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If you are looking for melodic heavy metal look no more, Solitude has the riffs all metal heads seek for. Powerful riffs are strummed with loud drum blasts continuing the life of heavy metal.

https://rockbrary.com/2016/11/28/solitude-japans-heavy-metal-in-the-trenches/

0 REMINDER – Share The News – Only A Few Days Left – Wacken Metal Battle USA Band Submissions

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Montreal, QC – November 2016

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REMINDER – Only A Few Days Left – Wacken Metal Battle USA Band Submissions

One Champion To Play At Wacken Open Air

One band, one champion, thousands of metalheads!

Wacken Metal Battle USA is coming to America!

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 (more may be announced). The national champion of those battles will perform at the 2017 festival taking place from August 3rd – 5th.

Submissions for Metal Battle USA will end on December 2nd at 11:59pm EST.

Band submissions can be made at the following link: https://metalbattleusa.com/apply/

Please watch the following video trailer to see all the metal fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_xjt8Qp3TE

How it works:

Each city will hold their qualifying rounds plus city finals (dates to be determined), selecting the top band to move forward to the national finals 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

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.

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0 The Dirty Room – Endemise – Anathema

Endemise is yet another Canadian metal band that has managed to create something fucking awesome and special.

0 NEWS: Prog Metallers TACTUS Stream Instrumental Album Version of ‘Bending Light’ via ItDjents

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Montreal, QC – November 28, 2016

Album Promo Request here.

For fans of Periphery, Protest the Hero, Between the Buried and Me

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Prog Metallers TACTUS Stream Instrumental Album Version of ‘Bending Light’ via ItDjents

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Unleashing their debut full length ‘Bending Light’ on October 7th, Fredericton, New Brunswick five piece progressive metal band TACTUS have teamed up with ItDjents for an exclusive instrumental stream of the release at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ajtk-_hOQ

TACTUS‘ ‘Bending Light’ features ten outer limit prog tracks produced by the band with mixing and mastering by Jamie King (Between The Buried In Me, Paradise Lost, Scale The Summit) to follow their previously released EPs ‘ins(T)rumental’ (2015) and ‘T’ (2014) plus singles ‘Enigma’ and their metal cover of The Police’s ‘Roxanne’.

Bending Light – Album Stream – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niLxagtaRQE

The album is available for order on CD and digital download at the following links.

CD: http://buytactus.bigcartel.com/

Regular Album Order:

https://tactusband.bandcamp.com/album/bending-light

Bandcamp Exclusive Version w/ instrumentals and complete guitar tablature:

https://tactusband.bandcamp.com/album/bending-light-bandcamp-exclusive

1. Anamnesis (2:12)
2. Aurora (6:26)
3. Scimitar (4:08)
4. All Roads (4:06)
5. Feast or Famine (4:58)
6. Colossus (4:20)
7. Goliath (7:14)
8. Cardinal (4:20)
9. Red and Ivory (6:56)
10. King of the Sky (14:35)
Album Length: 59.21About:

Formed in 2011 as a jam project by three fellow music students, the group has gone on to release several singles and EPs independently, while having the opportunity to share the stage with great metal acts like Protest the Hero, Intervals, Black Crown Initiate, and Mandroid Echostar. The group pride themselves on their infusion of multiple musical styles into hard-hitting riffs, epic choruses, and technically intense passages. Soaring melodies, guttural growls, and destructive breakdowns flow into soft, slow, and pensive segments of jazz and rock. Their compositional method, where songs are conceived, written, transcribed, and edited before they are ever learned or rehearsed, adds a level of refinement and fluidity not always found in heavier music. The band do almost all of their engineering work themselves, but have also worked with several talented producers. Their first EP T (June 2014), comprised of four previously released singles and one new song, featured the mixing and mastering handiwork of Gino Bambino (Novallo) and Justin Hill (SikTh). Their single Resurface (December 2014) was handled by George Lever (Burials).

For more info, please visit: www.TactusBand.com.

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0 Worship Metal – Krepitus – The Eyes of The Soulless

A ferocious blend of modern thrash and old-school death metal, Krepitus are as distinctly melodic as they are uniformly savage, offering a modern metal approach to time honoured structures.

http://www.worshipmetal.com/reviews/krepitus-the-eyes-of-the-soulless-album-review-free-download/

0 Amps and Green Screens – Solitude – Reach For The Sky (Test Your Metal)

…this is eight tracks of pure, unadulterated old school metal. Think NWOBHM and traditional metal with a healthy dose of thrash from the mid-to-late 80’s and you’ll get the idea. The first thing that might catch your attention is the guitar work of Shingo Ida, because it certainly caught mine. At times his playing sounds like the bastard child of MOTÖRHEAD and Kill ‘Em All-era METALLICA, which is a wonderful thing…The album has a real ebb and flow to it, with aggression, power, melody, and good hooks.

http://ampsandgreenscreens.com/2016/11/25/solitude-reach-sky/

0 Don’s Metal Reviews – Solitude – Reach For The Sky (Test Your Metal Records)

A truly enjoyable and engaging blast of furious heavy metal thunder

http://donsmetalreviews.blogspot.ca/2016/11/solitude-jap-beneath-sky.html

0 Don’s Metal Reviews – Red Cain – S/T (EP)

From the outset, the band sets up a rather intriguing mix of molten progressive rhythms and tons of charging melodic rhythms that make for quite an intriguing and enjoyable time

http://donsmetalreviews.blogspot.ca/2016/11/red-cain-red-cain-ep.html

0 Out Now! Ontario Punk Rockers EXCUSES EXCUSES Release Debut EP ‘Frame of Mind’

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Montreal, QC – November 25, 2016

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For fans of Billy Talent, Green Day, Against Me!, Foo Fighters, Cage The Elephant

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Out Now! Ontario Punk Rockers EXCUSES EXCUSES Release Debut EP ‘Frame of Mind’

New Music Video ‘The Outsider’
Offer Free Download ‘The Outsider’ via PureGrainAudio

Ontario punk rockers Excuses Excuses are proud to release their debut EP‘Frame of Mind’ out now as of November 25th. The EP focuses largely on events and experiences from the band’s teenage years touching on topics of drug use, family/personal matters, loss, and the uncertain future. The words “frame of mind” discusses the perception of one’s own life experiences and retrospectively looking at it. Holding a mirror up to the worst aspects of one’s life, the EP encourages people to seek different perspectives to attain a better understanding.

The EP is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and all major online retailers.

To hear the full EP stream, please visit the following link: https://officialexcusesexcuses.bandcamp.com/album/frame-of-mind

Plus watch their new music video ‘The Outsider’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSngRRpnuK8

And FREE song download of ‘The Outsider’ at http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/excuses-excuses-the-outsider-free-song-download

1. The Outsider (3:41)

2. Alibis (3:59) [Stream]

3. Rewind! (3:33) [Stream]

4. Frame of Mind (3:43)

5. (Is That) What You Meant (4:36)

EP Length: 19:34

For more info, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialExcusesExcuses.

About:
Excuses Excuses is a punk rock n’ roll three piece that refuse to listen to any more lies by promising to live an honest life through their music in Oshawa, ON just on the the outskirts of Canada’s Music Capitol Toronto, ON. The band is calling for people to take responsibility for their actions and Kyle (vocals, guitar, ex-Stained Glass Army), Trevor (bass, ex-Stained Glass Army), and Jay (drums) write thoughtful anthems. Since February 2016 the band has been developing their own version of punk rock inspired by bands like Green Day, Billy Talent, and Foo Fighters.

Kyle lights a spark for the band by crafting the initial melodies and structure for each song and brings it back to the team to craft the final details. Their goal is to write timeless material that speaks to disenfranchised outliers that are seeking solace through lyrical poetry and catchy riffs. Excuses Excuses write songs that are destined to be performed live with an emotive and captivating show that focuses on the crowd and ensuring their enjoyment until the last song.

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0 Metal Ashes of Phoenix – Playlist: 25/11/2016 w/ Endemise, Krepitus, Red Cain, Solitude

0 Rockbrary – Solitude – Reach For The Sky (Test Your Metal Records)

0 The Dirty Room – Endemise – Anathema

0 NEWS: Prog Metallers TACTUS Stream Instrumental Album Version of ‘Bending Light’ via ItDjents

0 Worship Metal – Krepitus – The Eyes of The Soulless

0 Amps and Green Screens – Solitude – Reach For The Sky (Test Your Metal)

0 Don’s Metal Reviews – Solitude – Reach For The Sky (Test Your Metal Records)

0 Don’s Metal Reviews – Red Cain – S/T (EP)

0 Out Now! Ontario Punk Rockers EXCUSES EXCUSES Release Debut EP ‘Frame of Mind’