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0 NEWS: Doom Duo ZAUM Cross Canada Tour w/ Flying Fortress
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – June 22, 2017
For fans of Om, Sleep, Lustmord, Pallbearer
Doom Duo ZAUM Cross Canada Tour w/ Flying Fortress
Photo Credit – Don Levandier
L-R – Kyle Alexander McDonald (Bass/Vocals/Synth/Textures), Christopher Lewis (Drums/Percussion)
Touring all over Europe in support of their latest release “Eidolon”, New Brunswick’s ECMA nominees and Music NB award winning doom duo ZAUM announce they will be trekking across their home country of Canada for the month of August with support from Pembroke, ON crusty metal punk two piece Flying Fortress featuring Brandon Wars (Goat Horn, Zuku) vocals/bass and Steelrider (Goat Horn, Cauldron) drums. The tour will be kicking off on August 3rd in Ottawa and head west for it to wrap up in the east on August 22nd in Sudbury, ON (dates listed below).
The band comments:
“It has been a couple of years since we’ve toured within our home country as we’ve primarily focused our efforts overseas since our formation in 2014. Needless to say, we’re super stoked for this summer adventure across this giant beauty of a country in support of our newest record Eidolon. We were actually just fresh back from our showcase at Roadburn 2017 (with the likes of Baroness and Chelsea Wolfe) and thought, there’s really no better Canadian band and dudes to do a Canadian tour with than our old buds in Flying Fortress – and luckily the stars have aligned in our favour.”
Tour Poster by Josiah Barnett
Tour Dates:
Aug 4 – Ottawa, ON @ House of Targ
Aug 5 – Toronto, ON @ Bovine Sex Club
Aug 7 – North Bay, ON @ White Water Gallery
Aug 8 – Sault Ste Marie, ON @ The New American
Aug 9 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Black Pirates
Aug 10 – Winnipeg, MB @ Handsome Daughter
Aug 11 – Saskatoon, SK @ Vangelis
Aug 12 – Edmonton, AB @ Brixx
Aug 13 – Nelson, BC @ The Royal
Aug 15 – Abbotsford, BC @ TBA
Aug 16 – Victoria, BC @ Logans
Aug 17 – Vancouver, BC @ The Astoria
Aug 18 – Calgary, AB @ Distortion
Aug 19 – Regina, SK @ The Club
Aug 22 – Sudbury, ON @ The Asylum
About:
ZAUM’s second and latest full length musical chapter “Eidolon” was released October 24, 2016 via I HATE Records with distribution via Plastic Head/Sony Music throughout Europe and Century Media in North America to follow their 2014 debut album “Oracles”. In their three years as an active touring band ZAUM have amassed 200+ shows (mainly international) under their belts including support stints for Voivod, Pentagram, and Cauldron.
ZAUM is a passage toward the dark realizations of the old world; a monolithic doomy mantra based meditative experience forged by bass and drums interwoven with sitar, woodwind, string and synth textures. Based in New Brunswick, Canada – observers experience a tranquil resonance whereby the astral and physical planes can co-exist and be understood from a natural perspective.
ZAUM is:
Kyle Alexander McDonald (bass/vocal/synth/textures)
Christopher Lewis (drums/percussion)
Song Stream – The Enlightenment – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POe486_oUs4
Album Stream – Eidolon – https://zaum.bandcamp.com/
Track Listing:
1. Influence Of The Magi (21:00)
2. The Enlightenment (21:00)
Album Length: 42:00
For more info, please visit www.Zaum.ca.
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“ZAUM blends several moods into a really attractive, cohesive work that not only pays off, but also distances them from Om, creating for themselves a sphere of their own.” -Sputnik Music
“a new level of headphone-ready, open-consciousness expanse. Nothing matters. Give up your expectations. Quit your job and move to the forest. Build a temple by a river and spend your days naming the gods who live in the trees around you.” -The Obelisk
“Their sound encompasses the enormity of the likes of Sleep and Om, yet works in a mysticism that’s haunting and ethereal. The 40 minute span of this release is a sitar driven daydream that carries the gravitational force of tectonic plates shifting.” -Iron Fist
“Hold onto your bong, ponder those scraps of eastern philosophy you’ve picked up watching Kung Fu films from the 1970s, and prepare to escape from Samsara.” -Ave Noctum
“Consists of dread and a haunting sensation to glimmers of hope, but mostly dreadful darkness. ZAUM cast their own dark shadow, one I don’t mind being consumed by.” – Bucketlist Music Review (10/10)
“Few bands can touch the New Brunswick doom duo in terms of sheer hypnotic atmosphere. Eidolon sees them go further down their singular path into the heavy unknown. Prepare to be transported to a higher realm.” -The Sludgelord
“Simply put, ZAUM is an 11/10. To my fellow people: go home and lay down.”- Don L’Orange, -Weird Canada
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0 NEWS: Red Deer, AB’s Days of The Dead Fest Announce 1st Half of 2017 Line Up
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – June 21, 2017
Days of The Dead Fest Announce 1st Half of 2017 Line Up
(Red Deer, AB) – October 27-29
Halloween may be about putting on a costume and trick or treating around your city block, but in Red Deer, AB it’s about so much more. The rumours in the area describe a mass pilgrimage, a collective gathering from across Alberta and beyond, a zombie mosh pit coming alive. Are the rumours true…? Well during the Days of The Dead Fest, a Heavy Metal Music Festival Costume Party Extravaganza takes over!
Now in its 4th year, Days of The Dead has grown to a three day event hosting over 30 bands from across Canada for both all ages and 18+ shows for a reunion of friends, music fans and a Halloween aficionados.
The first half of the DOTD line up has been announced with the second half to be revealed on July 15th.
Friday, October 27th at The Vat Pub:
Killed By The Nine
Spurn
Follow The Sorrow
GrizzlyHawk (SK)
Earth’s Ashes
VOTOV (MB)
Saturday October 28th at The Vat Pub:
Wives Tail
A Scar For The Wicked (ON)
The Myopia Condition
Adrian Pain & The Dead Sexy (ON)
Dead 3 Days (ON)
Leave the Living
Sunday, October 29th at The International Beer Haus:
***ALL AGES***
Skeptal
In Ruin (SK)
Fück Nazi
DropDeadFred (BC)
Hammerdrone
Exit Strategy
For more info, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/DaysOfTheDeadRD/
Partners:
Shadows Productions – http://www.facebook.com/shadowsproductionsRD
Gigfly – http://www.gigfly.ca
The Soundhouse – http://www.thesoundhouseonline.com
Dark Day Studios Red Deer – http://www.darkdayrd.com
Temple Entertainment – http://www.templeentertainment.ca
Metal Master Kingdom – http://www.metalmasterkingdom.com
PureGrainAudio – htp://www.puregrainaudio.com
Pure Rock Radio – http://www.purerockradio.net
Western Canadian Metal Festival Alliance – http://www.facebook.com/Western-Canadian-Metal-Festival-Alliance-207285072775350/
Asher Media Relations – http://www.ashermediarelations.com
Absolute Underground – http://www.facebook.com/AbsoluteUndergroundTV
Broken Neck Radio – http://www.brokenneckradio.com
Kats Metal Litter Box – http://katsmetallitterbox.com
Crown of Viserys – http://www.crownofviserys.wordpress.com
Canada’s Extreme Metal Radio – http://www.cemr.ca
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0 NEWS: Actor BILLY BLAIR Signs His Band JUNK To Zombie Shark Records, Premiere New Track “Pop Rock Genocide” via KNAC.com
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Montreal, QC – June 21, 2017
Actor BILLY BLAIR Signs His Band JUNK To Zombie Shark Records, Premiere New Track “Pop Rock Genocide” via KNAC.com
Dallas, Texas rock trio JUNK have inked a worldwide deal with Zombie Shark Records, the new record label from Noah “Shark” Robertson (Motograter, EX-The Browning).
JUNK is fronted by guitarist and vocalist, Billy Blair (Surgeon General, Mother Truckin Skull Diggers, Earshot, Love Stricken Demise) who is also a prolific actor and has appeared in such films as Machete, Machete Kills, The Last Stand, Jonah Hex, and Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. The three-piece is rounded out by bassist and vocalist, Benjamin K. Bachman (Never Mind The Darkness, Zativah Kid), who has also produced various solo albums and material for film, and drummer Brian Klein (July Alley, Shadow Reichenstein).
Blair states, “We are beyond pleased to be a part of a label that believes in its bands and has our backs.. and that label is Zombie Shark Records! Horror movies and rock n roll in a gift bag!”
The band takes influence from a wide range of artists such as Billy Idol, Soundgarden, Danzig, INXS, Dooby Brothers, and Alice In Chains plus has shared the stage with bands such as Skid Row, Dokken, Faster Pussycat, and Steel Panther.
The band’s latest single “Pop Rock Genocide” is streaming exclusively at KNAC.COM here: http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=24437
The track was recorded and produced at Soundhaven Studios in Rockwall, TX by Jason Schauer and was mixed by Travis Wyrick (P.O.D.,10 Years, Shinedown). The song will be featured in the upcoming horror/comedy movie CHEROKEE CREEK.
The band recently produced two music videos for the songs “Like Lightning” and “Built to Last” produced by Grammy Award winner Tre Nagella at Luminous Sound Studios in Dallas, TX. Both tracks are featured on the soundtrack to the film BLOOD SOMBRERO, starring Billy Blair.
The music video for “Built to Last” directed by Todd Jenkins/Movie Mafia Productions can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/2dKye68kQto
The music video for “Like Lightning” directed by Abel Berry can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/_dFsba_oX_s
Purchase JUNK tunes at www.zombieshark.net
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/Junktx/
http://www.billyblair.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3046228/
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0 NEWS: NORDHEIM Launch Indiegogo For “RapThor”, An Album About Bacon And Dinosaurs
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Montreal, QC – June 21, 2017
For fans of Moonsorrow, Finntroll, Windir, Equilibrium, Ensiferum, Kalmah, Wintersun
Quebec Folk Metal NORDHEIM Launch Indiegogo For “RapThor”, An Album About Bacon And Dinosaurs
Influenced by bands such as Finntroll, Ensiferum, Kalmah and Wintersun, Quebec folk metal NORDHEIM have launched an indiegogo campaign for their forthcoming album entitled “RapThor” to follow their two previous releases “Refill” (2013) and debut “Lost In The North” (2011). Featuring eight tracks with titles such as “Troll Riding A Raptor”, “Boobs And Bacon” and “Dragonthorn”, this third studio recording is dedicated to the epic flavour of bacon, the colossus power of dinosaurs and more.
The band comments:
“‘We want to give the fans one of the heaviest and nastiest folk metal albums to date with ‘RapThor’. It is different from our first two. We had great feedback when we played the songs live. This album is the heaviest of them all while cutting back on the European folklore influences. It’s the result of our hard work over the last few years. It is super-heavy party music!”
NORDHEIM are offering various perks and bundles through their Indiegogo campaign to meet their goal of $3,500 for “RapThor”, which can be found at the following link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rapthor-metal#/
The band has also posted a video message for the campaign at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFUtNY1K5U
1. Troll Riding A Raptor
2. Boobs And Bacon
3. Scroll Of Lightning Bolt
4. Black Witch Rises
5. I Wish You Were Beer
6. Strength Became The Storm
7. Blood’s Shade
8. Dragonthorn
NORDHEIM is:
Warraxe – Guitars, Vocals
Benfok – Bass, Vocals
Fred – Lead Guitars
Luke – Drums
About:
So many bands make listeners choke from their sheer delusional pretentions of grandeur. Not Nordheim, their philosophy is simply to make fun folk metal, as can be evidenced by titles such as ‘Boobs and Bacon’ and ‘I Wish You Were A Beer’!
Inspired by Wintersun, Windir, Finntroll, Equillbrium, and Carcass, guitarist and singer, and main songwriter Warraxe describes Nordheim’s sound as ‘fast, heavy, festive, cold, and catchy!’
Warraxe explains that Nordheim are truly a band of brothers. ‘We are a bunch of guys from Bellechasse, a small region south of the St-Laurent River in the province of Quebec. We were long-time friends and have metal as a common passion, one thing leads to another and we started a band.’
Live Nordheim really show their sense of fun. “When we play live it’s a frickin’ party! We move a lot, scream, hump the air, we drink from the fans’ beer bottles and in turn, we feed them beer, with the help of our friends and roadies coming up on stage and pouring beer in their faces. Usually between songs I’ll be making jokes about anything I can think of, as long as it’s dumb and incoherent! We have a strong sense of ‘bro-ness’ with our fans!”
For more info, please visit
https://www.facebook.com/nordheimofficial/
https://nordheim.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Nordheimband
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0 MUEN Mag – “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” by Mutank, where punk meets thrash!
“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.
http://www.muenmagazine.net/2017/06/w-h-a-t-s-t-h-a-t-by-mutank-where-punk-meets-thrash/
0 The Headbanging Moose – Album Review – Mutank / W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T. EP (2017)
https://theheadbangingmoose.wordpress.com/2017/06/20/album-review-mutank-w-h-a-t-s-t-h-a-t-ep-2017/
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.
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