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0 Montreal 90’s Thrash Titans FORESHADOW (ft. members Augury, Vantablack Warship, Arseniq33) Reemerges w/ “This Harvest That You’ve Sown” From “Here Down On Earth” Out Oct 2026

  • September 18, 2026
  • by Asher
  • · Foreshadow · Music News

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Montreal, QC – September 18, 2026

A 35‑Year Awakening- Montreal 90’s Thrash Titans FORESHADOW (ft. members Augury, Vantablack Warship, Arseniq33) Reemerges w/ “This Harvest That You’ve Sown”

New EP “Here Down On Earth” Out Oct 2026

Top – L-R- Patrick Loisel (Rhythm and Lead Guitars), Kurtis Clifford (Bass)

Bottom – L-R – Patrick Knup ( Rhythm and Lead Guitars), Pierre Pitre (Drums)

Montreal’s long‑dormant yet fiercely remembered metal force Foreshadow, featuring members Patrick Loisel (Augury), Kurt Clifford (Vantablack Warship), Pierre Pitre (Arseniq33), and Patrick Knup (Clearwater Deathblow), erupts back into the spotlight with the release of their new single and lyric video “This Harvest That You’ve Sown”, from their upcoming EP “Here Down On Earth,” due out on October 2nd, along with select support show dates across Quebec (dates listed below).

Formed formally in 1990, Foreshadow’s origins trace back to summer jams between Patrick, Kurt, and Pierre in the late ’80s. By 1992, the lineup solidified with the addition of Patrick Knup, a fellow musician Loisel met while working in a music store. The band quickly became known for pushing thrash metal into unexpected territories, touching everything from funk to extreme music.

The EP is a complete re‑recording of Foreshadow’s 1991 demo, originally shelved due to poor sound quality. The band preserved the original track order, omitting only a ballad Loisel felt was too soft and time‑consuming to revisit.
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Lyrically, the EP explores social tension, environmental decay, anti‑military sentiment, and the cyclical nature of human behaviour, topics Loisel has studied deeply as a historian and teacher. And the EP cover revisits their original 1991 demo art, depicting violence, pollution, and intolerance, issues that remain disturbingly relevant.
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​“Things are so similar now that I feel like I am 21 again. These general patterns keep repeating themselves regardless of whether we are a primitive or technological society. This album re‑emerging now is like the best timing ever,” adds Loisel.

Unveiling the lead single, “This Harvest That You’ve Sown”, the track, which was originally written in the late 1980s, channels Foreshadow’s trademark fusion of aggression, social commentary, and boundary‑pushing intensity. Written by Loisel, it confronts ecological collapse and environmental urgency, themes he has been speaking about publicly since childhood.

“This Harvest That You’ve Sown,” which I wrote, is about ecological concerns. I was an activist during my youth, and I first started speaking publicly about environmental concerns in 1978 at the age of 8. So it is a lifelong vocation for me,” says Patrick Loisel

Musically, the song reflects Foreshadow’s evolution: heavier tuning, sharpened aggression, and a rhythmic backbone that remains as solid as it was in the early ’90s. Fans can expect a listening experience that feels both frozen in time and shockingly current, an echo of the late ’80s delivered with the force of musicians who refuse to mellow with age.

Listen to “This Harvest That You’ve Sown” at the following links:

Lyric Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDWvLce3jo8

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Foreshadow’s roots pull from Forbidden, early Testament, Helmet, Pantera, Primus, Slayer, and Carcass. Their modern sound is heavier, tighter, and tuned down from Eb to B, giving the EP a crushing weight that rivals contemporary extreme metal.

With renewed interest from younger metal fans and stronger genre demographics than the early ’90s, Foreshadow expects this release to resonate far beyond nostalgia.

“We sound as aggressive as if we were 35 years younger,” Loisel says. “It doesn’t show an iota.”

Due out October 2, 2026, the EP pre-order / pre-save for “Here Down On Earth” is available at the following link:

​https://foreshadow.bandcamp.com/​

Show Dates:​
Oct 17 – O’Sim Irish Pub – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC
Oct 24 – Turbo Haus – Montreal, QC

Track Listing:​
1. Y? – 6:17
2. Decretei – 3:40
3. This Harvest That You’ve Sown – 4:39
4. As Heroes Die – 7:01
5. Here Down On Earth – 8:46
EP Length: 30:26

Band Lineup:​
Patrick Loisel – Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Kurtis Clifford – Bass Guitar
Pierre Pitre – Drums
Patrick Knup – Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar

More Info – https://www.facebook.com/foreshadowmtl​

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0 EPK – Foreshadow – Here Down On Earth (2026)

  • August 24, 2026
  • by Asher
  • · EPKs · Foreshadow

EPK – Foreshadow – Here Down On Earth (2026)

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“The EP is a re-record of our first 1991 demo, which we never promoted because it sounded so awful. We skipped a ballad from that demo which I personally found too soft and which would have taken forever to record. Otherwise, we simply kept the original song order. I personally expect our music to have far more attention than when we were formally active 90-95. A lot of younger people listen to similar music, and many have shown interest. The demographics for metal are simply better now than they were then in the 1990s when we first came out.” – Patrick Loisel ( Guitars and Vocals) – Foreshadow

For fans of Testament, Queensryche, Metallica, Death Angel

EP Title: Here Down On Earth
Release Date: October 2, 2026
Label: Self-Release
Genre: Thrash Metal
Location of Band: Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada

Facebook.com/foreshadowmtl | Foreshadow.bandcamp.com

EP Title: Here Down On Earth
Release Date: October 2, 2026
Label: Self-Release
Genre: Thrash Metal
Location of Band: Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada

Track Listing:
1. Y? – 6:17
2. Decretei – 3:40
3. This Harvest That You’ve Sown – 4:39
4. As Heroes Die – 7:01
5. Here Down On Earth – 8:46
EP Length: 30:26

Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Foreshadow
• All songs written by: Foreshadow
• Produced by: Foreshadow
• Mixed by: Patrick Knup
• Mastered by: Alberto De Icaza
• Album Artwork by: Kevin Secours and Martin Belair
• Member of SOCAN
• Canadian Content (MAPL)

Band Lineup:
Patrick Loisel – Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Kurtis Clifford – Bass Guitar
Pierre Pitre – Drums
Patrick Knup – Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar

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About The EP Artwork:

It is a 2.0 version of our original demo cover, which shows a few nefarious things occurring on this planet, i.e., violence, pollution, intolerance.

Things are so similar now that I feel like I am 21 again.

About the EP as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

A bit hard. Let’s say an image frozen in time of where our minds were back then.

Track by Track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

1. “Y?”  (“Why?”)  It is pretty much death metal-like and describes the life of survivors of a nuclear war retreating underground and devolving.

2. “Decreței” was initially entitled “Merry Christmas Ceausescu” but back then the reference was far more relevant since he was executed ( on Christmas Day) the year before we wrote the song. The new title simply describes the children his natalist policies forced to live in squalid conditions.

This is the very first song we actually put together as Foreshadow, and the music was entirely written by Kurt.

3. “This Harvest That You’ve Sown,” which I wrote, is about ecological concerns. I was an activist during my youth, and I first started speaking publicly about environmental concerns in 1978 at the age of 8. So it is a lifelong vocation for me.

4. “As Heroes Die” was inspired by all the anti-military speech of the time; it was our “Disposable Heroes”.

I was heavily inspired by the movie “Jacob’s Ladder”. I took musical inspiration from local bands, especially Sword.

5. “Here Down on Earth” The title track is like a general synthesis of what went ( and still goes) wrong. These general patterns that keep repeating themselves regardless of whether we are a primitive or technological society keep us at a low evolutionary level. Musically, this song was very collaborative, and I kind of forgot who wrote what.

As a rule of thumb, I am more the dude who writes dramatic, classical-sounding riffs while Kurt is “Mr. Groove”.

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L-R – Kurtis Clifford (Bass), Patrick Loisel (Rhythm and Lead Guitars), Pierre Pitre (Drums), Patrick Knup (Rhythm and Lead Guitars)

Top – L-R- Patrick Loisel (Rhythm and Lead Guitars), Kurtis Clifford (Bass)

Bottom – L-R – Patrick Knup ( Rhythm and Lead Guitars), Pierre Pitre (Drums)

Foreshadow was formed in 1990 and is composed of Patrick Loisel ( Augury), Kurt Clifford ( Vantablack Warship), Pierre Pitre (Arseniq33), and Patrick Knup (Clearwater Deathblow). Together, they released 3 demos and 1 full-length album in the 90s. Now, 30 years later, they have rejoined forces to record a 5-song EP slated for release on October 2nd 2026. Foreshadow opened for many Montreal acts in the 90s, some of which persevered and are now internationally acclaimed, including Unexpect, Quo Vadis, Martyr, Obliveon, and Kataklysm.

Discography:
1992 – The Green God (EP)
1994 – Revolt (EP)
1995 – Do We Disturb? (Album)
2026 – Here Down On Earth

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