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0 Metal Temple – Display of Decay – Outbreak of Infection

  • October 15, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Display of Decay

http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/d_2/display-of-decay.htm

0 Metal Underground – Pit Stories: Protokult Shares A Trio Of Pit Tales

  • October 15, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Protokult

http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=107140

0 NEWS: WHERE GIANTS ONCE STOOD Streaming Full EP ‘Live Above’

  • October 14, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Where Giants Once Stood

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – October 14, 2014

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

RIYL =  Avenged Sevenfold, The Human Abstract, August Burns Red, Trivium, Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Miss May I

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WHERE GIANTS ONCE STOOD Streaming Full EP ‘Live Above’

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Jordan Turnbull – Lead Guitar/Back Up Vocals,  Reshaun Page – Lead Vocals ,  Scott Major – Rhythm Guitar/ Back  Up Vocals , Austin Hamilton- Drums  – Photo Credit – Logan Swinkels

Toronto, ON’s metalcore quartet Where Giants Once Stood is now streaming their new EP ‘Live Above’ in its entirety.

“We want to once again thank everyone for the support they’ve showed us with the release of our new E.P. “Live Above”. To show our thanks, we are streaming the whole release!! We also have some new things in the works, so keep an eye out!! We hope you enjoy \m/\m/” comments vocalist Reshaun Page.

Full EP Stream – Live Above – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftohkFbQSes

‘Live Above’ was produced by Jon Howard of Threat Signal that was released on September 2nd. The four new tracks on this EP take Where Giants Once Stood’s signature sound of scorching guitar work, “assaultive underbeats” and “drill-sergeant vocals” to soaring new heights to follow up the band’s 2013 EP ‘The Changing’.

‘Myths, Lie And Crimes’ – Guitar Playthrough – Video Link: http://youtu.be/LdGo6DqCYyk

Music Video – Living In Security (an anthem for taking control of your own destiny, and deconstructs small-town complacency to showcase the band’s most creatively ambitious material to date.) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zztYBohMvjY

Soundcloud stream – Living In Security – http://soundcloud.com/where-giants-once-stood/living-in-security

Show Dates:

Oct 31 – Oshawa, ON – Diezel Room w/ Enter Euphoria, Sinew Sunder, Fallen Legion, Backlash

iTunes – http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/live-above-ep/id907144882

EP COVER - Where Giants Once Stood - Live Above 2014

Track Listing – Where Giants Once Stood – Live Above

1. Living in Security (4:27)

2. Illuminate (4:54)

3. The Damaged (4:08)

4. Myths Lies And Crimes (5:20)

EP Length: 18:51

For more info, please visit the following links:

http://www.facebook.com/wheregiantsoncestood

http://www.twitter.com/WGOSofficial

http://www.youtube.com/WhereGiantsOnceStood

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/live-above-ep/id907144882

EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-where-giants-once-stood-live-above-2014/

About:

Great heavy metal doesn’t waste time, and Where Giants Once Stood have hit the ground running. This July, the Toronto metallers return with the video for their new single ‘Living in Security’, filmed on location in Toronto and directed by LoganSwinkels of Logan Lights Creative. An anthem for taking control of your own destiny, ‘Living in Security’ deconstructs small-town complacency and showcases the band’s most creatively ambitious material to date.

‘Living in Security’ is the first single to be taken from the new EP Live Above, due for release September 2, 2014. Live Above is the natural successor to 2013’s The Changing EP, which tore onto the iTunes metal charts in July 2013 with a debut at no.2, earning critical praise, sponsorship from Ernie Ball and a place on SoundSHOCK’s “Best of 2013” feature along the way. The four new tracks take Where Giants Once Stood’s signature sound of scorching guitar work, “assaultive underbeats” and“drill-sergeant vocals” to soaring new heights, thanks to incendiary production by Jon Howard of Threat Signal. “Since we started up last year, we’ve grown so much as musicians, as songwriters and as performers”, reveals lead guitarist Jordan Turnbull. “We knew the sound of this new material had to be something special to reflect that, and Jon Howard’s production has really taken the Giants sound to the next level!”

The release of Live Above will see W.G.O.S. hit the road this summer for their third independently-booked tour of Eastern Canada, as the band move from city to city and strength to strength to prove themselves as genuine contenders in the Canadian metal scene. For lead vocalist Reshaun Page, touring is a call-to-arms: “Now we’ve arrived, we’re not going anywhere! Canadian audiences are some of the best in the world, and we can’t wait to show metal fans the new material with our heaviest live shows yet!”

While W.G.O.S. have been winning fans on home turf with their frenetic live shows that have seen them share the stage with bands such as Chelsea Grin and Born of Osiris, social media is equally important to the band’s ethos as they use their online presence to connect with metal fans across the globe. Theirstellar YouTube channel featuring everything from interviews and lyric videos to exclusive cover songs and blistering instrumental playthroughs, while their Instagram and Twitter feeds provide to-the-minute studio and live updates. Guitarist Scott Major explains, “Whether it’s keeping up with us on tour through Twitter or rocking with us on YouTube, we want you to get the full Giants experience wherever you are!” [Bio by James Harding]

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Where Giants Once Stood – Live Above (2014)

RIYL =  Avenged Sevenfold, The Human Abstract, August Burns Red, Trivium, Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Miss May I

Release Date: September 2, 2014

Distribution: Online = Tunecore,  iTunes

“Where Giants Once Stood deliver fully on this energy packed EP but atop that, it is the band’s musical wit that makes Live Above an EP that stands out among others in the genre. Where Giants Once Stood is definitely a band to keep your eye on.” – We Love Metal

 

“Whether the Live Above EP is your introduction to Where Giants Once Stood or the next instalment on the journey already embraced, it thrusts the band to a new dramatic and impressive status within metal. Canada’s creative sons could and should be devoured by the wide metal world thanks to the EP” – Ring Master Review

 

“Canada has always had talented heavy metal and extreme metal bands take to the world’s stage and show off their killers talents, and Where Giants Once Stood are no exception to the rule. This quartet from Toronto, Canada plays a catchy and memorable style of heavy metal with an aggressive edge to their songs. This e.p. features four tracks that’ll want to make you stage dive with their headbanging rhythms and a drumming style that only adds more fire power to this quartet’s heavy metal music.” – Explicitly Intense

 

“This is great Canadian Metal and if you’re looking for something new look no further, WHERE GIANTS ONCE STOOD are new to the turf but will soon make it their own that’s for sure. If you like the idea of a ton of different sections of metal coming together to form one monster then this is it.” – Metal Temple

 

“This album is nothing but a delight to listen to, with 19 minutes of pure rowchy metalcore, once it’s over it only leaves us begging for more… Brilliant melodic metalcore very well built! The guitar work on this album is simply genius, twin guitar harmonies, dropped palm muted riffs, gut bustin legatos oh my god! That rocks so much! Vocals are both guttural and clean which is the main foundation of metalcore but usually in this kind of album the clean parts somehow annoy me but not in this one! It fits, it’s everything from classic melodic metal “a la” Iron Maiden to more contemporary brutality it’s just plain awesome!” – The Blood Shed

 

“Yeah, this EP (Live Above) is flawless in every way it deserves all the marbles it can! Great songs, great performance, great musicianship, great production… Nothing else to say… This is flawless!” – Canadian Beats

 

“A self-released offering with a mix of guttural growls, screams and clean vocals that are very reminiscent of early Killswitch Engage and The Human Abstract. Their style is very much their own however incorporating a bit of the technical guitar riffs with the heavy metal chugging, all of which blends well with smooth flowing bass lines and pounding drums that are sure to get you head-banging upon first listen.” – Damnation Magazine

 

“Live Above is a four-song EP. Where Giants Once Stood doesn’t go into preliminaries: an EP has a short duration and they don’t want to waste any time showing what they’re capable of. “Living in Secrity” immediately catches the attention with its guitar solo à-la-Unearth and its clean vocals à-la-Avenged Sevenfold during the chorus.” – Metal Made In Canada

0 Van Music – Aesir Promotions presents “NerdFest IV: A Night of Epic Fantasy“!

  • October 14, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Nerdfest

http://www.vanmusic.ca/yourmusicscene/headline/nerdfest-vancouver-at-rickshaw-november-8th

0 NEWS: Neo-Rock Nerds DOUBLE EXPERIENCE Supporting He Is Legend In Kingston November 17th

  • October 14, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Double Experience

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For Interview, Album Requests, Media List contact

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

Radio Promotions – radiotrackingashermedia [AT] gmail.com

#514.581.5780 – www.ashermediarelations.com

 

NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – October 14, 2014

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

RIYL = Fall Out Boy, He is Legend, Queens of the Stone Age

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Tour Dates | 2xXP.com | Facebook | Twittter | Soundcloud

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Neo-Rock Nerds DOUBLE EXPERIENCE Supporting He Is Legend In Kingston November 17th

Canadian neo-rock nerds DOUBLE EXPERIENCE will be supporting He Is Legend on November 17th in Kingston, ON during the Wilmington, NC rock band’s Canadian tour.

“We’re honored to announce we will be opening up for He Is Legend in Kingston, ON for their first tour back in Canada in YEARS. Also on the bill will be Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and WOUNDS. As soon as we get tickets, you’re going to have tickets, if you feel us. This show will be HUGE.” comments guitarist Brock Tinsley.

Monday Nov 17, 2014
He is Legend, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster
with Wounds, Double Experience + locals
Overtime Sports Bar (1677 Bath Road)
Kingston, ON
7:15 PM
$20 / $22 at the door

Double Experience completed their third UK tour this past summer entitled the L.A.R.P. Tour (The Live Action Rock Performance Tour) in promotion of their new album ‘721835′ released on August 1st that was recorded by fellow science-fiction aficionado Al Jacob (He is Legend, A Skylit Drive).

Lyric Video – ‘Here’s Y’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZseQAdgMvR4

Music video – ‘Who The Hell?’ – http://youtu.be/_64hxwk42cc

Here’s a tour recap the band posted recently on PureGrainAudio.com – http://puregrainaudio.com/reviews/double-experience-exclusive-summer-2014-uk-tour-recap-from-guitarist-brock-tinsley

About:

Over the last few years, the Ottawa, ON based rock nerds have toured across Canada six times, twice in the UK and the States, performing 500+ shows over 100,000 miles and sharing the stage with such acts as Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, Every Time I Die, Dead and Divine, Lifestory:Monologue to name a few. Their new album‘721835’ is a curious collection of songs that are inspired by everything the band loves and considers nerdy. Showcasing a creative sound influenced by geeky comic books, trading cards, classic 8 bits games to today’s future 3D experiences, the album follows up their 2011 EP ‘One Big Quicksand’ recorded and produced by Jayson DeZuzio (Coheed and Cambria, My Chemical Romance) that was released via Blue Sapphire/Universal Music Canada.

Track Listing: Double Experience – 721835

1. Gambit (3:57)
2. Strange Acquaintance (4:41)
3. Horror Beyond Imagination (3:34)
4. Wolf in the Ewe (4:19)
5. Congratulations on Second Place (3:28)
6. Here’s Y (2:39)
7. Thumbsucker (3:30)
8. Destiny Chile (3:39)
9. Who the Hell? (3:05)

Album Length: 32:57

More Videos:

Gambit – http://youtu.be/71PRvGRILyk

Horror Beyond Imagination – http://youtu.be/719ubMD6jmo

Wolf In The Ewe – http://youtu.be/XAUDmYUlcbY 

For more info, please visit the following links:

www.2xxp.com

http://www.facebook.com/doubleexperience

http://www.twitter.com/2xExperience

http://www.youtube.com/colfaxrock

EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-double-experience/

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“Nerds from our great neighbors from the North can rock!  Double XP is a lot more than a couple of gamers with instruments.  Their upcoming album goes to show that gamers really do have feelings, and they are not ashamed to talk about em!” Royal Flush Magazine

“Their debut album “721835” consists of a fairly ballsy bunch of well-written alternative rock ‘n’ roll songs with cheeky riffs and ambitious vocal melodies. The lyrics might very well have been inspired by nerdy things and contain plenty of references that can be cherished by fellow nerds, but at the same time they are written in a way that succeeds in communicating extremely relatable feelings and experiences.” – Rock Freaks

“They’re a quartet who embrace their nerdy credentials, and luckily for those who may be concerned also know how to knock out some chunky riffs and melody lines.” – Screamer Magazine

“I recommend checking out “721835” if you enjoy rock music, Fall Out Boy, or simply love the combination of music and gaming/comic books/trading cards/etc.” – Canadian Beats

“Good songwriters…I think [Double Experience] are next. They’re going to do very well and I’m very excited about that.” – Jayson DeZuzio, producer (Coheed and Cambria, My Chemical Romance, Four Year Strong)

“The most genuine and down to earth band I’ve ever had to work with, load-in and sound checks were quick and easy with this bunch and they are some of the most hard working guys we as a venue have ever had the pleasure of the working with. Having traveled so far, and never played Swansea… prior to the show we were very unsure as to which way the event would turnout. But sure enough, [the band] did not disappoint. Playing to a pretty full room of Welsh fans singing and dancing along, throwing in a cover by Queen to really get them going. As a promoter and venue owner, I would recommend booking this band to anyone in the world, they definitely will not disappoint.” – William Sheldon, Promoter & Venue Owner – Static Bar, Swansea UK

“It’s rare that a band like Double Experience come along so we’re going to cherish them while they can still call themselves an ‘upcoming’ band because it won’t be long before they’re playing sold out massive shows. Great band, highly recommended.” – Andrew Dutton, Promoter – The Square, Harlow UK

 

0 Count Yourself Media – Music Monday: Quartered

  • October 14, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Quartered

http://countyourselfinmedia.com/music-monday-quartered/

0 Rock Hard Place – Laika – Somnia

  • October 13, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Laika

http://www.rockhardplace.com/review-laika-somnia-on-filth-regime-records/

0 Rock Hard Place – Psychostick – IV: Revenge of The Venegeance

  • October 13, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Psychostick

http://www.rockhardplace.com/review-psychostick-iv-the-revenge-of-the-vengeance-rock-ridge-music/

0 Apochs Metal – The Body Politic – Egressor

  • October 12, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · The Body Politic

http://www.apochs.net/2/thebodypolitic-egressor

0 Metal France – Laika – Somnia

  • October 12, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Laika

http://www.metalfrance.net/chroniques-albums-metal/laika-somnia

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