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0 Lords of Metal – Cydemind – What Remains
0 SILVERMYTH IN THE DARK #30 –HEAVY METAL SPRING BASH 2017– – Gnash Rambler
0 Ignite Music Mag – Woodhawk – Beyond The Sun
This album comes out swinging right from the get-go, and swing for the fences from track to track. WOODHAWK are purveyors of riff-centric rock and roll and you get it from front to back, the band is able to craft anthemic fist-pumping songs while forgoing tired stoner rock clichés.
https://ignitemusicmag.com/2017/04/18/album-review-woodhawk-beyond-the-sun-out-now/
0 BEWS: Sci-Fi Metal RAPHEUMETS WELL Premiere New Video ‘Enders Door’ via SkullsnBones
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – April 19, 2017
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Sci-Fi Metal RAPHEUMETS WELL Premiere New Video ‘Enders Door’ via SkullsnBones
‘Enders Door’ Due Out May 26th via Test Your Metal Records
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Hickory, N.C. sci-fi metal band RAPHEUMETS WELL (Ra-few-mets) will be releasing their next full length ‘Enders Door’ via Test Your Metal Records on May 26th. Once again they will being bring forth a voyage enriched with lore and a sound that is a complex mix of classical orchestrations, cosmic synths, and extreme metal to portray the epics of parallel worlds.
The synopsis of this album is in the fifth era of the Avomenian Empire, amidst the planetary ruins of Vaath, a rogue traveler would discover an artifact that would forever change his place in the cosmos.
Upon arriving to retrieve the artifact, it became apparent that Eryos’s brother Nathyiem would never make it to their arranged meeting point. In departing from the planet Vaath, Eryos received a distress signal from his brother’s ship, coming from an uncharted planet. Upon arriving, he found a odd world inhabited by a mysterious species called the Dreth led by lecherous matriarch named Eishar. It is here that he would uncover a faced-door, an inter-dimensional gateway to the Ender.
Teaming up with SkullsnBones.com, RAPHEUMETS WELL premiere their new music video for the album’s first single and title track.
Drummer Joshua Nassaru Ward comments:
“The song “Enders Door” highlights our albums mission to present this odd story in which the traveler, following his brothers distress beacon from what seems to be a downed ship, finds himself in a very uncompromising situation with a inter-dimensional being and the agenda of a lecherous female named Eishar. The video is completely self produced and with the help of David “King” Johnson, we tried to capture elements of our story while presenting the technicality and emotion of our music. In many ways we are trying to convey issues we all deal with through our music such as confusion, anxiety, fear, and revelation in seeking truth. There is symbolism here of course; in our pursuits to find ourselves we must brave trials that permit our weakness to manifest to find tangible truth.”
To watch ‘Ender’s Door’, please visit the following link on SkullsnBones.com: https://skullsnbones.com/rapheumets-well-premiere-music-video-enders-door/
Enders Door’ Pre-order links:
CD – http://testyourmetalrecords.bigcartel.com/product/rapheumets-well-enders-door
Digital – https://testyourmetalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rapheumets-well-enders-door
‘Enders Door’ Album Preview – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBGzAba24jY
1. The Traveler (4:39)
2. Distress From The Aberrant Planet (3:57)
3. The Autogenous Extinction (4:45)
4. Secrets of The Demigods (4:40)
5. Lechery Brought The Darkness (6:39)
6. Enders Door (6:35)
7. Prisoner of The Rift (2:58)
8. The Diminished Strategist (5:36)
9. Nastarian Waltz (1:13)
10. Ghost Walkers Exodus (5:41)
11. Killing The Colossus (5:58)
12. Eishar’s Lament (1:18)
13. Unveiling The Sapient (7:21)
Album Length: 1:01:20
Album Band Line Up:
Annette Greene – Female Vocals and Keys
Hunter Ross – Guitar
Brett Lee – Guitar
Joshua Nassaru Ward – Drums & Clean Vocals
Guest Guitarist – Brian Kingsland (Enthean and Nile)
Guest Bassist – Jonathan Finney
About:
Inspired by the fictitious universe of Sovael, RAPHEUMETS WELL is the name coined to the conscious deity who oversees the anastomosis of the multiverse, the master of portals and inter-dimensional travel. Being personified as a trickster, Rapheumet often creates chaos for unsuspecting voyagers. The word “Well” refers to the gravity wells, which like black holes, are catalyst of change and gateways between the cosmic plains.
Formed in 2008, 2011 and 2012 saw their first two demos followed by their first self release full length ‘Dimensions’ unleashed in 2014 that progressively told a larger story portrayed in a complex saga of Atai (ancient architects) who aid in the propagation of sentient life throughout the multi-verse. In 2016, they released their highly praised sophomore album ‘The Exile’ via Test Your Metal Records.
For more info, please visit
https://www.testyourmetalofficial.com/rapheumets-well
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“Hickory, NC’s Rapheumets Well(pronounced Ra-few-mets) is a band heavily steeped in science fiction and fantasy. And when I say heavily, I mean HEAVILY. They slam dunk their lushly orchestral and luxurious symphonic melodic blackened death metal into a fantastical and fantastically creative and complex world that I don’t even want to embarrass myself trying to explain. But, you gotta give mad ol’ props to any band willing to dive head first into something as elaborately conceptual as this costumed and inventive septet have from the off.” – Decibel Magazine
“if you like the theatrical havoc generated by Fleshgod Apocalypse and Dimmu Borgir, for example, you’ll fall in love for the music found in The Exile, the brand new concept album by the symphonic horde known as Rapheumets Well. ” – The Headbanging Moose
“As you’re about to find out, this first song from the new album combines turbocharged death metal vehemence with sweeping orchestral melodies, interweaving blazing drumwork and rapid-fire riffing with cosmic synthesizer vistas and fluid soloing, vicious growls and hair-raising shrieks with a vaulting clean-sung passage that coincides with the protagonist’s decision to end his apathy.” – No Clean Singing
“The Exilebrings symphonic elements to more intense and sometimes speedy death metal. Solid bursts of adrenaline, with the symphonies effectively working to provide a balance to these heavier moments, as heard in “The Epic of Darmak.” But the band is more than a one-trick pony, and frequently gives way to other flights of fancy while keeping the death metal sharp…an album that is well-written and enjoyable from start to finish. The potential is there for the band to really spread their wings for album number three.” – Dead Rhetoric
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0 Sentinel Daily – Ninjaspy – Spuken
Wow! This was my first thought when I listened to the single Speak by Ninjaspy. My introduction was an opening verse sounding eerily like Faith No More reborn, before then being asked the question in a whisper “Are you going to Speak”. The intensely screamed response then proceeded to slam me back in my seat. I liked what I heard, this heavy blend of reggae and jazzy grooves merged with the raw power of smash mouth nu metal.
0 Lift News – Calgary’s 420 Music & Arts Fest stars cannabis and heavy metal music
0 Schwermetallvergiftung – Ninjaspy – Spuken
0 NEWS: VESPERIA Frontman Morgan Rider Covers Katatonia’s ‘Idle Blood’ In Acoustic Video
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Montreal, QC – April 18, 2017
VESPERIA Frontman Morgan Rider Covers Katatonia’s ‘Idle Blood’ In Acoustic Video
VESPERIA frontman Morgan Rider has posted an acoustic cover video performing one of his favourite tracks from Katatonia ‘Idle Blood’ from the ‘Night Is The New Day’ album.
“I recorded this cover in my home studio and filmed it in the crown lands near my house. I am a big Katatonia fan and have been wanting to record an homage to them with a slightly altered arrangement for awhile now.” comments Rider.
For more info:
http://vesperiametal.com
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0 The Vancouver Sun – Metalocalypstick Festival showcases women of metal
0 NEWS: ShrEdmonton Fest & Conference Offer Free Digital Sampler Of 2017 Line Up
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Montreal, QC – April 18, 2017
ShrEdmonton Fest & Conference Offer Free Digital Sampler Of 2017 Line Up
Edmonton, AB’s loudest indoor metal festival and conference SHREDMONTON presented by Prairie Fire Events Ltd is offering metal fans a free digital sampler of headbanging tunes from bands on this year’s line up.
To get your FREE download, please visit the following link: https://shredmonton.bandcamp.com/album/shredmonton-2017-shredder-sampler
Featuring some of the heaviest acts from across Canada to rumble the Alberta prairies, this year’s SHREDMONTON will be headlined by Vancouver power titans UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, Winnipeg’s doom funeral PSYCHOTIC GARDENING and Edmonton gore masters BLËED from Friday, May 12th to Sunday, May 14th 2017 at the Mercury Room (full band list below). This year’s festival also features an ALL AGES event on the Sunday date, as well as the return of the all-ages industry conference aspect, which includes panels on publicity & promotion, festival booking plus vocal, guitar and recording / live sound clinics.
ShrEdmonton organizer Tyson Travnik comments:
“We’re very proud to be able to focus this year’s festival on showcasing bands that we feel have supported past Canadian festivals plus helped their local scenes flourish. Focusing on keeping this year’s experience intimate, yet retaining top-shelf quality is something that I think will set 2017 apart from events we’ve done in the past. “
Tickets for ShrEdmonton 2017 are available on www.Shredmonton.com and at the following Edmonton locations Mercury Room, Blackbyrd, Rendezvous Pub, The Forge plus available in Red Deer, AB at Sound House and from Annihilatrix Productions in Calgary, AB.
Ticket Prices:
Shredpass: $50
Friday, May 12: $20
Saturday, May 13 – Conference – Free with Shredpass, $5 at door
Saturday, May 13: $25
Sunday, May 14: $17
Shredmonton 2017 – Line Up
All events at Mercury Room (10575 114 St.)
Follow festival details on Facebook event here.
Friday, May 12
Show (18+)
Doors 7:00 pm
8:00 – 8:45 – Days I Die (Calgary, AB)
9:00 – 9:45 – Osyron (Calgary, AB)
10:00 – 10:45 – Sleeping in Traffic (Edmonton, AB)
11:00 – 11:45 – Leave The Living (Red Deer, AB)
12:15 – 1:00 – Psychotic Gardening (Winnipeg, MB)
Saturday, May 13 Seminars (ALL AGES)
Publicity/Promotion Clinic – 1:00-1:30 pm
Vocal clinic 1:30-2:00 Guitar Clinic – 2:00-2:30 pm
Stage Moves with Jesse Valstar – 2:30-3:00 pm
Festival Seminar – 3:00-3:30 pm
Recording/Live Sound Clinic – 3:30-4:00 pm
Show (18+)
Doors 6:00 pm
7:00 – 7:45 – Valyria (Edmonton, AB)
8:00 – 8:45 – Burning Effigy (Calgary, AB)
9:00 – 9:45 – W.M.D. (Calgary, AB)
10:00 – 10:45 – Gatekeeper (Vancouver, BC)
11:00 – 11:45 – Eye of Horus (Edmonton, AB)
12:15 – FIN – Unleash The Archers (Vancouver, BC)
Sunday, May 14
Show (All Ages)
Doors 3:00 pm
3:00 – 3:45 – Disturb The Dead (Devon, AB)
4:00 – 4:45 – Scarlet Serenity (Edmonton, AB)
5:00 – 5:45 – Krepitus (Calgary, AB)
6:00 – 6:45 – Voltang (Hamilton, ON)
7:00 – 8:00 – Bleed (Edmonton, AB)
For more info, please visit: www.Shredmonton.com.
Last year’s first ever ShrEdmonton featured over 20 bands over the course of 3 days at The Starlite Room and The Brixx Bar and Grill (same building), as well as a multi-room industry based conference located at the Shaw Conference Center. The full line up consisted of an ultra heavy hitting bill that included headliners Dying Fetus, Acacia Strain, Jungle Rot, Black Crown Initiate, Goatwhore, Finnish power metallers Thunderstone along with some of Western Canada’s best such as Disciples of Power, Planet Eater, Scythia, Tylor Dory Trio, Every Hour Kills among many more! Conference panels were held the Shaw Conference Center on recording, photography, video production, publicity, media relations, journalism, and concert promotion / talent buying for festivals / venues with music industry professionals from across Canada.
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
Partners:
Absolute Underground Magazine
Asher Media Relations
Canada’s Extreme Metal Radio
CJSR 88.5FM
Crown of Viserys
Exclaim!
Gigfly
Metal Master Kingdom
Metal-Rules
Print Machine
PureGrainAudio
Pure Rock Radio
Slayer of Pixels
Steam Whistle Brewing
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