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0 Vancouver’s Ninjaspy Announce ‘Jump Ya Bones Tour’ Featuring New Music From Upcoming Album; Crowd Funding Campaign For New Release
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Vancouver’s Ninjaspy Announce ‘Jump Ya Bones Tour’ Featuring New Music From Upcoming Album; Crowd Funding Campaign For New Release

L-R – Adam Parent – Drums | Joel Parent – Vocals/Guitar | Tim Parent – Bass (Photo Credit – Cat Ashbee)
Vancouver, BC’s high flying, super entertaining, much adored cross breed of metal and ska, NINJASPY (a band of brothers literally), are proud to announce their ‘Jump Ya Bones Tour’ in support of their crowd funding efforts for their next full length album since releasing their cult followed debut ‘Pi Nature’ in 2007 produced by GGGarth Richardson and Ben Kaplan.
“It has been 7 years since we’ve put out a full length record. The long wait ends this spring 2014, as we prepare to go into the studio with brand new material this May. But before we do, we need your support to make this new album a reality, and you’ll have many opportunities to throw us a few bones during the IndieGogo Campaign beginning April 1st and at any of the Western Canadian tour dates where we will perform all of our new songs.” states the band.
Following ‘Pi Nature’, Ninjaspy has toured across Canada on multiple occasions plus touring Japan in 2010 (watch video here), winning over legions of fans along the way. In 2013, they unleashed their musical graphic novel ‘No Kata’ with the single ‘Skaingkh (The Skank)’ (animated version can be viewed below).
Skaingkh (The Skank) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHiiNgw12Fs
No Kata Graphic Novel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51YiWk_HaB4
EP Stream and Digital Graphic Novel – No Kata (2013) – http://ninjaspy.bandcamp.com/album/no-kata
Album Stream – Pi Nature (2007) – http://ninjaspy.bandcamp.com/album/ature
Music Video – Circle Pity (2011) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKMYEkf15WY
Music Video – Evolution of Skid (2009) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAGkl4j68K8
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*INDIE GoGO CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES APRIL 1st – MAY 15th*
**MORE INFO ON DONATIONS + REWARDS TBA**
Ninjaspy will have lots of advanced goodies in store for those who donate to help pay for the Recording, Production and Marketing costs of this new record including the chance for the fans to have their voices heard on the album. The band also wants to hear from fans about what they would want in return for the crowd funding. Fans can email the band at headquarters@ninjaspy.net

“JUMP YA BONES” WESTERN CANADIAN TOUR
Tour Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/650396791663721/
4/4/2014 – Pitt Meadows, BC @ Pitt Meadows Church Hall (All Ages)
4/11/2014 – Nanaimo, BC @ Cavalotti Hall (All Ages)
4/12/2014 – Victoria, BC – “RUDEFEST” @ Victoria Events Center (All Ages + 19+ BEER GARDEN)
4/16/2014 – Kelowna, BC @ The Habitat (19+) w/ To Rise As Kings and Gomorrah
4/17/2014 – Siksika Nation, AB @ Siksika Pow Wow Arbor (All Ages)
4/18/2014 – Saskatoon, SK @ Rock Bottom (19+)
4/19/2014 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Zoo (18+)
4/21/2014 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Black Pirates Pub (All Ages)
4/23/2014 – Brandon, MB @ North Hill Inn ( 19+)
4/24/2014 – Edmonton, AB @ The Studio (18+)
4/25/2014 – Calgary, AB @ TBA
4/26/2014 – Red Deer, AB @ The Vat Pub (18+)
4/27/2014 – Kamloops, BC The Dirty Jersey (19+)
For more info, please follow the band at these links:
http://www.facebook.com/ninjaspy
http://www.twitter.com/ninjaspy
http://www.youtube.com/ninjaspytv
“I am so scared of this…but that’s good.” – Bob Ezrin
“Think a 3 piece Mr. Bungle with Patton’s vocals taking a turn for the better, add some laser beams and dreads, turn it all up to eleven, stand the fuck back and enjoy.” – Ground Report , NYC
“Pay attention Canadian recording industry, Ninjaspy is on the rise and the people’s salvation is at hand.” -Absolute Underground Magazine
“Soaring vocal harmonies are there one minute and replaced with a throaty growl the next. “Pure Sketch” is a sure-fire modern rock radio hit, as the post-grunge frame work gets stirred up into a tasty seventies inspired soul/funk soup”. – Metal-Rules.com
“Bloody well are entertaining. All dreadlocks and fricking samurai swords, giant pants and flying limbs. Not a speck of the stage was left untouched by this band’s chaotic feet.” – Cord Magazine
“The album itself is a blend of Hardcore, Punk, Ska, Rock & Metal, a recipe for brilliance. I urge everyone to check out this band, you may just re-evaluate your existence” – Infinitybasement
About:
Ninjaspy arose with the dawn of the year of six, embodied by the Triad in Blood: Vocalist/Guitarist Joel Parent, Drummer Adam Parent and Bassist Tim Parent. Rising above the mire of their faceless six year muse, they have focused their sights on the mission objectives now at hand: Swift, surgical amalgamation of a spectrum of styles and the subsequent eradication of narrow mindedness. Advocating total freedom of expression and infiltrating every earthen sinew in their chosen path in order to stay grounded and facilitate real connections with others; interactions that are crucial for a meaningful human existence. In correlation with a commitment to people before all else, support for Ninjaspy has grown with every show, every tour and every industry contact.
With the help of prolific producers, GGGarth Richardson and Ben Kaplan, they entered the next level of their career, releasing their debut cd πature (Pi Nature) in the fall of 2007. Ever reworking new ideas to their utmost potential, 2013 saw the release of the follow-up multi-media EP/Graphic Novella “NINJASPY NO KATA” with production by the same team of producers.
Equipped and, indeed, armed with their own musical weaponry, (a derivation of hardcore, ska, grunge, reggae, funk and more) Ninjaspy aim to engage people with radical ideas on a level plane. And above all else, to reiterate to people over and again, the importance of victory in the eternal conflict with the skank; the vicious and relentless evil that lives in every human being. The skank that is overcome each time Ninjaspy has the honour of sharing their crafts with people in a live environment, where dancing destroys the enemy. The enemy whose defeat is apparent as one witnesses the total freedom felt at every show by the people in the pit who rise up to throw the skank down.
DISCOGRAPHY:
2007 – πature (Pi Nature) – LP
2011 – Skaingkh (The Skank) – Digital Single
2013 – No Kata – EP
Shared Stage With:
Periphery, Twelve Foot Ninja, Protest the Hero, Coheed & Cambria, Thursday, Cancer Bats, Death By Stereo, 3 Inches of Blood, Today Is The Day, Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Brutal Truth, Divinity, Bring Me The Horizon, Neuraxis, Pierce The Veil, Powerman 5000, Grimskunk, The Dreadnoughts.
Festivals:
Warped Tour (Vancouver BC)
Taste of Chaos (Calgary AB)
Armstrong Open Air (Armstrong BC)
NXNE (Toronto ON)
New Music West (Vancouver BC)
The Big Easy (Nanaimo BC)
Endorsements:
Heartbeat Percussion
Los Cabos Drumsticks
Kinal Instruments
0 Edmonton’s Death Toll Rising Announce Tour Dates w/ Kataklysm & Aborted
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Edmonton’s Death Toll Rising Announce Tour Dates w/ Kataklysm & Aborted

L – R – Jesse Berube (Vocals), Tylor Dory (Guitar), Drew Copland (Guitar), Mike Puff (Bass), Bryan Newbury (Drums) – Photo credit: Penny Vander Heyden
Tour Dates:
Apr 10 – Edmonton, AB – Pawn Shop – w/ Katakylsm, Aborted ‘Kill The Elite Tour’
Apr 11 – Calgary, AB – The Rebublik – w/ Katakylsm, Aborted ‘Kill The Elite Tour’
Apr 13 – Vancouver, BC – The Rickshaw – w/ Katakylsm, Aborted ‘Kill The Elite Tour’
Rising up the ladder of the Canadian metal scene with their latest album ‘Infection Legacy’ unleashed last October, Death Toll Rising won praise in 2013 from fans, metal publications, and support from Canadian Loud Charts (Highlight: #3 on December 2013 Top 20 Loud Charts – Canadian College Radio – (Earshot) & Highlight: #11 on November 2013 Top 20 Loud Charts – Canadian College Radio – (Earshot)) along with their recent nomination for Metal Recording of The Year at the upcoming Edmonton Music Awards taking place on Sunday, April 13th Royal Alberta Museum Theatre.
Drew Copland, guitarist for DTR comments:
“It is a great honour for us to be nominated for an Edmonton Music Award. We have been a part of this city’s music scene for over a decade now and we are proud to represent it alongside some other amazing bands! We would like to extend a huge high five to our local fan base for always supporting us and sticking with us. It took some time to get Infection Legacy out there, but we poured our heart and soul into it, and just being nominated is very gratifying for us! ”
Metal Recording Of The Year
All Else Fails “AntiMartyr”
Death Toll Rising “Malice Incarnate”
Dieuponaday “Enlighten”
Monarch Sky “Circles”
Villainizer “Twin Tower Two-Step”
Nominees List: http://2014edmontonmusicawards.blogspot.ca/2014/02/and-nominees-are.html
About: Featuring a combination of death and thrash metal, the Edmonton-based band are known to devastate their audiences with their high octane performances that has lead them to share the stage over the years with high profile names such as Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, The Haunted, and Aborted (to name a few).
Originally formed in 2003 in Stony Plain, AB, Canada, Death Toll Rising have been grinding the Western Canadian metal scene steadily, gaining huge momentum over the last 3 years. New addition Tylor Dory on guitars has introduced a technical and progressive element to the band they have not had in the past. Add in the intense and relentless drumming provided by Bryan Newbury (recently recruited by Canadian prog/death powerhouse INTO ETERNITY), as well as the well-rounded rhythm provided by Drew Copland on guitar and Mike Puff on bass, and you get a monster that is only now being unleashed upon the masses with vocalist Jesse Berube topping things off with a combination of brutal death growls and Tomas Lindberg-esqe high shrieks, which will be plenty noticeable on their new album ‘Infection Legacy’.
Full album stream of ‘Infection Legacy’ can be listened on Beatroute Magazine here or Soundcloud here along with being purchased on Bandcamp here.
Track Listing: Infection Legacy
1. Infection Legacy [Youtube]
2. Judas Cradle
3. Scorched Earth Policy [Youtube]
4. Born To Defile
5. Malice Incarnate [Youtube] [Bandcamp]
6. Crack Open A Cold One
7. Slaughter To Survive
8. Revelation Despair
9. Septic Entity
For more info on Death Toll Rising, please visit the following links.
Official website: http://www.deathtollrising.net/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deathtollrising
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/deathtollrising
EPK: https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-death-toll-rising-infection-legacy-2013/
0 Montreal Thrashers MUTANK Post New Video ‘The Heavy Hand of The Doomsday Clock’
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Download Album Lyrics – Mutank – M.E.C.H. Metal – 2014 | Download Album Cover
Montreal Thrashers MUTANK Post New Video ‘The Heavy Hand of The Doomsday Clock’

L to R: Steven Breen – Rhythm Guitar| Stephen Reynolds – Vocals and Bass | Ahmed Saad – Drums (top)| Liam Hinchey- Lead Guitar (bottom) | Photo Credit – Mihaela Petrescu
Montreal QC’s mosh happy thrashers MUTANK have posted a new video for their track ‘ The Heavy Hand of The Doomsday Clock’, one of eight solid speed riffing tunes from the band’s latest release ‘M.E.C.H. Metal’ released this past February and is available on bandcamp here.
Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNjbkeCtUjs
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.’
“[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
“I personally think [M.E.C.H. Metal] could be contender for best album of the year!”- High Speed Hangover

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
Album info:
All songs performed by: MUTANK
Songs written by: MUTANK and Mike Molloy
Produced and Mixed and Mastered by: Olivier St. Pierre
Available on: Casette or digital download
Album + Live band line-up:
Stephen Reynolds – Vocals and Bass
Steven Breen – Rhythm Guitar and backing vocals
Ahmed Saad – Drums
Liam Hinchey – Lead Guitar
Discography:
2014 – M.E.C.H. Metal – LP
2013 – Demo-Lition – EP
Shared stage with:
Lich King, Screamer, Fatality, Shotgun Cure, Trainwreck Architect, Warsenal, Chemical Way, Powered by Death, Kadraal, Venomenon
For more info on Mutank, please visit the following links:
http://www.facebook.com/bonebrainsnotdemolishers
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0 Wacken Metal Battle Canada Announce Toronto Round Two Winners!; One Band To Rule Them All!
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FREE DOWNLOAD link: https://wackenmetalbattlecanada.bandcamp.com/album/wacken-metal-battle-canada-compilation-vol-2 (featuring over 80 tracks)
Wacken Metal Battle Canada Announce Toronto Round Two Winners!; One Band To Rule Them All!

Wacken Metal Battle Canada is proud to announce Our Covenant and Endemise as Toronto round two winners, they will both move forward to compete at one of two city semi-finals with round one winners The Parallax and Psycho Mad Sally on Sat, April 26 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. Events Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1461026537458437/ and Sat, May 3 @ Rivoli, 334 Queen St W. Event Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/714280651930391/
| TORONTO | Fri, March 14 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. – Event Details |
| ROUND TWO | Our Covenant – WINNER |
| Operus | |
| Protokult | |
| The Fiction In Folklore | |
| Endemise – WINNER |
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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H.M.M.A.C. – https://www.facebook.com/HMMACANADA
Dungeonworks – https://www.facebook.com/dungeonworksprods
The Invisible Orange – http://www.theinvisibleorange.com
Concertworks – www.concertworks.ca
Big Nate Productions – www.calgarymetalfest.com
Media Sponsors:
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Exclaim! – http://www.exclaim.ca
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Metal Master Kingdom – http://www.metalmasterkingdom.com
Montreal Music Scene – http://www.montrealmusicscene.com
Metal Nation Radio – http://www.metalnationradio.com
Metal-Rules – http://www.metal-rules.com
MusikUniverse – http://www.musikuniverse.com
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Scene Magazine – http://www.thescenemagazine.ca
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0 Calgary’s Blues Rockman Matt Blais Announces Showcase At LA MUSEXPO April 8th; New Music Video ‘Goodbye Sunshine’
Calgary’s Blues Rockman Matt Blais Announces Showcase At LA MUSEXPO April 8th; New Music Video ‘Goodbye Sunshine’

Calgary, AB’s favourite rock/ blues musician Matt Blais is proud to announce he will performing at this year’s MUSEXPO in Los Angeles on April 8th at SIR Studios in support of his latest album ‘The Heartbeat‘.
“I’m so excited to be headed back to LA, such an energetic and inspiring city! I’m happy that I will get to be part of the hot-bed of talent that is MUSEXPO.” says Blais.
MUSEXPO – http://www.musexpo.net/
Event Date: April 8th, 2014 performance
Location: SIR Studios, 6465 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028
Touring across Canada for most of 2013 with performances at Canadian Music Week, Indie Week, Alberta Beach Fest, Canal Flats in BC, Calgary’s Blankfest III and the Calgary Stampede Fest where he opened for The Watchmen, Blais has gained strong comparisons to artists such as Sam Roberts, Matt Mays and Joel Plaskett. Blending elements of fiery rock and roll with smooth vintage soul blues, Blais has formed a sound so uniquely his own that one can’t help but become emotionally charged. The combination of his high energy live show and a passion for song writing is Blais’ formula for success, which thus far has been very well received by critics and the audiences in Canada and beyond that continue to grow in number.
The Heartbeat – Album Stream – http://mattblaismusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-heartbeat
Music Video – Goodbye Sunshine – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOlj_goWMY
“Frontman Matt Blais knows how to work a crowd and he is far from afraid of showing off his talents.” – The Scene Magazine (Live Review – Indie Week 2013)
“Over the past five years, Matt Blais has been generating a catalogue of material that is both emotive and relatable. His passionate live performances demonstrate eagerness to create heartfelt songs and nowhere is more evident than on his newest album, The Heartbeat, where a poetic personality fuses with growing life experience.” – Beatroute AB
“The name Matt Blais is a familiar one to those in the Calgary, Alberta music scene. Well known as talented and respected musician, Matt likes to break musical moulds, mixing rock, blues and soul for a sound all his own…I sat with what might be described as a “perma-grin” as he effortlessly played to every person in the room that night. A natural born entertainer, Matt is the real deal, and if it’s an entertainer you’re looking for all you have to do is follow The Heartbeat.” – The Portal Magazine
“…he is rock ‘n’ roll. And has been for some time, now, becoming a fave staple on the western Canadian scene, fronting his melodic barroom blues rock band, that calls on the jukebox of classic rock influences – many of who are in said club (the 27 club) – while making it distinctively his own….And crowds have shown him a great deal of love over the past several years, with Blais and band packing rooms across the Prairies and gaining notoriety by performing during Calgary’s Juno Fest shows in 2008 and winning local talent showcases such as the AMP Radio Rockstar competition.” – Calgary Herald
“Blais uses heavily-charged emotional lyrics as well as a gritty band behind him to produce a blues-slash-rock sounds, which has been commended by many local media sources. His sound is highlighted by a sometimes raspy voice, which helps to fill the total appearance of the band.” – Grande Prairie Herald
“Matt’s newest release, “The Heartbeat”, is packed with emotionally driven rock and roll that possesses a nostalgic presence that will fill the listener’s head with a sound that is not usually found in today’s music scene…What makes him and this song (Running) unique is his ability to create a vintage sound that is of his own with lyrics that fully compliment the song as a whole. Matt instantly catches the listener’s ear with an addictive chorus.” – Emurg.com
Track Listing – The Heartbeat
1. Running
2. Guilty Heart
3. Headed Back to You
4. Goodbye Sunshine
5. All I’ve Got to Lose
6. Looking At You Now
7. Always
8. Get Out
9. I Wanna Love You
10. Set the City On Fire
For more info, show dates, music and to order ‘The Heartbeat’ from Matt Blais, please visit these links:
Purchase link – http://mattblaismusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-heartbeat
https://www.facebook.com/mattblaismusic




