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0 Antichrist Metalzine – Compilation #10 – Woodhawk, Howling Giant, Devolver, Buried Realm, Anarcheon
0 The Metal Mag – Mason – Impervious
When the first note gets in your ear you know it’s gonna be an awesome band. It ‘s blowing riffs and a nice voice reminding you of many legends.
http://www.themetalmag.com/mason-impervious-cd-digital-6th-october-2017-self-release/
0 NEWS: STRIKER Win Western Canadian Music Award For “Metal/Hard Rock Artist of The Year” + New Music Video “Former Glory” + North American Tour Dates w/ Dark Tranquillity, Warbringer
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – September 15, 2017
For Fans of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Enforcer, Skullfist, Steelwing
STRIKER Win Western Canadian Music Award For “Metal/Hard Rock Artist of The Year”
New Music Video “Former Glory”
North American Tour Dates w/ Dark Tranquillity, Warbringer
Photo Credit: Dana Zuk
Edmonton shredders STRIKER have added another souvenir to their trophy case with their latest win for “Metal/Hard Rock Artist of The Year” from this year’s 15th annual Western Canadian Music Awards held during Breakout West on September 14th at the Dinwoodie Lounge in Edmonton, AB. For more info, please visit the following link here.
“We are honoured to win the Western Canadian Music Award for Metal Artist two years in a row! Very special thanks to everyone on our team and everyone who has been supporting us, it’s been an amazing year and it’s not over yet!” comments guitarist Tim Brown.
STRIKER was nominated alongside the following Western Canadian bands:
Metal/Hard Music Artist of the Year:
All Else Fails (AB)
Black Thunder (SK)
Soul Mates (SK)
Striker (AB) – Winner
Untimely Demise (SK)
STRIKER have been riding quite the bullet train this year in support of their latest self-titled album released this past February via their indie label Record Breaking Records. Touring Europe with Sonata Arctica plus performing on 70,000 Tons of Metal along with an Edmonton Music Award win for Metal Recording of the Year, there’s no stopping these Canadian metal titans.
Currently on tour with Dark Tranquillity and Warbringer in North America (dates listed below), this power quartet have unleashed their new music video “Former Glory”. The video captures the classic heavy metal of past and showcases STRIKER bringing it to the forefront of present day headbanging.Watch “Former Glory” at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHVXIqJWZ4A
STRIKER‘s self-titled album features 9 shredding tracks that are all killer and no filler to continue the band’s classic mix of heavy metal to follow 2016’s highly praised “Stand In The Fire”. The album was self-recorded by the band (Dan Clearly (vocals), Tim Brown (lead/rhythm guitars), William Wallace (bass), Adam Brown (drums) plus help from Randy Black (Primal Fear, Bif Naked, Annihilator) who filled in on drums while Adam was away during recording) along with mixing done by genius Frederik Nordstrom (Bring Me The Horizon, In Flames, Opeth).
CD and digital download available on www.Striker-Metal.com, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and CD Baby.
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
Tickets available here:
http://www.enterthevault.com/artist.php?id=451
Sept 15 – New York, NY – The Gramercy Theatre
Sept 16 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
Sept 17 – Montreal, QC – FouFounes
Sept 18 – Toronto, ON – MOD Club
Sept 19 – Westland, MI – Token Lounge
Sept 20 – Joliet, IL – The Forge
Sept 21 – Sioux Falls, SD – Icon Lounge
Sept 22 – Minneapolis, MN – The Cabooze
Sept 23 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
Sept 24 – Regina, SK – The Exchange
Sept 25 – Calgary, AB – Dickens
Sept 26 – Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
Sept 28 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
Sept 29 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
Sept 30 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
Oct 1 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
Oct 2 – West Hollywood, CA – Whiskey a Go Go
Oct 3 – San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick
Oct 4 – Tempe, AZ – Club Red
Oct 5 – El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
Oct 6 – San Antonio, TX – Fitzgeralds
Oct 7 – Dallas, TX – Trees
For More Info:
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 All About The Rock – Moonlight Desires – Just The Hits: 1981-1985
0 Heavy Planet – Howling Giant – Black Hole Space Wizard Part 2
People, you need to hear this record….Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 2 is a journey you have to take, not because it is our job or what is expected from us, but because it is what is right. The album is a heavy, progressive, quantum theory of groove that will take you through the wormhole with a smile on your face for the entire ride. Absolutely one of my favorites this year and will, without question, be making my year end list.
http://www.heavyplanet.net/2017/09/album-review-howling-giant-black-hole.html
0 PowerMetal.de – Moonlight Desires – Just The Hits: 1981-1985
0 NEWS: Sons of Butcher Creator Trevor Ziebarth Makes 80’s Pop Anthems Go Metal w/ MOONLIGHT DESIRES New Cover Video “Valerie” via Bravewords New Album “Just The Hits: 1981-1985”; Out Now via Infamous Butcher Records
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – September 15, 2017
For fans of Sons of Butcher, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, 80s pop hits
Sons of Butcher Creator Trevor Ziebarth Makes 80’s Pop Anthems Go Metal
w/ MOONLIGHT DESIRES New Cover Video “Valerie” via Bravewords
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.
“On our second album, Just The Hits: 1981-1985, all the songs I selected have a special place in my heart, nostalgic melodies that are still as catchy now as they were back then. It sounds weird but, when I was searching out potentials to cover, whether I was at Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart or even at the Olympics in Russia, I kept hearing these certain songs over and over and I knew they were the ones I was meant to do! If the songs are still being played on the radio to this day, that certainly speaks to how great they are, I’m just making them heavier! To stay consistent with the nostalgic, the album is not only being released digitally and on CD, but we’ve also run a limited edition cassette, which is numbered and autographed (including a download card of course). We’re really excited about the album and hope it’s the soundtrack of every back-to-school jam this year.”says Trevor Ziebarth
With the release of the album out today on September 15, 2017, Moonlight Desires have teamed up with Bravewords.com for the premiere of their second video cover “Valerie” by Steve Winwood.
“Valerie by Steve Winwood has itself been revisited a couple times as an amped up radio mix of the original, and as a more modern dance version, but the original release and video is what we’re spoofing here. All the green screen and camera magic he used, that may be cliche today, was new and exciting in the 80s, so we tried to have fun with that idea while still playfully tipping our cap to Mr. Winwood.”
Watch “Valerie” at the following link: http://bravewords.com/news/exclusive-moonlight-desires-release-cover-video-of-steve-winwoods-valerie
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, Google Play and all major digital platforms.
MOONLIGHT DESIRES will be hosting their hometown CD release show on October 6th in Hamilton, ON at The Casbah, so if you’re in the area, put on your 80’s mullet and party the night away.
Upcoming Show Dates:
October 6 – Hamilton, ON – Casbah (CD Release Party)
October 6 – Hamilton, ON – Casbah (CD Release Party)
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
For more info:
http://www.facebook.com/moonlightdesires
http://www.facebook.com/moonlightdesires
EPK – http://wp.me/pciNW-axE
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“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
“…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 Metal Media News: Brazil’s DARK SHIP Posts New Music Video “You Can Go Back”
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – September 14, 2017
Brazil’s DARK SHIP Posts New Music Video “You Can Go Back”
Brazilian dark/gothic/symphonic metal act DARKSHIP have released their new music video “You Can Go Back” in support of their 2016 debut album “We Are Lost”. The video is also a re-recorded track featuring new members violinist Ander Santos and vocalist Marcos Follador. The music video was directed by Douglas Coutinho and presents footage shot at historical places in Rio Grande do Sul.
To watch “You Can Go Back”, please visit the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjViTNo8FTI
DARK SHIP‘s debut album “We Are Lost” features ten songs and is the band’s first release of a planned concept trilogy that tells a fictional story about two people in love who are controlled by a higher force called “Darkship”.
Track Listing:
1. The Universe Conspires
2. Black Tears
3. I Can Wait For You
4. Different Days
5. We Are Lost
6. Prison Of Dreams
7. II Hearts
8. You Can go back
9. Eternal Pain
10. Frozen Feelings
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0 Beatroute BC – Woodhawk Prove There’s More to Stoner Rock Than Smoking Weed
0 NEWS: New Noise Mag Premiere DECATUR “Into The Night”; Debut Album “Badder Than Brooklyn” Out October 6th; Produced By Gojira’s Joe Duplantier + Canadian Tour Dates (ON/AB/BC/MB/QC)
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – September 14, 2017
For fans of Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, In Flames
New Noise Mag Premiere DECATUR “Into The Night”
Debut Album “Badder Than Brooklyn” Out October 6th
Produced By Gojira’s Joe Duplantier
Canadian Tour Dates (ON/AB/BC/MB/QC)
L-R: Liam Maguire (Guitars/Backing Vocals), Steve “The Animal” Mitchell (Drums/Backing Vocals), Jay “Beard” Sarrazin (Guitars/Lead Vocals), Kyle “Tiny Basstank” Clark (Bass/Backing Vocals)
Photo Credit: Brandon Allen
Toronto-based metal messiahs DECATUR will be unleashing their debut album “Badder Than Brooklyn” produced by Joe Duplantier of Gojira on October 6th, 2017. Named after their very own street of dreams in New York, where they recorded their debut album at Silvercord Studios in Brooklyn, DECATUR get their unique sound by being opened-minded, not just to each other in this band of brothers, but to different genres, not just of metal, but also the blues, rock ‘n’ roll and even pop. DECATUR’s criteria if it’s good, they can make it better! They focus on evolution not devolution. There is no fear of DECATUR repeating themselves musically; for them…the world is not enough. They see themselves as intrepid explorers, never playing it safe, always looking for new lands to conquer, and in the process drawing on creative powers they never knew they possessed.
Their debut album is all-killer, no filler! It doesn’t hide behind its production; it compliments it. These are truly songs of power and empowerment, a clarion call for strength in life’s battles…healing through headbanging. From the power shredding of “Into The Night” and the storytelling of the album’s title track “Badder Than Brooklyn” to the brutal beat down of songs like “Bottled Inside” and “Internal War”, DECATUR feel modern metal has lost its way and they’re here to provide the roadmap forward to the future!
Teaming up with New Noise Magazine, DECATUR are premiering their first single “Into The Night”.
Vocalist and guitarist Jay “Beard” Sarrazin explains:
“This song has deep meaning for us. As a band that constantly tours and pushes to not only play live, but play in as many cities as possible, this song is almost an anthem for us. The song kicks off with lyrics that say ‘riding through the darkness, back into the night again. 3am in winter, lights become your only friend.’ These lyrics are a depiction of everyday on the road for us, playing cities and then driving through the middle of the night to get to the next city. The song also has a powerful message of not giving up on our dreams or ourselves. Because we feel most comfortable in our lives while on the road and playing every day, it’s a therapeutic experience for us.”
To listen to “Into The Night”, please visit the following link: http://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-decatur-night/
Album pre-order available here.
In support of the debut album, DECATUR will also be embarking on a cross Canada tour kicking off in Toronto on October 6th and going West as far as Victoria, BC to then wrap up in Eastern Canada in Montreal on November 25th (dates listed below).
Track Listing:
1. Internal War (2:56)
2. Into The Night (3:45)
3. Vegas Girl (3:46)
4. Worst Enemy (3:10)
5. Badder Than Brooklyn (3:56)
6. Bottled Inside (3:13)
7. Tear You (3:10)
8. Abaddon (3:48)
9. Shatterproof (3:51)
10. Internal War Pt. 2 (4:47)
Album Length: 36:27
Album Band Lineup:
– Jay “Beard” Sarrazin – Vocals / Guitar
– Tiny Basstank – Bass
– Steve “The Animal” Mitchell – Drums
Live Band Lineup:
– Jay “Beard” Sarrazin – Vocals / Guitar
– Tiny Basstank – Bass
– Steve “The Animal” Mitchell – Drums
– Liam Maguire – Guitar
DECATUR “OUT OF THE SEWER TOUR” (more dates to be announced)
Oct 6 – Toronto, ON – DC Music
Oct 7 – Hamilton, ON – Che Burrito
Oct 11 – Calgary, AB – Distortion
Oct 12 – Red Deer, AB – The Vat Pub
Oct 13 – Edmonton, AB – Rendez Vous
Oct 14 – Kelowna, BC – Muninn’s Post
Oct 16 – Nanaimo, BC – The Cambie
Oct 19 – Victoria, BC – Logan’s Pub
Oct 20 – Vancouver, BC – Pub 340
Oct 21 – Abbotsford, BC – TBA
Oct 26 – Winnipeg, MB – Garrick Hotel
Oct 27 – Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Algonquin Pub
Oct 28 – Windsor, ON – The Rockstar
Nov 3 – Guelph, ON – Dstrct
Nov 4 – Cornwall, ON – Lola’s
Nov 10 – Niagara Falls, ON – The Geekery
Nov 11 – Sudbury, ON – The Asylum
Nov 25 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar
For more info:
http://www.decaturmetal.com
http://www.facebook.com/decaturmetal
http://www.twitter.com/decaturmetal
http://www.instagram.com/decaturmetal
EPK – http://wp.me/pciNW-aE6
(bio written by Steve Earles)
About:
DECATUR is comprised of Jay “Beard” Sarrazin (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Tiny Basstank (Bass/Backup Vocals), Steve “Animal” Mitchell (Drums/ Backup Vocals), and Liam Maguire (Guitar/Backup Vocals) have sensed the hunger from metal fans for proper metal with real songs, music built on the foundations of the past to last far into the future. Make no mistake, DECATUR are a band that puts the grit into integrity, as guitarist/vocalist Jay ‘Beard’ Sarrazin says, DECATUR make “real metal for real metalheads.”
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