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0 Uber-Rock – DIZZY MYSTICS – ‘WANDERLOST’ (SELF-RELEASED)
0 Antichrist Mag – Interview video: Concrete Funeral (Death/Thrash from Canada)
0 April – May 2019 – Absolute Underground Mag – Album Reviews – The Flaying, Red Cain, Hellnite, Gone Cosmic, Getaway Van, Frankie C., Backstabber, Accursed Spawn, Oculum Dei
0 Thank You MDs and DJs #5 Gone Cosmic – !earshot – The National Loud Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, May 14, 2019
0 Hellfire Magazin – Tanagra – Meridiem
0 Hellfire Magazin – Fractures & Outlines – Defenseless
0 Wacken Metal Battle USA 2019 National Final – May 25th – Los Angeles @ The Viper Room
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NEWS RELEASE
May 16, 2019
One Unsigned Band To Conquer Them All & Play Wacken Open Air 2019
National Final Lineup
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2140306262899965/
Dissentience (Winners, East Coast) – https://www.facebook.com/dissentienceband
Monarch (Winners, West Coast) – https://www.facebook.com/MonarchThrash
Nahaya (Winners, Texas) – https://www.facebook.com/nahayaofficial
Toxic Ruin (Winners, Chicago) – https://www.facebook.com/toxicruin.metal
Violence System (Winners, Atlanta) – https://www.facebook.com/ViolenceSystemOfficial
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Wacken Metal Battle USA 2019 Spotify Playlist here.
For over a decade at the world’s largest outdoor metal festival Wacken Open Air, independent metal bands from around the globe have been performing in front of thousands and competing against one another for one to be crowned champion of the world along with winning multiple prizes (prizes info).
For the third year, Wacken Metal Battle USA returned to America hosting battles in New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Phoenix, Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, San Diego, and Los Angeles. From the months of February to May, over 100 bands competed in qualifying rounds with the final five now selected Dissentience (Winners, East Coast), Monarch (Winners, West Coast), Nahaya (Winners, Texas), Toxic Ruin (Winners, Chicago), Violence System (Winners, Atlanta). All will come together in Los Angeles on May 25th at The Viper Room for one to rule them all and be crowned USA champion and perform at the 30th edition of Wacken Open Air taking place from August 1st – 3rd, 2019 in Wacken, Germany. The 2019 line up for Wacken Open Air includes Sabaton, Parkway Drive, Demons & Wizards, Powerwolf, Airbourne, Rose Tattoo, Within Temptation, Meshuggah and many more. Details here.
How it works:
Participating cities will host qualifying rounds plus a city final organized by a local city concert promoter where one band will move forward to the American national final in Los Angeles on May 25th, 2019. The winner of the national final will move on to perform at the 30th edition of Wacken Open Air and compete against the winners of 29 other countries in a final global battle. All bands will be judged during battle rounds by respected local music industry representatives.
Rules:
https://metalbattleusa.com/rules/
Battles will be held in Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Atlanta, New York City, and Chicago.
Promo Trailer:
Youtube – https://youtu.be/E_xjt8Qp3TE
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/metalbattleusa/videos/210507646036564/
Last year’s battles saw the best from over 50 competing bands from the Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, Orlando, San Diego and Los Angeles areas. Crowned champions were Anaheim’s VOICES OF RUIN (pictured below) who performed a beast of a set at the 2018 Wacken Open Air.
2018 – WMBU Winner
VOICES OF RUIN (Anaheim, CA) – http://www.voicesofruin.com
2017 – WMBU Winner
CORPSE HOARDER (Philadelphia, PA) – https://www.facebook.com/CorpseHoarder/
Live at Wacken 2017 – https://youtu.be/Qy9qkb6Fmc8
For more info on Wacken Metal Battle USA, please visit these links:
Official Website: http://www.metalbattlusa.com
For more info on the international battle, please visit: http://www.metal-battle.com
For more info on Wacken Open Air, please visit http://www.wacken.com
About:
Wacken Metal Battle USA is part of an international competition that sees bands from across the country battle each other for the chance of winning their spot among 29 other countries’ champions, and representing the USA in an international battle of the bands at the world’s largest outdoor metal festival: Wacken Open Air, which has been taking place in Wacken , Germany for the last 29 years. The winner of Wacken Metal Battle USA will perform at the 2019 festival taking place from August 1st-3rd.
Sponsors / Partners:
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PureGrainAudio.com
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Dungeon Works Productions
Asher Media Relations
Fatal Illness Management
Come And Take It Productions
Mosh Pit Army
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0 Guitarist Frankie C. (Vesperia) Unleashes New Shredding Playthrough “Life By Fire”; Debut EP “Cellular Damascus” Out Now!
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – May 16, 2019
For fans of Marty Friedman, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Buckethead, Tony MacAlpine
Guitarist Frankie C. (Vesperia) Unleashes New Shredding Playthrough “Life By Fire”
Debut EP “Cellular Damascus” Out Now!
Frankie C., known for his guitar work in Canadian symphonic death metal band Vesperia recently released his side project entitled “Cellular Damascus” this past March. An instrumental solo project that came to light after he was crowned champion of season one of “Shredders of Metal” presented by Banger TV. The EP is technical, groovy and energetic, and lets the listener focus on the guitar work that he takes great pride in orchestrating.
Posting his next playthrough video in support of his debut, Frankie C. explains ‘Life By Fire’:
“This song is quite a lot of fun to play. There are many exciting melodic themes as well as head banging sections and a lot of notes! To me this song is evil but fun.”
Watch ‘Life By Fire’ at the following link: https://youtu.be/-t8wzZ2aNe8
Previous playthroughs:
‘Fall of The Hammer’: https://youtu.be/ScxRxFp-QUs
‘Cellular Damascus’: https://youtu.be/aCocz8CQCso
Frankie C. adds:
“I want fans to have fun listening to ‘Cellular Damascus’. I wanted to create interesting melodic phrases, but still have heavy riffs to headbang along with, shred hard, but not lose sight of the music and try to have a clear mix where things aren’t overly processed but all instruments/parts are still clear and audible.”
All four tracks on this debut flow together and show off excellent musicianship. Excited to be focusing on more solo work in the future, Frankie C. has confirmed another release in the future.
“Cellular Damascus” is now out as of March 13, 2019, and available for stream and download on Bandcamp, Spotify, Youtube, iTunes.
Track Listing:
1. So It Begins (1:06)
2. Fall Of The Hammer (2:55)
3. Cellular Damascus (3:14)
4. Life By Fire (3:19)
EP Length:
For more info:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frankiecshred
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/arps7
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frankiecshred
Bio:
Cellular Damascus is the instrumental solo project from Vesperia’s Frankie Caracci. Looking to try something new and forge his wide array of influences together to make something that is uniquely his own.
The first release, the self-titled EP (2019), introduces fans to the melodic and technical headbanging music on which Caracci solely wrote, performed and produced. Influenced but guitar mavericks such as Jeff Loomis, Joe Satriani, Jason Becker, and Michael Romeo and genres such as modern and classic heavy metal thrash, prog and death metal there is an assortment of features in each track that keep the listener on their toes and attentive to the music.
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0 Forged With Steel Blog – Everything about this album is a fun, well-crafted joy that you should listen to, Tanagra is leading the charge in innovation when it comes to prog power, their musicianship is easily apparent in their Sophomore album Meridiem.
0 FRACTURES & OUTLINES Streaming Debut Album “Defenseless” via PureGrainAudio
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – May 16, 2019
For fans of Obey The Brave, Alexisonfire, Silverstein, A Day To Remember
FRACTURES & OUTLINES Streaming Debut Album “Defenseless” via PureGrainAudio
“Defenseless” Out May 17th
L-R – Maurice Emond Jr. (Bass), Maxime Rondeau (Lead Guitar), Nicholas Boudreault (Main Vocals), Eric Desormeaux (Rhythm Guitar / Scream Vocals), Mathieu Frechette (Drums / Vocals
Photo Credit: Laurence Bouchard
Leading up to the release of their debut album “Defenseless” out on Friday, May 17th, FRACTURES & OUTLINES, post-hardcore from Gatineau, Canada is streaming the full length via PureGrainAudio.com at the following link here.
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, Spotify, and iTunes.
Music Video “Mirrors” here.
Music Video “Defenseless” here.
Show Dates:
May 24 – Bar Sportif La Zone – Gatineau, QC – info
May 25 – Le National – Montreal, QC – Breakdown Fest 2019 – info
June 7 – Vankleek Hill, ON – Vankleek Hill FarmFest 2019 – info
June 29 – Gatineau, QC – Minotaure – FloodFest 2.0 – 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:
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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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