“Dizzy Mystics know how to groove with the best of them, blending feel, melody, jazzy meanderings, and excellent vocals into a mix that makes this the month’s feel-good album. Each song feels fresh and vital, and the band’s enthusiasm shines throughout the record. If there’s such a thing as summertime prog, this might be it.”
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0 The Progress Report: May 2019 – Dizzy Mystics – Wanderlost (Self)
0 NoNovelleReviews – Thrash La Reine « La Foi, La Loi, La Croix »
0 Heavy Music Headquarters Album Reviews: Week of May 31, 2019 – Rockshots Records – Constantine, Hidden Lapse
0 Heavy Music Headquarters – Concrete Funeral – Ultimum Judicium (Self) – “The Canadian death/thrash brigade Concrete Funeral have a good grasp of the harsh side of things on their debut album Ultimum Judicium. Some very vicious sounding vocals atop the music matches it quite well. Abrasive riffing fits well within either the death or thrash genres. The music works well in all its caustic glory as the songs glide by with memorable efficiency and a rapid pace, but are allowed to have their impact implanted quite nicely… Fans of bands like early Kreator and Slayer will get a kick out of Concrete Funeral’s work. There is a nastiness that makes it more than just a typical thrash release.”
“The Canadian death/thrash brigade Concrete Funeral have a good grasp of the harsh side of things on their debut album Ultimum Judicium. Some very vicious sounding vocals atop the music matches it quite well. Abrasive riffing fits well within either the death or thrash genres. The music works well in all its caustic glory as the songs glide by with memorable efficiency and a rapid pace, but are allowed to have their impact implanted quite nicely… Fans of bands like early Kreator and Slayer will get a kick out of Concrete Funeral’s work. There is a nastiness that makes it more than just a typical thrash release.”
http://www.heavymusichq.com/heavy-music-headquarters-album-reviews-week-of-may-31-2019/
0 Dead Rhetoric – Constantine – Aftermath (Rockshots Records) – “Capturing various styles in a tight 34-minute window, Constantine delivers a crunchy, melodic metal effort that will get plenty of promotion not only from the marquee vocalists, but the professional execution of the songwriting on hand.”
“Capturing various styles in a tight 34-minute window, Constantine delivers a crunchy, melodic metal effort that will get plenty of promotion not only from the marquee vocalists, but the professional execution of the songwriting on hand.”
http://deadrhetoric.com/reviews/constantine-aftermath-rockshots-records/
0 Return To High School Angst With DEATH NOTE SILENCE’s New Video ‘Forgotten’
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Montreal, QC – May 30, 2019
For fans of Thy Art Is Murder, Whitechapel, Despised Icon, August Burns Red, Parkway Drive
Return To High School Angst With DEATH NOTE SILENCE’s New Video ‘Forgotten’
Canada’s DEATH NOTE SILENCE is hitting hard with their latest video, for the track ‘Forgotten’. This high impact, full throttle music video is complete with deep gutturals, accented with well-timed breakdowns and clean guitar harmonies that prove DEATH NOTE SILENCE is the next up and coming band in the underground Canadian metal scene.
‘Forgotten’ is off the self-titled EP that was released October 18, 2018, which followed the 2016 album “Code of Silence”. The band explains the meaning behind the song:
“This song is talking about someone put aside in high school. Someone that went through it, had it the hard way but made his way through it. You can feel the hate, unity and a sense of accomplishment.”
Moving forward, DEATH NOTE SILENCE provides a massive wall of sound that is more mature lyrically, but retains a touch of teen angst and is energetic and heavily complimented with gang vocals that engage the audience.
Fans of Despised Icon, Breakdown of Sanity and Whitechapel will find enjoyable similarities between those bands and the new upcomers DEATH NOTE SILENCE.
Watch ‘Forgotten’ via Beheading The Traitor’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/pkxbMVpjSRA
DEATH NOTE SILENCE‘s latest EP is available on Spotify, iTunes and all other major online retailers.
Show Dates:
June 14 – Trois-Rivieres, QC – Nord Ouest Cafe
June 15 – Jonquiere, QC – Salle Le 4 Barils
July 12 – Waterloo, QC – Plage Municipale du Lac Waterloo – Festival L’Underground de Waterloo
Aug 10 – L’Epiphanie, QC – Parc Beram – Rock Fest Santé Mentale
Track Listing:
1. Hate (2:24)
2. Forgotten (4:10)
3. Living The Passion (4:22)
4. Short Lived (3:59)
5. Interlude (Instrumental) (1:56)
6. Behind Your Screen (5:37)
7. Honestly (4:30)
8. The Follower (3:54)
9. Prologue of A Murder (3:21)
Album Length: 34:16
For more info:
Official Website: https://dnsbanddns.wixsite.com/deathnotesilence
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deathnotesilence
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deathnotesilence/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeathNoteSilen1
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0 Montreal’s THRASH LA REINE Premiere EP Stream “La Foi, La Loi, La Croix”
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Montreal, QC – May 30, 2019
For fans of Thrash Metal, Power Metal, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Judas Priest
Montreal’s THRASH LA REINE Premiere EP Stream “La Foi, La Loi, La Croix”
Photo Credit: Dani Rod Photography
L-R Anthony Domm-Bélisle – Bass, Center: Renaud Baril – Vocals and Guitar, Right: Guillaume Leblanc – Drums
Montreal’s THRASH LA REINE will be releasing their second EP “La Foi, La Loi, La Croix” to the world on May 31, 2019.
With the spirit of both thrash and power metal, THRASH LA REINE, who describe themselves as ‘Francophone satirical epic thrash’ create music as they feel it and leave it up to the audience to decide where they really fit in. The exclusive French-language album follows the band’s 2017 EP “Le Metal Est Notre Langue”. The band hints at what the new release entails:
“We do not reinvent anything, but at the same time, we think we offer something that sounds new and refreshing. We want to share Montreal’s culture by making music in French, but we believe this music can be accessible and interesting to everybody around the world.”
Incorporating musical influences from the likes of Metallica, Judas Priest, and Megadeth, they take lyrical inspiration from current events and real life.
Teaming up with Metal-Rules.com, the trio is premiering the EP’s full stream at the following link: https://www.metal-rules.com/2019/05/30/montreals-thrash-la-reine-premiere-ep-streamla-foi-la-loi-la-croix/
The band adds:
“The album title “La Foi, La Loi, La Croix’’, in English translation means ‘The Faith, The Law, The Cross’’. We chose this title as these three symbols reflects the themes that are present in our album. On the album cover, we see three characters a Machiavellian priest, an evil queen and a corrupted politician’’ in front of our hometown of Montreal. They symbolize, in a caricatured way, the pillars of our Western society and its own decline.”
“La Foi, La Loi, La Croix” will be released on May 31, 2019, and will be available Bandcamp and available on Spotify, iTunes.
Music Video – ‘Le Rédempteur’ – https://youtu.be/KTkJXBckQP4
Show Dates:
June 17 – Quebec City, QC – La Source de la Martinière
June 23 – Montreal, QC – Les Katacombes
Track Listing:
1. Pourchasser Le Dragon (4:45)
2. Thrash La Reine (2:14)
3. Le Rédempteur (4:11)
4. La Peur du Lendemain (3:43)
5. Garde La Foi (4:46)
6. Du Sang Sur Les Plaines (8:43)
EP Length: 28:23
For More Info:
Official Website: www.thrashlareine.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thrashlareine
Instagram: www.instagram.com/thrashlareine
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ThrashLaReine
BIO:
Thrash La Reine is a Montreal-based French heavy metal trio founded in 2017. In their music, they comprise styles of their main influences of thrash and power metal as well as paying homage to their home city and the francophone punk bands that were notorious in the Montreal scene during their college years. In each song, they mix the epic themes of power metal with the social topics of punk and thrash metal to make a style that they dubbed ‘’Epic Thrash’’.
In 2017, in their home studio, they recorded a first EP called ‘’Le Metal Est Notre Langue’’. Since then, they have opened for artists such as Judas Priestess (US) and Tim Ripper Owen (US). In 2018, a second EP ‘’La Foi, La Loi, La Croix’’ was recorded. The recording and mixing were done at Studio Wild with Pierre Rémillard (Anonymus, Cryptopsy) and mastered in the summer by Jacob Hansen in Denmark. The EP is now ready to hit mosh pits around the world with a release date on May 31, 2019.
French Bio:
Thrash La Reine est un trio heavy métal francophone montréalais fondé en 2017. Nous nous inspirons des classiques du heavy metal tout en apportant l’énergie des groupes francophones qui ont rendus mémorables nos années de CEGEP. Dans chaque chanson, nous mélangeons les thèmes épiques du power metal aux revendications sociales du Thrash métal pour en faire un « Thrash épique ».
En 2017, nous avons enregistré de manière DIY un premier EP intitulé Le métal est notre langue. Depuis, nous avons fait la première partie d’artistes tels Judas Priestess (É-U) et Tim Ripper Owen (É-U). En 2018, nous avons fait l’enregistrement d’un deuxième EP «La foi, la loi, la croix» . L’enregistrement et le mixage ont été fait au Studio Wild avec Pierre Rémillard (Anonymus, Cryptopsy) et le mastering a été fait par Jacob Hansen au Danemark. Le EP est maintenant prêt â être mis en marché!
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0 Tour Reminder – Kicking Off This Week – DISPLAY OF DECAY “Decimate The West Tour” (BC/CA/AZ/NV/AB)
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Montreal, QC – May 30, 2019
For fans of Deicide, Immolation, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Cryptopsy
Tour Reminder – Kicking Off This Week – DISPLAY OF DECAY “Decimate The West Tour” (BC/CA/AZ/NV/AB)
Tour Dates:
May 31 – Vernon, BC – Record City
June 1 – Surrey, BC – Strums & Drums
June 3 – Lake Tahoe, CA – Whiskey Dick’s Saloon
June 5 – Los Angeles, CA – The BLVD
June 6 – Phoenix, AZ – Starlite Lounge
June 8 – Las Vegas, NV – BCC/Triple B – Las Vegas DeathFest (set time 3:25pm-3:50pm)
June 9 – Reno, NV – Davidsons Distillery
June 11 – Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub
L to R – Brandon Siefert (Bass); Tyson Travnik (Drums); Kland Kuly (Vocals); Sean Watson (Guitars)
Photo Credit – Lady Black Photography
Photo Credit – Lady Black Photography
The North American West Coast should brace themselves as Canada’s DISPLAY OF DECAY is setting out for their “Decimate The West Tour” this May and June. The old school death metallers from Edmonton, Alberta are set to brutalize shows in both Canada and the USA.
Destroying stages and performing at festivals for over a decade, DISPLAY OF DECAY know how to delight and punish their audiences with blast beats and evil gutturals. DISPLAY OF DECAY’s ‘Art In Mutilation’ (2018) (Gore House Productions) was well received by publications around the world and with an invitation to play the Las Vegas DeathFestthey are bringing the infection to new fans in never before visited places.
They are veterans to the stage, opening for similar artists such as Kataklysm and Cattle Decapitation. They are eager to melt faces and shake crowds with their personal blend of old school death metal in the veins of Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus and Decapitated.
Album Stream – “Art In Mutilation” – https://youtu.be/NENFPjJQJkY
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Lyric Video – “Forced Frontal Lobotomy” – https://youtu.be/fHB25OMADDM
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BIO:
Formed in 2007, Display of Decay is widely noted for bringing a unique blend of old school death metal, with tinges of thrash and doom metal. Hailing from Edmonton, the band has spread their infection across Canada, sharing the stage alongside other elite acts such as Kataklysm, Cattle Decapitation, The Faceless, Origin, Beyond Creation & more. After four well-received indie releases, Display of Decay unleashed their full length “Art in Mutilation” featuring eight aural assaulting tracks that set the mosh pits ablaze.
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“Edmonton’s long-standing denizens of death metal” – Decibel Magazine“death metal that is surely to snap your neck and crush your skull.” – My Global Mind
“This is pure North American death metal with a dosage of thrash, but it’s the effective songwriting that keeps your interest from start to finish.” – Dead Rhetoric
This is Brutal Death Metal that wastes no time on pointless intros or messing around.” – Wonderbox Metal
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0 Oh Canada! Thank You MDs and DJs Fractures & Outlines Debut #8 on Top 10 !earshot The National Loud Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Oh Canada! Thank You MDs and DJs
Fractures & Outlines
Debut #8 on Top 10 !earshot The National Loud Chart
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, May 28, 2019
0 Spacey Instrumental Prog PHAETON Releases Bass And Guitar Playthrough For ‘Labyrinth’
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Montreal, QC – May 29, 2019
For fans of Rush, Dream Theater, Gojira, Meshuggah, Mastodon, Animals As Leaders
Spacey Instrumental Prog PHAETON Releases Bass And Guitar Playthrough For ‘Labyrinth’
Self-Titled Debut Album Out Now!
L-R: Kevin Thiessen – Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards, Daniel Airth – Lead & Rhythm Guitars,
Ferdy Belland – Electric & Fretless Bass, Colin Righton – Drums & Percussion
Photo Credit: Image by Dark Days Design & Julian Bueckert Photo
Launched from the mountain town of Kimberly, Canada, PHAETON released their debut self-titled album this past December. In support of the release, the band has launched a playthrough video for their track ‘Labyrinth’.
In this video, the viewer is taken through 4 minutes of instrumental prog metal with spacey riffs and melodic bass lines. Without the addition, one is able to be completely enveloped in the cumulation of years of hard work from these talented musicians.
As part of their modus operandi, they aspire to take their fans “through space and time and feel a complete visceral release that can only be found through prog metal.”
Fans of anything technical and dreamy will take a liking to PHAETON‘s ‘Labyrinth’ as it follows in the footsteps of Rush, Dream Theater, and King Crimson.
Watch ‘Labyrinth’ at the following on TechnicalMusicReview link: https://technicalmusicreview.com/2019/05/29/official-premiere-of-phaeton-labyrinth-guitar-bass-playthrough/
Album stream and download available on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes.
‘March of the Synthetics’ (Bass & Guitar Playthrough) – https://youtu.be/0K_9duq7vZw
Track Listing:
1. Siege Engine (5:27)
2. Voyage Eternal (4:24)
3. March of the Synthetics (6:39)
4. Phantasm (3:56)
5. Crossing the Divide (6:48)
6. Labyrinth (3:46)
7. Vortex (5:13)
Album Length: 36:16
For more info:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Phaetonband
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-d5h
BIO:
In the wilderness of Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada, with a fascination for astronomy, Kevin Thiessen (guitar), Daniel Airth (guitar), Colin Righton (percussion), and Ferdy Belland (bass) united to create the interplanetary, instrumental prog metal that would come to be known as Phaeton.
Since 2017, they have been working quickly as a collaborative unit, honing their skills and orchestrating an attention-focused listening experience. One drenched in joy and wonder and the emotional, visceral release that only prog-metal can deliver. And the lack of lyrical interference only allows the listener the better opportunity to let their imaginations run wild with the music, drifting emotionally away on the solar winds to wherever they wish to soar.
Phaeton can be experienced with the release of the self-titled debut album out now as of December 21, 2018.
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“Top-tier instrumental prog-metal-math music from the East Kootenay region performed by a quartet of veteran musicians.” – Stuart Derdeyn (The Vancouver Sun)
“The sound on all seven tracks is huge and if there was a “best sounding hammer-ons” award then March of the Synthetics could be a contender.” – Stuart Derdeyn (The Vancouver Sun)
“An epic Progressive Metal listening experience.” – Trevor Hatter (BeatRoute Magazine)
“This badass band makes a devastating impact with their high velocity musical assault.” – Time Lord (Progarchy)
“A sparkling, sizzling debut from PHAETON, taking us on a futuristic musical journey, with deep roots in the ancient past.” – Stephen Conrad (Progressive Rock Fanatics)
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