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0 NEWS: WOODHAWK Announce Canadian “Magnetic North Tour” (AB/SK/MB/ON/QC)
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 7, 2018
WOODHAWK Announce Canadian “Magnetic North Tour” (AB/SK/MB/ON/QC)
Riff-tastic Debut LP “Beyond The Sun” Out Now!
New Video “The High Priest”
L-R – Kevin Nelson – Drums, Mike Badmington – Bass/Vocals, Turner Midzain – Guitar/Vocals
Photo Credit: Mario A Montes
“We’re excited to be hitting the road again and heading out East this time. We haven’t played past Winnipeg yet and we’re stoked to finally make it out there.”WOODHAWK’s debut album “Beyond The Sun” was produced by the band with Jesse Gander (Bison, Japandroids) to follow their 2014 self-titled EP. Made of equal parts 1970’s Birmingham and a myriad of 21st century heavy who’s who, WOODHAWK are purveyors of riff-centric rock and roll. Capable and original, the band is able to craft anthemic fist-pumping songs while forgoing tired stoner rock clichés. With time travel tested themes of science fiction, swords and sorcery, the band’s lyrics are born from snowy winters, hot practice spaces and pages of dog-eared paperbacks. While the musicianship reinforces recollections of Black Sabbath, modern influences that have helped you smash air drums or highway speed limits are undeniably present.
‘Beyond The Sun’ album stream available on Bandcamp at https://woodhawk.bandcamp.com.
The album is available on digital, vinyl and CD.
The band’s music video ‘The High Priest’ can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5g5jTKtEfM
WOODHAWK “Magnetic North Tour” (AB/SK/MB/ON/QC)
March 21 – Calgary, AB – Ship and Anchor – info
March 22 – Edmonton, AB – Brixx Bar – info
March 23 – Saskatoon, SK – Vangelis Tavern – info
March 24 – Winnipeg, MB – The Handsome Daughter – info
March 27 – London, ON – Call The Office – info
March 28 – Hamilton, ON – This Ain’t Hollywood – info
March 29 – Ottawa, ON – House of TARG – info
March 30 – Toronto, ON – The Bovine – info
March 31 – Montreal, QC – Quai des Brumes – info
April 2 – Oshawa, ON – TBA
April 5 – Thunder Bay, ON – Black Pirates Pub – info
April 6 – Brandon, MB – North Hill Inn – info
April 7 – Regina, SK – The German Club – info
Track Listing:
1. Beyond The Sun (3:57)
2. The High Priest (4:46)
3. Living In The Sand (6:03)
4. Magnetic North (4:13)
5. Lawless (3:06)
6. Quest For Clarity (4:14)
7. A New Hope (4:49)
8. Forsee The Future (2:12)
9. Chrononaut (5:19)
Woodhawk is:
Turner Midzain – Vocals/Guitar
Mike Badmington – Bass/Vocals
Kevin Nelson – Drums
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#12 on National Loud Top 20 for 2017- Canadian College Radio Charts (Earshot)
The best Canadian metal of 2017: Top 15, according to Hellbound.ca – #13 – Woodhawk
“Beyond the Sun is incredibly infectious and memorable and right from the get go, you know that you are in for a ride. Even if for whatever reason you are in a bad mood, this record will straighten that out in a hurry as it has you nodding your head and belting the lyrics out with the vocalist in no time….a release that is easy to listen to and get into but isn’t easy to put down by any means. Once you begin listening you have a hard time tearing yourself away from your speakers.” – Cadaver Garden
““Beyond The Sun, is overflowing with everything one could want from a great stoner rock record, thick, rumbling bass tones, sizzling guitar fuzz and infectious, mid tempo riffage, making this the kind of album that is very hard to stop listening to” – The Sludgelord
“Woodhawk have a new album – Beyond The Sun – and it’s one that ticks all right boxes if you’re a serious fan of Stoner Rock. Taking influence from bands such as Kyuss, The Sword and Truckfighters. Woodhawk offer a refreshing style of Psych Stoner Metal with moments of Fuzz and Desert Rock that add extra grit to their music.” – Outlaws of The Sun
“The whole album put me in a good mood. Although I am a fan of a more distorted and fuzz-y sounding stoner rock, this was a great cleaned up take…The killer trio band have really created their own rules. One of which is trying to throw out stoner rock stereotypes. And it’s working brilliantly for them. Beyond the Sun is exactly what one would expect from Woodhawk. Riffs and riffs and riffs and high energy drums and more riffs…Moral of the story: this is the perfect CD to pop on when you feel like dancing in your underwear while cleaning your room. I would recommend “Beyond the Sun” to anyone who would like a less distorted version of Red Fang. Which is definitely a compliment, for the record.” – Bangs!
“As I was walking into the venue, I began hurrying up the stairs as their sound captured my attention right away and was quickly swept up into their thick pulse thumping guitars and huge powerhouse drum sound.” – Vancity Buzz
“Calgarian riff-riders Woodhawk kicked off the proceedings, hitting all the gritty notes with their raucous roadhouse metal. Propane and Jack flowed freely as the golden western trio woke all them witches with their thematic rock fury.” – Beatroute Magazine
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0 EPK – Neck of The Woods (2017) (Basick Records)
Neck of The Woods (2017) (Basick Records)
For fans of Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, Misery Signals, Darkest Hour, Every Time I Die
Label: Basick Records
Distribution: Basick Supplies (U.K), Direct (North America)
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Publicist – Jon Asher – ashermedia(@)gmail.com
Bookings: alex(@)wavelinkagency.com
Management: Jeff Radomsky: neckofthewoodsmetal(@)gmail.com
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NECK OF THE WOODS – North American Tour Dates
April 12 – Seattle, WA – Funhouse
April 13 – Tacoma, WA – Real Art
April 14 – Olympia, WA – McCoy’s Tavern
April 20 – Regina, SK – The German Club
April 21 – Winnipeg, MB – The Windsor Hotel
April 22 – Thunder Bay, ON – Black Pirates Pub
April 25 – Sault Ste. Marie, ON – TBA
April 26 – North Bay, ON – White Water Gallery
April 27 – Guelph, ON – Dstrct
April 28 – Toronto, ON – Coalition
April 29 – Windsor, ON – Windsor Beer Exchange
May 2 – Owen Sound, ON – The H2O Lounge
May 3 – Ottawa, ON – Cafe Dekcuf
May 4 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar
May 5 – Drummondville, QC – Pub Hariot
May 6 – Quebec City, QC – TBA
May 8 – Manchester, NH – Bungalow Bar
May 9 – Brooklyn, NY – Gold Sound
May 10 – Lemoyne, PA – The Champ
May 11 – Detroit, MI – The Ritz
May 12 – Peoria, IL – The Rail II
May 13 – Barrington, IL – Penny Road Pub
May 14 – Beach Park, IL – Hattrix
May 15 – Minneapolis, MN – Opinion Brew Co.
May 17 – Saskatoon, SK – Black Cat Tavern
May 18 – Edmonton , AB – The Starlite Room
May 19 – Red Deer, AB – The Vat
May 20 – Calgary, AB – Broken City
“This is an assured slab of stylish and progressive extremity from an obscenely talented band with shitloads of potential..” – METAL HAMMER
“Progressive metal outfit Neck Of The Woods have combined deep grooves, technicality and progressive elements and merged them with death metal on their upcoming debut release, The Passenger.” – DECIBEL MAGAZINE
“Their influences come from all over the prog metal spectrum (and beyond), and as such there really is no way to get any more specific. You’ll be tempted to compare them to Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, Soilwork and even Every Time I Die… and then there’s the guitar solo, which some straight up, epic Zakk Wylde shit. And that’s just on this one track from an album of nine.” – METALSUCKS
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Label: Basick Records
Distribution: Basick Supplies (U.K), Direct (North America)
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Track Listing:
1. Bottom Feeder (3:49)
2. Nailbiter (3:50)
3. White Coats (4:31)
4. Open Water (1:46)
5. You’ll Always Look The Same To Me (5:20)
6. Face Of The Villain (4:45)
7. Drift (0:56)
8. Foothills (4:40)
9. Before I Rest (5:53)
Album Length: 35:33
Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Neck of the Woods
• All songs written by: Neck of the Woods
• Produced by: Neck of the Woods and Stu McKillop
• Mixed by: Stu McKillop
• Mastered by: Brad Boatright
• Album Artwork by: Kevin Moore and Jeff Radomsky
• Member of SOCAN
• Canadian Content (MAPL)
Album Band and Live Line Up:
Dave Carr – Guitar
Travis Hein – Guitar
Jeff Radomsky – Vocals
Jeremy Gilmartin – Drums
Jordan Kemp – Bass
Discography:
2017 – The Passenger (Basick Records)
2015 – Neck of the Woods EP
Shared Stage with:
Misery Signals (Full leg of their western Canadian tour), Every Time I Die, Converge, Wolves in the Throne Room, Devin Townsend , The Faceless, Rings of Saturn, Archspire, Cattle Decapitation, Fallujah , Havok, Wretched, King Parrot, Vatnet Viskar, Anciients, Wormwitch, Battlecross
Tours / Festivals:
2017 – Loud As Hell – Drumheller, AB
2017 – Sled Island Music & Arts Fest – Calgary, AB
2015 – Armstrong Metal Fest – Armstrong, BC
2015 – Calgary Metal Fest – Calgary, AB
Music Placements:
– Never Steady, Never Still (2017) – Feature length movie
Artist endorsements:
– Centent Cymbals
– Revv Amplification
Travis Hein – Guitar, Jeremy Gilmartin – Drums, Jeff Radomsky – Vocals, Dave Carr – Guitar, Jordan Kemp – Bass (Photo Credit: Shimon Karmel)
Inspired by Between The Buried And Me, Opeth, Gojira, Misery Signals, Every Time I Die, Converge, and with a sonic palette as boundary-free as their unique and distinctive name, NECK OF THE WOODS are the most important thing any band can aspire to be…themselves. Guitarist Dave Carr describes their sound as “complex, dynamic, progressive, familiar metal.”
Founded in 2014, and hailing from Vancouver, BC, NECK OF THE WOODS soon released their self-titled debut EP. Earning their dues the old-fashioned way as a band should, they have toured hard, supporting the likes of Converge, Every Time I Die, and Misery Signals along with multiple festival performances at Loud As Hell, Sled Island, Armstrong Metal Fest and Calgary Metal Fest.
Proving that you reap what you sow, their hard work paid off and they signed to UK label Basick Records to release their debut album “The Passenger” in September 2017.
The debut album was recorded at Rain City Recorders and produced by Stu McKillop and the band, with art direction by vocalist Jeff Radomsky and layout design by Kevin Moore at Soft Surrogate. The nine-track offering truly captures the band’s crushing blend of progressive, death-inspired, technical, and groove-laden metal showcased magnificently in their music video “You’ll Always Look The Same To Me”.
Happy with fans reception of their debut album, guitarist Dave Carr comments:
“‘The Passenger’ went over fairly well with fans. It received a lot of good reviews and seems to be musically where people were expecting us to go next. We have always written music to satisfy ourselves creatively as well as technically. Luckily people seem to dig it! Hopefully it takes them on a musical journey.”
Unrelenting in their live performance, NECK OF THE WOODS continues to pound away at the wall of death with tour plans for 2018 across Canada and USA.
Guitarist Dave Carr adds.
“A genuine, high energy, good ass time. We’re always having a blast on stage and it resonates with the crowd. We’ve noticed people are quite engaged with is when we’re on stage. It’s always cool to look out and see people having a great time, but also trying to focus on how we’re playing a riff or song!”
“The Passenger” is available digitally through Basick Records here and on physical CD through the band’s bandcamp here.
Album and Live Band Line Up:
Dave Carr – Guitar
Travis Hein – Guitar
Jeff Radomsky – Vocals
Jeremy Gilmartin – Drums
Jordan Kemp – Bass
0 NEWS: STRIKER Nominated For Juno Award “Metal/Hard Music Album of The Year”
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 6, 2018
For Fans of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Enforcer, Skullfist, Steelwing
STRIKER Nominated For Juno Award “Metal/Hard Music Album of The Year”
Photo Credit: Dana Zuk
Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year:
Longhouse – II: Vanishing
Metz – Strange Peace
Striker – Striker
Anciients – Voice of the Void
Archspire – Relentless Mutation
Full nominees list can found at http://junoawards.ca/nominees.
STRIKER‘s previous award wins include Western Canadian Music Award “Metal/Hard Rock Artist of The Year” (2017/2016), Edmonton Music Award for “Metal Recording of The Year” (2017/2016), and the Edmonton Music Prize (2016).
Music Video –“Former Glory” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHVXIqJWZ4A
Music Video – “Born To Lose” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39j6gazeWKo
Track Listing:
1. Former Glory (3:59)
2. Pass Me By (3:33)
3. Born To Lose (3:58)
4. Cheating Death (0:53)
5. Shadows In The Light (3:29)
6. Rock The Night (4:30)
7. Over The Top (4:38)
8. Freedom’s Call (4:30)
9. Curse of The Dead (3:49)
Album Length: 33:23
https://instagram.com/strikermetal
About:
Striker is an Edmonton-based recording and performing heavy metal band that has grown immensely through their years in the industry. A classic mix of heavy metal, hard rock, and 80’s hair metal, their music features powerful, clean vocals, catchy choruses, vocal harmonies, and impressive guitar leads.
Audiences are often floored by the energy of their live show, and their recorded material has been met with fantastic response by both fans and industry across the world. Striker has toured across dozens of countries as headliners as well as support for major metal acts. Gearing up for the release of their latest album the sky’s the limit for these Canadians!!
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“Striker gush with so much enthusiasm here, with explosive riffs swirling between the vibrant harmonies and choruses, that it’s hard not to notice…Tracks like “Former Glory” and “Born to Lose” are anthemic, catchy as hell and feature soaring vocals from Dan Cleary and terrific guitar work by Tim Brown…On Striker, the band take a host of influences and hone them into a sound they can call their own.” – Exclaim!
“From the first storm-summoning power chord on the opener Former Glory, Striker (CAN) proves their new album’s initial claim of not dwelling on the past, a high and appropriate cry of “Yeah, I’m back again!”… If you haven’t witnessed this inspiring resurrection of classic metal, the band plays Friday, April 14 at Starlite with Ravenous and Tylor Dory Trio, no doubt sharpened from the faithful overseas audiences.” – Edmonton Journal
“When a band releases an eponymous album it’s a statement of intent, a sign of confidence, everything being as it should be. For make no mistake, Striker are a special band. As the old Metal Gods ascend to Valhalla, new gods will arise. This is Striker’s fifth album and it’s just timeless. Not retro, not looking back, but taking everything that’s uplifting and glorious about heavy metal into 2017 and beyond…this album has to be in every writer and fan’s top ten at the end of 2017.” – Hellbound
“A less balls out, more aggressive record than its predecessor, STRIKER delivers another impressive collection of high energy headbangers….Regardless of what your heavy metal predilections may be, STRIKER offers something for everyone. Super catchy tunes dripping with shred gymnastics and all around technical prowess, Striker deserves a place on any metal fan’s playlist….If you have not experienced Striker yet, this album is a worthy place to start and should appeal to a wide range of fans, particularly followers of the Priest, Anthrax and Maiden.” – Metal Rules
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0 World Of Metal Magazine #13 Anniversary Issue – Out Now! / Já disponível – Reviews – Nordheum, Pile of Priests, Protosequence, Sar Isatum, The Reed Effect, Unbowed
http://worldofmetalmag.com/world-of-metal-magazine-13-anniversary-issue-out-now-ja-disponivel/
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