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0 NEWS: Aussie Thrashers MASON To Support ANVIL Melbourne Date Nov 11th; New Album “Impervious” Out Now! + New Video “Cross This Path”
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – November 2, 2017
For Fans of Kreator, Death, Testament, Sodom
Aussie Thrashers MASON To Support ANVIL Melbourne Date Nov 11th
New Album “Impervious” Out Now!
New Video “Cross This Path”
L-R: Nonda T. (Drums), Jimmy Benson (Vocals/Guitar), Steve Montalto (Bass), Grant Burns (Lead Guitar)
Photo Credit Tom Sheappard
Crushing audiences across the globe with their driving force and energetic stage presence, Melbourne thrashers MASON deliver commanding performances that has taken them on tours across Australia and beyond in Asia, Europe plus Canada where they have shared the stage with the likes of Harlott, Havok, Accept, Revocation, Mutank and Annihilator.
As local favourites of the Melbourne metal scene, MASON have been selected as local direct support for Canadian metal demigods ANVIL and their show date on November 11th at The Prince Bandroom, which is part of the band’s 40th Anniversary World Tour. Ticket info here. Event details here.
Drawing influence from The Big Four and The Bay Area, MASON encapsulates the 80′s thrash sound mixed with fast tempos and a dominating rhythm section. The quartet unleashed their second full length “Impervious” this past October that features nine glorious thrashing tracks mixed and mastered by Erin Hamidovic (Devin Townsend Project, Sikth, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Elm Street).
Vocalist / guitarist Jimmy Benson comments:
“During the demo process we wrote a lot of material, but the majority made the ‘Impervious’ album minus one or two songs. We spent a lot of time fine tuning the songs and making sure they kicked ass! For this album, we focused mainly on trimming the fat and stepping up the energy and tempos. Fast, focused and heavy! For those wanting to know more about this release. ‘Impervious’ touches on so many topics from suicide, death, terrorism and more events that happen to people around the world. When ya look at the front cover, it is a symbol of character and strength of a boy that goes about his everyday life in the worst conditions and does what is normal to him to get by day to day. To sum it up, this new album is powerful and holds a strong message from start to finish.”
Listen to “Impervious” at the following link: https://soundcloud.com/user-690157391/sets/impervious-1
Music Videos:
“Cross This Path” (features live clips from their cross Canada tour with Annihilator and Mutank this past June) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRXtdPIzy8E
“Tears of Tragedy” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsXPm1h5w-E
Album order for a CD copy of “Impervious” available on MASON‘s website www.masonofficialmetal.com plus available for digital download on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and all major online retailers.
Show Dates:
Nov 3 – The Bald Faced Stag – Steel Assassins Festival – Sydney, Australia – info
Nov 11 – Prince Bandroom – Melbourne, Australia w/ Anvil – info
Nov 17 – Bendigo Hotel – Melbourne, Australia w/ Silent Knight – info
Track Listing:
1. Eligos (0:29)
2. Burn (3:30)
3. Tears of Tragedy (4:05)
4. The Afterlife (5:13)
5. Impervious (4:48)
6. Cross This Path (3:26)
7. Sacrificed (4:11)
8. Hellbent on Chaos (3:54)
9. Created To Kill (6:29)
Album Length: 36:08
Album And Live Band Line Up:
Jimmy Benson – Vocals, Guitar
Nonda T. – Drums
Steve Montalto – Bass
Grant Burns – Guitar
http://masonofficialmetal.com
https://www.facebook.com/masonofficialband
https://twitter.com/masonthrashband
https://www.instagram.com/masonbandofficial
EPK – http://wp.me/pciNW-aHj
(bio written by Steve Earles)
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“Support comes from Australia’s thrash sensations Mason says Annihilator main man Jeff Waters: “With all the great bands that sent in demos, cds and links, the one that stoof out was these guys. My guitarist Aaron and I sat and listened to some of their songs and realized that this band will kick our asses if we don’t start practicing a bit more! Killer thrash band and genuine.” – Jeff Waters Annihilator
“this really is thrash in its truest essence. If you were around when thrash first broke all those years ago, you have to listen to this record. You’ll be flabbergasted how tracks like Tears of Tragedy and The Afterlife make you feel just like you did in 1984-86, so effectively has the band captured the very essence of what thrash metal should look, smell and, most importantly, sound like. – Sentinel Daily
“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.” The Metal Mag
“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.” – The RingMaster Review
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0 EPK – Metatrone – Eucharismetal (2017) (Rockshots Records)
Metatrone – Eucharismetal (2017) (Rockshots Records)
For fans of: Angra, Stratovarius, Rhapsody, Symphony X, Dream Theater
Release Date: Europe – March 11, 2016 | North America – October 13, 2017
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Release Date: Europe – March 11, 2016 | North America – October 13, 2017
Label: Rockshots Records
Distribution: MVD Entertainment
Track Listing:
1. Alef Dalet Mem (4:54)
2. Molokai (5:22)
3. Beware The Sailor (3:31)
4. Wheat And Weeds (3:56)
5. Latest News From Light (4:36)
6. In Spirit And Truth (3:43)
7. Mozart’s Nightmare (5:09)
8. Keep Running (5:44)
9. Salva l’Anima (5:25)
10. Una Parte Di Me (7:17)
11. Regina Coeli (4:46)
12. Alef Dalet Mem (Italian Version) (4:54)
13. Lascia Che Sia (5:44)
Album Length: 1:05:06
Album Credits:
•All songs performed by: METATRONE
• All songs written by: Calvagno/Brown
• Produced by: Metatrone
• Mixed by: Riccardo Samperi – TRP Studios
• Mastered by:Riccardo Samperi – TRP Studios
• Album Artwork by: Nello Dell’Omo / Art For Music
Album and Live Band Line Up:
Stefano Calvagno (Guitars)
Dino Fiorenza (Bass)
Jo Lombardo (Vocals)
David Brown (Keyboards/Growl)
Salvo Grasso (Drums)
Discography:
Eucharismetal (2016/2017, Rockshots Records)
Paradigma (2010, TRP Records / 2016 Rockshots Records)
The Powerful Hand (2007, Scarlet Records / 2016 Rockshots Records) – “La Mano Potente” international release
La Mano Potente (2006, TRP Records)
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MARK BASS, GALLI STRINGS, DI MARZIO, HIPSHOT
Band (L-R) – Stefano Calvagno (Guitars), Dino Fiorenza (Bass), Jo Lombardo (Vocals), David Brown (Keyboards/Growl), Salvo Grasso (Drums)
Metatrone is a Christian power-prog metal band formed by musicians coming from many previous musical experiences, mostly involved in metal music. Davide Bruno, Jo Lombardo, Tony Zappa, Virgilio Ragazzi and Stefano “Ghigas” Calvagno whom formed the band in 1997 under the moniker of Metafora producing with Track Records Productions (TRP) a four track EP called “Reazioni e Memorie”, featuring some amazing anthems like “Una Parte di Me”.
As many things in life changes, it was four years later (2001) that one of the founding members, keyboardist Davide Bruno decided to begin a new spiritual journey bringing him to change completely his life becoming a Priest. After this important decision, another one will be essential: Metafora decided to change their moniker to METATRONE from that moment on. The new band’s name means “God is since now and forever”, consequently the band begins to write power-prog metal songs deeply inspired by a Christian Catholic view of life and human being. It was in 2005 when they produced with the help of TRP music their first album called “La Mano Potente” soon followed by the English version called “The Powerful Hand” distributed by Scarlet Records in Europe and King Records in Asia.
After its release, the band begun to play often live in Italy and around the world as well, playing at festivals like Elements of Rock twice, Tumbalong Park and World Youth Day in Australia just to name a few.
Following the extensive touring, the band began right away to create new material, which brought them to a new and higher musical and lyrical level. Their songs evolved with more influence from prog but powerful at the same time. Most of those songs were released on their third studio album, “Paradigma”. A stunning 13 track album produced by the band and TRP Music, it was officially released on December 25, 2010. The album featured songs sang in English, Italian, Latin and Spanish with some interesting growling vocal choruses performed by priest Davide Bruno himself and was praised with very positive reviews on some of the most popular metal magazines like Metal Hammer Italy, Metal Maniac and many other on-line publications.
In May 2012, METATRONE released their first video, “In Spe Resurrectionis” from “Paradigma” (winning the David Award as Best Italian Song at the V Premios David).
In June 2013, the band released a single track called “Heavenly Field” written against the Zionist policy supporting Gaza population at the time featuring Italian hip hop band One Crew as special guest on vocals.
In 2015, Metatrone entered in the studio to record their third full-length album “Eucharismetal” with a different line up: Tony Zappa and Virgilio Ragazzi were replaced by Dino Fiorenza on bass (Billy Sheehan, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, John Macaluso) and Salvo “T-Metal” Grasso on drums (Hypersonic, DenieD). In November of 2015, the band released their video “Latest News From Light” in preview to “Eucharismetal” that was released in Europe by ROCKSHOTS Records on March 11, 2016. On the new album METATRONE re-released new versions of “The Powerful Hand” (remastered) and “Paradigma” as bonus tracks. “Eucharismetal” brought the band’s music to a wider audience with Christian Metal festival appearances in Europe and live gigs in Italy that included a triumphant concert in September 2016 at The Teatro Romano in Verona. In February 2017, the band released the second single/video “Molokai”. Soon after, just like in years past, another change with the band. It was after a very long internal discernment, that Davide made the decision to keep serving the Lord and the Catholic Church in the Laical form, giving up to practice as a priest. But with that change, the artistic mission with Metatrone is still on the run! “Eucharismetal” will be officially released in USA and Canada distributed by MVD Entertainment October 13, 2017.
0 NEWS: Decibel Mag Premiere Colorado Black Metal Masters SAR ISATUM New Track “Chenoo”; Debut Album “Shurpu” Digital Release Nov 17th, CD Release Dec 22nd
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – November 1, 2017
For fans of Emperor, Gorgoroth, Marduk
Decibel Mag Premiere Colorado Black Metal Masters SAR ISATUM New Track “Chenoo”
Debut Album “Shurpu” Digital Release Nov 17th, CD Release Dec 22nd
L-R – CC – Bass, JP Dalkhu – Drums, Demothi – Vocals (Photo Credit: Matthew Zinke)
Two things always contribute to creating epic original black metal. One is location, and by being based in Colorado, the Rocky Mountains provide the ideal canvas for technical symphonic black metal band SAR ISATUM to sweep broad musical brush strokes across a vast vista, musically, mentally, and physically.
The second is lyrical inspiration. SAR ISATUM eschews all the usual flogged-to-death lyrical clichés of black metal to take inspiration from a variety of sources. The very name SAR ISATUM comes from the Sumerian dialect. It means ‘King of Fire.’ Indeed, both the Sumerian and Annunaki empires provide strong lyrical inspiration.
Inspired by Emperor, Dark Funeral, Gorgoroth, Sothis and Craft, band member J.P Dalkhu describes SAR ISATUM’s music as “ethereal, nefarious, repugnant, abhorrent, cryptic.”
SAR ISATUM have high expectations of their upcoming debut album “Shurpu”, but at the same time, SAR ISATUM create music for themselves, not copying what has come before, but fans of various styles of black metal will find much to appreciate here. As Dalkhu so lyrically says SAR ISATUM create “a variation of extreme and atmospheric black metal as if one went through a burning battlefield and witnessed horrid devastation.” Dalkhu feels that this is the best band its members have ever been a part of and are constantly evolving as musicians.
Teaming up with Decibel Magazine, SAR ISATUM are sharing with fans their second single “Chenoo”.
The band comments:
“Chenoo is the second song of the album, it’s a completely different from the first self titled track on the album, it’s a devastating track from beginning to end, Chenoo is about the evil man-eating ice giants of northern Wabanaki legends. A Chenoo was once a human being who either became possessed by an evil spirit or committed a terrible crime (especially cannibalism or withholding food from a starving person), causing his heart to turn to ice. In a few legends a human has been successfully rescued from the frozen heart of a Chenoo, but usually once a person has been transformed into a Chenoo, their only escape is death.”
Listen to “Chenoo” at the following link: https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/11/01/track-premiere-sar-isatum-chenoo/
“Shurpu” will be released digitally on November 17th and on CD December 22nd. Pre-order available on Bandcamp here.
For those in the Denver, CO area, SAR ISATUM will be performing with Belphegor, Cryptopsy, Panzerfaust, and Mount Cairn on November 19th at the Roxy Theatre. Full details can be found here.
“We are gonna get on stage and take it on like a battle in a war. Expect an intense live show from us, like a fire destroying everything in its path.” says Dalkhu.
1. Sar Isatum (8:06)
2. Chenoo (3:13)
3. Black Gate (4:52)
4. Gormandizer (5:34)
5. Celestial Diaspora (5:27)
6. Vanaspati (4:04)
7. Halls of Pestilence (4:41)
Album Length: 36:01
http://www.facebook.com/Sar-Isatum-1811781679072566/
https://sarisatum.bandcamp.com/
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-aFm
(bio written by Steve Earles)
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“Combining symphonic, atmospheric and pummeling elements of black metal history, the band conjures an impressive battle cry that any grim fan can easily connect with.” – Metal Injection
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0 Lords of Metal – Interview w/ Nervcast
0 Lords of Metal – Arisen From Nothing – Broken
0 Lords of Metal – Nervcast – Locked And Loaded
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
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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
