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0 Tour: Kicking Off This Week Nerd Rock DOUBLE EXPERIENCE “Team Rock-It” Tour (ON/NB/NS/SK/AB/MB)
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REMINDER – Kicking Off This Week! Sept 29 – Oct 26
DOUBLE EXPERIENCE Bring Their “Team Rock-It” Show Home For Fall Cross-Canada Tour!
(ON/NB/NS/SK/AB/MB)
New Album ‘Unsaved Progress’ Out Now!
Album Stream – Unsaved Progress – Listen here.
Music Video ‘So Fine’ – Watch here.
Music Video ‘The Glimmer Shot’ (tribute to video game ‘Destiny’) – Watch here.
Music Video – Weezer ‘Buddy Holly’ Cover Video – Watch here.
After several tours of the USA and Europe, Ottawa’s nerd-rock trio DOUBLE EXPERIENCE are returning for their first cross-Canada tour since 2014. The band will be performing songs off their third full-length, “Unsaved Progress”, including their recent single “The Glimmer Shot”; a Destiny-themed rock anthem, which earned them accolades from the creators of the video game itself.
For the first time, Canadian fans will be treated to DOUBLE EXPERIENCE‘s larger-than-life show; an event that begins before the band even takes the stage.
“On our last UK tour, we coordinated everything from Pokemon duels on Game Boys with our fans, Pokemon-themed drink specials, cosplay contests, and more,” explains vocalist Ian Nichols. “This fall, we’re embracing Pokemon GO and incorporating aspects of that into what happens offstage.”
Full dates for “The Lure Tour” below:
09/29 – Tillsonburg, ON @ Sammy Krenshaw’s
09/30 – Cobourg, ON @ The Market Hall – info
10/06 – Fredericton, NB @ Capital – info
10/07 – Halifax, NS @ The Pavilion – info
10/08 – Moncton, NB @ Spin-It Records – info
10/12 – Timmins, ON @ Victory Tavern – info
10/14 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Crocks – info
10/17 – Saskatoon, SK @ Buds on Broadway – info
10/18 – Saskatoon, SK @ Buds on Broadway – info
10/19 – Lethbridge, AB @ Attainable Records
10/20 – Calgary, AB @ Distortion – info
10/21 – Edmonton, AB @ Bohemian – info
10/26 – Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret – infoDOUBLE EXPERIENCE’s third studio album entitled “Unsaved Progress” was released on April 8th via their label Colfax Music. Taking the next step from their previous album – initially released exclusively on collectible trading cards, the band utilizes classic video-game inspired artwork and packaging. The album was brought to life with the help of Al Jacob and Kit Walters (HE IS LEGEND) at Warrior Sound in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
09/30 – Cobourg, ON @ The Market Hall – info
10/06 – Fredericton, NB @ Capital – info
10/07 – Halifax, NS @ The Pavilion – info
10/08 – Moncton, NB @ Spin-It Records – info
10/12 – Timmins, ON @ Victory Tavern – info
10/14 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Crocks – info
10/17 – Saskatoon, SK @ Buds on Broadway – info
10/18 – Saskatoon, SK @ Buds on Broadway – info
10/19 – Lethbridge, AB @ Attainable Records
10/20 – Calgary, AB @ Distortion – info
10/21 – Edmonton, AB @ Bohemian – info
10/26 – Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret – infoDOUBLE EXPERIENCE’s third studio album entitled “Unsaved Progress” was released on April 8th via their label Colfax Music. Taking the next step from their previous album – initially released exclusively on collectible trading cards, the band utilizes classic video-game inspired artwork and packaging. The album was brought to life with the help of Al Jacob and Kit Walters (HE IS LEGEND) at Warrior Sound in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Prior to the creation of “Unsaved Progress”, Double Experience were busy performing across 15 countries, playing everywhere from video game museums to tattoo conventions as well as showcases at Canadian Music Week and Indie Week Canada. Their adventures have been supported by international radio, festivals and television alike, culminating with an entire nerd-rock exposé and performance on Global TV in Canada.
Album orders are now available at the band’s merch store here. A deluxe edition of the album – boasting two unreleased songs, two acoustic remixes, merch discount codes, studio footage and a brand new trading card – is also available for the fastidious Double Experience collector.
1. So Fine (3:19)
2. AAA (3:17)
3. The Glimmer Shot (3:23)
4. See You Soon (2:57)
5. Impasse (3:44)
6. Exposure Exposure (2:54)
7. Death of Lucidity (3:17)
8. Godzilla (3:57)
9. Weakened Warriors (3:33)
Album Length: 30:24
For more info, please visit www.2xxp.com.
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0 NEWS: ALMAH Steaming Full Album ‘E.V.O’; Out Now! via Test Your Metal Records
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ALMAH Steaming Full Album ‘E.V.O’; Out Now! via Test Your Metal Records
Lyric Video – Age of Aquarius – Watch here.
Lyric Video – Please To Meet You – Watch here.
Brazilian metallers ALMAH led by ex-Angra singer Edu Falaschi are now streaming their latest album ‘E.V.O’ in full at the following link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giCJL_DmUCE
‘E.V.O’ was release on September 23rd in North America (US/MX/CA) viaTest Your Metal Records and available at the following link:http://www.testyourmetalrecords.bigcartel.com/product/almah-e-v-o-pre-order. ‘E.V.O’ is also available through Pride & Joy Music (EU) and King Records (Japan).
‘E.V.O’ is the 5th studio album from ALMAH and was recorded in São Paulo, Brazil at IMF studios by Tito Falaschi plus mixed and mastered by Damien Rainaud (Fear Factory, Dragonforce, Baby Metal, etc) at Mix Unlimited in Los Angeles, California. The release is a concept album based on the evolution of people’s mind and soul during the so-called AGE OF AQUARIUS – the new era that the world is about to live. The author of the concept, Edu Falaschi, touches different subjects connected to the main idea, creating very positive lyrics for the album’s atmosphere.
Musically ‘E.V.O’ brings a fresh and powerful sound with the typical modern and heavy ALMAH touch, but this time one will be able to realize that it also has a direct connection with the Angra’s “Rebirth” (the first Angra album with Edu Falaschi’s voice). The compositions are a pleasant travel between contemporary rock, modern power and prog metal. The vocal lines on ‘E.V.O’ are very powerful, classic and the vocals have a higher pitch compared to previous ALMAH’s records. It’s very melodic, clean and into the bel canto style.
1 – Age of Aquarius (7:13)
2 – Speranza (4:55)
3 – The Brotherhood (4:41)
4 – Innocence (4:35)
5 – Higher (5:09)
6 – Infatuated (4:05)
7 – Pleased To Meet You (4:24)
8 – Final Warning (4:13)
9 – Indigo (3:46)
10 – Corporate War (4:19)
11 – Capital Punishment (4:00)
Album Length: 51:26
Almah is:
Edu Falaschi – Vocals
Marcelo Barbosa – Guitars
Raphael Dafras – Bass
Diogo Mafra – Guitars
Pedro Tinello – Drums
For further information:
Official website http://www.almah.com.br
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/official.almah
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/AlmahChannel
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/officialalmah
Instagram @almahofficial
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0 NEWS: Calgary Thrashers ILLYRIAN Post Full Album Preview For ‘Round 2: Fight!’; New Album Out October 7th
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Calgary Thrashers ILLYRIAN Post Album Preview For ‘Round 2: Fight!’
New Album Out October 7th
Show Dates:
October 1 – Calgary, AB – Distortion – CD Release Show – info
w/ Tyrant, Gales of Avalon, Leave The Living
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
Free Song Download – ‘Round 2 Fight!’ – here.
Lyric Video – Zeta Reticulan – Watch here.
With their CD release getting near on October 7th plus their local Calgary album launch show on October 1st at Distortion, thrashers ILLYRIAN have posted an album preview for ‘Round 2: Fight!’ for fans at the following link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSCc58hCHfI
The album 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 for pre-order on iTunes, Amazon and Bandcamp.
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 Mass Movement Mag – Illyrian – Round 2: Fight!
beautifully technical monster of a record that fuses Catharsis, Nuclear Assault, Possessed and Vio-Lence with progenitors of the original Morrisound “movement” like Obituary. It’s brutal, changes gears effortlessly and combines power and precision in a furious miasma in order to forge a symphony of metallic grandeur, one that even the most jaded and cynical of old thrashers can lose themselves in. To hell with work and to hell with everything else, let’s thrash.
0 NEWS: Montreal Prog Champs THE CHRONICLES OF ISRAFEL Premiere ‘I Remember’ via PureGrainAudio; New Album ‘A Trillion Lights, Tome II’ Out October 15th; CD Release Show Oct 15th @ Petit Cafe Campus
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Montreal Prog Champs THE CHRONICLES OF ISRAFEL Premiere ‘I Remember’ via PureGrainAudio
New Album ‘A Trillion Lights, Tome II’ Out October 15th
CD Release Show Oct 15th @ Petit Cafe Campus – info
Track Listing:
1. Colors Of The Energy Construct (2:03)
2. Goddamned (3:52)
3. I Remember (7:41)
4. Nightmare (3:17)
5. Spirit Carousel ft. Bekki Friesen (4:07)
6. Life I Know (4:55)
7. In Ruins (5:57)
8. Hatred In My Heart (4:18)
9. Violet Empress (Last Love) (5:13)
10. Greet The Sun (3:49)
11. A Trillion Lights (5:36)
12. Incendia (2:15)
13. The Turning Of The Heavens (12:38)
Album Length: 1:05:47
Montreal prog champs THE CHRONICLES OF ISRAFEL will be unleashing their long awaited sophomore album ‘A Trillion Lights, Tome II’ on October 15th via BOH Records to follow their 2007 debut ‘Starborn, Tome I’. The album features 13 tracks of progressive songwriting blended with incredible guitar riffs and symphonic piano rounded with melodic vocals for a cinematic music experience.
Teaming up with PureGrainAudio.com, TCOI is proud to premiere their next single ‘I Remember’, which can be heard at the following link: http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/the-chronicles-of-israfel-unveil-an-epic-progressive-metal-track-in-i-remember-exclusive
The project was on hiatus for several years due to demand and relocation to Los Angeles by founder/guitarist/vocalist Dominic Cifarelli (former guitar player for Pulse Ultra (Atlantic Records)). While in Los Angeles, Ciferalli was part of multiple projects that included touring with Scars on Broadway, which featured Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan of System of a Down, a collaboration with Lukas Rossi on the single “Headspin” that is featured on the album “Rockstar Supernova” starring Tommy Lee, Gilby Clarke and Jason Newsted, recording guitars and bass for Billy Ray Cyrus’ 2012 release “Change My Mind” plus performing on French platinum artist Zaho’s debut and sophomore albums, and recording two guitar solos on a Rush tribute album released by Magna Carta, which featured Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Mike Mangini (Dream Theater) and Stu Hamm (Steve Vai). Other highlights in Cifarelli’s career include a featured guest guitar appearance with Cypress Hill and Travis Barker at the annual Smoke Out Festival in San Bernardino, CA that also featured Incubus, Living Colour and Manu Chao plus guest performances in 2013 with Chevelle in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel and Taproot at the Whiskey in Los Angeles.
For those in the Montreal area, THE CHRONICLES OF ISRAFEL will be hosting a CD Release show at Petit Cafe Campus on October 15th. Full details here.
Music Video – Spirit Carousel ft. Bekki Friesen – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_O7BAszKo
Music Video – Life I Know – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV3pktRoXuw
Music Video – In Ruins – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIaQjAfEIuY
Music Video – Hatred In My Heart – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orRekHcTpDo
Music Video – Violet Empress (Last Love) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBrGOPym_rE
Guitar Playthrough – Goddamned – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I60lSGtPWY
For more info, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/thechroniclesofisrafel.
About:
THE CHRONICLES OF ISRAFEL is the solo project of guitarist/vocalist Dominic Cifarelli (former guitar player for Pulse Ultra (Atlantic Records)). It was born during a very uncertain and difficult period leading up to the breakup of Pulse Ultra in 2004. Many late night solo jam sessions combined with the constant viewing of violent Japanese Anime movies helped form the sound of the sometimes brutal and very dark first concept album “Starborn, Tome I”. The album was written to focus on the main character Israfel in his search for a new home and self-discovery. ‘Starborn’ was released in June 2007 through Bridge of Hands Entertainment, an independent arts label dedicated to the development and the distribution of original art.
Now fast forward to 2016, nine years after ‘Starborn’ is released. TCOI is reborn beginning in 2014 with new material being written and released as singles / music videos during 2015 and early 2016, which is then followed with a handful of warm up shows in preparation for the official release of Cifarelli’s follow up and sophomore album ‘A Trillion Lights, Tome II’ due out October 15, 2016.
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0 NEWS: Prog Metal TACTUS Premiere New Track ‘Aurora’ via DjentWorldwideTV; New Album ‘Bending Light’ Due Out October 7th
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Prog Metal TACTUS Premiere New Track ‘Aurora’ via DjentWorldwideTV
New Album ‘Bending Light’ Due Out October 7th
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
Fredericton, New Brunswick five piece progressive metal band TACTUS will be unleashing debut full length ‘Bending Light’ on October 7th. The album 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’.
The band has teamed up with DjentWorldwideTV for the premiere of their third single ‘Aurora’.
Check it out! at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kSdHSdFuZw
The band comments on the track:
“Aurora is the first full song on Bending Light. We wanted to kick the album off with something fast and heavy to get the momentum going, and we started writing Aurora with that purpose in mind. We loved the first few riffs so much though that we just kept writing more and more, and it evolved into one of the longer and more progressive songs on the album.”
The album is available for pre-order at the following links.
Regular Album Pre-Order with immediate download of single Scimitar:
Bandcamp Exclusive Version w/ instrumentals and complete guitar tablature plus immediate download of single Scimitar:
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).
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: 59.21
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: 59.21
For more info, please visit: www.TactusBand.com.
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