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0 Gig City – Metal culture exploded at Shredmonton
0 Lords of Metal – Death Lullaby – Wormz (Famined Records)
tight riffs, tight drumming and the necessary breaks show off some technical ingenuity…A hugely energetic album from a band that is bound for great things in the future.
0 Lords of Metal – Without Mercy – Mouichido (EP)
The music flies from heavy beat down part to fast riffs and army style double bass drums. In ‘Waves’ they get company from Mark Hunter, the singer of Chimaira…blunt, loud and raw…Sit in your chair en blow yourself away with this massive sound.
0 Double Experience – Unsaved Progress (2016) – Canadian College Radio Charts
Double Experience – Unsaved Progress: Release Date: April 8, 2016
Highlight #133 – May 2016 – Top 200 – National Canadian College Radio Charts (Earshot)
Highlights – #6 on Top 10 Loud Charts – Canadian College Radio (Earshot) – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Highlight #83- April 2016 – Top 200 – National Canadian College Radio Charts (Earshot)
Highlights – #10 on Top 10 Loud Charts – Canadian College Radio (Earshot) – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
| Chart Appearances – June 21 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CJLO Montreal, QC | Loud | 9 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – May 31 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CJLO Montreal, QC | Loud | 9 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – May 17 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CHSR Fredericton, NB | Top 30 | 17 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – May 10 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CHSR Fredericton, NB | Top 30 | 9 |
| CILU Thunder Bay, ON | Loud | 10 |
| CJLO Montreal, QC | Loud | 6 |
| CKXU Lethbridge, AB | Top 30 | 6 |
| Total This Week: 4 | ||
| Chart Appearances – May 3 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| !earshot | Loud | 6 |
| CHSR Fredericton, NB | Top 30 | 4 |
| CILU Thunder Bay, ON | Loud | 3 |
| CJLO Montreal, QC | Loud | 8 |
| Total This Week: 4 | ||
| Chart Appearances – April 26 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CFBX Kamloops, BC | Loud | 8 |
| CHSR Fredericton, NB | Top 30 | 2 |
| CILU Thunder Bay, ON | Loud | 2 |
| Total This Week: 3 | ||
| Chart Appearances – April 19 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| !earshot | Top 50 | 47 |
| !earshot | Loud | 10 |
| CHSR Fredericton, NB | Top 30 | 5 |
| CILU Thunder Bay, ON | Loud | 7 |
| CJLO Montreal, QC | Top 30 | 6 |
| CJLO Montreal, QC | Loud | 4 |
| Total This Week: 6 | ||
| Chart Appearances – April 12 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CHSR Fredericton, NB | Top 30 | 9 |
| CILU Thunder Bay, ON | Loud | 10 |
| Total This Week: 2 | ||
| Chart Appearances – April 5 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CILU Thunder Bay, ON | Loud | 8 |
| CJAI Stella, ON | Top 30 | 10 |
| Total This Week: 2 | ||
0 The Mountain Man – Bloodlust EP (2016) – Canadian College Radio Loud Charts
The Mountain Man – Bloodlust EP (2016) – Release Date: March 25, 2016
Highlight #121- April 2016 – Top 200 – National Canadian College Radio Charts (Earshot)
Highlight #6 – April 2016 – Top 20 – National Canadian College Loud Charts (Earshot)
Highlight # 8 – Top 10 Loud Charts – For the week of ending Tuesday, April 26, 2016 (Earshot)
Highlight # 4 – Top 10 Loud Charts – For the week of ending Tuesday, April 19, 2016 (Earshot)
| Chart Appearances – July 5 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CFBX Kamloops, BC | Top 30 | 29 |
| CFBX Kamloops, BC | Loud | 4 |
| Total This Week: 2 | ||
| Chart Appearances – June 28 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CJAM Windsor, ON | Loud | 10 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – June 21 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CJAM Windsor, ON | Loud | 8 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – June 14 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CJAM Windsor, ON | Loud | 7 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – June 7 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CJAM Windsor, ON | Loud | 9 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – May 24 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CJLO Montreal, QC | Loud | 8 |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Loud | 10 |
| Total This Week: 2 | ||
| Chart Appearances – May 17 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Loud | 5 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
| Chart Appearances – May 10 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CITR Vancouver, BC | Top 30 | 23 |
| CIVL Abbotsford, BC | Top 30 | 23 |
| CKXU Lethbridge, AB | Top 30 | 21 |
| Total This Week: 3 | ||
| Chart Appearances – May 3 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CFRU Guelph, ON | Loud | 3 |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Loud | 10 |
| CKXU Lethbridge, AB | Top 30 | 3 |
| Total This Week: 3 | ||
| Chart Appearances – April 26 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| !earshot | Loud | 8 |
| CFRU Guelph, ON | Loud | 4 |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Loud | 3 |
| CKXU Lethbridge, AB | Top 30 | 7 |
| Total This Week: 4 | ||
| Chart Appearances – April 19 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| !earshot | Loud | 4 |
| CFRU Guelph, ON | Loud | 3 |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Top 30 | 26 |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Loud | 2 |
| CKXU Lethbridge, AB | Top 30 | 13 |
| Total This Week: 5 | ||
| Chart Appearances – April 12 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CHRW London, ON | Top 30 | 13 |
| CIVL Abbotsford, BC | Top 30 | 29 |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Top 30 | 18 |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Loud | 1 |
| Total This Week: 4 | ||
| Chart Appearances – April 5 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Station | Chart | Rank |
| CJSR Edmonton, AB | Loud | 4 |
| Total This Week: 1 | ||
0 Thank you Canada! Much love to Djs and Directors! #5 Striker, #8 The Mountain Man !earshot – The National Loud Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
0 EPK – Hopeless Youth – Devil, Walk With Me 2016 (Rainville Records)
Hopeless Youth – Devil, Walk With Me 2016 (Rainville Records)
Release Date: April 15, 2016
For fans of Converge, Trap Them, Cursed, EyeHateGod
Facebook | Twitter @ HopelessMTL | Bandcamp | Soundcloud | iTunes
“It’s hard to get excited about new hardcore music anymore, but this is a band to watch.” Decibel Magazine
1 – The Garden
2 – Devil, Walk With Me
3 – Moon Child
4 – Light Bearer
5 – The Price To Pay
What started in the summer of 2012 has managed to grow into a blend of chaotic and dissonant hardcore. Hopeless Youth takes influence of everything from thrash metal, crust punk to even black metal and doom. They manage to keep it rough and in your face, while having you sing along at the same time. The four piece from Montreal, QC manages to make every show as loud, unpredictable, and entertaining as a train wreck. Not to say they fall apart on stage, but rather put themselves in a position to achieve a certain catharsis through violently pouring themselves into every performance. After releasing their debut record ‘Disgust’ in 2014 on Candlelight Records, they’ve returned in 2016 with a new E.P. ‘Devil, Walk With Me’, which has been released on their own label Rainville Records, as well as digitally via Pluto Records. This new set of songs is sure to turn heads and blow speakers. Enjoy it at your own risk.
0 EPK – Fractal Cypher – The Human Paradox (2016)
Fractal Cypher – The Human Paradox (2016)
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Facebook | Twitter | Youtube | Bandcamp
For fans of Symphony X, Dream Theater, Scar Symmetry, Sonata Arctica, Kamelot
“Montreal prog quintet Fractal Cypher have a built in appeal. With the entire progressive music scene exploding, their style is tailor made to resonate with fans of Dream Theater and Symphony X, but without the thick layer of pretentiousness that follows the former around. Listen to the band’s first single (Prison Planet) from their upcoming album, The Human Paradox” – Sorrow Eternal
“The band claims to compute styles as diverse as djent, death metal, power metal, classic and modern rock and upon hearing these five-and-a-half minutes, it becomes clear that this band is not content with just sounding like “generic” prog at all. The range of styles mentioned above is actually quite correct, with “Prison Planet” offering both modern riffing, some oriental influences in some melodies, excellent clear vocals and an ultimately highly catchy chorus that stays clear from becoming poppy. It’s hard to properly gauge a band’s potential on so little material, but if Prison Planet is any indication, then Montreal has another very hot iron in the fire of metal and The Human Paradox can’t come soon enough to be able to see, if the quintet can keep this level up over the course of a whole album!” – Metal Observer ( Prison Planet single review)
Line Up From L to R : Steven Cope Drums, Vincent Bruneau (Guitars), Simon Lavoie (Vocals), Ludovick Daoust (Keyboards), Tommy Fradette (Bass)
Photo Credits : Eric Sanchez Photography
Fractal Cypher exists to captivate audiences with progressive instrumentals that cut through the mesmerizing vocals yet somehow evolving; each listen provides a new perspective. Straight out of the heart of Canada’s metal scene, these Montreal metallers constantly shift their compositions with seamless transitions and theatrical interludes to keep audiences on their toes. Since 2014, ex-Far From Reality members Simon Lavoie (vocals), Ludovick Daoust (keyboard), and Vincent Bruneau (guitar) have dedicated themselves to Fractal Cypher.
The powerful quintet is just as versatile in their music as they are in their musical interests, darting between djent, death metal, and classic rock. Each song acts of their own volition almost taking control of the members and shaping a personality and energy not unlike a living entity. Ludovick is at the helm of songwriting, calculating and unlocking each melody and becoming the voice for each piece. Their debut album ‘The Human Paradox’ produced by Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy, The Agonist, Beyond Creation, Neuraxis) is comprised of 9 songs, each hand picked and strategically chosen to best represent the living, breathing entity that is Fractal Cypher. The album slated for a release on September 7, 2016 and it is sure to hypnotize metal fans around the globe.
1. Lost (8:22)
2. Endless Circle (6:23)
3. Shining A While (8:04)
4. Prison Planet (5:28)
5. Imminent Extinction (6:28)
6. Final Abode (8:30)
7. Awakening (6:20)
8. Idle Words (7:51)
9. The Ghost Of Myself (7:20)
2. Endless Circle (6:23)
3. Shining A While (8:04)
4. Prison Planet (5:28)
5. Imminent Extinction (6:28)
6. Final Abode (8:30)
7. Awakening (6:20)
8. Idle Words (7:51)
9. The Ghost Of Myself (7:20)
Album Length: 1:04:51
Album Credits:
Songs performed by: Fractal Cypher
Song written by: Ludovick Daoust, Vincent Bruneau and Simon Lavoie
Produced by: Ludovick Daoust and Christian Donaldson
Mixed by: Christian Donaldson
Mastered by: Christian Donaldson
Album & Live Band Line Up:
Vincent Bruneau (Guitars)
Ludovick Daoust (Keyboards)
Simon Lavoie (Vocal)
Tommy Fradette (Bass)
Steven Cope (Drums)
Shared stage with: The Agonist, The Last Scattering, Bookakee, Decadawn, Pyramid Theorem, Cydemind, Universe Effects
Track By Track by Fractal Cypher:
The Human Paradox: The album
The main idea behind The Human Paradox was to make a blend of styles and atmospheres to make the listener travel throughout different state of mind, from emotional songs to aggressive ones. The track list has been carefully chosen to maximise a « roller coaster » effect to make this journey non-linear and interesting to listen to. Each song has its own story so, there’s no storyline throughout the album. Still, the topics can easily fall under the same themes, exploited with a different perspective. Musically, the music as well revolves around a few themes all along.
Track #1: LOST
Opening title of the album with an ambient intro. The song kicks in with powerful drums and guitar riff. Then, the keyboard takes its toll for a furious minute, sharing the lead with the guitar. The vocals then kick in. This song is a mid-tempo one easy to head bang to. The vocals lines are melodic yet harsh, from lows to higher notes. Then come a return to the main theme and a scream vocals breakdown. Melodic verses, catchy choruses, powerful breakdown, and the song finale, a piano alone interlude, which blends with the following track.
Track #2: ENDLESS CIRCLE
Definitely a more powerful and up tempo song, that reflects power metal influences. The intro of the song kicks in like a machine gun, followed by energetic and entertaining riffs and vocal lines in the verses and choruses. The song takes another turn in the middle of the track with an instrumental part, an 80’s prog rock feel and sound with keyboards and guitar solos. Then the song drop off suddenly to a smooth and melodic clean guitar and vocal part. This part links by a progressive built up to the final chorus and outro.
Track #3: SHINING A WHILE
That song can be describe as a power ballad, which builds up all along. The song starts with a beautiful part of piano and strings. The first half of the song is a long and progressive build up to reach its climax at the chorus. The vocal lines are melodic, soft and warm. This song really grooves all along with a great bass and drum chemistry. This track displays a wonderful guitar solo, as if the guitar was singing. This is definitely the “goosebumps song” of this album.
Track #4 – PRISON PLANET
One of the very few straight-up verse-chorus-verse structured songs. Its starts with a catchy and groovy guitar riff before the whole band jumps in. The verses feature a great diversity between the instrumental parts with a great vocal line on top. A catchy chorus with a good blend of back vocals. The song ends with a powerful alternate verse and chorus. One of the most accessible song on this album for its length and structure.
Track #5 – IMMINENT EXTINCTION
Definitely the heaviest song of the album. Heavy guitars, heavy drums, heavy bass. The vocals goes from growls and screams, narrated words, and evolve to more powerful notes as featured across the album. The guitar solo on that number is mind blowing. Mid song, the vocals take the song to a more atmospheric vibe before a tremendous part of drum, guitars and keys. A must listen.
Track #6 – FINAL ABODE
This track displays the death metal influences of the band. The atmosphere is dark, oppressive, yet powerful. It’s a very progressive song in its structure with a lot of time signature changes. The vocal lines are straight forward, hard-rock oriented with some aerial parts as well. The song features a great guitar solo that follows with a brutal breakdown where the keyboard takes the lead melody. A great part to head bang to.
Track #7 – AWAKENING
The second ballad of the album. This song features acoustic instruments such as acoustic and classical guitars, violin and viola and flutes. This number is really smooth and organic and leaves a lot of place for vocals. This song shows the softer side of the band with a care for good melodies. This is a non-threatening song that everybody, from metalheads to the casual music listener can enjoy.
Track #8 – IDLE WORDS
This is a piece that stands out for its original rhythmic. The song borrows elements of “djent metal”, jazz and fusion that combine in a puzzling listening experience. Despite the addition of those elements, the song keeps an accessible structure with catchy choruses and strong verses. This song features great musicianship from every player with plenty of space for everyone to have its moment and shine.
Track #9 – THE GHOST OF MYSELF
The last track of the album. This is an up-tempo and energetic song that combines fast and classic power metal riffs. It features catchy verses and strong choruses easy to sing along. The general mood of the song contrasts with the previous ones of the record. It is a feel good song. It ends with an epic and felt guitar solo that puts an end to 65 minutes of melodic, heavy, strong and challenging music.
0 NEWS: Swiss Black Metal ENOID (Satanath Records) Streaming New Track ‘Ces Cicatrices Dans Mon Ame’
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – April 30, 2016
Album Promo Request here.
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Swiss Black Metal ENOID (Satanath Records) Streaming New Track ‘Ces Cicatrices Dans Mon Ame’
New Album ‘Exilé Aux Confins Des Tourments’ Out May 5th
Attacking with an onslaught of crushing hyper-speed with straight-ahead black metal brutality sure to impress and amaze die-hard fans of the best of the classic Norwegian scene. Swiss one man black metal band, ENOID is streaming their third single ‘Ces Cicatrices Dans Mon Ame‘, which is one of eight tracks from the upcoming album ‘Exilé Aux Confins Des Tourments’ set for co-release viaSatanath Records (Russia) and Black Plague Records (USA) on May 5, 2016. The album is ENOID‘s seventh release marking the 20th anniversary since establishing in 1996. All instruments and the mix of the album were done by Bornyhake (Borgne, Kawir, Manii, Triumfall, Pure…) along with cover art done by Maxime Taccardi.
‘Ces Cicatrices Dans Mon Ame‘ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEcV_fFL7ao
1. Je t’arracherai les cieux (5:54)
2. Ces cicatrices dans mon âme (5:29)
3. Mangez ma chair, prenez ma douleur (4:31)
4. La croix de mon existence (3:46)
5. Nouveau cycle destructeur (4:07)
6. Sourire éternel sur mes lèvres (4:10)
7. La lumière disparaît (5:47)
8. Ode à la haine (8:48) [Youtube]
Length – 42:35
Line-up:
Bornyhake – all instruments and vocals
For more info, please visit: http://satanath.com/news/item/enoid.
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0 Franconia Metallum – Celestial Ruin – Pandora
Von der Produktion über das bis ins letzte Detail ausgefeilte Songwriting, bis hin zum göttlichen Album Artwork – alles perfekt. Auf der Habenseite stehen mit den von Larissa Dawn unglaublich einfühlsam gesungenen “Nevermore” & “No Quarter”, der kurzen Eruption “Sense of Exile” und der Hymne “Murder of Crows” Songs, die CELESTIAL RUIN für die Ewigkeit geschrieben haben.
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