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0 MASSIVE 148 PAGE FIREWORKS #87, COMPLETE WITH A BONUS PDF AND 100 FREE SONGS, ON SALE NOW! Interview w/ TANAGRA

July 14, 2019
by Asher
· Tanagra

MASSIVE 148 PAGE FIREWORKS #87, COMPLETE WITH A BONUS PDF AND 100 FREE SONGS, ON SALE NOW!

Gene Simmons adorns the cover of the 148 page issue #87 of Fireworks, and inside he discusses their upcoming world tour, as well as the band coming to the end of the road. Sabaton also make an appearance on the cover, a band who have gone from strength to strength and are headlining Bloodstock this year.

Elsewhere we have interviews with Duff McKagan on his new solo album, Paul Gilbert, Geoff Tate, Jeff Scott Soto, Neal Morse, Alan Parsons, Janet Gardener, Terrorvision, Danny Vaughn, Devin Townsend, Tony Carey, Warrior Soul, Diamond Head, Adalita’s Way, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Steve Overland on his new project Lonerider, The End Machine (which is basically classic Dokken without Don Dokken!), The Rods and many many more!

The Divine Decade moves onto 1982, and features four of my all-time favourite albums: Night Ranger ‘Dawn Patrol’, Scorpions ‘Blackout’, Rainbow ‘Straight Between The Eyes’ and, of course, ‘Number Of The Beast’ by Iron Maiden.

Elsewhere we have more features than you can shake a stick at and over 50 pages of reviews. Add to this a free CD and massive pdf, all for the measly price of £5.99 plus postage!

Hard Copy available here: http://www.rocktopia.co.uk/index.php?option=com_rokquickcart&view=rokquickcart&Itemid=401

Digital Download here: http://www.rocktopia.co.uk/index.php?option=com_digistore&controller=digistoreProducts&task=view&pid=47&cid=2&Itemid=535

0 MetalFrance – INFRARED- Back To The Warehouse

July 13, 2019
by Asher
· Infrared

https://metalfrance.net/infrared-back-to-the-warehouse/

0 Global News – Live in the Okanagan: from jazz to rock ’n’ roll, be sure to catch these great shows

July 13, 2019
by Asher
· Armstrong Metal Fest

https://globalnews.ca/news/5485854/live-in-okanagan-from-jazz-to-rock-n-roll-be-sure-to-catch-these-great-shows/

0 Out Now! Kingston’s JIMBO EP “Where The Vultures Gather”

July 12, 2019
by Asher
· Jimbo · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – July 12, 2019

For fans of Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Fu Manchu, Led Zeppelin

Out Now! Kingston’s JIMBO EP “Where The Vultures Gather”

JIMBO, out of Kingston, Canada is here to deliver their sophomore EP entitled “Where The Vultures Gather”, which is now available as of July 12, 2019. Creating and performing rock music with dramatic artistic value that blurs between dark psychedelia, JIMBO draws inspiration from groovy fusion, hard rock, goth rock, and shoegaze. Their goal is to first and foremost be musicians and artists that are able to create an immersive musical experience that will have a lasting effect on their fans. The band aims to create rock music that pays respect to the past, acknowledges the future but makes the listener dissolve in the present. Fans of bands like Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains and grunge influences will sure to be happy to sink their teeth into “Where The Vultures Gather”.

The new EP sits on the line between hope and despair, taking a step away from the current status quo by embracing 90’s alternative rock that doesn’t make concessions for the everyday listener, but is rather geared for the underground. With lyrical content aimed at those who find themselves in a ‘me vs. the world’ mindset, JIMBO is ready to add ammunition to attack mode.

The band adds:

“The tracks on this EP were decided early on as they are our favourite songs to play live and ones that we see get the most audience response. ‘Mamawawa’ and ‘Where The Vultures Gather’ were made to be headbanging songs made to play loud with aggressive guitars and drums. ‘Pyrethrin’ maintains that heaviness, but demonstrates the progressive rock tendencies of the band. JIMBO’s main goal is to make artistic rock music. We find most other bands nowadays embrace the internet culture and fads. You probably won’t get that vibe from JIMBO. JIMBO is darker than most of the bands that are in the scene right now.”

“Where The Vultures Gather” is now available for streaming and download on the following links:
YouTube channel Stoned Meadow of Doom here.
Spotify
Bandcamp

Track Listing:
1. Mamawawa (3:44)
2. Pyrethrin (4:23)
3. Where The Vultures Gather (3:28)
EP Length: 11:36

For more info:
www.facebook.com/OFFICIALJIMBOBAND
www.instagram.com/jimbo_band
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-drZ

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“Let us introduce you to the budding Kingston, Ontario-based band, JIMBO. The group, who sell fiery and bluesy psychedelic rock ” – PureGrainAudio

“These three songs are quite interesting, especially if you love flashing guitar solos ” – Merchants of Air

““Where The Vultures Gather,” is a riff monster. With the drums beating down the listener’s skull it comes barrelling in, shifting and shaping the wind and blowing everything away with grace and power.” – The Median Man

“a great mix of alternative rock, dark psych and a drop of acid blues ” – Hard Rock Heavy Metal

“Jimbo is a solid band name and I was excited to have a listen to this psych-rock band from Kingston. “Thunderbird” opens their debut EP with a thumping pace before the guitars kick in with a classic blues driven lick. It’s a nice mix of 70’s hard rock and 90’s stoner tunes. There’s also a real face melter of a solo in this track as well. Grab this EP when ya got 15 minutes available to rock out.” – Kris Gies, Deli Magazine
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0 Bravewords Video Premiere: Australia’s GREYSTONE CANYON ‘Path We Stray’

July 12, 2019
by Asher
· Greystone Canyon (Rockshots Records) · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – July 12, 2019

For fans of Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Black Label Society

Bravewords Video Premiere: Australia’s GREYSTONE CANYON ‘Path We Stray’

Out Now! Debut Album “While The Wheels Still Turn” via Rockshots Records

Australia’s GREYSTONE CANYON premiere their music video “Path We Stray” off the band’s Wild West inspired debut album “While The Wheels Still Turn” released during 2018 via Rockshots Records (EU/NA) and Hellfire Records (AU). If you’re a fan of classic metal in the vein of influences such as Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, and Megadeth, then this will be right up your alley.

Watch “Path We Stray” via Bravewords: http://bravewords.com/news/exclusive-greystone-canyon-premiere-path-we-stray-video

The band adds:

“The song starts with some huge rhythmic percussion providing the backbone for Richard’s Steve Vai inspired melody. Sounding similar to something Megadeth may have done in the early ’90s with a chugging verse and pre-chorus key change before shifting to another big chorus. The song deals with the subject matter of where we go after this life. The song ends with some dark solo guitar harmonies disappearing into a phaser.”

“While The Wheels Still Turn” is available at the following links:
https://smarturl.it/greystonecanyon (Official Online Store, Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play, etc.)
Spotify – https://spoti.fi/2Hu4rNm

In the 70s and 80s, Australia gave the world great hard rock/metal acts like AC/DC and Rose Tattoo. Now, joining those Aussie giants of rock is GREYSTONE CANYON.

The band released their debut album “While The Wheels Still Turn” on March 9, 2018, in Europe, U.S.A, and Canada through Rockshots Records and on Hellfire Records in Australia on March 12, 2018.

The album was tracked at the splendidly named Goatsound Studios in Melbourne, Australia, and then mixed in Canada, making ‘the album a real rock n’ roll frequent flyer. Mixing duties were undertaken by none other than Grammy-nominated producer and legend Glen Robinson, who had engineered, mixed and produced equally legendary acts like Annihilator, Queensryche, and Voivod.

Inspired by legends like Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth and King Diamond, “While The Wheels Still Turn” is an album that could not only sit well beside the works of those legends, but with the current tsunami of all things the 70s and 80s inspired, GREYSTONE CANYON are in the right place at the right time. We are traveling back to the future and they are the soundtrack!

As vocalist/guitarist Darren Cherry proudly states.

“We really wanted to make an album similar to old Ozzy Osbourne record where songs like ‘I Don’t Know’ and ‘Goodbye To Romance’ can sit comfortably. This is music from the heart and soul!”

Track Listing:
1. Keeping Company With The Dead (0:45)
2. Astral Plane (4:13)
3. In These Shoes (4:54)
4. Cinco Cuerda Bandito (1:36)
5. Take Us All (5:11)
6. Sombrero Serenade (1:25)
7. River of Fire (4:35)
8. Path We Stray (4:41)
9. The Sun Sets (6:17)
Album Length: 33:41

GREYSTONE CANYON is
Darren Cherry – Vocals / Guitars
Richard Vella – Guitars
Dave Poulter – Bass
Luke Wilson – Drums

For more info:
http://www.rockshots.eu
http://www.facebook.com/greystonecanyon
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-boh
(Bio by Steve Earles)

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“Greystone Canyon’s debut is a solid listening experience that should appeal to both fans of Western rock/heavy metal and classic hard rock/heavy metal.” – Heavy Metal Time Machine

“This album is full of hard-rocking guitar riffs, soulful acoustic guitar, catchy drumming and vocals that are every bit the classic metal you’d expect them to be; all of this is arranged in a way that’s satisfying to the ear.” – Overdrive Mag

“a brilliant album! Very good pieces, a beautiful atmosphere wrap the listener. Give a chance to this band, it will doesn’t disappoint you with their class, good work guys!” – Rockers and Other Animals Mag

“Inspired by classic HR legends, “While The Wheels Still Turn” is an album that could not only sit well beside the works of those; they’re able to be so various and with a view to the future. With a duration of 33 min, we can find six songs and three interludes; this album won’t disappoint you!” – Hard Rock Heavy Metal Mag

“Greystone Canyon has arrived with their debut album, While the Wheels Still Turn, and it is a beauty. A flawless homage to the bands which preceded them and inspired them, this glorious collection of kick-ass tracks just teases the senses and reels you in track by track. Mammoth hooks fused with technical brilliance and that old school charm just work so goddamn well, perfectly executed and tasty like momma’s home cooking.” – Rock n’ Load Mag

“The western rock vibe that gets While the Wheels Still Turn started sees the up-tempo Astral Plane grab the attention before In These Shoes delivers head-banging groove. The latter’s deep bassy sound is thrilling.” – Games Brrraaains * A Headbanging Life

“The guitar work on this album is fantastic. But it is the harmonies that catch my attention. “Path We Stray” has some really cool vocal harmony work that echos the dissonance used in old school Ozzy tracks. My favorite track on the album, entitled “River of Fire”, has some solid harmony in a slower song that has a really cool build to a heavy ending.” – The Spinning Thoughts

“While The Wheel Still Turn is a strong debut for Greystone Canyon, a fine and entertaining album classic melodic heavy metal with some interesting twists. Recommended.” – Danger Dog Music Reviews

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0 KOSM REVIEW OF EYES ON THE INSIDE | Darkzen

July 12, 2019
by Asher
· KOSM

https://darkzen0710.wixsite.com/darkzenmetalangels/review-eyes-on-the-inside

0 Revelstoke Review – Metal heads converge in North Okanagan Metal Fest gets underway July 12 & 13 at Hassen Arena

July 12, 2019
by Asher
· Armstrong Metal Fest

https://www.revelstokereview.com/entertainment/metal-heads-converge-in-north-okanagan/

0 InfoNews – 10 things to do in Kamloops and Okanagan this weekend – Armstrong MetalFest is one of them!

July 12, 2019
by Asher
· Armstrong Metal Fest

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/10-things-to-do-in-kamloops-and-okanagan-this-weekend/it63929

0 Vernon Morning Star – Metal heads converge in Armstrong – Metal Fest gets underway July 12 & 13 at Hassen Arena

July 12, 2019
by Asher
· Armstrong Metal Fest

https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/entertainment/metal-heads-converge-in-armstrong/

0 GearGods Premiere THE FLAYING’s Dual Guitar and Bass Playthrough ‘Place du Parvis’

July 12, 2019
by Asher
· Music News · The Flaying

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – July 12, 2019

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

GearGods Premiere THE FLAYING’s Guitar and Bass Playthrough ‘Place du Parvis’

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 Geargods, the band continues their brutalism with their new guitar and bass playthrough video for ‘Place du Parvis’.

Watch ‘Place du Parvis’ at https://geargods.net/playthrough/the-flaying-place-du-parvis-dual-playthrough/

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

Music Video – ‘La Valse du Scorpion’ – https://youtu.be/t_u0HHrCf00

Lyric Video ‘Genuflect’ – https://youtu.be/1fW_d9EegKA

Show Dates:
August 24 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar
October 18 – Quebec City, QC – L’Auteuil – w/ Beyond Creation, Fallujah, Arkaik, Equipoise

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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