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0 AlanCross.com – Abstract Artform Raps About Being Canadian
0 Portland Tribune – Versus The Nothing
0 Weekly Volcano – Friday, Feb. 24: Versus The Nothing – We Recommend – Weekly Volcano – The alternative newsweekly for…
0 MetalHolic.co – Review – Nephelium – Coils of Entropy
0 Nephelium Exclusive Song Stream: “Burial Ground” On GunShyAssassin.com
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Nephelium Exclusive Song Stream: “Burial Ground” On GunShyAssassin.com
Nephelium, the brutal death metal band that traces its roots back to the late 1990s from the city of Dubai, UAE and whom have now re-established themselves in Toronto, Canada for the last 10 years are now exclusively streaming their latest single “Burial Ground” on GunShyAssassin.com from their debut album “Coils of Entropy” released on February 7, 2012.
Nephelium Exclusive Song Stream: “Burial Ground” – http://gunshyassassin.com/exclusive/nephelium-exclusive-song-stream-burial-ground/#more-22586
The album balances equal amounts of brutality and complexity, staying true to the roots of old-school death metal and is a 6 track masterpiece that truly embodies Nephelium’s vision of technical death metal with old school roots and Arabian melodies.
“Coils of Entropy” debut #2 on the Canadian college radio loud charts and has held the #2 position for the past four weeks.
CD Cover Design: Juanjo Castellano (JuanCastellano.com)
Logo Design: Christopher Horst
1. Burial Ground 05:04
2. Merciless Annihilation 06:18
3. Hellborne 05:02
4. Malediction 08:52
5. Halls of Judgment 05:56
6. Coils of Entropy 10:15
A free download of their first single “Merciless Annihilation” is available here (http://www.reverbnation.com/nephelium)
Single Stream Link – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRE2UpktFdg
About: Dubai may be known as a city rich in history, a business hub and the home of the tallest structure in the world, but it’s also the birthplace of one of the first death metal bands to come out of the Middle East.
Dubai is where, in the late 1990s, guitarist Alex Zubair and drummer Alan Madhavan came together to form Nephelium, guided by the sole vision of a band comprised of equal parts complexity and brutality.
Staying true to the roots of death metal, Nephelium was quick to forge ahead with experimentation, pulling in influences from metal and other genres.
With the hope of spreading Nephelium’s insidious gospel across the world, Zubair and Madhavan settled in Toronto, Canada where they completed the band’s lineup and immediately began playing shows and tearing up local stages, which quickly led to opening slots for metal heavyweights Skinless and Deicide.
Following a tumultuous journey spanning ten years, two continents and countless lineup changes, Nephelium is ready to once again give the death metal world a good shaking with the release of their debut album, Coils of Entropy.
The embodiment of Nephelium’s journey to striking the perfect balance between technical death metal, old school metal and Arabian melodies, Coils of Entropy is a six-track masterpiece set to breathe new life into today’s dwindling death metal landscape.
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0 Nephelium # 2 On Canadian National Loud Chart – For The Week Ending Feb 21, 2012
http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=106&dWeekOfID=2012-02-21
| earshot The National Loud Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
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| TW | LW | Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Lamb Of God | Resolution | Sony  |
| 2 | 2 | Nephelium | Coils of Entropy | Self-Released |
| 3 | 1 | Maximum RNR  |
The Black and White Years | Self-Released |
| 4 | 8 | Goatwhore | Blood for the Master | Metal Blade |
| 5 | 9 | Throne Of Vengeance |
Flesh Engine | Self-Released |
| 6 | — | Abigail Williams | Becoming | Candlelight |
| 7 | — | Orange Goblin | A Eulogy For The Damned | Candlelight |
| 8 | re | Mastodon |
The Hunter | Reprise |
| 9 | — | Alcest | Les Voyages De L’Ame | Prophecy |
| 10 | re | Threat Signal |
Threat Signal | Sonic Unyon |
| re = re-entry to chart | ||||
0 The Province (Vancouver, BC) – Album Review – Tribune – Elder Lore/The Dark Arts
0 For The Week Ending Feb 21, 2012 – Nephelium # 10 – Loud Chart – KXSC 1560AM University of Southern California
1 PSYCROPTIC The Inherited Repression Nuclear Blast
2 LAMB OF GOD Resolution Epic
3 THE KANDIDATE Facing The Imminent Prospect Of Death Napalm
4 BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART Feel The Power Tooth And Nail
5 NIGHTWISH Imaginaerum Roadrunner
6 ORANGE GOBLIN A Eulogy For The Damned Candlelight
7 PRIMAL FEAR Unbreakable Frontiers
8 ABIGAIL WILLIAMS The Becoming Candlelight
9 IRON FIRE Voyage Of The Damned Napalm
10 NEPHELIUM Coils Of Entropy
1 Montreal’s Music Community Raises Over 600 Clothing Items For Homeless At Blankfest Quebec IV
Montreal’s Music Community Raises Over 600 Clothing Items For Homeless At Blankfest Quebec IV
Montreal’s socially conscious bands Society’s Ills, The Era Of, Rudebeats and Isolate Cast came together this past Saturday, February 18th for the 4th annual Blankfest Quebec to answer the call to help those in need during Montreal’s coldest winter months and raise over 600 clothing items for the city’s largest and oldest shelter, the Old Brewery Mission.
“I’m always impressed by the generosity and compassion from the city of Montreal, its citizens and its music scene. Their support along with media and sponsors to help raise awareness and proceeds is always astounding,” commented Blankfest Quebec organizer and music publicist Jon Asher.
Proceeds from this year’s Blankfest Quebec came not just from the music community, but also from grandmothers across Quebec.
“My heart was truly touched by the kindness of this year’s donations of knitted blankets, scarves and tuques that came from both the ladies at the Steger Residence in Montreal and the “Townships Grandmothers” who quilted blankets when they heard there was a need to help the homeless.”
The “Townships Grandmothers” are one of about 300 grandmother groups across Canada that raise money and awareness to help relieve the suffering and turn the tide on HIV/AIDS in Africa and are linked to the “Grandmothers to Grandmothers” campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation that helps over 16 million AIDS orphans in Africa who are presently being cared for by their grandmothers because their parents died of AIDS. For more info please visit www.stephenlewisfoundation.org and www.grandmotherscampaign.org.
A special thanks to Blankfest Quebec‘s sponsors and supporters, Frites Alors! McGill, Skunk Magazine for their donated fundraising prizes, Labyrinthe for donating T-shirts for the homeless and fundraising prizes, Dungeonworks Productions, RockandRollReport.com, Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada & Asher Media Relations, along with Montreal’s media, CTV, Montreal Gazette, Montreal Mirror, CJLO 1690AM, CKUT 90.3FM, CJAD 800AM.
Total of Collected Clothing Items
48 Blankets
88 Shirts
19 pants
99 tuques
117 scarves
25 coats
76 sweaters
34 pairs of gloves
20 pairs of socks
102 Baby Clothing
1 Pair of shoes
Total Amount: 629 Clothing Items
Pictures from Blankfest Quebec IV
Loaded Bus with Old Brewery Mission Representative and Blankfest Quebec Organizer Jon Asher
Donations from Mike Marino (The Catalyst) and friend with Old Brewery Mission Representative
Nick Guerin of Labryinthe/Artimonde & Dungeonworks Productions with Donation of T-Shirts
Old Brewery Mission Bus Full of Clothing Donations
About: Blankfest Quebec is organized by Jon Asher, in collaboration with the Old Brewery Mission, and was launched after Jon read about his friend, New York City indie rock veteran Kenn Rowell of The Baghdaddios, who founded Blankfest in 1997 and has been organizing the annual blanket fundraiser in New York City for the past 15 years.
In the past, Rowell says, Blankfest NYC has raised more than 6,000 total donations that have been distributed to the homeless in the New York City area and has inspired similar efforts in New Jersey, Manhattan and Nottingham, UK. Among the many distinguished artists who have performed at past international Blank-Fests are: Rothberg (EMI), Buddy Cage (Grateful Dead), Marc Rizzo (Soulfly) and Meg Griffin (Sirius Radio).
For info on Blankfest please visit the folloiwng links:
http://www.blankfest.org/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blankfest-Quebec/124607864221341
Sponsors:
Skunk Magazine – http://www.skunkmagazine.com/
Labryinthe – http://www.labyrintherock.com/
Asher Media Relations – https://ashermediarelations.com/
Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.) – http://www.facebook.com/HMMACANADA
Dungeonworks Productions – http://www.facebook.com/groups/105887138551/
Rock and Roll Report – http://rockandrollreport.com/
Band Links:
Society’s Ills – http://societysills.bandcamp.com/ (Free Downloads)
Music Video – The State – http://youtu.be/peMwQ4daN-w
The Era Of… – http://www.theeraof.com/
Rude Beats – http://www.myspace.com/rudebeatsfunk
Isolate Cast – http://www.isolatecast.com/
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About the Old Brewery MissionSoothing homelessness. Solving homelessness.
For more than 120 years, the OBM is the largest network of shelters for homeless men in Quebec and the largest resource for homeless women in Canada, providing safe nighttime refuge to more than 125,000 homeless individuals and more than 338,000 meals per year, as well as transition and counselling services to help its clientele find the necessary stability and autonomy to rebuild their lives.
Thanks to the OBM’s transition programs, more than 3,000 people requested emergency assistance in the past year and more than 629 of these people no longer live in the streets.
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