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0 Portland Power Metal TANAGRA Premiere Album Stream “Meridiem” via Bravewords

April 25, 2019
by Asher
· Music News · Tanagra

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – April 25, 2019

For fans of Caladan Brood, Blind Guardian, I.Q., Iced Earth, Visigoth

Portland Power Metal TANAGRA Premiere Album Stream “Meridiem” via Bravewords

New Album “Meridiem” Out April 26th

L-R: Steven Soderberg: Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Christopher Stewart: Drums and Percussion, Tom Socia: Lead and Backing Vocals,
Josh Kay: Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Erich Ulmer: Bass Guitar

Photo Credit: Kara Pesznecker Reavis

Hunkered down across four studios for close to three years, joined by guest musicians on piano, cello, and viola, Portland’s Tanagra has been refining and crafting the seven multi-layered compositions on their upcoming album “Meridiem” to perfection. Set for release this Friday, April 26th, the power metal album packed with depth, emotion, harmony, and complexity is being premiered exclusively today on Bravewords at the following link: http://bravewords.com/news/exclusive-tanagra-premiere-meridiem-album-stream

The band comments:

“‘Meridiem’ was us taking primary influence from classic prog rock and orchestral black metal alongside our classic power metal sound, with symphonic arrangements, multi-layered choral vocals, and moody mellotrons combining to make an atmosphere that sounds like nothing else. The diverse set of songs have a little something for everyone, from furious blast beats to smooth jazz piano solos and everything in between. Our main ambitions when writing were to make everything proggy and epic, and we pushed the songs as hard as we could on that. It’s a special album for all of us, with the meaning behind every riff and lyric. We’re excited to finally unleash it upon the world, and we hope people enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed writing it.”

“Meridiem” will be available on April 26, 2019 through Spotify, CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon.

Album pre-order is available on the band’s Bandcamp.

Track Listing:
1. Meridiem (11:35)
2. Sydria (4:01)
3. Etheric Alchemy (8:49)
4. Silent Chamber (7:52)
5. Hidden Hand (10:14)
6. Across the Ancient Desert (7:39)
7. Witness (14:19)
Album Length: 1:04:31

For More Info:
https://facebook.com/tanagraband
https://instagram.com/tanagraband
https://twitter.com/tanagraband

BIO:

Formed out of the love of science fiction, fantasy, and theatrical heavy metal storytelling, TANAGRA hit the Portland, USA metal scene in 2011 with epic, symphonic, progressive power metal with lyrical content about original fantasy/sci-fi settings, Magic: The Gathering, historical tales, and other nerdy themes.

In 2015, they released their debut album; None of This is Real, an energetic collection of American power metal showcasing their love for complex arrangements and lengthy songs which garnered critical acclaim from a multitude of publications around the world.

In the time following their debut release, the members found a deep love for progressive rock/metal and symphonic black metal, and in writing new material found ways to combine the sounds of bands like IQ, Anekdoten, Caladan Brood, and Borknagar into their existing American power metal framework.

In 2016, TANAGRA entered the studio with the fruits of their labors to begin recording their ambitious second album, titled Meridiem, slated for global release April 26, 2019.

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“The guitar work never lets up whether it’s the awesome riffs, the solos, or the harmonized leads, these guys are good… This band knows how to tell a story in a song.” – The Elitist Metalhead

“One of 2015’s big surprises in power metal and definitely one of the best independent releases of the year.” – The Metal Observer

“The album is chock full of catchy riffs, singalong choruses and awe-inspiring shredding… Riffs and vocal hooks flow seamlessly together.” – Metal Bandcamp

“Tanagra is definitely in the right path to become a respected act in the fantasy-themed Power Metal genre” – The Metal Crypt

“…confident vocals which soar like big fucking neon birds.” – Hollywood Metal

“Full of fun and driving riffs, rich melodies, and triumphant vocals…” – Dead Rhetoric

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0 Metal Temple – Sludgehammer – Antechamber

April 24, 2019
by Asher
· Sludgehammer

http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/s_2/sludgehammer.htm

0 Metal Temple – Gone Cosmic – Sideways In Time

April 24, 2019
by Asher
· Gone Cosmic

http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/g_2/gone-cosmic-sideways.htm

0 Infotel – iN VIDEO: Barrage of metal bands crashing into Kelowna next month

April 24, 2019
by Asher
· Helevorn · Majestic Downfall

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/in-video-barrage-of-metal-bands-crashing-into-kelowna-next-month/it61567

0 The Littlest Voice Magazine – Journey the stars in rocker-style with Gone Cosmic

April 24, 2019
by Asher
· Gone Cosmic

https://thelittlestvoice.com/2019/04/24/journey-the-stars-in-rocker-style-with-gone-cosmic/

0 Metal Injection Premiere THE FLAYING’s Animated Music Video “La Valse du Scorpion”

April 24, 2019
by Asher
· Music News · The Flaying

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – April 24, 2019

For fans of The Black Dahlia Murder, Deicide, Archspire, Cryptopsy, Suffocation

Metal Injection Premiere THE FLAYING’s Animated Music Video “La Valse du Scorpion”

New Album ‘Angry, Undead’ Out Now! via PRC Music

L to R: Seb – Bass, Wil – Vocals, Mike – Drums, Did – Guitar

Quebec City’s THE FLAYING recently unleashed their assaulting sophomore album “Angry, Undead” via PRC Music this past March. Working with Christian Donaldson of Cryptopsy at The Grid in Montreal, QC, the album is pure mayhem for their fastest and most brutal debauchery to date. The concept of “Angry, Undead” is an intricate one with each of the eight songs falling under a distinct axis: Chaos (social manifestations); Madness (individual manifestations); and Void (existential manifestations). It is brutal, instinctive, unique, and wicked, and is recommended for fans of Cryptopsy, Archspire, Suffocation, and Deicide.

Teaming up with MetalInjection, the band continues their brutalism with their new animated video for “La Valse du Scorpion”. The track is a brutal tech hymn that is relentless and devastating. For the video the quartet hired Dwi Nugraha from Genocide Artwork in Indonesia to do the animation with direction from the band and give life to the story of their mascot, “Ronnie The Rope Dancer”, the 5th member of the band that has been hanging upside down in venues for years and has always been representing the letter “I” in The Flaying’s logo. Now the time has come for the band to put Ronnie at the forefront and show the fans how this flayed alive anti-hero became to be… the rope dancer.

Watch “La Valse du Scorpion” at https://metalinjection.net/video/the-flaying-offer-the-most-brutal-of-animated-videos-with-la-valse-du-scorpion

THE FLAYING‘s album “Angry, Undead” is available on Bandcamp, PRC Music, Spotify, and iTunes.

Lyric Video “Genuflect” at https://youtu.be/1fW_d9EegKA

Show Dates:
May 3 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar – PRC Metalbash
May 11 – Trois-Rivières, QC – Taverne Royale
May 25 – Ottawa, ON – Mavericks
August 24 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar

Track Listing:
1. Ouverture Écarlate (0:35)
2. Disloqué (3:15)
3. Place du Parvis (3:53)
4. Genuflect (4:00)
5. Egocentric Predicament (0:44)
6. Elegy of Emptiness (3:41)
7. La Valse du Scorpion (4:18)
8. Angry, Unleashed (3:23)
9. Angry, Undead (5:34)
Album Length: 29:28

Album and Live Line Up:
Didier Samson aka “Did” – Guitars
Sébastien Marier-Verret aka “Seb” – Bass
William Murray aka “Wil” – Vocals
Michel Bélanger aka “Mike” – Drums

For more info:
http://www.prcmusic.com
http://www.facebook.com/theflayingmetal
http://www.instagram.com/theflaying
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-cZh

BIO:

And it all began with the rope dancer….

Formed in July 2010, The Flaying is a death metal band based in Quebec City, Canada that focuses on fluid melodic construction of songs featuring brutal sections which are further complemented by vocals with both low end growls and hateful high pitches.

Since their first release Unhope (2014), Seb, Did, Wil and Mike are forging ahead in order to adopt a more brutal approach: adding new grooves, a greater velocity, and creating a wider ambiance as well as keeping breakdowns and progressive parts with counterpoints constructing a main theme of anger and a general hate of humanity.

Soldiering on with the philosophy of one band, four individuals, four personalities to collide, the writing process is a team effort initially seeing the band collaborate on riffs and groove ideas, adding a flourish of low-end colors, and blending the whole thing together with flying vocals that create a manifest of pure mayhem. This product of this steadfast diablerie will be realized on March 22, 2019, when the second album “Angry, Undead” is unleashed on PRC Music.

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Le Soleil: The Flaying: Maîtres du métal:
“Le guitariste Didier Samson se fait déjà appeler «Maître» dans sa profession d’avocat criminaliste, mais c’est au titre de «maîtres du métal» que lui et ses trois acolytes du groupe death metal The Flaying aspirent avec leur deuxième album Angry, Undead qui paraît le 22 mars sur l’étiquette émergente PRC Music.The guitarist Didier Samson is already called “Master” in his profession of criminal lawyer, but it is under the title of “masters of the metal” that he and his three acolytes of the death metal band The Flaying aspire with their second album Angry, Undead which appears March 22 on the emerging label PRC Music.”

“True to the band’s name, the music of The Flaying will slash the skin from your face in paroxysms of blood-spraying savagery. But it does more than that. It will also suck the air from your lungs, boil the brain, and hammer your bones into fragments fine enough to blow away in the wind.” – No Clean Singing

“Angry, Undead is quite a number, I am really digging these addictive and mesmerizing death metal tunes and I am quite sure most of you technical and progressive death metal fans out there will feel the same about this album once you have checked this out. The Flaying is definitely a band to keep an eye and an ear on!” – Lords of Metal

“Solid and thoroughly enjoyable, The Flaying make a name for themselves on their second album. Angry, Undead is never at a loss for momentum and rage, and still manages to tickle your ears with its massive grooves and musical prowess.” – Dead Rhetoric

“It is a savage, brutish and barbaric death metal album emphasized by the nasty groove of Elegy of Emptiness and the booming Angry, Unleashed. A fine addition to any death metal fan’s collection.” – Games, Brrrains & A Head-Banging Life

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0 FRACTURES & OUTLINES Premiere Music Video “Defenseless” + Debut Album Out May 2019

April 24, 2019
by Asher
· Fractures & Outlines · Music News

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Montreal, QC – April 24, 2019

For fans of Obey The Brave, Alexisonfire, Silverstein, A Day To Remember

FRACTURES & OUTLINES Premiere Music Video “Defenseless” + Debut Album Out May 2019

“Defenseless” Out May 17th

L-R – Maxime Rondeau (Lead Guitar), Mathieu Frechette (Drums / Vocals), Nicholas Boudreault (Main Vocals),
Maurice Emond Jr. (Bass), Eric Desormeaux (Rhythm Guitar / Scream Vocals)
Photo Credit: Jessy Dwyer of DwyerJ Photography

Leading up to the release of their debut full-length album “Defenseless”, FRACTURES & OUTLINES, post-hardcore from Gatineau, Canada is releasing their new music video for the album’s title track out via SpaceUntravel‘s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/SEXlRKW_-3s

The title track features the band’s signature catchy vocals blending punk rock into the post-hardcore breakdowns bordering on metalcore with both the melody and aggressiveness. The band explains the meaning behind their work:

“It has punk rock riffs and a melodic chorus, with heavy breakdown for contrast. The song is about struggling with depression and alcoholism and losing the fight.”

Full of heavy hooks, catchy choruses and brutal breakdowns the album clearly shows the band’s punk and hardcore influences, and follows their 2017 EP ‘Checkmate’. FRACTURES & OUTLINES comments that the sound will be a bit different from the demo:

“Since the EP, we are definitely more mature than our first release. We’re used to working with each other and we’re all motivated to try new things.”

FRACTURES & OUTLINES are suggested for any breakdown fans, especially those who already include Silverstein, Alexisonfire, A Day to Remember and Killswitch Engage in their rotations.

“Defenseless” will be released on May 17, 2019 and is available on the band’s Bandcamp along with their first single “Mirrors”.

“Mirrors” is available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/TAog–_kfDU

Plus streaming on Spotify and iTunes

Show Dates:
May 24 – Bar Sportif La Zone – Gatineau, QC – info
May 25 – Breakdown Fest 2019 – Le National – Montreal, QC – info
June 7 – Vankleek Hill FarmFest 2019 – Vankleek Hill, ON – info

Track Listing:
1. End of The World (3:03)
2. Echoes (2:39)
3. Defenseless (3:29)
4. Mirrors (3:32)
5. Ouragan (3:43)
6. Over My Head (3:21)
7. The Oppressor (4:47)
8. Spades (4:37)
9. Swallowing Teeth (4:13)
10. Defenseless (Acoustic version) (3:37)
Album Length: 37:05

For More Info:
https://www.facebook.com/fracturesandoutlines
https://www.instagram.com/fracturesandoutlines

BIO:

Ripping out of Gatineau, Canada, Fractures & Outlines are a post-hardcore band with influences ranging from Silverstein, No Use For A Name and Killswitch Engage.

The band came together in 2014 and work tirelessly planting their feet in the local underground music scene. Today the lineup consists of Nicholas Boudreault (vocals), Mathieu Frechette (drums/vocals), Eric Desormeaux (guitar/vocals), Maxime Rondeau (guitar), and Maurice Emond Jr. (bass). Intrepidly, they created their first EP ‘Checkmate’ in 2017, which was met with solid acclaim from various publications.

Since first taking the stage in 2014, Fractures & Outlines have played a whirlwind of local shows and festival including Rock Revolt 2017, Floodfest 2017, and Hullfest 2018. They have shared the stage with bands such as Sworn Enemy, Obey The Brave and Mass Hysteria.

As a team, the band works on each song together crafting heavy hooks, catchy choruses and brutal breakdowns with lyrical themes about internal struggle and having to fight your own demons. Each member brings a different set of musical influences to the table, making Fractures & Outlines stand out in the genre.

Working to further develop a sound that is their own, they hit the studio in 2018 to start work on their 10 track full length ‘Defenseless’, which will be revealed on May 17, 2019.

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“An interesting choice to the lineup, as the other bands were of the deathcore / melodic metal genre. However, what they lacked in genre similarity they made up for in energy. This was highlighted by their cover of Alexisonfire “This Could Be Anywhere in the World“, which I and the crowd were taken aback by. Not only did they do the cover well, but they got the crowd engaged and were eager to mosh and sing along to it.” – Splice Media Group

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0 EPK – Ghoulunatics – Move Along (single) (2019)

April 24, 2019
by Asher
· EPKs · Ghoulunatics

Ghoulunatics – Move Along (single) (2019)

For fans of Entombed, Slayer, Cancer Bats

Release Date: April 26, 2019

Distribution: Distrokid

Artist representation (PR) = Jon Asher asher(@)ashermediarelations.com

Social Media: Ghoulunatics.net | Facebook | Instagram

Sales Links: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify | Google Play

Download Promotional Band Photo | Download Single Cover | Download Single Lyrics

Show Dates:
April 26 – Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC – L’Hotel 54 w/ Gutter Demons
June 8 – Rouyn, QC – Scène Évolu-Son w/ Saccage and I, Apokalypse
August 9 – Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, QC – Grind Your Mind Open Air XI

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[Download Single Lyrics]

Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
Release Date: April 26, 2019
Single Title: Move Along (single)

Track Listing:
1. Move Along (2:56)

Single Credits:
• All songs performed by: Ghoulunatics
• All songs written by: Ghoulunatics
• Produced by: Ghoulunatiucs and Pat Knupp
• Mixed by: Pat Knupp
• Mastered by: Kevin Jardine
• Member of SOCAN
• Canadian Content (MAPL)

Band Line Up:
Patrick Mireault – Vocals
Pat Gordon – Guitar
Francis Dubois – Guitar
Gary Lyons – Bass
Brian Craig – Drums

Discography:
2019 – Move Along ! Single + Video
2008 – The beast of…. Best of Compilation
2006 – Cryogenie Album
2005 – Blood Curdling Years, double DVD
2004 – Sabacthany Album
2004 – It’s a ive! Live album
2001 – King of the Undead Album
1998 – Carving into You Album
1995 – Mystralengine Album (reissued in 2000 by GWN records and 2002 by Galy records)

Shared Stage with:
Lamb of God, Anthrax, Sick Of it All, SOD, Grim Skunk, Cryptopsy, Despised Icon and more!

Tours and Festivals:
2017 – Pirate fest – Montreal, QC
2017 – Verdun’Art – Verdun, QC
2017 – La Grande Guignolee Underground, Montreal, QC
2016 – Amnesia Rockfest – Montebello, QC
2014 – FME, Rouyn, QC
2013 – Amnesia Rockfest – Montebello, QC
2006 – Europeen tour, France, 13 shows
2004 – Europeen tour, Germany, 10 shows

Past Features:
2004 – Cover of Le VOIR (montreal’s largest weekly alternative newspaper)
2001 – MIMI Award Best Album

Artist Endorsements:
Spector Basses
Peavey Bass Cabs
SONOR
Zildjian
Remo
Vic Firth

L-R – Francis Dubois (guitar), Pat Gordon (guitar), Patrick Mireault (vocals), Gary Lyons (bass), Brian Craig (drums)
Photo by Benoit Nantel

The Montreal based band Ghoulunatics made its name thanks to their very energetic stage presence and its own artistic signature and composition methods, resulting in a unique musical footprint that distinguishes them from the masses.

From 1994 to 2008, Ghoulunatics traveled all over Quebec and Ontario relentlessly, always putting the pedal to the metal. They made their mark on the Quebec and Canadian metal and hardcore scenes, but also garnered attention abroad. In 2004, Ghoulunatics toured Germany for the album Sabacthany. In 2006, with the release of Cryogenie, they rocked France after being signed to the label Enraged Productions, home of well-known French bands like Tagada Jones and Lofofora, etc. After 15 years of Rotten Roll, Ghoulunatics split amicably in 2008, ending with a sold-out show at Foufounes Electriques in Montreal. The group came out of retirement in 2010 to headline a food drive event. They hit the stage again in 2012 for a show at Club Soda, and have since been playing 2-3 times a year since then for special events or festivals.

2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the band as well as the return of Ghoulunatics! The group is currently working on new music for the first time since Cryogenics (2006) and will launch a single with the hopes of releasing an EP during the course of the year. Watch out! The ghouls are back!!

0 EPK – Concrete Funeral – Ultimum Judicium (2019)

April 23, 2019
by Asher
· Concrete Funeral · EPKs

Concrete Funeral – Ultimum Judicium (2019)

For fans of Death/Thrash, Exodus, Death, Lamb of God, Carcass

Release Date: May 31, 2019

Label: Self-Release

Distribution: Distrokid

Artist representation (PR) = Jon Asher asher(@)ashermediarelations.com

Facebook | Instagram | Bandcamp | YouTube

Download Band Photo | Download Album Cover | Download Album Lyrics

Show Dates:
May 18 – Calgary, AB – Dickens
May 24 – Edmonton, AB – Rendezvous

[Download Album Cover]
[Download Album Lyrics]

Album Title: Ultimum Judicium
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Label: Self-Release

Track Listing:
1. Ultimum Judicium (1:37)
2. Speak of The Devil (4:27)
3. Drown (4:44)
4. Holo-Comb (2:55)
5. Code Adam (3:59)
6. Toxic Fuck (3:08)
7. Mattress Stains (4:03)
8. Carnival of Contradictions (4:10)
9. Stabbed To Death (3:00)
Album Length: 32:06

Album Credits:
Mixed and mastered by Devin Schum
Artwork by Vile Treats
Logo by All4Band
Produced and Recorded by Nathan “N8” Renaud
Layout by Connor Erhart

Band Members:
Devin Schum – Guitars / Vocals
Paul Mercer – Bass Guitar
Connor Erhart – Drums
Jesse Lindbeck – Lead Guitar

Awards:
2018 – Calgary Beer Core Best Live Performance
2016 – Calgary Beer Core Best Overall Band

L-R – Jesse Lindbeck – Lead Guitar, Devin Schum – Guitar / Vocals, Paul Mercer – Bass, Connor Erhart – Drums – Photo Credit: Red Dahlia Photography

Concrete Funeral is a no-holds-barred contingent of death/thrash from Calgary, Alberta that has done much to project themselves to the forefront of their local music scene since 2015. Known for packing venues and festivals while bringing a heavy and powerful presence to the stage, Concrete Funeral has had the privilege to play with bands such as Archspire, Battlecross, Disciples of Power, Kataklysm, and Toxic Holocaust.

Incorporating a vast variety of influences with some of the more prominent being Warbringer, Zakk Wylde, and Onslaught, and Hypocrisy, Concrete Funeral produces a sound in the veins of Death, Exodus and Lamb of God. Citing references like Hobo With A Shotgun; the band embraces over the top comedic horror and frequently embellishes their metal with those themes. Concrete Funeral is comprised of four talented musicians from Alberta that collectively have decades of experience behind them. In May 2019, they will be by releasing their debut album “Ultimum Judicium” with plans for future touring within Canada.