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0 NEWS: Decibel Mag Premiere: WITHOUT MERCY EP Stream ‘Mouichido’ + Cross Canada Tour (AB/MB/SK/ON/QC)

May 19, 2016
by Asher
· Music News · Without Mercy

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – May 19, 2016

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Decibel Mag Premiere: WITHOUT MERCY EP Stream ‘Mouichido’ + Cross Canada Tour (AB/MB/SK/ON/QC)

New Music Video ‘Burn’

New EP ‘Mouichido’ Out May 27th

Photo Credit: Shimon Karmel

Set to unleash their upcoming EP ‘Mouichido’ on May 27th, Vancouver, BC’sWITHOUT MERCY has teamed up with Decibel Magazine for an exclusive stream premiere along with an interview with guitarist DJ Temple at the following link: http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2016/5/19/the-big-pay-off-without-mercy-interview-and-ep-stream

Their forthcoming EP ‘Mouichido’ is a rebirth for the band as it’s a re-release of re-recorded material from their 2014 EP ‘Reborn’. ‘Mouichido’, the Japanese word for “Repeat” or “to do one more time” is perfectly titled for the EP to signify its re-release of previously recorded versions that now feature new vocalist Alex Friis and bass tracks recorded by Tristan Martin plus live performance being done by Ryan Loewen along with a guest appearance by vocalist Mark Hunter of Chimaira on track ‘In Waves’.

In additional news, WITHOUT MERCY will be hitting the road for a cross Canada tour in support of ‘Mouichido’.

May 27 – Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC – info (CD Release Show)

June 3 – Red Deer, AB – The Vat – info

June 4 – Calgary, AB – Distortion – info

June 6 – Grand Prairie, AB – Better Than Fred’s – info

June 7 – Edmonton, AB – The Mercury Room

June 8 – Lethbridge, AB – Attainable Records

June 10 – Winnipeg, MB – The Windsor – info

June 11 – Brandon, MB – North Hill Inn – info

June 16 – Thunder Bay, ON – Black Pirate’s Pub

June 17 – Sudbury, ON – The Asylum – info

June 18 – Oshawa, ON – The Diezel Room – info

June 19 – Woodstock, ON – Illusions Night Club – info

June 20 – Toronto, ON – Coalition T.O.

June 21 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar

June 22 – Sherbrooke, QC – Le Murdoch – info

June 25 – Timmins, ON – TBA

June 28 – Portage la Prairie, MB – Masonic Hall

June 29 – Regina, SK – TBA

June 30 – Medicine Hat, AB – TBA
July 1 – Penticton, BC – TBA

Jul 23 – SBC Restaurant – Vancouver, BC

Music Video – Burn – NCS | Youtube

Video – Worthless – Youtube

1. Worthless (3:48) [Youtube]

2. In Waves (Ft. Mark Hunter of Chimaira) (4:06)

3. Burn (4:27)

4. Morphine (5:56)

EP Length: 18:19

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

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Tenacity, work ethic and originality. There’s no excuses anymore.

Vancouver-based Without Mercy certainly stays true to its name. Ruthless and menacing, these Canadian metal titans have cultivated and redefined the phrase, “Fuck Pussy Metal”.

Founded in 2004, Without Mercy has gone from strength to strength over the years. They released their first EP “All Else Fails” in 2007 completely independently and used its humble beginnings to start the catapulting of performances, internet presence and radio play. In 2009, Without Mercy went on to record their self-titled full length album using the same team that worked on records by Devin Townsend, Mudvayne, and Marilyn Manson. Without Mercy rode the attention wave of their self-titled debut, using the escalation to begin a relentless performance schedule that would lead them far from their hometown and include over 200 live performances. No stranger to tenacity, in only a few short years Without Mercy have achieved; being the only indie metal band in Western Canada to have two tracks available on Rock Band 3, being featured in Tattoo Savage Magazine, and pioneering the phrases, ‘You Smell Like A Bitch’ and ‘Fuck Pussy Metal’ – which have now become synonymous with the band.

In 2014, Without Mercy unleashed third studio release, “Reborn”. Another massive evolution for the band, Without Mercy sought to bring back the organic metal sound and combine it with a high production standard. Fast forward to 2016, some line up changes with a new vocalist and bassist, the band is ready to share with fans re-recorded material from ‘Reborn’ on their new EP ‘Mouichido’ that even features Chimaira vocalist Mark Hunter on their track ‘In Waves’. The EP is set to be unleashed on May 27th, 2016 and will be supported with a steady rotation of touring and appearances across Canada and the USA. All of course, independently.

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0 NEWS: STRIKER Announce Canadian Tour Dates + New Lyric Video ‘Locked In’

May 19, 2016
by Asher
· Music News · Striker

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Montreal, QC – May 19, 2016

Album Promo Request here.

For Fans of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Enforcer, Skullfist, Steelwing

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STRIKER Announce Canadian Tour Dates + New Lyric Video ‘Locked In’

Nominated For Western Canadian Music Award ‘Metal/Hard Rock Artist of The Year’ + USA Tour

New Album ‘Stand In The Fire’ Out Now

Music Video – Too Late – Watch here.

Song Stream – Out For Blood – Listen here.

Canadian power metallers STRIKER, currently on their USA tour (dates below), announce they will have Canadian dates to follow from June 9th, kicking off in Toronto, ON and wrapping up in Edmonton, AB on June 24th. The tour is in support their latest album ‘Stand In The Fire’ released this past February. A new lyric video for their track ‘Locked In’ can be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxnPkr5Y58s

In additional news, STRIKER have been nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award for ‘Metal/Hard Rock Artist of The Year’ alongside KEN mode (MB), Shooting Guns (SK), Third Ion (SK), Van Halst (AB). The awards will be held in Regina, SK on October 13th. For more info, please visit the following link here.

Canadian Dates:
June 9 – Toronto, ON -The Garrison – info
June 11 – Ottawa, ON – House of Targ – info
June 12 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar – info
June 13 – Quebec City, QC – L’Anti Bar
June 15 – Sudbury, ON – The Asylum
June 16 – Thunder Bay, ON – Black Pirates Pub
June 17 – Winnipeg. MB – The Windsor
June 24 – Edmonton, AB – The Needle – info

Striker USA Dates:

*Striker Only – **Striker & Spellcaster Only

5/19 – El Paso, TX – Mesa Music Hall
5/20 – San Antonio, TX – The Korova
5/21 – Houston, TX – Satellite Bar
5/23 – Orlando, FL – Bombshell Tavern
5/24 – Atlanta, GA – 529 **
5/25 – Covington, KY – Backstage Cafe
5/27 – Chicago, IL – Reggies Live
5/29 – Des Moines, IA – Vaudevill Mews
5/30 – Dubuque, IA – The Venue
5/31 – Omaha, NE – Lookout Lounge
6/1 – Colorado Springs, CO – Sunshine Studios Live
6/2 – North Platte, NE – Sculley’s Shooters
6/3 – Scottsbluff, NE – Elks Lodge
6/4 – Billings, MT – The Railyard
6/6 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry *

About the album:

‘Stand In The Fire’ is STRIKER‘s most uncompromising record to date. A record packed with incredible riffs and colossal anthems, all laced together with epic harmonies. Inspired by legendary bands like Iron Maiden, Striker wears their hearts firmly on their battle jackets, soaking up the power and influence of classic rock and metal.

The band; Dan Clearly (vocals) Tim Brown (lead/rhythm guitars) William Wallace (bass) Adam Brown (drums) recorded the album themselves with the help of Randy Black (who filled in on drums while Adam was away…) and mixing genius Frederik Nordstrom (Bring Me The Horizon, In Flames, Opeth) giving them not only the time and space needed but the freedom to set up the release direct to fans worldwide.

‘Stand in The Fire’ available on limited edition orange vinyls at Striker-Metal.com plus digitally on iTunes, CD Baby.

To hear a full stream of the album, please visit the following link here.

Track Listing ‘Stand In The Fire’:

1. Phoenix Lights (3:38)

2. Out For Blood (3:51)

3. Too Late (4:52)

4. Stand In the Fire (3:39)

5. The Iron Never Lies (4:06)

6. Escape From Shred City (2:53)

7. Outlaw (4:35)

8. Locked In (3:45)

9. United (4:06)

10. Better Times (3:37)

11. One Life (4:17)

Album Length: 43:23

About Striker:

STRIKER formed in Edmonton, Canada in 2007 and they were signed to German label Iron Kodex off the strength of their first demo. They made two albums with the label and recorded 2nd album Armed To The Teeth with acclaimed producer Michael Wagener (Ozzy, Skid Row, Metallica). They played shows with Metallica in Canada and hit the road for what eventually became a full world tour with shows across Europe and Japan. They used their time in Europe to work with Frederik Nordstrom and were snapped up by Napalm Records in 2012 for the release of the acclaimed album City Of Gold.

For more info: www.Striker-Metal.com.

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0 Windsor Star – What’s Going On: Windsor entertainment events May 19 to 25 – Sentimental Gentlemen

May 18, 2016
by Asher
· Sentimental Gentlemen

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0 NEWS: Psychedelic Stoner Rock A DEVIL’S DIN Post Album Title-Track Video ‘Skylight’; New Album Out June 17th

May 18, 2016
by Asher
· A Devil's Din · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – May 18, 2016

Album Promo Request here.

For fans of Ghost, Syd Barrett/Floyd, Psych-era Beatles, Early Sabbath,

70’s prog: Yes, King Crimson, etc, QOTSA, Tool, My Bloody Valentine

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Psychedelic Stoner Rock A DEVIL’S DIN Post Album Title-Track Video ‘Skylight’

New Album Out June 17th

Upcoming Show Dates:

May 26 – Montreal, QC – O Patro Vys (CD Launch Show) – info

L-R – Dominique Salameh – Drums, Vocals, David Lines – Keys, Guitar, Vocals, Thomas Chollet (R) Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Photo Credit: Renaud Kasma

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.

Debuting their album ‘One Day All This Will Be Yours’ in 2011, its been a trippy five years since fans have heard new material from the psychedelic rockers. Hitting the studio in 2014, they now return with their 2016 follow up ‘Skylight’set for official release on June 17th to take fans on a new trip. The first single / video released is the album’s opening and title track, which can be seen and heard in the following video link below. Album pre-order available atwww.ADevilsDin.com.

Vocalist / guitarist David Lines comments on the track:

“The heavy, fuzzed-out guitar riff leaps right out of the starting gate and sets the vibe for the rest of the song, which is the general theme of the album, an ode to the psychedelic experience we like to present. I wanted to write a song that illustrated some of the things I’ve seen or experienced under the influence of acid. It truly is a subjective reality that we’re all living and you can’t really get to know that concept any better than when you’re dosed out of your gills. It [LSD] has had such a huge impact on my being; it’s helped me see the world differently, more connected, and helped me realize that we are energy masquerading as flesh and bone. So anyways, I wanted to put all this in a little rock song as a kind of a “thank you” to the chemical. If Albert Hoffman was still alive, I would have loved to have him hear it! To add, musically, ‘Skylight’ at its core, is a straightforward psych/rock nugget, but it is adorned with tasty guitar melodies that interweave with a very hooky vocal melody, something that the songwriting of A Devil’s Din works hard at creating. I like melodies that go places, that stretch out over bar or two, or more. In the end, it’s things like the Beatles or even Burt Bacharach that wind up inspiring me to conceive of long, twisty melodies, that hopefully will burrow in your ear and stay a while!”

Video Stream – ‘Skylight’- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lX4H7hMc0

1) Skylight (3:14)

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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