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0 Vernon Morning Star – In the past, metalheads had to travel to Germany to experience the rush of a big festival, such as Wacken Open Air. But local headbangers decided to bring that feeling home with Armstrong Metalfest.
0 Thank you MDs and DJs from across the country for supporting Canadian Metal! \m/\m/ Ninjaspy – Spüken – #2 For June 2017 National Loud Chart + #1 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Thank you MDs and DJs from across the country for supporting Canadian Metal! \m/\m/
Ninjaspy – Spüken – #2 For June 2017 National Loud Chart + #1 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, July 4, 2017
0 EPK – Tides of Kharon – Coins Upon Our Eyes (2017)
Tides of Kharon – Coins Upon Our Eyes
For Fans of Kataklysm, Amon Amarth, At The Gates
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Publicist – Jon Asher – ashermedia[(@)]gmail.com
L-R: Gord Alexander (Drums), Cam Rehman (Bass/Backing Vocals), Garrett Nelson (Vocals), Ryan Rehman (Guitars), Justin Rehman (Guitars) Photo Credit – Ryan Rehman/Tides of Kharon
Few things go together better than melodic death metal and ancient mythology. The new album from Edmonton, Alberta’s Tides of Kharon, is the latest addition to this perfect combo. ‘Coins Upon Our Eyes’ goes hand in hand with the band name, taken from the lore of the boatman on the river Styx who ferries the dead to the underworld, taking the coins left on the eyes of a corpse as his payment. Tides of Kharon fully embrace the Greek mythology themes in their songs and their first EP is a cumulation of several different tales taking from the ancient pantheon.
Originally started by brothers Cam, Ryan and Justin Rehman in 2014 with a desire to play shows in front of people, Tides of Kharon quickly became a fan favorite in the Edmonton music community. The solidification of Gord Alexander on drums and Garrett Nelson on vocals finally cemented the sound the band sought and the production of the EP could begin. Citing inspiration from titans in the genre including Amon Amarth, At the Gates and early In Flames, the band is definitely in the running alongside their Swedish counterparts.
Their vivid storytelling and engaging stage presence has led them to be invited to play Metallion Festival for the third straight year, and to Loud as Hell for their debut year. They’ve been honoured to share the stage with many other local favorite bands at almost every venue in the city and after the release of the EP are looking to branch out and hit the road on tour.
“We’d describe our sound as something people can involve themselves with. Our lyrics are conceptual in the sense that they tell a story or are related to myth in one form or another. While it hits you hard, we feel that people can relate to the material and get them moving.” – Gord Alexander
Release Date: Friday, July 21, 2017
Track Listing:
- Coins Upon Our Eyes
- The Winter War
- From Medusa’s Throne
- Cerberus in Slumber
Album Credits:
– All songs written by Tides of Kharon
– Graphic Design work done by Dann Perdana from Indonesia
– Album mixing, and mastering done by Mike Burton of Fluffbot Studios
– Drums written by Dave Feil and programmed by Mike Burton
– Album line-up:
Festivals:
Metallion Metalfest 2005/2016/2017
Loud as Hell 2017
– All songs written by Tides of Kharon
– Graphic Design work done by Dann Perdana from Indonesia
– Album mixing, and mastering done by Mike Burton of Fluffbot Studios
– Drums written by Dave Feil and programmed by Mike Burton
– Album line-up:
Gord Alexander (Drums)
Cam Rehman (Bass/Backing Vocals)
Garrett Nelson (Vocals)
Ryan Rehman (Guitars)
Justin Rehman (Guitars)
Discography:
2017 – Coins Upon Our Eyes (LP)
Festivals:
Metallion Metalfest 2005/2016/2017
Loud as Hell 2017
0 NEWS: NORDHEIM To Play Festival D’Ete De Quebec July 12th + Launch Indiegogo For “RapThor”, An Album About Bacon And Dinosaurs
(contact info below)
NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 6, 2017
For fans of Moonsorrow, Finntroll, Windir, Equilibrium, Ensiferum, Kalmah, Wintersun
NORDHEIM To Play Festival D’Ete De Quebec July 12th
Launch Indiegogo For “RapThor”, An Album About Bacon And Dinosaurs
Influenced by bands such as Finntroll, Ensiferum, Kalmah and Wintersun, Quebec City folk metal NORDHEIM will be performing at this year’s Festival D’Ete De Quebec concert series alongside Trollwar at Bar L’Anti on July 12th (full event details can be found here). The Québec City Summer Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and is Canada’s largest outdoor music festival event with 300 shows, 10 stages and 11 days of music from July 6 to 16, 2017. For more info please visit http://infofestival.com.
The band comments:
“We are very pleased to be a part of FEQ’s 50th anniversary. It’s awesome to share the stage with all the great artists performing this year. We’re gonna give the FEQ crowd a metal party that they won’t forget!”
In additional news, NORDHEIM have launched an indiegogo campaign for their forthcoming album entitled “RapThor” to follow their two previous releases “Refill” (2013) and debut “Lost In The North” (2011). Featuring eight tracks with titles such as “Troll Riding A Raptor”, “Boobs And Bacon” and “Dragonthorn”, this third studio recording is dedicated to the epic flavour of bacon, the colossus power of dinosaurs and more.
The band comments:
“‘We want to give the fans one of the heaviest and nastiest folk metal albums to date with ‘RapThor’. It is different from our first two. We had great feedback when we played the songs live. This album is the heaviest of them all while cutting back on the European folklore influences. It’s the result of our hard work over the last few years. It is super-heavy party music!”
NORDHEIM are offering various perks and bundles through their Indiegogo campaign to meet their goal of $3,500 for “RapThor”, which can be found at the following link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rapthor-metal#/
The band has also posted a video message for the campaign at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFUtNY1K5U
1. Troll Riding A Raptor
2. Boobs And Bacon
3. Scroll Of Lightning Bolt
4. Black Witch Rises
5. I Wish You Were Beer
6. Strength Became The Storm
7. Blood’s Shade
8. Dragonthorn
NORDHEIM is:
Warraxe – Guitars, Vocals
Benfok – Bass, Vocals
Fred – Lead Guitars
Luke – Drums
About:
So many bands make listeners choke from their sheer delusional pretentions of grandeur. Not Nordheim, their philosophy is simply to make fun folk metal, as can be evidenced by titles such as ‘Boobs and Bacon’ and ‘I Wish You Were A Beer’!
Inspired by Wintersun, Windir, Finntroll, Equillbrium, and Carcass, guitarist and singer, and main songwriter Warraxe describes Nordheim’s sound as ‘fast, heavy, festive, cold, and catchy!’
Warraxe explains that Nordheim are truly a band of brothers. ‘We are a bunch of guys from Bellechasse, a small region south of the St-Laurent River in the province of Quebec. We were long-time friends and have metal as a common passion, one thing leads to another and we started a band.’
Live Nordheim really show their sense of fun. “When we play live it’s a frickin’ party! We move a lot, scream, hump the air, we drink from the fans’ beer bottles and in turn, we feed them beer, with the help of our friends and roadies coming up on stage and pouring beer in their faces. Usually between songs I’ll be making jokes about anything I can think of, as long as it’s dumb and incoherent! We have a strong sense of ‘bro-ness’ with our fans!”
For more info, please visit
https://www.facebook.com/nordheimofficial/
https://nordheim.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Nordheimband
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#.514.581.5780 | ashermedia@gmail.com
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0 Metal, Punk & Radio Talk : SUMMER BOOZEDOWN 2017 – SILVERMYTH IN THE DARK #31 The installment brings a visit from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canadian based Doom Metallers ZAUM who talks about the background, foreground and inbetween of their music project.
Metal, Punk & Radio Talk : SUMMER BOOZEDOWN 2017 – SILVERMYTH IN THE DARK #31
http://radio-godmode.org/shop/?podcast=summer-boozedown-2017-silvermyth-in-the-dark-31
The installment brings a visit from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canadian based Doom Metallers ZAUM who talks about the background, foreground and inbetween of their music project.
Tour Dates:
Aug 4 – Ottawa, ON @ House of Targ
Aug 5 – Toronto, ON @ Bovine Sex Club
Aug 7 – North Bay, ON @ White Water Gallery
Aug 8 – Sault Ste Marie, ON @ The New American
Aug 9 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Black Pirates
Aug 10 – Winnipeg, MB @ Handsome Daughter
Aug 11 – Saskatoon, SK @ Vangelis
Aug 12 – Edmonton, AB @ Brixx
Aug 13 – Nelson, BC @ The Royal
Aug 15 – Abbotsford, BC @ TBA
Aug 16 – Victoria, BC @ Logans
Aug 17 – Vancouver, BC @ The Astoria
Aug 18 – Calgary, AB @ Distortion
Aug 19 – Regina, SK @ The Club
Aug 22 – Sudbury, ON @ The Asylum
0 Metal Temple – Deity – S/T “This is one of the better Death Metal debuts I’ve heard in recent memory—the musicianship is so cunning, so well-crafted in their identity they are, that I see good things for this band in the future.”
http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/d_2/deity-deity.htm
“This is one of the better Death Metal debuts I’ve heard in recent memory—the musicianship is so cunning, so well-crafted in their identity they are, that I see good things for this band in the future.”
0 Broken Neck Radio: Armstrong Metalfest 2017 Lineup SPOTLIGHT – Atrous Leviathan
0 The Permanent Rain Press – ARMSTRONG METALFEST 2017 CELEBRATES NINTH YEAR THIS JULY
0 Nataliez World – MUTANK – W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T. “MUTANK is thrash metal to its finest content. On their newest and latest EP addition “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” released via Boonsdale Records, is a short yet powerful release that is a solid follow-up effort of their debut cassette tape EP “M.E.C.H. Metal”.”
http://www.nataliezworld.com/2017/07/mutank-whatsthat.html
“MUTANK is thrash metal to its finest content. On their newest and latest EP addition “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” released via Boonsdale Records, is a short yet powerful release that is a solid follow-up effort of their debut cassette tape EP “M.E.C.H. Metal”.”
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