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0 2 Weeks Left To Submit To 2017 Armstrong Metal Fest! Band Submissions Now Open!

  • October 18, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Armstrong Metal Fest · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – October 18, 2016

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2 Weeks Left To Submit To 2017 Armstrong Metal Fest! Band Submissions Now Open!

Promo Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9zHeA2pKWs
2016 AMF Free Digital Sampler – https://armstrongmetalfest.bandcamp.com/album/armstrong-metalfest-2016-mountain-moshpit-vol-1
(over 90 minutes of headbanging tracks from bands on the 2016 line up)

      The November 1st deadline is getting near to submit your band to one of Canada’s best metal festivals held in the Okanagan valley in Armstrong, BC. For the last 8 years, Armstrong Metal Fest has been showcasing a high caliber of Western Canadian metal along with international touring acts. Last year’s 2016 line up, their largest year for music and attendance included headliners Beyond Creation, Dayglo Abortions, Unleash The Archers, Archspire, Rivers of Nihil, The Zenith Passage and more.
ARMSTRONG METAL FEST submissions for their 2017 edition will end November 1, 2016 11:59pm PST.

Please send your band submission to the following email: bandsamf@gmail.com

What should you send?
– BAND NAME
– ONLINE MUSIC (Where can we check out your music example: bandcamp) 
– AREA/CITY BANDS FROM
– GENRE/ DESCRIPTION OF WHAT KIND OF BAND YOU ARE
– HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TOGETHER AS A BAND? 
– LAST ALBUM RELEASE DATE/NEXT PLANNED ALBUM RELEASE DATE
– EXPERIENCE/ WHO HAVE YOU SHARED THE STAGE WITH
– CONTACT PERSON/CONTACT EMAIL
– ADDITIONAL INFO/COMMENTS

Don’t worry about sending an EPK right off the start! They are great to have, but not for AMF’s initial submission; once a band is on the roster an EPK may be requested for media outlets.

Last year AMF had 162 band submissions!

69.4% of the total band line up for AMF 2016 was made of bands that had placed a band submission.

58.3% of AMF 2016’s line up was bands that had never played the festival before.

About:

Taking influence from Europe’s music festival circuit, Armstrong Metal Fest is a heavy metal celebration that encourages metal heads from across Canada and the globe to mosh and camp with the backdrop of great outdoors of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. What started as a backyard party in 2009 with nothing but eleven local metal bands such as Terrifier, Xul and Odinfist to name a few, has grown into a a huge success admired by the Western Canadian Metal scene. 2016 was the eighth year of the festival and was its largest year for music and attendance. Previous years of the festival have seen line ups with Cattle Decapitation, Suffocation, Anciients, Bison BC, Striker, Crimson Shadows, Holy Grail, Archspire, Cryptopsy, Unleash The Archers, Divinity, Into Eternity, Ninjaspy, Vesperia, XUL, Odinfist, Death Toll Rising, Gomorrah among many others.

For more info, please visit www.ArmstrongMetalFest.ca

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0 NEWS: Calgary Thrashers ILLYRIAN Post Live Video of ‘Round 2: Fight!’

  • October 18, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Illyrian · Music News

 

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – October 18, 2016

Album Promo Request here.

For fans of Revocation, Lazarus AD, Havok, Battlecross, Exodus

Facebook | Twittter @ Illyrianband | Youtube | Instagram | Bandcamp

Download = Press Photo | Album Cover | Album Lyrics

Calgary Thrashers ILLYRIAN Post Live Video of ‘Round 2: Fight!’

Show Dates:

October 22 – Medicine Hat, AB – Oly’s Ale House
w/ WMD, World Class White Trash, Junkies Rush, Poke the Bear


L-R: Scott Onofrychuk (Guitar/Vocals) | Jeff Perry (Bass/Vocals) | Brandon McNeil (Guitar/Vocals) | Darren May (Drums)
Photo Credit: Brad Scott

     Unleashing their new album ‘Round 2: Fight!’ on October 7th, Calgary thrashers ILLYRIAN have posted live video from their album launch performing the title track. ‘Round 2: Fight!’ was co-produced by the band with Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studios plus mastered by Sacha Laskow (Every Hour Kills, ex-Divinity) at Perfect Fifth Studios and is available on iTunes, Amazon and Bandcamp.

To watch the live video, please visit the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbmDPnYCNVY

Full album stream can be heard at: http://illyrian.bandcamp.com/album/round-2-fight

Free Song Download – ‘Round 2 Fight!’: http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/illyrian-round-2-fight-free-song-download

Lyric Video – ‘Zeta Reticulan’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrKyafbQcDI

Lyric Video – ‘Round 2: Fight’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSCc58hCHfI

Formed in 2011 under the name Hellborn Death Engines, the band is resurfacing under the new moniker ILLYRIAN with the recent additions of bassist / vocalist Jeff Perry (Sikarra, ex-Animus Labyrinth) plus British drum sensation Darren May (ex-Deacon Birch) who have brought new and progressive musical mindsets into the band to join original and founding members Scott Onofrychuk (guitars/vocals) and Brandon McNeil (guitar/vocals).

Evolving into a highly technical group playing thrash metal with their erratic and precise on-stage delivery, rapier wit, along with nostalgic charm, ILLYRIAN have removed the constraints of conventional metal sub-genre formula to replace their sound with a melting pot of technical thrash riffs, blistering solos, prog-influenced rhythms along with the band’s signature tri-vocal attack.

1. Walking In Sunshine (5:41)
2. Round 2: Fight! (4:31)
3. Opulent & Imperial (3:58)
4. Chaotic Neutral (3:28)
5. Zeta Reticulan (4:29)
6. Mindbender (4:25)
7. Five by Five (The Dark Slayer Comes) (4:06)
8. Wings of Freedom (4:47)
9. Technodrone (3:50)
10. Sound of The Serpent Siren (4:47)

Album Length: 44:05

 

For more info, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/illyrianband.

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0 Merchants of Air – Krepitus – The Eys of The Soulless

  • October 18, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · krepitus

So for 45 plus minutes I was in tune with what Krepitus has going on and really intrigued with them. Best part is I can’t accurately classify them ha! They are basically death metal, droning at times and very aggressive at others! Lots of thrash stuff going on throughout and some seriously tricky riffs. Every track is very memorable and each has its own identity which seems fairly rare anymore!

http://www.merchantsofair.com/reviews/brieviews-pauls-grindings-part-1

0 World of Metal Radio – Almah ‘E.V.O’

  • October 18, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Almah (Test Your Metal Records)

http://radiowom.blogspot.ca/2016/10/almah-evo-review.html

0 NEWS: CHARIOTS OF THE GODS Announce ‘An Atomic Age Tour’ (ON/QC); New Music Video ‘Tusk’

  • October 17, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Chariots of The Gods · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – October 17, 2016

Album Promo Request here.

For fans of Trivium, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Kalmah

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CHARIOTS OF THE GODS Announce ‘An Atomic Age Tour’ (ON/QC)

New Music Video ‘Tusk’

Out Now! New Album ‘Ages Unsung’

L-R: David Gravel (Drum) | Payam Doryani (Bass) | Mathieu St-Amour (Lead Guitar) | Christian Therien (Vocals) | Rock Déziel (Rhythm Guitar)

(Photo credit: Chris Bubinas)

      Melodic death metallers CHARIOTS OF THE GODS are proud to announce they will be hitting the road for dates in November and December in support of their recently unleashed album ‘Ages Unsung’. The tour will venture across the province of Quebec along with hometown shows in Ottawa,  ON, which includes supporting Sonata Arctica on November 14th (dates and info below). Joining them on the tour will be Montreal’s Pronostic.

‘Ages Unsung’ features 10 shredding tracks recorded at The Grid with legendary Montreal producer Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy, The Agonist, Beyond Creation, Neuraxis) plus features a special guest solo from The Agonist’s Pascal Jobin on the song ‘Into Oblivion’. For this album, CHARIOTS OF THE GODS turned to fans on kickstarter with a pre-order campaign (thank you video) and surpassed their goal of $3,000. The album marks the return of Canada’s first metal band to tour Cuba after a small hiatus and line up change to follow up their 2013 debut album ‘Tides of War’ that was produced by music legend Glen Robinson (Queensryche, Gwar, Annihilator).

Album Stream ‘Ages Unsung’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP4K-E8nRlI&list=PLGO0yrExinishG_mSMqTCAVnwVaFFavPg

Music Video ‘Tusk’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBGOJ5aUJmQ

The band comments on ‘Ages Unsung’:

“We are very proud to bring you all this new record. It took us longer than expected to get there, but we’re sure that after just one listen you’ll think it was worth the wait. There were a lot of changes since our last release in early 2013. 3 out of 5 were new members and it definitely had an impact on our music especially with the change of the vocalist. We sometimes went into some unknown territories with this new record, but our producer Chris Donaldson along with the help of Pascal Jobin really guided us through this experimental chapter. It has been a challenging effort, but we’ve worked hard to climb the mountain that stood before us. Now we know what we’re capable of. We can see many more peaks in the distance and as one we will strive forward.”


Nov 4 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar – info
*Nov 14 – Ottawa, ON – Mavericks w/ Sonata Arctica, Leave’s Eyes, Omnium Gatherum – info
Nov 18 – Mont Tremblant, QC – Bar L’Epicentre
Nov 19 – Laval, QC – Bar Le Repaire
Nov 25 – Longueil, QC – Bar Zone 132 – info
Dec 2 – Ottawa, ON – Cafe Dekcuf
Dec 3 – Buckingham, QC – Bar Le Windsor
Dec 9 – Quebec, QC – La Source De La Martiniere – info
Dec 10 – Sherbrooke, QC – Bar Le Magog – info
Dec 16 – Drummondville, QC – Pub Heriot
Dec 17 – Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC – Studio 35 – info
* = without Pronostic

  1. Primordial Dawn (1:22)
    2. Tusk (4:40)
    3. Of Prometheus And The Sacred Flame (3:57)
    4. War of The Gods (4:21)
    5. As The Sky Falls (4:25)
    6. Resurrection (3:46)
    7. Through Darkness And Decay (5:50)
    8. Into Oblivion ft. guest solo by Pascal Jobin of The Agonist (4:40)
    9. New World (3:59)
    10. Ages Unsung (4:45)
    Album Length: 41:49

Album order available at https://chariotsofthegods.bandcamp.com/album/ages-unsung

For more info, please visit www.chariotsofthegods.net.

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0 PureGrainAudio – Geared Up: The Exalted Piledriver Frontman Gord Kirchin on Shure and Sennheiser Microphones

  • October 17, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · calgary metalfest

http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/geared-up-the-exalted-piledriver-frontman-gord-kirchin-on-shure-and-sennheiser-microphones

0 Insomnia Radio #61 w/ Uforia, Keychain, Medevil, Red Cain

  • October 17, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Keychain · Medevil · Red Cain · Uforia

http://insomniaradio.net/2016/10/16/ir-canada-show-61-no-fiddlesticks-here/

0 VOIR – CRITIQUES EN VRAC : UN COUP D’ŒIL SUR LES DERNIERS ALBUMS: FRACTAL CYPHER

  • October 17, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Fractal Cypher

La production se veut impeccable, les compositions sont copieuses au niveau des arrangements et Fractal Cypher possède cette qualité qui se veut bien importante pour le genre : allier la complexité musicale avec des mouvements sonores accrocheurs….Du gros calibre, du prog métal surfin et qui ne sera pas gênant de mettre dans mon Top 2016 Québécois! Et de plus, ça nous vient d’ici!

https://voir.ca/chanceuxqueteux/2016/10/17/vracopeth-gatecreeper-kaotik-fractal-cypher/

0 Bravewords – Chariots of The Gods – Ages Unsung

  • October 16, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Chariots of The Gods

Ottawa-based Chariots Of The Gods inject the best parts of metalcore, thrash and melodeath into its second full-length release, Ages Unsung. The band’s extreme delivery, harsh-barked vocals and precise instrumentation carry hints of bands such as In Flames, Soilwork, Shadows Fall and Hatebreed, yet delivered in a modern, up to date sound.

http://bravewords.com/reviews/chariots-of-the-gods-ages-unsung#.WALhmaVtznI.email

0 Rocka Rolla Webzine – Silent Line – Shattered Shores

  • October 16, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Silent Line

http://rockarollazine.blogspot.ca/2016/10/silent-line-shattered-shores-2015.html

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