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0 Madness To Creation – Last Bullet – 80-69-64 – “The attitude, the musicianship, and that feeling of gritty dirty rock is back in the form of Last Bullet.”
https://madnesstocreation.net/2017/07/27/80-69-64-by-last-bullet-good-time-rock/
“The attitude, the musicianship, and that feeling of gritty dirty rock is back in the form of Last Bullet. It’s that breath of fresh air to hear a band that wants the stages, the girls, and the lifestyle of what it is to be a rockstar and Last Bullet certainly pulls that off with “80-69-64”! This is what it should sound like when hard work and dedication to the craft is put into the songs! A solid 8 out of 10 stars as it leaves the rock and roll palate wanting more!”
0 NEWS: WOODHAWK “Strikes Back Tour” (AB/SK/BC) + Riff-tastic Debut LP “Beyond The Sun” Out Now! + New Video “The High Priest”
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 27, 2017
For Fans of Black Sabbath, The Sword, Clutch, Truckfighters, Priestess, Mastodon, Red Fang, Thin Lizzy
WOODHAWK “Strikes Back Tour” (AB/SK/BC)
Riff-tastic Debut LP “Beyond The Sun” Out Now!
New Video “The High Priest”
Calgary’ AB’s masters of straight ahead riff-rock wizardry WOODHAWK will be hitting the road this September for their second Western Canadian tour (AB/SK/BC) (dates listed below) in support of their full length album ‘Beyond The Sun’released this past April. The album was produced by the band with Jesse Gander (Bison, Japandroids) to follow their 2014 debut 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.
The band comments:
“This tour sees us wrapping up our western Canada touring in support of Beyond The Sun. Western Canada is so good to us. A New Hope seemed to be a lot of people’s favourite song off the album, so we thought it would be funny to pull another Star Wars reference out, with naming the tour Woodhawk Strikes Back.”
‘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 Strikes Back Tour (AB/SK/BC)
Sept 3 – Calgary, AB – Atlantic Trap and Gil
Sept 8 – Lethbridge, AB – The Slice
Sept 9 – Regina, SK – The German Club
Sept 15 – Golden, BC – The Rockwater
Sept 16 – Vancouver, BC – The Astoria
Sept 23 – Kelowna, BC – Doc Willoughby’s
Oct 7 – Edmonton, AB – UP+DT Festival – Downtown Edmonton Community League
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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“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 Head-Banger Reviews – Howling Giant – Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 2 ““Part 2” is ready to crash land and it’s one of the most tasteful pieces of stoner rock I’ve ever heard.”
Source: Howling Giant – Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 2
““Part 2” is ready to crash land and it’s one of the most tasteful pieces of stoner rock I’ve ever heard…Howling Giant astonished me with “Part 2” and it whets my palet, even more, to hear what they can whip up, and makes me wonder how they’re somehow going to close out this three-part saga in the future. I’m more than willing to wait another year to hear the magnificent conclusion to an unforgettable journey the likes of which is one that can’t be ignored. “Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 2” is everything I could’ve dreamed of and more, and I’ve no doubt it’ll impress any stoner rock fan from the outer depths of the cosmos as well!”
0 Music Existence – Last Bullet – 80-69-64 “Last Bullet is a Toronto based band that knows how to make southern rock magic…Having shared the stage with names like Aerosmith, Soundgarden, Slash, Buckcherry and more, this band is on the rise. Last Bullet’s EP 80-69-64 was released July 14th and proves that rock and roll isn’t dead with their energetic, confrontational tracks.”
“Last Bullet is a Toronto based band that knows how to make southern rock magic…Having shared the stage with names like Aerosmith, Soundgarden, Slash, Buckcherry and more, this band is on the rise. Last Bullet’s EP 80-69-64 was released July 14th and proves that rock and roll isn’t dead with their energetic, confrontational tracks.”
https://musicexistence.com/blog/2017/07/26/ep-review-last-bullet-80-69-64/
0 Prog Mag – Meet Cydemind, the band making prog metal their own
0 NEWS: MUTANK To Play Metalelujah Fest In Quebec City + Out Now! New Mosher “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” via Boonsdale Records
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 26, 2017
For fans of D.R.I., Suicidal Tendencies, Havok, Megadeth
MUTANK To Play Metalelujah Fest In Quebec City
Out Now! New Mosher “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” via Boonsdale Records
(Photo Credit: Katherine Dydyk)
L-R – Ahmed Daas – Drums, Chris Nasty – Guitar, Costa Skoulikas – Guitar, Stephen Reynolds – Vocals/Bass
Wrapping up their cross Canada tour last month with metal legends ANNIHILATOR and Australia’s MASON, Montreal thrashers MUTANK will be returning to Quebec City on August 4th to perform at Metalelujah Fest. The two day festival will feature bands from the Quebec metal scene such as Morgue, Insurrection, Ghoulunatics, Warsenal, Eternal Judgment, Accursed Spawn and more. Full details can be found here.
MUTANK is performing in support of their new EP “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” released this past June via Boonsdale Records. The five track demolisher was produced with Topon Das (Fuck The Facts) and is a step up from what people have heard from them thus far. The EP follows their debut cassette EP “M.E.C.H. Metal” and is a taste of what’s to come from the band’s full length planned to be unleashed later this year. The title of the EP “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” stands for “We Have Alottta Thrash Songs That Have Abbreviated Titles” and came to be first as joke for the band.
Vocalist Stephen Reynolds comments:
“I just thought it would be funny to force an acronym for ‘what’s that?’ and I came up with ‘We Have Alottta Thrash Songs That Have Abbreviated Titles’. From there we came up with the concept of an EP with a bunch of forced acronym titles. The EP itself was written somewhat conceptually with the individual songs being very short thrash songs that come together to make one longer progressive thrash track, which harkens back to the title since we don’t even know what it is!”
“W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” is now available for CD order and digital download at the following link: https://mutankthrash.bandcamp.com/album/w-h-a-t-s-t-h-a-t plus all major online retailers such as iTunes, Amazon, etc.
MUTANK‘s single “P.O.P.U.L.O.U.S” is streaming at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgVrCj3Rpd8EP Promo Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTDEKMOUf9o
Live video MUTANK at Wacken 2014 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQrLaG8BPL4
Track Listing:
1. L.I.F.E. (1:01)
2. I.D.I.O.T. (2:06)
3. P.O.P.U.L.O.U.S. (1:40)
4. F.O.G. (1:33)
5. D.E.A.T.H. (3:50)
EP Length: 10:17
EP line-up:
Stephen Reynolds – Vocals/Bass
Ahmed Daas – Drums
Costa Skoulikas – Guitar
Lee Whiskey – Guitar
Live line-up:
Stephen Reynolds – Vocals/Bass
Ahmed Daas – Drums
Costa Skoulikas – Guitar
Chris Nasty – Guitar
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“they play good-natured thrash a la Overkill and Exodus… perfectly serviceable and enjoyable, definitely more effective when they are playing fast.” – Decibel Mag
“MUTANK is like a Coffee Crisp bar: crunchy as hell, and without any gooey center.” – Bucket List Music Reviews
“their hybrid thrash, traditional, speed metal makes for a great heavy experience” – We Love Metal
“Killer drumming, awesome bass hooks, great rhythm & furious sounding vocals. It’s a statement of intent from Mutank. That they are not to be underestimated & written off as just another ‘thrash throwback’.” – Games, Brains & A Headbanging Life
“They have a lot of thrashing songs that have abbreviated titles, and they kick some serious ass with their old school music and hardcore attitude.” – The Headbanging Moose
“Mutank have gotten creative with each song on the album, by coming up acronyms to fit the title of the album, they describe their sound as a “T-rex skateboarding down a volcano”. If your a fan of old school Overkill, Megadeath or Exodus or if you just want a fast and thrash album check it out” – Canadian Beats
““W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” is one of those records that you seem a band jamming out in their garage and eventually an audience just gathers because their thrash, punk, and a bit of tongue-in-cheek causes the listener to pay attention to what Mutank has to say.” – MUEN Mag
“Fast riffs, Heavy tempos crazy yelling.. its got all you’ve asked for. A mix of Suicidal Tendencies Punk/Thrash debut, Nuclear Assault fast moshing killer speed assault…a great funny and entertaining mini album for all beer drinkers fans of Tankard and ready to get into the moshpit 100/100.” – The Metal Mag
“grab you battlejack, studs and spandex trousers and feel like you are back in 1985.” – Lords of Metal
“Listen to this EP. Buy it. Make love to it. Pass it down to your children. For fans of thrash and underground metal, this release is sure to pacify any feelings of rage that might be nestled deep within your cranium. Enjoy it (I did).” – AEA Fanzine
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0 NEWS: MetalWani Premiere CENTURIES OF DECAY’s George Orwell Inspired Single “Wings of Death”; Debut Self-Titled Album Out Aug 4th
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 26, 2017
For fans of Enslaved, Opeth, Gojira, Isis, Strapping Young Lad
MetalWani Premiere CENTURIES OF DECAY’s George Orwell Inspired Single “Wings of Death”
Debut Self-Titled Album Out Aug 4th
L to R: Rob McAllister (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals), Anthony Zhura (Bass), Devin Doucette (Rhythm Guitar, Main Vocals), Derrick Doucette (Drums)
Photo Credit – Brendan Smyth. www.smythphoto.com
We live on the layers of deep time and history, strata of times past; life literally depends on centuries of decay. Now, progressive extreme metal visionaries CENTURIES OF DECAY build on the metal that has come before to create the metal of the future. Known for creating an intense powerful atmosphere and letting the metal speak for itself in their live performance, the Toronto based quintet are bringing that experience to fans in their debut self-titled concept album set for release on August 4th.
Drummer Derrick Doucette comments:
“We’ve often thought about the fragility of civilization throughout history and events repeating. With that in mind, our concept album tells the story of society being born, corrupt and destroyed in an endless cycle. It can be taken as a literal piece of fiction, or even a social commentary. It also comes from more personal issues such as depression, disillusionment and failure.”
Teaming up with MetalWani.com, the band reveals their second single “Wings of Death”, a song about religious and political propaganda and how it’s use to draw lines between people and nations. The lyrical content of this song draws from influences from George Orwell’s 1984. The song was written as two halves, a slower heavier groove, then kicking into fast paced death metal with some vocal harmonies by guitarists Rob McAllister and Devin Doucette.
Listen to “Wings of Death” at the following link: https://metalwani.com/2017/07/premiere-stop-everything-youre-doing-stream-centuries-of-decays-crushing-new-single-wings-of-death.html
Album pre-order available on Bandcamp here and Amazon here.
Track Listing:
1. Intro (1:10)
2. Centuries of Decay (9:56)
3. The Architect (4:12)
4. Asylum (5:46)
5. Odyssey (8:50)
6. Wings of Death (4:55)
7. Rise (6:26)
8. Demise (12:18)
Album Length: 53:37
2. Centuries of Decay (9:56)
3. The Architect (4:12)
4. Asylum (5:46)
5. Odyssey (8:50)
6. Wings of Death (4:55)
7. Rise (6:26)
8. Demise (12:18)
Album Length: 53:37
Album Band Line Up:
Devin Doucette (Rhythm Guitar, Main Vocals)
Rob McAllister (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals)
Derrick Doucette (Drums)
Anthony Zhura (Bass)
Devin Doucette (Rhythm Guitar, Main Vocals)
Rob McAllister (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals)
Derrick Doucette (Drums)
Anthony Zhura (Bass)
Live Band Line Up:
Devin Doucette (Rhythm Guitar, Main Vocals)
Rob McAllister (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals)
Derrick Doucette (Drums)
Matt Hems (Bass)Show Dates:
Aug 4 – Coalition TO – Toronto, ON w/ Vesperia, Black Eve, Lutharo – infoFor more info:
http://www.facebook.com/centuriesofdecay
https://twitter.com/centuriesdecay
https://www.instagram.com/centuriesofdecay
Devin Doucette (Rhythm Guitar, Main Vocals)
Rob McAllister (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals)
Derrick Doucette (Drums)
Matt Hems (Bass)Show Dates:
Aug 4 – Coalition TO – Toronto, ON w/ Vesperia, Black Eve, Lutharo – infoFor more info:
http://www.facebook.com/centuriesofdecay
https://twitter.com/centuriesdecay
https://www.instagram.com/centuriesofdecay
About:
We live on the layers of deep time and history, strata of times past; life literally depends on centuries of decay. Now, progressive extreme metal visionaries CENTURIES OF DECAY build on the metal that has come before to create the metal of the future.
Formed in 2013 in Toronto, Ontario, CENTURIES OF DECAY sound is ‘atmospheric, intense, powerful, dynamic, and heavy’.
Drummer Derrick Doucette explains the roots of the band’s name.
“The intention of the name is to paint an image of nature reclaiming the lands and cities and erasing the traces of humanity once people have been removed from the world. This can also be open to interpretation. Some may see Centuries of Decay as being in reference to an extended period of social degradation or the idea of the planet being a barren land void of life entirely. We chose this name because we felt it conveyed a powerful image and atmosphere, which appropriately went hand-in-hand with our musical style.”
That style will be unleashed by the four-piece on their self-titled debut album due out August 4, 2017, which drummer Derrick Doucette is eager for fans to hear.
“I was told recently that someone found our sound very unique and refreshing. That really meant a lot to me and I would love if that opinion was shared by both old and new fans. I find we’ve taken our influences from various sub-genres of extreme metal and turned them into a tasteful blend of compelling, climactic and devastating intensity on these seven tracks.”
Fans can also expect more music in the future.
“We are already looking forward to writing more material and refining our sound more. I’m excited to see how our sound will evolve…Our fans can expect multiple albums as that was the intent from day one!” adds Doucette.
Live, CENTURIES OF DECAY have their own unique approach to performing, they make every set flow together, creating a huge atmosphere and letting the metal speak for itself.
(bio written by Steve Earles)
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“This is not a one-dimensional album that’s easily described. Each song has its own style and flavour, mixing different styles together with well-deserved contempt for genre restrictions and constraints. Centuries of Decay have crafted a modern extreme metal release that effectively combines these different strains of metal into something all of their own.” – Wonderbox Metal
“Up next was Centuries Of Decay, who gave us some atmospheric death metal. Devin Doucette and Rob McAllister shared guitar and vocal duties. Devin sang lead and handled a chunk of the brutal vocals but they gave a few great harmonized melodic vocals. Their last song had an additive time signature, which is something that really catches my attention as a musician.” – Metal Master Kingdom (Live Review Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2016 – Toronto)
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0 NEWS: ZEALOTS DESIRE Post New Video For “The Fool” + Performing @ WT Fest (Brantford, ON) – July 29th
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 25, 2017
ZEALOTS DESIRE Post New Video For “The Fool”
Performing @ WT Fest (Brantford, ON) – July 29th
L-R: Josh Cunningham – Vocals, Jason Garbutt – Drums, Ben Dobson – Rhythm Guitar, Ryan Daniels – Bass Guitar, Jim Gilmar – Lead Guitar
Photo Credit – Mike Silva
Evolution is a revolution as ZEALOTS DESIRE morph from straight hard rock to something that is a more classic sound that they like fans to feel strengthened and empowered by. Hailing from London, Ontario, ZEALOTS DESIRE live up to their impassioned name. They have a fanatical desire to bring their unique and genre-redefining brand of heavy rock to the masses. Inspired by bands as diverse and talented as System of a Down, Led Zeppelin, Alice In Chains, and appropriately, Tool, ZEALOTS DESIRE describe their sound as ‘huge, intense, yet graceful and delicate’ and warn their legions of fans that their forthcoming album should be cranked as loud as humanly possible.
Set to perform at WT Fest in Brantford, ON on July 29th alongside Our Lady Peace, Collective Soul, Soul Asylum, Treble Charger, Sumo Cyco and more, these hard rockers are sharing with fans their latest single and video “The Fool”.
The band comments:
“The Fool is one of our favorite songs to perform. It seems to go through all the motions. There’s still something that feels peculiar to us about the chorus as well and we love that about it.”
To watch “The Fool”, please visit the following link:
For more info:
http://www.facebook.com/ZealotsDesire/
EPK – http://wp.me/pciNW-atM
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“Zealots Desire – comprised of guitarist and lead vocalist Joshua Cunningham, bassist Ryan Daniels, lead guitarist Matt Babineau and drummer Dan Hunt – have ingrained themselves as a staple in the regional music scene and, by and large, invoke the same loyalty, fervor and excitement from their fans that you’d expect from much more established artists. It took almost no time for their signature hard-as-nails style of rock and roll to turn up the heat in the venue a few more notches, getting people off their seats and moshing on the dance floor reminiscent of much larger shows. Most notably along with the metal power chords and catchy hooks, lead vocalist Joshua Cunningham’s natural charisma and fun stage presence was outstanding and accentuated the entire performance. ” – Lambton Shield
“Zealots Desire don’t disappoint – everything you love about their wicked blend of grunge and metal is there, including the slamming guitar, and the awesome vocal range of Josh Cunningham – check it out! You’re missing out otherwise!” – CHSR 97.9 FM
“It’s always nice when a local band is on the cusp of a breakthrough, and I guarantee you’re going to be hearing a lot more about these guys. It’s great meaty rock and roll; it’s so good, you guys should find a way to turn it into a sandwich that we can eat. Veiled under the crunching sound, your pounding drums, your soaring vocals, there is an underlying tapestry of classical music. You guys are the real deal.” – Daytime London, Rogers Television
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