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0 EPK – Dark Avenger – The Beloved Bones: Hell (2017) (Rockshots Records)
Dark Avenger – The Beloved Bones: Hell (2017) (Rockshots Records)
NEWS: Rockshots Records: DARK AVENGER Vocalist Mario Linhares Passes Away At The Age of 45
For fans of: Symphony X, Adagio, Rhapsody
Release Date: Brazil: July 14, 2017 | Europe: September 1, 2017 | North America October 13, 2017
Publicist – Jon Asher – ashermedia(@)gmail.com
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Release Date: North America October 13, 2017
LABEL: Rockshots Records
DISTRIBUTION: MVD Entertainment
1. The Beloved Bones (6:30)
2. Smile Back To Me (4:59)
3. King For A Moment (5:19)
4. This Loathsome Carcass (5:54)
5. Parasite (4:55)
6. Breaking Up Again (5:21)
7. Empowerment (4:31)
8. Nihil Mind (5:57)
9. Purple Letter (6:15)
10. Sola Mors Liberat (3:40)
11. When Shadow Falls (4:52)
Album Length: 58:18
• All songs performed by: Dark Avenger
• All songs written by: Linhares / Oliveria
• Produced by: Glauber Olivera
• Mixed by: Glauber Olivera
• Mastered by: Tony Lindgren at Fascination Studios
• Album Artwork by: Bernard Bittler
Album Band Line Up:
GLAUBER OLIVERA (Guitars)
HUGO SANTIAGO (Guitars)
MARIO LINHARES (Vocals)
GUSTAVO MAGALHAES (Bass)
Live Band Line Up:
GLAUBER OLIVERA (Guitars)
HUGO SANTIAGO (Guitars)
MARIO LINHARES (Vocals)
GUSTAVO MAGALHAES (Bass)
Brendon Hoffmann: Drums
Discography:
2017 – The Beloved Bones: Hell – Full-Length
2015 – Alive In The Dark – Live Album
2013 – Tales Of Avalon: The Lament – Full-Length
2003 – X Dark Years – EP
2001 – Tales Of Avalon: The Terror
1995 – Dark Avenger – Full-Length
L-R – GLAUBER OLIVERA (Guitars), HUGO SANTIAGO (Guitars), MARIO LINHARES (Vocals), GUSTAVO MAGALHAES (Bass)
Inspired to take their name from a Manowar track off the 1982 Battle Hymns album, Brazilian prog/power thrash metallers DARK AVENGER are back with an outstanding new album, “The Beloved Bones: Hell” to follow their five previous releases since forming in 1993. Unleashed around the globe via Rockshots Records, “The Beloved Bones: Hell” album was first released first in their home country on July 14th, 2017 followed by Europe on September 1st, 2017 and in North America on October 13th, 2017.
The album was produced, recorded and mixed by guitarist Glauber Oliveira and mastered by the renowned Tony Lindgren at Fascination Studios in Sweden.
“The Beloved Bones: Hell” is a two-chapter play: “HELL” and “DIVINE” and the first part “HELL” talks about eleven mental stages someone probably might be going through when living a constant uncomfortable situation (“Hell is repetition”) as for example, a loveless marriage, a severe disease, an unwanted job, financial difficulties, alcoholism, drug abuse, a sex harassment, among many others which we inadvertently allow to come into our lives. Each song follows the mental phases and feelings described in HELL, the first part of the play, from its initial phase of discovering to be living a hell, until the final experiences of abandoning the suffering: Unconsciousness – Denial – Fugue – Victimization – Despair – Craving – Reflection – Balance – Courage – Decision – Freedom.
Vocalist vocalist Mario Linhares. comments:
“I really hope people understand the concept of The Beloved Bones: HELL, paying attention to the lyrics along with the songs to fully understand the plot throughout the album. We have chosen the ways of the Existentialism and Human Appreciation to talk to our audience… and we are gladly surprised that people all around the world are happy and in resonance with this path. It’s an existential album, which deserves special attention to be fully understood. The album talks about eleven mental steps ANYONE may experience when being through hard times (“Hell is repetition”). We have given the songs the proper weight of interpretation, whether on sound or on lyrics, necessary to express the momentum the songs describes in each chapter. As there’s no character or a story to follow to, we decided to have an “I” that by its psychic binomial (REASON and EMOTION) drives the interlocutor, by hard and harsh dialog, throughout those mental steps, from the primordial moment of discovery that the “I” suffers, until the hard and definitive point of deciding to be free from suffering. The TONUS and atmosphere in each song is an indicator of which step (chapter) into the plot the listener is on the path towards outside Hell.”
The cover illustration was created by the french artist Bernard Bittler and follows the mental phases and feelings outpouring described in the first part of the play: Unconsciousness – Denial – Fugue – Victimization – Despair – Craving – Reflection – Balance – Courage – Decision – Freedom.
The band played throughout Brazil, including some major local festivals.
The previous albums got many awards such as “Best Album of The Year” or “Best Vocalist” .
“The Beloved Bones: Hell” marks the band’s 24th anniversary
“The Beloved Bones” saga is a two chapter play: “Hell” and “Divine”
Mastered at Fascination Studios by Tony LindgrenDARK AVENGER is:
Mario Linhares: Vocals
Glauber Oliveira & Hugo Santiago: Guitars
Gustavo Magalhães: Bass Guitar
Brendon Hoffmann: Drums
0 Thee Psychedelictessen – A DEVIL’S DIN – ONE HALLUCINATION UNDER GOD (Island Dive Records D/L).
With an excellent collection of sharp, relatively short songs stripped of any excess and with more hooks than a fishing tackle shop, One Hallucination Under God is the sound of a band totally at the top of their game in the studio with this elegantly crafted LP.
https://theepsychedelicatessen.blogspot.ca/2017/10/a-devils-din-one-hallucination-under.html
0 NEWS: Vancouver Whammy Metal Award Winner To Play Armstrong Metal Fest 2018; Early Bird Pre-Sale Tickets Available Now! July 13-14 – Armstrong, BC @ Hassen Arena; Band Submissions Now Open! Deadline To Apply October 31st
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – Oct 31, 2017
ArmstrongMetalFest.ca | Facebook | Twitter | Youtube | AMF Merch Online Store
Vancouver Whammy Metal Award Winner To Play Armstrong Metal Fest 2018
Early Bird Pre-Sale Tickets Available Now!
July 13-14 – Armstrong, BC @ Hassen Arena
Band Submissions Now Open! Deadline To Apply October 31st
Free Download – AMF’s Mountain Moshpit Vol. 2
featuring over an hour of headbanging tunes from 2017 AMF Fest performing bands
https://armstrongmetalfest.bandcamp.com/album/armstrong-metalfest-2017-mountain-moshpit-vol-2
(AMF 2017 Live Photos: Credit: Visions in Pixels by Derek Carr
(Photos of Aggression, Revocation)
Once again, Armstrong Metal Fest is proud to announce that this year’s Vancouver Whammy Award winner for Best Local Metal Artist will be playing on the 2018 edition. Festival co-organizer Jesse Valstar will be presenting the award.
Votes can be made until Nov 15th at the following link https://apps.facebook.com/my-surveys/whammys-2017-nominees-by-category
Finalists announced in December and final voting running until mid January.
About:
What are the Whammys?
The Whammys are an annual, local, independent music awards ceremony in Vancouver, BC. The event pays homage to the incredible achievements local artists have accomplished the year previous.
The Whammys brings humour and entertainment during a celebration that offers recognition to the local largely underground and under-celebrated artistic talent in the city.
http://whammys.ca
https://www.facebook.com/thewhammysvancouverIn additional news, preparing for their milestone of a decade of metal in Canada’s Okanagan Valley, ARMSTRONG METALFEST is gearing up for their biggest event to date. Over the last nine years the festival has hosted a long list of bands such as Revocation, Cattle Decapitation, Suffocation, Beyond Creation, Rivers of Nihil, The Zenith Passage, Anciients, Bison, Striker, Archspire, Cryptopsy, Unleash The Archers, Ninjaspy, Vesperia, Aggression among many others for British Columbia’s largest gathering of metalheads from across Western Canada and beyond.
Planning their 2018 edition, early bird pre-sale tickets for AMF are now on sale for a limited time until February 1, 2018 for a special price of $95 CAD. Tickets can be purchased at the following link: https://armstrongmetalfest.ca/tickets/
All tickets provide General Admission and grant access to the festival grounds, camping area and arena from 11:00 AM on Friday, July 13, 2018 until 11:59 PM on Sunday, July 14, 2018. Free camping is included.
Ticket Prices
After early bird pre-sale tickets have been sold out and starting February 1, 2018, the ticket pre-sale price will go up to $125 CAD.
At the door price will be $165 CAD.
Day Passes
Please check out the FAQ for information about special day passes and pricing at the following link: https://armstrongmetalfest.ca/about/faq/
2018 Early Entry
Want to grab your favourite camp spot and beat the rush of metal heads? Guests are welcome to arrive Thursday after 11:00 AM.
2018 Camping and Parking
All tickets include tent camping. You are welcome to sleep in your vehicle, RV or trailer. Traveling in an RV? Make sure to reserve your spot so you’re guaranteed a spot that includes water and power hookups. Reserve Online at the following link: https://armstrongmetalfest.ca/contact/rv-reservations/
AMF is also taking band submissions for the biggest mountain moshpit to ever rumble the BC Rockies.
Festival co-organizer Jesse Valstar comments:
“This year’s band submission process has been going wonderfully! My favorite part is discovering new bands, and this year we have had quite a few new submissions! We are also very excited to start early bird sales a month early this year. We have updated our website and it is looking better than it ever has! The crew at West Metal Entertainment are working hard this year to make year ten of the festival the best year to date. We are looking to take the festival to the next level. So far so good, so bring it on! Ten Years Strong!”
Bands interested in applying can fill out the following info below and email to bandsamf@gmail.com.
Band submission deadline is October 31, 2017 at midnight PST.
PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING:
Band Name:
Metal Style:
Location of Band:
Estimated next Album/EP release:
Links to Band:
For more info, please visit www.ArmstrongMetalFest.ca
About:
Taking influence from Europe’s music festival circuit, Armstrong Metal Fest is a heavy metal celebration that encourages metal heads from across Canada and the globe to mosh and camp with the backdrop of great outdoors of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. What started as a backyard party in 2009 with nothing but eleven local metal bands such as Terrifier, Xul and Odinfist to name a few, has grown into a a huge success admired by the Western Canadian Metal scene. 2017 was the ninth year of the festival and was its largest year for music and attendance. Previous years of the festival have seen line ups with Cattle Decapitation, Suffocation, Beyond Creation, Dayglo Abortions, Rivers of Nihil, The Zenith Passage, Anciients, Bison BC, Striker, Crimson Shadows, Holy Grail, Archspire, Cryptopsy, Unleash The Archers, Divinity, Into Eternity, Ninjaspy, Vesperia, XUL, Odinfist, Death Toll Rising, Gomorrah among many others.
What the press is saying:
“In the past, metalheads had to travel to Germany to experience the rush a big festival, such as Wacken Open Air. But local headbangers decided to bring that feeling home with Armstrong Metalfest.” – Vernon Morning Star
“Go Big or Stay at Home: Armstrong has that welcoming feeling for rock show.” – The Valley Voice
“To witness such a gathering of talent is an absolute privilege, and for that fact alone, I will certainly be returning to Armstrong Metal Fest.” – Beatroute BC
“This festival is now going to be my yearly must-go-to event and if you’re a metal head that hasn’t attended, or a curious metal voyeur, do yourself a favour and check it out, you will not regret it.” – Abort Mag
“The Armstrong Metalfest is one such event and has grown from its initial, humble beginnings seven years ago to be a regular mainstay, with its south-central BC location making for a popular summertime destination for fans and bands alike.” Decibel Mag
Named one of the out-of-town music festivals worth the trip by The Vancouver Sun
“For metalheads, this is a great vacation where groups of all sizes can enjoy their favourite musical genre in a fun, energized environment. Not to mention, the camping!” The Permanent Rain Press
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0 NEWS: Rue Morgue Premiere MOONLIGHT DESIRES Halloween Video “Hungry Like The Wolf”; Sons of Butcher Creator Trevor Ziebarth Makes 80’s Pop Anthems Go Metal w/ MOONLIGHT DESIRES New Album “Just The Hits: 1981-1985”; Out Now via Infamous Butcher Records
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – October 31, 2017
For fans of Sons of Butcher, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, 80s pop hits
Rue Morgue Premiere MOONLIGHT DESIRES Halloween Video “Hungry Like The Wolf”
Sons of Butcher Creator Trevor Ziebarth Makes 80’s Pop Anthems Go Metal
w/ MOONLIGHT DESIRES New Album “Just The Hits: 1981-1985”
Out Now via Infamous Butcher Records
Moonlight Desires might only play 80s cover songs, but you’d be wrong to dismiss them as just another cover band. Formed by long-time Hamilton, ON musician Trevor Ziebarth (Actor/Writer/Composer on Teletoon’s adult comedy series Sons of Butcher), Moonlight Desires is his ode to the raunchy romances and youthful misadventures of summer’s past. By re-working synth laden pop hits of the 1980s, Ziebarth manages to turn familiar guilty pleasures into modern, guitar-driven rock anthems.
Joined in the studio by drummer Dave Dunham (Not Of, DAVIDS, ex-Chore, ex-Sons Of Butcher) and lead guitarist Marco Bressette (Dead Tired, ex-Threat Signal), their new album “Just The Hits: 1981-1985” transforms timeless hits such as “Sunglasses At Night” by Corey Hart and “Something About You” by Level 42 into party rock anthems.
With Halloween here, the band has unleashed their music video for their Duran Duran cover “Hungry Like The Wolf” premiered exclusively on Rue Morgue at the following link: https://rue-morgue.com/moonlight-desires-presents-hungry-like-the-wolf/
To get your CD or cassette copy of Moonlight Desires “Just The Hits: 1981-1985”, please visit the following link on the band’s bandcamp here and for digital download, please visit iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and all major digital platforms.
Track Listing:
1. A Criminal Mind (3:43) (Gowan)
2. Sunglasses At Night (2:56) (Corey Hart)
3. Out of Touch (3:17) (Hal & Oates)
4. Hungry Like The Wolf (2:59) (Duran Duran)
5. Young Turks (3:51) (Rod Stewart)
6. Bettie Davis Eyes (3:01) (Kim Carnes)
7. Holding Back The Years (3:31) (Simply Red)
8. Valerie (3:15) (Steve Winwood)
9. Promises Promises (3:03) (Naked Eyes)
10. Something About You (2:50) (Level 42)
11. The Power of Love (4:38) (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
Album Length: 37:09
http://www.facebook.com/moonlightdesires
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“Just The Hits (1981-1985) is a short album with a very high entertainment factor.” – Disagreement.net
“this is a fun album, well executed and stubborn but respectful to the originals. I can only applaud that and advise you to check this album out.” – Merchants of Air
“This album is comprised of hard rock 80s pop covers that often border on metal, and it is every bit as fun as it sounds.” – Hellbound.ca
“It is glorious, a less tongue in cheek Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. It is the Alpha and the Omega. Life has meaning, and it’s buried in the dreams of a girl with teased hair and a boy with a tennis racket for a guitar…” – Nine Circles
“Just The Hits: 1981-1985 by Moonlight Desires is an album that I can probably guarantee that you will not hear anywhere else. One of the main aspects and memories that you will take away from this album is how entertaining the album is.” – Kingston Music Reviews
“…Moonlight Desires’ second offering is filled with the top-notch heavy covers of 80s Synth Pop classics their fans have come to expect.” – Bradmachry.ca
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0 November 2017 – #157 – Tactus, Endemise, Inire
0 Necromance Digital Magazine – Issue 46 – Reviews – CRNKSHFT, Decatur, Insurrection, Mason
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0 Maximum Volume Music – Hellbros – Feed The Need
0 The RingMaster Review – Mason – Impervious “The new album from Australian thrashers Mason, it surges through ears with rabid energy and unbridled aggression and proceeds to raise the ante groove by searing groove and hook by virulent hook.”
https://ringmasterreviewintroduces.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/mason-impervious/
“The new album from Australian thrashers Mason, it surges through ears with rabid energy and unbridled aggression and proceeds to raise the ante groove by searing groove and hook by virulent hook.”
0 Metal Centre – DECATUR “Badder Than Brooklyn” – “Badder Than Brooklyn is a formidable effort by these talented newcomers. Considering the fact that this is their debut album, I most certainly think that they have nailed it. With memorable and we’ll crafted songwriting, if these guys keep up their work I see a bright future ahead if them. Undoubtedly an album that I will recommend for all Thrash/Groove Metal enthusiasts. That being said I hope they will come back even stronger in their sophomore effort for which I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled.”
http://www.metalcentre.com/2017/10/decatur-badder-than-brooklyn/
“Badder Than Brooklyn is a formidable effort by these talented newcomers. Considering the fact that this is their debut album, I most certainly think that they have nailed it. With memorable and we’ll crafted songwriting, if these guys keep up their work I see a bright future ahead if them. Undoubtedly an album that I will recommend for all Thrash/Groove Metal enthusiasts. That being said I hope they will come back even stronger in their sophomore effort for which I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled.”
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