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0 Halifax’s HITMAN Premiere EP Stream “The Offering: Side 1” On Doom&Stoned; New EP Out September 14th

  • September 12, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Hitman · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – September 12, 2018

 

For fans of Clutch, Down, Black Sabbath, Sleep, Pantera, Monster Truck, Metallica

Halifax’s HITMAN Premiere EP Stream “The Offering: Side 1” On Doom&Stoned

New EP “The Offering: Side 1” Out September 14th

New Music Video “Curtain Call”


L-R – Sylvain Coderre -Drums, Corey Norman – Guitars, Andrew Coutts – Bass, Jordan Rose – Vocals – Photo Credit = Emily Wilkins

From the rocky shores of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, HITMAN have been conjuring up their next EP “The Offering: Side 1” set to be released on September 14th, 2018. This will be the third EP from the whisky infused, stoner groove rock quartet and it is sure to be a hit among a wide range of listeners who are currently fans of Black Sabbath, Pantera and Sleep. Offering a sound that is familiar to the genre, but still refreshing and creative, HITMAN is poised to continue proving why they are one of Canada’s best up and coming acts. The band has been gaining notoriety by playing hundreds of gigs over the years and sharing the stage with the likes of Sum 41, New Found Glory, Silverstein, Metalian, Zaum, Skull Fist, The Agonist, Black Wizard, Diemonds, and Black Moor plus they were once endorsed by Rob Halford of Judas Priest when he wore a Hitman T-shirt onstage during a performance in Halifax in 2015.

Created for fans looking to hear sweet riffs, well thought out melodies and an overall groovy sound, “The Offering: Side 1” has fast songs, slow songs and embraces different lyrical themes throughout.

Teaming up with DoomandStoned.com, HITMAN is premiering the EP’s full stream at the following link: https://doomedandstoned.com/post/178010195558/hitman

“We are extremely excited and proud to be releasing “The Offering: Side 1!” We’ve poured our heart, souls (and wallets) into this project and along with our amazing studio team are excited to bring you the first EP that feels truly representative of our band. We’re a stoner band that drinks too much and loves to party. Basically we just want fans to enjoy the music and live shows as much as we enjoy making the tunes and performing.” says drummer Sylvain Coderre.

EP pre-order available at https://hitmanhalifax.bandcamp.com.

Music Video – Curtain Call

Show Dates:
Sept 30 – Halifax, NS – Gus’ Pub – info w/ Castle, Only Vultures

Track Listing:
1. Curtain Call (2:03)
2. Under the Weight (5:27)
3. Nero (4:42)
4. Enchanted Wizard/ Hail The Outro (5:20)
EP Length: 17:34

Album and Live Line Up:
Jordan Rose – Vocals
Corey Norman – Guitars
Andrew Coutts – Bass
Sylvain Coderre – Drums

For more info:
https://www.facebook.com/Hitmantheband
http://www.twitter.com/hitmanhalifax
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-co7

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“However, what they’d rather impart upon you is their love for adult beverages. Given Decibel’s and Hitman’s mutual love of suds (rumour has it there’s a festival we’re throwing out west in a few months that’s all about metal and beer; get your tickets here) and the various permutations of metal spawned from the roots of the family tree planted by Black Sabbath, the ol’ liver pounders should get along well ‘round these parts.”- Decibel Magazine

“Halifax stoner-metal outfit Hitman is back with its third release, The Offering: Side One, a four-track EP that shows both progression in sound and better execution of bringing its live atmosphere on record. The songs are its most hot-blooded to date, with guitar tones dialled-in in a way that follows the band’s lead, instead of the other way around.” – The Coast (Halifax Weekly)

“an onslaught of intense, energetic, and sick-nasty jams ” – Canadian Beats

“This is a gem. Hitman kill it on these four cuts. Part two is due next year and you can count me in.” – Maximum Volume Music

“it rocks and rocks out powerfully…”The Offering: Side 1″ leaves you with a satisfied grin and strengthened neck muscles.” – PowerMetal.de

“The Offering: Side 1 exudes a corny type of old-time groove that I seldom find these days. This is how Stoner Rock ought to sound, full of long-gone flavors reminiscent of early Black Sabbath and Judas Priest combined. With a few additional amps added to the fray, of course – because they can. So, here’s to a juicy slice of rock, straight from the cold shores of Canada. Go and get some, you will not be disappointed” – Rock Music Raider 

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0 Rock Music Raider – Hitman – The Offering: Side 1- “The Offering: Side 1 exudes a corny type of old-time groove that I seldom find these days. This is how Stoner Rock ought to sound, full of long-gone flavors reminiscent of early Black Sabbath and Judas Priest combined. With a few additional amps added to the fray, of course – because they can. So, here’s to a juicy slice of rock, straight from the cold shores of Canada. Go and get some, you will not be disappointed”

  • September 12, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Hitman

“The Offering: Side 1 exudes a corny type of old-time groove that I seldom find these days. This is how Stoner Rock ought to sound, full of long-gone flavors reminiscent of early Black Sabbath and Judas Priest combined. With a few additional amps added to the fray, of course – because they can. So, here’s to a juicy slice of rock, straight from the cold shores of Canada. Go and get some, you will not be disappointed” – Rock Music Raider 

https://www.rockmusicraider.com/newsflash-hitman-the-offering-side-1/

0 Hellbound – Ominous Eclipse – Sinister “a game changing release for Ominous Eclipse that places them center stage for my pick of the best Canadian Metal release this year….Every track stands strongly on its own, thanks to the band’s immense talent and flawless production. Ominous Eclipse is a band that carries the banner for the N.W.O.C.D.M. with pride and distinction. Out September 14th on all streaming platforms, I would recommend Sinister to fans of Death, Iron Maiden, Infernal Majesty and Gojira.”

  • September 12, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Ominous Eclipse

“a game changing release for Ominous Eclipse that places them center stage for my pick of the best Canadian Metal release this year….Every track stands strongly on its own, thanks to the band’s immense talent and flawless production. Ominous Eclipse is a band that carries the banner for the N.W.O.C.D.M. with pride and distinction. Out September 14th on all streaming platforms, I would recommend Sinister to fans of Death, Iron Maiden, Infernal Majesty and Gojira.”

https://hellbound.ca/2018/09/ominous-eclipse-sinister/

0 The Rock Metal Podcast – RMP – Striker NA Tour 2018 – September 9 to October 14 2018

  • September 11, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Striker

0 CREATURES Release Goofy, Psychedelic & Deathly “Rick Sanchez” Guitar Playthrough via PureGrainAudio; New EP “II” Out Now!

  • September 11, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Creatures · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – September 11, 2018

 

For fans of Angelmaker, Carnifex, Veil of Maya, Impending Doom, Upon A Burning Body

CREATURES Release Goofy, Psychedelic & Deathly “Rick Sanchez” Guitar Playthrough via PureGrainAudio

New EP “II” Out Now!


L-R = Christian Roman – Bass, Vic Borowski – Guitar, Rob Esposito – Vocals, Nick Galati – Guitar, Tj MacKay – Drums

Unleashing their second EP “II” unto the world through their own independent label Old Haunt Records this past July, CREATURES have put together a new guitar playthrough for their track “Rick Sanchez“. The video not only captures their shredding skills, but also their sense of humour as you watch them take on being goofy, psychedelic, yet deathly with their rampaging riffs.

Teaming up with PureGrainAudio.com, CREATURES is premiering the guitar playthrough at the following link: https://puregrainaudio.com/videos/creatures-release-a-goofy-psychedelic-and-deathly-rick-sanchez-guitar-playthrough-video-exclusive-premiere

Spawned in the Toronto murk in 2015, CREATURES is a group effort with a long history that intertwines the lives of numerous local bands to summon a truly devastating soundscape of unbridled chaos. Inspired by bands such as Necrophagist, Despised Icon and Thy Art Is Murder, CREATURES is a band playing heavy and catchy deathcore, taking intense sounds and mixing in small elements of extreme and black metal.

Their latest effort “II” reaches into a large porcelain cup of topics. Instead of just merely presenting their themes to their listeners CREATURES smashes the grail in their faces making sure their themes cut deep and stay with them. Whether they are lyrics about the futility of existence with a cartoon metaphor, or the bond of brotherhood within an intense party setting, there is a message for everyone to latch onto. Regardless, the songs are a visceral insight into the band’s life.

The band comments:

“The ‘Creatures II’ EP as a whole is the ideas and thoughts over the past year. We are expecting this release to be even better received than the last EP. We worked twice as hard on ‘II’ and had a few new people along the way that really helped add an outside perspective to the creative processes for a more mature and heavy sound. We really just want to create a seamless listening experience for the fans, leaving them wanting more, and left with the feeling of needing to listen to the EP over and over again.”

EP available for download and stream on Bandcamp and Spotify.

Lyric video “Samara”

EP Stream

Track Listing:
1.Old Style F.A (3:09)
2. What Would Rick Sanchez Do? (3:33)
3. Samara (2:37)
4. Broken Anchors (3:33)
5. (Safe Space) Triggered (3:49)
EP Length: 16:43

EP Line Up:
Nick Galati – Guitar
Rob Esposito – Vocals
Tj MacKay – Drums
Vic Borowski – Guitar
Brandon Paris – Bass

Live Band Line Up:
Nick Galati – Guitar
Rob Esposito – Vocals
Tj MacKay – Drums
Vic Borowski – Guitar
Christian Roman – Bass

For more info:
http://www.facebook.com/creaturesTO
http://www.instagram.com/creaturesgram
http://creaturesto.bandcamp.com/

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“II is five tracks long and flys by in an instant as barbaric riffs, bitter vocals, mind-bending breakdowns and a constant feeling of desperation wrap around you. This is not an EP for the faint of heart as Creatures have a habit of jumping out at you in an attempt to startle you.” – Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life

“a bridge between Mathcore and Deathcore! Interesting combination.” – Heavy Metal New York  

“With a year gone by with some amazing Deathcore albums, this year has been a little bleak. Not to worry though, this little jewel is here. To get straight to the point, this band’s style is absolute and true to their promise, for their influences scream out the best traits of both Carnifex and Angelmaker….This is an easy 8/10. Deathcore the way it should be.” – PIG SQUEALS AND BREAKDOWNS
“This is heavy and catchy deathcore, incredibly intense, which also brings in elements of extreme and black metal. Inspired by bands such as Necrophagist, Despised Icon and Thy Art Is Murder, this is one heck of an EP.” – Frame Music

“If you’re looking keen to re-live your Deathcore scene days, you might want to cop this release from Creatures, a Deathcore killing machine from Canada. ‘II’ is a 5 track EP playing in the vein of Veil of Maya, Impending Doom and Carnifex with some touches of Black Metal. “- Dissecting the Euphony

“The band’s Deathcore is both well executed and produced, and they push the right buttons to get this quite effective.” – Metal Norge

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0 Rockshots Records: KARMIC LINK New Single “Random Phantom”; New Album “Dark Metropolis” Out Oct 19th

  • September 10, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Karmic Link · Music News

 

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – September 10, 2018

Rockshots Records: Dark Metal Band KARMIC LINK New Single “Random Phantom”

New Album “Dark Metropolis” Out October 19

Rockshots Records is proud their latest signing of dark industrial metal band Karmic Link for the release of their third album “Dark Metropolis” on October 19th, 2018. This next full length follows the band’s two previous albums “Esoterica”(2010) and debut “No Light But Rather Darkness Visible”(2008).

Karmic Link was founded by Stathis Kassios (Nightfall, ex-System Shock) whom after a period of extensive recording and live experience wanted to give birth to a surrealistic musical project. The outcome has been a dose of dark industrial coldness with Mediterranean energy along with atmospheric landscapes, progressive and instrumental madness, electro breakdowns plus hard rock pentatonic moments.

The band’s current line up features an international cast consisting of band founder Stathis Kassios (ex-keyboard player of Sweden’s System Shock and of Greece’s Nightfall), Evan Hensley (guitar, bass) (ex-Nightfall, Dark Hound), hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, USA and Sweden’s Kim “Kimbo” Gustavsson (drums, guitar) currently based in Oslo (Norway).

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.” 

The band’s first single “Random Phantom” in support of “Dark Metropolis” is now streaming at the following link:

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

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 Rockshots Records: SAATE New Music Video “Once Again”; Featuring Members of Binary Creed and Summoned Tide

  • September 9, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Music News · Saate

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Montreal, QC – September 9, 2018

 

Rockshots Records: SAATE New Music Video “Once Again”

Featuring Members of Binary Creed and Summoned Tide

SAATE, the new sensational heavy metal band from Sweden featuring Stefan Rådlund (Guitars) and Robert Ahlenius (Bass) from power/prog metal band Binary Creed along with vocalist Rickard Thelin from fellow Swedish band Summoned Tide have posted their new music video for their fifth single “Once Again” at the following link:

Named after a glacier in Nunavut, Canada, SAATE‘s sound is heavy, fresh and modern with a traditional metal feeling. They offer different sonic moods for the listener to explore an impressive epic, heavy and melodic journey, which is what caught the attention of Rockshots Records‘ A&R department and got them signed to the label’s roster.

“Once Again” follows their four previous singles “Sovereign Plea”, “The Conjuring”, “Exorcise”, “Bene Elohim” released earlier this year.

Song Stream – “Bene Elohim” – https://youtu.be/Ik5mKCqULQYMusic Video – “Sovereign Plea” – https://youtu.be/DlnwzGmTh2Y

Music Video – “The Conjuring” – https://youtu.be/b9wY8H_MWc4

Lyric Video – “Exorcise” – https://youtu.be/_3dy_v01e2s

“Once Again” is available for digital download and streaming at the following: http://smarturl.it/saate

SAATE is:
Rickard Thelin (Vocals)
Stefan Rådlund (Guitar)
Robert Ahlenius (Bass)
Molgan (Drums)

For more info:
http://www.Rockshots.eu
http://www.facebok.com/officialsaate
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-bUh

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0 Nice to see a few promos I had the honour to work nominated for a GAMIQ Award (Gala Alternatif de la Musique Indépendante du Québec) for Metal Album/ EP of The Year category. Congrats to MUTANK, WarCall, Vantablack Warship, Insurrection, BornBroken

  • September 9, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · BornBroken · Insurrection · MUTANK · Vantablack Warship · Warcall

Nice to see a few promos I had the honour to work nominated for a GAMIQAward (Gala Alternatif de la Musique Indépendante du Québec) for Metal Album/ EP of The Year category.

Congrats to MUTANK, WarCall, Vantablack Warship, Insurrection, BornBroken

https://musiqueindependante.com/gamiq/gamiq-2018-la-grosse-liste/

0 PowerMetal.de – Hitman – The Offering: Side 1 – “it rocks and rocks out powerfully… “The Offering: Side 1″ leaves you with a satisfied grin and strengthened neck muscles.”

  • September 9, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Hitman

“it rocks and rocks out powerfully…“The Offering: Side 1″ leaves you with a satisfied grin and strengthened neck muscles.” – PowerMetal.de

http://powermetal.de/review/review-Hitman/The_Offering__Side_1__EP_,33817.html

0 Maximum Volume Music – Hitman – The Offering Side 1 – “This is a gem. Hitman kill it on these four cuts. Part two is due next year and you can count me in.”

  • September 8, 2018
  • by Asher
  • · Hitman

This is a gem. Hitman kill it on these four cuts. Part two is due next year and you can count me in.

http://www.maximumvolumemusic.com/review-hitman-the-offering-side-1-2018/

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