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0 Blog à part – Jupiter Hollow
0 Metal Eyes Iyezine – Terrifier – Weapons of Thrash Destruction (Test Your Metal Records)
0 The Lp Collective – The Power Of the Red Cain Army is Undeniable
You know when you listen to a song and it just feels – big? Like having the skies open up and release something powerful. Listening to Red Cain does that for me. Their ability to push out pow…
0 NAMM 2017 interview with Rob of Necronomicon CAN on Metal Messiah Radio
0 NEWS: Wacken Metal Battle USA Announce Boston and Philadelphia Rounds
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 7, 2017
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Wacken Metal Battle USA Announce Boston and Philadelphia Rounds
One Champion To Play At Wacken Open Air
One band, one champion, thousands of metalheads!
Wacken Metal Battle In America For The First Time!
For over a decade at the world’s largest outdoor metal festival Wacken Open Air, independent metal bands from around the globe have been performing in front of thousands and competing against one another for one to be crowned champion of the world along with winning multiple prizes (prizes info). For the first time ever, Wacken Metal Battle USA is coming to America for its inaugural year and will be hosting qualifying rounds in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. The national champion of those battles will perform at the 2017 festival taking place from August 3rd – 5th. Please watch the following video trailer to see all the metal fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_xjt8Qp3TE
The first batch of qualifying rounds have been announced for Boston and Philadelphia as follows:
Boston, MA
Round 1 – Tuesday, February 21 @ Once Somerville (156 Highland Ave, Somerville, Massachusetts)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/890965641045352/
Coffin Birth – http://coffinbirth.bandcamp.com/
Skull Hammer – http://www.skullhammer.net/
Swarm Of Eyes – http://swarmofeyes.com/
1 TBD
1 TBD
Round 2 – Tuesday, March 21 @ Once Somerville (156 Highland Ave, Somerville, Massachusetts)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1841549376120623/
Pathogenic – http://pathogenic.bandcamp.com/
Carnivora – http://carnivora.bandcamp.com/
Ravage – http://www.RavageTheEarth.com/
Goblet – http://goblet2.bandcamp.com/
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1841549376120623/
Pathogenic – http://pathogenic.bandcamp.com/
Carnivora – http://carnivora.bandcamp.com/
Ravage – http://www.RavageTheEarth.com/
Goblet – http://goblet2.bandcamp.com/
Round 3 – Wednesday, March 29 @ Once Somerville (156 Highland Ave, Somerville, Massachusetts)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1365881590142958/
Upheaval – http://upheavalboston.bandcamp.com/
Leather Lung – http://leatherlungcult.bandcamp.com/
Birnam Wood – http://birnamwood.bandcamp.com/
Concilium – https://www.facebook.com/conciliumdoom/
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1365881590142958/
Upheaval – http://upheavalboston.bandcamp.com/
Leather Lung – http://leatherlungcult.bandcamp.com/
Birnam Wood – http://birnamwood.bandcamp.com/
Concilium – https://www.facebook.com/conciliumdoom/
Final – Thursday, April 20 @ Once Somerville (156 Highland Ave, Somerville, Massachusetts)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/364745117238312/
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/364745117238312/
Philadelphia, PA
Round 1 – Saturday, March 18 @ Whiskey Tango (14000 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Round 1 – Saturday, March 18 @ Whiskey Tango (14000 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/618215298370947/
In The Presence Of Wolves – http://inthepresenceofwolves.com/
POWER THEORY – http://sentinelmusic75.wixsite.com/powertheory
Corpse Hoarder – https://corpsehoarder.bandcamp.com/
Fatal Aggression – https://youtu.be/GW-oxme5duM
Assayer – http://assayermetal.com/
Malphas – https://malphas94.bandcamp.com/
New York City
(dates coming soon)
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How it works:
Each city will hold their qualifying rounds plus city finals, selecting the top band to move forward to the national final in New York City (date to be determined) with one being selected to perform at the 28th edition of Wacken Open Air. All bands will be judged during battle rounds by respected local music industry.
The finalists will be selected as follows by city.
2 Finalists from Boston
2 Finalists from Philadelphia
2 Finalists from New York City
National Final in New York City
National Final in New York City
For more info on Wacken Metal Battle USA, please visit these links:
Official Website: http://www.metalbattlusa.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wackenmetalbattleusa/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WackenBattleUSA
For more info on international battle, please visit: http://www.metal-battle.com
For more info on Wacken Open Air, please visit http://www.wacken.com
RULES:
All bands, that wish to participate in the Metal Battle, must read the following rules and guidelines. Bands who send in an application automatically agree to the rules and terms.
- Your band doesn’t have a deal and isn’t about to sign to a label in the near future.
- Your band can easily play a 25 minute set consisting of your own songs. (No Covers). Full set performance time is 25 mins.
- PA, lighting, and sound engineer will be provided for all bands.
- Backline arrangements TBA.
- The bands must bring their own instruments such as guitars, bass, drum breakables, keyboards and effect pedals and may also bring and use their own guitar amps.
- To keep the changeover times as short as possible, bands with left handed drummers will play as first or last band. All bands have to follow the directions given by the promoters or stage manager.
- Semi playback is not allowed. All bands must play live. Background orchestrations are ok as long as all vocals, guitars and bass are live. Intros / interludes are also ok.
- Jury of respected music industry folk will decide the winners each night.
If a band overruns its allotted performance-time, then the band-members should be aware of the fact that in this case their sound will be faded out. The running order for the concert will be released a few days before the event takes place.
Please note:
Travel for the winning band to go to Germany is at their own expense and accommodations at the festival will be in the form of camping in the VIP area.
Full professional back line will be provided for performance.
Sponsors / Media Partners:
LosCabosDrumsticks.com
MetalMasterKingdom.com
MetalNationRadio.com
Metal-Rules.com
MetalSucks.net
MetalUnderground.com
PureGrainAudio.com
DVT Entertainment
Dungeon Works Productions
Asher Media Relations
Grayskull Booking
Full Siege Entertainment
Gigfly.ca
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0 Kultur 666 – Valfreya – Promised Land
Well produced and written with talent, Valfreya has released a really interesting album that, in my opinion, might please death metal fans, more than some bands in the folk/pagan metal style, where some times volktroll is more present and aggressiveness less put up front. With Valfreya you have blast beats and guttural vocals along the chants of the lovely female bandmate Crook. So, if you’re looking into epic metal, but is still into the death realm, try ‘Promised Land‘ by Valfreya.
https://kultur666.com/2017/02/06/promised-land-by-valfreya-a-comment/
0 REMINDER – Tour Kick Off This Week! – FROM THE WOLVES ‘Van Flip And Die Tour’ Dates (BC/AB) w/ Shark Infested Daughters
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 2017
For fans of The Ghost Inside, Parkway, Fit For A King, As I Lay Dying
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REMINDER – Tour Kick Off This Week! – FROM THE WOLVES ‘Van Flip And Die Tour’ Dates (BC/AB)
w/ Shark Infested Daughters
w/ Shark Infested Daughters
New EP Out Now! ‘Nightmares’
Vernon Morning Star (Vernon, BC) – ‘From The Wolves Tour Nightmares‘
Nexus Newspaper (Victoria, BC) – ‘From the Wolves use music to challenge religion‘
Alberni Valley News (Port Alberni, BC) – ‘Metal Band Plays Rainbow Room‘
Van Flip And Die Tour: From The Wolves + Shark Infested Daughters
Tuesday, Feb 7, 2017 – Kelowna, BC – CHAOS w/ Nomessiah Radio Show – info
Wednesday, Feb 8, 2017 – Kelowna, BC – Fernando’s
Wednesday, Feb 8, 2017 – Kelowna, BC – Fernando’s
Thursday, Feb 9, 2017 – Vernon, BC – Record City (All Ages) – info
Friday, Feb 10, 2017 – Vancouver, BC – Smiling Buddha Cafe – info
Saturday, Feb 11, 2017 – Victoria, BC – Logan’s Pub – ABP FEST – info
Sunday, Feb 12, 2017 – Port Alberni, BC – Rainbow Room (All Ages) – info
Sunday, Feb 19, 2017 – Calgary, AB – Broken City (All Ages) – info
Friday, Feb 10, 2017 – Vancouver, BC – Smiling Buddha Cafe – info
Saturday, Feb 11, 2017 – Victoria, BC – Logan’s Pub – ABP FEST – info
Sunday, Feb 12, 2017 – Port Alberni, BC – Rainbow Room (All Ages) – info
Sunday, Feb 19, 2017 – Calgary, AB – Broken City (All Ages) – info
Hailing from Calgary, AB, the imaginatively named FROM THE WOLVES mix melody with metalcore, creativity with carnage, and intelligence with aggression, something they’ve nailed with their new EP ‘Nightmares’ produced by Rob Kukla (Arbitrator) with mixing and mastering done by Sacha Laskow (Every Hour Kills, ex-Divinity). Teaming up with fellow Calgaryians Shark Infested Daughters for the ‘Van Flip And Die Tour’, the metalcore tyrants are taking their self described sound of “an absolutely horrifying unnatural train-wreck” across British Columbia in February along with a hometown show.
‘Nightmares’ EP stream available via Bandcamp here plus digital download via iTunes.
Music Video – Calloused – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugDlFuAl7iQ
About:
Hailing from Calgary, the imaginatively named From The Wolves mix melody with metalcore, creativity with carnage, and intelligence with aggression, something they’ve nailed with their new EP ‘Nightmares’ , which captures their live fury forever like some creature in amber. Describing their sound as “an absolutely horrifying unnatural train-wreck” and live as “a very high energy show”, From The Wolves are taking their music to the next level with inspiration from The Ghost Inside, Parkway Drive, Emmure, Norma Jean and The Acacia Strain.
As drummer Layne Frank says of the new EP. “Our fans will love it. It is fast and aggressive with hard hitting riffs with some melodic hooks thrown in…we want our listeners to go through an emotional roller coaster when listening to us.”
The creative well for From The Wolves is deep. “We wanted a fast and aggressive EP and these three songs were perfect for what we were going for. Fans can expect a lot more music from us.”
Fantasy plays no part in From The Wolves’ lyrical influences as they are inspired by “life experiences and anything we strongly believe in.”
Layne feels that From The Wolves’ sound is evolving rapidly. “We have grown a lot as a band, when we started, we were mainly writing with a more ‘hardcore’ style as you can hear with songs like ‘Empty Promises’, ‘Sheep’ and ‘Antagonist’ but we were always pushing for metalcore with ‘Legacy’. ‘Dead End Horizons’ and the latest song, ‘Calloused’. We have come a long way when it comes to song-writing and how we structure songs…We are influenced by a ton of different styles of metal. The main influences for us would have to be metalcore, deathcore and everything in between.”
As Layne sums up confidently. “On the whole the EP is just an angry statement towards the world and everything we all deal with on a daily basis.”
‘Nightmares’ was released October 14, 2016.
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“A Cold Embrace,” is metal to the core. With an intense mixture of hardcore and metal, “A Cold Embrace,” features amazing music, amazing song writing and amazing intensity…The vocals, riffs and backend bass and drums, are technically on point and make this an amazing EP. From the churning guitar on “Dead End Horizon,” to the technical masterpiece, “No Miracles,” this EP has an intense vibe running through it that sounds like a prison riot set to music and that means, it kicks ass. No matter if you like hardcore, metalcore, metal, etc, “A Cold Embrace,” is a big sounding EP from a band with a big future and a Bro-Metal rating of, 9/10″ – Bro Metal
“FTW were a lot of fun in the studio and they came with professional attitudes about their music. Hopefully this will be a band that continues to stick around the scene and develop their music, I’m really looking forward to how their sound develops” – Rob Kukla (Producer)
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0 Vernon Morning Star – From the Wolves tour Nightmares
0 Disgreement Radio – Playlist 5 February 2017 – w/ Valfreya
0 NEWS: ‘Don’t Forget The Business In The Music Business’ Author Antonio Ponce Posts 3 Tips To Schedule Your Time For Success
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – February 6, 2017
‘Don’t Forget The Business In The Music Business’ Author Antonio Ponce Posts 3 Tips To Schedule Your Time For Success
‘Don’t Forget The Business In The Music Business’ author Antonio Ponce has posted a new blog on tips on how to budget time, the most precious resource for an artist.
“Most people have no idea where their time goes. These same people will tell you they have no time. If they were to document what they did last week hour by hour I bet they would be surprised to see where their time goes. Most people are busy to be busy doing things that are not moving them towards achieving any goals. If you are not scheduling your time with purpose, then you will stay stuck.” says Ponce.
Entitled ‘3 Tips To Schedule Your Time For Success’, the blog mentions tips on how band should organize their time towards the things that will really move them forward such as marketing, engaging fans, networking and more. The blog entry can be read at the following link: https://www.apjonespublishing.com/blogs/news/band-3-tips-to-schedule-your-time-for-success
Ponce recently released his debut educational music business book ‘Don’t Forget The Business In The Music Business’ to enable up-and-coming bands to ascend the ladder of success, in his own words, it’s a “lean valuable quick simple guide.”.
The book is based on his band’s experience from playing his first show to six months later being invited to play a festival in Tokyo, Japan. The book is a great starting point for those interested in the business side of the music industry. Think of it as a quick business foundation musicians can use to get things going.
Ponce explains:
“I would have loved to have this information when our band started. There were so many unanswered questions that took years of searching and experience to learn. If this book had existed back then, we could have leaped over the fire instead of trying to walk through it! I know a lot of new and current bands stuck on the ‘what to do next?’ question will find value in the book’s contents. I hope this book is a tool musicians can use to help them get into a position to get to the next level and notice what we were able to do as an unknown band and that they can do it too!”
‘Don’t Forget The Business In The Music Business’ is now available both digitally and paperback on Amazon here and AP Jones Publishing here.
For more info, please visit the following links:
Official Website: www.apjonespublishing.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dont-Forget-the-Business-in-the-Music-Business-1617784771856514/#
Twitter: @APJonesPublish
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“Don’t Forget The Business In The Music Business is absolutely worth the time of any aspiring musician or music band. There are a numerous gems presented in the book which would be beneficial to anyone interested in pursuing a career in the music business.” – The Gateway
“He teaches a few different skills throughout the book, which are typically things that bands focus on less, like budgeting, how to move to a different city, book shows and tours, run social media, marketing, selling music and building relationships…Biggest piece of advice Ponce offers is to focus on goals, have goals set and make sure everyone is on the same page.” – Edmonton Examiner
“The novel points bands towards the more ‘behind-the-scenes’ areas of the music business; the much less known side of the entire project” – Playlist Play
“Antonio Ponce Takes Care of the Music Business” – CBC Daybreak Alberta – Full interview here.
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