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0 Metal-Rules – Interview with Bloody Hell (Rockshots Records)
0 Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem Play List 04/05/21: Featuring KARMA VIOLENS on the META(L)SCOPE
Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem on Tuesday 4th May was always on air from 6PM GMT for two hours on http://www.totalrock.com!
Listeners on mobile devices can choose to listen via theTotalRockplayer, or theTuneInRadioappcan be downloaded. The show is also repeated from9AMeveryFridayand of course can be listened to on demand any time by clicking the‘On Demand’section of the website.
On the show was the latest from LAMB OF GOD, ALLUVIAL, BURNING WITCHES, DECAPITATED, ECLIPSER, VULTURE LORD, MACHINA KORE, GO AHEAD AND DIE, HAVAMAL, STORM THE EMPIRE, SOCIAL DISORDER and much more!
The META(L)SCOPE featured three tracks from the new album “Mount Of The Congregation” by Greek extreme metallers KARMA VIOLENS!
Check out the full show Play List below, which will be available to listen to again here.
LAMB OF GOD – Hyperthermic/Accelerate
ALLUVIAL – 40 Stories
BURNING WITCHES –…
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0 Canada’s Mütherload’s New Music Video “The Visitor” Makes Contact With The Unknown; New EP “Ü” Out July 9th, 2021
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Montreal, QC – May 11, 2021
For fans of Lamb of God, In Flames, Mastodon, Opeth, Tool
Canada’s Mütherload’s New Music Video “The Visitor” Makes Contact With The Unknown
New EP “Ü” Out July 9th, 2021
Hailing from London, ON, Canada, Mütherload has risen from the ashes of Heaven Ablaze, and has been intriguing metalheads already with their video for “The Visitor”. This single, off the upcoming debut EP “Ü”, has already been released and is viewable on YouTube – https://youtu.be/M_-RLpnxlNQ
As the band puts it, “The Visitor” is one of the darker songs on the record, being in a much lower tuning than the last half of the six-track EP. They explain the track in their own words:
“The Visitor was the first release for us and was also chosen for our first music video. The song was originally written years ago as an acoustic song which is why if you listen carefully, you can hear an acoustic track in the chorus. We feel this song best represents our sound as there is a little bit of everything in there. There’s groove, thrash, melody, dynamics, and flow. It’s definitely one of our favorites to play live as well.”
Mütherload started when guitarist Patrick Davison randomly ran into drummer and former bandmate Matt Ashton, several years after his hiatus from Heaven Ablaze had started. After the first jam, four songs were written and the group took off from there. Having previously worked together in Heaven Ablaze, the chemistry was instantly rekindled and everything just clicked.
The tracks presented on the EP are the ones that best sum up the current sound of Mütherload. There’s no concept approach to it, although a few of the tracks do flow in and out of each other. It’s a real, raw, ‘here’s-who-we-are’ style of recording.
Melodic, and groovy, Mütherload is recommended for fans of Lamb of God, In Flames, and Mastodon.
The full EP “Ü” is out July 9, 2021.
Track Listing:
1. Insect (3:54)
2. The Visitor (3:39)
3. Ü (0:44)
4. Iniquity (3:06)
5. Thaügüst (1:43)
6. Lamia (3:24)
EP Length: 16:32
EP and Live Band Line Up:
Patrick Davison – Guitar
Derek Haley – Guitar
Chris McKichan – Bass
Matt Ashton – Drums
Derek Lee – Vocals
More Info:
Facebook.com/mutherloadband
Instagram.com/mutherload
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0 Saskatoon’s Before & Apace Are Now Streaming Debut Album “The Denisovan”, Album Stream Premiere via TheProgSpace
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Montreal, QC – May 11, 2021
For fans of Tool, Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, Intronaut, The Mars Volta
Saskatoon’s Before & Apace Are Now Streaming Debut Album “The Denisovan”
Album Stream Premiere via TheProgSpace
“The Denisovan” Out May 11, 2021
Before & Apace has existed for a long time in the mind of Devin Martyniuk. He originally started gathering ideas about this project back in high school, when he first read a phrase in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”. It caught his attention and became the name of what is now his heavy prog endeavour.
Nearly two decades in the making, Before & Apace is presenting the debut album “The Denisovan”, a collection of epiphanies that have altered Martyniuk’s worldview and have been translated into musical expression. It is a sequence of existential discoveries in odd time signatures and a merger of thinking and feeling.
“The Denisovan” only has four tracks, but they encompass nearly a full hour in total. Although the heavy influences are undeniable, Martyniuk also borrows many compositional facets from the world of symphony orchestras: from variations of a theme, programmatic writing, and movement-based pieces that evoke a concept. “Simultanagnosia”, for example, the album’s final song and its capstone, was to be written as a “trilogy in 4 parts”, where the first 3 would tap into a disjointed version of each of three facets of life: the physical, the mental, and the spiritual. Each movement was meant to be jarring, disharmonious, or incomplete in some way on its own – incomplete or imbalanced. The fourth movement was intended to incorporate a component of each of the first 3 movements such that when integrated together, the disparate parts would only now make sense. Martyniuk explains more:
“I’ve always loved the idea of using music to share ideas with others. Things seem so much more profound this way. So in the same vein as Tool writes about Carl Jung, or how System of a Down scream for prison reform, I always wanted Before & Apace to be something constructive. So I use Before & Apace basically like a compendium of epiphanies and life lessons that have come my way every once in a while – kind of like my recipe book for living a good life. I would love nothing more than to present the Before & Apace discography to my kids or grandkids someday and say, ‘Here it is. This is what Daddy’s all about. This is how I think we should coexist with everyone around us on this one lonely rock in the sky.’ And I’m extremely proud to be able to say that I’ve now made the first volume.”
Martyniuk acknowledges that his music is not for everyone, but he imagines there will be people who resonate with it. He has already begun working on the follow-up. “The Denisovan” is recommended for fans of Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, and The Mars Volta.
“The Denisovan” will be available as of Tursday, May 11, 2021, but can be heard in full now via its premiere on TheProgSpace HERE.
Album order – BeforeAndApace.Bandcamp.com
Digital (Spotify, Apple Music) – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/beforeandapace/the-denisovan
Single Stream – Ontogeny – https://youtu.be/6YlSSjU43rs
Track Listing:
1. Zeno (11:14)
2. Limbics (9:43)
3. Ontogeny (11:16)
4. Simultanagnosia (19:49)
Album Length: 52:04
Album Recording Band Line Up:
Permanent/Ongoing Member: Devin Martyniuk (guitar, vocals)
Additional Members for The Denisovan:
Kaylon Disiewich (bass, Taurus pedals)
Bryce Holcomb (vocals, guitar)
Arlan Kopp (drums, percussion)
For more info:
BeforeAndApace.com
Facebook.com/b4.apace
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About:
BEFORE & APACE is a heavy progressive rock project from the creative mind of Saskatoon, Canada’s Devin Martyniuk. The project draws from the same well as Tool, The Mars Volta, and Meshuggah. Over a span of multiple years starting in the mid-2000s, while splitting time as a guitarist/multi-instrumentalist between Western Canada’s goth-punk/metal misfits, The New Jacobin Club, and eclectic folk-rock band, Old Joe and the Truth Hurts, Martyniuk began to craft the songs that would ultimately comprise the debut album THE DENISOVAN by BEFORE & APACE.
It was during this time that Devin Martyniuk met drummer Arlan Kopp (also of The Department Heads) as both were percussionists in the University of Saskatchewan’s Wind Orchestra. They bonded instantly over common musical interests and an amicable fondness for Heroes of Might and Magic III. After Devin shared some of his music with Kopp they began composing drum parts together, often beginning by sequencing the intricate parts using Drumkit from Hell (a set of drum samples created by the band Meshuggah).
Bryce Holcomb, one of Martyniuk’s closest friends and musical snob-kin since early adolescence, joined the project shortly thereafter as the vocalist and sometimes-guitarist. Holcomb’s band at the time, Moksha, were just finishing their run and both Martyniuk and Holcomb were excited at the opportunity to collaborate together musically again; they had previously been part of an acoustic guitar trio called Polysorbate-80, but with BEFORE & APACE, they would be able to explore a completely different span of the musical spectrum.
Now with just a bass player needed to round out the band, Jesse Selkirk joined BEFORE & APACE. While Selkirk would ultimately only stay with the project for a short time, he was integral in bringing focus to the final stages of composition. He would also bring in a few riffs that ended up being the first section of the opening track ‘Zeno’. Selkirk eventually stepped away from the project as he would go on to pursue his own creations: The Depth and, more currently, Sleepwreck.
Shortly after Selkirk’s departure, Kaylon Disiewich of Abscission and The Divided would step in and assume the role. In addition to his undeniably monstrous playing, Kaylon most importantly brought a sense of completeness to the band. After making the monumental task of learning the newly-finished and arduous songs, Kaylon added an unmistakable dimension to the band’s sound and would even define some of the most iconic moments (the post-intro drum-and-bass beginning of Simultanagnosia comes to mind).
With the lineup now complete and the songs finished, the band would now share the music in two ways: the stage and the recording. While BEFORE & APACE would go on to play a number of shows, nearly all in the Saskatoon area, their crowning achievement on the stage would be opening for Devin Townsend in Regina, SK. During this same period, the band would begin recording in Martyniuk’s home studio the songs that would comprise the debut album from BEFORE & APACE, THE DENISOVAN.
“The Denisovan” is due out May 11, 2021.
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0 Canada’s Eclipser Usher In Harsh New EP “Pages” And Debut Video For Title Track, Lyric Video Premiere via NoCleanSinging
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Montreal, QC – May 10, 2021
For Fans of Ulcerate, Deathspell Omega
Canada’s Eclipser Usher In Harsh New EP “Pages” And Debut Video For Title Track
Lyric Video Premiere via NoCleanSinging
Top L-R – Christian Beaupre – Guitar, Sebastien Choquette – Bass
Bottom L-R – Ryan Menard – Guitar, Vocals, Christopher Joyal – Drums
Set to release their new EP “Pages” on May 28th, Ottawa’s Eclipser is unleashing out the cage, their next single and title track via its premiere on NoCleanSinging HERE.
The opener to the five-track record, “Pages” sets the tone of the whole EP both musically and lyrically. In just a little over 3 minutes, Eclipser managed to pack instrumental layers that weave in and out of each other to give the song a very dense and dynamic feel. Lyrically, the song takes a very nihilistic stance, and much like the music, it’s straight to the point.
The band adds about the track:
“Pages is the tale of a weary soul in search of faith. He seeks out God but finds only empty words and misery.”
Harsh and succinct, “Pages” primarily resides in the black metal realm, however, Eclipser also writes using techniques that are found in death metal, and even a bit of grindcore and maintain a formulaic style. The EP was produced by Eclipser; mixed by Mike Raymond of Reverence Audio, and mastered by Topon Das (Fuck The Facts) at Apartment 2 Recording. The EP artwork was done by Misanthropic-Art. It is the fourth release from the band following Pathos (2019), Promo (2018), and the 2017 Demo.
Eclipser was founded in 2017 by Ryan Menard (guitars/vocals) and Christopher Joyal (drums), they are recommended for fans of Ulcerate, and Deathspell Omega.
The entire EP releases on May 28, 2021.
EP pre-order – https://eclipser.bandcamp.com
Track Listing:
1. Pages (3:10)
2. Matternaught (1:26)
3. Carry Your Burden (2:46)
4. To Never Wake Again (2:29)
5. Fathomless (4:46)
EP Length: 14:38
EP Band Line Up:
Ryan Menard – Guiatrs, Vocals
Christian Beaupre – Guitars
Sebastien Choquette – Bass
Chris Joyal – Drums
For more info:
Facebook.com/eclipserofficial
Twitter.com/Eclipseroffici1
Instagram.com/band_eclipser
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A name derived from the all-obscuring sound they produce, Ottawa, Ontario’s ECLIPSER spews forth a foreboding polarity of soaring melodies and nightmarish dissonance, coiled together to create a dreadful malaise of blackened death metal promised to starve the light of everything it touches.
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0 Metal Express Radio – Album Review – NIGHTSHADOW – Strike Them Dead
Reviving the German blend of Thrash and Speed Metal, Nightshadow’s first full-length album Strike Them Dead is an ode to the Power Metal gods
Source: NIGHTSHADOW – Strike Them Dead
0 EPK – White Cowbell Oklahoma – Textos Raros – Vol 1. – 2001-2011 (Slick Monkey Records)
EPK – White Cowbell Oklahoma – Textos Raros – Vol 1. – 2001-2011 (Slick Monkey Records)
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For fans of Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Frank Zappa, Funkadelic, Thin Lizzy, KISS, Hawkwind
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Album Title: Textos Raros – Vol 1. – 2001-2011
Release Date: August 6, 2021
Label: Slick Moneky Records
“Magnetic, untamed, infamous and regaled for their strange and sensational stage shows, White Cowbell Oklahoma is the country-fried boogie rock sandwich you didn’t know you were craving.” – Beatroute AB
“given live performances that seem to feature more people onstage than in the audience, chainsaws, strippers, decimated stuffed things (turkeys, play toys and so on), they do aspire to have their music appreciated to the same extent that their image is co-opted, gawked at and gossiped about.” Exclaim!”
“White Cowbell Oklahoma add a touch of psych to their trashy hard rock formula…hellraising Southern-rock-tinged rock ‘n’ roll.” – Now Toronto
There’s no warm-up for White Cowbell Oklahoma’s sixth full-length release, recorded at Zeus’s Toronto studio and also in concert in Amsterdam. As in their live shows, where flames and power tools feature prominently, the underrated Toronto old-school rockers throw us into the fire immediately, and that fire doesn’t die until long after the final chords – from not one, not two, but three guitars – ring out.” – Now Toronto (2015 Mixto Sixto Review)“a fist-pumping, anthemnic set of songs thick on low-end, pelvic thrust and grit. Easily their most confident effort to date, it displays a new Bell that is streamlined and primed for attack. ” – Exclaim! (2009 Bombardero Review)
Established in 1999 in Toronto, Canada, legendary rock armada WHITE COWBELL OKLAHOMA have remained a behemoth of over the top rock n’ roll for over two decades. Featuring a nebulous syndicate of low-life participants and a show often compared to Kiss meets The Allman Brothers meet Frank Zappa meets The Tubes, the band has toured Europe and North America countless times, while completely disregarding musical trends, political correctness, and common decency.
With the band’s first archival release “Textos Raros – Vol 1 – 2001-2011”, WHITE COWBELL OKLAHOMA present eleven rare and unreleased tracks.
From its first decadent decade of operation. No Particular Order. No Particular Regrets.
“Textos Raros – Vol 1 – 2001-2011” is due out August 6, 2021, via the band’s very own indie label Slick Monkey Records.
WHITE COWBELL OKLAHOMA will be releasing new music in early 2022.
Discography:
2021 – Textos Raros – Vol 1. – 2001-2011
2018 – Seven Seas Of Sleaze
2015 – Mixto Sixto
2012 – Buenas Nachas
2010 – Viva Live Locos
2009 – Bombardero
2006 – Casa Diablo
2003 – Cencerro Blanco
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Track By Track Explained:
1.Take Me Down To Mexico (3:08)
Heavy driving deep purple-esque stoner/space rock. A rare outtake from album Buenas Nachas (2011)
2. Black Night (4:28) (Deep Purple Cover)
Even more purple (it’s a Deep Purple Cover). A fiery, previously-unreleased outtake from album Casa Diablo (2006) sessions, recorded with ten minutes of studio time left, featuring Sgt. Rock on one take vocals.
3. [Just] Some Things A Man Can’t Keep Inside (7:54)
Another rare, very psychedelic Buenas Nachas (2011) outtake, journeying into White Cowbell Ohkahoma’s darkest places via Can and Dr. John.
4. The ‘Bell Are On The Run (3:54)
From 2001, pre Cencerro Blanco (2003). Hommage to 70’s Kiss Style arena Rock. A Stomper about a police pursued band/gang coming to your town. They ain’t foolin’ around.
5. Show A Gamblin’ Man (Early Version) (3:03)
This 2001 version sits back and takes a groovier, harder toke than the speedier, later version on Cencerro Blanco (2003). A feel-good song about murder and gambling, referencing lyrics by Johnny Cash and Doug Sahm.
6. This Cracker’s Got The Blues (Early Version) (3:26)
This was the first White Cowbell Oklahoma song ever written, which was also later re-recorded, much faster, on Bombardero (2009). But this 2001 version has more Skid Row soul.
7. Lone Star Love-In (4:22)
White Cowbell Oklahoma’s first of many tributes to the mythical Texas depicted in ZZ Top’s vast discography. It also gives nods to Ennio Morricone, George Clinton and Desert Wildlife.
8. Rebel Woman (1:45)
Also from 2001. Just a dumb song about fitness enthusiasts and the people who love them.
9. Southern Grace (Live) (3:25)
The original studio version appeared on Cencerro Blanco (2003). This version was omitted from Viva Live Locos (2010) for space reasons. Recorded live at Burg Herzberg Festival (Europe’s largest freak/hippie/jam band soiree) in 2006, the song is an homage to the American prog-rock genre perfected by Kansas and The Marshall Tucker Band.
10. Black Mountain Top (Whiskey Woman) (Live) (4:20)
Another Viva Live Locos (2010) outtake. The original studio version also appeared on Cencerro Blanco (2003). It’s mostly about mining, drilling, etc. (and Whiskey). This song closed out White Cowbell Oklahoma’s live sets – with the stage overrun by enthusiastic (and often undressed) fans – for several years.
11. Streetknifes ‘R’ Go! (7:50)
A previously-unreleased earlier recording of the jam that became “Stretknife’s Theme” on Buenas Nachas (2012). This version is heavier, but arguably groovier.
Album Title: Textos Raros – Vol 1. – 2001-2011
Release Date: August 6, 2021
Label: Slick Moneky Records
Track Listing:
1. Take Me Down To Mexico (3:08)
2. Black Night (4:28) (Deep Purple Cover)
3. [Just] Some Things A Man Can’t Keep Inside (7:54)
4. The ‘Bell Are On The Run (3:54)
5. Show A Gamblin’ Man (Early Version) (3:03)
6. This Cracker’s Got The Blues (Early Version) (3:26)
7. Lone Star Love-In (4:22)
8. Rebel Woman (1:45)
9. Southern Grace (Live) (3:25)
10. Black Mountain Top (Whiskey Woman) (Live) (4:20)
11. Streetknifes ‘R’ Go! (7:50)
Album Length: 47:44
Album Credits:
All songs by WHITE COWBELL OKLAHOMA (SOCAN) except “Black Night” (Deep Purple) (written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice CHEC Music – Ascap)
0 Antichrist Magazine – Video Interview with Lycanthro
0 The Metal Crypt – Review of Lycanthro – Mark of the Wolf
Mark of the Wolf is filled with mostly catchy heavy metal (good luck trying to get “In Metal We Trust” out of your head after hearing it once) that gets the listener break out the air guitar and air drums and sing along almost from beginning to end. Fans of ’80s heavy metal and modern power metal that’s not over the top should definitely find something to like on Mark of the Wolf.
Source: The Metal Crypt – Review of Lycanthro – Mark of the Wolf
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