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TRIBUNE Post Drum Video “Man On The Outside” From New Album “Elder Lore / The Dark Arts”

TRIBUNE drummer Jason Brown has uploaded his latest demonstration video for “Man On The Outside”, the seventh track on the melodic prog death thrashers’ “Elder Lore / The Dark Arts” album released last week on March 20th on their independent label Corpse Corrosion Music.

To view the video please visit the following link – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr1-bTl8tto

The album stream – http://tribune.bandcamp.com

Single Stream – “The Succubus” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE1AcBwq_t4

Free Download – “The Succubus” – http://www.reverbnation.com/tribunemetal

Original artwork by Ryan O’Shea.
Art production by: Steve Kwasniewski

Track listing:

1. It Came From The Swamps…

2. The Succubus

3. Chemistry Arrives

4. The Warrior Mentality

5. Below

6. We, The Black

7. Man On The Outside

8. The World’s Greatest Cynic

Tribune will be on tour in April in the USA along with Canadian dates to be announced soon.

Tour Dates

(facebook event – http://www.facebook.com/events/384022274946757/)

April 12, 2012 –The Fun House – Seattle, WA

April 13, 2012 – Plan B – Portland, OR

April14, 2012 – The Black Forest – Eugene, OR

April 18, 2012 – On The Y – Sacramento, CA

April 21, 2012 – Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV

April 23, 2012 – UB’s – Mesa, AZ

April 26, 2012 – Zombies – San Antonio, TX

April 27, 2012 – O’Riley’s – Dallas, TX

April 28, 2012 – Sam’s Lounge – Jackson, MS

May 4, 2012 – Pick Wick Pub – Poughkeepsie, NY

May 6, 2012 – Bogie’s – Albany, NY

About: A band of friends and brothers, the five members behind Tribune have been together since 2004, making it their mission to create challenging yet accessible metal. With an EP and demo behind them, the music has become both heavier and more melodic from release to release and now, Tribune is set to unleash its latest album, Elder Lore/The Dark Arts, showcasing the raw sound that captures the band in its natural live element.

Mixing thrash / progressive rock metal with melodic vocals, the album will feature new material along with classic fan favorites. “We want people to be impacted by the vision, effort and creativity put in to make a new and unique style that is genre defying,” said the members collectively when asked what they hope listeners will take away from Elder Lore/The Dark Arts.

Genre defying. Accessible. Iconoclastic. This can only be Tribune.

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0 FATALITY Announce New Drummer and Upcoming Video

FATALITY Announce New Drummer and Upcoming Video

Toronto party thrashers FATALITY have announced in a recent blog update the return of original founding drummer Mason Le Von, brother of vocalist / guitarist Spencer Le Von.

In the blog update, Spencer wrote:

This is Spencer Le Von of Fatality with a big announcement regarding a recent line-up change. We have parted ways with our drummer Andrew “Comfortability Snacks” Suarez and re-hired our original drummer and my brother Mason LeVon. There is no animosity or hard feelings towards Suarez and we still consider him to be a good friend. We wanted to thank him from the bottom of our tiny pink hearts for all his hard work and enthusiasm that made this band what it is today. We look forward to making more noise with him at some other point in the future.”

The band will also be releasing a new video later this week and will be playing a show as local support for Revocation and Cannabis Corpse on April 21st in Toronto, ON at Hard Luck Bar.

To read the full statement and preview photos from the video please visit the following link – http://fatalitythrash.blogspot.ca/2012/03/goodbye-suarez-hello-mason.html

Show Dates:

April 21, 2012 – Hard Luck Bar – Toronto, ON w/ Revocation, Cannabis Corpse, and Ramming Speed – http://www.facebook.com/events/250975011653130/

Links:

Free Download – T.F.E.S. Demo – http://fatality.bandcamp.com/

Video – Thrash Fuck Eat Sleep – http://youtu.be/sNaYiUm6ze4

About: FATALITY is the thrash metal quartet hailing from Toronto Canada. FATALITY brings an explosive form of high-energy thrash to its fans and a relentlessly untiring beer-drenched live show. FATALITY is uncompromising in its endeavors and unwavering in its determination.

Founding members Spencer LeVon (Singer/Guitarist), Eytan Gordon (Lead Guitarist) and Adam Zlotnik (Bassist) enlisted Andrew Suarez (Drummer) in the summer of 2008 to fill out the FATALITY roster. This led to the independent release of the bands debut album Beers From The Grave, and an impressive year to follow packed full of successful shows.

Sharing the stage with acts such as Municipal Waste, Bonded By Blood, Evile, Holy Grail, Exodus, Razor, DBC, and headlining many of their own shows, FATALITY have demonstrated dedication to their passion for decimating audiences with their high voltage performances, and above everything else, having a damn good time.

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0 Vile-Views.com – Review – Tribune – Elder Lore / The Dark Arts

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I remember Tribune from their early days (est. 2004) as an excellent straight-up Metalcore band who were mega-talented and heavy as fuck. They were along the lines of authentic Metalcore acts like Caliban, Heaven Shall Burn, and Glass Casket. Today with “Elder Lore/The Dark Arts” they have evolved into a band that is pushing beyond the boundaries of Metalcore, traditional Metal, and genre-labelling in general.

They have incorporated elements of Stoner Rock and Doom Metal with influences such as Clutch and Down, and into Prog Metal, with influences such as Opeth and Tool. But overall I would say Tribune are searching for a way out of the genre maze, with the pressures of the music industry, local scenesters, internet trolls, Metal purists, and the general public weighing heavily as they do on many heavy bands. Tribune may be under one particular pressure from the genre/subgenre afficionados, what with their Metalcore roots, whether from cranky & flatulent Metal purists or their teenage counterparts, the Barely-Legal/Metally-Challenged crowd. In a bid to leave this conundrum behind, Tribune seem to have deliberately absorbed as many Metal, Rock, and Hardcore subgenres as possible into their sound as either a diabolical way of confusing the scenesters, an attempt to sell themselves more effectively to the music industry, or just as a plain old “fuck you” to the lameasses who so often lurk around popular music environments worldwide. Perhaps all three!

Absolutely fantastic packaging! A sweet foldout digipack cover with super artwork by Tribune bassist Ryan O’Shea. Brilliant as it literally allows the concept of Elder Lore/The Dark Arts to “unfold” before your eyes as you examine the archetypal images displayed within and get a feel for the ideas behind the music on this courageous Metallic release. Looking into pathways of elemental reality vs. the conflictual state imposed by the human ego, Elder Lore/The Dark Arts is lyrically vivid and provocative to the point it could bring on some excellent Horror/Art film concepts. There are strong themes of individuation and symbolic thought being employed here for sure! Tribune are clearly in a state of innovative progress and this latest release simply smacks of auspiciousness all around.

This band has got a lot of balls (just check out their latest promo pic lol!) to attack their music as intensively as they do, laying out creative and musical challenges for themselves that most bands would back down from or not have the imagination to conceive of at all. “Below” is certainly a standout track, with its hot and heavy-handed bass intro, dark riffing, demented drum solo break, and emergence into a Jazzy Cathedral-esque mid-section. One hallmark of Tribune I’ve always noticed is the tribal pummelling of ultra-heavy toms/double bass drums in unison with imposing, cinderblock Metal guitar riffola, and the tradition is certainly continued grandly on this song and the entire album. Their sound is expanded upon through passages of harmonic and rhythmic counterpoint and harmony, giving the sense of being in a stately Gothic cathedral among a few grotesque gargoyles. Perhaps even Opeth themselves could learn a thing or two from these guys. The darkness and heaviness of the guitar riffs evokes Mr. Iommi and Sabbath, while the clean vocal sections suggest Pentagram and the Stoner Rock leanings as well as the Hardcore roots. Every track is strong, but my faves are “The World’s Greatest Cynic” ( a great asskicker of an epic, ferocious unrelenting musical vitality justifying its 9:10 length), “The Succubus” (love the twist on the zombie concept, very catchy, accessible, and rabblerousing), and “It Came From The Swamps…” (brilliant fucking lyrics, great song, as challenging as it is heavy and an excellent way to open the album…How could VILE ENT not like this primordial misanthropic message???).

I would advise any smart industry types out there to snap up Tribune if you handle “Hard Music” acts. Treat them right and don’t get in their creative way if you do. These guys know exactly where they need to go musically and artistically. If you interfere with their work you will lose out on your investment and fuck up these young men’s livelihoods. That’s not good business, plus it’s unwise and not very nice. Elder Lore/The Dark Arts has all the necessary ingredients of an accessible and unique Metal release for 2012, and Tribune are clearly ready to capitalize on their assets.

-Vile Ent

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