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0 Oculum Dei kick off Season 5 of Brutally Delicious. Check out the trailer below then go check the band out and tune in Sunday morning to see what they have cooked up for you.
0 Kelowna Capital News – Kelowna’s metal bands to battle it out for coveted spot on line-up
0 Rockshots Records / Extreme Metal Music Signs Danish Symphonic Black Metal Duo SINNRS For Debut Album “Profound” Out April 26th
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 25, 2019
Rockshots Records / Extreme Metal Music Signs
Danish Symphonic Black Metal Duo SINNRS For Debut Album “Profound” Out April 26th
Rockshots Records / Extreme Metal Music is proud to announce their latest signing of symphonic black metallers SINNRS. Formed in Denmark in 2017 by Nero (vocals/Strings/keys) and Maestus (drums), the duo will be unleashing their debut album “Profound” on April 26, 2019. Just over a year later after recording the album during January 2018 at Hertz Studio in Poland (where bands like Behemoth, Vader and Decapitated have produced material out of), the duo are ready to present their 10 tracks of their self-described pure dark matter for the world to hear.
Fully conceived and performed by Nero and Maestus, “Profound” merges the furious brutality of extreme metal with the elegance of classical and opera, giving listeners a dimensional musical experience of their self-described pure dark matter. The juxtaposition of punishing guitar riffs and relentless blastbeats with symphonic arrangements and soaring vocals is fascinating in the way it highlights the inherent differences and similarities these genres have. While classical fans might balk at the savagery of SINNRS’ sound, metal enthusiasts will enjoy getting swept up in the epicness the classical elements bring to the table. Whichever side you might fall on, “Profound” is an honest manifest that makes a wonderful spectacle out of a rather unlikely pairing.
Nero comments:
“The approach to “Profound”, for me, was to find a purpose for making music on a whole new scale. I wanted to explore and to create something new yet still with a massive sound for us. Since my greatest inspiration lies within the movie composing universe, I wanted to use that element in our music. That drama and suspense, “Profound” would be the first stone we would cast. And hopefully, creates rings that will reach out to the outer shores. We also wanted to let the album breathe, not over think every single riff plus we wanted to make the orchestral passages a very important part of the album. And this will also be in the future releases to come. We put a lot of hours to fit the guitar riffs for the strings and also put a lot of time into the drums, so they were not too technical and versatile all the time.”
Maestus adds:
“We have played very technically in other bands. Both of us is known on the local scene. But we dragged ourselves back into the shadows and created this first of many opuses under a new name. We wanted to be free of all the other things and keep the focus on SINNRS. We believe that with this band we have achieved musical enlightenment for ourselves. The next step is to promote and promote, play all the live shows we can. To show people that this is a serious outfit, who will never stop creating dark tunes in favor of the celestial plane. And the next opus will bear witness to that.”
SINNRS are currently streaming their two singles “It Calls Me” and “The Storm of I” via their Bandcamp (links listed below).
It Calls Me – https://sinnrs.bandcamp.com/track/it-calls-me
The Storm of I – https://sinnrs.bandcamp.com/track/the-storm-of-i
Album pre-order is available at http://bit.ly/sinnrs_preorder.
Track Listing:
1. Nihil (1:32)
2. To Derive Eden’s Flame (4:29)
3. The Storm of I (6:54)
4. Lift My Bones (6:52)
5. Renowned Praetorians (1:51)
6. No Promise To Mankind (5:06)
7. It Calls Me (5:32)
8. Et Sic Incipit (4:39)
9. Watch Her Soul Burn (3:09)
10. Commemorate None (6:57)
Album Length: 47:05
Line Up:
Nero – Vox / Strings / Keys
Maestus – Drums
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0 Calgary’s 420 Music & Arts Festival Announces 2019 Lineup w/ Crobot, Great Electric Quest, Valley of the Sun, Disenchanter and More!
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 25, 2019
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Calgary’s 420 Music & Arts Festival Announces 2019 Lineup
w/ Crobot, Great Electric Quest, Valley of the Sun, Disenchanter and More!
Returning in a haze of smoke for the third year is Calgary’s 420 Music & Arts Festival slated for the weekend of April 18-20, 2019. This three-day festival celebrates the 420 culture with a varied selection of stoner, sludge and psychedelic music, and the 2019 edition promises a solid lineup of local and international talent. The full festival pass is $60 CAD in advance, with single day tickets and other ticket packages available.
A new addition to the festival this year is a custom 420 Music & Arts Festival beer, which will be unveiled prior to the fest on March 29, 2019, at New Level Brewery with musical accompaniment from Hypnopilot and tasty munchies provided by Dogzilla. A standalone event from the festival, the admission is $10 and includes the first pint. Capacity is limited to 50 people, but the beer will be available at the festival and liquor stores in the vicinity of the festival venue.
The main event will take place at the County Line Saloon April 18-20, 2019 and will include the musical stylings of Crobot, Valley of the Sun, Disenchanter, Mark Deutrom‘s Bellringer, The Grudge, Great Electric Quest and more! Expanding the genre selection even more than past years, there is something for every rock and metal lover from groovy rock, to hard rock blues, to party metal and sludgy psychedelic rock.
Full Festival Lineup:
Crobot (Pottsville, PA)
Great Electric Quest (San Diego)
Valley of the Sun (Cincinnati)
Disenchanter (Portland)
La Chinga (Vancouver)
Mark Deutrom’s Bellringer (Austin)
Woodhawk (Calgary)
HERON (Vancouver)
The Grudge (UK)
Mammoth Grove (Calgary)
Buffalo Bud Buster (Calgary)
Bloated Pig (Calgary)
BORT (Vancouver)
Denimachine (Calgary)
Rebuild/Repair (Edmonton)
Shadow Weaver (Calgary)
Black Hell Oil (Saskatoon)
The Baseborn Band (Calgary)
Brown Dwarf (Red Deer)
TerraGanja (Red Deer)
Father Moon (Calgary)
Row of Giants (Calgary)
Ticket Prices:
Thursday $15 Advance/ $20 Door
Friday $25 Advance/ $30 Door
Saturday $30 Advance/ $35 Door
Three day pass $60 Advance / $75 Door (unless sold out)
Other multiday ticket packages are available on the website.
https://www.420musicandartsfestival.ca/store-2/
Event Links:
Main Event: www.facebook.com/events/2159499584293238/
Expo: www.facebook.com/events/1000439500145565/
New Level Brewery Tour & Beer Tasting: www.facebook.com/events/1216767781781769/
Pinball Tournament: www.facebook.com/events/2122446714675930/
About:
The 420 Music & Arts Festival is a Calgary-based Festival owned and organized locally. The Festival founders created the unique annual event as a medium to unite music, artists and both medical and recreational cannabis with a focus on changing common stereotypes.
Since their inaugural year in 2017, Calgary’s 420 Music & Arts Festival is three days of rad music and fuzzy vibes. The festival showcases bands from across Canada, USA and overseas ranging from stoner rock, desert rock, doom & sludge metal and kick ass rock n roll along with multiple exhibitors and vendors related to 420 culture. Past headliners have been Dopethrone, Brant Bjork (Kyuss, Vista Chino) (special guest DJ set on 420), Sasquatch, La Chinga, Wo Fat, Anciients and Black Mastiff.
For all news about 420 Music & Arts Festival events, please visit the following links:
Official Website: https://www.420musicandartsfestival.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/420MusicAndArtsFestival
Twitter: https://twitter.com/420FestivalYYC
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/420musicandartsfestival
Travel Alberta: https://www.travelalberta.com/ca/events/420-music-and-arts-festival-6972/
Festival Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2159499584293238/
Pinball Tournament Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2122446714675930/
Media Partners:
Absolute Underground Magazine
BeatRoute (AB)
Broken Neck Radio
Calgary Metal Scene Events
CJSW 90.9 FM
Exclaim!
The Highway
Metal Master Kingdom
PureGrainAudio.com
SKUNK Magazine
Business Partners/Sponsors:
Asher Media Relations
The Celestial Agency
Clearview Accounting Services
Deadly Tattoos
International Avenue BRZ
Loud as Hell Festival
Mammoth Beard Co.
METALHEADS UNITED
New Level Brewing Co.
Sloth Records
Titan Products
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“Music and weed the stars of 420 Fest” – Calgary Herald
The 420 Music and Arts Festival is a homegrown bash…A primary goal of the festival organizers is to bring an outdoor festival feel to a single venue while providing a platform for western-Canadian marijuana activists.” The Gauntlet
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0 Thanks for the support Splice Magazine \m/\m/ Live Review and Pics from Wacken Metal Battle Canada Ottawa Round 2!
0 Heavy Music Headquarters – Meet The Band: Oculum Dei
0 LES ARTSZÉ – The Convalescence a réchauffé le Piranha bar
0 Heavy Music Headquarters – Oculum Dei – Dreams of Desire and Torment (Self) “The phrasing and closeness of the guitar and vocals is one of the album’s best qualities.”
“The phrasing and closeness of the guitar and vocals is one of the album’s best qualities.”
http://www.heavymusichq.com/heavy-music-headquarters-album-reviews-week-of-february-22-2019/
0 Northern Quebec’s BACKSTABBER Announces Show Dates + New Album “Conspiracy Theorist” Out Now!
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 22, 2019
For fans of Kataklysm, Hypocrisy, Decapitated, Deicide, At The Gates
Northern Quebec’s BACKSTABBER Announces Show Dates + New Album “Conspiracy Theorist” Out Now!
L-R: Patrick Gagné (Drums), Christian M. Thériault (Guitars & Vocals), Éric Séguin (Bass & Back Vocals)
Unleashing their debut beast “Conspiracy Theorist” on Feb 15th, Northern Quebec’s BACKSTABBER announces upcoming show dates in support of the release. The band will be performing a hometown show on March 2nd in Rouyn-Noranda supporting Quebec legends Anonymous along with Nova Spei and Horror Legacy. They are also scheduled to play another Northern Quebec show date on March 23rd in La Sarre with Abitabyss.
Show Dates:
March 2 – Rouyn-Noranda, QC – Scène Évolu-Son – info
March 23 – La Sarre, QC – La Brute du Coin – info
BACKSTABBER‘s debut album“Conspiracy Theorist” is a fierce 10 track full-length that encompasses themes about scandals, critiques of mainstream media and conspiracies such as hollow Earth. Remaining old school, there are no clean vocals or breakdowns here, just a solid and mature death/thrash metal album, with good flow and clear thought in the tracks and compositions.
Vocalist/guitarist Christian M. Thériault adds:
“‘Conspiracy Theorist’ is an album that’s meant to open your mind about the way the world revolves around us as it offers a new perspective on many issues that we see in our lives.”
Album Stream “Conspiracy Theorist” – https://youtu.be/MDQKkrgRVw4
Lyric Video – Geo Engineering – https://youtu.be/CnVm7OJnuYU
Music Video – Subterranean – https://youtu.be/qYXkfZdZBvg
Album CD order and download available through Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, and all major online retailers.
Track Listing:
1. Inaugural Address (1:18)
2. Whistle Blower (2:46)
3. No Privacy (3:35)
4. Subterranean (3:26)
5. Ink Spill (3:19)
6. The Hum (1:55)
7. My Disclosure (3:32)
8. Geo Engineering (3:37)
9. Banksters (4:06)
10. Conspiracy Theorist (4:50)
Album Length: 32:28
BACKSTABBER is:
Christian M. Theriault – Guitars & Vocals
Eric Seguin – Bass
Patrick Gagne – Drums
For More Info:
https://www.facebook.com/BackStabberMetal
https://www.instagram.com/backstabber_metal
BIO:
Hailing from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada, Backstabber is a formidable death/thrash metal trio inspired by conspiracies, new technologies, philosophy, and history. Covering a vast number of themes throughout their music, Backstabber can be likened to a ‘loose cannon’ with no foreshadowing of what direction they will take next, musically.
Starting with themes and gradually adding riffs, drums, bass and finally vocals, they pride themselves on complimenting their compositions with energetic and interactive live shows, the entire reason for them writing their music.
Eager to bring raw and fierce metal to the ears of listeners, Backstabber has recorded their first full-length “Conspiracy Theorist” set to be released February 15, 2019.
Backstabber has shared the stage with Cattle Decapitation, Depths of Hatred, First Fragment, Ending Tyranny, Insurrection, Blinded by Faith, Aepoch and more.
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“Powered by drumwork that resembles a ferocious mix of machine-gun and mortar fire, Backstabber mount the attack with flurries of vicious, seething riffery and nail-gunning jab-fests, with the lyrics voiced in heartless, imperious roars. The devastation is pushed to further heights of frenzy with a shrill, eerily spiraling solo, and concludes with a hint of off-planet mystery.” – No Clean Singing
“Fast, frantic, politically minded and heavy” – Exclaim!
“Backstabber’s death metal is more of the modern variety (in a good way) with a very clean yet brutal sound and speed aplenty. The playing is insanely tight at times and it’s often hard to believe that this is only the first album of a relatively young band, their first demo having been released in 2016. Some passages are a little on the thrash side but for the most part, this is heavy, pounding, fast death metal driven by a drummer who is really asking for a speeding ticket. ” – 4/5 – The Metal Crypt
“The songs are heavy, and the death and thrash influences make for some fairly easy to get into head bobbing as each track progresses… Conspiracy Theorist is a solid beginning for Backstabber… Solid for those that want some new, well-rounded death metal.” – Dead Rhetoric
“Backstabber’s Conspiracy Theorist is a self-released album that makes one wonder how they haven’t been signed to any label yet… Backstabber have on their hands the first essential death metal release of 2019.” – 4/5 – Heavy Music HQ
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0 Noizze UK – Mortanius – Till Death Do Us Part (Rockshots Records) – “All in all, there is a lot to like about Till Death Do us Part. The musicians involved are all very talented, the vocals are excellent and quirky enough to stand out, and there are a lot of memorable moments throughout.”
All in all, there is a lot to like about Till Death Do us Part. The musicians involved are all very talented, the vocals are excellent and quirky enough to stand out, and there are a lot of memorable moments throughout.
https://www.noizze.co.uk/single-post/2019/02/21/Mortanius—Till-Death-Do-Us-Part-Album-Review
