Posts By Asher
0 Absolute Underground Mag – April-May 2021 – Ischemic, Juliet Ruin, Warcall, No Hope For The Lost
0 ICYMI: April 2021 – RRAZÖRR magazine (Italy) – Without Mercy, The Design Abstract
0 ICYMI: April 2021 – Scream Magazine #albumreviews Monarch – Bloody Hell Rockshots Records
0 30 immolated; 16 returned Usher In The Spring With A Violent Take On Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”; Lyric Video Premiere via NoCleanSinging
NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – May 11, 2021
For fans of Portal, Howls of Ebb, Morbid Angel, Gorguts, Imperial Triumphant
30 immolated; 16 returned Usher In The Spring With A Violent Take On Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”
Lyric Video Premiere via NoCleanSinging
Top – L-R – Dr. Death (garotte and vomit), Disgusting Smith (Flayer and Barks)
Bottom L-R – Madame Champville (Whips and Shrieks), Mr. Bones (Impalements and Bellows)
30 immolated; 16 returned is an obtuse, frightening, and aggressive avant-garde metal band who are heavily inspired by the Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom and are meant to recreate the violent sensorial experience of the book. They bring this horror to life while demonstrating the close relationship between extreme metal and modernist classical music, which many prog and tech-metal fans will enjoy, especially the technical prowess and complex nature of the work as well as the driving primal rhythms, strange harmonies, and quirky melodies.
Their latest offering is the upcoming album “The Burial of the Dead”, an arrangement of Igor Stravinsky’s controversial 1913 ballet “The Rite of Spring”. The first glimpse will be with the single “The Augurs of Spring (The Burial of the Dead)”; 30 immolated; 16 returned share their thoughts on what they call “a spring time sacrificial ritual”:
“It begins with a primal pounding of all instruments in unison in a moderato tempo. It then carries through several textural changes, complex harmonies, and folk-like melodies that trade between guitars. The vocals are minimal, but are inspired by T.S. Eliot’s famous work The Wastelands. In the context of our act – it translates into the brutal murder of innocence to appease our never-ending hunger for the destruction of purity through vice.”
“The Augurs of Spring (The Burial of the Dead)” was the first song from The Rite of Spring that was arranged and learned by the band. In T.S Eliot’s work “The Burial of the Dead”, the poem dwells on the violence of Spring – how it pushes aside the dead that has wasted away from the previous year and then uses it to generate new life. Spectacular new life through the appropriation of the dead. This excerpt is a sneak peek into a larger project, to be finished in 2023.
Chaotic and extreme, 30 immolated; 16 returned take avant-garde, to a new technical level. They are suggested listening for fans of Portal, Howls of Ebb, and Morbid Angel.
The lyric video for the single “The Augurs of Spring (The Burial of the Dead)” can be heard and watched via its premiere on NoCleanSinging HERE.
“The Burial of the Dead” is out on May 14, 2021.
Album pre-order – https://30immolated16returned.bandcamp.com
Track Listing:
1. Introduction (Spleen) (1:30)
2. The Augurs of Spring (The Burial of the Dead) (3:57)
3. The Ritual of Abduction ( Glorious Love/Languid Agony) (2:48)
4. Spring Rounds (A Paean) (4:22)
Album Length: 12:38
More Info:
Facebook.com/30-immolated-16-returned-1440005762811312/
Instagram.com/30immolated.16returned/
EPK
About:
30 immolated; 16 returned are Hamilton, Canada’s most despicable extreme metal band. Developed through intense and abstract systematic theories of chaos and transgression – 30 immolated depicts the sexual taboos found in the Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom, through a non-stop battery of screaming guitars, punishing drums, and thundering bass accompanied by the cries of torture and violence. In addition, Madame Champville often brings her favourite pet(s) / slave(s) along, who under threat of further violence, distribute gifts of Shit Cookies and Blood to the band’s spectators.
30 immolated; 16 returned began their sadistic journey in Edmonton, Alberta, but have since moved to southern Ontario in search of new willing victims! They have since played several concert dates in Toronto and Hamilton, most notably at the Hamilton Death Fest for Neurotic Entertainment and as openers for Toronto’s own Arcanevil, and for Mexican death metal outfits Darkside Ritual and Disrupted.
30 immolated; 16 returned ’s sonic violence has been exported internationally with physical and digital sales in China, the United States, and Slovenia. Their goal is to continue to expand their terror throughout southern Ontario, Canada, and beyond to the rest of world!
– 30-
—
ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS
Jon Asher – Music Publicist
#.514.581.5780
jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
Facebook @AsherMediaRelations
Instagram @AsherMedia
Tweet @AsherMedia
0 Metal-Rules – Interview with Bloody Hell (Rockshots Records)
Source: Interview with Bloody Hell
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 –…
View original post 139 more words
0 Canada’s Mütherload’s New Music Video “The Visitor” Makes Contact With The Unknown; New EP “Ü” Out July 9th, 2021
NEWS RELEASE
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
EPK
– 30 –
ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS
Jon Asher – Music Publicist
#.514.581.5780
jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
Facebook @AsherMediaRelations
Instagram @AsherMedia
Tweet @AsherMedia
0 The Killchain Blog – Review: Xael – Bloodtide Rising
0 Saskatoon’s Before & Apace Are Now Streaming Debut Album “The Denisovan”, Album Stream Premiere via TheProgSpace
NEWS RELEASE
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
EPK
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.
– 30 –
—
ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS
Jon Asher – Music Publicist
#.514.581.5780
jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
Facebook @AsherMediaRelations
Instagram @AsherMedia
Tweet @AsherMedia
0 Canada’s Eclipser Usher In Harsh New EP “Pages” And Debut Video For Title Track, Lyric Video Premiere via NoCleanSinging
NEWS RELEASE
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
EPK
About:
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.
– 30 –
—
ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS
Jon Asher – Music Publicist
#.514.581.5780
jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
Facebook @AsherMediaRelations
Instagram @AsherMedia
Tweet @AsherMedia
ashermediarelations.com 