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0 NEWS: Test Your Metal Records – Brazilian Power Metal HIBRIA Postpone North American ‘Metal Maniac Inside’ Tour w/ Unleash The Archers
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Test Your Metal Records – Brazilian Power Metal HIBRIA Postpone North American ‘Metal Maniac Inside’ Tour w/ Unleash The Archers
New Self-Titled Album + New Music Videos ‘Life’ + ‘Pain’
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Photo Credit – Karina Kohl
Unleashing their fifth and latest self-titled full length for North American release on August 7th, 2015 via Test Your Metal Records, Brazil’s power metallers HIBRIA were supposed to tour both the USA and Canada this September and October in support of the release, which included an appearance at this year’s sold out Power Prog USA XVI on September 11th. But due to issues with visa’s for the tour beyond their control, the band has been forced to postpone all their North American dates w/ Unleash The Archers (dates listed below).
Hibria comments in the following video message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW5oTDK223k
Test Your Metal Records label owner also comments:
“Some very unfortunate news in the world of metal. For reasons beyond our control Hibria will not be able to join the upcoming North American tour set to take place Sept/Oct 2015. Due to major issues with the USCIS and immigration Visa’s will not be issued in time to take part in the Canadian and US shows including their appearance at PPUSA . As you may know, the USCIS system was hacked a couple months ago and it has caused us nothing but problems for the whole underground music scene. After countless weeks fighting the system, countless extra fees paid and trying to get answers from the USCIS we are forced to throw in the towel and post pone HIBRIA’s NA tour until a later date.”
Hibria‘s new album is available on CD here | Digital download here.
Music Video – ‘Life’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqNz6l5TNQI
Music Video – Pain – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdHX010N_Ng
Track Listing – Hibria – Self-Titled
1. Pain (4:27)
2. Abyss (4:05)
3. Tightrope (5:02)
4. Life (4:45)
5. Ghosts (5:10)
6. Legacy (2:26)
7. Ashamed (5:17)
8. Church (4:13)
9. Fame (5:24)
10. Words (5:24)
Album Length: 46:17
About:
A Brazilian power metal band formed in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in 1996. Hibria has grown in popularity in their home country plus worldwide with the successful release of four albums and a live DVD that showcases their intense concert energy (if ya never seen them in person).
All four of their past albums and live DVD released have reached the #1 position on sales charts for HMV stores across Japan and has lead the band to be support for such bands as Metallica, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth plus perform at Rock in Rio and Loud Park, Japan’s most important Metal festival, where they shared the main stage with some of the world’s most known bands.
ALL DATES POSTPONED
* = Hibria only
September
9/8/2015 – Philadelphia, PA @ 3rd and Girard
9/9/2015 – Maryland, MD @ TBD
9/10/2015 – Columbia, SC @ TBD
9/11/2015 – Atlanta, GA @ PPUSA – Center Stage *
9/13/2015 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
9/14/2015 – Orlando, FL @ The Haven
9/15/2015 – Spartanburg, SC @ GroundZero
9/17/2015 – Raleigh, NC @ The Maywood
9/18/2015- Allentown, PA @ Jabber Jaws Bar & Grille
9/19/2015 – New Castle, DE @ JB McGinnes
9/20/2015 – Harrisonburg, VA @ Golden Pony
9/22/2015 – Long Island, NY @ Even Flow Bar and Grill
9/23/2015 – Boston, MA @ The Middle East Up
9/24/2015 – Providence, RI @ Firehouse 13
9/25/2015 – Revere, MA @ Sammy’s Patio
9/27/2015 – Queens, NY @ Blackthorn 51
9/28/2015 – Burlington, VT @ Nectar’s
9/29/2015 – Montreal, QC @ Katacombes
9/30/2015 – Quebec City, QC @ Salle Unisson
October
10/2/2015 – Oshawa, ON @ The Atria
10/3/2015 – Toronto, ON @ Hardluck Bar
10/4/2015 – London, ON @ APK
10/5/2015 – Chicago, IL @ Livewire lounge
10/6/2015 – Joplin, MO @ Black Thorn
10/7/2015 – Lexington, KY @ TBD
10/9/2015 – Columbus, OH @ TBD
10/10/2015 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Skeletunes Lounge
10/11/2015 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Metal Grill
10/12/2015 – Minneapolis, MN @ Nether Bar
10/13/2015 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Zoo
10/14/2015 – Brandon, MB @ Spruce Woods Inn
10/16/2015 – Calgary, AB @ Distortion
10/17/2015 – Edmonton, AB @ The Mercury Room
10/18/2015 – Spokane, WA @ The Pin *
10/20/2015 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Bar *
10/21/2015 – Denver, CO @ Herman’s Hideaway *
10/22/2015 – Albuquerque, NM @ The Jam Spot *
10/23/2015 – Los Angeles, CA @ Loaded *
10/24/2015 – Las Vegas @ Dive Bar *
10/25/2015 – Sacramento, CA @ Back 9 *
10/27/2015 – Medford, OR @ Musichead *
10/29/2015 – Portland, OR @ Panic Room *
10/30/2015 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon *
10/31/2015 – Vancouver, BC @ The Smilling Buddha Cabaret
For more info, please visit: http://www.Hibria.com
About Test Your Metal Records:
Mission
Test Your Metal Records stands to leave a positive impact and everlasting dynasty within the Canadian Rock and Metal music scene. First and foremost TYM was founded to ensure the continued creation of music, art and culture! To employ as many people doing what they love, and to ultimately assist the worldwide music scene thrive in any way. TYM Records helps get the art, product and live show into the hands and ears of the fans.
Vision
To build a corporation and family that will help people reach their true potential and fuel their passion. Starting off with a talented roster of bands, promoting and constantly innovating new music for the record label. Manufacturing and promoting their new albums and sending them out on tour across the globe. My vision is to revolutionize the music industry by giving the music to the fans for a monthly membership fee. Having a multitude of perks set up through the Loyalty membership, and a multitude of external companies providing incentives and cross promotion. I aspire to make a service that people from all walks of life can enjoy and benefit from. 20% of net profit of the label will be deposited into a fund for the ‘TYM Academy of the Arts’. Which will be a Non-Profit music and arts academy I hope to open within the next 3-5 years.
Values
Like any good long lasting relationship, the things I value in business are also the things I value in life. Passion, Love, Honesty, Compassion, Teamwork and most of all FUN, FREEDOM and INTERDEPENDENCE. I started TYM Records because I want to help bands push to the next level while keeping control within their hands and to help them make a living from it!!! To always have fun and work as a family to build a career together. On top of the normal royalties baid to the artists and with the implementation of the Loyalty club I plan on paying out 24% of all net profits from the loyalty club to the bands on the roster on the last day of each month. So theoretically we will be able to watch the label grow to the point where every band on the label can solely focus on their craft and not have to worry about the bills! I aspire to be a leading example of Honesty, Fairness, Dedication and Transparency within this company. I have made it my new mission in life to help as many people as possible and I believe through TYM Records we can achieve that!
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0 Metal Underground – Pit Stories – [Evertrapped] – Dodging Dangerous Moose
0 Kingston Music Reviews – Pyramids On Mars – Echo Cosmic
0 Metal Kaos – Titans Eve – Chasing The Devil
0 Canadian Beats – Pyramids On Mars – Echo Cosmic
0 Merchants of Air – Hibria – Self-Titled (Test Your Metal Records)
0 MetalNationNews Premiere [EVERTRAPPED] Track ‘Palace of Injustice’; New Album ‘Under The Deep’ (Hellstorm Recordz) Out Oct 16th
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For fans of Arch Enemy, Unearth, Whitechapel, At The Gates, Mnemic, DevilDriver, Lamb Of God, Threat Signal, Soilwork, The Black Dahlia Murder
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MetalNationNews Premiere [EVERTRAPPED] Track ‘Palace of Injustice’
New Album ‘Under The Deep’ (Hellstorm Recordz) Out Oct 16th
L-R – John Yates – Bass, Eric Lemire – Drums, Vincent Benoit – Guitar, James Brookes – Vocals, Frederick Dupuis – Guitar – Photo Credit: Luc Delorme
Music Video – Under The Deep – Watch here.
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Montreal-based five piece [EVERTRAPPED] has teamed up withMetalNationNews for the exclusive premiere of ‘Palace of Injustice’, the first single from the band’s third album ‘Under The Deep’ (Hellstorm Recordz) due on October 16th to follow 2012’s Anomaly and 2010’s debut Tales From The Supermax
“‘Palace of Injustice’ is a track about a stab at anyone blinded by the indoctrination of any institution and their ultimate demise that likely follows due to their ignorance towards it. However, it does aim more at the disgust of the institutions themselves and not so much the ignorance of the people.” comments vocalist James Brookes.
To listen to ‘Palace of Injustice’, please visit the following link: http://metalnationradio.ca/exclusive-premiere-evertrapped-track-palace-of-injustice-new-album-under-the-deep-hellstorm-recordz-out-oct-16th/
Delivering relentless brutal melodic death metal since 2007, [EVERTRAPPED]intentionally wrote their band name with enclosed brackets to signify the trappings of modern life for all of us and how people, despite their best attempts to break out of the mold are still affixed to a simple controlled existence and futility.
Members of the band bring together their collective experience from the Montreal metal scene to create their heavy brand of death metal. The guitarists Frederick Dupuis (ex-Daggerfalls) and Vincent Benoit hammer out raw guitar while drummer Eric Lemire (ex-Apocalypsys, ex-Ice Castle) pummels the drums. Their versatile frontman James Brookes (ex-Ammonia, ex-One Final Moment, Continuum) easily alternates between strong clear vocals and low bellowing screams giving listeners the illusion of more than one vocalist. John Yates (ex-AraPacis) weaves together each song with his driving bass lines to keep the punishing tracks energy at an all time high.
Lyrics are intentionally slightly abstract to lure fans to draw their own conclusions despite a perceived understanding of the tracks. Themes for the music revolve around personal turmoil and even stringing together the image of a future where the world is on the brink of an apocalypse.
The band’s influences range from Death Metal to Melodic Death primarily, along with some classic thrash and speed metal, which explains their technicality and diversity sonically. Live, the band is a whirlwind of aggression and sonically abrasive, yet sporadically melodic vocally and instrumentally.
Track Listing: Evertrapped – Under The Deep
1. […] (1:58)
2. Arise From The Ashes (5:40)
3. Underneath The Deep (5:50)
4. Palace Of Injustice (6:06)
5. Hypnotized By Hatred (5:26)
6. Blood Of The Fallen (5:05)
7. Lethal District (6:28)
8. Burning Through Vengeance (5:36)
9. Reaper (5:30)
10. Embrace The End (5:55)
Album Length: 53:34
About the album and track by track explained by Evertrapped.
Under The Deep is an exploration of the deepest reaches of human madness. Not clinical madness, but simply the darkest regions of the soul and the blackest part of the human heart from a mind found to be socially functional, but is really way too far gone. And thus it seeks to explore what is underneath the deepest depth, hence no matter how deep you descend there’s always another layer that can be torn away.
Tracks:
- […] intro
- Arise From The Ashes: A depiction of someone who has actually reached the bottom, so their rise from there so to speak. Like the king of their own universe broken by all clawing it’s back but fueled by an ever consuming hatred.
- Underneath The Deep: A personal look at how a person can only be fucked up by someone else for too long until they break. But this takes you to a point where you now can’t come back.
- Palace Of Injustice: A stab at anyone blinded by the indoctrination of any institution and their ultimate demise that likely follows due to their ignorance towards it. However, it does aim more at the disgust of the institutions themselves and not so much the ignorance of the people.
- Hypnotized By Hatred: Another personal reflection, but in this case more a person who has been made to believe that all they do is wrong. So it brings up the sense where if you tell someone enough times that they are shit, then eventually they will just believe it. And in this case someone who becomes a very dark god loathing individual because it takes them to a point where they think it’s hysterical.
- Blood Of The Fallen: This is set in a horror like context although it not some zombie tribute. It simply laughs at how we place so much importance on the memory of the dead yet never bat an eye at the reality of human suffering which we ourselves cause.
- Lethal District: Somewhat of a post apocalyptic view of the surviving factions of humanity that instill themselves as the powers that be, and thus cast out the unclean, unworthy, and so forth. And therefore it sheds light on the madness and revolt of the unwanted.
- Burning Through Vengeance: This is a straight up rebel song. A certain arrogant fuck you to a society that rejects you, but you still know that you know better than them. So instead you’ll bide your time and watch them hilariously screw themselves over.
- Reaper: As the title suggests, an end of the line type song. In a certain way captures the essence of[EVERTRAPPED] in terms of the inescapable event that is death.
- Embrace The End: This also goes more or less as the title suggests. This is another song for the apocalypse but more at the actual hour of the end itself. A look at almost coming to terms with the fact that it was likely the fault of humanity and embracing the acceptance of such evil.
For more info, please visit the following link: www.evertrapped.com
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“These guys are real pros and it shows!” – The Blood Shed
“Evertrapped, and as they lay their claim as one of the front runners of melodic death metal in all of the land” – Bucketlist Music Reviews
“Raise your horns to Evertrapped!” – Metal Reviews
“Something Epic!” – Musik Universe
“Once again, hypnotic…” – Ondes Chocs
“Judging by the sample we got, this next album will sound like a ton of bricks!” – Quebec Metal
0 TOUR ALERT: PSYCHOSTICK October Dates ‘The Ugly Americans Tour’ w/ Dog Fashion Disco + UK Dates
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NEWS RELEASE
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R.I.Y.L. = Dethklok, Bloodhound Gang, Tenacious D, Weird Al Yankovic, Primus, Stephen Lynch, Mr. Bungle
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Buy Links: Psychostick Store | Bandcamp | iTunes
PSYCHOSTICK Announce October Dates For ‘The Ugly Americans Tour’ w/ Dog Fashion Disco
New Music Video ‘Bruce Campbell’, A Tribute To Ash vs. Evil Dead
September UK Dates w/ Dog Fashion Disco
Video – Danger Zone – Watch here.
Video – ‘Obey The Beard’ – Watch here.
Psychostick’s top 10 uses for a beard. Check it out on Metal Hammer UK here.
Metal Hammer UK – Blessed Are The Stick – Read here.
Kicking off the UK leg of ‘The Ugly Americans Tour’ with Dog Fashion Disco this week, PSYCHOSTICK confirms they will continue the USA leg in October at the following the dates below. The tour is in support of PSYCHOSTICK‘s latest album ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’ released last November on Rock Ridge Music. The album features 21 tracks of pure rock comedy genius with titles such as ‘Obey The Beard‘, ‘Dogs Like Socks‘, ‘Quack Kills’ (a song about Anatidaephobia: The fear of being watched by a duck), ‘Bruce Campbell’ (a tribute to the 21st century’s most beloved action hero), ‘NSFW’ featuring Bill Manspeaker (founder of Green Jello), a spoof cover of Kenny Loggins’ ‘Danger Zone’ and many more! There’s no wonder why these guys are the kings of parody metal!
‘Revenge of The Vengeance’ is available on iTunes here, all major online retailers plus the band’s online store here.
Check out the new music video ‘Bruce Campbell’:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX_vADIJts0
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‘The Ugly Americans Tour’ UK Dates w/ Dog Fashion Disco
Sept 9 – London, UK @ The Garage (Buy Tickets)
Sept 10 – Milton Keynes, UK @ Craufurd Arms (Buy Tickets)
Sept 11 – Manchester, UK @ Sound Control (Buy Tickets)
Sept 12 – Huddersfield, UK @ The Parish (Buy Tickets)
Sept 13 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ The Cluny (Buy Tickets)
Sept 14 – Glasgow, UK @ Ivory Blacks (Buy Tickets)
Sept 15 – Wolverhampton, UK @ Slade Rooms (Buy Tickets)
Sept 16 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City (Buy Tickets)
Sept 17 – Southampton, UK @ Joiners (Buy Tickets)
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*= Psychostick only shows
* Sept 26 – Danville, IL @ Vintage Villians
* Sept 27 – Dubuque, IA @ DBQ Con @ Five Flags Center)
* Sept 29 – Lansing, MI @ The Loft
* Sept 30 – Toledo, OH @ Frankies
* Oct 2 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Shakas
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‘The Ugly Americans Tour’ US Dates w/ Dog Fashion Disco
Oct 4 – Winston Salem, NC @Ziggy’s
Oct 6 – Wilmington, NC @ Ziggy’s By The Sea
Oct 8 – Orlando, FL @ West End Trading Co.
Oct 9 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
Oct 10 – Jacksonville, FL @ Underbelly
Oct 13 – Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
Oct 14 – Austin, TX @ Dirty Dog Bar
Oct 15 – Fort Worth, TX @ The Rail Club
Oct 16 – Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street (formerly the Conservatory)
Oct 17 – St Louis, MO @ Fubar
Oct 19 – Joliet, IL @ The Tree of Joliet (formerly Mojoe’s)
Oct 20 – Shawnee, KS @ Aftershock
Oct 21 – St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar and Hall
Oct 22 – Madison, WI @ The Red Zone
Oct 23 – Lakewood, OH @ The Foundry Concert Club
Oct 24 – Trenton, NJ @ Championship
Oct 25 – Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
For more info, music and tour dates, please visit http://www.psychostick.com
About:
Harnessing their crazy sense of humor and love of all things metal, vocalist Rob “Rawrb” Kersey and guitarist Josh “The J” Key joined forces with drummer Alex “Shmalex” Dontre and bassist Matty J “Moose” to create Pyschostick, a band they’ve coined as humorcore. With hilarious lyrics, heavy riffs, notorious stage antics and high-energy performances, the band has caused millions of laughs around the world and hundreds of mosh pits across the US of A, often simultaneously, since its birth in Phoenix, AZ in 2000.
Now residing in Chicago, IL, with four full-length albums behind them – “We Couldn’t Think of a Title” (2006), their holiday album “The Flesh Eating Rollerskate Holiday Joyride” (2007), “Sandwich” (2009), and “Space Vampires vs. Zombie Dinosaurs in 3D” (2011), the almost 100 percent do-it-yourself laugh factory, Psychostick returns with their signature sound (Chimaira, Machine Head and Hatebreed sexing Tenacious D and Weird Al Yankovic) to showcase their latest offering, the crowd funded album ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’ (fan thank youvideo) due out on November 4, 2014. Featuring a hilarious track listing that includes previously released singles the beard anthem ‘Obey The Beard’ and popular ‘Dog Like Socks’ plus new tracks such as ‘Quack Kills’, ‘So. Heavy’, ‘Blue Screen’, and a tribute to the 21st century’s most beloved action super hero ‘Bruce Campbell’. Psychostick are crazy to share with fans many more comedy sing-a-longs on the road and more!
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“In a genre with a lot of anger, aggression and seriousness, every once in a while some levity is good. That’s wherePsychostick come in. Their fourth albumIV: Revenge Of The Vengeance is musically solid and lyrically amusing.” – Heavy Metal – About.com
“humorcore band Psychostick is like the Jerry Seinfeld of metal. On its fourth full-length release, IV: Revenge of The Vengeance, the band’s sound invokes similarities too oddball artists such as Mr. Bungle, GWAR, Primus, Green Jello, Scatterbrain and Austrian Death Machine, to name a few. On its 21 ridiculous tracks (including various short skits between songs), the band explores its brand of observational comedy mixed with brutal breakdowns. The band exceeds expectations by parodying popular culture, relationships and binge drinking.” – Bravewords
“Psychostick pulls the pin from a hand grenade and shoves it down the gullet of comedy. When it explodes, anyone within earshot finds themselves covered in the entrails of hilarity! These guys are off-the-chart insane. Imagine if the cast of “Jackass” formed a metal band with Andy Samberg, Sam Kinison, and Seth Rogen and then they threw a house party that made “Project X” look like amateur hour by comparison. Yeah, now you’re getting it!” – Axs
“I do like when bands like Pyschostick inject humour into songs and REVENGE OF THE VENGEANCE is pretty damn funny…The first single ‘Obey The Beard’ is magnificent and this is coming from a clean-shaven dude. It made me want to grow one. Comedy Metal fans can listen for a couple of inside Metal jokes (Captain Stupid!) and a cameo by ‘snaky’. The production is immaculate and as always these guys are as heavy as hell. Weird Al on crack. I wanted to use that phrase and I couldn’t even think how to work it into this review so I just dumped it here at the end. Humour is so subjective but I know what I like and I really like IV: REVENGE OF THE VENGEANCE.” – Metal Rules
“IV: Revenge of the Vengeance isn’t just a Psychostick album, it’s a Psychostick experience. They really went all out on this album. Not all of it makes sense and some of it may be a little over the top, but that’s what makes this band so great- they aren’t afraid to push the envelope of ridiculousness. In fact, they bask in it. Get ready, world. Get ready for the revenge of the vengeance and one of the most action-packed metal albums ever concocted. Rating: 9/10” – Front Row Report
“The creator of “Humorcore” knock one out of the fucking park with this one (IV: Revenge of The Vengeance). If you’re in a band trying to do parody and funny Metal songs stop right now, you’re just embarrassing yourself, you will not be able to dethrone Psychostick. ” – Rock Hard Place
“In ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’ you have more craziness and beard than ever before, weighing in at a whopping twenty one beard bending tracks of strictly tongue in cheek craziness and general insanity with song titles ranging from ‘NSFW’, ‘Quack Kills’, ‘Loathe Thy Neighbor’ and the previously unleashed ‘Dogs Like Socks’ and ‘Obey The Beard’ as well as a cover of Kenny Loggins ‘Danger Zone’. Add a couple of cameos from Bill Manspeaker, the founder of Green Jello and you can imagine the types of craziness that is unleashed once play is pressed. Simply put, ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’ is beardtastic and in the words of Psychostick ‘Obey The Beard’.” – Firebrand After Darkness Mag
“make no mistake about it – these guys rock first and foremost, especially on this album’s standouts, the anthemic “Obey the Beard,” as well as “Dogs Like Socks,” which explores the complexities of canine/hosiery relations.” – Erie Reader
“This new album features twenty-one tracks of skits and songs that will make you listen to it until you can catch all the references from pop culture, the metal scene, and moments of “did he just say what I think he said?” With the fast paced musings of being stalked by a water fowl in “Quack Kills” to “NSFW” that will never see airplay on your local radio station, the album covers a wide range of subjects in its lampooning. It is no wonder their fans, that have had three albums to delight them in metal geekiness and humor, have waited anxiously for this new release.” – National Rock Review
“Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!
Okay, give me a moment. I’m still chuckling every time I think of Psychostick’s latest 21 track album Revenge of the Vengeance. Every moment on it is filled with hilarity, from marrying beards, being afraid of ducks and then saving a crowd of people from a dimensional time portal. And I thought I’d heard it all…Tenacious D were the kings of comedy metal, but Rize of the Fenix has made it look like they’ve reached their hay day, as much as I love them. The king’s crown has to go somewhere, and for an album like this, it looks like Psychostick are next in line for the throne.” – Rock Revolt Magazine
0 Out Now! UFO Inspired One Man Instrumental Prog Rock/Metal PYRAMIDS ON MARS New Album ‘Echo Cosmic’
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Out Now! UFO Inspired One Man Instrumental Prog Rock/Metal PYRAMIDS ON MARS New Album ‘Echo Cosmic’
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FREE DOWNLOAD – Battle For Rome – PureGrainAudio.com here.
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The one man instrumental prog rock/metal project by guitarist Kevin Estrella, PYRAMIDS ON MARS’ new album ‘Echo Cosmic’ is now out and available on POM Online Store, iTunes, Bandcamp, Indie Pool and Amazon. The follow up to 2013’s full length self-titled debut, the 10 track thriller is inspired by Estrella’s fascination of UFO’s including his own encounter (report on encounter below), plus compositions that have come to him in dreams and allow him to offer an aural palette of intense, emotional, 3-dimensional, heavy and melodic progressive rock/ metal that includes a range of influences from Baroque classical guitar, classical composers J.S Bach and Antonio Vivaldi along with today’s guitar virtuosos Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Satriani.
To hear the full album stream of ‘Echo Cosmic’, please visit the following links:
https://pyramidsonmars.bandcamp.com/album/echo-cosmic
https://soundcloud.com/pyramids_on_mars/sets/echo-cosmic
Track Listing: Pyramids On Mars – Echo Cosmic
1. Dream Division (5:14)
2. Battle for Rome (5:48)
3. Death Valley Driver (5:25)
4. Tribute (2:54)
5. Heaven’s Gate (6:04)
6. Sailing the Oceans of Neptune (5:05)
7. Spectre of Orion (5:36)
8. Order of the Freemasons (8:09)
9. Occam’s Razor (6:08)
10. Echo Cosmic (4:56)
Album Length: 55:24
Upcoming Show Dates:
Sept 17 – Toronto, ON @ The Cage – Event info here
About:
Inspired the by the studies of UFOs, aliens and the artifacts of in our solar system plus being witness to UFO activity (full details below), PYRAMIDS ON MARS is an embodiment of spacey music that brings both worlds together as both a musical concept, and message to the world of the alien presence. Formed in 2011,PYRAMIDS ON MARS is the solo creation of guitarist Kevin Estrella who offers an aural palette of intense, emotional, 3-dimensional, heavy and melodic progressive rock/ metal that includes a range of influences such as Baroque classical guitar, classical composers J.S Bach and Antonio Vivaldi along with today’s guitar virtuosos Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Satriani.
‘Echo Cosmic’ Album trailer : https://youtu.be/UTJw6alDZ3A
For more info, please visit http://www.pyramidsonmars.com
Track by Track Breakdown of Echo Cosmic explained by PYRAMIDS ON MARS’ Kevin Estrella:
“To summarize, the overall story line of ‘Echo Cosmic’ is about mankind’s history of broadcasting radio and tv signals for over 100 years from earth to space. Theoretically, some of these signals should be picked up by alien civilizations. We are announcing our existence through this cosmic echo we are sending out. We may be an insignificant species in a vast universe, but we are leaving a footprint that has infinite infuence.” comments Estrella.
1. Dream Division: The whole introduction I heard in a dream. Started off simply with guitar, but got more interesting when the bass and drums join in and are all doing something different from each other. But it all worked. Almost like division. Thus the name.
2.Battle for Rome: Influenced by the X-Box One game trailer Ryse Son of Rome. Watch the trailer, and you can imagine this song playing in it.
3. Death Valley Driver: The main rhythm guitar and drums were bedtracks for this song. Reminded me of driving fast on a desert road.
4. Tribute: I was experimenting with some ’80’s guitar tone presets. Improvising, I played the main rhythm part. It sounded like something Randy Rhoads would play. Decided to write a song dedicated to him.
5. Heaven’s Gate: Influenced by a band who has a a dead guy with leather skin for a mascot.
6. Sailing the Ocean’s of Neptune: Heard the main riff in my head for weeks. Finally wrote the song. Had a real Hendrix feel to it, with a large Extreme influence.
7. Spectre of Orion: A song originally written in a band I used to be in called Omega Factor which consisted of just me and a drummer
8. Order of the Freemasons: Song written back in 2011. A very dark song about a dark subject. It is more a work of art rather than being a radio friendly song. A song I am very proud of.
9. Occam’s Razor: A fast, thrash metal song with sharp, jagged teeth. You will hear at least three metal band influences in this one!
10. Echo Cosmic: The flagship of the CD. A song that creates a feeling of loneliness and isolation. That which we are in this vast universe.
Kevin Estrella UFO experience:
The facts are as follows:
– August 21, 2014 @ 10:30pm, a 2 dimensional disc approx. 40 ft in diameter, surrounded in orange/red plasma appears over the City of Hamilton. He immediately files a full report with MUFON. (full report here)- 2015 Kevin Estrella attends the Alien Cosmic Exhibition (ACE) in Brantford, Ontario. He meets with MUFON investigator Stu Bundy who took his report. They are very excited to see him. They are doing a presentation at ACE that includes his sighting. They deem it to be AUTHENTIC.- What is drawing attention, is from official UFO database reports, there is no record of any UFO sighting in the city of Hamilton the night of August 21, 2014.HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO WITNESSED IT.- He personally meets with world respected Ufologist, Grant Cameron to discuss the matter. He says this phenomenon is not uncommon; where one person is witness to a sighting and others around do not see it. He went on to explain how the same thing happened to John Lennon, in New York City.
– August 21, 2014 @ 10:30pm, a 2 dimensional disc approx. 40 ft in diameter, surrounded in orange/red plasma appears over the City of Hamilton. He immediately files a full report with MUFON. (full report here)- 2015 Kevin Estrella attends the Alien Cosmic Exhibition (ACE) in Brantford, Ontario. He meets with MUFON investigator Stu Bundy who took his report. They are very excited to see him. They are doing a presentation at ACE that includes his sighting. They deem it to be AUTHENTIC.- What is drawing attention, is from official UFO database reports, there is no record of any UFO sighting in the city of Hamilton the night of August 21, 2014.HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO WITNESSED IT.- He personally meets with world respected Ufologist, Grant Cameron to discuss the matter. He says this phenomenon is not uncommon; where one person is witness to a sighting and others around do not see it. He went on to explain how the same thing happened to John Lennon, in New York City.
– Grant has done extensive research into the subject of the UFO/alien phenomenon and its particular interest with musicians. Many musicians have come forward and have had personal alien/UFO encounters, and are getting musical ideas through downloads. Estrella discussed with Grant how he too, gets songs from dreams and nearly all his music seems to come from channeling into an energy source from elsewhere. The alien rock stories Grant talks about in his presentation sounds much like Estrella’s own personal experiences. That is what drew him to attend ACE in the first place.
– Grant is under the notion that the fact that no-one else saw it, this UFO sighting was meant for Estrella to see.
– Estrella is lead to believe the UFO/Musician connection Grant speaks of, He is a part of this group.
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“If you’re a fan of talented and virtuous guitarists, it’s worth following this man. I recommend it!” – Metal Temple
“‘Echo Cosmic’ is a great trip through the immense and ever-expanding universe of guitar music.” – Merchants of Air
“With the new release “Echo Cosmic” coming out on September 8th, 2015 they continue to blow minds and bend genre. The last I can explain by using two completely different bands in one sentence. This band accelerates from Iron maiden to Meshuggah in about 2 seconds….Overall this record is mind bending and goes beyond what is being made nowadays. Pyramids on Mars blows borders of metal and rock away and leaves you with a satisfied feeling.” Rating 9/10. – Dutch Metal Maniac
#5 – Top 30 albums: Aug 17 – Aug 23, 2015 – CKCU 89.1 FM (Ottawa)
“If anything, it is taking the road less travelled – in this case, guitar-driven, instrumental music- that helps Pyramids on Mars stand out from the plethora of other groups vying for a piece of the prog rock pie.” – Canadian Musician Magazine
“Kevin Estrella, much like Vai, much like Satriani, can make his guitar truly communicate and display emotion. There’s a real passion that Kevin plays with that only comes along every so often…a real magic. There could be a complete saturation with this type of instrumentally-driven music one day. I have the feeling that even IF this was to happen, Pyramids on Mars would STILL stand out miles from the rest.” – Sleeping Bag Studios
“The music scene is very saturated with artists and bands pretty much doing the same thing (stylistically speaking). With the current popularity of instrumental guitarists like Joe Satriani, there is a good possibility of instrumental rock coming back. Pyramids on Mars have a niche market with very little competition that they can control the market share in that music genre.” Coalition Entertainment Management Jesse Mitchell |Coalition Music
“And with influences like Metallica (probably post-black album), Jimi Hendrix, and Joe Satriani it is clear that Pyramids on Mars knows the kind of music they love, how to create their own version, and make us listeners enjoy it as much as they do.” Metal Addicts
“The guitarist member is impressively high-quality. His constant and non-stop lead work is where he shines. Smooth, melodic, adapt and soaring lead after lead on song after song speaks of good soloing. Kevin Estrella is in the same ballpark as David Gilmour.” – Metallian
“Pyramids on Mars is a musical journey. Dizzying guitar work swiftly flying between genres and showing skill that few acts are capable of achieving in the country right now.” Two Way Monologues
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