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0 KARMIC LINK Posts Guitar Playthrough “Lost Magic Alchemy”; New Album “Dark Metropolis” Out Now! via Rockshots Records

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Montreal, QC – January 8, 2019

KARMIC LINK Posts Guitar Playthrough “Lost Magic Alchemy”

New Album “Dark Metropolis” Out Now! via Rockshots Records

Karmic Link guitarist Evan Hensley has posted a new guitar playthrough for “Lost Magic Alchemy”, which is one of nine tracks off the band’s latest album “Dark Metropolis” released this past October via Rockshots Records.

Watch it at the following link:

Evan Hensley (ex-Nightfall, Dark Hound), hailing from Nashville, Tennessee (USA), joined Karmic Link in 2009, taking up both guitar and bass duties with founding member Stathis Kassios (ex-keyboard player of Sweden’s System Shock and of Greece’s Nightfall), and Sweden’s Kim “Kimbo” Gustavsson (drums, guitar) currently based in Oslo (Norway).

The band’s latest album “Dark Metropolis” features nine tracks of dark industrial coldness with Mediterranean energy along with atmospheric landscapes, progressive and instrumental madness, electro breakdowns plus hard rock pentatonic moments. The album is the third full length from the band to follow their two previous albums “Esoterica”(2010) and debut “No Light But Rather Darkness Visible”(2008).

Stathis Kassios comments:

“Karmic Link is promoting thought-provoking concepts, ideas, heretic, and hermetic philosophies to explain today’s chaotic world and the Dystopian times to come in a globally connected world…Karmic Link is the bitter yet powerful sound of our personal life’s soundtrack filled with anxiety for the future ruled by technology.”

Album order and digital streams on all major platforms can be found at this link: http://smarturl.it/DarkMetropolis.

Song Streams:
“Random Phantom” – https://youtu.be/0znkyNqF3u4

“Dark Metropolis” – https://youtu.be/yHJoMiJnnV4

Track Listing:
1. Random Phantom (3:09)
2. Dark Metropolis (3:39)
3. The Ton of C (3:23)
4. False Spots On The Highway (3:47)
5. Your Fire Will Burn For Centuries (4:00)
6. RiaMa (1:58)
7. Endless (4:03)
8. Lost Magic Alchemy (3:15)
9. Nostalgia (4:26)
Album Length: 31:44

For more info:
http://www.Rockshots.eu
https://www.facebook.com/karmiclink

About:

Karmic Link is the brainchild of Stathis Kassios (Nightfall, ex-system Shock) who, after a period of extensive recording and live experience, gave birth to a surrealistic musical project. In 2006, he started experimenting on some songs with Mina G., a charismatic mezzo-soprano, full of karmic ideas. The link was established and the result was mixed and mastered in the famous Tico Tico studios in Finland. The group’s debut album “No Light but Rather Darkness Visible” was released in 2008 with a new lineup consisting of Stathis Kassios, Evan Hensley and Kim Kimbo Gustavsson. Karmic Link so far consists of mediterranean energy, doses of industrial coldness, atmospheric landscapes, progressive bits, instrumental madness, dark pop tunes, electro breakdowns, funky grooves and hard rock pentatonic moments. Karmic Link’s new album Dark Metropolis (2018) is an album sourcing musicianship from Greece, Norway and USA, different cultures bound together to offer an alternative metal experience!

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0 Hey! Wacken Metal Battle Canada made a Spotify playlist of this year’s battle bands! More will be added! Stay Tuned and Subscribe! \m/\m/

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0 Vancouver Prog KOSM Shred “The Esoteric Order” In New Guitar Playthrough via GearGods

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For fans of Tool, Mastodon, Gojira, The Agonist, Periphery, A Perfect Circle

Vancouver Prog KOSM Shred “The Esoteric Order” In New Guitar Playthrough via GearGods

Out Now! H.P. Lovecraft Inspired Album “Cosmonaut”

L-R – Jessie Grace – Vocals, Mike Slater – Guitar, Erik Leonhard – Guitar, Michael ‘Pastrami’ Mastracci – Bass, Sterling Paterson – Drums

Photo credit – Justin Forster

Vancouver progressive metal band KOSM is sharing their latest guitar playthrough for their track “The Esoteric Order”. The playthrough showcases the dual shredding of KOSM‘s guitarist Erik Leonoard and Mike Slater who play Kiesel and PRS guitars respectively, along with using a blend of Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifiers and Scuffham Digital Amps. The ambient sounds heard at the end of the track are created with a combination of the El Capistan dTape Delay pedal by Strymon and the Afterneath Reverb pedal by Earthquaker Devices.

Watch the shredding via GearGods.net at http://geargods.net/playthrough/kosm-esoteric-order-playthrough/

The track is third single off of KOSM‘s debut full length “Cosmonaut” released this past November and is influenced from the cosmic-horror of H.P. Lovecraft and classic science-fiction of others; the album and song tell the story of a cosmonaut’s transformative journey through time and space.

The band adds:

“Cosmonaut is a concept album loosely based on the weird-fiction of HP Lovecraft, and borrowing concepts from the science-fiction of Frank Herbert, and Roger Zelazny. The album follows a cosmonaut on a cosmic journey through time and space; from the earthly confines of mortal life, to ascendancy as an immaterial and omnipotent being. The cosmonaut’s journey is essentially symbolic, serving as a commentary on the human experience: a journey from confusion and anger, to transcendence and self-understanding.”

“Cosmonaut” is available on all major digital platforms Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play.

Lyric Video – “The Esoteric Order” – https://youtu.be/Q03AbR7tY_A

Music Video “Ancient Heart” – https://youtu.be/6G8arglKdxc

“Ocean Planet” (Gojira Vover) – https://youtu.be/NK1YVys22YE

Track Listing:
1. Space Mead (6:07)
2. Cosmonaut (5:27)
3. Colossus (6:38)
4. Wolves Upon The Throne (5:46)
5. The Esoteric Order (6:23)
6. Farseer (6:40)
7. Ancient Heart (5:23)
8. Fiefdom In The Sky (2:15)
9. Omnipresence (4:36)
10. Monarch (7:16)
11. Umbrakinesis (5:23)
12. Wza – Y’ei (4:20)
Album Length: 1:06:21

KOSM is:
Erik Leonhard – Guitar
Mike Slater – Guitar
Jessie Grace – Vocals
Sterling Paterson – Drums
Michael Mastracci – Bass

For more info:
https://kosmband.com
https://www.facebook.com/kosmofficialband
https://twitter.com/officialkosm
https://www.instagram.com/kosmofficial
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-bus

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“Vancouver’s KOSM kick the door in with Cosmonaut, their monstrous full-length debut. Brace yourself for a satisfying trip through an exciting mountain range of cascading, meaty riffs, swelling rises and heady drops, all led by the powerful, soaring vocals of the dynamic Jessie Grace. ” – Beatroute BC

“KOSM cite Tool, Gojira and Mastodon as three of their main influences, and all three can be heard loud and clear on their new album, Cosmonaut. The technical, progressive musicianship of Tool meets the crushing grooves and rhythmic vocals of Gojira, and Mastodon’s ear for riffy, thunderous prog are all present on Cosmonaut, which features some of the most technical metal I’ve heard this year outside of, you know, technical death metal. ” – Decibel Magazine

“The song (Ancient Heart) itself, which swings between some appetizingly heavy progressive riffs and aggressive growls and more melodic moments (with clean singing behind them). A tough band to place in that regard, but one certainly worth seeking out as they continue to expand their sound.” – DeadRhetoric

“KOSM does a solid job of mixing technicality, mood and groove. They have all sorts of dual guitar sections, and very psychedelic and moody parts on “Cosmonaut” as well. They’re a well versed band with all kinds of moods and changes engaging your ears every split second. ” – Technical Music Review

“KOSM definitely show enough potential with this release to be a band that should be on your scopes.” – Noizze UK

” Kosm’s Cosmonaut isn’t bland: it’s the pleasing sound of a band following their own inner vision.” 9/10 – Hellbound

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0 WHITE COWBELL OKLAHOMA Announce Ontario and Quebec Show Dates; New Music Video ‘Into The Sun’

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Montreal, QC – January 7, 2019

For fans of Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Frank Zappa, Funkadelic, Thin Lizzy, KISS, Hawkwind

WHITE COWBELL OKLAHOMA Announce Ontario and Quebec Show Dates

New Music Video ‘Into The Sun’

Out Now! New Album “Seven Seas of Sleaze”

L-R: Chainsaw Charlie (power tools, percussion), Betty Bullwhip (drums), Clem C. Clemsen (vocals, guitar),
Blind BBQ Wilson (guitar), Curtis E. Flush (guitar, vocals), South Pawl Jones (bass, vocals)
Photo Credit: Ashlea Wessel

Booze-fueled southern rockers White Cowbell Oklahoma announce they will be performing show dates this January and February in Ontario and Quebec in support of their latest album ‘Seven Seas of Sleaze’ released through their own label Slick Monkey.

Show Dates:
Jan 18 – Hamilton, ON – The Casbah – info
Jan 19 – Waterloo, ON – Starlight Lounge – info
Jan 25 – Sudbury, ON – The Townehouse – info

Jan 26 – Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Loplops – info

Feb 8 – Ottawa, ON – Mavericks – info
Feb 9 – Montreal, QC – Turbo Haüs – info

Recommended for fans of Deep Purple, ZZ Top, and Frank Zappa, White Cowbell Oklahoma has made their mark appearing at festivals like SXSW, and NXNE plus tours like Rockstar Uproar. The band also performs regularly throughout the European festival circuit and brings the fun to stages across Canada.

In additional news, White Cowbell Oklahoma has a released a new video for their track ‘Into The Sun’, it’s a rootin’ tootin’ grungy, melodic medley of southern rock covered in a layer of grease. It boasts foot tappin’ heavy psych riffage that will get you moving and the visuals in the video may just trip you out, you’ve been warned!

Watch ‘Into The Sun’ at the following link:

WCO’s latest album ‘Seven Seas of Sleaze’ is available on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes.

Track Listing:
1. Into The Sun (4:34)
2. Harder Come, Harder Fall (3:16)
3. Flapjack Flytrap (Live at CKXU) (5:00)
4. Cheerleader (Live at CKXU) (3:36)
5. Monster Railroad (Live at CKXU) (5:12)
6. Flush In The Pocket (Live at CKXU) (5:37)
7. Shot A Gamblin’ Man (Live at CKXU) (6:44)

For more info:
www.whitecowbell.com
www.facebook.com/WhiteCowbellOklahoma
twitter.com/whitecowbell
instagram.co/whitecowbell
https://soundcloud.com/whitecowbelloklahoma
https://www.youtube.com/user/whitecowbelltv

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“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)

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0 Hellbound.ca – LAURA WIEBE’S CANADIAN TOP 15 OF 2018 – Kosm, Striker, Into Eternity, Iomair are on the list!

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