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0 Damnation Mag – Review – New Jacobin Club – Soldiers of The Mark

  • August 21, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · The New Jacobin Club

Their newest album, Soldiers of the Mark, is chock full of complex arrangements that utilize all of these instruments along with a headbanging rhythm section of guitar, bass and drums that often lead in to a chorus of both male and female vocals singing in harmony.

Just as your mother always told you, never judge a book by it’s cover. Before you realize it, you’ll be headbanging along as you progress through Soldiers of the Mark.

 

http://damnationmag.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/album-review-the-new-jacobin-club-soldiers-of-the-mark/

0 GearGods.net Premiere DISPARAGER Drum Playthrough For ‘Pictures’; New EP Out ‘Timeless, Ageless’

  • August 21, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Disparager

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

RIYL = Deftones, Thrice, Junius, Neurosis, Isis, Defeater, Modern Life Is War, Refused, Fugazi

Tour Dates | Disparagermusic.com | Facebook | Twittter | Reverbnation

Soundcloud | Youtube | CBC Radio 3 | Instagram

Buy Links: Disparager.bandcamp.com | iTunes  |Amazon |CD Baby

EPK | Press Photo | Download Album Lyrics | Download Album Cover

GearGods.net Premiere DISPARAGER Drum Playthrough For ‘Pictures’; New EP Out ‘Timeless, Ageless’

L-R:  Chris AhKao (guitar, vocals), Jason Kim (guitar), Peter Meluso (drums), Sri Rao (bass) – Photo credit:  Merissa Blitz

Brooklyn, NY’s DISPARAGER has teamed up with GeardGods.net for the premiere of their new drum playthrough for their track ‘Pictures’ off their latest EP‘Timeless, Ageless’ produced by Jay Maas (Defeater, Bane, H2O, American Nightmare, Polar Bear Club).

Vocalist/ guitarist Chris AhKao comments:

“Pictures is fun for us to play. It’s in 5/4 throughout, there’s 4/4 over 5/4 and 6/8 over 5/4 simultaneous polyrhythm stuff going on, and some metric modulation too.  Peter is one of the best drummers I’ve ever played with.  He’s pretty out there and challenges us as musicians.”

To view the video, please visit the following link: http://geargods.net/playthrough/exclusive-drum-playthrough-peter-meluso-of-disparager-is-moving-in-pictures/

Formed just last year, DISPARAGER has always had the crazy notion that music is art and that art is never a means to an end but an end in itself. As an extension of frontman Chris AhKao regaining his life from personal demons, this debut EP is a testament to that. Bursting with dense rawness and precision while pushing the boundaries of metal with tracks like “At Least I Still Have Bon Iver” – half folk song, half crushing mix of Isis and Slayer – and “Pictures” – a time signature mindfuck the band is proud NOT to call prog rock. The music is meant to showcase a refusal to settle, to compromise, to live any other life than that inspired by unwavering intent, self-expression and integrity.

EP Stream – Timeless, Ageless –https://soundcloud.com/disparager/sets/timeless-ageless-ep

Song Stream – Tuesday Love – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN2J4SgT830

Song Stream – R.I.P. Bill Hicks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUPEAO0FWbs

Acoustic Video – Gratitude – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVX0-2zmFqg

Lyric Video – RIP Bill Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGAWd57KFs

Album Cover - Disparager - Timeless, Ageless EP

EP Track Listing – Disparager – Timeless, Ageless:
1. Pictures
2. Tuesday Love
3. Gratitude
4. R.I.P. Bill Hicks
5. At Least I Still Have Bon Iver


For more info, please follow the band at these links:

http://disparagermusic.com/

http://www.facebook.com/disparager

http://www.twitter.com/disparagermusic

http://www.instagram.com/disparagermusic

EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-disparager/

– 30 –

“Disparager are from Brooklyn, New York and play metal or hardcore, or post-rock, or whatever you want to call it. Above all else though, Disparager are fucking badass. ” – Pure Grain Audio

“Passion and sincerity are what matters most in music, and Disparager have an overabundance of those. Opening with “Pictures,” the band show themselves as technically adroit but never at the expense of the actual song. “Tuesday Love” is raw in its emotion; this is an antidote to the fake music that clogs up the airwaves like fat in an old man’s arteries. “Gratitude” reminds me of Cave In with its juxtaposition of darkness and light. My favourite track on the EP is the heartfelt “R.I.P Bill Hicks” (Bill Hicks was a genius and the world is a poorer place for his passing— look up some of his work for proof). Finishing with the epic “At Least I Still Have Bob Iver,” Disparager show themselves as a band with passion, a strong identity, and a reason to be. Not many bands can say that.” – Hellbound

 

0 Prog Power Metal VIATHYN Post Teaser Medley For New Album ‘Cynosure’ + Reveal Artwork & Track Listing

  • August 21, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Viathyn

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

EPK | High Res Press Photo | Album Lyrics – Cynosure – 2014 | Download Cynosure Album Cover

 Viathyn.com | Facebook | Twittter @ Viathyn | Reverbnation

Soundcloud  | Youtube | Last.FM  | Google +

Sales Links: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | CD Baby

Prog Power Metallers VIATHYN Post Teaser Medley For New Album ‘Cynosure’ + Reveal Track Listing & Cover Artwork; Due Out On October 7th

L-R: Alex Kot (Bass) | Jacob Wright (Guitar) | Tomislav Crnkovic (Vocals/Guitar) | Dave Crnkovic (Drums) – Photo Credit – Alexis Greene

     The hard hitting force of Calgary, AB’s progressive power metal quartet VIATHYN is being unleashed to the masses with the band’s teaser medley for their upcoming album ‘Cynosure’ due out on October 7th.

“This new album Cynosure is a culmination of several years of hard work following the release of our debut album ‘The Peregrine Way’ in 2010. We are very proud of the end result and extremely excited to share this new material with everyone! We’ve chosen a handful of passages that we feel are representative of the diversity and performances on the album and put them together into a preview medley to give our listeners a sneak peek.” comments guitarist Jacob Wright.

Youtube Medley Stream – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV3bMCIBbcA 

Soundcloud Medley Stream – http://soundcloud.com/viathyn/cynosure-medley/ 

Album Cover - Viathyn  - Cynosure - 2014

Track Listing: Viathyn – Cynosure

1. Ageless Stranger – 7:13

2. The Coachman – 5:41

3. Edward Mordrake – 6:24

4. Shadows In Our Wake – 7:02

5. Countess of Discordia – 7:12

6. Time Will Take Us All – 7:01

7. Three Sheets To The Wind – 7:21

8. Albedo – 6:48

9. Cynosure – 9:35

Total Length: 01:04:20

Viathyn – Mini – Doc – The Making of Cynosure – http://youtu.be/5XavVcQNd5s 

Produced by VIATHYN‘s Tomislav Crnkovic plus mixed and mastered by Sacha Laskow (Divinity, Every Hour Kills), ‘Cynosure’ features nine epic assaulting tracks with intense guitar shredding and infectious chants that blend prog thrash, melo-death and power metal influences. With VIATHYN‘s 2010 ‘The Peregrine Way’ debut album praised for its innovative song-writing and fresh comparison to today’s power metal, it was only a matter of time for guitarist Jacob Wright to launch into song-writing mode and compose a majority of the material that would be recorded for this second full-length. Even through hindrances such as studio closings, computer crashes, losing a jam space, and a flood, VIATHYN was able to record their second album between August 2012 and February 2014. With the addition of 7-string guitars, some growl vocals, and an evolving influence, Cynosure’s songs are faster, more technical, and heavier, while maintaining a constant melodic and progressive presence. 

Viathyn was formed in 2006 in Calgary, Alberta when brothers Tomislav and Dave Crnkovic (on guitar and drums respectively) joined forces with lead guitarist Jacob Wright. Having come from various influences such as Thrash, Melo-Death, and Power metal, they wrote a handful of early demo tracks to settle on an overall sound for the group. In 2008, they recorded the Demagogue EP in order to attract a permanent vocalist and bassist. Alex Kot joined on bass in 2009, and brought with him a unique playing style by using an 8-string NS stick. Tomislav took up vocal duties, and the line-up was complete. VIATHYN started playing live shows and has supported bands such as Stratovarius, Manegarm, Incantation, Rotten Sound, Into Eternity, and Skeletonwitch.

Quick Fact on band name: Playing off the word ‘Leviathan’, the guys settled on ‘Viathyn’, which has no actual definition in the English language, but when referring to the band can be taken to mean ‘progressive, melodic, grandiose, innovative and emotional’.

For more info, please visit the following links:

http://www.viathyn.com/ 

http://www.facebook.com/viathyn 

http://twitter.com/Viathyn 

https://soundcloud.com/viathyn 

http://viathyn.bandcamp.com/ 

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/viathyn/id387751994 

EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-viathyn-cynosure-2014-release-date-october-7-2014/ 

– 30 – 

“Viathyn will instantly appeal to fans of traditional and power metal but they are much more than that. The songs have great headbanging, fist-pumping tempos, but each track also has deeply emotional and thoughtful undercurrent which warrants many listens.” – KING – Pitch Black Magazine

“It isn’t often that a band will blow away the listener with their debut album, but Viathyn does just that!” – Peter – Metal Psalter – Metal Psalter

“It’s been a long time since I’ve heard anything quite so eclectic as this band’s epic melding of the power, folk, speed, and progressive metals. They’re more alchemists than musicians, forging a new mold out of which many may be poured but few will actually fit.” – JDeathscript – Metal Call Out

“This is “Prog” metal at its finest.” – Cuz’N Mike – Heavy Metal Review

“…Viathyn have delivered a really solid, classy and mature metal album, that is as good as anything coming out of Europe these days” – JP – Metal Rules

“….This band really has their shit together, the solos are spectacular here, the sweeps are to die for, everything is good here…” – Metals Dead

“The musicianship is literally as good as it gets. It doesn’t matter which band member you would change, but the level of musical virtuosity wouldn’t get any higher.” – Poohkali – Rateyourmusic

Track Listing: Viathyn – Cynosure

1. Ageless Stranger – 7:13
2. The Coachman – 5:41
3. Edward Mordrake – 6:24
4. Shadows In Our Wake – 7:02
5. Countess of Discordia – 7:12
6. Time Will Take Us All – 7:01
7. Three Sheets To The Wind – 7:21
8. Albedo – 6:48
9. Cynosure – 9:35
Total Length: 01:04:20

• All songs performed by: Tomislav Crnkovic, Jacob Wright, Alex Kot, Dave Crnkovic
• All songs written by: Jacob Wright, Tomislav Crnkovic, Alex Kot
• Produced by: Tomislav Crnkovic
• Mixed by: Sacha Laskow
• Mastered by: Sacha Laskow
• Single released: TBD
• Available on: TBD
• CD Cover, Album Artwork
• Track Listing of Album:

 Release Date: October 7, 2014
LABEL:  Self Release
DISTRIBUTION:  Bandcamp, iTunes
CATOLOG # – TBA
UPC CODE # – TBA

Album Band Line Up: Tomislav Crnkovic, Jacob Wright, Alex Kot, Dave Crnkovic

Live Band Line Up: Tomislav Crnkovic, Jacob Wright, Alex Kot, Dave Crnkovic

Discography:
2014 – Cynosure (full-length)
2010 – The Peregrine Way (full-length)
2008 – Demagogue (EP)
2006 – Demo

Shared stage with:
Stratovarius, Manegarm, Incantation, Rotten Sound, Into Eternity, Skeletonwitch

List of Tours and Festivals:
Calgary Metal Fest II (2013)
Noctis Metal Festival IV (2010)

Corporate sponsors / artist endorsements:
Alex Kot (bass) is a featured artist for NS Stick http://www.stick.com/artists/playersgallery/ 
(not endorsed, however)

0 Explicitly Intense – Psychotic Gardening – Hymnosis

  • August 20, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Psychotic Gardening

http://www.explicitlyintense.com/reviews/cd-review/psychotic-gardening-hymnosis/

0 Nanaimo News Bulletin – Artist (Auresia) discovers her niche on the road

  • August 20, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Auresia

http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/entertainment/272066081.html

0 Nanaimo Daily News – Auresia and Flo – World music artists cross Canada on tour

  • August 20, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Auresia

http://www.nanaimodailynews.com/entertainment/world-music-artists-cross-canada-on-tour-1.1312316

0 Bloody-Disgusting.com Premiere Kill Matilda ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ Video + USA/CAN Tour Dates + Launch Indiegogo Campaign For New Van

  • August 20, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Kill Matilda

 

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

R.I.Y.L: Hole, The Distillers, The Misfits, The Offspring, Paramore

Tour Dates | KillMatilda.com | Facebook | Twitter | Youtube

Reverbnation | Soundcloud | Instagram | Google +

Buy Links: iTunes | Bandcamp

EPK | Press Photo | Download EP Cover | Download Album Lyrics

Bloody-Disgusting.com Premiere Kill Matilda ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ Video + USA/CAN Tour Dates + Launch Indiegogo Campaign For New Van

L-R – Marcus Luk (Drums) – Mykel Exner (Bass) – Dusty Exner (Vocals/Guitar) (Photo Credit: Terryis Gane)

    Zombie hunting punks Kill Matilda has teamed up with Bloody-Disgusting.com for the premiere of their new lyric video ‘Zombie Apocalypse’, which features remixed clips of the public domain work of George A Romero’s immortal ‘Night of the Living Dead’.

“We are releasing this video to our fans as a thank you for all their continuing support over the years. We are excited for our upcoming 6 month US tour and prepping ourselves for the bloody onslaught that will be the ZOMBIE USA tour. We are ready to manage the zombie threat south of the border and prevent an apocalypse and we need the help of all of our fans to do it! We launched an Indiegogo campaign last week to raise funds for a new Zombiemobile and are so happy that we are already almost at 50% of our goal. Everyone please keep supporting and help us get there so we can wipe up the undead threat and rock the shit out of everyone in the US!” comments voclaist / guitarist Dusty Exner.

The video can be viewed at the following link: http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3309363/kill-matilda-zombie-apocalypse-lyric-video-premiere-exclusive/

Kill Matilda kicked off their Indiegogo campaign (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kill-matilda-zombie-usa-tour-van–2) last week to raise funds, a goal of $5,000, which has already met its half way mark as an anonymous backer pitched in an amazing sum of $2000 towards the campaign for the band’s new van for their six month USA tour in promotion of their new EP‘Punk, Zombie, Rock n’ Roll’. A ‘Force to be reckoned with’ as described by MyFreakinEars.com (http://www.myfreakinears.com/live-review-kill-matilda-bovine-sex-club/). Kill Matilda will cross into the great US of A for the first time plus performing a sneak peak of new tracks not on the EP recorded with producer extraordinaire Garth Richardson. ‘Punk, Zombie, Rock n’ Roll’ features tracks from their 2011 full-length album ‘I Want Revenge’ with an acoustic rendition of ‘Geisha With A Switchblade’ accompanied by a comic book created by vocalist/guitarist Dusty Exner that can be downloaded at http://killmatilda.com/.

Music Video – I Want Revenge – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL465flmhLU

Music Video – Law Abiding Citizen – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV7kLcHcPEU

EP Stream – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4FivrTDNjqxrUg2TkQz_pg7LyFVyCM85

Tour Dates:

Sept 5 – London, ON @ London Music Hall/Rum Runners
Sept 6 – Barrie, ON @ Fitzy’s By the Bay
Sept 9 – Hamilton, ON @ Doors Pub
Sept 11– Buffalo, NY @ The Forvm
Sept 12 – Orange, NJ @ Hat City Kitchen
Sept 13 – Binghampton, NY @ On the Roxx
Sept 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Spike Hill
Sept 18 – Washington, DC @ The Pinch
Sept 19 – Baltimore, MY @ Club K
Sep 20 – Trenton, NJ @ Backstage @ The Championship Bar
Sept 25 – Charlotte, NC @ Tommy’s Pub
Sept 26 – Murrells Inlet, SC @ Rockin Hard Saloon
Sept 27 – North Charleston, SC @ The Mill
Sept 28 – Raleigh, NC @ Deep South
Oct 7 – Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar
Oct 15 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Trash Bar
Oct 16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Connie’s Ric Rac
Oct 19 – Columbus, OH @ O’Shecky’s
Oct 21 – Louisville, KY @ Haymarket Whiskey Bar
Oct 31 – Toronto, ON @ TBA (Halloween Show)
Nov 1 – Cornwall, ON @ Lola’s Pub & Grub
Nov 2 – Ottawa, ON @ Le Petit Chicago
Nov 7 – Montreal, QC @ TBA
Nov 8 – Montpelier, VT @ Charlie O’s World Famous
Nov 9 – Winooski, VT @ The Monkey Bar
Nov 15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Gussy’s Bar
Nov 23 – Melbourne ,FL @ Boondocks Bar
Nov 28 – Marietta, GA @ Swayze’s Venue
Dec 2 – Topeka, KS @ Boobie Trap Bar
Dec 20 – Eugene, OR @ The Black Forest
Dec 31 – Vancouver, BC @ TBA (New Years Eve Show)
Jan 2 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Jan 19 – St Louis, MO @ The Demo
Jan 22– Des Moines, IO @ TBA
Feb 14 – Dunellen, NJ @ Roxy and Duke’s
Feb 18 – New York, NY @ The Delancey
 
#Punk#Zombie#Rocknroll - EP Cover - High Res
Track Listing: #Punk#Zombie#RocknRoll

1. Pomegranate
2. I Want Revenge
3. Zombie Apocalypse
4. Law Abiding Citizen
5. PBJ
6. Geisha With A Switchblade (Acoustic)

For more info, please visit these links:

www.KillMatilda.com
 
http://www.facebook.com/killmatilda/
 
http://twitter.com/KillMatilda
 
Music Video – She’s A Killer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUqS_hbgUDc

 
Music Video – Fault Lines – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YA0ZI-TkLo
 
EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-kill-matilda-punkzombierocknroll-2014/

 

 

0 Noizz Webzine – The Body Politic – Egressor

  • August 20, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · The Body Politic

http://noizzwebzine.blogspot.com.es/2014/08/the-body-politic-egressor.html

0 Music Waves – Protokult – No Beer In Heaven

  • August 20, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · Protokult

http://www.musicwaves.fr/frmReview.aspx?ID=11869

0 Muzike Injection – THE BODY POLITIC – NOUVEL ALBUM LE 16 SEPTEMBRE

  • August 20, 2014
  • by Asher
  • · The Body Politic

http://www.muzikinjection.com/autres/the-body-politic-nouvel-album-le-16-septembre

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