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0 Heavy Planet – Howling Giant – Black Hole Space Wizard Part 2

  • September 15, 2017
  • by Asher
  • · Howling Giant

People, you need to hear this record….Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 2 is a journey you have to take, not because it is our job or what is expected from us, but because it is what is right.  The album is a heavy, progressive, quantum theory of groove that will take you through the wormhole with a smile on your face for the entire ride. Absolutely one of my favorites this year and will, without question, be making my year end list.

http://www.heavyplanet.net/2017/09/album-review-howling-giant-black-hole.html

0 PowerMetal.de – Moonlight Desires – Just The Hits: 1981-1985

  • September 15, 2017
  • by Asher
  • · Moonlight Desires

http://powermetal.de/review/review-Moonlight_Desires/Just_The_Hits__1981_-_1985,31243.html

0 NEWS: Sons of Butcher Creator Trevor Ziebarth Makes 80’s Pop Anthems Go Metal  w/ MOONLIGHT DESIRES New Cover Video “Valerie” via Bravewords New Album “Just The Hits: 1981-1985”; Out Now via Infamous Butcher Records

  • September 15, 2017
  • by Asher
  • · Moonlight Desires · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – September 15, 2017

For fans of Sons of Butcher, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, 80s pop hits

Sons of Butcher Creator Trevor Ziebarth Makes 80’s Pop Anthems Go Metal
w/ MOONLIGHT DESIRES New Cover Video “Valerie” via Bravewords

New Album “Just The Hits: 1981-1985” Out Now via Infamous Butcher Records

Moonlight Desires might only play 80s cover songs, but you’d be wrong to dismiss them as just another cover band. Formed by long-time Hamilton, ON musician Trevor Ziebarth (Actor/Writer/Composer on Teletoon’s adult comedy series Sons of Butcher), Moonlight Desires is his ode to the raunchy romances and youthful misadventures of summer’s past. By re-working synth laden pop hits of the 1980s, Ziebarth manages to turn familiar guilty pleasures into modern, guitar-driven rock anthems.

Joined in the studio by drummer Dave Dunham (Not Of, DAVIDS, ex-Chore, ex-Sons Of Butcher) and lead guitarist Marco Bressette (Dead Tired, ex-Threat Signal), their new album “Just The Hits: 1981-1985” transforms timeless hits such as “Sunglasses At Night” by Corey Hart and “Something About You” by Level 42 into party rock anthems.

“On our second album, Just The Hits: 1981-1985, all the songs I selected have a special place in my heart, nostalgic melodies that are still as catchy now as they were back then. It sounds weird but, when I was searching out potentials to cover, whether I was at Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart or even at the Olympics in Russia, I kept hearing these certain songs over and over and I knew they were the ones I was meant to do! If the songs are still being played on the radio to this day, that certainly speaks to how great they are, I’m just making them heavier! To stay consistent with the nostalgic, the album is not only being released digitally and on CD, but we’ve also run a limited edition cassette, which is numbered and autographed (including a download card of course). We’re really excited about the album and hope it’s the soundtrack of every back-to-school jam this year.”says Trevor Ziebarth

With the release of the album out today on September 15, 2017, Moonlight Desires have teamed up with Bravewords.com for the premiere of their second video cover “Valerie” by Steve Winwood.

“Valerie by Steve Winwood has itself been revisited a couple times as an amped up radio mix of the original, and as a more modern dance version, but the original release and video is what we’re spoofing here.  All the green screen and camera magic he used, that may be cliche today, was new and exciting in the 80s, so we tried to have fun with that idea while still playfully tipping our cap to Mr. Winwood.”

Watch “Valerie” at the following link: http://bravewords.com/news/exclusive-moonlight-desires-release-cover-video-of-steve-winwoods-valerie

To get your CD or cassette copy of Moonlight Desires “Just The Hits: 1981-1985”, please visit the following link on the band’s bandcamp here and for digital download, please visit iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Google Play and all major digital platforms.

MOONLIGHT DESIRES will be hosting their hometown CD release show on October 6th in Hamilton, ON at The Casbah, so if you’re in the area, put on your 80’s mullet and party the night away. 

Upcoming Show Dates:
October 6 – Hamilton, ON – Casbah (CD Release Party)

Track Listing:
1. A Criminal Mind (3:43) (Gowan)
2. Sunglasses At Night (2:56) (Corey Hart)
3. Out of Touch (3:17) (Hal & Oates)
4. Hungry Like The Wolf (2:59) (Duran Duran)
5. Young Turks (3:51) (Rod Stewart)
6. Bettie Davis Eyes (3:01) (Kim Carnes)
7. Holding Back The Years (3:31) (Simply Red)
8. Valerie (3:15) (Steve Winwood)
9. Promises Promises (3:03) (Naked Eyes)
10. Something About You (2:50) (Level 42)
11. The Power of Love (4:38) (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
Album Length:  37:09

For more info:
http://www.facebook.com/moonlightdesires

EPK – http://wp.me/pciNW-axE

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“This album is comprised of hard rock 80s pop covers that often border on metal, and it is every bit as fun as it sounds.” – Hellbound.ca

“It is glorious, a less tongue in cheek Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. It is the Alpha and the Omega. Life has meaning, and it’s buried in the dreams of a girl with teased hair and a boy with a tennis racket for a guitar…” – Nine Circles

“…Moonlight Desires’ second offering is filled with the top-notch heavy covers of 80s Synth Pop classics their fans have come to expect.” – Bradmachry.ca

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0 Metal Media News: Brazil’s DARK SHIP Posts New Music Video “You Can Go Back”

  • September 14, 2017
  • by Asher
  • · Metal Media Brazil · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – September 14, 2017



Brazil’s DARK SHIP Posts New Music Video “You Can Go Back”

 
Brazilian dark/gothic/symphonic metal act DARKSHIP have released their new music video “You Can Go Back” in support of their 2016 debut album “We Are Lost”. The video is also a re-recorded track featuring new members violinist Ander Santos and vocalist Marcos Follador. The music video was directed by Douglas Coutinho and presents footage shot at historical places in Rio Grande do Sul.
To watch “You Can Go Back”, please visit the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjViTNo8FTI

DARK SHIP‘s debut album “We Are Lost” features ten songs and is the band’s first release of a planned concept trilogy that tells a fictional story about two people in love who are controlled by a higher force called “Darkship”.


Track Listing:

1. The Universe Conspires
2. Black Tears
3. I Can Wait For You
4. Different Days
5. We Are Lost
6. Prison Of Dreams
7. II Hearts
8. You Can go back
9. Eternal Pain
10. Frozen Feelings
For more info:
www.officialdarkship.com
www.facebook.com/bandadarkship
www.metalmedia.com.br/darkship

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0 Beatroute BC – Woodhawk Prove There’s More to Stoner Rock Than Smoking Weed

  • September 14, 2017
  • by Asher
  • · Woodhawk

http://beatroute.ca/2017/09/14/woodhawk-prove-theres-stoner-rock-smoking-weed/

0 NEWS: New Noise Mag Premiere DECATUR “Into The Night”; Debut Album “Badder Than Brooklyn” Out October 6th; Produced By Gojira’s Joe Duplantier + Canadian Tour Dates (ON/AB/BC/MB/QC)

  • September 14, 2017
  • by Asher
  • · Decatur · Music News

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Montreal, QC – September 14, 2017


For fans of Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, In Flames

New Noise Mag Premiere DECATUR “Into The Night”

Debut Album “Badder Than Brooklyn” Out October 6th

Produced By Gojira’s Joe Duplantier

Canadian Tour Dates (ON/AB/BC/MB/QC)

 
L-R: Liam Maguire (Guitars/Backing Vocals), Steve “The Animal” Mitchell (Drums/Backing Vocals), Jay “Beard” Sarrazin (Guitars/Lead Vocals), Kyle “Tiny Basstank” Clark (Bass/Backing Vocals)
Photo Credit: Brandon Allen 

Toronto-based metal messiahs DECATUR will be unleashing their debut album “Badder Than Brooklyn” produced by Joe Duplantier of Gojira on October 6th, 2017. Named after their very own street of dreams in New York, where they recorded their debut album at Silvercord Studios in Brooklyn, DECATUR get their unique sound by being opened-minded, not just to each other in this band of brothers, but to different genres, not just of metal, but also the blues, rock ‘n’ roll and even pop. DECATUR’s criteria if it’s good, they can make it better! They focus on evolution not devolution. There is no fear of DECATUR repeating themselves musically; for them…the world is not enough. They see themselves as intrepid explorers, never playing it safe, always looking for new lands to conquer, and in the process drawing on creative powers they never knew they possessed.

Their debut album is all-killer, no filler! It doesn’t hide behind its production; it compliments it. These are truly songs of power and empowerment, a clarion call for strength in life’s battles…healing through headbanging. From the power shredding of “Into The Night” and the storytelling of the album’s title track “Badder Than Brooklyn” to the brutal beat down of songs like “Bottled Inside” and “Internal War”, DECATUR feel modern metal has lost its way and they’re here to provide the roadmap forward to the future!

Teaming up with New Noise Magazine, DECATUR are premiering their first single “Into The Night”.

Vocalist and guitarist Jay “Beard” Sarrazin explains:

“This song has deep meaning for us. As a band that constantly tours and pushes to not only play live, but play in as many cities as possible, this song is almost an anthem for us. The song kicks off with lyrics that say ‘riding through the darkness, back into the night again. 3am in winter, lights become your only friend.’ These lyrics are a depiction of everyday on the road for us, playing cities and then driving through the middle of the night to get to the next city. The song also has a powerful message of not giving up on our dreams or ourselves. Because we feel most comfortable in our lives while on the road and playing every day, it’s a therapeutic experience for us.”

To listen to “Into The Night”, please visit the following link: http://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-decatur-night/ 

Album pre-order available here.

In support of the debut album, DECATUR will also be embarking on a cross Canada tour kicking off in Toronto on October 6th and going West as far as Victoria, BC to then wrap up in Eastern Canada in Montreal on November 25th (dates listed below).


Track Listing:
1. Internal War (2:56)
2. Into The Night (3:45)
3. Vegas Girl (3:46)
4. Worst Enemy (3:10)
5. Badder Than Brooklyn (3:56)
6. Bottled Inside (3:13)
7. Tear You (3:10)
8. Abaddon (3:48)
9. Shatterproof (3:51)
10. Internal War Pt. 2 (4:47)
Album Length: 36:27

Album Band Lineup:
– Jay “Beard” Sarrazin – Vocals / Guitar
– Tiny Basstank – Bass
– Steve “The Animal” Mitchell – Drums

Live Band Lineup:
– Jay “Beard” Sarrazin – Vocals / Guitar
– Tiny Basstank – Bass
– Steve “The Animal” Mitchell – Drums
– Liam Maguire – Guitar

DECATUR “OUT OF THE SEWER TOUR” (more dates to be announced)
Oct 6 – Toronto, ON – DC Music
Oct 7 – Hamilton, ON – Che Burrito
Oct 11 – Calgary, AB – Distortion
Oct 12 – Red Deer, AB – The Vat Pub
Oct 13 – Edmonton, AB – Rendez Vous
Oct 14 – Kelowna, BC – Muninn’s Post
Oct 16 – Nanaimo, BC – The Cambie
Oct 19 – Victoria, BC – Logan’s Pub
Oct 20 – Vancouver, BC – Pub 340
Oct 21 – Abbotsford, BC – TBA
Oct 26 – Winnipeg, MB – Garrick Hotel
Oct 27 – Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Algonquin Pub
Oct 28 – Windsor, ON – The Rockstar
Nov 3 – Guelph, ON – Dstrct
Nov 4 – Cornwall, ON – Lola’s
Nov 10 – Niagara Falls, ON – The Geekery
Nov 11 – Sudbury, ON – The Asylum
Nov 25 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar

For more info:
http://www.decaturmetal.com
http://www.facebook.com/decaturmetal
http://www.twitter.com/decaturmetal
http://www.instagram.com/decaturmetal
EPK – http://wp.me/pciNW-aE6

(bio written by Steve Earles)

About:
DECATUR is comprised of Jay “Beard” Sarrazin (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Tiny Basstank (Bass/Backup Vocals), Steve “Animal” Mitchell (Drums/ Backup Vocals), and Liam Maguire (Guitar/Backup Vocals) have sensed the hunger from metal fans for proper metal with real songs, music built on the foundations of the past to last far into the future. Make no mistake, DECATUR are a band that puts the grit into integrity, as guitarist/vocalist Jay ‘Beard’ Sarrazin says, DECATUR make “real metal for real metalheads.”

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0 Saskatoon Star Phoenix – Sound Check: CRNKSHFT

  • September 14, 2017
  • by Asher
  • · CRNKSHFT

http://thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/local-arts/sound-check-sadies-byrne-to-play-saskatoon-this-week

0 The Moshville Times – CRNKSHFT

  • September 14, 2017
  • by Asher
  • · CRNKSHFT

http://www.moshville.co.uk/reviews/album-review/2017/03/review-crnkshft-crnkshft/

0 94.9FM The Rock – The GTA’s Rock Station – Generation Next – CRNKSHFT

  • September 14, 2017
  • by Asher
  • · CRNKSHFT

http://www.therock.fm/articles/view/crnkshft

0 The Sudbury Star – CRNKSHFT – Sudbury music: Head-banging rock

  • September 14, 2017
  • by Asher
  • · CRNKSHFT

http://www.thesudburystar.com/2017/09/10/sudbury-music-head-banging-rock

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