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0 Extreme Metal Television 18 Noctis V Special w/ Scythia and more
0 MetalKaoz – Review – Mortor – Shoot ‘Em Up
0 Lovecraftian Death Metallers AUROCH Streaming New Song ‘Fleshless Ascension (Paths of Dawn)’, Announce Show Dates
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Lovecraftian Death Metallers AUROCH Streaming New Song ‘Fleshless Ascension (Paths of Dawn)’, Announce Show Dates
L-R – Ouzounov – Guitars/Vocals | Sebastian Montesi – Guitars/Vocals | Zack Chandler- Drums
Vancouver BC’s Lovecraftian death metal trio Auroch whom are unleashing their first full-length album ‘From Forgotten Worlds’ via Polish label Hellthrasher Productions on October 26, 2012 are now streaming their latest single ‘Fleshless Ascension (Paths of Dawn)’ at the following link below.
“We’re proud to release this next track, which will be the last track before streaming the full record. We’ve now revealed the first three tracks of the record. The initiation is complete – skin yourself!” comments Auroch vocalist / guitarist Seb Montesi.
Auroch- Fleshless Ascension (Paths of Dawn)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL6Y92PsMDM
Showcasing the band’s metamorphoses from thrash metal band into a full-fledged death metal assault, the debut full-length album is raw, relentless and tapping into a musical current of the wrath of Lovecraft’s Ancient Ones. Any and all who question or condemn modern conventions should sympathize with the ideologies and mythos provided. Fans of barbaric blasting and technical shredding should associate with the musicality.
Album Pre-Order – http://auroch1.bandcamp.com/album/from-forgotten-worlds (immediate download of first single with pre order)
Hellthrasher Shop – http://hellthrasher.com/shop/
From Forgotten Worlds
1. From Forgotten Worlds – song stream – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u89J0EtZ1Jg
2. Fleshless Ascension (Paths of Dawn)
3. Slaves To A Flame Undying – song stream – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPUIIiOpVHE
4. Dregs Of Sanity
5. Talisman For Total Temporal Collapse
6. Terra Akeldama
7. Bloodborne Conspiracy
8. Tundra Moon
Show Dates:
October 26, 2012 – Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC – w/ Tyrants Blood, Archspire, Galgamex + more – Show Details
Nov 10, 2012 – Logan’s Pub – Victoria, BC w/ Dire Omen, Burialkult, Acolytes ov Impurity – Show Details
April 6, 2012 – ‘Torment in Fire Metal Fest II’ @ The New Black Centre for Music and Art – Calgary, AB w/ Mystifier + more – Show Details
For more info on the band, their upcoming release and tour dates, please follow the band on their Facebook fan page and Twitter.
0 MetalTitans – Review – Scythia – For The Bear
0 MusicLegends – Interview – Scythia
0 PlanetMosh.com – Review – Scythia – For The Bear
0 H.M.M.A.C. Newsletter – October 2012 – Canuck Metal United
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Hey Metal Heads!
Welcome to our headbanging newsletter. We’re glad to hear from all of you and proud to bring Canadian Metal from across the provinces and territories to you.
In the news from H.M.M.A.C.
Congratulations to Nephelium for their win in the ‘Best Metal’ category at the Toronto Independent Music Awards.
Nominees were:
THIRDRITE
BLIND RACE
THE MARKED
SUMO CYCO
NEPHELIUM
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H.M.M.A.C. would like to thank Calgary’s Noctis V Metal Fest for hosting PR rep Jon Asher and Northern Ontario rep Mark Howitt of Archaic North Entertainment at their conference as they represented H.M.M.A.C. and were guest speakers on their music industry panels.
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Countdown is on: Only 2 weeks left for Canadian acts to submit showcase applications for Canadian Music Week taking place in Toronto, ON from March 19-24, 2013.
If you are a Canadian band/artist or represent one, submit your showcase applications online @sonicbids.com/canadianmusicfest2013 orwww.canadianmusicfest.com before October 27.
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RUSH is nominated to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and for the first time in its history, fans are given the opportunity to officially participate in the induction selection process. Beginning on Thursday, October 4 and continuing through December 3, the public can vote for the five nominees they believe to be most deserving of induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The top five artists, as selected by the public, will comprise a “fans’ ballot†that will be tallied along with the other ballots to choose the 2013 inductees.
http://rockhall.com/get-involved/interact/poll/
Other nominees include (in order of votes so far):
Deep Purple
Heart
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
Albert King
Public Enemy
Donna Summer
Procol Harum
N.W.A.
Randy Newman
Kraftwerk
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Meters
The Marvelettes
Chic
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Oct 21 – Montreal: Diemonds, Rusted, Doll, Snakeskyn Whiskey
The Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.) & Dungeon Works have done it again, collaborating to bring Montreal metal heads a night of live music that will leave fans screaming for more.
On Sunday, October 21, Piranha Bar (680 Ste-Catherine West) will be the place to be, as Rusted, Doll, Snakeskyn Whiskey and Toronto’s Diemonds – purveyors of saccharine-and-daggers hard rock – tear the city apart.
Show Details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/257980864322357/
Sunday / Dimanche – October 21 / Octobre 21
8:30pm / 20H30h – Piranha Bar – 680 Rue Ste. Catherine Ouest
10$ adv. /12$ doors/ portes – 18+ – 8:30pm
billets disponibles au Piranha Bar, la boutique Labyrinthe
tickets available at Piranha Bar, Labyrinthe Boutique
www.diemonds.net
with/avec
RUSTED
www.myspace.com/rustedqc
DOLL
www.reverbnation.com/dollband
SNAKESKYN WHISKEY
www.snakeskynwhiskey.com
H.M.M.A.C. – http://www.facebook.com/HMMACANADA
Labyrinthe Boutique – www.labyrintherock.com
Belle Gueule – http://www.bellegueule.ca/
Absolute Underground – www.absoluteunderground.ca
Nov 1 – Montreal: Truth or Scare, Dark Century, Forbidden Sin
Dungeon Works & The Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.) just keep on raising the bar when it comes to live events, this time bringing together three of Montreal’s most recognizable homegrown metal acts and one of Toronto’s biggest indie metallers at Piranha Bar (680 Ste-Catherine West) on Thursday, November 1.
Join metal thrashers Forbidden Sin, aggressive and hilarious Dark Century who recently played Heavy Mtl, horror band Truth or Scare and Toronto’s one and only Aggressor for a night of head banging like no other.
Show Details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/290166534418955/
Thursday / Jeudi – November 1 / Novembre 21
8:30pm / 20H30h – Piranha Bar – 680 Rue Ste. Catherine Ouest
10$adv. /12$ doors/ portes – 18+ – 8:30pm
billets disponibles au Piranha Bar, la boutique Labyrinthe
tickets available at Piranha Bar, Labyrinthe Boutique
AGGRESSOR
https://www.facebook.com/aggressivemusic
with/avec
TRUTH OR SCARE
https://www.facebook.com/truthorscaremtl
DARK CENTURY
http://www.darkcentury.ca
FORBIDDEN SIN
http://www.reverbnation.com/forbiddensin
commandité par/sponsored by:
H.M.M.A.C. – http://www.facebook.com/HMMACANADA
Labyrinthe Boutique – www.labyrintherock.com
Belle Gueule – http://www.bellegueule.ca/
Nov 3 – Toronto: Thrash Fuck Thrash Bash 4
w/ Fatality, Aggressor, West of Hell +more
Following the undeniable success of the last three Thrash Fuck Thrash Bashes, Blacktooth Entertainment & The Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.) is proud to bring fans the highly anticipated fourth installment on Saturday, November 3 at Hard Luck Bar (772 Dundas Street West).
A slew of bands, including Fatality, Aggressor, West of Hell, Mastery, Lethal Voltage and more, will take to the stage while DJ Cyndi Z will be spinnin’ classic vinyl records all night, giving all show goers what is bound to be an epic music hangover.
Show Details:
Thrash Fuck Thrash Bash 4 – http://www.facebook.com/events/157027787769941
Featuring: Fatality, Aggressor, West of Hell, Mastery, Lethal Voltage and more TBA!
DJ CYNDI Z spinnin’ classic vinyls all night!
All Ages – More details TBA
FATALITY
www.facebook.com/fatalitythrash
AGGRESSOR (Return show!)
www.facebook.com/aggressivemusic
WEST OF HELL (Vancouver)
www.facebook.com/WestofHell
MASTERY
www.facebook.com/pages/Mastery/160638577320942
LETHAL VOLTAGE
www.facebook.com/lethalvoltage
ETERNAL JUDGMENT (Montreal)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eternal-Judgment/112880535392018
+ DJ CYNDI Z spinnin’ classic vinyls all night!
*MORE TBA!*
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www.facebook.com/HardLuckBar
If you are an artist or member of a group and would like to be featured in our spotlight, please send us your band’s information, as well as any relevant links (Myspace, music video, etc) so we may showcase your work in our newsletters and our Youtube channel.
Your Last Wish – Hastening Death –http://youtu.be/06_TbI5OZHo
D3ATHCHARG3R – Buried in the Basement – http://youtu.be/xUFr7FCEQAo
Diemonds – http://diemonds.net/
Odium – No Way Out – http://youtu.be/A_Avwi3xVQQ
All Else Fails – This Burden of Life –http://youtu.be/9IOIWddofYE
OGENIX – http://ogenix.bandcamp.com
Derelict – http://derelictmetal.com/
Endast – on Canadian tour –http://www.facebook.com/EndastMusic
Projekt F – http://www.projektf.net/
Hero’s Last Rite – I Am Atomic –http://youtu.be/F5n0a9Rg6Uw
SKROU – http://www.facebook.com/skroumusic
XUL – http://www.facebook.com/Xulband
Ancients – http://www.facebook.com/ANCIIENTS
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Great Articles To Read!
How To Make Your Music Career Highly Profitable And Sustainable –http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-to-make-your-music-career-highly-profitable-and-sustaina.html
Halford Guitarist METAL MIKE CHLASCIAK Launches CMM Services –http://www.bravewords.com/news/191416
10 Tips for Better Lyric Writing –http://musicclout.com/contents/article-124-10-tips-for-better-lyric-writing.aspx
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H.M.M.A.C. and Loudtrax.com unleash Canuck Metal Volume 2.
Download link – http://www.loudtrax.com/canuckmetal2/
Promo Code= HMMAC
Track Listing:
Arapacis – End of The Line
Crisis Kings – Glutton
Forbidden Sin – Man Down
Hollow – Sunriser
Hymnosis – How Dare You
Makaria – Spire
Nephelium – Merciless Annihilation
Project Mars – Don’t Hold Back
Sanktuary – Raise The Flag
New Jacobin Club – My Smile
The Void – If Ya Can’t Beat ‘Em (Detour ‘Em)
Trainwreck Architect – Dream Pariah
Tribune – The Succubus
Wolven Ancestry – The Animistic Awakening
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Check out these video companies
FadeBack Studios United (Edmonton)
Need Recording Services?
Dreamsound Studio (Hamilton, Ontario) Contact: Chris Rhodes dreamsound@sympatico.ca
Events
0 Oct 26 – Toronto – Blacktooth Ent. Presents: A Horrorbilly Halloween w/ The Matadors + Hellcat & The Prowl + Butch Haller & His Chesterfield Ramblers and The Satans
Oct 26 – Toronto – Blacktooth Ent. Presents: A Horrorbilly Halloween w/ The Matadors + Hellcat & The Prowl + Butch Haller & His Chesterfield Ramblers and The Satans
Blacktooth Entertainment presents the ultimate horrorbilly Halloween bash with very special musical guests The Matadors, Hellcat &The Prowl, Butch Haller & His Chesterfield Ramblers and The Satans on Friday, October 26 at Hard Luck Bar (772 Dundas Street West).
This is THE Halloween party to attend for anyone who loves live music, but loves a good time even more. Put on your best costume – there will be a costume contest so your best efforts are demanded – and let the creators of horrorbilly, masters of balls out rock, foremost motherf*ckers in their own right, The Matadors blow your mind and creep you out as they destroy the stage.
Show Details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/340329119395244/
THE MATADORS, HELLCAT & THE PROWL + More TBA
Friday October 26th, 2012 @ Hard Luck Bar
www.thematadors.net
www.facebook.com/pages/THE-MATADORS/8773185843
HELLCAT AND THE PROWL
(Featuring Jen Blackwood, the original singer of The Creepshow)
http://www.myspace.com/hellcatandtheprowl
http://www.facebook.com/groups/25342405511/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Butch-Haller-and-His-Chesterfield-Ramblers/131439066904093
http://www.facebook.com/the.saytens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_QnddUWgVA
***COSTUME CONTEST***
19+, $15 Adv., $20 @ Door
For Tickets:
Rotate This! 801 Queen Street West
Soundscapes 572 College Street
Hard Luck 772 Dundas Street West
E-transfer / PayPal $15 to BlacktoothEntertainment@gmail.com
0 Oct 31 – Toronto – Blacktooth Ent. Presents: Slayer Halloween Party
Oct 31 – Toronto – Blacktooth Ent. Presents: Slayer Halloween Party
Good Kids, Jagermeister and Blacktooth Entertainment present the ultimate Halloween bash on Wednesday, October 31 at Hardluck Bar (772 Dundas Street West).
That’s right, it’s Slayer Party time, Halloween style i.e. the biggest, baddest, drunkest, smokiest, most head bangin’ halloween party on the planet. Put on your best costume or sluttiest nurse outfit (there will be prizes!) and come out to see the gogo dancers, fireworks and three of the best bands the city has to offer. Traditional heavy metallers Axxion will be launching their album, heavy thrash band Shotgun Cure will make you want to tear your clothes off and Diemonds will cap off the night as the local party rockers come back home after a long tour. There will of course be tons of shots too.Show Details:
Date: Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012
CD RELEASE SHOW!!!
http://www.facebook.com/AXXIONCANADA
www.facebook.com/BlacktoothEntertainment
www.facebook.com/HardLuckBar
0 THE RABID WHOLE Announce Two Spooktacualar Halloween Shows, Oshawa Oct 27, Ottawa Oct 30
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THE RABID WHOLE Announce Two Spooktacualar Halloween Shows, Oshawa Oct 27, Ottawa Oct 30
From Left to Right: JJ Tartaglia: Drums | Andreas Weiss: Vocals, Guitar | Oscar Anesetti: Bass Guitar | Chalsey Noelle: Keyboards, Vocals | George Radutu: Guitar (Photo Credit: Darko – www.darkophoto.com) [ DOWNLOAD – HIGH-RES PRESS PHOTO ]
Known for their sharp looks and unique style, as much as for their infectious electro rock tunes, some may say every day is Halloween for Toronto’s The Rabid Whole, but they ain’t seen nothin’ yet. As Halloween shows and bashes sweep across the country, catch TRW in two spooktacular shows in Ontario, first in Oshawa on October 27 at The Atria with Schoolcraft, Eclipse Eternal, Left Hand Creation and Pagan Ritual followed by Ottawa on October 30 at Zaphod Beeblebrox with Vancouver’s Left Spine Down and Montreal’s Project F. It’s sure to be a Rabid Whole Halloween with two unmissable shows, the second even promising to hold a wedding ceremony! Yes, you read that right. These are two shows you have to see to believe.
Show Dates:
Oct 27, 2012 – The Atria – Oshawa, ON w/ Schoolcraft, Eclipse Eternal, Left Hand Creation, Pagan Ritual – Show Details
Oct 30, 2012 – Zaphod Beeblerox – Ottawa, ON w/Left Spine Down and Projet F –Show Details
FREE DOWNLOAD – ‘Delusion’ – http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/the-rabid-whole-delusion-free-download
FREE DOWNLOAD – ‘Future’ – http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/the-rabid-whole-future-free-download
“Refuge”
1. Future
2. Metro
3. Corporate
4. New System
5. Serenity Falls
6. Solution
7. Rhythmic Reflection
8. Stargazer
9. Delusion
10. Refuge
About:
There’s something to be said for fate in the music world. One moment you’re left with the skeleton of a band, unsure when you’ll be able to follow your calling again, the next you’ve got a whole new line-up, a brand new home, a stronger, more defined sound and are recording with some of the biggest names in the industry. This is the tale of The Rabid Whole.
Disenchanted with playing in bands whose music was unchallenging and run of the mill, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Andreas Weiss set out to remedy his predicament. Purchasing an arsenal of music and noise-making gadgets, he began writing songs for his own band’s 2009 debut album, Autramaton.
Recruiting musicians along the way, the first incarnation of The Rabid Whole was solidified, releasing their first album and touring Canada, sharing the stage with the likes of The Birthday Massacre, Econoline Crush, Hinder, Apoptygma Berzerk, and 16Volt.
But that’s when things began to take a turn. Following the departure of several band members, Weiss decided to leave his hometown of Regina, SK behind, taking a leap of faith and moving to Toronto, ON along with guitarist and founding member George Radutu.
Through some lucky online ads, he discovered drummer JJ Tartaglia and bass guitarist Oscar Anesetti while a Christmas trip back home to Regina put him face-to-face with Chalsey Noelle, a friend of a friend looking for a new career path after quitting her job. Wouldn’t you know it – Noelle was a talented keyboardist and vocalist.
Now, the new and improved Rabid Whole is set to release their second album, Refuge, on May 1, 2012. A direct reflection of the emotional and external changes of Weiss’ journey, the album deals with relatable themes.
“I sold my house, quit my engineering consultant job and moved…We were starting from square one again, but with more uncertainties than ever and weren’t sure when we would even have a full band again. Part of the writing had begun randomly scattered over the past couple of years, but the majority came right after the move. I set up the studio in the basement of my house and got to work. I didn’t leave the house for two months and wrote from the moment I’d wake up until I’d fall asleep,” says Weiss.
Recorded and produced by Karl Schubach (Misery Signals, Solace), mixed by Dave Ogilvie (Jakalope, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson) and mastered by Noah Mintz (Broken Social Scene, Death From Above 1979), the finished product delivers rock and electronic elements pushed to the max, a male and female vocal showdown and, as Weiss puts it, showcases “a 21st century, high-energy, electro alternative, orgasmic-punch-in-the-face-rock band.”
Isn’t it time you fell down the rabid whole?
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