Category: EPKs

0 EPK – Wither Within – Maggot Juice (single) (2020)

September 6, 2020
by Asher
· EPKs · Wither Within

EPK – Wither Within – Maggot Juice (single) (2020)

Publicist – Jon Asher – asher[@]ashermediarelations[.]com

Album Title: Maggot Juice (Instrumental Version)
Release Date: July 26th, 2020
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: The Foundation Agency (digital distribution only)

For fans of Slipknot, Babymetal, Bring Me The Horizon, Born Of Osiris, Poppy

Facebook.com/WitherWithinOfficial | Instagram.com/WitherWithin_Official

Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music

Album Title: Maggot Juice (Instrumental Version)
Release Date: July 26th, 2020
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: The Foundation Agency (digital distribution only)

Track Listing:
1. Maggot Juice (Instrumental Version) (4:13)

Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Wither Within
• All songs written by: Wither Within
• Produced by: Eitan Melody S.
• Mixed by: Eitan Melody S.
• Mastered by: Eitan Melody S.
• Album Artwork by: Eitan Melody S.
• Canadian Content (MAPL)

Recording and Live Band Line Up:
Noah Nikolas Laidlaw (Bass)
Eitan Melody (Guitars/ Vocals/ Synths)
Isaac Nicoletto (Drums & Percussion)
Kurtis Bradimore (Keyboards & Synths)

Discography:
2020 – Maggot Juice (Instrumental Version) – single

L-R – Noah Nikolas Laidlaw (Bass), Eitan Melody (Guitars/ Vocals/ Synths), Isaac Nicoletto (Drums & Percussion), Kurtis Bradimore (Keyboards & Synths)
Photo Credit – Eitan Melody: Photographer & Photo Editor, Erin Clayton: Photographer Assistant

Comprised of like-minded individuals from different aspects of the local music scene, Noah (bass), Eitan (guitars/vocals/synths), Isaac (drums/percussion), and Kurtis (keyboards/synths), Ontario’s Wither Within formed with a love of horror culture, heavy music, and a thirst to do something different, and memorable.

Established in July of 2020, they won the July 2020 Metal/Core Songwriting Contest (sponsored by Double Impact Drums) with their unique combination of metal, pop, and hip hop music. Many of their song ideas come about with Eitan writing and recording an instrumental track and sending it to the rest of the band members. Everyone then adds in their ideas and builds off of it.

Noah tracks his bass, Kurtis adds synth parts and layers existing parts, and Isaac adds drum fills and transitions to the MIDI track. In the end, Eitan puts it all together, mixes and masters, and voila, we got music!

To date Wither Within has released the single/video “Maggot Juice” with more music on the way.

0 EPK – The Myopia Condition – Event Horizon (2020)

September 3, 2020
by Asher
· EPKs · The Myopia Condition

EPK – The Myopia Condition – Event Horizon (2020)

Publicist – Jon Asher – asher[@]ashermediarelations[.]com

Album Title: Event Horizon
Release Date: October 16, 2020
Label: Independent

For fans Oh Sleeper, Death, Gojira, Beyond Creation, As I Lay Dying

Facebook.com/TheMyopiaCondition | Instagram.com/themyopiacondition.band | YouTube

““Separation From Classification” proves to be a mix of moods and sensations, as well as stylistic accents. Through dragging chords, a lumbering gait, and wailing notes it manifests gloom and despair. A ringing riff creates a sense of coiling tension and encroaching menace. Swirling leads dose the mind with feelings of eeriness and dread. It erupts in bouts of jackhammering brutishness and drops low-end detonations. And about three minutes in, the band create a stark juxtaposition, beginning with a moody yet enthralling guitar solo and then exploding in an assault of pulverizing rhythms, soaring yet ominous melody, and frantic fret-burning mayhem. Throughout, the vocals create their own juxtapositions, veering from heartless growls to skin-splitting shrieks but continually amplifying the song’s intensity. The combination of all these sensations creates a visceral response, and the overarching mood is one that seems to combine anxiety and beleaguerment with fierce defiance.” – No Clean Singing

“I love genre mashups, and the debut record from Canadian group The Myopia Condition mixes the ideal ingredients for a hot & spicy chaos cocktail. Clocking in at 28 minutes, “Event Horizon” is a short and compact release, but one that will jolt and drill your brains so fiercely that you’ll be begging for mercy. This hard-hitting beastie runs on a drilling deathcore motor and a djenty gearbox boosted by a tech-death turbine that allows it to take you from 0 to 60 head injuries in just under 4 seconds.” – The Prog Space

“The Myopia Condition don’t waste any time teasing and they go straight for the jugular. “Event Horizon” is superbly technical and madly aggressive all the way through. The production is clean and hi-fi, showcasing all sounds and textures in great quality, but it also allows the grit and grind to scrape your ears. There are some stand-out moments like the menacing keyboard driven intro, the clean guitar and bass break in ‘Separation from Classification’ and the use of shouty clean vocals in ‘Fighting Fables’. When it’s all wrapped, we have a nasty little 28 minute devil that takes no prisoners and also shows a remarkable degree of creativity! 8/10 ” – The Prog Space

“The Myopia Condition showcase some serious skill and killer musicianship with their debut release. Watch out for their release this fall and prepare to get shaken!” – The Independent Voice

“”Event Horizon” is not a long album, just twenty-eight minutes consisting of eight tracks and an intro, but it’s what The Myopia Condition manage to squeeze into this time frame that really matters. It’s an intense and well filled album that demonstrates a lot of seriously good musicianship. An engaging meld of crushing rhythmic grooves, devastating breakdowns and face searing growls all delivered as very ambitiously constructed tracks that ooze technical excellence and brutality in a very engaging manner that results in an all-out assault on the senses. 4.5/5” – The Metal Wanderlust

“If you listen to one album this week that you haven’t heard before; make it this one. You won’t be disappointed. [8.5/10]” – Metal Noise

““Event Horizon” is a reflection of approach desolation with an array of weapons and, as such, takes the fight against this inevitable ending. If you are going to tell a story, then you need to tell it well – and here the precision, the delivery and the language are executed with the craft of an ancient fabulist. 8/10” – CVLT Legion

“The worlds of technical death metal and metalcore rarely, if ever meet, but I think I’ve just stumbled upon the purest combination of the two that money can buy, and it’s actually really badass! Meet The Myopia Condition, they’re a Canadian act, and this is their first album, Event Horizon. It’s pretty short, as it clocks in at under 30 minutes, but it packs a punch all the same. You can hear a lot of Meshuggah, Veil Of Maya, and modern tech death like Inferi in their sound, but they have a flare that’s all their own.” – Noob Heavy

“Event Horizon is an impressive debut” – Scream Blast Repeat

BAND STORY ANGLES / FUN FACTS FROM THE BAND

1. Loud As Hell festival is always a crazy memory fuzzed time. You sorta get on the liquor train with all the games and fun everyone has going on. Whether it be beersbie or beer bongs. Beer anything really. Anyways our guitarist Josh had a bit too much of the beer indulging the day before our set. We played early afternoon and as some of you may know it gets freakin’ hot in that Drumheller area. I (Josiah) remember looking over at Josh near the end of our set and he was looking like something wasn’t right. After the set, he ran out back and hurled. hahaha. None the less he was a trooper and killed the set and we put on a wicked show.

2. Festivals are always the most fun. When we played Armstrong Fest we got to do an interview with Taylor Made Studios. It was awesome. We all sat in a pool and answered in a goofy manner. It’s funny though because out of all the interviews we have had, for some reason Josh hasn’t found his way into one of them. Hopefully one of these times he will be able to jump in a pool and answer some questions with us.

3. This moment was at the last battle of the bands for Wacken Metal Battle Canada. It was our last song of the set, Fighting Fables. Right at the beginning one of Greggins kicks had a malfunction. It’s crazy because he had to play the rest of the set with just one kick. And if you listen to that song you should be impressed by that. hahaha. The funny thing is if you watch the live video of it you can just see the sheer “uh oh” moment in Greggins face. But he recovered like the beast that he is and finished off the set using just one kick.

4. Song 9000 actually was the writing name of the track. I (Josiah) just took too long figuring out a name for it and the boys were just like, “Let’s just keep the name Song 9000.” It is one of those things that just shows our goofy side I suppose. Lyrics are far from the name of the song, but hey, it’s a sweet title none the less.

L-R – Craig MacKenzie – Guitar, Josh Gould – Guitar/Vocals, Josiah Dyck – Vocals, Robert Fearey – Bass, Vocals, Greg Glenn – Drums

Photo Credit: Robert Fearey

Through a will to create pure rhythmic brilliant chaos, came a manifestation of power and heaviness from the west Canadian prairies. The Myopia Condition was created.

It started with a melding of minds between Josh Gould (guitars) and Greg Glenn (drums). Immediately they went to work toying with ideas that had been in Josh’s head for some time. They soon brought in Robert Fearey (big guitars) and the chemistry was immediately noticed. On vocals is the gritty powerhouse Josiah Dyck and finishing off the five-piece on guitars is shred-meister Craig Mackenzie. The vibe between the boys is vastly apparent. They have found a groove to exploit and continue to refine their sound.

Hailing from Sh-Red Deer, Alberta The Myopia Condition has a sound that combines crushing rhythmic grooves, devastating breakdowns, and ballsy in the pocket riffage. With influences ranging from Periphery and Meshuggah to Lamb of God and Oh Sleeper.

In 2018 The Myopia Condition made its way to the Canadian Wacken Metal battle finals which goes to show the hard work and passion these boys put into their music and their stage performance.

The boys have made appearances at festivals such as Armstrong Metalfest and Loud As Hell, and continue to hone their Djent-Core sound. Their debut eight-song album “Event Horizon” is being released on October 16, 2020.

Discography:
2020 – Event Horizon

Shared Stage with:
Blackwater Burial, Nekrogoblikon, Protosequence, The Slyde, Fjell Thyngor, The Kodiak, Plaguebringer, Fit For An Autopsy, Omniarch, Origin, This Gun for Hire, Archspire, Quietus, Dusty Tucker

Tour and Festivals:
2018 – Loud As Hell – Drumheller, AB
2019 – AMF – Armstrong, BC
2019 – Canadian Wacken Metal Battle Finalist

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Album Title: Event Horizon
Release Date: October 16, 2020
Label: Independent

Track Listing:
1. Event Horizon (1:01)
2. Separation From Classification
3. Brainwashed (3:08)
4. AfterLife (2:57)
5. Walk Me Home (2:45)
6. Song 9000 (3:28)
7. Empty Room (2:50)
8. Rotting Soul (3:05)
9. Fighting Fables (4:26)
Album Length: 23:43

Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Josh Gould, Greg Glenn, Rob Fearey, Josiah Dyck, David Luchenski
• All songs written by: Josh Gould
• Produced by: Heath West, Diego Fernandez, Robert Fearey, Josh Gould
• Mixed by: Diego Fernandez
• Mastered by: Diego Fernandez
• Canadian Content (MAPL)

Album Band Line Up:
Josh Gould – Guitars/Vocals
David Luchenski – Lead Guitars
Rob Fearey – Bass Guitar/Vocals
Josiah Dyck – Lead Vocals
Greg Glenn – Drums

Live Band Line Up:
Josh Gould – Guitars/Vocals
Craig MacKenzie – Guitars
Rob Fearey – Bass Guitar/Vocals
Josiah Dyck – Lead Vocals
Greg Glenn – Drums

0 EPK – Autocatalytica – Powerclashing Maximalism (2020)

September 1, 2020
by Asher
· Autocatalytica · EPKs

EPK – Autocatalytica – Powerclashing Maximalism (2020)

Publicist – Jon Asher – asher[@]ashermediarelations[.]com

For fans of Devin Townsend, Meshuggah, Protest The Hero, Dillinger Escape Plan

Album Title: Powerclashing Maximalism
Release Date: October 16, 2020
Label: Self-Release

Facebook.com/Autocatalytica | Instagram.com/autocatband | Youtube.com/Autocatalytica

Spotify | Autocatalytica.bandcamp.com | Amazon

“With a bewildering, cross-pollinated sound that makes The Dillinger Escape Plan sound like Nickelback, the math-metal crew Autocatalytica are pushing the boundaries so far that they may just fall off the world’s edge… While the math-metal scene seems to have stayed in the same creative spot for the last 15 years, Autocatalytica’s music exists in its own psychotic realm, wherein jazz-tinged extremity and melodic mazes conjure a disorientating blur of psychedelic noise. The band have also earned themselves a formidable reputation as a truly mind-bending live act.” – Metal Hammer

“Crazy mathcore meets jazz-infused progressive music and avant-garde… Fabulously unique and always thrilling”- Metal Trenches

“Autocatalytica aren’t alone in bringing in so many outsides elements into a mathcore-focused sound, they are definitely one of the most ambitious and grandest groups I’ve heard do so to date.” – No Clean Singing

BAND STORY ANGLES / FUN FACTS
1. Autocatalytica has had upwards of 15 different members, so many so that at one point they printed T-shirts for all ex-members with “I used to be in Autocatalytica” printed on them.
2. Autocatalytica has always been extremely DIY for better or worse, with Eric Thorfinnson doing most of the mixing/production on every release.
3.Autocatalytica has a strong connection to classical music, with an arrangement of Claude Debussy’s “Tarantelle Styrienne” appearing on their first release.
4. At one point during the initial recruiting process, Autocatalytica would have potentially had 3/4 of its member’s named Eric(k)
5. Many of Autocatalytica’s lyrics are influenced by Eric Thorfinnson’s experience with meditation retreats & practice.

Pictured – Guitarist/Vocalist/Producer – Eric Thorfinnson

Photo Credit: Walker Esner

Autocatalytica is a bubbling cauldron of scatter-brained prog-metal insanity helmed by Guitarist/Vocalist Eric Thorfinnson.

Formed as a solo project in 2009, Thorfinnson has always drawn inspiration from a vast collage of different artists. From The Dillinger Escape plan, to The Mars Volta, to Bjork, to Devin Townsend, to 20th century composer Bela Bartok, Autocatalytica’s sound is sure to surprise and intrigue listeners of all persuasions.

Upon moving to Boston to study at Berklee in 2010, Thorfinnson recruited guitarist Erik Sorensen, Drummer Emmett Ceglia, and bassist Jon Anderson to flesh out Autocatalytica’s line-up. Over the next few years the band played its first shows and in April of 2012 released their debut EP “Horror Vacui”.

The group relocated to Brooklyn in the fall of 2012 and immediately began to rehearse and write a full-length record. In June 2013 the group began recording its eponymous LP, while continually playing shows along the east coast of the US. They released their Debut LP “Autocatalytica” in June 2014, and continued to play shows in and around Brooklyn, all the while furiously composing a follow-up record.

In early 2015, Thorfinnson found out he was going to have to move back to his native Toronto, ON, but despite this, the band decided to finish writing and recording the songs to their follow-up LP. In October 2015 tragedy struck the group when Guitarist Erik Sorensen suddenly passed away from an undiagnosed heart condition. Despite reeling from this massive trauma and coming to terms with Thorfinnson’s impending relocation, the group finished tracking drums to their next LP and played their final show as a Brooklyn-based incarnation on Nov. 21st, 2015.

Thorfinnson spent most of 2016 toiling away at the tracking and mixing of this next record at home in his native Oakville, Ontario, and December 9th, 2016 the group released the LP “Vicissitudes”, a 16-track maximalist genre-gauntlet of sporadic insanity.

Over the next few years, Thorfinnson spent most of his time on other projects, as the future of Autocatalytica remained uncertain. In 2018 he decided there was still more music to be had from Autocatalytica, and teamed up with his friend and drummer Neilroy Miranda (of local Jazz-math stalwarts “Dog Drive Mantis”) to rehearse and record a new record. The idea for this record was to be a much more collaborative effort than previous releases that had seen Thorfinnson handing all vocal and most guitar duties. The record features a smattering of collaborators including Parliament Owls / Telomere’s Devlin Flynn, Northern Heirs’ Scott Carruthers, and Plethora’s Gary Walsh to name a few. The LP “Powerclashing Maximalism” explores all corners of Autocatalytica’s sound in a tight eight tracks and 36-minute runtime, from the Meshuggah-esque stomp of “Borndun” to the Jazzy Math Rock of “Cheggo”. While at this time Autocatalytica exists solely as a recording project, but no one knows what the future holds!

Thorfinnson adds about the upcoming album:

“‘Powerclashing Maximalism’ is an expression of the many different facets of progressive and heavy music I am engaging at this point in my life, with little to no regard for thematic consistency between tracks. Each song is a fully realized island of uniqueness that expresses something totally different from the previous one. On the last record, I felt like I was really losing perspective with what was good and quality (especially in the vocal department) seeing as I did so much of it completely isolated. With this record, I really wanted to move away from that mindset and integrate as many collaborators as possible to create a sort of “Broken Social Scene” of metal type vibe. This was a fantastically inspiring experience and I am really grateful for having been able to work with so many different amazing musicians throughout the process.”

Autocatalytica’s third album “Powerclashing Maximalism” is due out October 2020.

Discography
2020 – Powerclashing Maximalism – LP
2016 – Vicissitudes – LP
2014 – Autocatalytica – LP
2012 – Horror Vacui – EP

Shared Stage With:
Bangladeafy, Impossible Voyage, Binary Code, Pyrrhon, Tippwerk, Oculescics, Knucklewagon, Sulene, Replacire, Bear Language, Das Muerte, The Fine Constant

Tours and Festivals:
Autocatalytica October Tour 2014

Album Artwork by Rachel Lindover & Eric Thorfinnson

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Album Title: Powerclashing Maximalism
Release Date: October 16, 2020
Label: Self-Release

Track Listing:
1. Borndun (5:18)
2. Zippler (3:33)
3. Trash Serum (5:19)
4. Cheggo (4:35)
5. Dukka Dukka (6:00)
6. Bananas Have Potassium (4:05)
7. Crawboi (6:08)
8. Graveo (2:32)
Album Length: 37:34

Album Credits:
• Drums tracked / Engineered by Calvin Hartwick @ Dream House Studios Toronto
• Mixed by Eric Thorfinnson with help from Luc Chiasson
• Mastered by Reuben Ghose @ Mojito Mastering
• Artwork by Rachel Lindover & Eric Thorfinnson
• Drums on tracks 1,2,3,4,5 & 7 by Neilroy Miranda
• Screams on tracks 1,2,3 & 5 by Gary Walsh
• Clean Vocals, lyrics on tracks 1,3 & 5 by Scott Carruthers
• Clean Vocals, lyrics on track 2 by Devlin Flynn
• Clean Vocals on track 7 by Amy Beth Anders
• Saxophone on track 4 by Derek Serbin
• Violin on tracks 1 & 2 by Laura C. Bates
• Guitar Solo on track 1 by Jeffrey Corcoran
• Track 8 written by Erik Sorensen, arranged by Eric Thorfinnson
• All other guitar, bass, drums & vocals recorded at home by Eric Thorfinnson
• All songs written by Autocatalytica
• Canadian Content (MAPL)

Album Band Line Up: See credits

Live Band Line Up: TBA

0 EPK – T-Rex Marathon – Days Without Incident (2020)

August 27, 2020
by Asher
· EPKs · T-Rex Marathon

EPK – T-Rex Marathon – Days Without Incident (2020)

Publicist – Jon Asher – asher[@]ashermediarelations[.].com

Album Title: Days Without Incident
Release Date: October 16th, 2020
Label: Self-Release

For fans of Silverstein, Billy Talent, Alexisonfire, A Day to Remember, Taking Back Sunday

Facebook.com/TheTRexMarathon | Twitter.com/TRexMarathon | YouTube | Instagram.com/TRexMarathonofficial

T-rexmarathon.bandcamp.com | Apple Music | Amazon | Spotify

“Each band member draws in a different musical influence, from Alexisonfire (post-hardcore) to Blink-182 (pop-punk), to even Coheed and Cambria (progressive rock), creating a sound that is impossible to be kept in a box.” – Asha Swann

“For fans of hardcore, punk and just good rock n roll, people from all over the spectrum should get on this!” – Punkanormal Activity

L-R- Alex Hodges (guitar, vocals), Jeremy Toppings (bass, vocals), Darien Swolfs (drums), Adam Sakauye (lead vocals) and Aaron Stafford (guitar, vocals)

Starting out on the Ottawa metal/hardcore scene, T-Rex Marathon has adopted a unique sound that comes from a mix of Alternative Rock, Punk, and Post-Hardcore.

Formed by friends in high school, the band began to really take shape almost by accident and through dumb luck. The current lineup consists of Aaron Stafford (guitar/bass/keys/vocals), Adam Sakauye (lead vocals), Alex Hodges (guitar/bass/keys/vocals), Darien Swolfs (drums/percussion), and Jeremy Toppings (bass/vocals).

In a fiercely democratic writing process, every single member has input and a veto, sometimes resulting in a very long but completely organic process resulting in a synthesis of something everyone is happy with. As the band progresses, so does the love and attention that is put into each and everything they produce. The T-Rex Marathon family is and has always been, dedicated to making kick-ass music and leaving a mark in the industry, not only for them, but for their fans.

The boys in T-Rex, as the band is called for short, endlessly value their dedicated fans, affectionately known as Marathoners. After all, it is for them that they continue to write about what they want and play what feels right. T-Rex Marathon’s music is a simple blend of attack and melody that has the main goal of being not only fun to play, but fun to listen and rock out to.

The stage is a performing area, and this band refuses to give anything but their all at every show. They have had the pleasure of sharing the stage with bands such as: Of Burning Empires, Flesh Over Faith, Faithful Unto Death, and Project Mantra. They have also played Wretched Fest 1&3, Unite and Ignite 2012, 2014.

To date, the band has released 2 EPs Aurelia (2017), Eponymous (2016), and are readying to share with fans their first full length “Days Without Incident ” due out October 16th, 2020.

Discography:
2020 – Days Without Incident
2019 – 27 Souls (Live from Hillside Audio) – Single
2018 – The Witness – Single
2018 – No Filter – Single
2017 – Aurelia – EP
2016 – Eponymous – EP

Shared Stage with:
IllScarlett, We Were Sharks, Bearings, Conversation, Fates Got a Driver, Lions Lions, Obey The Brave, Autumna, A Scar for the Wicked, Fractures and Outlines, Carousel Kings, Horcrux

Corporate sponsors / artist endorsements:
Bowthrowers
Hillside Audio
Beyond The Pit

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Album Title: Days Without Incident
Release Date: October 16th, 2020
Label: Self-Release

Track Listing:
1. All For Nothing (2:56)
2. No Words (4:56)
3. Faux News (3:05)
4. A Prison Just For Us (4:08)
5. Turnpike (4:06)
6. Pick Your Poison (4:58)
7. Misfits (4:24)
8. Sheltered (4:01)
9. Futures and Goodbyes (4:32)
10. 5 Centimeters Per Second (5:58)
Album Length: 43:09

Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: T-Rex Marathon
• All songs written by: T-Rex Marathon
• Produced by: T-Rex Marathon and Mike Bond
• Mixed by: Mike Bond
• Mastered by: Mike Bond
• Album Artwork by: Jeremy Toppings
• Member of SOCAN
• Canadian Content (MAPL)

Album and Live Band Line Up:
Aaron Stafford – Guitar/Bass/Keys/Vocals
Adam Sakauye – Lead Vocals
Alex Hodges – Guitar/Bass/KeysVocals
Darien Swolfs – Drums/Percussion
Jeremy Toppings – Bass/Vocals

0 EPK – Lost In Static – Train Wreck (single) (2020)

August 25, 2020
by Asher
· EPKs · Lost In Static

EPK – Lost In Static – Train Wreck (single) (2020)

Publicist – Jon Asher – asher[@[ashermediarelations[.]com

For fans of Volumes, After the Burial, Veil of Maya, Born of Osiris, Periphery

Release Date: August 28, 2020

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Discography:
2020 – TBA – Lost In Static (self-titled) – LP
2020 – Train Wreck (single)
2020 – Jordan (single)
2019 – “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Mariah Carey cover) (single)
2019 – Feel Alive (single)

L-R – Lance MacBain (Guitar), Centre Left – Tyler Johansen (Drums), Centre Right – Noureen Amin (Vocals), Far Right – Jared Boyd (Bass)

Photographer: Joe Miles – Instagram: @shotbyjoe_photography

Fresh out of Calgary, Canada comes Lost In Static. What started as a cover band called Moron Mountain many years ago has now fully blossomed into an original metal act that has been playing stages since early 2019.

Comprised of seasoned musicians Lance MacBain, Noureen Amin, Jared Boyd, Tyler Johansen the metal band has just started their musical journey fusing the djent elements of progressive metal with metalcore.

The group works together to create music that is both aggressive and fun, with MacBain generally writing the music and MacBain, Johansen and Boyd collectively writing the lyrics. Relating to their band name, the messages they send through their lyrics convey relation to the feeling of getting lost in the “static” of the world, and all the events that take place; an almost overwhelming feeling of white noise.

With an emphasis on producing a tight live show full of headbanging, energy and moshing, Lost In Static is hitting the ground running with their debut album being released soon.

Shared Stage with:
Distinguisher, No Home, Diamonds on Neptune, Snakepit, Tama Hills, Gratuitous Platypus, Dead Ringer Pridelands, Young Bloods, Iron Tusk, After The Prophet, Father Moon, DeathBreather, The Luminary Plot

Single Title: Train Wreck
Release Date: August 28, 2020
Label: Self-Release

Track Listing:
Train Wreck (4:01)

Single Credits:
• All songs performed by: Lost In Static
• Written by: Lance MacBain
• Produced by: Jesse Kopala
• Mixed by: Jesse Kopala
• Mastered by: Kyle Prusky
• Album Artwork by:@cardobear

Single Recording Band Line Up:
Tyler Johansen (Drums)
Jared Boyd (Bass)
Noureen Amin (Vocals)
Lance MacBain (Guitar)

Live Band Line Up:
Lance MacBain (Guitar)
Adrian Parcioaga
Jared Boyd (Bass)
Malcolm Propp

0 EPK – NeoNera – Saviour (single) (2020)

August 24, 2020
by Asher
· EPKs · NeoNera

EPK – NeoNera – Saviour (single) (2020)

Jon Asher – asher[@]ashermediarelations[.]com

Release Date: August 25, 2020
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid

For fans of Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden, System of a Down, Tool

Neoneramusic.com | Facebook.com/neoneramusic | Instagram.com/neoneramusic | YouTube

Spotify | Apple Music

BAND STORY ANGLES / FUN FACTS
1. NeoNera filmed the video for Saviour in a collapsing former coffee factory on top of raccoon waste and dead birds.
2. Music Video actress (Alice) was easily the coldest person that day. In between scenes, the band gave her a blanket, but she never complained.
3. NeoNera dropped out of a festival because the promoter/organizer tried to silence their song Saviour’s message on social media.
4. NeoNera once played a show in the center of the sun. Played at venue at about 4pm and the sun was directly on us making it feel about 600 degrees up there.
5. Social justice isn’t a bad word.
6. Right band wrong bill. NeoNera should have played upstairs. This about the fact that we are usually the heaviest or the lightest band on a bill. We get booked with both metalcore bands and alt almost pop rock bands.

L-R: Stephanie Leger (bass, backup vocals), Dylan Gunnell (guitar, lead vocals), Evan McCluskey (drums, backup vocals)

Photographer Credit: Dark Moon Productions.

NeoNera mixes progressive percussion with dynamic, driving bass and manic grunge guitar riffs, NeoNera is a three-piece alternative rock band from Ottawa, Canada. The band’s vocals blend frantic whispers, pounding highs, soulful lows with cathartic screams, and lyrics that peel the layers of conceit and corruption from our NEON ERA. An era of social media perfection and celebrity worship that hides scars beneath, fractured relationships, and even the voices in our own heads- all are stripped bare.

NeoNera plays live sets that offer frenzied energy, poor banter, and heavy yet danceable rock music.

Shared the stage with:
Maplerun, Iduna, Lutharo, Social Hysteria, Bright Light Social Hour, Taming Sari, Sinful Ways, Ivory Knight, The Red Rails, Walker Lukens, Born In Blue, Walking With Crows, Abandon Eden, Projekt Gothenburg, Monteith.

Discography:
2020 – Saviour (single)
2017 – Self-Titled EP

Release Date: TBA
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid

Track Listing:
1. Saviour (2:58)

Single credits:
– Song performed by: Dylan Gunnell, Evan McCluskey, Stephanie Leger
– Song written by: Dylan Gunnell, Evan McCluskey, Stephanie Leger
– Produced by: Mike Bond at Wolf Lake Studios
– Mixed by: Mike Bond
– Mastered by: Joe Lyko at Dark Moon Productions
– Single art: Arūnas Eimulis
– Member of SOCAN
– Canadian content MAPL

Single lineup:
Stephanie Leger (bass, backup vocals)
Dylan Gunnell (guitar, lead vocals)
Evan McCluskey (drums, backup vocals)

0 EPK – Sionis – Asthenia (single) (2020)

August 20, 2020
by Asher
· EPKs · Uncategorized

EPK – Sionis – Asthenia (single) (2020)

Publicist – Jon Asher – asher[@]ashermediarelations.com

Album Title: EGO
Single Title: Asthenia
Single Release Date: August 21, 2020
Album Release Date: TBA early 2021
Label: Unsigned
Distribution: DistroKid

For fans of Architects, Northlane, Erra, Monuments, Polaris

Sionisofficial.com | Facebook.com/sionisofficial | Instagram: @sionisofficial | Twitter: @sionisofficial | Youtube

Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify

BAND STORY ANGLES / FUN FACTS
1. Guitars, bass, drums, and vocals were tracked by Lee and Caleb from their homes. The guitar tracks were reamped and the track was produced by Henrik Udd in Sweden.
2. Caleb has a really weird writing process and the bulk of the instrumentals for these songs were written in one day, which consisted of 14-18 hours straight of Caleb sitting in front of a computer.
3. The band would likely not have been possible without Kijiji. All of the members in the band were found via a Kijiji ad. Terence and Caleb met after Caleb met a drummer through Kijiji, and asked him who the insanely good vocalist on his tracks was.
4. Lee was originally the Lead Guitarist of the band until Caleb and Terence found out that he could sing clean vocals. This discovery led the band down a new path where Caleb transitioned to the Lead Guitarist role and Lee took over Rhythm Guitar and clean vocals.
5. During the recording of the album, Tom tore his pectoral muscle completely off his bone in a demonstration of pure muscle badassery and had to have surgery. He is currently recovering and will have to incorporate blast beats into his rehabilitation program.

L-R – Caleb LeBlanc (Lead Guitar) | Tom Wolf (Drums) | Terence Thiessen (Scream Vocals) | Lee Stanhope (Rhythm Guitar/Clean Vocals)
Photo Credit: Steven Kovick

SIONIS is based out of Edmonton, AB, Canada and was formed in 2018. It started as a remote collaboration between lead guitarist Caleb LeBlanc and main vocalist Terence Thiessen (RIOT in Paradise, For Reasons Lost). After the two realized they were on to something interesting, in 2019 they recruited rhythm guitarist and clean vocalist Lee Stanhope, and drummer Tom Wolf (All Else Fails, Original Violence).

On August 21st, 2020, SIONIS will be releasing their debut single ASTHENIA, off their upcoming album EGO, which is mixed and mastered by Henrik Udd (Architects, Bring Me The Horizon). The track also features hard-hitting, technical drum production composed in part by Jon Deiley of Northlane.

Discography:
2020 – Asthenia (single)
2021 – EGO (TBD)

Album Title: EGO
Single Title: Asthenia
Single Release Date: August 21, 2020
Album Release Date: TBA early 2021
Label: Unsigned
Distribution: DistroKid

Track Listing:
1. Ouroboros
2. Avarice
3. Corporiety
4. Asthenia (first single)
5. Outlier
6. Leviathan
7. Harbinger
8. Leucothea
9. Cenotaph

Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Caleb LeBlanc, Terence Thiessen, Lee Stanhope, Tom Wolf
• All songs written by: Caleb LeBlanc, Terence Thiessen
• Asthenia percussion written by: Jonathon Deiley (Northlane)
• Produced by: Henrik Udd
• Mixed by: Henrik Udd
• Mastered by: Henrik Udd
• Album Artwork by: TBD
• Single Artwork by: Lee Stanhope
• Canadian Content (MAPL)

Album & Live Band Line Up:
Terence Thiessen – Scream Vocals
Caleb LeBlanc – Lead Guitar
Lee Stanhope – Rhythm Guitar & Clean Vocals
Tom Wolf – Drums

0 EPK – Skyless Aeons – Drain The Sun (2020) (CDN Records)

August 14, 2020
by Asher
· EPKs · Skyless Aeons

EPK – Skyless Aeons – Drain The Sun (2020)

Album Title: Drain The Sun
Release Date: October 2, 2020
Label: CDN Records

For fans Opeth, Dark Tranquillity, Death, Garden of Shadows, Dissection

Facebook.com/SkylessAeons | SkylessAeons.bandcamp.com | Spotify

“Musically, the song (Dimensional Entrapment) could be thought of as a blending of melodic death and black metal with some pronounced progressive tendencies. It will keep you a bit off-balance, but that’s part of what makes it enthralling to behold, and there’s engaging darkness at its core as well — a darkness that takes different shapes. Slightly discordant notes and thrumming bass tones create an immediate sense of uneasy musing. The unease blossoms into torment through broiling riffage, tumbling percussion, and guttural growls. The slithering, vibrato guitars reach shrieking apexes, but also diminish into menacing, mutated, burbling tones — and surge into rapidly jabbing assaults. The song continues to ebb and flow, eerie and haunting in one moment and absolutely insane in the next, as the guitar flurries reach plateaus of feverish mayhem and the vocals flare into throat-slaughtering shrieks. A mercurial guitar solo is initially enchanting but proves to be crazed as well — and the song ends in one last episode of uneasy reflection.” – No Clean Singing

“It’s heavy, thick and menacing… when it comes to most of the music, it’s hardened and aggressive as any Death Metal should be. Still, with a bit of a unique twist, any fans of the genre will probably find this album to their liking.” 8/10 – Metal Temple

“The follow-up to their 2016 debut EP, The Era of Famine, showcases a heavier approach as the group experiments in a progressive death direction. For those who enjoy bands such as Dark Tranquillity and Dissection, will want to check out Skyless Aeons.” – Metal Insider

“Progressive death with touches of doom and thrash metal, Skyless Aeons look to take their sound to a more majestic stage. Aiming to make a massive splash with a debut that is as enjoyably heavy as it is thought-provoking. 8/10” – Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life

“Skyless Aeons are accomplished musicians. Drain the Sun is full of complex moments, with some especially sweet bass lines, and the production is strong and hard-hitting, giving the music plenty of depth.” – Heavy Music Headquarters

“Skyless Aeons is as piercing as violent. Drain the Sun picks into the most extreme tones, combined to Prog patterns to temperate those waves of raw power.” – Acta Infernalis

“When it comes to Skyless Aeons, atmosphere is everything. Opening cut “Ascension Towards Nothing” builds over nearly 4 minutes before delivering a satisfying change up crunch and delving into the black depths of Death Metal riffage; it’s nearly 5 minutes before any vocals hit; and when they do it’s a slap in the face with a bag of rusty nails, such is the power of Ferreira’s roar. 8/10” – Metal Noise

“Rife with melancholy and rage, Drain the Sun is a fitting anthem for our times, and I can’t wait to hear more.” – Wicked Metal Review

“an interesting mix of textures” – Headshot Music

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Album Title: Drain The Sun
Release Date: October 2, 2020
Label: CDN Records

Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Skyless Aeons
• All songs written by: Nicholas Luck and Skyless Aeons
• Produced by: Michael Marucci and Eric Altomonte @ the Watershed, London, Ontario
• Mixed by: Michael Marucci @ Sonic Zen Studios, London, ON
• Mastered by: Nathan Boots @ Visceral Sound Studios
• Album Artwork by: Sam Nelson/Stigma Art
• Member of SOCAN
• Canadian Content (MAPL)

Album and Live Band Line Up:
Nicholas Luck – Guitars/Vocals
Nathan Ferreira – Lead Vocals
Stefan Oliva – Bass
Martin Burchill – Drums

L-R: Stefan Oliva (Bass), Nicholas Luck (Guitars/Vocals), Nathan Ferreira (Lead Vocals), Martin Burchill (Drums)

Photo Credit: Skye Camara

Around 2014, guitarist Nicholas Luck and drummer Martin Burchill met as a result of an errant bus ride in London, Canada. At this time, Burchill was looking for a stable project after drumming in various rock/punk/metal bands over the last decade or so, and Luck, only 18 at the time, was looking to start a death metal band.

Vocalist Nathan Ferreira and bassist Steve Oliva followed shortly after and with a scathing collective disdain for the larger structures of society and a commitment to constant evolution in sound and ethos the band recorded and released the “Era of Famine” EP in 2016.

The band has already gained a reputation through local shows as one of the more unique and energetic death metal bands in the scene, opening up for artists such as Ashbringer, The Convalescence, Nesseria, and Killitorous – a wide variety of styles, yet somehow, Skyless Aeons shares musical similarities with all of them.

At a live show, one can expect certain synchronicity and chemistry that can only come from years of experience and practice feeding off of each other’s ideas. Couple that with vocalist Ferreira’s on-stage recklessness mixed with unusually sardonic and self-deprecating stage banter, and it’s no surprise that Skyless Aeons are gaining notoriety and drawing more and more people to their local performances as of late.

2020 brings a new album “Drain the Sun”; it takes a different approach, using much heavier and expansive riffing textures and shows refining and maturation of the band’s identity. It can best be described as “; progressive death metal” with some dissonant, doom-influenced leanings.

Discography:
2020 – Drain The Sun LP
2016 – The Era of Famine EP

Shared Stage with:
Ashbringer, Nesseria, The Convalescence, Killitorous, Astaroth Incarnate, Lutharo, Kavara, Trilateral

0 EPK – Imperishable

August 10, 2020
by Asher
· EPKs · Imperishable

EPK – Imperishable

Publicist – Jon Asher – asher[@]ashermediarelations[.]com

For fans of Emperor, Angelcorpse, The Legion, Morbid Angel

Facebook.com/Imperishable83 | Instagram.com/imperishable_metal | Imperishable.bandcamp.com

Imperishable is an extreme metal side project created by Brian Kingsland (Nile/Enthean), who writes the majority of the music, plays guitar, and takes up vocal duty, with contributions from bassist Alex Rush (Enthean), and the pummeling drums of Tommy Harrison.

From South Carolina, the band was started as an outlet for Kingsland’s musical ideas that didn’t necessarily fit with his other bands; the predominant influences are the darkness of black metal and the power of death metal; namely, Emperor, Angelcorpse, and Morbid Angel.

The writing process for the band varies between the songs, Kingsland is always writing, tracking ideas with a growing repertoire waiting to be refined. With accommodations for musical personalities and influences, the song takes shape, with Kingsland’s lyrics adding the final touch. Lyrical themes are generally up to listener interpretation, but largely positive, confident and have some real-life application thrown in.

Conceived in late-2019, Imperishable will be releasing a four-track EP “Revelation In Purity” (date to be determined), which is produced and mixed by Kingsland. Mastered by Jamie King. There will likely be more music coming from the band in the future.

L-R – Alex Rush – Bass, Brian Kingsland: Guitar/Vocals, Tommy Harrison: Drums
Photo Credit: Kevin Nealey

Album Title: Revelation In Purity
Release Date: TBA
Label: Self-Release

Track Listing:
1. Exclusion Continuum
2. Revelation In Purity
3. Forlorn In The Winds of Obscurity
4. Spewing Retrobution

Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Imperishable
• All songs written by: Imperishable
• Produced by: Brian Kingsland
• Mixed by: Brian Kingsland
• Mastered by: Brian Kingsland
• Album Artwork by: Nestor Avalos
• Logo: Caelan Stokkerman
• Member of ASCAP

Album Band Line Up:
Brian Kingsland – Guitar/Vocals
Alex Rush – Bass
Tommy Harrison – Drums

Artist Endorsements:
Carillion Guitars, Bareknuckle Pickups, S.I.T. Strings, Maxon Pedals, Dunlop

0 EPK – The Reticent – The Oubliette (Heaven & Hell Records) (2020)

August 10, 2020
by Asher
· EPKs · The Reticent

EPK – The Reticent – The Oubliette (Heaven & Hell Records) (2020)

For fans of Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Katatonia, The Contortionist, King Crimson

Publicist – Jon Asher – asher[@]ashermediarelations[.]com

Album Title: The Oubliette
Release Date: September 25, 2020
Label: Heaven & Hell Records

HeavenandHellRecords.com | HeavenandHellRecords.bandcamp.com | Facebook.com/heavenandhell.recordlabel | Twitter.com/HandHRec | YouTube

TheReticent.net | Facebook.com/thereticentmusic | Instagram.com/thereticentofficial | Twitter.com/thereticentband | YouTube.com/thereticentone

TheReticent.bandcamp.com | Spotify | Apple Music

STORY ANGLES / FUN FACTS ABOUT THE BAND

1. Recording of the album was delayed four times due to a severe injury to Chris’ right arm (the deltoid bursa to be exact). As he performs all instruments on the record, he actually began lining up players to fill in for him as doctors told him he may be endangering his arm’s functionality if he didn’t take an extended break from playing. Luckily, rest allowed him to recuperate enough to complete the record. Although, the process was slowed because he was in pain the entire time. Every recording session began with him taking at least 800 mg of Ibuprofen to make it through.

2. The 54 person wind ensemble that performs on the album was entirely comprised of students of Chris Hathcock. By day he has been a director of bands at a high school in NC and now teaches audio engineering, music theory, and music production. In fact, he was nominated for the Grammy Music Educator of the Year Award in 2017.

3. Henry, the central character of the story of “The Oubliette,” is based on a relative of Hathcock’s whose name was Cyrus. The name Henry was chosen as a somewhat more universal name but also because Henry was one of the Alzheimer’s patients featured prominently in the documentary “Alive Inside.”

“First-rate Progressive Metal, technically high-standing and delivered with a very high level of genuine emotion and passion.” – Rock Music Raider, review of “On the Eve of a Goodbye”

“…The fact is On the Eve of a Goodbye is one of the best concept albums of recent memory” – Angry Metal Guy, review of “On the Eve of a Goodbye”

“This record is why I listen to music.” – The Gauntlet, review of “On the Eve of a Goodbye”

“The Reticent is progressive in the truest sense of the term, and remains one of the best-kept secrets in metal…Once again, The Reticent delivers a stirring and unforgettable album that will absolutely appeal to fans of Opeth (especially Damnation and Heritage-era Opeth), Porcupine Tree, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Katatonia and Anathema.” – Hard Rock Haven, review of “Le Temps Detruit Tout”

“The Reticent’s On the Eve of a Goodbye took me by surprise and proceeded to floor me in all its heartbreaking, sophisticated glory” – Teeth of the Divine, review of “On the Eve of a Goodbye”

“I can safely say that this album stands with any classic concept album that people will try and compare it with” – Power of Metal, review of “On the Eve of a Goodbye”

The Reticent is an NC outfit that is, as Hard Rock Haven put it, “progressive in the truest sense of the term.” Beginning as an atmospheric acoustic side project for mastermind Chris Hathcock while he toured with war-metallers Wehrwolfe, The Reticent has become a fully realized emotional experience rooted in progressive rock and metal. This was epitomized in the band’s critically acclaimed 2016 release on Heaven & Hell Records, “On The Eve Of A Goodbye” produced by Jamie King (BTBAM, The Contortionist, Scale the Summit). The album was a tragic autobiographical concept record that chronicled the day before, day of, and the day after the suicide of Hathcock’s childhood friend Eve. Critics and fans of the record alike were moved by the compelling narrative and heartrending performances. The Reticent has gone even further in their live performances to create an audiovisual emotional experience unlike any other by utilizing film, story-telling, and the sheer intensity of the music. Such unique and evocative performances have earned The Reticent a reputation throughout the American east coast as a stellar live show, taking in awards for their live performances from magazines like YES! Weekly. This intense live experience was achieved thanks to the incredible talents of The Reticent’s other members: James Nelson (Ozai), Cliff Stankiewicz (Abacab, Interstellar Overdrive), and Mitch Moore (Rites to Sedition, Inferion).

In 2019, Hathcock began preparing The Reticent for a new concept album and an all new stage show. The forthcoming album (again produced by King), “The Oubliette,” is another stirring autobiographical tale, this time of the tragedy of Alzheimer’s disease. Fans and critics alike are eager to sink their teeth into another intense emotional outpouring of progressive metal as The Reticent prepares to release new music and strike back out on the road.

Hatchcock adds:

“As with my previous album, I hope that ‘The Oubliette’ will provide listeners with a rich and emotionally challenging audio experience. This is undoubtedly the most ambitious record The Reticent has attempted to date. The hope is that listeners will be personally affected by the music on a deep level and that it may draw some attention to a disease that is frighteningly prominent but frequently poorly understood. There will be moments that are soothing and there will be moments that are overwhelming. The story I have to tell is not a happy one but it is an important one – and it is often through the pain that we find the most profound reflection and calls to action.”

“The Oubliette” is due out via Heaven & Hell Records on September 25, 2020.

Shared Stage with:
Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, Seven Spires, September Mourning, Fates Warning

Discography:
2020 – The Oubliette
2020 – Face To Black (Metallica Cover) Single)
2016 – On The Eve Of A Goodbye
2012 – Le Temps Detruit Tout
2008 – Amor Mortem Mei Erit
2006 – Hymns for the Dejected

The album as a whole:

“The Oubliette” is a progressive metal concept album focused on Alzheimer’s disease. The album follows the journey of an old man named Henry (based upon a relative of songwriter Chris Hathcock) as he descends through the seven stages of Alzheimer’s. He doesn’t know where he is or why he’s there. He doesn’t remember his wife is dead. He doesn’t recognize his son. Step by step the disease takes his memories, his ability to speak, his ability to walk, his ability to breathe. The music of “The Oubliette” traverses styles as divergent as jazz and black metal all within the framework of emotionally driven progressive metal. With each track sonically independent from its predecessor, the album moves the listener from experience to experience, vague memories to dreams and nightmares all toward its heartbreaking finale.

Track by Track explained:

Stage 1 – His Name Is Henry

● Stage 1 introduces us to Henry, a kind and warm man who is yet unaware that he’s been left at a nursing home. He assumes it’s all a mistake but begins to worry at all the unfamiliar faces passing by. The music starts out with Henry’s hope represented by the dulcet major sonorities yet the successive meter and key changes act as an omen of the tragedy awaiting Henry in this place. Elements of swing and latin music decorate the progressive soundscape representing Henry’s fun and hopeful mindset.

Stage 2 – The Captive

● As the track starts, Henry hears the orderly instruct him to return to his room as marching drums cadence him to get moving now! Now convinced that he is being wrongly imprisoned and believes his wife is being kept from him, Henry begins to oscillate between anger and despair made all the worse by the fact that he still doesn’t understand what’s happening to him. Decidedly aggressive death metal spearheads the track before Henry’s anger falls into a defeated frustration represented by the pensive midsection.

Stage 3 – The Palliative Breath

● Henry has brief moments of clarity when he realizes that “holes are deepening in his mind” and he vaguely grasps some of what’s happening to him. More calm and reflective the music echoes the patience that the doctors urge. The beautiful thoughtful acoustic opening gives way to powerful progressive rock, calm folk, and driving metal all to the conclusion that Henry’s best is long behind him.

Stage 4 – The Dream

● Disassociating further from the world around him, Henry retreats into fantasy and dream. There he is free, there he is reunited with his beloved wife. The music comes in odd waves as it sets the scene of a blurred dream with soundscapes reminiscent of Pink Floyd or King Crimson. Ever intensifying the music builds towards a crescendo as at last Henry realizes all he sees is not real and he then falls from the clouds and is plunged into…

Stage 5 – The Nightmare

● The disease itself becomes an infernal tormentor of Henry. Believing he is in fact in Hell, Henry hears the mocking screams of the disease telling him it will take everything from him – his mind, his hands, his legs, his eyes, his breath. The pitiless demons torturing Henry are represented by the frenzied black metal that surges the track forward. The inclusion of a full wind ensemble appears to announce the grandeur of Hell itself as the track relentlessly assaults Henry reminding him “There is no way out” as the track overwhelms the listener in the horrifyingly chaotic conclusion.

Stage 6 – The Oubliette

● Starkly contrasted with the Hell in Henry’s mind, is his motionless husk of a body cemented to a hospital bed. No longer able to communicate in any way, Henry realizes he is in a prison within a prison within a prison. First, this place – the hospital. Then, his body – now unable to serve him at all. Now, his mind – where he is trapped with no memories to comfort him and no way to alleviate his confusion or his suffering. The doom metal chorus contrasts starkly with the quiet and sullen guitar that etches the thoughts of Henry as he weakly insists he is still awake within this corpse and he desperately wishes to be set free. His voice shivers and cracks as he begs silently, “please.”

Stage 7 – ________

● Henry hears a nurse whisper to him to “Sleep, now.” The words echo through his mind as his body begins to at long last shutdown. The wind ensemble breathes with him – in then out – before soaring as he feels the bonds of pain slipping away. The word “Sleep” seems to cascade into eternity as all grows quiet before we are snapped back to his hospital room accompanied only by the sounds of machines alerting us to Henry’s demise. The flat line runs and runs because as he forgot, so too was he forgotten. After a while, the rain pours and we hear the admonition of a doctor warning of the epidemic – Henry’s fate coming for millions. [The subtitle of the track is stylized to represent a flat line]

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Album Title: The Oubliette
Release Date: September 25, 2020
Label: Heaven & Hell Records

Track Listing:
1. Stage 1 – His Name Is Henry (9:46)
2. Stage 2 – The Captive (6:00)
3. Stage 3 – The Palliative Breath (7:13)
4. Stage 4 – The Dream (11:47)
5. Stage 5 – The Nightmare (12:14)
6. Stage 6 – The Oubliette (10:38)
7. Stage 7 – ________ (6:10)
Album Length: 1:03:50

Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Chris Hathcock (all instruments and vocals) except for:
Lead guitar solos by James Nelson
Tenor Sax by Andrew Lovett
Female Vocals by Amanda Caines
Additional Gutturals on Stage 5 by Steven Wynn
Voice acting by Juston Green, Amanda Caines, and Rei Haycraft
Symphonic Winds by the 2018-19 Jordan Wind Ensemble conducted by Chris Hathcock
• All songs written by: Chris Hathcock
• Produced by: Jamie King and Chris Hathcock
• Mixed by: Jamie King
• Mastered by: Jamie King
• Album Artwork by: Chris Ferguson
• Chris Hathcock is a member of ASCAP

Album Band Line Up:
Chris Hathcock – Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Vocals, Additional Percussion
James Nelson – Lead Guitars

Live Band Line Up:
Chris Hathcock – Vocals, Guitar
James Nelson – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Cliff Stankiewicz – Bass
Mitch Moore – Drums

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