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0 Underground Rising: The Apex – Underbelly E.P.
0 The News (New Glasgow, NS) – Metal band Like Animals performing in New Glasgow
0 We Love Metal – Vow of Thorns – Farewell To The Sun
Doom metal is predicated upon dark atmosphere, and there may not be any better at establishing that in contemporary metal than Vow of Thorns. All the details meticulously arranged, it has a painful density that smothers and paralyzes.
https://www.welovemetal.com/newsite/wordpress/2016/07/20/28153/
0 NEWS: Canadian Psychedelic Rock A DEVIL’S DIN Announce UK Tour; New Album ‘Skylight’ Out Now!
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Montreal, QC – Aug 2, 2016
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For fans of Ghost, Syd Barrett/Floyd, Psych-era Beatles, Early Sabbath,
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Canadian Psychedelic Rock A DEVIL’S DIN Announce UK Tour; New Album ‘Skylight’ Out Now!
L-R – Dominique Salameh – Drums, Vocals, David Lines – Keys, Guitar, Vocals, Thomas Chollet (R) Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Photo Credit: Renaud KasmaMusic Video – ‘Skylight’- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lX4H7hMc0
Canadian psychedelic rockers A DEVIL’S DIN will be touring the UK this September in support of their latest album ‘Skylight’ released this past June via Island Dive Records to follow their 2011 debut album ‘One Day All This Will Be Yours’. The tour will kick off in London on September 10th and end with a special family reunion as A Devil’s Din’s David Lines (originally from the UK) will share the stage with his brother’s band The Electric Zoltz on September 23rd in London.
Full Album Stream of ‘Skylight’ can be heard at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaLTUpQjGzQ
Sept 10 – TBA – London, UK
Sept 11 – The Fiddler Elbow – London, UK
Sept 12 – Nambucca – London, UK
Sept 13 – The Chambers – Folkestone, UK
Sept 14 – Pitcher & Piano – Brighton, UK
Sept 14 – Pitcher & Piano – Brighton, UK
Sept 15 – Dog & Whistle – Hertford, UK
Sept 16 – Crowley’s Rock Bar – Swansea, UK
Sept 17 – Lounge 41 – Workington, UK
Sept 18 – Percy’s – Whitchurch, UK
Sept 19 – The Skerries – Bangor, UK
Sept 20 – Saturn Bar – Liverpool, UK
Sept 21 – Thirsty Scholar – Manchester, UK
Sept 22 – Mullberry Tavern – Sheffield, UK
Sept 23 – London, UK – The Birds Nest w/ support from The Electric Zoltz
A DEVIL’S DIN is made up of 3 musicians born in the Old World who traveled across the ocean to find each other in Montreal, QC where they were drawn together by a mutual love of melodic, innovative, inventive and daring rock / metal tinged music. Fusing the colourful sounds of Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd & the psychedelic-era Beatles with intensity of classic power bands like Sabbath, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, as well as the boundary-pushing adventure of Yes, Gentle Giant and King Crimson, A DEVIL’S DIN is an uncommon and uncompromising voice in modern music.
Vocalist / guitarist David Lines comments on their album ‘Skylight’:
“Essentially this album is really a tribute to the psychedelic experience. I drew on my own personal involvement with certain consciousness-expanding substances to create a set of songs that would take the listener on a journey, both lyrically and musically. Within these 9 songs there exists a certain contrast between the hallucinatory and the heavy. Obviously we also owe a lot of this album’s influence to another era, not just by sound and texture, but by the spirit of adventure, daring and experimentation that was prevalent then and bring all of that to the world today, right now.”
Bassist Tom G. Stout also adds “Even though we are inspired by LSD trips, we still like to hit hard, and enjoy getting a little aggressive. You have to balance out the light with the darkness, because otherwise you’re not being real.”
Album order available at www.ADevilsDin.com and Bandcamp.
1) Skylight (3:14) [Music Video]
2) Phaze Ulysses (3:29)
3) Never The Same Thing (5:20)
4) Bow To Thee, Absurde (3:43)
5) I Don’t Know (7:06)
6) Nature Of The Beast (4:23)
7) For A While (5:38)
8) Eye’s Pie (4:05)
9) Prequel (5:20)
Album Length: 42:16
About:
A Devil’s Din is made up of 3 musicians born in the Old World who traveled across the ocean to find each other in Montreal, drawn together by a mutual love of melodic, innovative, inventive and daring rock music. Fusing the colourful sounds of Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd & the psychedelic-era Beatles with intensity of classic power bands like Sabbath, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, as well as the boundary-pushing adventure of Yes, Gentle Giant and King Crimson, A Devil’s Din is an uncommon and uncompromising voice in modern music.
In 2008, UK-born stalwart Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist and session musician David Lines decided he needed to form a musical outfit that would suit his own particular psychedelically-induced musical visions, and thus A Devil’s Din was born. While still working as a musical “gun-for-hire” around town, he continued to develop the songs and sound for A Devil’s Din–which he considers an Art Project not to be tainted by commercial desires–recording their first album One Day All This Will Be Yours between 2009 and 2010, and releasing it on his own label Island Dive Records in 2011.
Though the musicians on that record were excellent, it wasn’t until Lyonnais bassist and disciple of the Holy Trinity of Rickenbacker Bass (John Entwistle, Chris Squire and Geddy Lee) Thomas Chollet entered the picture, along with drummer Dom Salameh (whose being born in Abu Dhabi did not at all prevent him from becoming an ardent Keith Moon devotee) that the sound really began to take shape. The synergy of the three took the music to another level, as witnessed at their intense and energetic live shows and has been made manifest on the new A Devil’s Din album SKYLIGHT that is set for release on June 17th, 2016.
A Devil’s Din continues to travel further afield in the world of psychedelic and progressive rock music, transforming listeners’ minds where ever they go.
Their first European tour will take place in September and their albums are available through various retailers on line and through their website www.ADevilsDin.com.
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0 NEWS: THE APEX Streams Title Track From Upcoming EP ‘Underbelly + Canadian Tour Dates
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Montreal, QC – August 2, 2016
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For fans of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Meshuggah, The Red Chord, Candiria
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THE APEX Streams Title Track From Upcoming EP ‘Underbelly + Canadian Tour Dates
‘Fresh Out of The Foundry Tour’ (ON/QC/PE/NB/NS)
Supporting THE DILLENGER ESCAPE PLAN – Aug 4th – Toronto, ON
L-R: The Apex Album lineup: Brian Gemus (Guitar) | Tyson Taylor (Drums) | Darren Marchand (Vocals) | Jer Candusso (Bass) | Steve Landgraff (Guitar) (Photo Credit Shari Richards)
2015 – Self-Titled – Album Stream – Bandcamp
Music Video – If Detroit River Could Speak – Watch here.
Windsor, ON’s THE APEX will be hitting the road this August for their two week ‘Fresh Out of The Foundry Tour’ with Regina’s The Man and His Machine across Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (dates listed below). The tour is in support of their upcoming EP ‘Underbelly’ that will feature 3 ear piercing blasts of extreme shrapnel for fans. The title track is now streaming at the following link: https://theapexband.bandcamp.com/track/underbelly.
The band comments:
“This track is about how things have changed in the music industry and how these changes can bring negative effects to the art itself.”
The ghetto tech metallers have also launched a Go Fund Me / Pre-Order Campaign for fans to support. A full list of perks ranging from limited edition shirts, tapes, CDs, vinyls plus an exclusive performance can be viewed at the following link here.
The Apex – Underbelly (EP)
1. Scabs and Sheep
2. Underbelly
3. Paid in Exposure
EP Credits:
Music and lyrics written by: Steve Landgraff and Tyson Taylor
Recorded at: Empire Recording Studios
Engineered by: Nick Kinnish at Serafina Productions
Music and lyrics written by: Steve Landgraff and Tyson Taylor
Recorded at: Empire Recording Studios
Engineered by: Nick Kinnish at Serafina Productions
In additional news, prior to the tour, THE APEX will be supporting THE DILLENGER ESCAPE PLAN in Toronto on August 4th at the Hard Luck Bar. Full details can be found here.
‘Fresh Out of The Foundry Tour’:
Aug 17 – Windsor, ON – The Dominion House – info
Aug 18 – Toronto, ON – Coalition T.O. – info
Aug 19 – Montreal, QC – THR Bar – info
Aug 20 – Drummondville, QC – Pur Heriot – info
Aug 21 – Quebec City, QC – La Source de la Martinière – info
Aug 22 – Charlottetown, PE – Babas Lounge – info
Aug 23 – Moncton, NB – Plan B – info
Aug 25 – Sussex, NB – Uncle G’s – info
Aug 26 – Sydney, NS – Embers – info
Aug 27 – Sackville, NS – House Show – info
Aug 28 – Halifax, NS – Gus’ Pub – info
Aug 29 – Fredericton, NB – Charlotte Street Arts Center – info
BIO:
The Apex formed in August of 2013.
They are a collective of individuals from the Ontario metal community, whom over the years have come together from past bands such as, Closed Casket Funeral, Dismata, Blood Shot Eye, The Coalition Design, and Corprophemia to form The Apex.
In a true culmination of talent, dedication, and timing, this group has created a unique hometown sound that is now being called “Windsor Ghetto Tech”. The brutal sonic assault of their music coupled with the emotional reckless abandonment of their live performance, have drawn stanch comparisons to Meshuggah and classic Dillinger Escape Plan rounded out with a distinctly Canadian flair. To add influence, vocalist Darren M. suffers from Neurogenic Stammering, which effects his speech where the brain won’t tell the mouth what to say so he’s unable to carry on a normal conversation, but for some reason he’s able to scream all the lyrics live and that is how he gets to express himself vocally with the band.
In July, 2014 they entered Shark Tank Productions studio in Windsor, Ontario to begin recording their debut self-titled full length album, “The Apex”. They hired engineer Nick Kinnish of Serafina Productions (Johnny Truent, Architects, and more) to aid them in capturing their sound accurately. In November, 2014 they completed their recording and announced the independent release date of February 21st, 2015. In 2016, the band entered Empire Recording Studios to record their next release, the EP ‘Underbelly’ set to be unleashed in August.
TOUR EXPERIENCE
This band is no stranger to hitting the pavement to support the music they love to make. In their 15+ years of experience creating music in previous bands, they’ve been support on tour for bands like: Cephalic Carnage, All Shall Perish, Despised Icon, Cryptopsy, Today Is The Day, Killitorous, Erimha and Ion Dissonance to name a few. In previous bands they’ve also shared the stage on festivals with bands like: SOD, Venom, Obituary, Cradle Of Filth, Earth Crisis, God Forbid, Skinless, Beneath The Massacre and more to crowds up to 7500+ in North America.
As their current lineup “The Apex”, they have already invested in a mid-sized tour bus and have began to book many shows and festivals across Canada for 2016.
For more info, please visit http://www.facebook.com/wearetheapex.
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0 NEWS: Edmonton’s ‘Black Mourning Light’ Doom & Black Metal Festival Reveal 2016 Line-Up
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Montreal, QC – August 1, 2016
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Edmonton’s ‘Black Mourning Light’ Doom & Black Metal Festival Reveal 2016 Line-Up
2016 Edition
October 21, 22, 23 2016
Rendezvous Pub, Edmonton
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/293606467646555/
Tickets: http://crownofviserys.bigcartel.com/product/black-mourning-light-metal-festival-tickets
Edmonton, AB based Black Mourning Light Metal Festival, a celebration of black, doom, and dark death metal presented by Crown of Visery’s from October 21st to 23rd is proud to announce their 2016 line-up of bands from across Canada and USA.
Friday, October 21 will be headlined by Toronto’s Panzerfaust, alongside Montreal’s Erimha, and Edmonton’s Idolatry. Display of Decay (Edmonton), the night’s only death metal band, Calgary’s Vile Insignia and Hive will set the tone. Idolatry and Vile Insignia are the only returning bands from Black Mourning Light 2015.
Saturday, October 22 will see Portland, Oregon’s UADA headline with support from Manitou Spring, Colorado’s Helleborus and Vancouver’s Wormwitch. Norilsk (Gatineau, QC), Cell (Winnipeg), Holocaust Lord (Victoria), Nachtterror (Regina), Dethgod (Calgary), Ye Goat-Herd Gods (Calgary) and Hunted By Ravens (Red Deer) will bring a mix of black, death, and doom to set that night’s tone.
Sunday morning, October 23 will not feature bands performing, but rather bands eating. Sunday will be reserved for The Mourning After, the VIP exclusive breakfast with all the bands.
Tickets are available online through Crown of Viserys (http://crownofviserys.bigcartel.com/product/black-mourning-light-metal-festival-tickets), YEGLive.ca (service fees apply), Annihilatrix Productions in Calgary, and Desecrate Promotions in Regina.Line-Up:
Friday, October 21, 2016
Panzerfaust (Toronto, ON) – 12AM
Erimha (Montreal. QC) – 11PM
Idolatry (Edmonton, AB) – 10PM
Display of Decay (Edmonton, AB) – 9PM
Vile Insignia (Calgary, AB) – 8PM
Hive (Calgary, AB) – 7PM
Saturday, October 22, 2016
UADA (Portland, OR) – 12AM
Helleborus (Manitou Springs, CO) – 11PM
Wormwitch (Vancouver, BC) – 10PM
Norilsk (Gatineau, QC) – 9PM
Cell (Winnipeg, MB) – 8PM
Holocaust Lord (Victoria, BC) – 7PM
Nachtterror (Regina, SK) – 6PM
Dethgod (Calgary, AB) – 5PM
Ye Goat-Herd Gods (Calgary, AB) – 4PM
Hunted By Ravens (Red Deer, AB) – 3PM
Black Mourning Light is still taking submissions from filmmakers to showcase their work (preferably dark/ horror) at this year’s event. The films will be viewed at The Rendezvous equipped with televisions to showcase films via DVD. Most films will be shown during band performances.
Filmmakers interested in having their work shown at Black Mourning Light 2016, can use the following Filmmaker’s Application, located here.
Watch the video trailer with clips from BML 2015: https://youtu.be/1tUj9PW-zOQ
About BML:
Black Mourning Light Metal Festival is the black metal and doom festival founded by Dustin Ekman of Crown of Viserys. Created to fill a void in Edmonton’s black and doom scene.
After a successful debut during Halloween 2015, Black Mourning Light Festival returns for a 2016 edition set from October 21st-23rd. The onslaught will be held at the Rendezvous Pub with a lineup of bands from across Western Canada all in the vein of black and doom metal along with select death styles. Last year’s line up included 11 bands from three provinces such as headliner Idolatry (Edmonton), Altars of Grief (Regina), Noire (Winnipeg), Ossific (Winnipeg), Vile Insignia (Calgary) and more.
Those that attended the 2015 inaugural ritual will not be disappointed by 2016, as they can expect a different while similar experience to that event. Due to the proximity ofSamhain, costume prizes will still be awarded to those who wish to dress up early and celebrate the season.
For more info, please visit https://blackmourninglight.wordpress.com.
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0 Want to win a CD copy of the Vow of Thorns album ‘Farewell To The Sun’
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Head over to Metal Centre to enter! Contest ends August 15th
0 CHORD PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: OTTAWA METAL SHOW LISTINGS:
Montreal, QC – August 2016
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CHORD PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: SHOW LISTINGS:
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This Week!
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Nervosa With: Mortor, Venator, Exo-VedateWednesday August 3, 2016 House of Targ $15 /19+ / Doors 9 pm  |
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Necronomicon With: Abiotic, Vesperia, Endemise, Infiltration, Projekt GothenburgThursday August 4, 2016 Mavericks $13 /19+ / Doors 6 pm |
New Shows!
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Skeletonwitch with: A scar for the Wicked, Ominous EclipseFriday August 5, 2016 Mavericks $15 /19+ / Doors 8 pm |
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…From the Deep with: Gone in April, UnbeingThursday September 29, 2016 House of Targ $10 /19+ / Doors 9 pm |
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Gorguts with: Intronaut, Brain Tentacles, AntlionWednesday October 5, 2016 Mavericks $20 /19+ / Doors 7 pm |
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Max & Iggor Cavalera Return to Roots with: The Black Dahlia Murder, Allegaeon, OniMonday October 10, 2016 Mavericks $35 /19+ / Doors 7 pm |
More Upcoming Shows
| Tuesday August 23 | Hibria, Deathwish, Thruster @ House of Targ ,19+, 8 pm, $13 |
| WedSeptember 14 | Castle, Black Tower, Blackbread @ House of Targ,19+, 9 pm, $8 |
| WednesdaySeptember 21 | Blaze Bayley, Insurgent Inc, Deathwish, Dark Ministry, The Aphelion @ Mavericks,19+, 7 pm, $30 |
| ThursdaySeptember 15 | The Dread Crew of Oddwood, Wilderun, The Night Watch @ House of Targ ,19+, 9 pm, $13 |
| ThursdaySeptember 22 | Arkona, Valfreya, Ominous Eclipse, Damnus, Isometric @ Mavericks ,19+, 6 pm, $18 |
| SaturdayOctober 8 | Alestorm, Nekrogoblikon, Aether Realm@ Mavericks ,19+, 7 pm, $25 |
| TuesdayOctober 11 | Dope, Projekt F, Greylights, Footsteps to Gaia @ Mavericks,19+, 7 pm, $25 |
| FridayNovember 11 | Dark Tranquillity, Enforcer, Swallow the Sun, Starkill@ Mavericks,19+, 7 pm, $30 |
| MondayNovember 14 | Sonata Arctica, Leaves’ Eyes, Omnium Gatherum, Chariots of the Gods@ Mavericks,19+, 7 pm, $30 |
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0 NEWS: Brazilian Power Metal HIBRIA Post New Video ‘Leading Lady’; Celebrate 20 Years With New Album ‘XX’ + North American Tour
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Brazilian Power Metal HIBRIA Post New Video ‘Leading Lady’
Celebrate 20 Years With New Album ‘XX’ + North American Tour
HIBRIA are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a new album entitled ‘XX’ and a North American tour presented by PureGrainAudio.com and Test Your Metal Records that will kick off in Victoria, BC on August 9th and wrap up in New York City on August 28th (full details below).
“HIBRIA’s soul is full of music. To celebrate our 20th anniversary we present to you ‘XX’. It’s heavy metal with no boundaries especially made for the fans. Can you feel it?”
The Brazilian power metallers have posted their new music video ‘Leading Lady’, which is one of three new tracks along with four live performances from their catalog on the 20th anniversary album. ‘XX’ is set for release on August 9th via Test Your Metal Records and available for pre-order on CD here and digital here.
The band comments:
“HIBRIA’s soul is full of music. To celebrate our 20th anniversary we present to you ‘XX’. It’s heavy metal with no boundaries especially made for the fans. Can you feel it?”
‘Leading Lady’ can be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0D-UPhDu9Y
1. Leading Lady (5:37)
2. Music (5:11)
3. Fools Paradise (5:41)
4. Silent Revenge (Live) (6:57)
5. Lonely Fight (Live) (4:59)
6. Tightrope (Live) (5:53)
7. Tiger Punch (Live) (6:17)
Album Length: 40:40
Album Length: 40:40
08/09 Victoria, BC – Upstairs Cabaret
08/10 Vancouver, BC – The Red Room
08/10 Vancouver, BC – The Red Room
08/12 Calgary, AB – Dickens
08/13 Edmonton, AB – Mercury Room
08/16 Winnipeg, MB – The Merch
08/18 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
08/19 Chicago, IL – Reggies
08/20 Toronto, ON – Hardluck Bar
08/22 Subury, ON – The Asylum
08/22 Subury, ON – The Asylum
08/23 Ottawa, ON – House of Targ
08/24 Quebec City, QC – Bar La Source
08/25 Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar
08/27 Boston, MA – Middle East Up
08/28 Queens, NY – Blackthorn51
About:
A Brazilian power metal band formed in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in 1996. Hibria has grown in popularity in their home country plus worldwide with the successful release of five albums and a live DVD that showcases their intense concert energy (if ya never seen them in person). Their releases have reached the #1 position on sales charts for HMV stores across Japan, which has lead them to be support for such bands as Metallica, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth plus perform at Rock in Rio in Brazil and Loud Park, Japan’s most important metal festival, where they shared the main stage with some of the world’s most known bands.
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