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0 Dec 2018 – Jan 2019 – Absolute Underground Mag – Hellnite
0 Dire Peril and Lords of The Trident on WSCA 106.1 FM (Portsmouth, NH) Black Night Meditations most played and favorites for 2018
WSCA 106.1 FM – Portsmouth, NH – Black Night Meditations
Favorite albums for 2018 (alphabetical order, so many are missing)
| All My Sins | Pra Sila – Vukov Totem |
| Altars of Grief | This Shameful Burden (reissue) |
| Chevalier | Chapitre II |
| Depravity | Evil Upheaval |
| Dire Peril | The Extraterrestrial Compendium |
| Grave Upheaval | untitled |
| Immortal | Northern Chaos Gods |
| Monstrosity | The Passage of Existence |
| Moonspell | Lisboa Under the Spell (Live) |
| Nervosa | Downfall of Mankind |
| Overkill | Live in Overhausen |
| Speedclaw | Beast in the Mist |
| Superstition | Surging Throng of Evil’s Might – EP |
| Unleashed | The Hunt For White Christ |
| Vargrav | Netherstorm |
My favorite songs of the year (alphabetical order, so many are missing)
| All My Sins | Zov iz Magle |
| Back to Eden | Temptation |
| Cauldron | Letting Go |
| Cauldron | No Longer |
| Chevalier | The Messenger |
| Dire Peril | Planet Preservation |
| Freeways | Drag City |
| Immortal | Northern Chaos Gods |
| Lizzy Borden | A Stranger to Love |
| Lizzy Borden | Obsessed with You |
| Matterhorn | I Am Become Death |
| Monstrosity | Cosmic Pandemia |
| Nervosa | Horrordome |
| Primordial | To Hell or the Hangman |
| Rocka Rollas | Riding Wild |
| Sacral Rage | Vaguely Decoded |
| The Night Flight Orchestra | This Time |
| The Night Flight Orchestra | The Last of the Independent Romantics |
| Third Storm | As the Stars Watched the Birth of Eternity |
| Unleashed | The City of Jorsala Shall Fall |
Labels I really like (and so should you)
| Blood Harvest |
| Dark Descent |
| Fighter |
| Gates of Hell |
| Heavy Chains |
| Helldprod |
| Hells Headbangers |
| HPGD |
| Hypnotic Dirge |
| I, Voidhanger |
| Inner Wound |
| Iron Bonehead |
| Nordvis |
| Nuclear War Now! |
| Punishment 18 |
| Pure Steel |
| Rapid Fire |
| Rock Of Angels |
| Roxx |
| Scarlet |
| Sentient Ruin |
| Shadow Kingdom |
| Transcending Obscurity |
| W.T.C. |
| XenoKorp |
The top 5 most played albums for 2018
| #1 Lizzy Borden | My Midnight Things |
| #2 The Night Flight Orchestra | Sometimes the World Ain’t Enough |
| #3 Judas Priest | Firepower |
| #4 Cauldron | New Gods |
| #5 Saxon | Thunderbolt |
…and the rest of the top 50 most played albums (alphabetical order)
| Airborn | Lizard Secrets |
| All My Sins | Pra Sila – Vukov Totem |
| Altars of Grief | This Shameful Burden (reissue) |
| Amorphis | Queen of Time |
| Anvil | Pounding the Pavement |
| Back to Eden | Blackened Heart – EP |
| Black Trip | Black Trip |
| Brainstorm | Midnight Ghost |
| Chevalier | Chapitre II |
| Dee Snider | For the Love of Metal |
| Deicide | Overtures of Blasphemy |
| Depravity | Evil Upheaval |
| Dire Peril | The Extraterrestrial Compendium |
| Grave Digger | The Living Dead |
| Grave Upheaval | untitled |
| Haunt | Burst Into Flame |
| Immortal | Northern Chaos Gods |
| Krisiun | Scourge of the Enthroned |
| Lords of the Trident | Shadows from the Past |
| Lion | Dangerous Attraction (30th Anniversary) |
| Mass | When 2 Worlds Collide |
| Matterhorn | Crimes of Man |
| Metal Church | Damned If You Do |
| Monstrosity | The Passage of Existence |
| Nervosa | Downfall of Mankind |
| Overkill | Live in Overhausen |
| Primal Fear | Apocalypse |
| Primordial | Exile Amongst the Ruins |
| Rocka Rollas | Celtic Kings |
| Salems Lott | Mask of Morality |
| Snew | You’ve Got Some Nerve |
| Speedclaw | Beast in the Mist |
| Stephen Pearcy | View to a Thrill |
| Superstition | Surging Throng of Evil’s Might – EP |
| Third Storm | The Grand Manifestation |
| U.D.O. | Steelfactory |
| Unleashed | The Hunt For White Christ |
| Victorius | Dinosaur Warfare – Legend of the Power Saurus – EP |
| White Wizzard | Infernal Overdrive |
| Witch King | Voice of the Ossuary |
And how about the 25 most played songs (in order, *the top 3 are tied)…
| Back to Eden | Temptation* |
| Cauldron | Letting Go* |
| The Night Flight Orchestra | This Time* |
| Judas Priest | Firepower |
| Lizzy Borden | Long May They Haunt Us |
| Lizzy Borden | The Scar Across My Heart |
| Mass | Revenge for the Maiden |
| Matterhorn | I Am Become Death |
| Speedclaw | Faster than Hell |
| Cauldron | No Longer |
| Chevalier | The Messenger |
| Crashdiet | We Are the Legion |
| Dire Peril |
Planet Preservation |
| Lizzy Borden | A Stranger to Love |
| Lizzy Borden | My Midnight Things |
| Lords of the Trident |
Tormentor |
| Lords of the Trident |
Zero Hour |
| Nervosa | Vultures |
| Salems Lott | When Heaven Comes Down |
| Salems Lott | You Can’t Hide from the Beast Inside |
| Saxon | Thunderbolt |
| Superstition | Outer Mutation |
| Witchfyre | The Guardian of the Dead |
| Airborn | Defenders of Planet Earth |
| All My Sins | Zov iz Magle |
0 Tongues of Destruction – Atria – New World Nightmare
0 Necromance Mag – Kosm – Cosmonaut
0 Obliveon – DIRE PERIL THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMPENDIUM (DIVEBOMB)
0 Maritime Metal – Marc Durkee – Remain In Stasis – “There is some great guitar work here, from heavy riffing in songs like the opening track “The Dark Dimension” and later in “A Great Distain” to the acoustic passages in “Not Without Sin” and “A Way To Escape”. Overall it’s a fairly mellow album with the heaviness spread out evenly throughout.”
“With a handful of EP’s and LP’s out since 2013, he is a one man band with a vision. A dark and depressing sound that is accessible to Metal and Rock fans alike. “Remain In Stasis” is his first full length album and all tracks are performed, written, produced, and mixed by Marc. There is some great guitar work here, from heavy riffing in songs like the opening track “The Dark Dimension” and later in “A Great Distain” to the acoustic passages in “Not Without Sin” and “A Way To Escape”. Overall it’s a fairly mellow album with the heaviness spread out evenly throughout.”
http://www.maritimemetal.ca/mm/album-review-marc-durkee-remain-in-stasis/
0 The Metal Crypt – Review: Ominous Eclipse – Sinister
0 November 2018 – Rock Hard Germany – Turbo Vixen
0 Metal Temple – Trollwar – Oath of The Storm
Overall, this was an outstanding album, for a band that clearly has a lot to offer. What I can’t figure out is why no one has signed them yet? The production is excellent. They have a sophistication and complexity in their sound that few others do, yet each track is very easy to listen to. It’s like you combined the best of the old, IRON MAIDEN, with the best of the new, WINTERSUN, and you have TROLLWAR, with their own unique flair. The melodies are both playful and dangerous, and the entire album is excellent from the opener through the closer. “Oath of the Storm” is a fascinating glimpse into the soul of the band, where they let it all out there for you to enjoy. And enjoy it I did! http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/t_2/trollwar-oath-of-the.htm
0 Reminder – Deadline Dec 21st – Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2019 Band Submissions
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Reminder – Deadline Dec 21st – Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2019 Band Submissions
National Final In Calgary
One Unsigned Canadian Band To Play Wacken Open Air 2019
National Final Winner Will Receive $2,000 CAD Towards Travel!
Free Download – Vol 5. Compilation featuring over 3 Hours of Canadian Metal – here.
Wacken Metal Battle Canada Promo Video.
Video of 2018 Champion Centuries of Decay at Wacken Open Air.
One band to rule them all! Going on its sixth year, Wacken Metal Battle Canada returns to present one unsigned Canadian band to conquer hundreds and perform at the world’s largest metal festival, Wacken Open Air. The 2019 line up includes Sabaton, Parkway Drive, Demons & Wizards, Powerwolf, Airbourne, Rose Tattoo, Within Temptation, Meshuggah and many more. Full details here.
Bands interested in participating in 2019 battles can apply at http://www.metalbattle.ca
Deadline to submit December 21st.
Year six of these battles is a very exciting one because, for the first time, Wacken Metal Battle Canada will be expanding to St. John’s, NL and Halifax, NS to make the competition officially coast to coast. A full list of participating regions listed below.
ON – Toronto
ON – Hamilton
ON – Ottawa
QC – Montreal
QC – Quebec City
SK – Saskatoon
AB – Calgary
AB – Edmonton
BC – Vancouver/Lower Mainland
BC – Island
BC – Interior
NL – St. John’s
NS – Halifax
In addition to the expansion to the East coast, Wacken Metal Battle Canada will be hosting the 2019 national final for the first time in Western Canada. The host city will be Calgary, AB, moving it from Toronto, ON, where the national final has been held for the last 5 years.
Wacken Metal Battle Canada organizer JJ Tartaglia comments:
“I think these new changes for 2019 will be a big help in keeping Metal Battle Canada exciting for both the bands and the audience. The idea of moving around the national final has been tossed around for a while now, so holding the finals in Calgary this year will be a refreshing twist on the structure. And the East Coast! As a Maritimer myself, I couldn’t be happier with the addition of Halifax and St. John’s, now making these events truly coast to coast.”
Winner of this year’s Wacken Metal Battle Canada national final will receive $2,000 CAD towards airfare to travel and perform at the 30th edition of Wacken Open Air taking place from August 1st – 3rd, 2019 in Wacken, Germany. The Canadian champion will also have the opportunity to win monetary and gear prizes from the international Wacken Metal Battle. International prizes listed below plus more info can be found here.
Winners of the International Wacken Metal Battle will receive cash and other prizes (2019 prizes still to be announced).
2018 Prizes were the following:
1st Place
– Slot to play at the Full Metal Holiday Festival in Mallorca including flight and accommodation
– 5000€ from the Wacken Foundation and more!
2nd Place
– 4000€ from the Wacken Foundation and more!
3rd Place
– 3000€ from the company Pohl-Boskamp and more!
4th Place
– 2000€ from the Wacken Foundation and more!
5th Place
– 1000€ from the Wacken Foundation and more!
List of previous Canadian winners:
Centuries of Decay (2018)
Profaner (2016)
Vesperia (2015)
Mutank (2014)
Crimson Shadows (2013)
About:
Wacken Metal Battle Canada is part of an international competition that sees bands from across the country battle each other for the chance of winning their spot among 29 other countries’ champions, and representing Canada in an international battle of the bands at the world’s largest outdoor metal festival: Wacken Open Air, which has been taking place in Wacken , Germany for the last 29 years. The winner of Wacken Metal Battle Canada will perform at the 2019 festival taking place from August 1st – 3rd.
For more info:
Official Website: http://www.metalbattle.ca
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MetalBattleCanada
Twitter: @MetalBattleCAN
Instagram: @MetalBattleCan
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/WackenMetalBattleCAN
For more info on Wacken Open Air, please visit http://www.wacken.com
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