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0 Bucketlist Music Reviews: Obscene Extreme America Festival Day 3 – Live at Theatre Telus – August 22nd, Montreal, QC

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0 NEWS: MetalAddicts Premiere BLEED ‘Blood Ashes’ Track From Upcoming Album ‘The Hatred Inside’ Out Sept 29th; ‘The Hatred Spawn Tour (AB, BC)

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Montreal, QC – August 27, 2015

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MetalAddicts Premiere BLEED ‘Blood Ashes’ Track From Upcoming Album ‘The Hatred Inside’ Out Sept 29th

‘The Hatred Spawn Tour (AB, BC)

L-R – Mike Bell – Bass, Ron Kratky – Guitar, Chuck Murphy – Drums – Robert Kreed – Vocals

Photo Credit – Penny Vanderheyden [Download High Res Photo]

Committed – Song Stream – Soundcloud | Bandcamp

Edmonton, AB’s brutal horror mayhem known as BLEED has teamed up withMetalAddicts.com for the exclusive track premiere for ‘Blood Ashes’, the second single from their debut full length ‘The Hatred Inside’ due out on Sept 29th to follow up their 2014 Self-Titled EP. BLEED whom were also 2015 Wacken Metal Canada finalists, will be hitting the road this September for dates in across Alberta and British Columbia (dates listed below).

“Here is a song telling a tale of demonic warfare from the perspective of the victorious hoard. Once the world is laid to waste and the bodies heaped in piles, all is set to burn leaving nothing but Blood Ashes. Enjoy the carnage!” comments vocalist Robert Kreed.

To listen to ‘Blood Ashes’ please visit the following link: http://metaladdicts.com/site/bleed-blood-ashes-exclusive-song-premiere/

Both digital and physical copy of The Hatred Inside can be pre-ordered at band’s Bandcamp page.

Track Listing: BLEED – THE HATRED INSIDE

1. The Hatred Inside (1:32)

2. Deceiver* (explicit lyrics) (4:58)

3. Committed (4:27)

4. Blood Ashes (4:43)

5. Suffocate (4:18)

6. Murder Baby* (explicit lyrics) (3:02)

7. Xombimind (2:35)

8. Beginnings (3:42)

9. Obelisk (5:01)

10. Conquer (2:48)

11. Hate March Kill (3:47)

Album Length: 41:00

About:

Bringing horror, mayhem, and pain through a medium that brushes on brutal death metal. BLEED‘s live show combines costumed performances with crushing, groovy thrash peppered with blood. The band pays homage to theatrical metal kings, GWAR, through their own original material and costume design. They guarantee that fans will be chanting along with their grotesque lyrics from such songs as ‘Committed’ complete with appropriate props to accompany much of the material they write.

The blood covered four piece is comprised of Ron (guitarist), Rob (vocalist), Mike (Bass) who also plays bass in Samandriel, and Chuck (Drums) who also plays in Idolatry and Ivardensphere. They draw inspiration from many bands; Slayer for their in your face delivery and lyrical content, GWAR for their stage show and lyrical content, Strapping Young Lad for their chaotic sound and comedic entertainment, Zimmer’s Hole for their stage show and variety of song style, and DevilDriver for their overall heavy/borderline death metal sound.

Their song writing strategy is simple: start with a guitar riff, structure it, and map it out, from there they add bass and drums, rehearse liberally, and continue to craft the instrumentals until they are completely ‘fleshed’ out. Lyrics are usually written in one sitting by Robert (vocals), once the emotion is found, a story begins to unfold, be it about war, demons, death, torture, and other unpleasantries.

The band has released a self-titled EP in 2014, and plan to release their debut full-length on September 29, 2015 accompanying it will be a booklet with individual band photos, grotesque artistic imagery, and lyrics for the songs. Fans and crowds are guaranteed to be covered in blood by the end of the show with their endless ferocity.

Bleed ‘The Hatred Spawn Tour

Sept 3 – Vernon BC @ Chaos with Nomessiah Internet Radio

Sept 4 – Vancouver BC @ Funky Winkerbeans

Sept 5 – Burns Lake BC @ Jeff’s

Sept 7 – Grand Prairie AB @ Better Than Fred’s

Sept 9 – Lethbridge AB @ Inferno

Sept – 10 Calgary @ Dickens

Sept 11 – Edmonton @ Starlite Room

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

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“The vocals were hardcore, the guitars were heavy in every sense of the word, and the drums had a nice, solid beat throughout “The Hatred Inside”. Another cool tid bit about this album is that according to the vocalist, Robert Kreed, “Each song is told by the perspective of the victim or the victimizer with one common theme of misery.” That’s pretty neat if you ask me….“The Hatred Inside” is an interesting album that should be checked out by anyone looking for intensity with a different theme.” – Metal Addicts

“The Hatred Inside’ is a nice throwback and a perfect combination of horror and thrash metal. This quartet already proved that they can put up a convincing live show so there’s little to stop them now from rising to the upper regions of today’s metal scene. There they will have to compete with bands with a more modern style but Bleed shouldn’t worry. Talent always prevails…” – Merchants of Air

“BLËED was the big attraction of the night. The crowd of eager metal heads was treated to a stage show that would leave anyone impressed. Fake blood, multiple costume changes and horror props all make BLËED shows absolutely insane. Especially when backed by loud and furious death metal, complete with blasphemous themes and zombie babies spewing Jägermeister to the crowd. This is a band that puts a tremendous amount of effort into their stage presence and the results are such that I could see BLËED live time and time again without ever getting bored.” – Random Metal Musings

“Tough, loud, and proud of their sound Bleed are here to make your ears well… bleed with music that is brash and crude, the kind of thing that will punish you until you genuflect in acknowledgement of the awesomeness that is this band.” – Two Guys Metal Reviews

“a legit slab of in-your-face metal that would make for a fine addition to any one’s personal collection!” – Heavy Metal Time Machine

0 Merchants of Air – Bleed – The Hatred Inside

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0 Horror Metal Sounds – Fallen Angels – World In Decay (Cyberdyne Records)

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0 NEWS: 2015 Wacken Metal Battle Champions VESPERIA Posts Behind The Scenes Video of Wacken Experience

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Montreal, QC – Aug 26, 2015

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2015 Wacken Metal Battle Champions VESPERIA Posts Behind The Scenes Video of Wacken Experience

New EP ‘The Iron Tempests’

Supporting Arkona, Heidevolk, Helsott – Toronto – Sept 11

The Western Tempests (Live in Niagara Falls) – Watch here.

The Western Tempests (Live in Montreal) – Watch here.

Music Video – Vesperia – Pints Held High- Watch here.

The Swordsman (Live in Toronto) – Watch here.

Crowned the 2015 international champions at the 11th annual Wacken Metal Battle during the world’s largest metal festival Wacken Open Air from July 30 – Aug 1st in Wacken Germany, which has an attendance of over 80,000 people. Canada’s epic metal quartetVESPERIA are sharing with fans their behind the scenes video from their experience at the festival at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5DcuWQNxe4

You can also watch video of their 20 minute winning sett at Wacken Metal Battle at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lwkzc4zGUY.

(Vesperia Win at International Wacken Metal Battle – Photo Credit: Ian Martin)

VESPERIA beat out 30 other competing countries (full list here) to win over international judges and fans, making their win the second for Canada out of the last three years the country has participated in the competition. 2013 saw Toronto’s CRIMSON SHADOWS take 1st place and Montreal’s MUTANK represent Canada in 2014.

Bassist/ vocalist Morgan Rider comments:

“We are extremely excited to accept the title of the 2015 international Wacken battle champions. There have been many ups and downs on this trip so far, but we have encountered so many amazing people, bands, press and organizers. Thank you SO MUCH for making this happen for us!”

Top 5 Standings:

1. Place: Canada – Vesperia

2. Place: Israel – Walkways

3. Place: Middle East – Blaakyum

4. Place: United Kingdom – Metaprism

5. Place: Denmark – Savage Machine

As 1st place winners, VESPERIA will receive the following:

*Wacken Foundation – The Wacken Foundation will support the first placed band with a trophy money of 5000€.

*Vision backdrops

Stage kit

5 x 3 m backdrop

2 sideups 85 x 200 cm

Bass drum print

*Pearl – Complete Pearl VBA kit

*Washburn – Washburn PXS20FRTBB

*Randall – Randall RD5H

*Markbass – Little Mark III

*Carl Martin – CARL MARTIN Single Plexitone

*Paiste – Alpha Brillant Metal Set 14/17/18/20+10Splash*

*Marshall – Marshall Fridge

(other prize details can be found here)

VESPERIA was crowned 2015 Canadian champion after performing in the national final alongside MEDEVIL (Vancouver), BLEED (Edmonton), ENDLESS CHAOS (Winnipeg), MIDNIGHT MALICE (Toronto), NORDHEIM (Quebec City) who represented the top six metal talents out of 120 competing bands from ten participating cities across Canada. The final took place on June 6th at Opera House in Toronto, ON and was judged by Annihilator’s Jeff Waters and Mike Harshaw, Noel Peters (Inertia Entertainment), Lindsay Schoolcraft (Cradle of Filth), Tim Henderson (BraveWords) and David Bottrill (Producer, Mixer).

VESPERIA‘s new EP ‘The Iron Tempests’ was released on July 10th and was co-produced with the effort of Ryan Bovaird, frontman of Canadian melodeath band Hallow’s Die. The EP artwork was also created by none other than VESPERIA‘s frontman Morgan Rider at his own White North Studios (http://whitenorthstudios.com).

“Finally we can offer everyone a glimpse of what we have been so silent about over the last year and a half. If anyone has seen us live on our recent tour dates, they will have heard a couple of these new songs in our set. We are feeling especially excited about the cover song we chose ‘In The Hall of The Mountain King’ by composer Edvard Grieg. Enjoy, everyone!” comments vocalist/ bassist Morgan Rider.

EP -Order available at https://vesperia.bandcamp.com/album/the-iron-tempests-ep

1- The Western Tempests (4:32)

2 – Iron Saga (6:13)

3 – In The Hall of the Mountain King (cover of Edvard Grieg composition) (2:12)

EP Length: 12:59

Show Dates:

09.11 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison w/ Arkona, Heidevolk, Helsott – Event info here.

About:

Twisting, writhing and forcing their aural onslaught upon metal audiences across the globe have sincerely ensured VESPERIA’s continuity through all the harsh and arduous battles modern metal bands are sure to encounter in their tenures.

Originally formed in 2005 by lead vocalist/ bassist Morgan Rider as a black metal band, the sound, direction and theme of the music naturally evolved into the style of fierce and heroic metal the band is now known for. Shortly after releasing their long overdue brand melodic metal 2011 full-length ‘Voyage from Vinland’, VESPERIA redefined their purpose and direction once and finally with their 2012 demo ‘The Swordsman’ and 2013 full-length ‘An Olden Tale’, drawing the ears and attention of metal fans around the world and demonstrating their true mastery of their craft.With the most fierce music written to date and a bounty of opportunity awaiting, VESPERIAhungrily eye 2015 as the year they will make their mark upon the Earth.

For more info, please visit the following links:

http://www.vesperiametal.com

http://facebook.com/vesperiametal

http://twitter.com/vesperiametal

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“This album will be a favorite now, and quite possibly a legend in years to come.” – 9.5/10 – Sorrow Eternal “Mixing folk, death, and black metal in a beautiful medley that will keep your ears entertained throughout the entire length of the album.” – Metal Geek Reviews

“… an experience in a new form of Viking metal we have yet to have the pleasure to listen to…” – 4/5 – SF Media

“…a show that the ability of high quality performance , arrangement , sense of scale , in all , compete in the world while debut” – 4.5/5 – Ore Metal

“…Vesperia will satisfy most fans of epic melodic death metal, especially the ones who like a more modern sound…” – 8.5/10 – Metal Soundscapes

“Many listeners in the metal underground will find something to enjoy in every track” – Arte Mortifica Reviews “Plug in your head phones and let loose, An Olden Tale is easy to start, and almost impossible to put down!” – Two Guys Metal Reviews

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Label
1	1	Fuck The Facts	Desire Will Rot	Self-Released
2	2	KEN mode	Success	New Damage
3	4	High On Fire	Luminiferous	eOne Music (E1)
4	6	Lamb Of God	VII: Sturm und Drang	Nuclear Blast
5	—	Kataklysm	Of Ghosts and Gods	Nuclear Blast
6	7	Mutoid Man	Bleeder	Sargent House
7	3	Renny Wilson	Punk Explosion/Extension	Mint
8	9	Refused	Freedom	Epitaph
9	re	Reanimator	Horns Up	Self-Released
10	—	Ghost	Meliora	Metal Blade
	re = re-entry to chart = Candian Content = View Chart Appearnces

0 Bucketlist Music Reviews – Obscene Extreme America Festival Day 2 – Live at Theatre Telus – August 21st, Montreal, QC

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