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0 SUN BELOW: Sun Below (STONER) : avis / chronique à lire sur Music Waves
0 Bravewords – Album Review – Ravenous – Hubris “one to watch in the power metal scene”
0 CEMR MetalFest (Edmonton, AB) Announces 2022 Lineup w/ Planet Eater, Display of Decay, Forsaken Rite and more!
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Montreal, QC – December 6, 2021
CEMR MetalFest (Edmonton, AB) Announces 2022 Lineup w/ Planet Eater, Display of Decay, Forsaken Rite and more!
After being on hiatus since their last Metalfest in 2017, Canada’s Extreme Metal Radio returns for its 2022 edition of the metal festival in promotional support of the online radio station. As two projects at a time are a challenge to work on, especially with a pandemic, the third edition of CEMR Metalfest will be their most explosive event to date.
Being hosted from March 4th to 6th in Edmonton, AB at Rendez Vous Pub, the CEMR Metalfest III lineup features the following bands and set times below:
Facebook event – https://www.facebook.com/events/445437890264768
Festival Lineup Spotify Playlist here.
CEMR Metalfest 2022
Friday, March 4, 2022
Lynx (Calgary, AB) – 6pm
Violent Betty (Saskatoon, SK) – 7pm
No More Moments (Siksika Nation, AB) – 8pm
Luminosity (Calgary, AB) – 9pm
Sionis (Edmonton, AB) – 10pm
Pecado (Calgary, AB) – 11pm
Planet Eater (Regina, SK) – 12am
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Buried Beneath (Edmonton, AB) – 6pm
Whorrify (Calgary, AB) – 7pm
Crimson Caliber (Medicine Hat, AB) – 8pm
Black Pestilence (Calgary, AB) – 9pm
Brain Stem (Edmonton, AB) – 10pm
Inhumed (Winnipeg, AB) – 11pm
Display Of Decay (Edmonton, AB) – 12am
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Osyron (Calgary, AB) – 4pm
Greybeard (Calgary, AB) – 5pm
Phantom Devine (Red Deer, AB) – 6pm
Ashes Of Yggdrasil (Lloydminister, AB) – 7pm
Cabrakaan (Calgary, AB) – 8pm
Forsaken Rite (Edmonton, AB) – 9pm
Starting Monday, December 6th, tickets will be available at Rendezvous Pub & Eventbrite/online and also at a variety of locations in Edmonton, AB.
3 Day Pass and Single Day Ticket available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cemr-metalfest-3-tickets-221509289247
(3 Day Pass Free includes Breakfast 1pm to 3pm)
$20 a day
$35 2 day
$50 3 day
Please Note: Masks and Covid QR code mandatory for attendance.
For more info:
Cemrmetalfest3.com
Facebook.com/cemrmetalfest
Twitter.com/CEMRMETALFEST3
Instagram.com/cemrmetalfest
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0 TheProgSpace Premiere – Prog Duo ATHEMON (ft. ex-Haken) Share New Lyric Video “The Glass Hindered Us”
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Montreal, QC – December 6, 2021
Prog Duo ATHEMON (ft. ex-Haken) Share New Lyric Video “The Glass Hindered Us”
Video Premiere via TheProgSpace
+ Signs To WormHoleDeath For Worldwide Distribution of Self-Titled Debut Album
L-R – Athemon Current Line Up | Adriano Ribeiro (Guitar, Vocals) | Tom MacLean (Bass, Production)
Photo Credits: Adriano’s picture: José Simonetti, Tom’s picture: Sunny Dhaliwal
Athemon, a duo featuring Tom MacLean (bassist/producer, To-Mera, ex-Haken) and Adriano Ribeiro (vocalist and guitarist) are treating fans with a new lyric video for the track “The Glass Hindered Us”, which is off their self-titled album.
“With a strong chorus, The Glass Hindered Us is the sequel to the song Whispers. Our character is yet beginning his self-journey across the music and what he realizes about himself is still blurry. It’s about the replacement of whispers by the observation of the image itself, but still in the form of two ghosts. Where there is an observer, there is another in observation. Two voices, one individual. In the end, our character realizes that he is the ghost.” adds Adriano Ribeiro.
Animated by Dark Moon Productions, the lyric video can be viewed and heard via its premiere on TheProgSpace HERE.
In additional news, Athemon is excited to announce their signing to WormHoleDeath Records for a worldwide distribution deal of their debut full-length, released earlier this year on October 11th.
The band comments:
“We are thrilled to announce that we have been offered a worldwide distribution deal of our self-titled debut album with Wormholedeath Records. We were immediately impressed with label boss Carlo’s passion, vision, professionalism and attention to detail, and had little hesitation in signing on the dotted line. We look forward to working with the Wormholedeath team and we are excited about the opportunities that lie ahead.”
The story of Athemon comes together while many musicians were in lockdown during the Covid pandemic and unable to congregate for simple jams or have outlets to perform their music. Using this global pause, two musicians Tom MacLean based in the UK, and Adriano Ribeiro based in Brazil crossed paths online and used the digital world to their advantage to give rise to their new band Athemon.
“Adriano sent me his demo and it gave me goosebumps, so I was keen to get involved,” says MacLean.
From a significant evolution between demos to their final introductory recordings, MacLean and Ribeiro created a bonding friendship over musical interests that created the perfect environment to allow them to evolve and conceive their debut album.
Formed as a gateway to express their art using progressive metal music, the duo invited a special guest drummer from Brazil; Gledson Gonçalves who added his percussionist touch to compliment each one of the nine tracks.
“As nobody goes alone in this world (even being totally alone inside one’s own mind), the songwriting process had a lonely beginning, but a very collaborative end. The beginning of this project was driven by Adriano, but nothing would fit so well if it wasn’t for the amazing connection the three of us have (Adriano, Tom, and our special guest on drums, Gledson),” says MacLean.
The lyrics for the album were written by vocalist/guitarist Adriano Ribeiro and were inspired by thoughts of how confusing reality can be if you are not taking care of your emotional side. “The thin line between what’s real and what’s not is an endless world,” adds Ribeiro.
New fans of Athemon, can expect much more to come from the pair as they already have plans to launch their second album by the end of 2022, which they are currently composing with promising results.
As for the live spectacle of Athemon, for now, the band will let the music flow until the duo can connect from across the Atlantic for their first in-person jam session.
Recommended for fans of Nevermore, Pain of Salvation, Opeth, Gojira, and Mastodon, Athemon‘s self-titled debut is available
on Flyathemon.bandcamp.com (CD, Digital Pay What You Want), Spotify, Apple Music, and all other major digital music platforms.
Track Listing:
1. Perception (3:16)
2. Whispers (5:29)
3. The Glass Hindered Us (3:57)
4. Different From What Was Missing (5:23)
5. Seed of Change (7:25)
6. I Voice of Mine (8:12)
7. Reaching Deepness (6:42)
8. Greatest Understanding (5:54)
9. Birth (4:01)
Album Length: 50:20
Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Athemon
• All songs written by: Athemon
• Produced by: Tom MacLean
• Mixed by: Tom MacLean @ Twelve Tone Studio
• Mastered by: Tony Lindgren @ Fascination Street Studios
• Album Artwork by: Luigi Quarta
Album Band Line Up:
Adriano Ribeiro (Guitars, Vocals)
Tom MacLean (Bass)
Gledson Gonçalves (session Drums)
More Info:
Athemon.com
Facebook.com/fly.athemon
Instagram.com/fly.athemon
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0 Last Rites – We Have The Power – The Top 30 Power Metal (And Power-Related) Albums Of 2021 – #2 Ravenous, #17 Signum Draconis Rockshots Records
0 November 2021 – Rock Hard Italy – Shumaun, Athemon
0 Quebec’s DECEREBRATION’s Brutality Comes Back To Life After 20 Year Absence On New Album “Follow The Scars”; Streaming Single “Infamous Duality”; “Follow The Scars” Due Out Dec 17th, 2021
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Montreal, QC – December 3, 2021
Quebec’s DECEREBRATION’s Brutality Comes Back To Life After 20 Year Absence On New Album “Follow The Scars”
Streaming Single “Infamous Duality”
“Follow The Scars” Due Out Dec 17th, 2021
L to R – Nicolas Cantin – Guitar, Olivier Doyon – Drums, Clean vocals, Fudz Hubert – Vocals, Julien Souque – Guitar, Mathieu Faucher – Bass
Photo Credit – Anne-Frédérique Souque
Quebec City’s Decerebration has been offering up brutally slamming thrashy death metal since first forming in 1993. The band made their recording debut with the 1994 cassette LP “Pure Hatred”, which was soon followed by the 1995 EP “My Inner Impurity” and three years later with 1998’s self-titled full-length. During their 1990s assault on the Quebec death metal scene, they shared the stage with Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Cynic, Incantation, Malevolent Creation, Kataklysm among many more.
Now after a twenty-year hiatus, Decerebration returns with a new tyranny to punish the eardrums of death metal fans. Entitled “Follow The Scars”, the new album is seven tracks (plus an intro and outro) of ferocious riffs, melodic guitar harmonies, and beastly growls.
“We added clean, catchy choruses and vocals harmonies. We think it will be well received by metal fans, but we know that some purists won’t like the clean vocals. It is what it is. We love playing these songs and hopefully, fans will enjoy.” adds the band.
“Follow The Scars” is meant to show fans that Decerebration is back and that they have taken their sound to the next level. Fans can experience the band’s old school death metal roots and at the same time listen to their evolution as musicians and as a band, which can be heard on the record’s lead single “Infamous Duality”.
“‘Infamous Duality’ is the first song we wrote when we decided to write new music for this album. It is a tribute to our old-school death metal roots. We wanted our first song to sound as if we never stopped writing death metal songs, pick up where we left off. It has heaviness, melody and fast blast beats. All of which represent Decerebration very well. It is a very personal song as it was written during a difficult time for some of us. It is about having to choose between a comfortable, but unhappy life or making a very hard decision to leave it all.”
Listen to “Infamous Duality” at https://youtu.be/zRO_ybQXI2A
Decerebration is also looking forward to getting back to the stage, “Our greatest strength is our live performances, always has been. Our goal is to tear down the venues we play at. Subject the crowd to a relentless onslaught of death metal songs. We deliver fierce energy to the crowd and they give it back to us. Nothing like a circle pit, a mosh pit, seeing people jump up and down in front of you or stage diving.”
Decerebration is recommended for fans of Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Death, Dying Fetus, and Sepultura.
Album pre-order is available at https://decerebration.bandcamp.com/album/follow-the-scars
Track Listing:
1. Scorched Memories (1:47)
2. Infamous Duality (4:24)
3. A Ghost of Flesh and Blood (4:20)
4. Follow the Scars (4:34)
5. Break the Cycle (4:45)
6. The Factless Prophecy (4:21)
7. The Gift of Anger (4:48)
8. I Despise (5:36)
9. L.T.E.I (2:29)
Album Length: 37:09
For more info:
Facebook.com/Decerebration
Instagram.com/decerebrationband.official
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0 No List Records & Learning Curve Records To Release RHINO BODY LOVER: A Tribute to Shallow North Dakota
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Montreal, QC – December 3, 2021
RHINO BODY LOVER: A Tribute to Shallow North Dakota
Pre-Sale: December 3, 2021 – Release Date: January 14, 2022
Label: No List Records & Learning Curve Records
https://shallownorthdakota.bandcamp.com/album/rhino-body-lover-a-tribute-to-shallow-north-dakota
(all proceeds from this compilation will be going to the Jacome family)
There’s a predictable thing that happens when bands of a similar sound first get together. They talk about other bands. Specifically, what inspired them. What blew their minds. What got them believing that there was a place for a sound like theirs.
You go into those conversations expecting to hear certain names. The big ones. The canon. The touchstones. That’s all well and good. But what really hits home is the moment when you find out that a band that felt like your own private discovery is just as special in someone else’s heart as well. And hold on, that person knows about them, too. And that one …
For many of us in the noise/sludge/heavy music scene, that band is Shallow North Dakota. Despite a relatively slim recorded output through the 90s, capped by a self-released double LP swan song in 2004 that was barely promoted and never toured, this trio left behind a Velvet Underground-sized impression on those who heard them.
Part of that was their monolithic volume, a seismically registering force that dealt cannon blows to anything not welded in place. But more significant was their inversion of the classic power trio format. The axemen—guitarist Dan Dunham and bassist Michael ‘Biff’ Young—neither pounced nor preened. Instead, they faced inward, eyes trained deeply on the fulcrum of the group’s might and character. Drummer and vocalist Tony Jacome. With Jacome acting as the accelerant, the three men spat particles of ionized sound into their own core—a reactor sealed by focus, bearing the brunt of their own nuclear force. Sound bonding and breaking. Over and over.
Near the start of this year, it was announced that Jacome had pancreatic cancer. By the end of September, he was gone. In the months between, many musicians found themselves engaged in that conversation all over again, but this time with an added dimension. The true breadth of Shallow North Dakota’s influence seeped to the surface, rapidly and passionately. Still somewhat secret, but now known. And with all of this knowledge, came a sense of urgency to cement this shared experience.
That’s what Rhino Body Lover: A Tribute to Shallow North Dakota is. This 29-song tribute covers the majority of the band’s catalogue—an honouring of the fact that if the SND catalogue was a touch slim, that was only because it was fat free. Every tune had its advocate—and this advocacy came from far and wide. From Finland’s Throat to Vancouver’s Bison, Montreal’s The Great Sabatini to Minneapolis’ Asbestos Worker and Texas’ Grasshopper Lies Heavy, the assembled bands reflect the expansive respect the band still commands to this day.
As a show of that respect, all proceeds from this compilation will be going to the Jacome family—longtime soulmate Cheryl and their two young children.
Highlights:
– 2 CD set in a DVD package, 6 panel foldout with large format cover art. 29 tracks from 27 artists.
– SIANspheric – This Apparatus Must Be Earthed – Sonic Unyon Original band Bison – ‘Outside Dakota’ featuring Jahmeel Russell (Actors/ KITTENS) on Bass The Grasshopper Lies Heavy– ‘Odd’ – with TUNIC vocalist David Schellenberg THROAT – ‘cuz’ – Finnish noise rock
– Bleeding Out – War Wagon – Profound Lore Records
Track Listing by Artists:
adolyne – The Lubber
Anthesis – Perna Du Pau
Asbestos Worker – Skid Incinerator
Asbestos Worker – I’m The Boss/You’re The Boss
Bedtimemagic – Diga
Bison – Outside Dakota
BLEEDING OUT – War Wagon
Cancelled – With My Pitchfork
Cell Press – Target
CELLOS – Moustache Rock
Drug Sauna – Experiment (reprise)
Evil Age – Blown
Fashion Week – Speed King
Fiftywatthead – Cigar Box
Fuck The Facts – Open Minded
Intercourse – Blowhole
Naw – Experiment
Not Of – Untitled
Ogimaa – Six Foot Foam Skull
Power Takeoff – Replace the Herzog
Quiet Earth – Waking the Herd
Sianispheric – This Apparatus Must Be Earthed
Swarm of Spheres – Old Type Rider
Swine – Auto Body Crusher
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy – Odd
The Great Sabatini – The Deadman Has a Memo
The Swine – Salvo (instrumental)
Them Teeth – Greenhorn
Throat – Cuz
Work Party – Backbone
WORSE – The Milkman
For more info:
Lee Repko – No List Records – leerepko[@]gmail[.]com
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0 Rockshots Records – BERIEDIR Next Single “Stormbound” ft. Ivan Giannini (Vision Divine) Off Upcoming Album “AQVA” Out Jan 21st
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Montreal, QC – December 3, 2021
Rockshots Records – BERIEDIR Next Single “Stormbound” ft. Ivan Giannini (Vision Divine) Off Upcoming Album “AQVA”
“AQVA” Out January 21, 2022
Rockshots Records will be releasing Beriedir‘s second full-length “AQVA” on January 21, 2022. The album features ten tracks of progressive, power, and melodic death metal that were mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni (Domination Studio).
“AQVA”, despite not being a real concept album with a story articulating itself throughout the tracks, touches its various topics through the many forms in which water manifests, be it a river, a storm or tears. The album deals with rather introspective matters, trying to give a new perspective on situations that Biriedir thinks their listeners will find relatable and hoping that they will maybe take shelter in their audio experience, using them as their own voice when only music can speak for us.
“We think AQVA will positively surprise our older fans and lead new ones, this record is much more diverse and has definitely matured in songwriting. The main goal of AQVA as a whole is to figuratively “submerge” the listener with a spectrum of themes, both musical and lyrical, related to water and its shapes. Water is the element of flow, it’s the substance that conceals, preserves, and washes all away. The lulling nature of a silent shore or a rapping rain is juxtaposed to the fearsome imagery of the undertow, riptides, and tidal waves. We tried to convey these atavistic sensations differently from track to track. The singles were chosen to showcase the variety of approaches to this theme.” adds band founder Stefano Nüsperli.
In preview to the full-length, Beriedir is sharing their second single “Stormbound” ft. Ivan Giannini (Vision Divine). Undoubtedly the most epic-oriented track of the album, its lyrics are based around the legend of the Sarneghera, a local story of Lake Iseo about the origin of the tremendous storm carrying that name. As the story goes, a noble lady is saved from drowning by an angler and the two fall in love, but her father, not allowing their relationship, gets the angler thrown in the lake. The daughter jumps in the water after him, and it’s said that the storm is caused by the souls of the two lovers searching for each other at the bottom of the lake.
Lyric Video – https://youtu.be/MNy9uxdtGVc
Digital – https://bfan.link/stormbound
First single – “Departure Song” at the following links:
Visualizer: https://youtu.be/kN8ks9165Qo
Digital stream and download: https://bfan.link/departure-song
Beriedir (from the Sindarin word for “Guardians”) is a progressive melancholic power metal act based in Bergamo, Italy. The five-member band was founded by Stefano Nüsperli and began its live career in 2015 with the release of “The Line”, their first demo. Their first full-length album “The Path Beyond the Moon” was unveiled in 2018, which launched them to perform on multiple musical events such as Fosch Fest (Italy) along with sharing the stage with bands such as Korpiklaani and Pathfinder. After the 2020 release of the EP “Lullabies Beyond the Moon”, which contained three tracks from their debut album rearranged in an acoustic key, they are now ready to launch their new album “AQVA” in 2022.
Recommended for fans of Vision Divine, Dream Theater, Dark Tranquillity, Pain of Salvation and Katatonia, “AQVA” is due out on January 21, 2022 and is available for pre-order at the following link: https://bit.ly/AQVA_DIGICD
Track Listing:
1. At Candle Light (4:38)
2. Departure Song (6:05)
3. The Dove and the Serpent (6:46)
4. The Angel in the Lighthouse (6:10)
5. The Drowned (5:33)
6. Stormbound (4:19)
7. Arkangelos (6:58)
8. Of Dew and Frost (4:57)
9. Rain (6:46)
10. Moonlight Requiem (5:12)
Album Length: 57:29
Album Credits:
All music by Beriedir
Artwork by Ludovico Cioffi
Recorded by Stefano Nüsperli
Mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio
Lyrics by Stefano Nüsperli
For more info:
Rockshots.eu
Facebook.com/BeriedirOfficial
Instagram.com/beriedirofficial
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0 EPK – Circa Arcana – Bridget Viginti (2022)
EPK – Circa Arcana – Bridget Viginti (2022)
Publicist – Jon Asher – jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
“Musically the EP takes you through a journey. We decided to start it off with 10 of Swords, which we felt was a great opener of a song for our listeners. It gives off the best impression of the sound that is Circa Arcana. As the listener goes through the record you can hear all the nuances that you heard in the opening song.” As a whole, musically I can say the record is a fast-paced rollercoaster to the face kind of experience. We are really excited for everyone to hear it!
This EP also touches on a lot of deep concepts. I have always been a believer that a song should be interpreted by the listener and in one’s personal interpretation one can find their meaning to the song. We do touch on dark themes some personal stuff and some dark conceptual stuff. But honestly, if you want to figure out meanings to the songs, you’re gonna have to dig a little deeper to figure those out! We incorporate a lot of symbolism on our social accounts, our videos, photos, etc. All I can say is if you enjoyed “ESOTERIC” and “THE TOWER” then you are definitely going to enjoy this EP!” – Johny Serna – Guitar
For fans of Underoath, Blessthefall, Wage War, Like Moths To Flames, We Came As Romans
EP Title: Bridget Viginti
Release Date: February 18, 2022
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
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“Do you like melodic metalcore? If you do, there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy what Texas metalcore band Circa Arcana are doing with their newest single, “Esoteric”. Formed last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, you might not think it a good time for a new band to form, but art often flourishes during the darkest times. It’s no different for Circa Arcana – the band is currently finishing their first EP entitled Bridget Viginti, slated for later release in 2022. A decent comparison might be mid-period Killswitch Engage, It Dies Today, or even the underrated Diecast album Internal Revolution, as the band’s combination of bright melodies and aggression will fit right at home to fans of that style.” – New Fury Media
“Circa Arcana may have gotten started last year, but some of the members have been around in the El Paso for a WHILE. Their sound has compared to It Dies Today, I See Stars, Blessthefall & Howard Jones-era Killswitch Engage.” – Daniel Paulus – KLAQ 95.5 FM – El Paso, TX
“Right off the bat, this EP swept me up in a wave of nostalgic feelings with its mixture of heavy guitar riffs, melodic choruses, crushing vocals, and the occasional somber and more emotional moments. The tracks on this EP showcase everything that got me into this style of music back in early high school. Circa Arcana’s forthcoming EP, Bridget Viginti, brings with it something for every fan to enjoy, whether it be the heavier aspects or the more melodic moments. There is a nice line drawn in the sand between the more technical moments and those that pull on the emotions of the listener.” – Metal Epidemic
“a nice melding of the emo and hardcore styles. The 5 song EP shows Circa Arcana performing at the top of their abilities. Bridget Viginti is a nice showcase of some hardcore influenced tracks that are given an injection of melody… There are sing-along moments to be found here and they blend in nicely. There is catchiness and it leads to memorability.” – Heavy Music Headquarters
“A short and sweet explosion of American Metalcore, ranging from personal struggles with addiction and personal demons to stories of occult legends and disassociated dreams.” – The Headbanging Moose
“Drawing very much on the spirit of metalcore pioneers such as Killswitch and 36 Crazyfists, while also strongly referencing latter day proponents such as BMTH and We Came As Romans, Circa Arcana could well prove to be one of those bands that make you re-evaluate your assessment of what you believed to be a dying sub-genre by bringing a whole new level of excitement and re-invigoration to it. Fuck, they even throw anthemic power punk into the eclectic recipe, with obtuse sidebar of ‘Luna’.” – Uber Rock
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EP Title: Bridget Viginti
Release Date: February 18, 2022
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
Track Listing:
1. Ten of Swords (5:42)
2. The Tower (4:31)
3. The Chariot (3:00)
4. Luna (4:28)
5. Esoteric (4:40)
EP Length: 22:19
EP Recording Credits:
• All songs performed by: CIRCA ARCANA
• All songs written by: CIRCA ARCANA
• Produced by: CIRCA ARCANA / JTS STUDIO PRODUCTIONS
• Mixed by: CHRIS HARD / RESARTUS PRODUCTIONS
• Mastered by: CHRIS HARD / RESARTUS PRODUCTIONS
• EP by: Kavan the Kid
EP Recording & Live Band Line Up:
Kevin Cangas – Vocals
Johny Serna – Guitar
Felipe Jasso – Guitar
Frank Loya – Drums
Ben Reyes – Bass
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The EP as a whole explained by the band.
[Johny] – “Musically the album takes you through a journey. We decided to start it off with 10 of Swords which we felt was a great opener of a song for our listeners. It gives off the best impression of the sound that is Circa Arcana. As the listener goes through the record you can hear all the nuances that you heard in the opening song.” As a whole musically I can say the record is a fast-paced, Rollercoaster to the face album. We are really excited for everyone to hear it!”
Track by Track explained by the band.
[Johny] – “10 of Swords is the opening track to the record. It really shows the diversity of the sound to Circa Arcana. The song ties in clean ambient hooks with a melodic chorus, a plethora of synth and string production, and finishes with a death punch of a breakdown. This song really shows off the multitude of influences based within our music and captures a little of everything for the listener to enjoy!”
[Johny] – “The Chariot. This song is our reckless powerhouse on the album. 3 minutes of non-stop in-your-face aggression. When we wrote this song we wanted it to be a call to action, make you get up on your feet type of song. It incorporates groove-ish moving riffs, a killer breakdown, and even a Viking chant. Definitely, one of our favorites to perform live!”
[Johny] – “The Tower. This is our “arena metal” song as well as our second single. If you listen to the lyrics carefully it’s one hell of a story. The song started off with the opening lead. Originally all I had written was probably the first 30 seconds to the track and after I showed the rest of the guys we quickly figured out a pattern for it and knocked it out. Frankie actually came up with that breakdown for it, still one of my favorites. The entire song is a headbanger from start to finish. Personally, my favorite thing about this song is when we play it live people can easily catch on to the chorus and sing along.”
[Johny] – “Luna. Luna was actually originally written by Frank. Frank is a badass songwriter and one day when we were just kicking it after rehearsal he showed it to me. If I remember correctly it was a song he had written over a year or two ago and had recently found the file on his laptop. I loved the idea immediately and we decided to re-write it from scratch. It’s the lightest song on the record, hardly any screams but a beautiful song!”
[Johny] – “Esoteric. Esoteric was the first single we released as a band. We started writing the song off of the chorus riff. That riff was something I had written about 4 years ago when I played with Frank in another local band but we never did anything with it. When we first formed Circa and were trying to start writing some songs he remembered that riff. I had to find an old phone recording to remember what he was talking about. We built the song up pretty quickly from there. It’s definitely an eerie song, lyrically touching on the topic of addiction and overcoming it.”
Texas 5-piece metalcore act Circa Arcana from El Paso Texas bring forth a mixture of melodic ferocious vocals, bouncy breakdowns, and hard-hitting riffs. Founded by Johny Serna (guitar), Frankie Loya (drums), Felipe Jasso (guitar), Ben Reyes (bass), and Kevin Cangas (vocals) the 5-piece released their first single “Esoteric” on January 2021. Touching on the struggles of overcoming one’s personal demons, “Esoteric” led the way to the band’s second single which enfolded a darker theme within the band. “The Tower” released in June of 2021 bridges the gap between sanity and madness. The band encompasses a blend of modern metal concepts with a nostalgic yet new approach. Circa Arcana dive into the realms of Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, and Emocore genres. The band finished recording their first EP titled “Bridget Vīgintī” and has set its release for February 18th, 2022. The title derives from the name of the first “witch” burned in Salem, Massachusetts, and the symbolic number “20”, for the 20 witches burned during the Salem Witch Trials.
EP Recording & Live Band Line Up:
Kevin Cangas – Vocals
Johny Serna – Guitar
Felipe Jasso – Guitar
Frank Loya – Drums
Ben Reyes – Bass
Discography:
2022 – Bridget Vīginti (EP)
2021(June) – The Tower (single)
2021 (January) – Esoteric (single)
Shared Stage with:
The Crowned, Semper Acerbus, Pyrotechnica, A Liar Like You, Darken the Day, Fatherwolf, Iperion, Anathemia
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