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0 NEWS: Prog-Sphere Music Video Premiere: Toronto Prog JUPITER HOLLOW ‘Deep In Space’; Debut EP ‘Odyssey’ January 13th

  • November 2, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Jupiter Hollow · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – November 2, 2016

Album Promo Request here.

For fans of Tool, Rush, A Perfect Circle, Pink Floyd, Tesseract, The Contortionists, Karnivool & Rishloo

EPK | JupiterHollow.ca | Facebook | Twittter | Instagram | Soundcloud | Youtube

Download = Press Photo | EP Cover

Prog-Sphere Music Video Premiere: Toronto Prog JUPITER HOLLOW ‘Deep In Space’

Debut EP ‘Odyssey’ January 13th

Show Dates:

January 14 – Toronto, ON – Smiling Buddha (CD Release Show) – info


L-R- Grant MacKenzie (guitar, bass, synth), Kenny Parry (vocals, drums, synth/keys). Photo by Sandra Beatty

Barrie, ON JUPITER HOLLOW started in the summer of 2015 and have already mastered the art of bringing their fans on an audio and visual experience. The prog duo will be unleashing their debut EP ‘Odyssey’ on January 13th with distribution by Milagro Records. The concept record will feature 5 tracks to introduce their ambient experimental progressive songwriting plus will act as a prelude to their planned full length ‘AHDOMN’. Their sound is referred to as spacey, experimental and refreshing, reminding listeners of bands like Tool, Pink Floyd, A Perfect Circle, Tesseract, The Contortionists and Rush. That’s why us at Prog-Sphere.com are excited to exclusively premiere their new music video ‘Deep In Space’.

Watch it now at the following link: http://www.prog-sphere.com/specials/jupiter-hollow-deep-in-space-video-premiere/

Plus don’t forget to get free download of their track ‘Ascending’: http://www.grantmackenzie.ca/jupiterhollow

1. Deep In Space
2. Ascending
3. Hades Heart
4. Over 50 Years
5. Odyssey

About the duo:

Grant, who plays guitar, bass and synth for the band started his music career 8 ½ years ago at the age of 12, sitting in his basement watching the movie Rock Prophecies. This movie was about legendary rock photographer Robert M. Knight, finding and transforming a young, unknown guitarist from a small town into a worldwide success. Inspired and motivated, Grant spent the next few years honing his guitar skills, writing music, and later learning the business side by attending college for business marketing. At age 20, Grant was invited into the Brotherhood of the Guitar, by founder Robert M. Knight, leading to endorsements with Ernie Ball Music Man and JH Audio.

While Grant was performing with another group at a local battle of the bands, he came across a mesmerizing singer by the name of Kenny Parry (vocalist, drummer and synth for Jupiter Hollow), who was almost performing as if he was possessed on stage, hitting notes that seemed impossible by any guy. Kenny Parry started music at the young age of 2 years old, setting up pots and pans like a drum set and banging away. This led to an obsession with music, and a discovery of his unique talent. In his teenage years, Kenny won himself the title “Best Drummer in Ontario” 3 years in a row. Around this time, Kenny started learning how to sing after being inspired by singers such as Maynard James Keenan, Mike Lessard, Dan Tompkins and Ian Kenny to name a few. Through years of strengthening his vocal abilities in choirs, bands and hours of dedication, Kenny has acquired an articulate vocal range, relentless endurance, and almost shocking performance through his uncontrollable stage presence.

Shortly after meeting, Grant and Kenny knew that their talents combined would create something truly unique, and Jupiter Hollow was born. Since then, the duo effortlessly created music in Kenny’s basement for months on end. The concept grew to be a two-man band, since Grant and Kenny wrote all of the music and wanted to keep it that way. The two musicians use technology to their advantage, allowing them to perform with a dominating stage presence, while captivating their audiences with their unique sonic journey.

For more info, please visit: www.JupiterHollow.ca.

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“Jupiter Hollow warps the landscape of progressive rock for 2016. With youth on their side, Grant and Kenny venture into unknown musical realms and take the listener on the journey of a lifetime! Executed with precision, they prove rock is alive and has a place in our future, present and past. Perhaps it was always with us. Simply put Jupiter Hollow makes the world a better place.” – Pat Gillett, Down With Webster/Honors (Guitar/Vocals)

“Jupiter Hollow are starting curves in the rock space that I haven’t seen anywhere else. Dynamic, progressive compositions; with vocals that pull and soar; giving me satisfaction that is hard to come by in this space.” – Arthur Kalimidis, Landmark Showcase Festival (Founder)

“Grant MacKenzie and his band Jupiter Hollow are a hard playing impressive band that has emerged out of the Ontario music scene in the last year. I was very pleased when I could include Grant in my Ernie Ball Brotherhood of the Guitar program, and know they are now on the path to much wider discovery of their music. Grant is extremely driven and that is what it takes to make it these days!” – Robert M. Knight, Legendary Rock Photographer)

“Jupiter Hollow consists of only two guys; there’s a Grant, and there’s a Kenny. They put all of the music together themselves, and it’s pretty spectacular if you ask me!” – Noah Campbell, Rock 95.7FM (Radio Host)

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0 Illyrian – Round 2: Fight! (2016 ) – Canadian College Radio Loud Charts

  • November 2, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Uncategorized

Illyrian-Cover-Art

Illyrian – Round 2: Fight! – Release Date: Oct 7, 2016

Highlight: #74 – December 2016 – !earshot National Top 200 Chart – (Earshot)

Highlight: #48 – !earshot The National Top 50 Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 (Earshot)

Highlight: #6 – !earshot The National Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 (Earshot)

Highlight: #6 – !earshot The National Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 (Earshot)

Chart Appearances – February 7 2017
Station Chart Rank
CJAM Windsor, ON Loud 7
Total This Week: 1
Chart Appearances – January 31 2017
Station Chart Rank
CJAM Windsor, ON Loud 4
CJSR Edmonton, AB Loud 7
Total This Week: 2
Chart Appearances – January 24 2017
Station Chart Rank
CJSR Edmonton, AB Loud 4
Total This Week: 1
Chart Appearances – December 27 2016
Station Chart Rank
CHSR Fredericton, NB Top 30 22
Total This Week: 1
Chart Appearances – December 20 2016
Station Chart Rank
CFOU Trois-Rivieres, QC Loud 9
CHRW London, ON Top 30 24
CHSR Fredericton, NB Top 30 29
Total This Week: 3
Chart Appearances – December 13 2016
Station Chart Rank
!earshot Top 50 48
CFMH Saint John, NB Top 30 5
CFOU Trois-Rivieres, QC Loud 10
CHRW London, ON Top 30 18
CKXU Lethbridge, AB Top 30 14
Total This Week: 5
Chart Appearances – December 6 2016
Station Chart Rank
!earshot Loud 6
CFBX Kamloops, BC Loud 5
CFMH Saint John, NB Top 30 10
CFOU Trois-Rivieres, QC Loud 5
CHRW London, ON Top 30 24
CKXU Lethbridge, AB Top 30 27
Total This Week: 6
Chart Appearances – November 29 2016
Station Chart Rank
CFOU Trois-Rivieres, QC Loud 10
Total This Week: 1
Chart Appearances – November 22 2016
Station Chart Rank
CFOU Trois-Rivieres, QC Loud 7
Total This Week: 1
Chart Appearances – November 15 2016
Station Chart Rank
CFOU Trois-Rivieres, QC Loud 8
CJSR Edmonton, AB Loud 6
Total This Week: 2
Chart Appearances – November 8 2016
Station Chart Rank
!earshot Loud 6
CFOU Trois-Rivieres, QC Loud 10
CJSR Edmonton, AB Top 30 11
CJSR Edmonton, AB Loud 2
Total This Week: 4
Chart Appearances – November 1 2016
Station Chart Rank
CFOU Trois-Rivieres, QC Loud 8
Total This Week: 1

0 NEWS: Band Submissions Now Open For ShrEdmonton 2017 Fest & Conference

  • November 2, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · ShrEdmonton Metal Fest & Conference

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – November 2, 2016

Shredmonton.com | Facebook

Band Submissions Now Open For ShrEdmonton 2017 Fest & Conference

Prairie Fire Events Ltd is proud to announce that band submissions are now open for the official Farmageddon Open Air indoor sister festival SHREDMONTON Metal Festival and Conference taking place from Friday, May 12th to Sunday, May 14th 2017 in Edmonton, AB. Applications can be submitted at www.Shredmonton.com from November 1st, 2016 until January 15th, 2017 11:59pm MT.

Last year’s Shredmonton featured over 20 bands over the course of 3 days at The Starlite Room and The Brixx Bar and Grill (same building), as well as a multi-room industry based conference located at the Shaw Conference Center. The full line up consisted of an ultra heavy hitting bill that included headliners Dying Fetus, Acacia Strain, Jungle Rot, Black Crown Initiate, Goatwhore, Finnish power metallers Thunderstone along with some of Western Canada’s best such as Disciples of Power, Planet Eater, Scythia, Tylor Dory Trio, Every Hour Kills among many more! Conference panels were held the Shaw Conference Center on recording, photography, video production, publicity, media relations, journalism, and concert promotion / talent buying for festivals / venues with music industry professionals from across Canada.

For more info, please visit: www.Shredmonton.com.

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0 Another Metal Review Podcast – Endemise

  • November 1, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Endemise

http://www.anothermetalreviewblog.com/podcast/another-metal-podcast-episode-31/

0 Return To My Blood – Shark Infested Daughters – These Tides, Our Tombs

  • November 1, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Shark Infested Daugthers

https://reviewstomyblood.blogspot.ca/2016/10/resena-shark-infested-daughters-these.html

0 Return To My Blood – Endemise – Anathema

  • November 1, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Endemise

https://reviewstomyblood.blogspot.ca/2016/10/mini-reviews-v.html

0 Heavy Metal Televisions Sammy interviews Necronomicon

  • November 1, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Necronomicon

0 Azaria Mag – Shark Infested Daughters – These Tides, Our Tombs

  • November 1, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Shark Infested Daugthers

Oh this isn’t your average Metal Core band, these Big fish are something else. They mix everything up with their high powered, mighty sound designed to attract every one who loves any form of aggressive powerful music be it Death Metal to Hard Rock…This Album will infest your soul and Shark Infested Daughters will be showing their razor sharp teeth around Canada soon on tour. Lets hope these magnificent beasties venture all around the world and swim into your life very soon.

http://www.azariamag.com/shark-infested-daughters-land-maple-syrup-moosehead-beer/

0 NEWS: SkullsnBones Showcase TACTUS’ Prog Tech Shredding In ‘Colossus’ Guitar Playthrough

  • November 1, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · Tactus

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – November 1, 2016

Album Promo Request here.
For fans of Periphery, Protest the Hero, Between the Buried and Me

Tactusband.com | Facebook | Twittter @tactusband

Youtube | Instagram @tactusband | Bandcamp

Download = Press Photo | Album Cover | Album Lyrics

SkullsnBones Showcase TACTUS’ Prog Tech Shredding In ‘Colossus’  Guitar Playthrough

New Album ‘Bending Light’ Out Now!


L-R: Tactus Current Lineup | Steve Parish (bass) | Ben MacLean (drums) | Jason McKnight (vocals) | Alec Dobbelsteyn (guitar) | Adrian Barnes (guitar & vocals)

Photo Credit: The Photo Ninja

Unleashing their debut full length ‘Bending Light’ on October 7th, Fredericton, New Brunswick five piece progressive metal band TACTUS have teamed up with SkullsnBones.com to show fans the technical shredding behind their track ‘Colossus’ in their latest guitar playthrough, which can be viewed at the following link: http://skullsnbones.com/tactus-premiere-guitar-playthrough-of-colossus/

TACTUS‘ ‘Bending Light’ features ten outer limit prog tracks produced by the band with mixing and mastering by Jamie King (Between The Buried In Me, Paradise Lost, Scale The Summit) to follow their previously released EPs ‘ins(T)rumental’ (2015) and ‘T’ (2014) plus singles ‘Enigma’ and their metal cover of The Police’s ‘Roxanne’.

Bending Light – Album Stream – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niLxagtaRQE

The album is available for order on CD and digital download at the following links.

CD: http://buytactus.bigcartel.com/

Regular Album Order:
https://tactusband.bandcamp.com/album/bending-light
Bandcamp Exclusive Version w/ instrumentals and complete guitar tablature:

https://tactusband.bandcamp.com/album/bending-light-bandcamp-exclusive

 

1. Anamnesis (2:12)
2. Aurora (6:26)
3. Scimitar (4:08)
4. All Roads (4:06)
5. Feast or Famine (4:58)
6. Colossus (4:20)
7. Goliath (7:14)
8. Cardinal (4:20)
9. Red and Ivory (6:56)
10. King of the Sky (14:35)
Album Length: 59.21About:

Formed in 2011 as a jam project by three fellow music students, the group has gone on to release several singles and EPs independently, while having the opportunity to share the stage with great metal acts like Protest the Hero, Intervals, Black Crown Initiate, and Mandroid Echostar. The group pride themselves on their infusion of multiple musical styles into hard-hitting riffs, epic choruses, and technically intense passages. Soaring melodies, guttural growls, and destructive breakdowns flow into soft, slow, and pensive segments of jazz and rock. Their compositional method, where songs are conceived, written, transcribed, and edited before they are ever learned or rehearsed, adds a level of refinement and fluidity not always found in heavier music. The band do almost all of their engineering work themselves, but have also worked with several talented producers. Their first EP T (June 2014), comprised of four previously released singles and one new song, featured the mixing and mastering handiwork of Gino Bambino (Novallo) and Justin Hill (SikTh). Their single Resurface (December 2014) was handled by George Lever (Burials).

For more info, please visit: www.TactusBand.com.

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0 NEWS: Band Submissions Now Open! Brutal Battle Cuba 2017; One Band To Tour On Brutal Summer Fest

  • November 1, 2016
  • by Asher
  • · Brutal Battle CUBA · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – November 1, 2016


Band Submissions Now Open! Brutal Battle Cuba 2017
One Band To Tour On Brutal Summer Fest
Applications Start Nov 1st For Canadian Bands

PiranhaProductions.ca | Facebook | Band Applications | Rules | BrutalFest.com

FREE download of 45 minutes of 2016 BBC competing bands:
https://brutalbattlecuba.bandcamp.com/album/brutal-battle-cuba-vol-1

     Attention Canadian Bands! Want to tour Cuba on Brutal Summer Fest 2017? BRUTAL BATTLE CUBA is proud to announce its 2017 edition across Quebec and Ontario to send one lucky Canadian band to tour across the country during August 2017.

Submissions are now open as of November 1st, 2016 and end on November 30th, 2016 11:59 pm EST.

Apply your band at the following link: http://www.piranhaproductions.ca/soumission.php 

Participating Cities:

Ontario: Oshawa, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Kingston

Quebec: Montreal, Quebec City, Trois Rivieres

The winning Canadian band of BRUTAL BATTLE CUBA will join five to seven other international bands along with crew members, drivers and one big bus for a two week tour across Cuba. The winning band will also be provided a 500$ worth package that will include a custom banner, shirts and stickers for the tour. While on the road, the Canadian band will also be introduced to every aspect of Cuban culture.

Watch video from last year’s tour with 2016 champions Montreal’s DEALER with Verbal Abuse (USA), Fang (USA), Neige Morte (France), Euglena (Russia), KESS’KHTAK (Switzerland) and local Cuban bands Switch Adox, Sex By Manipulation and Spermask – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-aCoVppuA

For more information, please visit: www.facebook.com/BrutalBattleCUBA.

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