Misshapen – Transcendence (2019)
For fans of Obliviscaris, Beyond Creation, Children of Bodom
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
Artist representation (PR) = Jon Asher asher(@)ashermediarelations.com
Social Media: Facebook | Instagram
Sales Links: Bandcamp | Spotify | iTunes
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“A lot of really cool stuff comes from Canada. Poutine, Tim Hortons, the REAL A&W, mountains, moose, and lots of really sick metal bands. Some of my favorite metal bands are actually Canadian: Archspire, Beyond Creation, Beneath the Massacre, and Gorguts to name a few. Hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, Misshapen continues with the trend of high-quality Canadian metal in their brand new music video for the track “The Swarm” off of their upcoming EP Transcendence. This track features a really cool and unique blend of technical death metal, black metal, death metal, and melodic death metal. Really digging the vocals and the visuals in particular with this band. It is somewhat reminiscent of my favorite years in Dimmu Borgir’s sound.” – GearGods
“MISSHAPEN have created a powerful set of five tracks. They’re fast, melodic, technical, layered and heavy. It’s like if you took the melody and atmosphere from AETHEREUS’s “Absentia” and mixed it with the riffage of VALE OF PNATH’s “The Prodigal Empire”. That’s MISSHAPEN’s “Transcendence”. I look forward to a full-length.” – Metal Temple
“The debut five-track EP Transcendence by Ottawa, Canada’s Misshapen, is worth adding to your collection of music that will get you hyped. There is no shortage of energy and blast beats to help revitalize your soul with this blend of death metal, technical metal, and black metal. The melodic riffs and solos are almost enchanting while the vocals are ferocious.” – The Music Below
“Blending death and black metal with technical and symphonic stuff, Canada’s Misshapenknow what they’re doing.” – Loud Unity
“Their melodic death metal is certainly rooted in the mainstays of the genre, but Misshapen are more on the technical side of the spectrum, making this is little less “catchy” that what one would expect, but potentially more interesting to musicians. They put a lot of emphasis on the melodic aspect of their music, mostly highlighted by quite a bit of clean, melodic vocals while still remaining heavy enough to keep things on the right side of the fence.” – The Metal Crypt
“a very great sounding melodic, technical and symphonic mixture of black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. ” – A Different Shade of Black Metal Zine
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Track Listing:
1. The Pressures Of Time Pt.1 (1:38)
2. The Pressures Of Time Pt.2 (5:19)
3. The Swarm (4:58)
4. Strong Man’s Will (3:51)
5. Transcendence (5:58)
EP Length: 21:45
EP Credits:
• All songs performed by: Misshapen
• All songs written by: Misshapen
• Produced by: Jonathan Lefrançois-Leduc
• Mixed by: Jonathan Lefrançois-Leduc
• Mastered by: Jonathan Lefrançois-Leduc
• Album Artwork by: Caio Caldas (CadiesArt)
EP Recording Band Line Up:
Lana Andrews – Vocals
Mitch Dimitriadis – Guitars/Vocals
Adam Semler – Guitars/Bass/Vocals
Nick Rodgers – Drums
Live Band Line Up:
Lana Andrews – Vocals
Mitch Dimitriadis – Guitars/Vocals
Adam Semler – Guitars/Vocals
Nick Rodgers – Drums
Ben Bertand – Bass
Shared Stage with: Revocation, Rivers of Nihil, Beyond Creation, First Fragment, Vesperia, Allegaeon, Ne Obliviscaris, Persefone, Widowmaker, The Last 10 Seconds Of Life, Pyrexia, Internal Bleeding, Arsis, Within Destruction
Tour and Festivals:
2018 – Bloodletting Tour – Ottawa, ON
2017 – The Chronic Slaughter Tour – Ottawa, ON
2017 – ‘Urn’ North American Tour – Ottawa, ON
Live Line Up: Adam Semler: Guitars / Vocals, Lana Andrews: Vocals, Nick Rodgers: Drums, Mitch Dimitriadis: Guitars / Vocals, Ben Bertrand: BassPhoto by: Jessy Dwyer from DwyerJPhotography
Hailing from Ottawa, Canada, Misshapen are a diverse and melodic metal band blending elements of death metal, technical metal, and black metal. Their debut EP ‘Transcendence’ was released earlier this year February 8, 2019.
Capturing the attention of audiences since 2016, Misshapen seeps melodies with harsh vocals, further ignited with technical riffs and meaningful lyrics. ‘The Swarm’ is the most ferocious track on the EP and would be recommended to fans of Ne Obliviscaris, Children of Bodom, At the Gates, and Dimmu Borgir.
‘Transcendence’ an adventurous, dark and distinct five-track EP that brilliantly showcases the band’s influences while synchronizing and utilizing each member’s special ability as a musician.
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