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0 Exclaim! Exclusive Video Premiere: Sask’s BONFIRE ‘Mom’s Garden’ + New EP Out Now!

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Montreal, QC – October 7, 2015

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Exclaim! Exclusive Video Premiere: Sask’s BONFIRE ‘Mom’s Garden’ + New EP Out Now!

Top (left to right): Thomas Gelley (bass), Kurt Wolfe (drums), Greg Demers (guitar/vocals), James Wojak (guitar) – Photo credit: Jeremy Britz

Saskatchewan’s post-hardcore outfit Bonfire are teaming up with Exclaim! Magazine to exclusively premiere their new music video ‘Mom’s Garden’, the title track from their new EP that was released on October 2nd plus was produced and mastered by Karl Shubach from Misery Signals.

The video showcases a beautifully lit room that matches the warmth coming from the band performing ‘Mom’s Garden.’ There is little to no eye contact for the duration of the video to enhance the melancholic atmosphere portrayed in the lyrics and tone of the song. The band is bringing their signature brand of energetic yet somber movement that embodies their post-hardcore, folk-infused music.

“Thank you to Exclaim! for hosting the premiere of our music video ‘Mom’s Garden’ the title track of our debut EP. The video was directed by the talented Dylan Hryciuk of Versa Films. The video captures the sombre tone of the music and lyrics through a warm colour palette, as well as depicts the intensity and emotion of our live performances through quick and creative cinematography. We couldn’t be happier to share it and deeply encourage you to check it out. This release has meant the world to us, and we are unbelievably excited to finally release it!” – Kurt Wolfe (Drums)

‘Mom’s Garden’ can be watched at the following link: http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/bonfire-moms_garden_video

Bonfire are giving the option to fans to purchase ‘Mom’s Garden’ as pay what you want on their bandcamp page here – http://bonfiresk.bandcamp.com.

Track Listing

1. Snow Crest

2. Mom’s Garden

3. What About Your Girl

4. A Darker Shade of Grey

Album Credits: All song, written and performed by Bonfire, Produced and mastered by Karl Shubach

Album Line Up: Greg Demers (Guitar/Vocals), James Wojak (Guitar), Thomas Gelley (Bass), Kurt Wolfe (Drums)

Biography:

Bonfire creates dark, honest music painted through sorrowful lyrics and a haunting guitar tone. The four piece hails from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and features members of Hhogwash and other local bands from the hardcore scene.

Lyrically Greg Demers (guitar/vocals) draws from family issues, relationships, and in general low points in life to compose an image for listeners. Thomas Gelley (Bass) and James Wojak (guitar) generate the resonating instrumentals while Kurt Wolfe (drums) drives the songs forward.

Despite the emotional lyrics and dreary instrumentals their passion and energy on stage is explosive, yet sombre. Bonfire started in 2012 and since then has released Adderall (demo) and a split with Newborn last year.

The band is releasing ‘Mom’s Garden’ Fri., Oct. 2, along with a fall tour across Eastern Canada.

For more info, please visit http://www.facebook.com/BonfireSK

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“Though they’ve been dropping songs online over the past couple weeks, and will be putting more up over the next few as well, getting people hyped about a new album they have coming out. Bread from Flipper and Low, The Melvins and Harvey Milk, if this is the future of Hardcore, or Post-Hardcore, or whatever genre people are calling it, I need to check out more shows.” – Deadcitypress.ca

0 BLEED – The Hatred Inside – Release Date: September 29, 2015 – Canadian College Radio Charts

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Highlight: #19 December 2015 – Top 20 – National Loud Chart – Canadian College Radio – (Earshot)

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Highlight: #12 November 2015 – Top 20 – National Loud Chart – Canadian College Radio – (Earshot)

Highlight: #182 November 2015 – Top 200 – National Loud Chart – Canadian College Radio – (Earshot)

Highlight: #6 National Loud Chart – Canadian College Radio – For the week ending November 3, 2015 (Earshot)

Highlight: #9 National Loud Chart – Canadian College Radio – For the week ending October 13, 2015 (Earshot)

Chart Appearances – February 16 2016
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Loud	9
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – February 9 2016
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Loud	8
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – December 22 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Loud	6
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – December 15 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	6
CFUV Victoria, BC	Top 30	26
CFUV Victoria, BC	Loud	3
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Loud	6
Total This Week: 4

Chart Appearances – December 1 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Top 30	10
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Loud	1
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – November 24 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
CFUV Victoria, BC	Loud	9
CHRW London, ON	Top 30	7
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – November 17 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
CFUV Victoria, BC	Loud	5
CHRW London, ON	Top 30	15
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – November 10 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
CFUV Victoria, BC	Loud	3
CHRW London, ON	Top 30	7
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Loud	6
Total This Week: 3

Chart Appearances – November 3 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	6
CFUV Victoria, BC	Loud	3
CIVL Abbotsford, BC	Top 30	13
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Loud	2
Total This Week: 4

Chart Appearances – October 27 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
CFUV Victoria, BC	Loud	4
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – October 20 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
CHRW London, ON	Top 30	17
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Top 30	23
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Loud	2
Total This Week: 3

Chart Appearances – October 13 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	9
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Top 30	11
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Loud	1
Total This Week: 3

Chart Appearances – October 6 2015
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Top 30	25
CJSR Edmonton, AB	Loud	4
Total This Week: 2

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0 Video Alert: Bravewords Premiere Music Video FUCK THE FACTS ‘The Path of Most Resistance’ + (USA/CAN) Desire Will Rot Tour

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Montreal, QC – October 6, 2015

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Video Alert: Bravewords Premiere Music Video FUCK THE FACTS ‘The Path of Most Resistance’ + (USA/CAN) Desire Will Rot Tour

New Album ‘Desire Will Rot’ Out Now!

L-R – Topon Das – Guitar, Marc Bourgon – Bass/Vocals, Mélanie Mongeon – Vocals, Mathieu Vilandré – Drums, Johnny Ibay – Guitar – Photo Credit: Dave Levitt

Music Video – Solitude – Watch here.

Album Stream – Listen here.

Canadian grindcore legends FUCK THE FACTS are proud to premiere their music video ‘The Path of Most Resistance’ via Bravewords.com at the following link: http://bravewords.com/news/exclusive-fuck-the-facts-premier-the-path-of-most-resistance-music-video

‘The Path of Most Resistance’ is from the band’s new album ‘Desire Will Rot’ released this past August via their indie label Noise Salvation. The album was recorded and mixed by FTF guitarist Topon Das at his Apartment 2 studio inOttawa, ON and features eleven aggressive tracks of the band’s metal mastery to follow their recent split EP with Fistfuck along with 2014’s ‘Abandoned’ and 2013’s ‘Amer’ EPs plus it being their first full length since 2011’s ‘Die Miserable’.

A full album stream of ‘Desire Will Rot’ can be heard at the following link: https://soundcloud.com/noise-salvation/sets/fuck-the-facts-desire-will-rot and can be digitally downloaded here plus be picked up on 12” vinyl, CD, and Cassette at http://www.fuckthefacts.com.

FUCK THE FACTS is currently touring across Canada and the USA with dates in the following cities:

10/09 Sherbrooke, QC at Le Murdoch

10/10 Ottawa, ON at House Of Targ

10/14 Quebec, QC at Scanner Bistro

10/15 Fredericton, NB at The Capital

10/16 Halifax, NS at Gus’ Pub

10/17 Charlottetown, PE at The Sportsman

10/18 Moncton, NB at Esquire Tavern

10/19 Rimouski, QC at Cactus Show Bar

11/19 Buffalo, NY at Sugar City

11/20 Columbus, OH at Spacebar

11/21 Columbia, MO at Cafe Berlin

11/22 Wichita, KS at The South Lulu Temple of Doom

11/23 Denver, CO at Mutiny Information Cafe

11/24 Cheyenne, WY at Redwood

11/25 Salt Lake City, UT at Metro Bar

11/26 Las Vegas, NV at TBA

11/27 Los Angeles, CA at Complex

11/28 San Diego, CA at The Merrow

11/29 Tempe, AZ at Yucca Tap Room

11/30 Albuquerque, NM at Blu Phoenix Venue

12/01 Amarillo, TX at Zombiez Bar and Grill

12/02 Dallas, TX at Renos Chop Shop
12/03 Austin, TX at Dirty Dog

12/04 Houston, TX at Barret’s

12/05 Metairie, LA at Twist of Lime

12/06 Pensacola, FL at The Handlebar

12/07 Tampa, FL at Epic Problem

12/08 Miami, FL at Churchill’s Pub

12/09 Orlando, FL at Uncle Lou’s

12/10 Savannah, GA at The Jinx

12/11 Raleigh, NC at Slims

12/12 Richmond, VA at Strange Matter

12/13 Philadelphia, PA at Kung Fu Necktie

01/15 Toronto, ON at Coalition

01/16 Peterborough, ON at The Spill

Track Listing: Fuck The Facts – Desire Will Rot

1. Everywhere Yet Nowhere (2:58)

2. Shadows Collide (2:49)

3. The Path of Most Resistance (1:34)

4. La Mort I (1:36)

5. La Mort II (1:34)

6. Prey (2:22)

7. Storm of Silence (2:38)

8. Solitude (3:11)

9. False Hope (5:46)

10. Circle (7:54)

11. Nothing Changes (6:20)

Album Length: 38:48

About:

Started as a recording project in the late 90’s, it wasn’t until 2001 that the work ethic that produced a slew of underground releases drove Fuck The Facts towards full band status and into the live arena. Since then, the Ottawa-based unit has barely stopped for a breath of reconsideration, associating themselves with some of the biggest labels in underground extreme music, as well as continuing a steady output of DIY releases. Having toured hundreds of thousands of kilometers throughout North America and Europe, guitarist/founder Topon Das, vocalist Mel Mongeon, drummer Mathieu Vilandré, bassist/vocalist Marc Bourgon, and guitarist Johnny Ibay have performed at some of the biggest festivals and sweated it out in some of the smallest basements. From 2006-2011 Fuck The Facts released three albums via underground powerhouse label, Relapse Records. Upon the completion of their contract, the quintet decided it was time to put the finishing touches on the proverbial full-circle, returning to the world of fierce independence and creative control. Their most recent releases were produced entirely at their own studio, self-released, and shows Fuck The Facts efforts as an entity continuing to grow musically and personally while developing a deeper understanding of what significance their art holds to them. As one of the longest running and most recognizable names in Canadian Grindcore, FUCK THE FACTS continue to deliver their brand of “Bastardized Grindcore” with no end in sight.

Select discography:

Full-Length albums:

Desire Will Rot (2015)

Die Miserable (2011)

Disgorge Mexico (2008)

Stigmata High-Five (2006)

Backstabber Etiquette (2002)

Mullet Fever (2001)

EPs:

Abandoned (2014)

Amer (2013)

Misery (2011)

Unnamed (2010)

Split releases:

Split with Fistfuck (2015)

Split with Leng Tch’e (2008)

Split with Mesrine (2005)

Split with Feeble Minded (2002)

For more info, please visit the following links:

http://www.fuckthefacts.com

http://www.facebook.com/FuckTheFacts

http://twitter.com/fuckthefacts

http://www.youtube.com/user/0908

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“Fuck the Facts is one of the most prolific grind-based bands in Canada’s big, weird extreme music scene.” – Noisey

“avant-garde grindcore road warriors…boundless chaotic energy and unrestrained sense of experimentation. – Exclaim!

“Their formidable discography is speckled with blips and bursts of every shade of extreme metal, hardcore, punk, and noise imaginable, spearheaded by vocalist Mel Mongeon’s razor-edged larynx and mastermind Topon Das’ mad fretboard genius.” – Pitchfork

“FUCK THE FACTS brings a strong collection of extreme metal tunes, often technical and scathing, sometimes grindy and with just enough melody to digest without heartburn.” – Blabbermouth

“explosive and ferocious” – Metal Sucks

“Fuck The Facts aren’t your average grindcore band.” – No Clean Singing

“Fuck The Facts never shy away from change. It seems, in fact, that the band embraces progression as much as they embrace chaos.” – Hellbound

“blazing amalgamation of grindcore and death metal that I absolutely love.” – Pure Grain Audio

“Canadian grindcore hurricane” – CVLT Nation

“It’s impossible to deny that the grindcore-meets-death-metal hybrid sound they’ve created” – Lambgoat

0 Armstrong Metal Fest Enter Destroyer In This Year’s Armstrong Demolition Derby; Band Submissions Open; Merch Store Now Online!

For Interview, Album Requests, Media List contact

Jon Asher – Music Publicist – ashermedia [AT] gmail.com

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Montreal, QC – October 6, 2015

ArmstrongMetalFest.ca | Facebook | Twitter | Youtube | AMF Merch Online Store

Armstrong Metal Fest Enters Its Own Destroyer In This Year’s Armstrong Demolition Derby

REMINDER DEADLINE ENDS IN ONE MONTH NOV 1st! 2016 ARMSTRONG METAL FEST Band Submissions Now Open!

Online Store Now Open!

Band Submissions = https://armstrongmetalfest.ca/contact/ (Deadline November 1, 2015)

Promo Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9zHeA2pKWs

Armstrong Metal Fest is proud to announce they have entered their own destroyer for this week’s Armstrong Demolition Derby taking place on October 11th at the IPE Fair Grounds.

AMF co-founder Jesse Valstar comments:

“I am very excited to work with a driver for this years Demolition Derby! I have been a big fan of the derby since it was brought back. Ronald Topham got me in contact with Nick Yasinski (builder of the AMF derby destroyer) and we are all very excited to see it in motion! Nicks aunt (Roberta Yasinski age 63) will be the first driver in the figure 8 heat and Nick will be driving in the second smash heat (if there’s anything left of it of course). Come on out and cheer Metalfest Van 63!

Derby details:

Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1027942270550303/

Sunday, October 11 at 10:00am

IPE Fair Grounds, 3550 Bridge Street, Armstrong, British Columbia V0E 1B0

Gates to public open @ 10am and event will start 1130am.

Cash at gates. $15 adults, $10 seniors/Students, Kids under 10 Free (Max 2 per adult)

Concessions on site. Full Size Cars & Trucks plus Mini Van racing this year. Partial proceeds from the event will go to the Armstrong Food Bank!

In additional news, Armstrong Metal Fest is still taking band submissions until November 1st for this year’s 8th annual 2016 edition taking place on July 15th and 16th in Armstrong, BC at the Hassen Arena to showcase over thirty Western Canadian and international bands.

Previous years of the festival have seen line ups with Cattle Decapitation, Suffocation, Anciients, Bison BC, Striker, Crimson Shadows, Holy Grail, Archspire, Cryptopsy, Unleash The Archers, Divinity, Into Eternity, Ninjaspy, Vesperia, XUL, Odinfist, Death Toll Rising, Gomorrah among many others .

About:

Taking influence from Europe’s music festival circuit, Armstrong Metal Fest is a heavy metal celebration that encourages metal heads from across Canada and the globe to mosh and camp with the backdrop of great outdoors of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. What started as a backyard party in 2009 with nothing but eleven local metal bands such as Terrifier, Xul and Odinfist to name a few, has grown into a a huge success admired by the Western Canadian Metal scene. 2016 will be the eighth year of the festival and is planned to be the largest year for music and attendance yet. This year’s team of organizers known as the West Metal Entertainment Society is the most dedicated to date and are excited to present an incredible line up along with some changes to come for AMF 2016.

For more info, please visit www.ArmstrongMetalFest.ca

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Loud As Hell – http://www.loudashell.com

Farmageddon Open Air – http://www.farmageddon.ca

Calgary Metal Fest – http://www.calgarymetalfest.com

Sponsors:

The Green – http://www.thegreen.ca

Rancho Vignola – http://www.ranchovignola.com

Right Hook Mics – http://www.righthookmics.com

No Messiah – http://www.nomessiah.net

Broken Neck Radio – http://www.brokenneckradio.com

Metal Nation Radio – http://www.metalnationradio.com

PureGrainAudio – http://www.puregrainaudio.com

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