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0 MEKA NISM Announce Tour Dates + Performance At Millenium Music Conference

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Montreal, QC – January 24, 2019

For fans of In This Moment, Lacuna Coil, Arch Enemy, Epica, The Agonist, Jinjer

MEKA NISM Announce Tour Dates + Performance At Millenium Music Conference

New EP “The War Inside” Out Now!

L – R: Danny Arrieta (Guitar), Bobby Keller (Guitar), Meka (Vocals), Nick Colvin (Drums), Jarret Robinson (Bass)

Orlando, Florida’s MEKA NISM confirms they will be performing at this year’s Millennium Music Conference/Showcase in Harrisburg, PA on February 21st and 22nd in support of their latest EP “The War Inside” released last year.“We are very excited to be returning to the great state of Pennsylvania and playing in Maryland for the first time. The Millennium Music Conference/Showcase, in Harrisburg, PA, is an amazing opportunity for us to show what we got and what we can bring to the table. As an up and coming metal band, we believe this is a necessary step in finding our home with a label that is ready to take over the world with us, haha. We hope you all are prepared for what you’re going to witness on this tour, you will not want to miss it.” says lead guitarist Bobby Keller.

Show Dates:
2/21 – Harrisburg, PA – Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center – Event Page: 717 Entertainment Presents Meka Nism

2/22 – Harrisburg, PA – Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center – Music Conference Showcase – Event Page: 717 Entertainment Presents MMC with Meka Nism

2/23 – Sparrows Point, MD – Sparta Inn – Event Page: MEKA NISM at Sparta Inn

MEKA NISM‘s sound is powerful, metallic, aggressive, melodic, and in your face. They are a band that fires on all cylinders and with the most charismatic front-woman “Meka”; the band returned in 2018 with their new EP “The War Inside” released on May 10th to follow their three previous releases “Live From The Machine Shop” (Live CD) (2016), “The Shift” (EP) (2015) and “The Dance At The End of The World” (EP) (2013). The band has supported legends like Mastodon, Gojira, The Offspring, Limp Bizkit, Otep, In Flames and Jonathan Davis (Korn).

Music Video “Trailblazer” – https://youtu.be/MEEA6ZmnUsQ

Music Video – “The War Inside” – https://youtu.be/zKm8hZhe8jI

Music Video – “Black Sky” – https://youtu.be/i7T0cwoOol0

“The War Inside” EP is available at www.meka-nism.com, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, and Spotify.

For more info:
http://www.meka-nism.com
http://www.facebook.com/mekanismband
http://www.twitter.com/mekanismband
http://www.instagram.com/mekanismband
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-bz9
(Bio written by Steve Earles)

Quick Facts:
– Played Breeding Festival in Flensburg, Germany in 2017.
– Opened Main Stage for WJRR’s Earthday Birthday 24 in April 2017.
– Headlined Local Stage at 3rd Annual Kink Music Festival.
– Ranked 2016 Orlando’s #1 Metal Band – Orlando Weekly.
– Toured with Avatar in 2016.
– Toured with Trapt and Otep in 2015.
– EP “The Shift” Named One of Top 34 Albums of 2015 – Unrated Entertainment Magazine.
– Single “From Out of Nowhere” Selected to Best of 2015 List – From the Depths Entertainment.

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“Did anyone order a soul-crushing, female fronted metal band?” – Idobi Radio

“While there’s a distinct modern metal feel to Meka Nism, the key to what makes their sound more unique and engaging is the pool of influences that they draw from…they have managed to find their own style within it – one that you will have a hard time forgetting once you hear it. A band that could easily find themselves on the rise as word starts to get around.” – Dead Rhetoric

“What would happen when you lock Arch Enemy and Lacuna Coil in the same room and force them to record an album? Well, you’d probably get something like Florida residents Meka Nism.” – Merchants of Air

“They experiment with melodies, dipping their toes in and out of a pool of sounds and influences. Then, they combine these creative expressions with the most important element of their music: the message. Meka Nism doesn’t just deliver thrashing tunes; it seeks to deliver listeners from their own wars inside. ” – Shockwave Mag

“A little bit of keyboard, a thumping drum beat followed by roaring riffs leads into the blazing hot title track. A track that mixes modern metal with operatic style scope. That element comes from the incredible range on singer Ms. Meka. She can go from huge soaring melodies to heavier shouts and screams in an instant. Incredible.” – Games, Brains & A Head-Banging Life

“It’s honest, heavy and packed full of some of the most amazing elements of metal music infused with some of the most versatile, controlled and distinct vocals in metal music today.” – Yesterdaze News

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0 MORTANIUS Posts New Lyric Video “Facing The Truth”; New Album ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ Out February 22, 2019

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Montreal, QC – January 24, 2019

MORTANIUS Posts New Lyric Video “Facing The Truth”

New Album ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ Out February 22, 2019

Philadelphia’s progressive power metal outfit MORTANIUS have posted a new lyric video for their next single “Facing The Truth” off their upcoming debut album “Till Death Do Us Part” set for release via Rockshots Records on February 22, 2019 to follow EPs ‘A Voice From Beyond’ (2016), ‘Savage Garden’ (2015), and ‘Ethereal Waltz’ (2014).

“‘Facing the Truth’ is a straight forward power metal song with Leo Figaro singer from Minstrelix / Dragon Guardian as a special guest. It is the shortest song on the album and is straight to the point, featuring energetic and driving rhythms, and catchy melodies.” adds vocalist Lucas Flocco.

Listen to “Facing The Truth” at https://youtu.be/CAsNWaM6SMs

Album pre-order – http://bit.ly/Mortanius_PREORDER

Pre-save on Spotify – http://smarturl.it/Mortanius_SPOTIFY

MORTANIUS, a progressive power metal band with symphonic and neo-classical elements was formed in 2013 by ex-Outlander vocalist Lucas Flocco and drummer Victor Cardone who were joined by guitarist Mike Gissi and bassist Jesse Shaw. From 2014 to 2016, the band recorded 3 EPs, each one steadily increasing the band’s online presence and fan base. In 2016, after the release of their third and most successful EP at the time, “A Voice From Beyond”, drummer Victor Cardone departed from the band.

A year later in 2017, MORTANIUS returned to the studio to create their first full-length album, “Till Death Do Us Part”. Ollie Bernstein (Ousiodes) recorded all lead guitars on the album, while AJ Larsen (of Madison Rising, Vicious) handled rhythm guitar duties. MORTANIUS also reached out to renowned power metal singers, Leo Figaro (Minstrelix, Dragon Guardian) and Jonas Heidgert (Dragonland) to provide guest vocals. “Till Death Do Us Part” featured the longest production cycle out of any of MORTANIUS‘ previous releases, finally wrapping up production a year later, in the fall of 2018. This album features MORTANIUS‘ most fully fleshed out and dynamic compositions, tightest performances, and highest quality production to date.

Vocalist Lucas Flocco comments:

“The album features a mixture of progressive and power metal. The songs all have melodic vocals that sing catchy lines. Choirs and harmonized vocals are featured heavily. Lead guitars shred fast and harmonized beautifully with each other, and the rhythm guitars are tight and intricate. Keyboards play an integral part to the sound of the album, providing atmospheric flavor and sometimes carrying the main melodies.”

Track Listing:
1. Facing the Truth (feat Leo Figaro) (5:11)
2. Disengage (10:17)
3. Jaded (feat Jonas Heidgert) (9:02)
4. Till Death Do Us Part (18:23)
5. Last Christmas (Wham cover) (5:56)
Album Length: 48:50

For More Info:
https://www.rockshots.eu
https://www.facebook.com/mortaniusband
https://twitter.com/mortaniusband
https://www.youtube.com/user/Mortaniusband
https://www.instagram.com/mortaniusband

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0 Fractal Cypher – Prelude To An Impending Outcome – Release Date: November 8, 2018 – Canadian College Radio Charts

Fractal Cypher – Prelude To An Impending Outcome

Release Date: November 8, 2018

Highlight: #10 – January 2019 – National Top 20 Loud Chart (Earshot)

Highlight: # 9 – The National Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 (Earshot)

Highlight: # 2 – The National Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 (Earshot)

Chart Appearances – April 9 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	5
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – April 2 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	5
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – March 26 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	5
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – March 19 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	4
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – March 5 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	4
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – February 26 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	4
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – February 19 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	5
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – February 12 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	7
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	9
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – February 5 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	8
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	9
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – January 29 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	9
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	1
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – January 22 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	2
CJLO Montreal, QC	Top 30	5
CJLO Montreal, QC	Loud	1
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	1
Total This Week: 4

Chart Appearances – January 15 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSW Calgary, AB	Top 30	20
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	1
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – December 11 2018
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	3
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – December 4 2018
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSW Calgary, AB	Top 30	15
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	2
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – November 27 2018
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	3
Total This Week: 1

0 KOSM – Cosmonaut – Release Date: November 16, 2018 – Canadian College Radio Charts

KOSM – Cosmonaut (LP) (2018)

Release Date: November 16, 2018

Highlight: March 2019 – #6 KOSM – Top 20 Campus and Community Radio Loud Charts (Earshot)

Highlight: #7 – The National Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 (Earshot)

Highlight: #8 – The National Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 (Earshot)

Highlight: #8 – The National Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 (Earshot)

Highlight: #8 – The National Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 (Earshot)

Highlight: #6 – The National Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 (Earshot)

Highlight: #1 – The National Loud Chart – For the Week Ending: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 (Earshot)

Chart Appearances – May 14 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CFRU Guelph, ON	Loud	10
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – May 7 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CITR Vancouver, BC	Top 30	24
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – April 30 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CFRU Guelph, ON	Loud	5
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – April 9 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CFRU Guelph, ON	Loud	7
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	10
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – April 2 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	7
CFRU Guelph, ON	Loud	2
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	8
Total This Week: 3

Chart Appearances – March 26 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	8
CFRU Guelph, ON	Loud	3
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	7
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	9
Total This Week: 4

Chart Appearances – March 19 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	8
CILU Thunder Bay, ON	Loud	7
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	3
Total This Week: 3

Chart Appearances – March 12 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSW Calgary, AB	Top 30	10
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	5
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – March 5 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	7
CFBX Kamloops, BC	Loud	8
CFRU Guelph, ON	Loud	3
CJBU Sydney, NS	Top 30	24
Total This Week: 4

Chart Appearances – February 26 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CFRU Guelph, ON	Loud	8
CKXU Lethbridge, AB	Top 30	30
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – February 19 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	6
CFBX Kamloops, BC	Loud	3
CFRU Guelph, ON	Loud	8
Total This Week: 3

Chart Appearances – February 12 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CFBX Kamloops, BC	Top 30	25
CFUV Victoria, BC	Loud	10
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – February 5 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
!earshot	Loud	1
CFRU Guelph, ON	Loud	4
CFUV Victoria, BC	Loud	5
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	1
Total This Week: 4

Chart Appearances – January 29 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CITR Vancouver, BC	Top 30	22
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	4
Total This Week: 2

Chart Appearances – January 22 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	3
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – January 15 2019
Station	Chart	Rank
CJSW Calgary, AB	Loud	3
Total This Week: 1

Chart Appearances – October 30 2018
Station	Chart	Rank
CJLO Montreal, QC	Loud	8
Total This Week: 1

0 Glacially Musical – Bookin’ It with The Great Sabatini

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0 Twenty Red Nails – Coroner’s Report: Backstabber (January 2019)

https://twentyredmetalnails.blogspot.com/2019/01/coroners-report-backstabber-january-2019.html

0 Welcome To The Metal – Album Review: HOLLOW – Between Eternities of Darkness

January 23, 2019
by Asher
· HOLLOW - ROCKSHOTS RECORDS · Uncategorized

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0 Ottawa’s MISSHAPEN Cast A Dark Shadow With Music Video ‘The Swarm’

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Montreal, QC – January 23, 2019

For fans of Obliviscaris, Beyond Creation, Children of Bodom

Ottawa’s MISSHAPEN Cast A Dark Shadow With Music Video ‘The Swarm’

Live Line Up: Adam Semler: Guitars / Vocals, Lana Andrews: Vocals, Nick Rodgers: Drums, Mitch Dimitriadis: Guitars / Vocals, Ben Bertrand: Bass
Photo by: Jessy Dwyer from DwyerJPhotography

Hailing from Ottawa, Canada, Misshapen are a diverse and melodic metal band blending elements of death metal, technical metal, and black metal. They are releasing their EP ‘Transcendence’ February 8, 2019, and now present the official music video for ‘The Swarm’.

Capturing the attention of audiences since 2016, Misshapen seeps melodies with harsh vocals, further ignited with technical riffs and meaningful lyrics. ‘The Swarm’ is the most ferocious track on the EP and would be recommended to fans of Ne Obliviscaris, Children of Bodom, At the Gates, and Dimmu Borgir.

The band shares their thoughts on the track:

“It’s the black metal song of the EP, filled with dark riffs and horrific orchestration that revisits early Dimmu Borgir days. The lyrical inspiration was derived from ‘Castlevania’ the series. It means that people who follow a corrupt leader will bring a sense of hell on earth. This song intelligently showcases how we visit the other side of the spectrum of the emotion we generally induce in our music.”

Powerful and enthralling, the video was shot and produced by Dark Moon Productions and Silver Wings Studios and can be viewed at the following link via Beheading The Traitor Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufg9clBOadI

The five-track EP ‘Transcendence’ will be available on February 8, 2019. This will be the first release after their 2016 demo and promises to be adventurous, dark and distinct.

Track Listing:
1. The Pressures Of Time Pt.1 (1:38)
2. The Pressures Of Time Pt.2 (5:19)
3. The Swarm (4:58)
4. Strong Man’s Will (3:51)
5. Transcendence (5:58)
EP Length: 21:45

EP Recording Band Line Up:
Lana Andrews – Vocals
Mitch Dimitriadis – Guitars/Vocals
Adam Semler – Guitars/Bass/Vocals
Nick Rodgers – Drums

Live Band Line Up:
Lana Andrews – Vocals
Mitch Dimitriadis – Guitars/Vocals
Adam Semler – Guitars/Vocals
Nick Rodgers – Drums
Ben Bertand – Bass

For more info:
https://www.facebook.com/MSSHPN
https://www.instagram.com/misshapenottawa/
https://misshapen.bandcamp.com

BIO:

Misshapen is a group of five musicians with different styles coming together to create music that brilliantly showcases their influences while synchronizing and utilizing each member’s special ability as a musician. They have classic and well known progressive, death, melodic, and black metal influences and hail from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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0 Thank you for supporting Canadian Metal! \m/\m/ Much love to DJs and MDs across the country! #2 Fractal Cypher + #10 The Great Sabatini !earshot – The National Loud Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Thank you for supporting Canadian Metal! \m/\m/

Much love to DJs and MDs across the country!

#2 Fractal Cypher + #10 The Great Sabatini

!earshot – The National Loud Chart

For the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 22, 2019

http://earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=106&dWeekOfID=2019-01-22

0 Blackened Death Trio OCULUM DEI Posts Music Video “Dreams of Desire and Torment”; Debut Album Out Feb 22nd

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Montreal, QC – January 23, 2019

For fans of Dark Funeral, Behemoth, Belphegor, Carach Angren, Emperor, Mayhem, Immortal

Blackened Death Trio OCULUM DEI Posts Music Video “Dreams of Desire and Torment”

Debut Album Out Feb 22nd

L-R = Zebulv (guitars and vocals), Camalus (guitars), Tenebris – (bass, drum and key programming)
Photo By Kenny Kivett

Hailing from the ashes of Charlotte, USA’s darker side comes forth the blackened death trio, Oculum Dei. Mixing different elements and influences of black metal, the band is set to bring forth a horde of darkness and engage listeners into a realm of deep, chaotic experiences.

Hellbent to unleash their demonic war chants from their debut full length on February 22, 2019, the band is sharing the latest music video for the album’s title track “Dreams of Desire and Torment”.

“The title itself explains the mood changes within the lyrics and the instruments, it goes from a calming deep trance of thought into a chaotic atmosphere of frustrations where basically one is conflicted within them-self dreaming of desires and wants, but being tormented having the dreams knowing they will never happen.”

Watch “Dreams of Desire and Torment” at https://youtu.be/YXjPyNvOTvI

The band adds:

“The album as a whole is an eclectic mix of slow dark black metal jumping into extreme black riffs sometimes slowed down with a death metal riff and into acoustic guitars. There is no set template for this one, just a groove and feel that each of us has brought to the table.”

First forming as a studio project in 2016 by Tenebris (bass/drum and keys programming), Camalus (guitar) and Zebulv (vocals/guitar), Oculum Dei has taken their influences of Emperor, Behemoth and Dark Funeral and push an eclectic unholy blasphemy as far as it will go in the Southern USA’s Bible Belt.

Not content to remain as a studio project, the trio has begun performing locally and have shared the stage with Carach Angren, Wolfheart, and Mors Principum Est. Clad in corpse paint with an elaborate and continuously evolving stage show, Oculum Dei has heavily invested into their extreme visionary madness.

Download and stream of singles “Blinded By Gods” and “Dreams of Desire and Torment” available on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon.

Lyric Video “Blinded By Gods” – https://youtu.be/pErRCs6_mbM

Show Dates:
March 2 – Lynchburg, VA – The Stoney Badger Tavern

Track Listing:
1. Involuntary Pandemic
2. Ghost In The Corridors
3. Kingdom Of Hell
4. Dreams Of Desire And Torment
5. A Cold Winters Plight
6. Blinded By Gods
7. A Mist Of Heaven Inside Of Hell

Oculum Dei is:
Tenebris (Bass, Drum And Key Programming)
Camalus (Guitars)
Zebulv (Guitars And Vocals)

For more info:
https://www.facebook.com/oculumdei
https://twitter.com/OculumO
http://www.instagram.com/oculum_dei_official
Online Store – https://oculumdei.bigcartel.com
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-cQg

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