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0 EPK – Cabrakaan – Songs From Anahuac (2014)

January 13, 2018
by Asher
· Cabrakaan · EPKs

Cabrakaan – Songs From Anahuac (2014)

For fans of Nightwish, Equlibrium, Epica, Eluveitie, Ensiferum

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“Cabrakaän on a remarkable concert with live orchestra and a chorus” – El Sol de Toluca (Mexican newspaper)

“CABRAKAÄN, a fusion between folklore and metal” – ARTURO MARÍN

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Release Date: June 14, 2014
Label: Self-Release

Track Listing:
1. Cipactli (2:57)
2. Citalmina (3:37)
3. Obsidian (4:37)
4. La Leyenda (5:30)
5. La Llorona (5:09)
6. Meshika (4:19)
EP Length: 26:12

EP Credits:
• All songs performed by: CABRAKAÄN
• All songs written by: Marko Cipaktli/Pat Cuikani & Ramon Estrada
• Produced by: Cipaktli & Cuikani
• Mixed by: Cipäktli Miktlan Recording Studio
• Mastered by: Lasse Lammert LSD studio. Lübeck, Germany
• Album Artwork by: DOONA www.doona.pro
• Album Band Line Up: Pat Cuikani, Marko Cipaktli, Arcader White, Ramón Estrada, Andy Katzen

Discography:
2018 – Cem Anahuac – LP (coming soon)
2014 – Songs From Anahuac – EP

Shared Stage with:
From Mexico: APYRO, Anima Tempo, Nuclear Chaos, Desangre, Drakonia…
From Canada: Tessitura, Anarcheon, Scythia, Hedk’s, Viloent Betty, Sovereign Council

Tours and Festival Performances:
2017 – METALOCALYPSTICK FEST – LONE BUTTE, BC
2015 – FESTIVAL CULTURAL – SAN SIMON DE GUERRERO. MEXICO
2014 – FESTIVAL DEL QUINTO SOL – TENANGO DEL VALLE, MEXICO

Music Placements:
2015 – FUSION ROCK LIVE TV SHOW (Televisión Mexiquense, MEX) .

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Marko Cipaktli (Drums/Harsh vocals) | Pat Cuikani (Vocals/Ocarinas) | Paul Belmar (Guitar) | Nakuset Gould (Bass) | Alex Navarro (Guitar) – Photo Credit: Alex Herrera

Metal means so much to so many cultures and has spread throughout the world, bringing unity and happiness rather than war and hatred.

The United Nations should make 2018 the official year of metal!

When metal meets a new culture it blends with it, creating a band special and original that we have never heard before. Such a band is the Mexican Folk Metal band Cabrakaan.

Formed in Toluca, Mexico in December 2012, Cabrakaan combine metal, orchestral elements and Mexican folkloric music, mixing such instruments as Jarocha harp, marimba and pre-Hispanic instruments like ocarinas, with lyrics in Spanish, English, Zapoteco and Nahuatl!

Cabrakaan are a truly unique band, one not just for their beloved and inspirational Mexico, but for the whole world, and the world will be hearing much more of them in the future.

As drummer and founder Marko Cipaktli says.

“We are proud of our roots and our culture and we want to share it with the world through our music.”

Inspired by Nightwish, Equilibrium, Amon Amarth, Wintersun, Eluveitie , Marko describes Cabrakaan’s music as “folk, melodic, epic, symphonic, death.”

Cabrakaan could not have a more metal name. “Cabrakaan is the name of a character in the Mayan sacred book known as Popol Vuh. He is the god of mountains and earthquakes.”

He feels that their forthcoming 2018 album “Cem Anahuac” will be an epic listening experience for fans.

“The album is inspired by the Mexican culture, its traditions and the issues we have as a society nowadays. It’s an expression of pride in our roots, our history and traditions, and our love for metal and music from our country.”

Live, Cabrakaan put on a show that is unique as their music.

“When we are on stage we try to give out fans a great experience by creating an atmosphere from the Aztecs’ time, using costumes and make-up!”

0 Overdrive Mag – The Dead Centuries – Race Against Time “”they’re not here to show you their muscles, but to share their record collection with you through a bright, pacey, grinning album that deserves every spin. Ace.”

January 13, 2018
by Asher
· The Dead Centuries

https://overdrive-mag.com/2018/01/12/review-dead-centuries-race-time/

they’re not here to show you their muscles, but to share their record collection with you through a bright, pacey, grinning album that deserves every spin. Ace.

0 Metal Norge – The Dead Centuries – Race Against Time

January 13, 2018
by Asher
· The Dead Centuries

http://www.metal-norge.com/?p=review&id=8312

0 NEWS: Finnish Druid Folk Metal UNSHINE Unleash New Video “Visionary’s Last Breath”; New Album “Astrala” Out via Rockshots Records – Jan 19th, 2018 (EU), Feb 9th, 2018 (NA)

January 12, 2018
by Asher
· Music News · UNSHINE (Rockshots Records)

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – January 12, 2018

For fans of Doom metal, Post-Metal, Folk Metal and Black Metal

Finnish Druid Folk Metal UNSHINE Unleash New Video “Visionary’s Last Breath”

New Album “Astrala” Out via Rockshots Records – Jan 19th, 2018 (EU), Feb 9th, 2018 (NA)

Inspired by artists as diverse as Enslaved, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Tangerine Dream and Iron Maiden, UNSHINE is described as ‘Finnish druid and folk metal’ by five friends whom all were raised in the countryside villages of Western Finland.

With a long history of recording and playing behind them, UNSHINE are super-stoked about the upcoming release of their new album “Astrala” due out January 19, 2018 in Europe and February 9, 2018 in North America via Rockshots Records. The album is inspired by the invisible side of the Earth. The first five album songs address the manifestations of Astrala and the last five songs describe travels to Astrala. The album has a touch of Nordic melancholy written all over it and it includes music meant to create landscapes and themes from folk stories, mythology and nature religions, but also to present personal views describing the spiritual meaning of a forest as a cultural concept. The binding theme here is forest, although this is not a theme album.

As guitarist Harri Hautala says proudly.

“Unshine has always been a band without the traditional role models. For us, the most important thing in a song is the melody. Sounds and rhythms create the overall atmosphere, but the melody makes the whole ancient story in it come to life.”

Nature is the true influence on UNSHINE’s music. Their alpha and omega. Their beginning and end. The modern world may have almost forgotten the ancient ways, but UNSHINE keep them alive in words and music. Creating songs to reunite the old bonds between the dolmen gods and digitised mankind. Nature is not our enemy, it’s our physical and especially spiritual home.

Exploring these values in their new album “Astrala”, UNSHINE unleash their new video “Visionary’s Last Breath”.

The band comments:

“On this track, we tell the story of a healer preparing for the journey to ASTRALA and this requires purification of soul and body. It is fascinating to think that a modern human could also apply these same methods in most of the everyday activities. If it has worked for thousands of years, why did we forget these ways? This quite heavy song is played in low tuning in order to create the right atmosphere.”

Watch “Visionary’s Last Breath” at the following link:

Album teaser for “Astrala” is also available at this following link: https://youtu.be/ScFgarXtoG4

Album Pre-order:
http://www.rockshots.eu/release/astrala/
http://smarturl.it/astrala

Track Listing:
1. Birch of Fornjot (1:35)
2. Kainun Kuningas (5:13)
3. Jack’s Feast (6:38)
4. The Masks of Enchantment (4:54)
5. Pan The One (4:44)
6. Druids Are A-Coming (4:11)
7. Slow Moving Creatures (5:19)
8. Visionary’s Last Breath (5:32)
9. Suo (Kantaa Ruumiit) (6:06)
10. The Forest (10:28)
Album Length: 54:43

For more info:
http://www.rockshots.eu
http://www.unshine.com
https://twitter.com/UnshineBand
https://www.facebook.com/unshinefinland
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-bi7
(Bio written by Steve Earles)

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0 Sentinel Daily – Sonic Prophecy – Savage Gods (Rockshots Records) – “Pure American steel hasn’t sounded this good in a while…Utah natives Sonic Prophecy are back with a third album, Savage Gods – and what a superb piece of work it is too…”

January 12, 2018
by Asher
· Sonic Prophecy (Rockshots Records)

“Pure American steel hasn’t sounded this good in a while…Utah natives Sonic Prophecy are back with a third album, Savage Gods – and what a superb piece of work it is too…”

http://www.sentineldaily.com.au/sonic-prophecy-savage-gods-rockshots-records/

0 The Metal Channel – Vantablack Warship – Abrasive Pulmonic Speak “Insane guitar work, especially the solos, are an unexpected treat. The vocals remind me of Joseph McCaw of Brick Bath, raspy and rabid. Like encountering a crazed dog on the street, we ultimately are intimated by the frightening loss of control. Highlight tracks for me are: “Another Dead Rockstar”, “Black Tongue Bertha”, “Blood On The Mat”, “Kill the Kid” and “The Black Hole”.”

January 11, 2018
by Asher
· Vantablack Warship

http://www.themetalchannel.net/album-reviews/vantablack-warship-abravise-plumonic-speak/

Insane guitar work, especially the solos, are an unexpected treat. The vocals remind me of Joseph McCaw of Brick Bath, raspy and rabid. Like encountering a crazed dog on the street, we ultimately are intimated by the frightening loss of control. Highlight tracks for me are: “Another Dead Rockstar”, “Black Tongue Bertha”, “Blood On The Mat”, “Kill the Kid” and “The Black Hole”.

0 Overdrive Mag – REVIEW: DUSTIN BEHM – THE BEYOND

January 11, 2018
by Asher
· Dustin Behm (Rockshots Records)

https://overdrive-mag.com/2018/01/10/review-dustin-behm-beyond/

0 The Pantheon – Podcast – .Interviews with Vantablack Warship !!!!! The Dead Centuries !!!!! and Tragul

January 11, 2018
by Asher
· The Dead Centuries · Tragul · Vantablack Warship

http://shoutengine.com/KennedyEntertainmentPresentsThePantheon/the-pantheon-49356

0 NEWS: KARKAOS Unleash New Video “Tyrants”; Album Out Now “Children of The Void”

January 11, 2018
by Asher
· Karkaos · Music News

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – January 11, 2018

For fans of Epica, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Amon Amarth, Children Of Bodom, Iced Earth

KARKAOS Unleash New Video “Tyrants”

Album Out Now “Children of The Void”

One of Montreal’s most reputable and celebrated melodic extreme metal acts KARKAOS is proud to unleash their new music video “Tyrants” off their latest offering “Children of The Void” featuring new vocalist Viky Boyer, drummer Justine Ethier (Blackguard) and lead guitarist Samael Pelletier along with collaborations with guest artists Lindsay Schoolcraft (Cradle of Filth) and Morgan Lander (Kittie).

The bands comments:

“Karkaos is extremely proud to release its new video for the song ‘’Tyrants’’. This new video crafted by JP Charlebois, known for his work with Ion Dissonance and Slaves On Dope, is the perfect visual vessel to bring this song to your screen by being as brutal, relentless and intricate as the song itself.

We felt that Tyrants was the perfect song to give a second and different look to Children Of The Void. Its powerful meaning can easily be applied to our world and the weird times we all seem to be going through. We need to remember that we will always be stronger united than divided and this song is a testament to people taking the lead when our leaders couldn’t. Make sure to watch it and share it with your friends and pick up a copy of the album or some merch if you enjoyed it.”

Watch “Tyrants” at the following link:

“Children of The Void” was recorded, mastered and mixed with Christian Donaldson and Marc-o Frechette at The Grid (The Agonist, Cryptopsy, Neuraxis, Beyond Creation) and Silverwings Studios for keyboards (Blackguard, Ex-Deo , Distoriam) in Montreal, QC. The artwork was made by the immensely talented Marcela Bolívar while the layout was done by Fred Riverin from I Legion.

“Children of The Void” available on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and all major online retailers.

Album Stream – https://karkaosofficial.bandcamp.com/album/children-of-the-void

Music Video – “Kolossòs” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pScb6OmjcQU

Track Listing:
1. Babel
2. Skymaster
3. Kolossòs
4. Let the Curtain fall
5. Pale
6. Children of The Void
7. Rêverie
8. Tyrants
9. Where Mushrooms Grow
10. Lightbearer
11. The Beast
12. Bound By Stars

Show Dates:
Jan 20 – Montreal, QC – Club Soda – info

For More Info:

http://www.facebook.com/karkaos
http://www.instagram.com/karkaosofficial

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“It hammers along from the opening whistle, with clean female vocals and growls to boot….a thundering release, and with melody always bubbling under the surface will appeal to a wide range of metal fans, more so those at the heavier end of the spectrum.” – Raven Heart Music

“Le groupe a tout en main maintenant pour conquérir le monde, car avecChildren of the Void ils jouent dans la cour des grands. Québec-Métal vous recommande fortement cet album dès sa sortie.” – Quebec Metal

“As we’re all the children of the void, let’s raise our horns and bang our heads to the superb new album by one of the most reputable and celebrated metal acts hailing from the beautiful province of Quebec.” – The Headbanging Moose

“The 12 tracks of Children of the Void take you on a symphonic journey, a journey filled with pace & intense metal riffs blended with soaring melodies. The mix of female vocals against the death metal growls, the super-fast drum beats, the screaming guitar solos & action packed orchestral elements really push Karkaos to another level. Think the guitar style of Children of Bodom with the brutality of Arch Enemy & the melodic nature of Epica but with their own unique sound.” – Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life

“the way that Karkaos infuses all of their elements that make it a standout record. This is a band that can strike hard and fast if they want to, and on a number of occasions bring out some rather pleasing, death metal-induced heaviness.” – Dead Rhetoric

“Karkaos’ second full-length feels like a gift that keeps giving. There’s always something to get excited about – be it a snarling riff, beaming melody, or a soaring vocal. Symphonic melodic death metal that can move from visceral and aggressive to epic and catchy on the drop of a hat. It contains all the quintessential elements and presents them in a way that still feels fresh and exciting. You won’t find a better example of the style this year.” – Dead Rhetoric #5 on Best of 2017 List

“This is massively majestic and leaves a lasting impression and asserts that Karkaos are a band to watch out for.” – Dark Art Conspiracy

“Definitely appealing to the symphonic and melodic crowds and hitting extreme metal and metal audiences in equal measure. Karkaos know exactly what they want to be and exactly where they’re going and are likely to steadily receive more attention for their efforts.” – Noizze UK

“Ok, here is my first impression : Wow! Karkaos, from Montréal returns with this new album and it’s great… The first connection my brain did was Amon Amarth, Karkaos has that powerful sound that makes you ready to go for a journey against stronger forces. All the elements that are added to the music, bring up the word epic in my head. The music is fast and hits hard in all of the songs. I loved this album and will listen to it again.” – Re Zine

“a solid album with plenty of horns-to-the-sky crescendos” – Metal Trenches

“the band delivers a very well-crafted alternative for Arch Enemy, at least as theatrical music and a slightly darker approach. Fans of the genre will surely love this.” – Lords of Metal

“An album that makes an impact, a great impression. They have matured so much since 2013 and they did an awesome job on this album. They worked two years to make it and it showed. It’s one of the best releases of the year.” – Metal Temple

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0 Heavy Metal Heaven – Best of Requests 2017 – Last Bullet, Fractal Cypher

January 10, 2018
by Asher
· Fractal Cypher · Last Bullet

http://heavenofheavymetal.blogspot.ca/2018/01/heavy-metal-heaven-best-of-requests-2017.html

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