EPK – The Judge The Juror – Primitive Minds (2025)
Publicist – Jon Asher – jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
For fans of Between the Buried and Me, Born of Osiris, Meshuggah, The Browning, Enter Shikari
Band: The Judge, The Juror
EP Title: Primitive Minds
Release Date: November 7, 2025
Label: Self-Release
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Genre: PsyDeathTechProg
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EP Title: Primitive Minds
Release Date: November 7, 2025
Label: Self-Release
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Genre: PsyDeathTechProg
1. Your Vice is a Locked Door – (4:36)
2. Heliconian Optivisor – (3:40)
3. HYPERCUBE (Unfolding) – (2:59)
EP Length: 11:16
• All songs performed by: The Judge The Juror
• All songs written by: The Judge The Juror
• Produced by: The Judge The Juror
• Mixed by: Alpha Core Studios
• Mastered by: Alpha Core Studios
• EP Artwork by: Scotty Oakes
• Canadian Content (MAPL)
EP and Live Band Line Up:
Scotty Oakes – Guitar
David Frontenac – Vocals / Synth
Merrick Fenton – Bass
Nick Burpee – Drums
Blaise Marsh – Guitar
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About The EP Artwork:
A painted psychedelic interpretation of the human mind.
About The EP:
This EP is conceptual around the idea of how we as humans are cursed with having a primitive mind in a modern world, and the dichotomy of this reality.
Track by Track:
1. “Your Vice is a Locked Door” – punishing and unrelenting musically, a reflection of what the algorithmic social media landscape is doing to our humanity. Commoditizing us while dividing us and sublimating our base instincts.
2. “Helciconian Optivisior” – the song creates a mesmerizing, fast-paced assault of sonic force, helping to underpin the lyrical. The idea of being trapped behind viewing the world through red lenses, while trying to break through to some sense of true human connection.
3. “HYPERCUBE (Unfolding)” – jarring yet entrancing, techy-death that feels like it might have come from outer space. An exploration of human emotion and how it doesn’t always work in our best interests. Reflecting the internal battles we have within us that create a mental push and pull, which is being exploited by the “powers-that-be” of our society.
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FUN FACTS:
1. We made up a genre (PSYDEATHTECHPROG) to be both descriptive of our unique sound, and a tongue-in-cheek joke about how niche metal has become (“it’s not death metal, it’s blackened tech sludge!” 🡨 We’ve all heard something like this, lol).
2. Merrick has been playing bagpipes with a Scottish Highlands band since the age of 5, and we plan to have a bagpipe feature on our next EP.
3. We’re going on our second-ever tour starting Aug 21, 2025, with The Hallowed Catharsis and Plague Doctor, and we plan to be on the road even more in 2026.
4. David introduced the synth element to the band in late 2023, and it has now become part of our signature sound. He always comes up with unique/weird synth tones because he is equally weird.
5. One time, while on the road with our friends Kelevra, we found out their guitarist, Brett, was feeling under the weather, so we went to the local pharmacy, made him a care package, and presented it to him at the next venue. This was all video documented and can be viewed on our social media.
L-R: Blaise Marsh (Guitar), David Frontenac (Vocals / Synth), Scotty Oakes (Guitar), Nick Burpee (Drums), Merrick Fenton (Bass)
Amidst the vast landscape of tedious and semantic metal subgenres, The Judge The Juror emerges to carve out the latest niche: PSYDEATHTECHPROG.
Combining technical metal riffage, intricate drum grooves, and experimental synthesis elements to dazzle the mind, along with a blistering high-energy live presence, The Judge The Juror is making moves to solidify themselves as a leader in Western Canadian Metal experimenters.
Discography:
2025 – Primitive Minds – EP
2024 – Harmony in Discord – EP
Shared Stage with: Alleageon, Art of Attrition, Beguiler, Into Enternity, Kelevra, Opal in Sky, Forsaken Rite, Age of Ashes, Our Last Crusade, Victoria Lies, Floodgate, Supermodel Taxidermy
Tours and Festivals:
2025 (Upcoming Aug 21) – Insanity in the Interior Tour w/ The Hallowed Catharsis and Plague Doctor
2025 – Alternative Waves Music Festival – Medicine Hat, AB
2024 – Party in the Park – Ft McMurray, AB
2024 – May Long Mini Tour – Edmonton, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Calgary
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