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NEWS: Sing Along To ‘Get Me A Beer!’ New Lyric Video By Prog Folk Metallers PROTOKULT; New Album Out ‘No Beer In Heaven’ + Ontario Show Dates
Top L-R: Dawid Slowiak (Bass) – Mike Matveev (Drums), Ekaterina Pyatkova (Vocals, Woodwinds, Synthesizer) – Martin Drozd (Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer) – Jeremy Jackson aka Vodnik (Guitar) – Photo Credit: Danielle Griscti
Sing along with beer drinking progressive folk metallers PROTOKULT and their new lyric video for their track ‘Get Me A Beer!”, the perfect song for any metal karaoke party! The drinking anthem is off the band’s new album ‘No Beer In Heaven’ released on August 8th.
“For those of you who can’t understand what the hell Martin is spewing, now is your chance to sing along! Get yourself a cold one and enjoy!” comments Protokult’s vocalist and woodwinds performer Ekaterina Pyatkova.
Lyric Video – Get Me A Beer! – http://youtu.be/lV3vHbwWqN4
In additional new PROTOKULT will be performing the following Ontario show dates opening for Cauldron in Oshawa on October 10th, playing Metal Divas Fest in Toronto on November 29th and supporting Skull Fist in St. Catharines on December 6th.
Upcoming dates:
October 10 – Oshawa, ON – Simcoe Blues & Jazz – w/ Cauldron, AxMinister, Basalisk, Kryptokultus – Show Details
November 29 – Toronto, ON – Bovine Sex Club w/ Metal Divas Fest
December 6 – St. Catharines, ON – Mikado Lounge w/ Skull Fist, Last Scattering, Manacle
The Eastern European transplants now residing in Toronto, ON released their sophomore album ‘No Beer In Heaven’ on August 8th with their single ‘Get Me A Beer!’ pleasing beer fans around the globe. This follow up to 2011’s ‘Marzena’ EP and 2009’s debut ‘Ancestral Anthems’ has a beauty and the beast-like contrast between Ekaterina’s haunting vocals and the band’s metal onslaught, the album captures the reformed quintet at an all-time high, showcasing an impressive palette of twelve entirely new compositions, and straps the listener on an adventurous, heavy and experimental trek, diving into themes of drinking, history and human endeavor. The band unites their diverse cultures into one sound, balancing tradition and folklore with heavy, thrash and black metal for headbangers everywhere.
Bandcamp Album Stream – http://protokultmetal.bandcamp.com/album/no-beer-in-heaven
Youtube Album Stream – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tHT25mIl8o
Get Me A Beer! – Music Video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY_ADjSWiK8
Track Listing: Protokult – No Beer In Heaven
1. Get Me A Beer! (3:04)
2. Heaven Cast Me Out (4:04)
3. My Father’s Word (5:49)
4. Flight of The Winged Hussar (5:52)
5. Sol Intention (4:39)
6. Edge of Time (5:28)
7. Sanctuaries (2:04)
8. Desert Scourge (4:31)
9. Gorale (4:15)
10. Summer’s Ode (6:07)
11. Razbival Okovi Perun (1:26)
12. Water of Life (8:46)
Total Length: (56:12)
For more info, please visit the following links:
http://www.facebook.com/protokult
http://www.twitter.com/protokult
Album Order – http://protokultmetal.bandcamp.com/album/no-beer-in-heaven
EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-protokult-no-beer-in-heaven-2014/
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“they’ve got a good sense of humor, and they sound top-notch” – Metal Sucks “boozy blast of heathen prog” – Team Rock “Le metal a du talent.” – Metal France “If you’d like a taste of the brew Protokult has on tap, check out the eclectic, hoppy folk thrasher “Get Me a Beer”. Indeed this mix of traditional folk, thrash metal, death metal, and other genres will have you stomping your feet and drinking too fast.`- Yell Magazine “The rousing opening track “Get Me A Beer” is alcohol-fueled folk metal with similarities to bands like Korpiklaani, but they have many other facets… It’s an extremely diverse album” – Heavy Metal. About.com “Ah this album was a pleasure to review. So many albums are a slog to get through, but I was sorry when No Beer In Heaven ended…All the band are excellent musicians and you can hear their joy at playing their music. Ekaterina Pvatlova brings another dimension to the band too; her vocals are nothing you’ve heard in metal before, and I love the touch she brings with the woodwind instruments…I love the track “Get Me A Beer” – it could be marketed as a cure for depression. Elsewhere, the contrast between folk and metal works very harmoniously: heavy and uplifting at the same time. Joyous stuff! The band also have a good sense of humour, and while they can be serious, this is an enjoyable life-affirming album to listen to, which is as it should be. Our lives are brief; we should try and enjoy our spell on this earth! I love the album artwork and presentation too. This is a band the world needs to hear more of. Highly recommended! – Hellbound “a superb album. Protokult gives folk-metal a new nice dimension. Their progressive folk-metal approach is a very delicious one. Don’t let the ‘beer-titles’ fool you, the band goals are far beyond beer-humpaa. They’re far more serious, despite of the sometimes quite merry tunes. This is one of the best folk-metal albums I’ve heard this year” – Folk-Metal.nl “Protokult is a colourful collective, made up of four guys and a lady…It is a versatile album…progressive twists and turns in the songs and surprising approaches.” – Lords of Metal “The very second I started to listen to No Beer In Heaven and “Get Me A Beer” came on I was instantly hooked. Instantly Protokult kills it with a killer opening riff that is a combination of electric guitar and synthesizer. “Get Me A Beer” has one of the wildest mix of genres and styles that I have heard in quite some time.” – Kingston Music Reviews “Let’s mark the list down, shall we: Awesome Folk music spanning different areas of sound and direction, check! Creative and art work based around an old fashioned beer hall, check! And last, but certainly not least, BEER themed music!!!!.” – Metal Temple “Folk and metal comes together in a epic way with Protokult. The mix is perfect for the party and other festivity’s that needs a nice kick in the ass, like a metal heads funeral. Hooks, beer and the ever changing change ups makes this LP one for the books.” Tommy Tee – The Metal Factory on Insane Realm Radio.com “Although PROTOKULT is a Canadian-based group, the members come from various backgrounds (Polish, Irish, Russian, Czech) and the result is a marvellous mix of Canadian and international forces. The goal is to unite these cultures into one sound, balancing tradition and folklore with heavy, thrash and black metal for head-bangers everywhere.” – Demented Magazine “Most bands go on the road to promote the CD and encourage fans to buy it but this album would actually encourage me to go and see the band. The music speaks and says that this band will be well worth watching live.” – Extreme Metal Television “Anyone who has seen this band live knows that the beer maidens will be pouring potent potables into ever thirsty mouths at the front of the stage. Before this delightful feature comes to fruition, the fans come in close, sing along, and dance the metal jig during the pagan musical onslaught from the band. We are instantly transported to villages, and forests of another era.” – Metal Master Kingdom (Live Review) “All in all No Beer In Heaven is an extra large package of dark folk metal here to drink and party with you. If you’re a folk fan, be sure to give them a listen. The album is a solid piece and an enjoyment to even non-folk fans. Oh, and they also love the ‘Water of Life’ (that is vodka if you didn’t know already).” – Two Guys Metal Reviews “They belong amongst the ranks of bands like Moonsorrow and Skyforger…Almost every song twists and turns through several folk metal transformations, without ever tapping into cheesy or overly tired clichés.”- Metal Observer (2010 review for Ancestral Anthems)“Their songs pulse and writhe like a sinuous living thing.”- Exclaim (2012 review of Marzena)
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0 EPK – Psychostick – Revenge of The Vengeance (2014)
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Adding to Loud / Metal Radio Charts For Eternity!
“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
“I love this album. Sometimes albums that are funny are only good for one listen, but I’ve lived with this one for a few weeks, and I still like listening to it…If you love metal, have a sense of humour and are not dead (a beard would help!), you will love this!” – Hellbound
“Finally, there is ‘Bruce Campbell,’ history’s greatest actor, and this a suitable homage to The Chin, and even references the truly awesome Brisco County! What do Black Sabbath, Mastodon, Metallica and Iron Maiden all have in common? Answer: none of them have written a song about Bruce Campbell, which pushes Psychostick to the front of the metal gods!” – Hellbound
“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
“There are so many little things that make this more than your run-of-the-mill laugh and enjoy album. For example, in the lyric book, for the song “Choking Hazard”, it simply displays the pamphlet image of what to do in the event of someone choking. This unpredictable, jokey style they incorporate spills over into their live show and after four albums, they show no wear and tear in their funny bone and no signs of decelerating those head banging riffs. I could ramble a little more, but you’re better off experiencing this yourself. So go buy it already.” – Media Mikes
“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
“Psychostick is not a metal parody band; they are a great metal band with funny songs. “IV: Revenge of the Vengeance” starts off with a movie style trailer that sets you up for the insanity that will follow. There are songs about Anatidaephobia (which is the irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck), Bruce Campbell , and even a song the gives accurate information on how to help someone that is choking. The album also has some skits that introduce songs, my favorite being the one that introduces the song “So Heavy” in which the band tries to tune to H flat.” – Extreme Metal TV
“How fuck the Psychostick haven’t played in the UK recently I don’t know, I know so many people who love them here. The album is fierce and hilarious,, it remains a thrashy, compact masterpiece with chunky breakdowns and enriched madness. ” – Music Review Database
“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
“PSYCHOSTICK really can be described as “When Marx Brothers meet Hardcore and Metal”. Their fourth album, “IV: Revenge of the Vengeance” is not only a very tasteful album of music, but as well is a medicine for a bad mood…the entire album is excellent, no doubt about that.” – Metal Temple
“In their fourth studio album, IV: Revenge of the Vengeance, Psychostick continues to unapologetically weave facepalm-worthy masterpieces of metal.” CJLO 1690AM (Montreal)
“If I could sum this album up one way, it would be the bands 10th track “NSFW”, and if you don’t know the reference then that gives you even more of a reason to listen.” – New-Transcendence
“‘Revenge of The Vengeance’ may be my favourite thing to happen to metal in recent years!” – Devils Gate Media
Revenge of the Vengeance
Release Date: November 4th, 2014
1. Revenge of The Vengeance (0:42)
2. Obey the Beard (3:53)
3. President Rhino (2:12)
4. H-Flat (0:20)
5. So. Heavy. (4:48)
6. Dogs Like Socks (1:09)
7. Super Legit OFFICIAL Teaser #2 Explode (0:31)
8. Quack Kills (3:29)
9. Blue Screen (4:37)
10. NSFW (3:13)
11. Danger Zone (3:50)
12. New To The Neighborhood (0:53)
13. Loathe Thy Neighbor (4:57)
14. AWESOME! (3:32)
15. Choking Hazard (3:14)
16. Fight to the Death (3:18)
17. Bruce Campbell (2:40)
18. Trick or Treat (0:40)
19. Dimensional Time Portal (3:21)
20. The Power of Metal Compels You (2:04)
21. Outtakes IV: The Outtakening (3:47)
Album Length: 57:13
L-R = Josh “The J” Key – Guitar | Matty J “Moose” – Bass | Rob “Rawrb” Kersey – Vocals | Alex “Shmalex” Dontre – Drums
Fun facts about Psychostick
– 30 million Youtube video views with over 100,000 subscribers
– Over 175,000 Facebook fans.
– Completed 30 nationwide tours, in 48 states, since July 2006.
– Completed 2 UK tours, one self-headlined and one with Dog Fashion Disco
– Completed nationwide tours with Mushroomhead, Nekrogoblikon, American Head Charge, Dog Fashion Disco, Green Jelly, Nashville Pussy, Powerglove, Blacklight Burns, Polkadot Cadaver, One Eyed Doll, The Bunny the Bear, Bobaflex, Look What I Did, Ventana, Fun Gone Wrong, Downtown Brown, Wild Throne, Wolfborne
– Bruce Campbell himself endorsed song Psychostick wrote about him – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_zP2Etb2kY
– System Of a Down Parody N.O.E.L. went viral
– Successfully crowd funded $38,000 through Indiegogo (126% of goal) to build a recording studio and fund new album in 2013
– “Dogs Like Socks” video went viral, was featured on “Right This Minute” daily syndicated viral video tv show in 2013
– “Beer” was #1 sold song for Rock Band Network in 2012
– Played Texas Independence Fest 2017 and 2016 with acts such as Anthrax, Killswitch Engage, The Devil Wears Prada, Oh Sleeper, Despised Icon, Bury Your Dead, Unearth, Carnifex
– Conventions played: Dragon Con 2017, MAGFest 2016, AnimeIowa 2017, Too Many Games 2017 and 2016, Geek.Kon 2015 and 2016, DBQ Con, Danville Comicon, Dallas Gaming Expo
– Played Gathering of the Juggalos 2017
– Played Ink and the Clink 2016 with Saliva, Drowning Pool, Flaw
– Played “Dirtfest” 5 years in a row (2011-2015) with acts such as Killswitch Engage, Clutch, Sevendust, Nonpoint, Powerman 5000, Chimaira, All That Remains, Trapt, Hed PE, Asking Alexandria, Pop Evil, In This Moment
Played “WIIL Rock Fest” 2013 and 2015 with acts such as Volbeat, HIM, Nonpoint, Hurt, All That Remains, Trapt, Adam Gontier, Soil, Hollywood Undead, Pop Evil, Butcher Babies, Texas Hippie Coalition
– Played “South By South West” 2013 with Hed PE
– Played “Rockstar Mayhem Festival” in St. Louis, MO in 2012, with acts such as Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, White Chapel,
– Played “Warped Tour” in 2011 (5 dates)
– Played “Earthday Birthday 18” in Orlando, FL in 2011, with Sevendust, Coheed and Cambria, Finger Eleven,Nonpoint, Drowning Pool, Hollywood Undead, A Day To Remember, All That Remains, The Supervillians, Hail the Villain, and Pop Evil
– Played “Rockapalooza” in 2013 with Candlebox, Saliva, Taproot, Adam Gontier, Mushroomhead, Hed PE, Hurt, Smile Empty Soul, 12 Stones, Boy Hits Car
– Played the “5th Annual Breast Fest Biker Bash” in 2013 with Drowning Pool, Nonpoint, Pop Evil, Soil, Primer 55, Gemini Syndrome
– Played the “Jagermeister Music Tour” in Kansas City and St. Louis, MO in 2011, with Buckcherry, Hellyeah, All That Remains, and The Damned Things
– Played the “Rockstar Mayhem Festival” in St. Louis, MO in 2010, with acts such as KORN, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Hatebreed, Chimaira, Norma Jean, Atreyu, Winds of Plague, In This Moment,Shadows Fall, and 3 Inches of Blood
– Played “The Gathering of the Juggalos” in southern Illinois, 2010, with acts such as Insane Clown Posse, Tech N9ne, Method Man/Red Man, and Twiztid
– Played “Skatopia” in southern Ohio, 2010, with acts such as GWAR, Green Jelly, Fishbone, Meat Puppets, 7 Seconds, Murphy’s Law, Agent Orange, Mustard Plug, and Downtown Brown
– Played the “Jagermeister Music Tour” in St. Louis and Columbia, MO in 2009, with Pennywise and Pepper
– Played the “Rockstar Mayhem Festival” in Phoenix, AZ in 2008, with acts such as Slipknot, Disturbed,Dragonforce, Mastodon, Machine Head, Underoath, Black Tide, Walls Of Jericho, 36 Crazyfists, and Five Finger Death Punch
“The opening set by Psychostick — a band best known in Kansas City for its 98.9 The Rock staple “Beer!” — was deeply amusing. Heavy metal is ripe for parody, and the jokers in the Arizona band mercilessly mock the genre’s inherent silliness. Psychostick’s presence reflected the night’s theme of good, dirty fun.” – Kansas City Star
“”The grooves are infectious and easy to nod along to”- Metalunderground.com
“”Psychostick continues to be the most fun band in rock’n’roll with “Sandwich,” twenty-four tracks that will have you banging your head while you laugh your ass off at the same time.” – RoughEdge.com
“I found myself laughing out loud, track after ridiculous track, eager to hear what nonsense was to follow.” – Metal-Rules.com
“If you like humorous metal like Polkadot Cadaver you might just laugh yourself to death by this new album (Space Vampires vs Zombie Dinosaurs in 3D by Psychostick. It’s actually very like a comedy show on metal music. Totally awesome and insane.” – MetalLikey
“A crazy musical storm truly one of the most entertaining and energetic show’s we’ve covered in a long time and most defiantly the most humorous!” – OrlandoBands.com
“Do you want to metal? Psychostick wants to metal. On their newest, heaviest and funniest effort Sandwich, the clowned princes of humorcore metal their mad-hatted heads off.” – HeavyMetal.About.com
“Listening to a Psychostick album is like eavesdropping on college bros riffing on each other or just jamming in their garage.” – ThatDevilMusic.com
“When listening to a Psychostick album, you can usually expect two things: outstanding guitar riffs and hooks and then, and most importantly, you can almost always expect to laugh…at least once or twice.” – TheFrontReport.com
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“…the Weird Al Yankovic of Metal.” – examiner.com
“…the more you listen, the funnier and harder it becomes.” – rocknycliveandrecorded.com
“It’s a magical moment when you see a band doing exactly what they love to do.” – TheRealAtlanta.com
“Psychostick wrapped more amazingness into about 35 minutes than I have ever really seen in concert.” – behindthehype.com
“Psychostick may come off as idiot savants considering a lot of what they sing about are everyday common crap such as oranges, hoagies, salsa and taking showers, but the Texas taco munchers who once released an album called We Couldn’t Think of a Title in 2006 are smarter than you think.” – The Metal Minute
“Psychostick release another solid album with over-the-top hilarity.” Sputnik Music – Review of Sandwich
Festivals:
2014 – Blood Sprinkles and Guts Tour with One Eyed Doll, Wild Throne
2014 – ‘The ‘Merica Fuck Yeah Tour’ w/ Dog Fashion Disco, The Bunny, The Bear
2014 – Mad Marchness Tour
2014 – South By So What? (Dallas, TX)
2014 – South By South West (Austin, TX)
2014 – Dirtfest (Birch Run, MI)
2013 – ‘Our Tour Can Beat Up Your Tour’
2013 – ‘Blow Your Fingers Off’ Tour
2013 – American Head Charge Tour
2013 – Dirtfest (Birch Run, MI)
2013 – BreastFest (Pecatonica, IL)
2013 – A2 Fest (Ann Arbor, MI)
2013 – Rockapalooza (Jackson, MI)
2012 – Noctis V Metalfest (Calgary, AB)
2012 – Mayhemfest (St. Louis),
2012 – Dirtfest (Birch Run, MI)
2011 – Mayhemfest (St. Louis)
2011 – Dirtfest (Birch Run, MI
2010 – Mayhemfest (St. Louis)
2011 – Earthday Birthday 18
2011 – Rock and Shock
2010 – Gathering of the Juggalos
2010 – Skatopia
2009 – Mayhemfest (Phoenix, AZ)
Toured with:
Mushroomhead, Green Jelly, Nashville Pussy, Powerglove, Blacklight Burns, Look What I Did, Mower, Ventana, Screaming Mechanical Brain, Circus of Dead Squirrels, Downtown Brown, Indorphine, Better Left Unsaid, Retard-O-Bot, Blue Felix, Xfactor1, Polkadot Cadaver, American Head Charge, Dog Fashion Disco, Wild Throne, One Eyed Doll
Shared Stage w/
3 Days Grace, 3 Inches of Blood, 36 Crazyfists, A New Revolution, After The Burial, Airbourne, All Shall Perish, All That Remains, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, Atreyu, Black Tide, Blacklight Burns, Buckcherry, Cavelara Conspiracy, Chelsea Grin, Chimaira, Clutch, Devin Townsend, Emmure, Five Finger Death Punch, Flaw, God Forbid, Green Jelly, Hatebreed, Hell Yeah, Hemlock, Hollywood Undead, In Flames, In This Moment, Iwrestledabearonce, Kittie, Machine Head, Manilla Road, Mushroomhead, Nashville Pussy, Non Point, Norma Jean, Otep, Pennywise, Pig Destroyer, Polkadot Cadaver, Red Fang, Shadows Fall, Straight Line Stitch, Suicide Silence, TapRoot, The Damned Things, The Devil Wears Prada, The Red Chord, Trivium, Underoath, Unearth, Walls of Jericho, White Chapel, Winds of Plague
Endorsements
Jagermeister
Zildjian
Orange Country Percussion
D’Addario
Evans
Silverfox
Puresound
Warwick
Discography
2011 – Space Vampires Vs. Zombie Dinosaurs In 3D
1. Premature Intoxication 00:43
2. Welcome to the Show 02:04
3. Sadface 😦 03:27
4. Because Boobs 03:42
5. Intervention for a Good Mood 02:45
6. Hate Times Eight 03:32
7. It’s Just a Movie, STUPID 03:36
8. Political Bum 03:44
9. That Guy 01:20
10. Six Pounds of Terror 01:30
11. Methane Crescendo 02:51
12. My Clingy Girlfriend 05:00
13. The Root of All Evil 03:56
14. Numbers 04:14
15. Duh, of Course We Did Outtakes! 08:38
Album Credits:
Release Date: August 16, 2011
LABEL: Rock Ridge Music
DISTRIBUTION: ADA
CATOLOG # – 61334 (cd) – 161334 (digital)
UPC CODE # – 677516133425 (cd) – 677516133463 (digital)
• All songs performed by: Psychostick
• All songs written by: Psychostick
• Produced by: Joshua Key and Psychostick
• Mixed by: Joshua Key
• Mastered by: Matthew Chiaravalle
• Single released: “Because Boobs”, “Political Bum”
2010 – “The Digital Appetizer” EP
1. Cockblock 03:39
2. Tuff Luv 04:12
3. iSong 03:05
2009 – “Sandwich”
1. Metal? 00:25
2. Caffeine 02:49
3. Shower 05:27
4. A Lesson in Modesty 00:36
5. P is the Best Letter 03:03
6. Minimum Rage 03:36
7. Don’t Eat My Food 02:26
8. The Hunger Within 04:09
9. Grocery Escape Plan 01:23
10. Too Many Food 00:52
11. This is not a Song, it’s a Sandwich 03:53
12. Girl Directions 01:33
13. Orange 03:16
14. Beer, Part 2 00:38
15. Do You Want a Taco? 01:45
16. An Attempt at Something Serious 02:14
17. #1 Radio $ingle 03:30
18. Vah-jay-jay 00:08
19. Die… a LOT! 01:35
20. You Got Mail Enhancement 03:32
21. Passive Vengeance 04:04
22. 373 Thank Yous 14:19
23. Outtakes 06:40
24. We Ran Out of CD Space 03:52
2007 – “Flesh Eating Rollerskate Holiday Joyride” EP
1. Doom to the World 00:35
2. Holiday Hate 03:32
3. Jolly Old Sadist 03:24
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0 NEWS: WHERE GIANTS ONCE STOOD Announce Ontario Show Dates: New EP ‘Live Above’; New Music Video ‘Living In Security’
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WHERE GIANTS ONCE STOOD Announce Ontario Show Dates: New EP ‘Live Above’; New Music Video ‘Living In Security’
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 announce they will be performing Ontario show dates in October in promotion of their new EP ‘Live Above’ produced by Jon Howard of Threat Signal and 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’.
iTunes – http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/live-above-ep/id907144882
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:
October 10 – London, ON – Richmond Tavern w/ Last Scattering, Esoteric Doctrine, Mammoth Seed
Oct 31 – Oshawa, ON – Diezel Room w/ Enter Euphoria, Sinew Sunder, Fallen Legion, Backlash
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 NEWS: Thrashers MUTANK Playing Inferno Fest 2 + Halloween Show Dates (Montreal, Quebec City)
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Montreal, QC – September 22, 2014
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NEWS: Thrashers MUTANK Playing Inferno Fest 2 + Halloween Show Dates (Montreal, Quebec City)
Press Photo – L to R: Liam Hinchey- Lead Guitar | Steven Breen – Rhythm Guitar | Ahmed Saad – Drums | Stephen Reynolds – Vocals and Bass | Photo Credit – Mihaela Petrescu
Coming off this past weekend’s Montreal show with legendary punk band Dayglo Abortions and their first show since returning from Wacken Open Air, thrashers and Wacken Metal Battle Canada champions MUTANK announce additional show dates in Montreal and Quebec City that includes Inferno Fest 2, Hello-Ween Fest 5 and a music video release party for their track ‘Corporate Child’, which is off their latest album ‘M.E.C.H. Metal’ released in early 2014 that is available as a pay what you want download on bandcamp http://mutankthrash.bandcamp.com/ plus audio cassette.
Show Dates:
October 31 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar – Celtic Society Presents: Heavy Metal Halloween/Mutank Video release party w/ Sleazy Way Out, Venomenon, Leather Up Your Ass (80’s heavy metal tribute band feat. members of Ex Deo, Ashes of Eden, Mürtenscythe, Dungeon Works Productions, and MUTANK)
November 1 – Quebec City – Salle Unisson – Hell-oween Fest 5 w/ Leather Up Your Ass (80’s heavy metal tribute band feat. members of Ex Deo, Ashes of Eden, Mürtenscythe, Dungeon Works Productions, and MUTANK), Ordoxe, Merdarahta (Current & ex-members of Fuck The Facts), Deche-Charge, Smirking Revenge
Live Video – Running Reds (Wacken Open Air) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJaymA4JipU
Music Video – The Heavy Hand of The Doomsday Clock’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNjbkeCtUjs
For more info on Mutank, please visit the following links:
http://www.facebook.com/bonebrainsnotdemolishers
http://mutankthrash.bandcamp.com/
http://www.soundcloud.com/mutank-1
Album Stream – http://mutankthrash.bandcamp.com/album/m-e-c-h-metal
Track Listing: M.E.C.H. Metal
1. M.E.C.H Metal (2:04)
2. MUTANK (4:03)
3. Minions (3:49)
4. W.A.R. (1:57)
5. Heavy Hand of The Doomsday Clock (3:38)
6. No Spoils, No Mercy (2:48)
7. Corporate Child (2:35)
8. Thrashback In Time (4:02)
Total Time: 25:00
About:
Formed when three Newfoundlanders crossed paths in the Canadian heavy metal capital with Ahmed Saad who hails from the Middle East, the injection of music immediately began to flow through their veins and M.E.C.H. metal was soon born.
“It stands for Middle East Coast Heavy Metal; Our drummer being from the Middle East and the rest of the members being from the east coast of Canada,” explains Stephen Reynolds (bass, vocals). ‘Every single person in this band is a songwriter, so the songs come out with their own feel and develop naturally.’ continues Reynolds. ‘We don’t shackle ourselves to any kind of focused idea, which brings about a sort of honesty in the music not often found in metal.’
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“they play good-natured thrash a la Overkill and Exodus… perfectly serviceable and enjoyable, definitely more effective when they are playing fast.” – Decibel Mag
“WAR is a vicious sonic attack… [M.E.C.H. Metal] it’s a ferocious delight.” – Powerplay Magazine UK
“[MUTANK] fuse old school speed metal and present day crossover thrash into one package of fun.” – Metalhorizons
“MUTANK is like a Coffee Crisp bar: crunchy as hell, and without any gooey center.” – Bucket List Music Reviews
“Fans of old school speed metal and more metallically oriented crossover thrash should check out the compact and intense 25-minute speedbomb that is “M.E.C.H. Metal”.” – Metal Music Archives
“I personally think [M.E.C.H. Metal] could be contender for best album of the year!”- High Speed Hangover
“M.E.C.H. Metal is fast. Of course, the dual guitars’ riffs are aggressive and complementary; and drums are as constant as the caterpillars tracks of a tank; but the album gets its real flavour via the pace of the songs and their short and simple structure. Ranging from 1:57 to 4:03, this is an album that explodes in our face in less than 25 minutes, with a remarkable intensity.” – Metal Made In Canada
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