – http://www.cemr.ca/
Metal Master Kingdom – http://www.metalmasterkingdom.com
Metal Nation Radio – http://www.metalnationradio.com
PureGrainAudio – http://www.puregrainaudio.com
Rancho Vignola – http://www.ranchovignola.com
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