“The fourth full-length (Lineage) and follow-up to the groundbreaking … Of Conquest from this Vancouver progressive/fantasy metal crew is easily its best in terms of production, performance and variety….Album overall award goes to drummer Celine Derval, who just hammers home ever riff and break with pounding complexity. ”
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0 NEWS: Louder Than Hell! Ottawa’s HELLBROS Announce European Tour Dates
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Louder Than Hell! Ottawa’s HELLBROS Announce European Tour Dates
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Ottawa, ON’s loud, wild and heavy anthemic rock n’rollers HELLBROS are proud to announce they will be trekking across the Atlantic for their first European tour that will kick off on June 2nd and see them perform in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and wrap up in the Netherlands on June 24th.
“Going to Europe has been a goal of ours for a few years now and then suddenly everything just fell into place. We look forward to playing in front of fans that are seeing us for the first time. To say we are stoked would be a massive understatement.” comments frontman Peter Jurt.
The tour is in support of last year’s self-titled and the band’s third studio recording that was debuted on French label Bad Reputation, and is a compilation of their two previous self releases, 2011’s full length album ‘Good Time Machine’ and their 2015 EP ‘Calling All Giants’. Album is available for online purchase at the following link here and be heard at the following stream here.
Tour Dates:
May 21 2016 – Cherry Cola’s – Toronto ON, (Tour Kick off show)
June 2 2016 – Au Vigor – Vance, Belgium
June 3 2016 – La Taverne du Théâtre – La Louviere, Belgium
June 4 2016 – A La Ville de Rennes – Vouziers, France
June 5 2016 – El Diablo – Lille, France
June 8 2016 – Rocas – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
June 9 2016 – Sombrero Café – Amiens, France
June 10 2016 – L’entrepôt – Arlons, Belgium
June 11 2016 – Le Belvédère – Namur, Belgium
June 12 2016 – Thunderbird Lounge – St. Etinenne, France
June 14 2016 – Black Label Bar – Leipzig, Germany
June 17 2016 – Rockjungfer – Arnstadt, Germany
June 18 2016 – Ölfleck – Frauenfeld, Switzerland
June 21 2016 – Liberties – Avranches, France
June 22 2016 – La Scène Michelet – Nantes, France
June 24 2016 – The Cave – Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 24 2016 – The Cave – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1. Street Party (3:24)
2. For The Worst (3:26)
3. Dead City Rockers (2:11)
4. Father Time (3:08)
5. Hate (4:44)
6. Tombstone (3:02)
7. Kill You (2:57)
8. Terminator (2:12)
9. Trespassing by Night (3:07)
10. Shoot The Horse (4:00)
11. I Heart Drugs (4:17)
Album Length: 36:33 BIO:
Straight outta Canada’s capital, Ottawa Ontario, Hellbros are anything but a bunch of latte sipping civil servants. Instead they spend their time crafting loud, belligerent rock n roll with heaps of attitude. Brothers Peter Jurt (vocals, guitar) & Christian Jurt (guitar) along with childhood friends Josh Roy (drums, vocals) and Mat ‘Spag’ Collins (bass, vocals) create the high-energy quartet that blast out “loud, wild and heavy, excellent stuff as you’d like to point your bucket of beer to the sky while screaming and shouting alongside brothers and sisters during a nightly wild party” – Metal To Infinity
2015 began a great year for the Hellbros, they signed with Bad Reputation Records (Fr) and released their 3rd album, ‘Self Titled’, on September 15th in Europe. A follow up to their debut full length album ‘Goodtime Machine’, which took home the fan voted best rock/hard rock album of the year in the 2012 Independent Music Awards. They once again teamed up with engineer and co-producer Dean Hadjichristou and mixer Riccardo ‘Paso’ Pasini for this album.
2015 began a great year for the Hellbros, they signed with Bad Reputation Records (Fr) and released their 3rd album, ‘Self Titled’, on September 15th in Europe. A follow up to their debut full length album ‘Goodtime Machine’, which took home the fan voted best rock/hard rock album of the year in the 2012 Independent Music Awards. They once again teamed up with engineer and co-producer Dean Hadjichristou and mixer Riccardo ‘Paso’ Pasini for this album.
November 2015 Hellbros released an unofficial anthem during the Grey Cup week for the Ottawa Redblacks CFL football team. The song entitled, “We’re All Redblacks” was debuted on TSN1200 radio. “Pretty strong effort!, well sung, well performed.” – JR TGOR Show The song was also picked up by Ottawa’s Classic Rock station Chez 106.1 – “Hellbros getting us all in the mood for the Ottawa Redblacks game!” – Woody (Chez 106)
In June 2016 Hellbros will head overseas for a run of shows in Europe that bring them through Belgium, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany & the Netherlands. Just like Hellbros latest album their shows will start off with a “hardrock-like ‘heeeeeell yeaaah!’” and just like it does on their album it will set the tone for the rest of the show. So hold on to your butts.
Hellbros Highlights:
Main Stage Opening Act for Monster Truck, Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden at Ottawa Bluesfest, “I think these guys are going to be loudest band so far today. Dammit they look pretty frigging cool.” – Scotty Lear (106.9 The Bear) introducing Hellbros at Bluesfest.
– Goodtime Machine LP received Rock/Hardrock Album of the Year – Independent Music Awards
– Multiple Cross Canada Tours (Performed in all Canadian provinces except Newfoundland)
– Reached over 17,500 Song Downloads (Itunes, Tunecore & Bandcamp)
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0 RAM Zine – Celestial Ruin – Pandora (EP)
This is one powerful EP that goes all out to shock and scintillate! It doesn’t have to try too hard either. All the signs point to Celestial Ruin being very successful in their endeavours.
The melody, the unabated power, vocals and musicianship combined are such a strong and unwavering force. It has the potential to be anything it wants to be, from cold and imposing to warm and radiating – the balance has been reached!
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0 Metal Nexus – Without Mercy – Mouichido (EP)
Vancouver, Canada’s Without Mercy are back with yet another savage sliced and diced EP of pure unbridled angst titled ‘Mouichido‘…This quartet of rejuvenated tracks, “Worthless“, “In Waves” (with Mark Hunter), “Burn“, and “Morphine” are one body-belting blow after another with their pummeling drums and rhythms while the guitars are razor sharp shred through and through. Beastly abrasive vocals top things off with enough aggression to make your ears bleed. Once this attack begins, you don’t even get room to breathe as one explosive moment follows the next and does not let up until this acidic 18 minutes and 19 seconds have run their course and left you crumbled in a mangled heap.
0 NEWS: MORTOR Announce New Lineup, New Album On the Way
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MORTOR Announce New Lineup, New Album On The Way
L-R- Jay Cross – Drums, Jonathan Boulay – Vocals, David Paquette – Guitar, Nicolas Miquelon – Bass
Canadian death thrashers MORTOR have announced their return, along with a new lineup and a new album, titled ‘Burn up the Dead’ on the way. The band will return to the stage for the first time in Ottawa alongside Brazil’s NERVOSA August 3 in Ottawa. Info here.
The band have released a teaser video showcasing a sample of the new album, alongside the cover art. The video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1YURY7o3Y8
The band had been on hiatus since July of 2013. More details are around the return, as well as the release date, are expected soon.
BIO:
Born from the creative mind of rhythm guitarist David Paquette, Mortor began as a solo project that soon turned into a full-fledged band following Paquette’s move from Montreal to Ottawa.
Founded in 2008, Mortor began sculpting and fine-tuning their metal sound while writing and playing live shows with one goal in mind: to bombard the world of extreme metal with their fresh, raw sound.
To date, the band has released two albums, ‘Metal Ride’ (2010) and Shoot ‘em Up (2012). A forthcoming record, ‘Burn up the Dead’, is currently under production with a new lineup.
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0 NEWS: Wacken Metal Battle Canada Announce 2016 National Final Line Up – One Band To Rule Them All!
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada Announce 2016 National Final Line Up – One Band To Rule Them All!
Prizes from PureGrainAudio.com & Los Cabos Drumsticks
2016 Trailer Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQcxqsxchkQ
Free Download – Vol 4. Compilation featuring over 90 bands and 7 Hours of Canadian Metal – here.
WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA is proud to announce the line up for this year’s national final on June 11th in Toronto, ON at The Opera House for ‘One Band To Rule Them All’ and play at Wacken Open Air 2016 in Wacken, Germany, which holds an attendance of over 80,000 metalheads from around the world. After battle rounds across the country during the months of January to May, the following bands listed below will be judged by a panel of industry professionals (to be announced at a later date) during their performance plus will be joined by special guest headliners and 2013 WMBC champions Crimson Shadows.
“The National Final is upon us once again. In the name of Canadian metal, and in honour of all who have participated and supported the 2016 Metal Battle, we’re very proud to present some of Canada’s finest metal acts. Let us rally together and give the winning band a proper send off to Germany.” comments WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia.
CANADIAN FINAL – SATURDAY, JUNE 11 @ OPERA HOUSE (735 Queen St. E.), Toronto, ON
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1526172981010202/
Special Guest Headliner – Crimson Shadows (2013 WMBC Champions) – https://www.facebook.com/CrimsonShadowsBand/
Special Guest Headliner – Crimson Shadows (2013 WMBC Champions) – https://www.facebook.com/CrimsonShadowsBand/
Tales Of The Tomb – Edmonton, AB – (Prairie Final Winner) – https://talesofthetomb.bandcamp.com
Profaner – Hamilton, ON – (Ontario 1/2 Final Winner) – http://profanercanada.bandcamp.com
Pyramid Theorem (Toronto, ON – Ontario Final 2/2 Winner – https://pyramidtheorem.bandcamp.com
The Mountain Man – (Vancouver, BC – BC Final Winner) – https://mountainmanmetal.bandcamp.com
Distorthead – (Montreal, QC – Quebec Final Winner) – https://distortheadmetal.bandcamp.com
All 2016 Battle Rounds info can be found here.
The national final winner will also be given a drummer prize pack from Los Cabos Drumsticks that includes 12 pairs of sticks of their choosing, a stick bag, a practice pad, and other Los Cabos Drumsticks swag plus automatic eligibility for endorsement (full details here). This year’s runner up will receive a prize from our media partner PureGrainAudio.com, which will be giving a promotional package (valued at approximately $3k) that includes a video interview shot and edited by PureGrainAudio, a featured contest of the band’s choosing (giveaway of signed merch, music, etc.), a free song download article that’s featured at the very top of PureGrainAudio’s Audio section for at least 1 week, a photo shoot with the band (either a live show shoot or band pics.) and one month free web banner advertisement on the site. (Full details here)
This is WMBC’s fourth year hosting the competition across country in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. For the last three years that Wacken Metal Battle has been held in Canada, it has produced two world champions Vesperia (2015) and Crimson Shadows (2013) to triumph at the international Wacken Metal Battle beating out over 30 other representing countries from around the globe.
Live Video @ Wacken – 2015 – Vesperia – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lwkzc4zGUY
Live Video @ Wacken – 2014 – Mutank – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQrLaG8BPL4
Live Video @ Wacken – 2013 – Crimson Shadows – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prOdgG4OwQU
About:
Wacken Metal Battle Canada is part of an international competition where over a hundred band’s from across the country battle each other for one to be selected and join over 30 other countries for an international battle of the bands at the world’s largest outdoor metal festival Wacken Open Air, which has been taking place in Wacken , Germany for the last 26 years. Oshawa’s Vesperia (2014 winners – video at Wacken), Toronto’s Crimson Shadows (2013 winners – video at Wacken) and Montreal’s Mutank (2014 winners – video at Wacken) have had that honour playing in front of thousands. The 2016 festival will be taking place from August 4-6.
How it works:
Each city will hold their qualifying rounds plus city finals from the months of January to May 2016 selecting the top band to move forward to the national finals in Toronto, ON on June 11th at Opera House with one being selected to perform at the 27th edition of Wacken Open Air taking place from August 4-6. All bands will be judged during battle rounds by respected local music industry.
The finalists will be selected as follows by province.
1 finalist from BC
1 finalist from Prairies (AB, SK, MB)
2 finalists from Ontario
1 finalist from Quebec
Rules: http://metalbattle.ca/rules.html
Wacken Metal Battle Canada Promo Video: http://youtu.be/gQcxqsxchkQ
Wacken Metal Battle 2014 Canada Finals by Ondeschocs.com: http://youtu.be/RrOGyBtqwaQ
For more info on Metal Battle Canada, please visit these links:
Official Website: http://www.metalbattle.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetalBattleCanada
Twitter: @MetalBattleCAN
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/WackenMetalBattleCAN
For more info on Wacken Open Air, please visit http://www.wacken.com
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FACTOR – http://www.factor.ca/ (“We acknowledge the financial support of Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters”)
Pearl Drums – http://pearldrum.com/
Boonsdale Records – https://www.boonsdalerecords.com/
TicketFly – http://www.ticketfly.com/
Los Cabos Drumsticks – http://www.loscabosdrumsticks.com/
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Concertworks – http://www.concertworks.ca/
Big Nate Productions – http://www.calgarymetalfest.com/
Rose Management – http://www.facebook.com/RoseManagement/
Indie Week – http://www.canada.indieweek.com/
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Bucketlist Music Reviews – http://www.bucketlistmusicreviews.com/
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Crown of Viserys – http://crownofviserys.wordpress.com/
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Hammer Smashed Radio – http://www.facebook.com/hammersmashedradio
Heavy Metal ICU – http://www.heavymetalicu.com
Hellbound – http://www.Hellbound.ca/
LiveVan.com – http://www.livevan.com/
Loaded Radio – http://www.loadedradio.com/
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Moose Radio – http://www.metalmooseradio.blogspot.ca
Muzik Injection – http://www.muzikinjection.com/
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Quebec-Metal – http://www.quebec-metal-archives.blogspot.ca/
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0 Metal Talk- Necronomicon – Advent of The Human God (Season of Mist)
Quality over quantity has always been a paramount factor in the music of Canadian Symphonic Blackened Death Metal veterans Necronomicon during their twenty-seven-year career, releasing material only when the trio consider it up to their exacting standard, ever since their demo ‘Morbid Ritual’ firmly established them within the Canadian Metal underground. Now with five full lengths under their belt this latest offering, ‘Advent Of The Human God’ is no exception to that firm rule.
0 NEWS: Vancouver’s THE MOUNTAIN MAN Announce Show Dates (BC/ON); Debut EP ‘Bloodlust’ Out Now!
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Vancouver’s THE MOUNTAIN MAN Announce Show Dates (BC/ON); Debut EP ‘Bloodlust’ Out Now!
(L-R) – Jordan Orr (Guitar), Tevyn Pacey (Bass), Parker Lane (Vocals), Ryan McCreedy (Drums), Tyson Tambellini (Guitar) (Photo credit: Shimon Karmel)
Recently unleashing their debut EP ‘Bloodlust’ this past March, Vancouver, BC’s THE MOUNTAIN MAN are trekking out of the Sasquatch infested forest to give a barrage of metal for fans that will include their CD release party on June 18th at the Modified Ghost Festival, plus representing BC in the Wacken Metal Battle Canada national final on June 11th in Toronto, ON and Armstrong Metalfest in Armstrong BC in July.
Upcoming Show Dates:
May 28th – Captain Cabin – Mission, BC w/ Neck of the Woods, Giants Arise, The Fifth Circle – Event info
June 11th – The Opera House – Toronto, ON – Wacken Metal Battle Canada Finals – Event info
June 18th – The Astoria – Vancouver, BC (Modified Ghost Presents: Bloodlust CD Release Party) w/ Meridius, Exterminatus, Wormwitch – Event info
July 15/16 – Armstrong Metalfest – Armstrong, BC – Event info
August 20 – Severfest at The Astoria – Vancouver, BC – Event info
Their debut EP ‘Bloodlust’ is now streaming via PureGrainAudio.com at the following link: http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/the-mountain-man-bloodlust-ep-exclusive-album-stream-premiere
EP Order – https://mountainmanmetal.bandcamp.com/
1. Backhand of God
2. Bloodlust
3. Open Graves
4. The Great Decay
5. Ghost
About:
Vancouver’s rugged outdoors-metallers, The Mountain Man, deliver a diverse blend of hard-hitting music, paying homage to the Sasquatch through crushing riffs and blaring drums. This band is all Canadian; celebrating camping, plaid, beer, and above all else energetic metal. Parker (ex-BRAUHEIST) gets straight to the point with his raw, gruff vocals and lyrics filled with animosity that cut through the instruments like an unyielding axe. Each song is like a hand-drawn map guiding fans through the British Columbian wilderness. While the first half is complete, the second half is up to the listener to build their own path and take what they will from each track.
The band developed their sound from listening to groups like The Black Dahlia Murder, Crowbar, Gojira, Lamb of God, and Black Sabbath, taking to heart the importance of dedicating their lives to their craft. Tevyn Pacey (Bass), Ryan McCreedy (Drums), Parker (Vocals), Tyson Tambellini (Rhythm Guitar), and Jordan Orr (Lead Guitar) are like woodsmen secluded from civilization with nothing but their instruments to craft doomy, yet frantic metal. They harness a variety of metal genres and bend them to their will.
The Mountain Man released their debut EP Bloodlust on Friday, March 25, 2016. The five song EP is purposefully open ended so that listeners can interpret each song and find meaning for themselves. More information can be found at https://mountainmanmetal.bandcamp.com
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