If you are a fan of bands like Bullet for My Valentine, Darkest Hour, and In Flames, you will definitely enjoy Ages Unsung. The album comes out on September 16th, be sure to check it out.
http://www.empireextreme.com/chariots-gods-ages-unsung-review/
If you dug The Apex’s last outing or were a fan of Left Behind’s latest album, Underbelly should scratch that same itch. The songs are intense, the musicianship is madness, and the atmosphere is thick with dystopian high rises and nihilistic bile. Maybe you’re already pissed off, maybe you just want to feel something, or maybe you just want to slam dance a bit. Whatever the case may be, it’s time to fuel the fire.
Vow of Thorns – Farewell To The Sun – Release Date: July 15, 2016
| Chart Appearances – October 25 2016 | ||
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| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CFBX Kamloops, BC | Loud | 6 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – October 18 2016 | ||
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| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CHRW London, ON | Top 30 | 19 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – October 4 2016 | ||
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| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CHRW London, ON | Top 30 | 16 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – September 27 2016 | ||
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| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CFRU Guelph, ON | Loud | 6 |
| CHRW London, ON | Top 30 | 7 |
| Total This Week: 2 | ||
| Chart Appearances – August 23 2016 | ||
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| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Loud | 4 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – August 16 2016 | ||
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| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CHRW London, ON | Top 30 | 4 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – August 9 2016 | ||
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| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CFRU Guelph, ON | Loud | 8 |
| CHRW London, ON | Top 30 | 29 |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Loud | 8 |
| CKDU Halifax, NS | Top 30 | 21 |
| Total This Week: 4 | ||
| Chart Appearances – August 2 2016 | ||
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| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CHRW London, ON | Top 30 | 16 |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Loud | 6 |
| Total This Week: 2 | ||
| Chart Appearances – July 19 2016 | ||
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| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CHRW London, ON | Top 30 | 14 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – July 12 2016 | ||
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| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CHRW London, ON | Top 30 | 6 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
Brazilian Power Metal band Hibria are back with a new EP of some new tracks and some live cuts. It’s called XX and it really is a fantastic release.
Howling Giant come across as a confident band that are bursting at the seams with invigorating hooks that sound as familiar as they are new. They have the discipline to take their time fleshing out riffs without losing sight of the song, their energy and passion is felt throughout, which is the glue that holds this EP together.
http://thesludgelord.blogspot.ca/2016/08/review-howling-giant-black-hole-space.html?m=1
If you want to have an ear wedding you mix the sounds of old and new to make something fresh. Nashville’s own Howling Giant have skipped the wedding and went straight to the honeymoon with sounds as old as OG Sabbath to Baroness, Red Fang with a little Pelican and CKY mixed in. Totally familiar, yet totally fresh.
http://ztpmag.com/check-out-the-fuzz-monster-howling-giant-ep-drops-812/
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – August 12, 2016
EP Request here.
For fans of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Meshuggah, The Red Chord, Candiria
TheApexBand.com | Facebook | Twitter | Youtube | Bandcamp
PureGrainAudio Premiere EP Stream THE APEX ‘Underbelly + Canadian Tour Dates
‘Fresh Out of The Foundry Tour’ (ON/QC/PE/NB/NS)
(Ever see a metal vocalist perform w/ Neurogenic Stammering)
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 are unleashing their upcoming EP ‘Underbelly’ on Sept 17th, the first date of 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). But before they do, they have teamed up withPureGrainAudio.com to reveal the full stream of the EP’s ear piercing blasts of extreme shrapnel at the following link below. What truly makes THE APEX interesting besides the full force of their technical brutality, is that vocalist Darren Marchand 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.
To listen to ‘Underbelly’, please visit the following link onPureGrainAudio.com: http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/stream-some-sweet-technical-metal-with-the-new-the-apex-ep-underbelly-exclusive-premiere
EP pre-order available at https://theapexband.bandcamp.com/album/underbelly-ep
‘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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