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0 Bravewords.com Premiere PROTOKULT ‘Get Me A Beer!’ Music Video; New Album ‘No Beer In Heaven’ Out August 8th
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Bravewords.com Premiere PROTOKULT ‘Get Me A Beer!’ Music Video; New Album ‘No Beer In Heaven’ Out August 8th
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
Performing a Toronto CD release show on Saturday, July 26th for hometown fans at Bovine Sex Club with Primalfrost, Tsargrad and Montreal’s Karkaos (show details can be found here). The fun loving, beer drinking progressive folk metal band PROTOKULT has teamed up with Bravewords.com for the premiere of their beer maiden filled music video‘Get Me A Beer!’ in support of their upcoming album ‘No Beer In Heaven’ due out officially on August 8th and available for pre-order on the bandcamp here.
Bravewords.com – Get Me A Beer! – Music Video – http://bravewords.com/news/protokult-debut-get-me-a-beer-video
‘No Beer In Heaven’ is the follow up to 2011’s ‘Marzena’ EP and 2009’s debut ‘Ancestral Anthems’ by the Eastern European transplants. Featuring twelve tracks diving into themes of drinking, history and human endeavor, PROTOKULT mix a duo vocal attack of melodic operatics plus woodwinds from Ekaterina Pyatkova and high spirited chanting growls from guitarist Martin Drozd to showcase a diversified and powerful engagement that includes the shredding of guitarist Vodnik, the pounding force of Mike Matveev on drums and the grooves of bassist Dawid Slowiak.
Album Teaser – No Beer In Heaven – http://youtu.be/N0-ECY7-UJ4
PROTOKULT are also streaming the single ‘Get Me A Beer!‘ at the following links:
Bandcamp: http://protokultmetal.bandcamp.com/track/get-me-a-beer
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuSYvfPwfLk
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/protokult/get-me-a-beer
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)
Upcoming Show Dates:
July 26 – Bovine Sex Club – Toronto, ON w/ Primalfrost, Karkaos, Tsargrad
About:
As interests in history, paganism and folklore took an increasingly strong hold on folk metallers PROTOKULT, the band was inspired to unleash its debut album, Ancestral Anthems. With the first two pressings selling out in months, they vowed to take things to the next level while continuing to deliver a unique mix of Canadian and international influences.
PROTOKULT’s goal? To unite its members’ diverse cultures into one sound, balancing tradition and folklore with heavy, thrash and black metal for headbangers everywhere.
Over the past few years, the ever-evolving PROTOKULT has graced the stage with the likes of ARKONA, TURISAS, ALESTORM, BLACKGUARD (formerly Profugus Mortis) and WILL OF THE ANCIENTS and now they’re ready to unveil a full-length follow-up to 2011 EP Marzena.
With a beauty and the beast-like contrast between Ekaterina’s haunting vocals and the band’s metal onslaught, No Beer In Heaven, which is slated for an August 8 release, captures the reformed quintet at an all-time high, showcasing an impressive palette of entirely new compositions, and straps the listener on an adventurous, heavy and experimental trek, diving into themes of drinking, history and human endeavor.
0 Wacken Metal Battle Canada Champs MUTANK Post Jam Video w/ New Track ‘Channel Change’ + Mu-Year Montreal Show July 25 + Performing At Wacken Open Air For International Metal Battle July 30th
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada Champs MUTANK Post Jam Video w/ New Track ‘Channel Change’ + Mu-Year Montreal Show July 25 + Performing At Wacken Open Air For International Metal Battle July 30th
L to R: Liam Hinchey- Lead Guitar |Steven Breen – Rhythm Guitar| Ahmed Saad – Drums | Stephen Reynolds – Vocals and Bass | Photo Credit – Mihaela Petrescu
Wacken Metal Battle Canada champions MUTANK have posted a new video from their recent jam session, which includes a new track called ‘ Channel Change’ that can be heard at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wymsnph-ikY
The band commented the following on their facebook band page:
“For a Tank Mu we got together and made a new jam vid in the tank. New song included called Channel Change. Check Steve-out’s radical bass riffage, and Steve-in’s debut behind the mic. Come hear Channel Change and another brand new song on Friday night at L’alizè with Lich King and Trainwreck Architect and Reanimator. Say goodbye before we leave for Germany!!!”
MUTANK is gearing up for two big gigs, firstly their MU-Year show in Montreal, QC at L’Alize on July 25th to celebrate their one year anniversary with support from Lich King, Trainwreck Architect and Reanimator. Show details can be found at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/events/587438138044342/
Plus the band will be heading off to Wacken Open Air to compete in the international Wacken Metal Battle representing Canada on July 30th on the WET Stage at 2pm local time.
Their debut release ‘M.E.C.H. Metal’ is now available as a pay what you want download on bandcamp http://mutankthrash.bandcamp.com/ plus audio cassette.
Show Dates:
July 25 – Alize – Montreal, QC – w/ Lich King, Trainwreck Architect, Reanimator
July 30 – International Wacken Metal Battle @ Wacken Open Air – Wacken, Germany – 2pm – WET Stage
Aug 22 – Trailer Thrash Fest – Saint-Pie, QC w/ Reanimator, Eternal Judgment, Death Lullaby, Venomenon, Dissension and more!
Music Video – The Heavy Hand of The Doomsday Clock’ –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNjbkeCtUjs
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.’
For more info on Mutank, please visit the following links:
http://www.facebook.com/bonebrainsnotdemolishers
0 Coming soon Folk Metal and Beer Lovers! Protokult – No Beer In Heaven Album Teaser (Blank TV)
0 DISPARAGER Member Breaks Vertebrae; Post Video Comment + Cancel NYC July 27th Date; New Lyric Video ‘RIP Bill Hicks’; New EP Out ‘Timeless, Ageless’
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DISPARAGER Member Breaks Vertebrae; Post Video Comment + Cancel NYC July 27th Date; New Lyric Video ‘RIP Bill Hicks’; New EP Out ‘Timeless, Ageless’
L-R: Chris AhKao (guitar, vocals), Jason Kim (guitar), Peter Meluso (drums), Sri Rao (bass) – Photo credit: Merissa Blitz
DISPARAGER vocalist / guitarist Chris AhKao has posted a video comment on facebook where he addresses his recent injury of fracturing his L2 vertebrae and cancelling their upcoming show on July 27th at The Acheron in NYC.
To view the video, please visit the following link: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10104049501792829
In additional news, the post rock metal band recently unleashed a new lyric video ‘RIP Bill Hicks’ from their debut EP ‘Timeless, Ageless’ produced by Jay Maas (Defeater, Bane, H2O, American Nightmare, Polar Bear Club).
Lyric Video – RIP Bill Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGAWd57KFs
Vocalist / guitarist Chris Ahkao comments:
“R.I.P. Bill Hicks is about letting go of something that is wrong for you, even if the act of letting go, the decision to let go, and everything leading up to that decision is hard. Comfort and familiarity are nice, but allowing those feelings to steer your life treads dangerously close to living in fear. Our days are precious and few and we must decide what is worth our time.”
Show Dates:
DISPARAGER CANCELLED ON SHOW – July 27 @ The Acheron – Brooklyn, NY w/ Blackest, Warm, Dead Empires
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
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://www.facebook.com/disparager
http://www.twitter.com/disparagermusic
http://www.instagram.com/disparagermusic
EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-disparager/
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“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
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0 Out Now! ‘Blood, Booze, And Gasoline’, New EP From Toronto’s Street Punk Thrash THE ROUGH BOYS
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Out Now! ‘Blood, Booze, And Gasoline’, New EP From Toronto’s Street Punk Thrash THE ROUGH BOYS
L-R – Marky Zapata (Guitars), Tommy Gervais (Bass/Vox), Sammy Greenland (Drums) – Photo Credit – Grace Cavarra
It’s summer time and there’s nothing better to do than join Toronto, ON’s badass street punks The Rough Boys and their ‘Blood, Booze and Gasoline’ EP, out today on July 22nd and available for $6.66 dollars at the following bandcamp link: https://theroughboys1.bandcamp.com/album/blood-booze-and-gasoline-ep
plus EP stream at https://soundcloud.com/the-rough-boys/sets/blood-booze-and-gasoline
“Alright fuckers here it is…after months of brutal waiting…here’s the Blood, Booze and Gasoline EP for ya…thx to everyone involved. Enjoy…Play LOUD. ” comments vocalist/bassist Tom Gervais.
Track Listing: The Rough Boys – Blood, Booze and Gasoline
1. Before The Devil Knows I’m Dead (2:27)
2. Hogtown (3:57)
3. Blood, Booze and Gasoline (3:05)
4. May Two Four (3:11)
Total Time: 12:42
Taking their name from a Neil Young lyric – ‘All those rough boys, playin’ that rock and roll’, this four track ripper full of aggression and emotion is the follow up to 2012′s Speed and 2011′s Spithead sure to leave you in both shock and awe while forcing you to press ‘Play’ again and again. Sharing the stage with bands like Cauldron, Fuck The Facts, Axxion, Midnight Malice, Adrenechrome, Saigon Hookers to name a few, THE ROUGH BOYS don’t hold back on their brass knuckle punch to the face and showing fans a rocking booze fueled good time.
Videos:
Music Video ‘Born To Rock’ off Speed EP (2012) – http://youtu.be/vKwZP8wxVns
Music Video for title track off ‘Spithead’ EP (2011) – http://youtu.be/x0ZD8AZpNPE
For more info, please visit the following links:
http://theroughboys1.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Rough-Boys/126390394750
http://twitter.com/TheRoughBoys
https://www.youtube.com/TheRoughBoys
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“A collision of soul-scorching hard rock with speed-fueled thrash metal. This is music that’s loud, dirty, raw, and played at a breakneck pace. Just think Motorhead crashing head-on with Slayer.”- Exclaim Magazine
“The minute I pushed play and the first song Before The Devil Knows I’m Dead started… the very first thing that came to my mind was the southern hillbilly Thrash Rockin sound of the awesome opening song of Nashville Pussy‘s High As Hell album Struttin’ Cock… it has the same sense of party rockin’ the same nonchalence, i’m going to borrow the words that the greatLester Bangs once used to describe The Guess Who… ¨They have the courage to be drunken baffoons which makes them poetic¨ and that just describes these guys so well!!! ” The Blood Shed
“Hide your daughters, hide your wives, The Rough Boys are coming to town and they aren’t discreet!”” – Uysfaber.com
“…great sounding mixture of thrash and punk rock and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band.”- Extreme Underground Music Zine
Track Listing: The Rough Boys – Blood, Booze and Gasoline
1. Before The Devil Knows I’m Dead (2:27)
2. Hogtown (3:57)
3. Blood, Booze and Gasoline (3:05)
4. May Two Four (3:11)
Total Time: 12:42
EP Credits:
• All songs performed by:
– Tom Gervais(Bass/Vox)
– Jack Cerre(Rhythm Guitar/Solo on track 1.)
– Mark Zapata(Solos)
– Sam Greenland(Drums)
– Jared Verlage, Dominic Whela, Jack Cerre, Sam Greenland, Mark Zapata, Tom Gervais(Gang Vocals)
• All songs written by: Tom Gervais/Sam Greenland
• Produced by: The Rough Boys
• Mixed by: Ryan Cox @ D.A.R.C. Productions
• Mastered by: Chuck Carvalho at Joao Carvalho Mastering
• CD Cover, Album Artwork: Clown Baby
Album Band Line Up:
– Tom Gervais(Bass/Vox)
– Jack Cerre(Rhythm Guitar/Solo on track 1.)
– Mark Zapata(Solos)
– Sam Greenland(Drums)
Live Band Line Up:
-Tom Gervais(Bass/Vox)
-Mark Zapata(Guitars)
-Sam Greenland(Drums)
Discography
2012 – Speed (EP) – https://soundcloud.com/the-rough-boys-1/sets/speed-ep
2011 – Spithead (EP)
2010 – Showin’ Teeth (Demo)
0 Out Now! Free Download Death Doom NORILSK EP ‘Japetus’ + Limited Edition CD w/ Voivod Cover
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Out Now! Free Download Death Doom NORILSK EP ‘Japetus’ + Limited Edition CD w/ Voivod Cover
L-R – Nick Richer (Drums and Backup Vocals ) – Nicolas Miquelon (Bass, Guitar and Vocals) – Photo Credit: Nick Richer
Gatineau, QC death, doom and sludge duo NORILSK consisting of Nicolas Miquelon (Damnus, The Great Russian Empire, ex-Kintra) and Nick Richer (Damnus, Doll, Outrage AD) are proud to announce the release of their debut EP ‘Japetus’, out today on July 22nd, which is available digitally as a pay what you want plus physically on limited edition CDs (only 100 printed).
Nicolas Miquelon (Bass, Guitar and Vocals) comments:
“Releasing the first EP of a new band always feels great; and it is particularly true with this one. Coming from a region where doom is slowly blooming on the metal horizon, Norilsk is for us like a different kind of seed springing out of the underground. Reactions to the songs have been very positive and we couldn’t be happier about the comments we received thus far.
From the huge sound to the clean layout and the simple vinyl looking packaging, we decided to press a very limited number of CDs, 100 to be precise, while making the digital version available on a pay-what-you-want basis. As records collectors, we like to think, aside from the quantity, that the exclusive Voivod cover gives the CD a rareness quality for fans to enjoy.
From the dramatic black and white 19th-Century photo of an ice shove in the port of Montreal to the duality of languages (French / English) and the frontier city where this band comes from (Gatineau QC / Ottawa ON), the whole EP has an underlying layer of contrasts under its weighty doom embrace.
Japetus is a good representation of what Norilsk is about: slow minimalistic death-doom metal with a few unorthodox elements, tainted in sludge. It doesn’t get any closer to what the future holds for this band—and like a harbinger of things to come, there are strong links between this CD and the upcoming full length.”
To get your FREE digital download plus order your limited edition copy of 1 of the 100 CDs printed, please visit the following link: http://norilskdoom.bandcamp.com/album/japetus
Track Listing: Japetus
1 – Japetus (08:14)
2 – Negatron (05:43)
3 – Potsdam Glo (05:43)
EP Length: 19:41
About:
Named after Siberia’s most northern city, NORILSK draws their inspirations and themes from Northern identity, isolation, and world demise. Incorporating elements of sludge and post-metal along with influences from doom-death metal bands such as Thergothon, Saturnus, and early My Dying Bride, the band is sharing with metal fans a taste of what’s to come in their debut EP ‘Japetus’.
Presented in a very limited CD edition and digital format, the ‘Japetus’ EP is both an introduction to the band and a teaser to future recordings. Clocking just under 20-minutes, the EP includes the title track ‘Japetus’, which will be on the band’s later planned full length album and also features one alternate version of ‘Potsdam Glo’along with a cover of Voivod‘s song ‘Negatron’, which is exclusively available on the CD.
For more info, please visit the following links:
http://www.facebook.com/NorilskDoom
http://www.reverbnation.com/norilsk
http://norilskdoom.bandcamp.com
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