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0 NEWS: Progressive Metallers id. Offer FREE Download of EP Title Track ‘Sagittarius A’; EP Due Out Feb. 10th

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Montreal, QC – Feb 5, 2015

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RIYL = Opeth, Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum, Gojira, Devin Townsend.

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Progressive Metallers id. Offer FREE Download of EP Title Track ‘Sagittarius A’; EP Due Out Feb. 10th

FREE DOWNLOAD – Sagittarius A – http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/id-sagittarius-a-free-song-download

Track Listing – id. – Sagittarius A

1. The Greatest Secret Never Told (3:58)

2. Humanity’s Cry (5:36)

3. id.entity (6:01)

4. Sagittarius A (5:57)

EP Length: 21:34

Set to unleash their debut EP ‘Sagittarius A’ on February 10, 2015, Vancouver, BC’s id. is a multi-layered metal force with its progressive, heavy and catharsis songwriting inspired by Sigmund Freud’s theory on the levels of the human psyche. As they introduce their subconscious tendencies on their upcoming four track debut EP that touches on topics such as inner struggle, world views, self-awareness to what’s beyond in outer space. They are sharing with metal fans a FREE download of the EP title track ‘Sagittarius A’ on PureGrainAudio.com at the following link here.

With more songs in their arsenal for a full length to follow this EP and influenced by bands such as Opeth, Mastodon, Devin Townsend, Gojira, and Augury, id is sharing with metallers what’s to come as they push forward to put themselves on the map. Employing a style that is different compared to other progressive bands, id. transcend genres with a line up of Vancouver metal scene veterans that includes lyricist and vocalist Jason Pennington (Makaria), drummer Kris DeBoer (Grudge, Infernal Majesty, Artep), rhythm guitarist Tyson Araszewski (AutumnEx) and guitarist Alex Dubreuil (My Own Chaos) who also does bass on the EP.

Band Fact: The story behind the EP Title: ‘Sagittarius A’ is the name of the black hole in the center of our galaxy. The idea comes from a fundamental belief in a scientific world view, free of religious influence and tyranny. It outlines how people are susceptible to believe things without evidence if it appeals to their vanity, as opposed to being presented with evidence and being able to accept something that is inherently contradictory to their intuition.

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“As hard hitting as Opeth and as guttural as you can be, while still maintaining the complexity of progressive music.” – DJ Vengeance, Midlands Metalheads Radio

“Progressive Metal band id. and their brand new EP, entitled Sagittarius A, which will take you on a relatively short but very interesting expedition through several music genres, from World Music to Death Metal. Longtime fans of Opeth, Gojira and Mastodon will quickly fall in love with id., while others might be positively surprised with the depth offered in the music by this Vancouver-based group.” – The Headbanging Moose

“it is metal at its most beautiful. Reminding me very much of Opeth, Sagittarius A is melodic and moving. There are emotional tempo and tone changes, particularly in the track Humanity’s Cry. I love that Saggitarius A takes you on an exciting, emotional journey with its dark melodies and heavy vocals. At just four tracks, it’s a short yet satisfying listen, leaving you feeling like you’ve completed a great journey with some wonderful music” – Metal Head Blog

0 Metal-Only – Arbitrator – Indoctrination of Sacrilege

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http://www.metal-only.de/reviews/2015/feb/Review-Arbitrator-Indoctrination-Of-Sacrilege-2015-EN.pdf

http://www.metal-only.de/reviews/2015/feb/Review-Arbitrator-Indoctrination-Of-Sacrilege-2015.pdf

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0 Thank you Canada! Appreciate all the support from the music directors and DJs! Thanks for playing IDOL OF FEAR – ‘All Sights Affixed, Ablaze’ Loud \m/ \m/!! #1 on January 2015 – Canadian College Radio Loud Charts!

Thank you Canada! Appreciate all the support from the music directors and DJs! Thanks for playing IDOL OF FEAR – ‘All Sights Affixed, Ablaze’ Loud \m/ \m/!!

#1 on January 2015 – Canadian College Radio Loud Charts!

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Rank	Artist	Title	Label
1	Idol of Fear *	All Sights Affixed, Ablaze	Self-Released
2	Teethmarks *	Survival	Self-Released
3	Exalt *	Pale Light	New Damage
4	Himiko *	Victims Of Greed	D-Trash
5	Exes For Eyes *	Tongues Like Figure 8’s	Self-Released
6	Unearth	Watcher of Rule	eOne Music (E1)
7	At the Gates	At War With Reality	Century Media
8	Single Mothers *	Negative Qualities	Dine Alone
9	Olde *	I	Hypaethral
10	Shooting Guns *	Wolfcop: OST	Sundowning Sound Recordings
11	Rancid	… Honor Is All We Know	Hellcat
12	U.D.O.	Decadent	AFM
13	Electric Wizard	Time To Die	Spinefarm
14	Iron Reagan	The Tyranny of Will	Relapse
15	Scott Walker + Sunn O)))	Soused	Anti-
16	Godflesh	A World Lit Only By Fire	Avalanche
17	Flying Fortress *	Dirty Rain	Self-Released
18	NE OBLIVISCARIS	Citadel	Season Of Mist
19	Devin Townsend *	Ziltoid 2	Century Media
20	Exodus	Blood In, Blood Out	Nuclear Blast

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0 Updated Tour Dates! Canadian 80’s Thrashers Aggression Announce ‘Forsaken East Coast Survival Tour’

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Montreal, QC – February 2015

RIYL = Dark Angel, Voivod, Destruction/Kreator

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Updated Tour Dates! Canadian 80’s Thrashers Aggression Announce ‘Forsaken East Coast Survival Tour’

L – R = Ryan Murray Idris (drums), Darin Wall (bass), Brian Langley (vocals), Denis ‘Sasquatch’ Barthe (guitar) (original member), Dave Watson (guitar)

Teaser Video – ‘A Look At Past and Present Line Up’ – http://youtu.be/SYV16agGX9Q

Song Stream – Rotten By Torture – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP4MYLJXHvo

With their 30 year anniversary looming, founding AGGRESSION guitarist Denis ‘Sasquatch’ Barthe has handpicked the finest musicians around him to reform the 80’s thrashers for their first US tour this coming March (dates listed below). The ‘Forsaken East Coast Survival Tour’ will kick off at 2015 edition of Defenders of The Old Festival in Brooklyn, NY on March 13th that includes Exciter, Riot V, The Rods and many more.

Denis “Sasquatch” Barthe comments:

“There’s no way Aggression could have entered the States in the 80’s. Now, 30 years later it’s amazing that we can make it happen! When we would scream “Thrash Till Death” we truly meant it. I can’t wait to see you all on the Forsaken East Coast Survival Tour!”

AGGRESSION‘S line up will feature vocalist Brian Langley from Toronto thrash metal legends Infernal Majesty, bassist Darin Wall and guitarist Dave Watson from Vancouver thrash powerhouse Entropia plus drum maniac Ryan Murray Idris from Expain.

This will be Aggression’s first series of shows since 2005, where they reunited at the Montreal Metal Massacre fest and unleashed their un-released 1986 album ‘Forgotten Skeleton’.

‘Forsaken East Coast Survival Tour’

March 13 – Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House (Defenders of The Old Fest III)

March 14 – Philadelphia, PA – Black Vulture Gallery

March 15 – Boston – TBA

March 16 – Burlington, VT – Nectar’s

March 17 – New Haven, CT – Cherry Street Station (moved form Cafe Nine)

March 18 – Stafford, VA – Grog And Tankard Sports Bar & Grill

March 19 – Chapel Hill, NC – The Cave

March 20 – Lexington, KY – The Green Lantern

March 21 – Milwaukee, WI – Quarters

March 23 – Rochester, NY – The Bug Jar

About AGGRESSION:

Formed in 1985 under the original moniker “Asylum” to be later changed to AGGRESSION, the speed metallers unleashed their 1986 demo “Forgotten Skeleton”, (which saw an album release in 2005) and their debut full length “The Full Treatment” in 1987, which lead them to become one of the most popular bands to rise out of the Quebec and Canadian metal scene. With their manager at the time (Johnny Hart), AGGRESSION quickly became a household name with their concerts sold out everywhere and a fanbase that grew from hundreds to thousands in no time. Other bands such as Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, Hallow’s Eve, Destruction and others all wanted to see the beast for themselves during tour stops in Montreal. Playing numerous concerts with bands such as Anvil, Celtic Frost, Voïvod, Nuclear Assault, Agnostic Front, D.R.I., Possessed, Dark Angel, Crumbsuckers, Sacrifice and others, AGGRESSION decided to call it quits in 1989 due to external influences.

Discography:

*band line up for recordings was Denis Sasquatch Barthe (guitar and backup vocals), Botcher (vocals), Burn (guitar), Dug (bass) and Gate (drums and backup vocals).

*1985 – *4 track demo

*1986 – *Live (14 track live album)

*1986 -* 4 Track demo

*1986 – Forgotten Skeleton (originally recorded in 1986 and later released in 2004)

1987 – The Full Treatment (full length) – band lineup for The Full Treatment was Denis Sasquatch Barthe (guitar and backup vocals), Cactus Pete (vocals) Dug (bass and backup vocals) and Gate (drums and backup vocals)

For more info on Aggression, please visit the following links:

https://www.facebook.com/AGGRESSION85

https://twitter.com/Aggression85

http://www.reverbnation.com/aggression85

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0 NEWS: Exclaim! Premiere Drummer Sean Lang’s New Video ‘Dyatlov’ From Prog Metal Project SEVEN YEAR STORM

February 4, 2015
by Asher
· Sean Lang · Sean Lang (Drummer) - Seven Year Storm

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Montreal, QC – February 4, 2015

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RIYL (Recommended If You Like) – Chimp Spanner, Planet X, Animals As Leaders, Cloudkicker

Exclaim! Premiere Drummer Sean Lang’s New Video ‘Dyatlov’ From Prog Metal Project SEVEN YEAR STORM

EP ‘Aion I’ Due Out Feb 24th; Offers FREE DOWNLOAD of ‘Dyatlov’

Video – Dyatlov – http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/seven_year_storm-dyatlov_video

FREE DOWNLOAD – ‘Dyatlov’ – https://sevenyearstorm.bandcamp.com/track/dyatlov-single

Seven Year Storm – Aion I – Teaser – http://youtu.be/LNSJpSOB7iw

Limited Edition CD pre-order – https://sevenyearstorm.bandcamp.com/album/aion-i

Seven Year Storm, the Vancouver-based instrumental progressive metal band created by freelance drummer / instructor Sean Lang with added support from guitar-wizard and good friend Dean Lamb (Archspire) has teamed up with Exclaim! Magazine to premiere the latest video for ‘Dyatlov’ from the upcoming EP ‘Aion I’, due out on Feb 24th as the first of two EPs set for release in 2015. A pre-order for a limited edition ‘Aion I’ CD is available here.

“Inspired by the bizarre otherworldly events of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, this track (as well as the EP,Aion I) was never really meant to be released…until people heard it, demanded its release, and made it happen with a crowdfunding campaign. This instrumental track packs a punch, thanks to Archspire’s masterful guitar wizard Dean Lamb, who is featured throughout Aion I. I’m honoured to premiere the video for my track “Dyatlov” on exclaim.ca!”

To watch ‘Dyatlov’, please visit the following link here.

To get your free download of ‘Dyatlov’, please visit the following link here.

To watch a teaser video for ‘Aion I’, please visit the following link here.

Track Listing: Aion I

1. Morphogenesis 4:58

2. Dyatlov 4:28

3. Virtue 4:30

4. Nazca Lines 5:23

5. Blue Car Syndrome 6:47

EP Length: 26:08

About:

Initially never planning to release his music compositions beyond the borders of just song writing, freelance drummer / instructor Sean Lang was urged by his circle of musician friends whom heard his material to take his creativity to the next level.

The outcome is Seven Year Storm, which showcases Lang’s unique sound, music arrangements written entirely by him plus guitarist Dean Lamb (Archspire) whom handles all of the mind-bending guitar leads and solos. Everything comes together into songs that are tight and heavy, melodic and groovy, technical yet memorable.

To get these works of art off the studio floor, Lang launched an Indiegogo campaign (video can be viewed here) to raise the necessary investment to complete the first collection of songs, which will be released in 2015 as two EPs: Aion I and Aion II.

For more info, please visit the following link: www.seanlang.com.

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“Combining atmospheric keyboards and djenty rhythms, and adding a slight touch of jazz rock and loads of melody, this EP should definitely appeal to fans of modern progressive music….the musicianship and songwriting is top notch, and the production is also extremely professional for a self-released EP. The production nicely allows for the sweeping layers of sound to shine through in a balanced and harmonic way. I definitely hope to hear more from Lang in the future. “Aion I” should appeal to fans of Animals As Leaders, Chimp Spanner, and Planet X.” – Metal Music Archives

0 Not Your Scene – SONG OF THE MOMENT / DYATLOV – SEVEN YEAR STORM

February 3, 2015
by Asher
· Sean Lang · Sean Lang (Drummer) - Seven Year Storm

http://www.notyourscene.ca/album/song-of-the-moment-dyatlov-seven-year-storm/

0 NEWS: INSURRECTION Unleash New Music Video ‘Prototype’

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Montreal, QC – February 3, 2015

ALBUM PROMOS FOR MEDIA COVERAGE (ex. feature, interview, album review, airplay, etc.) CAN BE REQUESTED HERE

R.I.Y.L. (Recommended If You Like) = Neuraxis, Misery Index, Decapitated, Testament, Bloodbath, Obliveon, Hypocrisy, Nevermore

Purchase Links: Galy Records | Bandcamp | iTunes

INSURRECTION Unleash New Music Video ‘Prototype’

Music Video – Prototype – http://youtu.be/iuprqgMOcrM

Assaulting witnesses in both languages of French and English, Gatineau, QC death metal band INSURRECTION have unleashed their brutal, and torturing music video ‘Prototype’ filmed by La Corp at the following link here. The video is in support of the band’s first crowd funded and third full length album produced by Topon Das (Fuck The Facts) that was released via Canadian label Galy Records in late 2013.

“Finally! We are extremely proud to present our very first official videoclip! We put all we’ve got into this one to make it represent us, what we do and what we’re about! Here it is, PROTOTYPE!” comments vocalist Stef Jomphe.

Album Stream – Prototype – http://snd.sc/18RY6FI

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/prototype/id716070055

Galy Records Store: http://galyrecords.bigcartel.com/product/insurrection-prototype-cd-bonus-cd

Prototype’ Track Listing:

1 – Overprocessed (Intro)

2 – Abattoir

3 – The Chronophobes

4 – Checkmate

5 – Sueurs Froides

6 – Hellfire

7 – Trois Minutes de Carnage

8 – Archetype

9 – Prototype

10 – They Rise

11 – Bruits Sans Fin

For more info on INSURRECTION, please visit these links:

http://www.insurrectionmetal.com | Facebook.com/InsurrectionMetal | Twitter: @InsurrectionCan

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0 Metalheads United on Metal Nation Radio No. 245 – Interview w/ Arbitrator

Interview w/ Arbitrator at 1 hr mark of the podcast linked here Metalheads United on Metal Nation Radio No. 245 – http://ccgetty.podomatic.com/entry/2015-01-31T20_45_18-08_00