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0 L.A. Beat – Social Arsonist’s metal transcends borders
0 Abbotsford Today – TOUR ALERT: PROTOSEQUENCE Announce “The Greasy BC Tour”
0 Dead Rhetoric – Divinity – The Immortalist (Self-Released)
The Immortalist – delivering over 67-minutes of intricacies, fluid guitar play, insane time signature manipulations, and varied clean/extreme vocal expressions for the consumers to digest…. The Immortalist is ideal for people who love the marriage of Swedish melodic death and progressive/technical metal that doesn’t go far off the rails – dripping with a touch of cyber-orientation to give things that fresh nature to the proceedings.
http://deadrhetoric.com/reviews/divinity-the-immortalist-self-released/
0 VOIR – KARKAOS – CHILDREN OF THE VOID
0 NEWS: RIKSHA Inks Deal With Zombie Shark Records; New Music Video “Shovel It” Is A Psychedelic Thrill Ride
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Montreal, QC – May 23, 2017
RIKSHA Inks Deal With Zombie Shark Records; New Music Video “Shovel It” Is A Psychedelic Thrill Ride
Salt Lake City’s RIKSHA has inked a worldwide deal with Zombie Shark Records, the new record label from Noah “Shark” Robertson (Motograter, Ex-The Browning) for their forthcoming album ‘Five Stages Of Numb’ set for release in June. The album was recorded at Elevate Studios by notable producer and drummer for Chelsea Grin, Pablo Viveros plus album art done by Die Elster.
RIKSHA’s sound is affectionately known as “throg”, a mixture of “thrash” and “progressive”. The band can best be compared to groove metal and nu metal bands such as Mudvayne, Tool, Pantera, Coal Chamber, Soulfly, Nothingface, and American Head Charge.
RIKSHA frontman Palmer states, “We couldn’t be more excited to be working with Zombie Shark Records and the great bands they represent.”
Zombie Shark Records label manager Michael Boodagh also states, “Riksha is a growing artist that is continually perfecting their craft. I am pleased to welcome them to the ZSR team! I can’t wait to see what comes next!”
RIKSHA’s new video “Shovel It” in support of “Five Stages of Numb” can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV3d_G_Wdv4
Plus the album’s title track is currently streaming on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/3GddLzEKDvnKmdG8rctQqg and is supported by a computer animated music video produced by Vladyslav Tsarenko that can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/g3Vyz8OkTEE
About:
RIKSHA have released 2 previous studio albums recorded by Bruce Kirby at Boho Digitalia Studios – ‘Dream Drops Red’ released through Dark Harvest Records and the independently released ‘Night Begins’. Riksha burned up the underground metal scene in 2012, winning Project Independent’s “Industry Panel Favorite” voted on by a panel of producers, A&R reps, and record company owners. Since then, the band has purchased a 1973 Eagle Tour Bus and has hit the road throughout the US. Riksha is currently making plans to tour the U.S. in support of their upcoming release.
RIKSHA takes four guys and squeezes out as much sound and energy as possible. With a combination of both melodic and in your face vocal and guitar styles, Riksha hammers away with a musical montage of aggression, power, and strength to create a new and bold sound.
‘Five Stages of Numb’ tracklist:
1 – Departure Eminent
2 – Five Stages of Numb
3 – Shovel It
4 – Skeleton Rain Dance
5 – Kicking My Way Through September
6 – Banging Danger
7 – Insight Bleeds
RIKSHA IS:
Palmer/Vox
Kevin Bronson/Bass
Max Dail/Drums
Ian Law/Guitar
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0 Noizze UK – Karkaos – Children of The Void
Definitely appealing to the symphonic and melodic crowds and hitting extreme metal and metal audiences in equal measure. Karkaos know exactly what they want to be and exactly where they’re going and are likely to steadily receive more attention for their efforts.
http://www.noizze.co.uk/single-post/2017/05/23/Karkaos-Children-of-the-Void—Album-Review
0 EPK – Statue Of Demur – Alien Pacific (2017)
Statue of Demur – Alien Pacific (2017)
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Label: Self-Release
Publicist – Jon Asher – ashermedia(@)gmail.com
For Fans of Meshuggah, Sepultura, Kataklysm
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“Subhuman Ataxia is one of the most technically impressive albums I’ve heard in recent memory. It is a combination of heaviness with a large amount of technical work, and just enough groove to peak any metalhead’s interest.” – Bucketlist Music Reviews (Album review Subhuman Ataxia 2015)
“the music behind them is high quality” – Extreme Metal Television (Album review Subhuman Ataxia 2015)
L-R: Jake Reimer (Vocals/Bass), Mitch Fitz (Drums), Richard Zimmer (Vocals/Guitar)
Photo Credit: Nathan Renaud
In 2008, from a deep, dark, poorly lit gromitorium, in Calgary, Alberta, a new technical metal band, Statue of Demur was born. Statue Drenched in Jager with a variety of influences, Jake Reimer (Vocals/Bass), Richard Zimmer (Vocals/Guitar) and Mitch Fitz (Drums) came together to foster an intricate combination of many styles of metal, meticulously fused into a completely unique sound.
A powerful 3-piece band that has been churning out groovy riffs for the last 9 years, Statue of Demur has had the opportunity to share the stage with many bands over the years, including Canadian titans Kataklysm. They have played at Loud as Hell Music Festival, Calgary Metalfest and were the recipients of Album of the Year Award at the 2016 edition of The Calgary Beer Core Awards.
Now in 2017, Statue of Demur continues to deliver an intoxicating mind-fuck melody of tunes with their full-length release Alien Pacific. A concept album touching on extraterrestrial involvement in evolution, and their control over our showdown government, the album is a groovy ride from start to finish. Fitz says, “Without the intention, we wrote a concept album. No tracks were cut for this record, we don’t ever write songs and decide later on that they don’t make it the album. We decide early on, the rough number of tracks that we want for a full length and don’t hit the studio until we reach that number. We have never recorded an EP, and three of your records are full length.”
Statue Of Demur – Alien Pacific
Release date: June 16, 2017
[Download Album Lyrics]
2. Tectonic Plates Of Pangea
3. Mammoth Milk
4. The Human Chapter
5. Cartilage
6. War Of The Zodiacs
7. Idlewild
8. Legion Of Planets
9. Alien Pacific
10. Freebleeder
Album Credits:
• Release Date: June 16, 2017
• All songs were written by Statue of Demur
• Recorded, mixed and mastered by Nathan Renaud at Big Nate Productions
• Drums recorded at Ghost Iron Studios. Guitars recorded at The Shaky hand and The Gromitorium
• Vocals recorded at The Gromitorium
• Album artwork by Jamie Fitzpatrick at Static X Chaos
• Digital formatting and layout by Shea Friesen
• Album line-up:
– Jake Reimer (Bass and Vocals)
– Mitch Fitz (Drums)
– Richard Zimmer (Guitar and Vocals)
Discography:
2017 – Alien Pacific
2015 – Subhuman Ataxia
2010 – Slaterville
Shared the stage with:
Kataklysm, Carach Angren
Festivals:
2016 – Calgary Metalfest
2016 – Natefest
2015 – Loud as Hell Music
2015 – Farmageddon Open Air
Awards:
2016 – Calgary Beer Core Awards – Album of the Year Award for Subhuman Ataxia
0 Vinland Radio – Episode 494 – Rapheumets Well, Divinity
0 925 Rebellion – Cydemind – Erosion
http://925rebellion.com/cydemind-erosion-album-review/
Bottom line, “Erosion” is a glorious album that is worthy of any Metal… nay, any music collection. It’s simply wonderful music to listen to.
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