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0 Wacken Metal Battle Canada Announce Edmonton Round Two and Vancouver Round Three Winners!; One Band To Rule Them All!
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada Announce Edmonton Round Two and Vancouver Round Three Winners!; One Band To Rule Them All!
Wacken Metal Battle Canada is proud to announce the following winners from Edmonton Round Two and Vancouver Round Three.
Samandriel is winner of Edmonton’s round two and will join Quietus at the city semi-final on Wed, May 7 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW. – TWO MORE QUALIFYING ROUNDS TO GO! ONE BAND TO RULE THEM ALL!
Battle was judged by Mark Rodgers (CJSR 88.5 FM), Anthony Farrauto (Sony), Corey Grant (Global Warning on CJSR 88.5 FM).
| EDMONTON | Wed, March 19 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW. – Events Details |
| ROUND TWO | Ticket Link |
| Black XIII | |
| Death Assembly | |
| Display of Decay | |
| Samandriel – WINNER | |
| Arrival of Autumn |
Over The Coals is winner of Vancouver’s round three and will join OmnisighT and Witch of the Waste at the city-semi final on Sat, May 3 @ Rickshaw Theatre, 254 E. Hastings St. – Event Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/594480213935242/ – ONE MORE QUALIFYING ROUND TO GO!! ONE BAND TO RULE THEM ALL!
Battle was judged by Chris Dyck (Anciients. Partner at Nothing is Heavy. Artist Management at Left Hand Path), Rob Shalcross (Artist Manager, Producer. Reversed Records), JJ Cartheit (Owner, Scrape Records), Micheal Johnston (Mykillink Digital Media), Abelardo Mayoral (Owner, The Invisible Orange).
| VANCOUVER | Wed, March 19 @ Red Room Ultra Bar, 398 Richards St. – Event Details |
| ROUND THREE | Lethal Halo |
| Mournir | |
| Over The Coals – WINNER | |
| Scimitar |
About: Over 100 independent Canadian metal bands have been selected to participate in this year’s Wacken Metal Battle Canada line up in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. The bands will compete during the months of March, April and May in 22 qualifying rounds, 6 semi-finals, and an Alberta final along with the national final being held on June 7th in Toronto, ON at Opera House.
One band will be chosen to represent the nation with highest honour at this year’s 2014 international battle at the world’s most prestigious metal festival Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany.
The finals will have the following representation and will be judged along with all other rounds by a panel of music industry representatives.
1 finalist from Vancouver, BC
1 finalist from Alberta (Calgary & Edmonton will face off in Alberta final)
2 finalists from Toronto, ON
1 finalist from Montreal, QC
Last year’s battle was witnessed to Toronto, ON’s epic power/death metal band Crimson Shadows not only winning the 2013 Canadian final but conquering the international final and performing in front of thousands unknown to their behemoth sound. (Video of that champion set can be viewed here.) The band joined a list of Canadian heavyweights such as Voivod, Exciter, Razor, Annihilator, Anvil, Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, 3 Inches of Bloods, Despised Icon and Danko Jones who have performed at the festival in years past.
Submissions were open from December 5, 2013 to January 31, 2014.
Rules: http://metalbattle.ca/rules.html
Wacken Metal Battle Canada Promo Video: http://youtu.be/gQcxqsxchkQ
For more info on Metal Battle Canada, please visit these links:
Official Website: http://www.metalbattle.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetalBattleCanada
Twitter: @MetalBattleCAN
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/WackenMetalBattleCAN
For more info on Wacken Open Air, please visit http://www.wacken.com
Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2014 Line Up (listed by date):
Sponsors:
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Dungeonworks – https://www.facebook.com/dungeonworksprods
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Concertworks – www.concertworks.ca
Big Nate Productions – www.calgarymetalfest.com
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Metal Master Kingdom – http://www.metalmasterkingdom.com
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0 PureGrainAudio.com Premiere IRONSTORM Track ‘The Watcher’ From Upcoming Album ‘Wrathwind’
ALBUM PROMO CAN BE REQUESTED HERE
R.I.Y.L. – Iced Earth, Grave Digger, Grim Reaper, Arch Enemy, Into Eternity, Pagan’s Mind, Helloween
EPK | Press Photo | Facebook
PureGrainAudio.com Premiere IRONSTORM Track ‘The Watcher’ From Upcoming Album ‘Wrathwind’
L-R: Dave Pollock – Bass | Luke Barry – Rhythm/Lead Guitars | Karli Romyn – Vocals | Tyson Travnik – Drums | Diego Fermandez – Rhythm/Lead Guitars |Photo Credit – Dana Zuk
Edmonton, AB’s thrash-power-speed metal quartet Ironstorm has teamed up with PureGrainAudio.com for the exclusive premiere of their track ‘The Watcher’ from their upcoming debut EP ‘Wrathwind’ set for release on April 22nd.
PureGrainAudio Stream – http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/ironstorm-the-watcher-song-stream-world-premiere
“As one of the few female-fronted speed metal bands in Canada, Ironstorm delivers “a dynamic feel, ranging from modern, fast double bass sections to rhythmic yet melodic guitar work to more retro mid-tempo power metal.” says drummer Tyson Travnik.
Ironstorm’s debut EP, Wrathwind will feature six tracks highlighting the band’s “energetic, organic, melodic, passionate, powerful” sound. Wrathwind was engineered and mixed by Travnik in his own professional studio, Excalibur Productions and was mastered by Andy Larocque of King Diamond/Merciful Fate at Sonic Train Studios and will be available in a number of formats, from digital download to floppy disk. Yes, floppy disk.
For more info, please visit the following link:
0 Winnipeg’s Psychotic Gardening Pledge Allegiance To Chuck Schuldiner With Cover of DEATH Classic On Bravewords.com
R.I.Y.L. – Celtic Frost, My Dying Bride, Suffocation, Behemoth, Triptykon
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Press Photo | Download Album Lyrics – Psychotic Gardening – Hymnosis – 2014 | Download Album Cover
Winnipeg’s Psychotic Gardening Pledge Allegiance To Chuck Schuldiner With Cover of DEATH Classic On Bravewords.com
L-R – Matt Penner (Drums) – Mike Janssen (Bass) – Gillishammer (Vocals) – Chuck Labossiere (Guitar/Vocals) – Andrew Wiens (Guitar) – Photo Credit: Barry McCaulkner
Winnipeg’s death metal troopers Psychotic Gardening have teamed up with Bravewords.com for the exclusive premiere of their tribute to Death with their cover of ‘Open Casket‘ featuring guest appearances from Tim Roth (Into Eternity) and Chuck Wepfer (Broken Hope).
Bravewords.com Stream – http://www.bravewords.com/news/219751
Both Andrew Wiens (guitar) and Chuck Labosssiere (guitar/vocals) comment:
Psychotic Gardening return in 2014 with new material and the return of Chuck Labossiere after he filled in with Broken Hope for tour dates in Europe and Canada. Their forthcoming album ‘Hymnosis’ is set for release on May 13th and will follow up 2011’s ‘Humanitorium’ and 2007’s debut ‘Hürdür’.
Featuring nine heavy hitting assaults, ‘Hymnosis’ is sure to bang skulls with its full-throttle, go-for-the-throat execution of doom and black metal. In this release the band digs into its death metal roots for a concoction of their most vicious material while still hammering down on doom-laden monster riffs.
Teaser Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTmEEbkmfjU
“Psychotic Gardening is unbelievable…fertile gothic doom metal form with deep, bottom dwelling crooner vocals backed by solid percussion, incredible keys and slashing guitar riffs.” – Uptown Mag
“Be sure to see Psychotic Gardening when they invade your town or city. The being in the sky orders you to see them or be prepared to pay with your soul!” – Metal Master Kingdom
“Psychotic Gardening has always been able to deliver crushing, mid-tempo, heavy madness and this teaser tells me its next album won’t disappoint, more info to come!” – Metal Made In Canada
“Menacing, frequently unnerving and atmospheric…” – Winnipeg Sun
[Download Album Lyrics]
Track Listing: Hymnosis
1. Origin of The Infection (4:23)
2. Defile (4:21)
3. Re-Hybridized Strain (3:50)
4. Mindfold (4:22)
5. Genome Degradation (4:33)
6. Searing Cital (5:34)
7. Garden Raiding (3:18)
8. Open Casket (7:23) (Death Cover ft. Tim Roth (Into Eternity) and Chuck Wepfer (Broken Hope))
9. Journey to the Sun (3:41)
Album Credits:
-All songs performed by: Psychotic Gardening
-All songs written by: Psychotic Gardening
-Produced by: Chuck Labossiere
-Mixed by: Chuck Labossiere
-Mastered by: Jake Sacher
-Single released: Origin of the Infection
-CD Cover, Album Artwork: Chuck Labossiere
Album & Live Band Line Up:
Chuck Labossiere – vocals/guitar
Gillishammer – vocals
Andrew Wiens – guitars
Mike Janssen – bass
Matt Penner – drums
Discography:
2014 – Hymnosis
2011 – Humanitorium
2007 – Hürdür
Shared the stage with Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Testament, Massacre, Into Eternity, Incantation, Sacrifice, Razor, Voivod, Entombed, Cannibal Corpse, and even Ronnie James Dio.
For more info, please visit the following links:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Psychotic-Gardening/8376017862
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0 Blank TV Premiere Northern Canada’s Metalcore Giants UNTIL DAWN Lyric Video ‘Horizon’
ALBUM PROMO CAN BE REQUESTED HERE
RIYL: Soilwork, Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Metallica, Trivium, All That Remains
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Blank TV Premiere Northern Canada’s Metalcore Giants UNTIL DAWN Lyric Video ‘Horizon’
(L-R) – Steve White – Guitar, Darren Ehler – Bass, Adam Macleod – Vocals, Luke Worrell – Drums, Deke Worrell – Guitar (Photo Credit = Barrett Klesko – FadeBlack Studios United)
Blank TV has teamed up with Fort McMurray, AB’s Until Dawn to premiere the band’s new lyric video ‘Horizon’, the title track from their latest album, which recently debut (March 4) at #27 on CMJ’s Loud Charts.
Lyric Video – Horizon – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGGYGnxbX3E
Also being hosted on Blank TV is the band’s guitar playthrough for ‘This Fallen Fortress’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vI6gXBdhk0
About: Rising from the depths of the frozen wastelands of Northern Canada, Fort McMurray, AB’s melodic metal band Until Dawn released their sophomore album ‘Horizon’ in August 2013, building on their previous success with their 2011 self-titled debut. Mixing the sound of modern metal and classic rock, brothers Luke and Deke Worrell, with Adam MacLeod and Steve White have created a sound appealing to both young and old alike.
2013 saw the band pushing hard with touring in their home province plus local praise from their hometown station Rock 97.9 FM naming them #4 on the Top 20 Metal/ Hard Rock Albums released last year. Now in 2014, Until Dawn are setting new plans to tour and bring their music to larger audiences in Canada and around the world, having already performed at past festivals in Alberta and sharing the stage with such as acts as rock legends KISS, Volbeat, Billy Talent, A Day To Remember, Hell Yeah, 3 Inches of Blood, Striker, All Else Fails and Fozzy.
‘Horizon’ is available at UntilDawn.ca, iTunes, Bandcamp and all major music retailers.
Album Stream – https://soundcloud.com/untildawn/sets/until-dawn-horizon-2013
Lyric Video – Until Dawn – ‘This Fallen Fortress‘ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRzAZZp4wrY
Music Video – Until Dawn – ‘This Fallen Fortress’ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxv2rt3-XLo
Track Listing: Horizon
1. Roamers And Lurkers
2. Strings Of The Dammed
3. The Red Sun Rises This Day
4. Third Knee
5. This Fallen Fortress
6. A Conjurer Of Cheap Tricks
7. DNR
8. Time Tested Fortune
9. The Trial
10. Polar Parallels
11. Horizon
Bonus Tracks:
12. WM3
13. Richard
For more info, please visit these links:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Until-Dawn/116659511682711
https://twitter.com/UntilDawnMusic
iTunes: http://itunes.com/untildawn
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