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0 NEWS: CHARIOTS OF THE GODS Posts Studio Video For Upcoming Album ‘Ages Unsung’; New Single ‘Into Oblivion’ Ft. Pascal Jobin of The Agonist

August 5, 2016
by Asher
· Chariots of The Gods · Music News

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CHARIOTS OF THE GODS Posts Studio Video For Upcoming Album ‘Ages Unsung’

New Single ‘Into Oblivion’ Ft. Pascal Jobin of The Agonist

Upcoming Show Dates:

Sept 17 – Gatineau, QC – Minotaure (CD Release Show) – info

Nov 14 – Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks w/ Sonata Arctica, Leaves’ Eyes, Omninum Gatherum – info

L-R: David Gravel (Drum) | Payam Doryani (Bass) | Mathieu St-Amour (Lead Guitar) | Christian Therien (Vocals) | Rock Déziel (Rhythm Guitar)

(Photo credit: Chris Bubinas)

After a small hiatus and line up change, Ottawa, ON’s CHARIOTS OF THE GODS return in 2016 full force with an upcoming album ‘Ages Unsung’ set for release on September 16th to follow their 2013 debut album ‘Tides of War’ that was produced by music legend Glen Robinson (Queensryche, Gwar, Annihilator). Creating a kickstarter / pre-order campaign (thank you video), COTG surpassed their goal of $3,000 and recorded the album at The Grid with legendary Montreal producer Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy, The Agonist, Beyond Creation, Neuraxis). The band has posted a teaser video with studio and music clips for fans to check out at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKsPX8vZopA

COTG are also streaming the first single ‘Into Oblivion’, which features a guitar solo from Pascal Jobin of The Agonist and can be heard at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tjbhCkxPVY

1. Primordial Dawn (1:22)
2. Tusk (4:40)
3. Of Prometheus And The Sacred Flame (3:57)
4. War of The Gods (4:21)
5. As The Sky Falls (4:25)
6. Resurrection (3:46)
7. Through Darkness And Decay (5:50)
8. Into Oblivion (4:40)
9. New World (3:59)
10. Ages Unsung (4:45)
Album Length: 41:49

For more info, please visit www.chariotsofthegods.net.

About:

Blitzing out of Canada’s capital with their punishing hard-rock rooted in heavy metal, Chariots of the Gods has-been on one sole assignment since 2007: shredding endlessly in a neighborhood near you.

The five-piece band gave birth to their first EP “Reverence” in 2010. Their first full length album, “Tides of War”, was produced by music legend Glen Robinson (Queensryche, Gwar, Annihilator) in 2013.

In 2014, the band went on their first international tour in Cuba and were the first Canadian metal band to do so. Chariots of the Gods are now set to storm the world with the musical assault that is their latest masterpiece: “Ages Unsung”.

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0 NEWS: SIGNS OF CHAOS Posts New Lyric Video ‘Taking You Out’; New EP Out ‘ Watch It Burn’

August 4, 2016
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· Music News · Signs of Chaos

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SIGNS OF CHAOS Posts New Lyric Video ‘Taking You Out’; New EP Out ‘ Watch It Burn’

Offer Free Download ‘Break You’

L-R – Tom Hansen – Bass, Matt MacIvor – Guitar, Nick Bedard – Vocals, Stephane Desilets – Drums, Dave McCann – Guitar

Photo Credit: Cheryl Gunhouse at Cher’s Photography

EP Stream – Watch It Burn – Listen here.

Ottawa, ON’s SIGNS OF CHAOS have posted a new lyric video for their track ‘Take You Out’ from their brutally hard hitting EP ‘Watch It Burn’ unleashed this past April to follow 2012’s debut album ‘Rise’ and 2009’s untitled Demo. The EP was produced by SOC, mixed and mastered by bassist Tom “Big Dirty” Hansen and tracked by Topon Das of Fuck The Facts at Apartment 2 studios.
‘Take You Out’ can be viewed at the following link:

In additional news, the band is offering fans a FREE download of their track ‘Break You’ via their Bandcamp at the following link: http://signsofchaos.bandcamp.com/track/break-you

1. Taking You Out (3:28)

2. No Guilt (4:05)

3. All Kinds of Sick (4:37)

4. Monster (3:41)

5. Break You (5:08)

6. Watch It Burn (11:26)

EP Length: 32:28

For more info, please visit: http://www.signsofchaos.ca.

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0 NEWS: Canadian Psychedelic Rock A DEVIL’S DIN Announce UK Tour; New Album ‘Skylight’ Out Now!

August 2, 2016
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· A Devil's Din · Music News

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For fans of Ghost, Syd Barrett/Floyd, Psych-era Beatles, Early Sabbath,

70’s prog: Yes, King Crimson, etc, QOTSA, Tool, My Bloody Valentine

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Canadian Psychedelic Rock A DEVIL’S DIN Announce UK Tour; New Album ‘Skylight’ Out Now!

L-R – Dominique Salameh – Drums, Vocals, David Lines – Keys, Guitar, Vocals, Thomas Chollet (R) Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Photo Credit: Renaud KasmaMusic Video – ‘Skylight’- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lX4H7hMc0

Canadian psychedelic rockers A DEVIL’S DIN will be touring the UK this September in support of their latest album ‘Skylight’ released this past June via Island Dive Records to follow their 2011 debut album ‘One Day All This Will Be Yours’. The tour will kick off in London on September 10th and end with a special family reunion as A Devil’s Din’s David Lines (originally from the UK) will share the stage with his brother’s band The Electric Zoltz on September 23rd in London.

Full Album Stream of ‘Skylight’ can be heard at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaLTUpQjGzQ

Sept 10 – TBA – London, UK

Sept 11 – The Fiddler Elbow – London, UK

Sept 12 – Nambucca – London, UK

Sept 13 – The Chambers – Folkestone, UK
Sept 14 – Pitcher & Piano – Brighton, UK

Sept 15 – Dog & Whistle – Hertford, UK

Sept 16 – Crowley’s Rock Bar – Swansea, UK

Sept 17 – Lounge 41 – Workington, UK

Sept 18 – Percy’s – Whitchurch, UK

Sept 19 – The Skerries – Bangor, UK

Sept 20 – Saturn Bar – Liverpool, UK

Sept 21 – Thirsty Scholar – Manchester, UK

Sept 22 – Mullberry Tavern – Sheffield, UK

Sept 23 – London, UK – The Birds Nest w/ support from The Electric Zoltz

A DEVIL’S DIN is made up of 3 musicians born in the Old World who traveled across the ocean to find each other in Montreal, QC where they were drawn together by a mutual love of melodic, innovative, inventive and daring rock / metal tinged music. Fusing the colourful sounds of Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd & the psychedelic-era Beatles with intensity of classic power bands like Sabbath, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, as well as the boundary-pushing adventure of Yes, Gentle Giant and King Crimson, A DEVIL’S DIN is an uncommon and uncompromising voice in modern music.

Vocalist / guitarist David Lines comments on their album ‘Skylight’:

“Essentially this album is really a tribute to the psychedelic experience. I drew on my own personal involvement with certain consciousness-expanding substances to create a set of songs that would take the listener on a journey, both lyrically and musically. Within these 9 songs there exists a certain contrast between the hallucinatory and the heavy. Obviously we also owe a lot of this album’s influence to another era, not just by sound and texture, but by the spirit of adventure, daring and experimentation that was prevalent then and bring all of that to the world today, right now.”

Bassist Tom G. Stout also adds “Even though we are inspired by LSD trips, we still like to hit hard, and enjoy getting a little aggressive. You have to balance out the light with the darkness, because otherwise you’re not being real.”

Album order available at www.ADevilsDin.com and Bandcamp.

1) Skylight (3:14) [Music Video]

2) Phaze Ulysses (3:29)

3) Never The Same Thing (5:20)

4) Bow To Thee, Absurde (3:43)

5) I Don’t Know (7:06)

6) Nature Of The Beast (4:23)

7) For A While (5:38)

8) Eye’s Pie (4:05)

9) Prequel (5:20)

Album Length: 42:16

About:

A Devil’s Din is made up of 3 musicians born in the Old World who traveled across the ocean to find each other in Montreal, drawn together by a mutual love of melodic, innovative, inventive and daring rock music. Fusing the colourful sounds of Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd & the psychedelic-era Beatles with intensity of classic power bands like Sabbath, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, as well as the boundary-pushing adventure of Yes, Gentle Giant and King Crimson, A Devil’s Din is an uncommon and uncompromising voice in modern music.

In 2008, UK-born stalwart Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist and session musician David Lines decided he needed to form a musical outfit that would suit his own particular psychedelically-induced musical visions, and thus A Devil’s Din was born. While still working as a musical “gun-for-hire” around town, he continued to develop the songs and sound for A Devil’s Din–which he considers an Art Project not to be tainted by commercial desires–recording their first album One Day All This Will Be Yours between 2009 and 2010, and releasing it on his own label Island Dive Records in 2011.

Though the musicians on that record were excellent, it wasn’t until Lyonnais bassist and disciple of the Holy Trinity of Rickenbacker Bass (John Entwistle, Chris Squire and Geddy Lee) Thomas Chollet entered the picture, along with drummer Dom Salameh (whose being born in Abu Dhabi did not at all prevent him from becoming an ardent Keith Moon devotee) that the sound really began to take shape. The synergy of the three took the music to another level, as witnessed at their intense and energetic live shows and has been made manifest on the new A Devil’s Din album SKYLIGHT that is set for release on June 17th, 2016.

A Devil’s Din continues to travel further afield in the world of psychedelic and progressive rock music, transforming listeners’ minds where ever they go.

Their first European tour will take place in September and their albums are available through various retailers on line and through their website www.ADevilsDin.com.

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0 NEWS: THE APEX Streams Title Track From Upcoming EP ‘Underbelly + Canadian Tour Dates

August 2, 2016
by Asher
· Music News · The Apex

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THE APEX Streams Title Track From Upcoming EP ‘Underbelly + Canadian Tour Dates

‘Fresh Out of The Foundry Tour’ (ON/QC/PE/NB/NS)

Supporting THE DILLENGER ESCAPE PLAN – Aug 4th – Toronto, ON

L-R: The Apex Album lineup: Brian Gemus (Guitar) | Tyson Taylor (Drums) | Darren Marchand (Vocals) | Jer Candusso (Bass) | Steve Landgraff (Guitar) (Photo Credit Shari Richards)

2015 – Self-Titled – Album Stream – Bandcamp

Music Video – If Detroit River Could Speak – Watch here.

Windsor, ON’s THE APEX will be hitting the road this August for their two week ‘Fresh Out of The Foundry Tour’ with Regina’s The Man and His Machine across Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (dates listed below). The tour is in support of their upcoming EP ‘Underbelly’ that will feature 3 ear piercing blasts of extreme shrapnel for fans. The title track is now streaming at the following link: https://theapexband.bandcamp.com/track/underbelly.

The band comments:

“This track is about how things have changed in the music industry and how these changes can bring negative effects to the art itself.”

The ghetto tech metallers have also launched a Go Fund Me / Pre-Order Campaign for fans to support. A full list of perks ranging from limited edition shirts, tapes, CDs, vinyls plus an exclusive performance can be viewed at the following link here.

The Apex – Underbelly (EP)

1. Scabs and Sheep

2. Underbelly

3. Paid in Exposure

EP Credits:
Music and lyrics written by: Steve Landgraff and Tyson Taylor
Recorded at: Empire Recording Studios
Engineered by: Nick Kinnish at Serafina Productions

In additional news, prior to the tour, THE APEX will be supporting THE DILLENGER ESCAPE PLAN in Toronto on August 4th at the Hard Luck Bar. Full details can be found here.

‘Fresh Out of The Foundry Tour’:
Aug 17 – Windsor, ON – The Dominion House – info
Aug 18 – Toronto, ON – Coalition T.O. – info
Aug 19 – Montreal, QC – THR Bar – info
Aug 20 – Drummondville, QC – Pur Heriot – info
Aug 21 – Quebec City, QC – La Source de la Martinière – info
Aug 22 – Charlottetown, PE – Babas Lounge – info
Aug 23 – Moncton, NB – Plan B – info
Aug 25 – Sussex, NB – Uncle G’s – info
Aug 26 – Sydney, NS – Embers – info
Aug 27 – Sackville, NS – House Show – info
Aug 28 – Halifax, NS – Gus’ Pub – info
Aug 29 – Fredericton, NB – Charlotte Street Arts Center – info

BIO:

The Apex formed in August of 2013.

They are a collective of individuals from the Ontario metal community, whom over the years have come together from past bands such as, Closed Casket Funeral, Dismata, Blood Shot Eye, The Coalition Design, and Corprophemia to form The Apex.

In a true culmination of talent, dedication, and timing, this group has created a unique hometown sound that is now being called “Windsor Ghetto Tech”. The brutal sonic assault of their music coupled with the emotional reckless abandonment of their live performance, have drawn stanch comparisons to Meshuggah and classic Dillinger Escape Plan rounded out with a distinctly Canadian flair. To add influence, vocalist Darren M. suffers from Neurogenic Stammering, which effects his speech where the brain won’t tell the mouth what to say so he’s unable to carry on a normal conversation, but for some reason he’s able to scream all the lyrics live and that is how he gets to express himself vocally with the band.

In July, 2014 they entered Shark Tank Productions studio in Windsor, Ontario to begin recording their debut self-titled full length album, “The Apex”. They hired engineer Nick Kinnish of Serafina Productions (Johnny Truent, Architects, and more) to aid them in capturing their sound accurately. In November, 2014 they completed their recording and announced the independent release date of February 21st, 2015. In 2016, the band entered Empire Recording Studios to record their next release, the EP ‘Underbelly’ set to be unleashed in August.

TOUR EXPERIENCE
This band is no stranger to hitting the pavement to support the music they love to make. In their 15+ years of experience creating music in previous bands, they’ve been support on tour for bands like: Cephalic Carnage, All Shall Perish, Despised Icon, Cryptopsy, Today Is The Day, Killitorous, Erimha and Ion Dissonance to name a few. In previous bands they’ve also shared the stage on festivals with bands like: SOD, Venom, Obituary, Cradle Of Filth, Earth Crisis, God Forbid, Skinless, Beneath The Massacre and more to crowds up to 7500+ in North America.

As their current lineup “The Apex”, they have already invested in a mid-sized tour bus and have began to book many shows and festivals across Canada for 2016.

For more info, please visit http://www.facebook.com/wearetheapex.

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0 NEWS: Brazilian Power Metal HIBRIA Post New Video ‘Leading Lady’; Celebrate 20 Years With New Album ‘XX’ + North American Tour

August 1, 2016
by Asher
· Hibria · Music News

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Brazilian Power Metal HIBRIA Post New Video ‘Leading Lady’
Celebrate 20 Years With New Album ‘XX’ + North American Tour

HIBRIA are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a new album entitled ‘XX’ and a North American tour presented by PureGrainAudio.com and Test Your Metal Records that will kick off in Victoria, BC on August 9th and wrap up in New York City on August 28th (full details below).

The Brazilian power metallers have posted their new music video ‘Leading Lady’, which is one of three new tracks along with four live performances from their catalog on the 20th anniversary album. ‘XX’ is set for release on August 9th via Test Your Metal Records and available for pre-order on CD here and digital here.

The band comments:

“HIBRIA’s soul is full of music. To celebrate our 20th anniversary we present to you ‘XX’. It’s heavy metal with no boundaries especially made for the fans. Can you feel it?”

‘Leading Lady’ can be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0D-UPhDu9Y

1. Leading Lady (5:37)

2. Music (5:11)

3. Fools Paradise (5:41)

4. Silent Revenge (Live) (6:57)

5. Lonely Fight (Live) (4:59)

6. Tightrope (Live) (5:53)

7. Tiger Punch (Live) (6:17)
Album Length: 40:40

08/09 Victoria, BC – Upstairs Cabaret
08/10 Vancouver, BC – The Red Room

08/12 Calgary, AB – Dickens

08/13 Edmonton, AB – Mercury Room

08/16 Winnipeg, MB – The Merch

08/18 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry

08/19 Chicago, IL – Reggies

08/20 Toronto, ON – Hardluck Bar
08/22 Subury, ON – The Asylum

08/23 Ottawa, ON – House of Targ

08/24 Quebec City, QC – Bar La Source

08/25 Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar

08/27 Boston, MA – Middle East Up

08/28 Queens, NY – Blackthorn51

About:

A Brazilian power metal band formed in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in 1996. Hibria has grown in popularity in their home country plus worldwide with the successful release of five albums and a live DVD that showcases their intense concert energy (if ya never seen them in person). Their releases have reached the #1 position on sales charts for HMV stores across Japan, which has lead them to be support for such bands as Metallica, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth plus perform at Rock in Rio in Brazil and Loud Park, Japan’s most important metal festival, where they shared the main stage with some of the world’s most known bands.

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0 NEWS: NO LIST RECORDS Releasing Split: The Great Sabatani / Godstopper; The Sludgelord Premiere GODSTOPPER’s ‘It’s Alright’

August 1, 2016
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· Music News · SPLIT: The Great Sabatini / Godstopper (No List Records)

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Montreal, QC – August 1, 2016

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No List Records | EPK – Split: Great Sabatini / Godstopper

The Sludgelord Premiere GODSTOPPER’s ‘It’s Alright’
NO LIST RECORDS Releasing Split: The Great Sabatani / Godstopper

1. The Great Sabatini – I’m Not The Man Of The Hour (2:09)
2. The Great Sabatini – Shortwave Radio (1:03)
3. The Great Sabatini – The Ear Collector (2:31)
4. The Great Sabatini – Dog Years (Quiet) (2:51)
5. Godstopper – It’s Alright (3:59)

6. Godstopper – A Prayer (4:47)

Split Length: 17:23

NO LIST RECORDS has teamed up The Sludgelord to premiere GODSTOPPER‘s new track ‘It’s Alright’ that will be unleashed on a split with Montreal sludge kingsTHE GREAT SABATINI. The split features a total of six tracks, four from THE GREAT SABATINI and two from GODSTOPPER. The split is slated for release on August 19th and will available digitally plus on cassette at the following link: http://store.nolistrecords.com.

To listen to GODSTOPPER‘s ‘It’s Alright’, please visit the following link: http://thesludgelord.blogspot.ca/2016/08/the-sludgelord-song-premiere-toronto.html

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About: Great Sabatini

No List Records | Solar Flare Records

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Youtube | Instagram @thegreatsabatini | Bandcamp | CD Baby

For fans of Melvins, Today Is The Day, Neurosis, Helmet, Whores, Torche, Unsane, Keelhaul

“…hails from further out in left-field with more peaks and valleys than the heads-down-tits-up sludgy rock they fire at you from the stage…these dudes have a 90s alt-rock edge grinding against their love affair with riffs that crash bolts of lightning into stacks of Orange amps in delivering a rumbling calling card of hellacious noise.” – Decibel

“In 2012, the unpredictability and wickedness of Matterhorn and the gritty violence of the companion release The Royal We established the group as one to watch closely; Dog Years confirms that attention was well worth it.” – Exclaim

“The Great Sabatini are not just playing by-the-numbers sludge, but rather mixing things up, and transposing their punk attitude into new forms of musical expression beyond what you might be expecting.” – The Sleeping Shaman

L-R – Joey (bass. vocals), Steve (Drums, vocals), Sean (guitar, vocals), Rob (guitar, vocals) Photo Credit: Marc Bourgon

Since forming in Montreal in late 2007, The Great Sabatini have released four eps, three full length albums, and logged seemingly endless tour dates around North America and Europe. Their music is an aggressive mixture of noise rock, doom, hardcore, and metal wrapped up in a burly sludge aesthetic. They’ll fearlessly employ any musical device if it suits their needs, from standard pop song structures and hooks to utterly tuneless experimentation or any degree between the two. All four band members handle vocal duties. They play loud, and with conviction.

Their latest full length album “Dog Years” (2014) was the result of years of accumulated experience writing, performing and recording together. It was recorded in Hamilton by Sean Pearson (Cursed, Shallow North Dakota) and self-released by the band in Canada on digital and vinyl and released by Solar Flare Records on vinyl for Europe and USA.

Show Dates:
Aug 19 – Montreal, QC – Casa Del Popolo

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About: Godstopper

Bandcamp | Facebook

For fans of Melvins, Failure, YOB, Torche, Big Business

“There’s a lot of compositional bells and whistles on deck here, from a chugging chorus riff that feels like it’s perpetually interrupting itself to a left-turn Thin Lizzy guitar lick that King Buzzo would surely appreciate. But the part that’ll really suck you in is the sublime vocal harmonies that frontman Mike Simpson layers over the song like fishnet over a boulder.” – Stereogum

“Like the best records by Today Is the Day, Swans and Harvey Milk, all of which I hear in Godstopper’s jarring songwriting…We talk a lot about making extreme music as cathartic for the music maker, but what the listener? I feel no more relieved for having heard Empty Crawlspace. In fact it’s psychically draining. And totally addictive, too. I’m not going to be able to sleep for a week.” – Metalsucks

“Somewhere between the Thunder-Pop of sparkly heavy-hitters Torche, the aggressive sludge of fellow Floridians Cavity and the awkward stop-start dream-logic quasi-operatic noise rock of Pony Express Record-era Shudder To Think lie Toronto’s Godstopper…What Matters is a tough record to describe, in some ways, as any comparisons I care to make are merely rough approximations used in an attempt to point you, the potential listener, in a certain direction, as far as preparing you for what to expect. However, the truth of it is that Godstopper sound exactly like Godstopper, and, really, how many bands these days can truly lay claim to such a thing?” – Sleeping Shaman

Godstopper Promo 1

L-R – Mike Simpson- Guitar/ Vocals, Miranda Armstrong – Bass, Derek Del Vecchio – Guitar, Adam McGillivray- Drums

Godstopper was formed in 2010. Mike Simpson wrote, performed and recorded a demo, later released on cassette, called “Empty Crawlspace”. The band then became a performing unit in 2011, and has since toured the US and Canada, performing with acts such as Ehnahre, Tombs, and OXBOW.

Discography:

2015 – Lie Down

2014 – Children Are Our Future

2013 – split w/Tendril

2012 – What Matters

2011 – Empty Crawlspace (demo)

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0 REMINDER THIS WEEK! ‘Okkultis In Canada Tour’ Presented By PureGrainAudio.com NECRONOMICON, VESPERIA, ABIOTIC

August 1, 2016
by Asher
· Music News · Necronomicon · Vesperia

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‘Okkultis In Canada Tour’ Presented By PureGrainAudio.com NECRONOMICON, VESPERIA, ABIOTIC

‘Okkultis In Canada Tour’ presented by PureGrainAudio.com:
8/4 – Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks
8/5 – St. Catharines, ON @ Detour Music Hall
8/6 – Windsor, ON @ Windsor Beer Exchange
8/7 – London, ON @ Call The Office
8/9 – Sudbury, ON @ The Asylum
8/12 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Crocks
8/13 – Brandon, MA @ North Hill Inn
8/14 – Winnipeg, MA @ The Park Theatre
8/15 – Regina, SK @ The Exchange
8/16 – Lethbridge, AB @ Inferno Nightclub (postponed)
8/17 – Edmonton, AB @ The Brixx
8/18 – Kelowna, BC @ Muninn’s Post
8/19 – Victoria, BC @ The V-Lounge
8/20 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
8/21 – Prince George, BC @ Generator Cabaret
8/22 – Calgary, AB @ Distortion
8/23 – Saskatoon, SK @ O’Brian’s Event Centre
8/26 – Timmins, ON @ The Working Class
*8/27 – Oshawa, ON @ The Atria
* = Abiotic & Vesperia only

Photo Credit – Myriam Francoeur

For fans of Behemoth, Cradle of Filth, Abbath, Immortal, Dimmu Borgir

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Music Video – Crown of Thorns – Watch here.

Album Stream – Advent of The Human God – Listen here.

About:
NECRNOMICON have a well-earned reputation for quality by releasing material only when ready and satisfied with the outcome ever since their demo entitled “Morbid Ritual” (1992) firmly established their name within the underground. “The Silver Key” EP (1996) led to mainstream recognition on a national level, but their debut album “Pharaoh Of Gods” (1999) and the sophomore “The Sacred Medicines” (2003) did even more to establish the band as a household name in Canada. “Return Of The Witch” (2010) marked the international break-through for NECRONOMICON, and saw them performing at prestigious festivals such as Inferno (Norway), Ragnarok (Germany), and the Barge To Hell metal cruise among others, while sharing stages with acts such as CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR, BEHEMOTH, and MORBID ANGEL, to name but a few. Their steady advance around the globe grew considerably in impact by their next full-length “Rise Of The Elder Ones” (2013). Now NECRONOMICONare more than ready for the next step with ‘Advent Of The Human God’, their latest brutal assaulting soundtrack now available via Season of Mist for Europe as of March 18th and North America as of March 25th.

The Canadian veterans keep their tracks on ‘Advent Of The Human God’ as gloriously epic as furiously massive and harsh. Songs like “The Golden Gods”, “Unification Of The Four Pillars”, “Crown Of Thorns” and “I Bringer Of Light” tell of experienced songwriting and an eclectic wide range of influences that flow into the sound ofNECRONOMICON. Nodding to DIMMU BORGIR and BEHEMOTH to DEICIDE and SUFFOCATION, these extreme metal addicts carve their own sound out of the much cherished ingredients of brutal dark music.

L-R – Casey Elliott (Guitar), Morgan Rider (Vocals, Bass), Frankie Caracci (Guitar), Dylan Gowan (Drums)

For fans of Septicflesh, Wintersun, Arcturus, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Finntroll

VesperiaMetal.com | Bandcamp | iTunes

Live at Wacken Open Air 2015 – Watch here.

EP Stream – The Iron Tempests – Listen here.

Music Video – The Western Tempests – Watch here.

EP Download here.

About:

The cloudy beginnings of VESPERIA lay etched in the gorged bodies of former musical projects among the now four-member band. Twisting, writhing and forcing their aural onslaught upon metal audiences across the globe have sincerely ensured the band’s continuity through all the harsh and arduous battles modern metal bands are bound to encounter in their tenures.

Established in 2012 by vocalist/ bassist Morgan Rider, the sound, direction and theme of the music quickly and naturally evolved into the style of fierce and heroic metal the band is now known and praised for.

Shortly after releasing their first full-length album Voyage from Vinland, VESPERIA redefined themselves and further focused their direction with the 2012 demo, The Swordsman. In 2013, the band independently funded and released their 2nd full-length album An Olden Tale, drawing the ears and attention of metal fans around the world and demonstrating their true mastery of their craft. During that same year, the band also independently funded and completed several Canadian tours to support the album.

Early 2015 saw the band enter the studio once again to record some demo material, which would become The Iron Tempests EP. During this time, the band toured Canada from coast to coast and also made an appearance at Wacken Open Air in Germany, where they won the title of 2015 International Wacken Battle Champions, a second time win for the band’s frontman, Morgan.

With their most fierce music written to date and a bounty of opportunity awaiting, VESPERIA continue to hungrily eye 2015 as the year they will make their mark upon the Earth.

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0 NEWS: HIBRIA Celebrate 20 Years With New Album ‘XX’ + North American Tour

July 29, 2016
by Asher
· Hibria · Music News

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Brazilian Power Metal HIBRIA Post Video Teaser For Upcoming Album ‘XX’ To Celebrate 20 Years + North American Tour

Brazilian power metallers HIBRIA are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a new album entitled ‘XX’ and a North American tour presented by PureGrainAudio.com and Test Your Metal Records that will kick off in Victoria, BC on August 9th and wrap up in New York City on August 28th (full details below).

‘XX’ is HIBRIA’s sixth release and features three new tracks along with four live performances from their catalog to follow their 2015’s self-titled album. ‘XX’ is set for release on August 9th via Test Your Metal Records and available for pre-order on CD here and digital here.

The band comments:

“HIBRIA’s soul is full of music. To celebrate our 20th anniversary we present to you ‘XX’. It’s heavy metal with no boundaries especially made for the fans. Can you feel it?”

HIBRIA have posted a teaser for their upcoming video ‘Leading Lady’ at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_7Y6D6aWY

1. Leading Lady (5:37)

2. Music (5:11)

3. Fools Paradise (5:41)

4. Silent Revenge (Live) (6:57)

5. Lonely Fight (Live) (4:59)

6. Tightrope (Live) (5:53)

7. Tiger Punch (Live) (6:17)
Album Length: 40:40

08/09 Victoria, BC – Upstairs Cabaret
08/10 Vancouver, BC – The Red Room

08/12 Calgary, AB – Dickens

08/13 Edmonton, AB – Mercury Room

08/16 Winnipeg, MB – The Merch

08/18 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry

08/19 Chicago, IL – Reggies

08/20 Toronto, ON – Hardluck Bar
08/22 Subury, ON – The Asylum

08/23 Ottawa, ON – House of Targ

08/24 Quebec City, QC – Bar La Source

08/25 Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar

08/27 Boston, MA – Middle East Up

08/28 Queens, NY – Blackthorn51

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0 NEWS: LIKE ANIMALS Bassist Survives High Speed Collision; Band To Continue Eastern Canadian Tour (ON/QC/NB/NS)

July 29, 2016
by Asher
· Like Animals · Music News

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LIKE ANIMALS Bassist Survives High Speed Collision; Band To Continue Eastern Canadian Tour (ON/QC/NB/NS)

New EP ‘Feral’ Out Now!

L – R – Will Tennant – Drums/Backing Vocals, Jamie Haffenden – Guitar/Lead Vocals, Myke Caouette- Bass/Backing Vocals

(Photo Credit: Travis Tiernay)

EP Stream – Feral – Bandcamp | Soundcloud

Music Video – The Lion’s Share – Watch here.
Music Video – Caterwaul – Watch here.

Orillia, ON’s deviant melodic math metallers LIKE ANIMALS announce they will be continuing their Eastern Canadian Tour of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario after bassist Myke Caouette’s suffered injuries from a high speed collision that occurred on July 11th on highway 400 and caused his vehicule to burst into flames, forcing him to pull himself out of the wreck and out of harms way. Caouette’s injuries aren’t life threatening, but will need time to heal as he endured a fractured ankle, shattered kneecap, broken femur and sprained ribs.

“I’m happy to be alive, but sad not be on the road with my brothers in LA. I want to thank everyone for their well wishes and I’m glad to be out of hospital. Please support the band along with our touring mates (U) The Band. I will be back on the road for our Western Canadian tour in October.” says Caouette’s

Caouette’s will be replaced by bassist Rufus Cavan of (U) The Band who will be performing double duty for both bands on the Eastern Canadian tour.

The tour will kick off with a performance at the East Coast Awakening Festival in Keswick, NB on July 31st on the FNG Stage (set time – 12:40pm- 1:20pm), which includes a line-up of Silverstein, The Agonist, Cauldron, Sewn Eyes, Nervosa among many more bands from Eastern Canada.

LIKE ANIMALS‘ tour is in support of their new EP ‘Feral’ released at the beginning of January 2016 to follow their previous animal-themed EPs ‘Sweet Whispers, Plagued Ears’, ‘The Undertoad’ and ‘The Wild’.

July 31 – East Coast Awakening Festival – Keswick, NB – info

Aug 5 – Ottawa, ON – Ask-A-Punk

Aug 6 – Sorel, QC – Pub O’Callaghan – info

Aug 7 – Sussex, NB – Gus G’s – info

Aug 9 – Moncton, NB – Plan B Lounge – info

Aug 11 – New Glasgow, NS – The Commune

Aug 12 – Halifax, NS – Gus’ Pub – info

Aug 13 – Quebec City, QC – Le Sous-Sol Du Cercle

About:

Like Animals are breaking free of the constricting chains of modern music and are busy creating their own uninhibited style of spastic-math-metal graced with emotionally-charged vocals. Like a wild animal each member maintains a sense of chaos through their arpeggio guitar and bass sections, unorthodox drums peppered with dynamic changes, and finally tempered by the wavering vocals soaring just slightly above the instrumentals both in tone and feeling. The beasts within the band each perform vocal duties a sound akin to a coyote-esque choir featuring Jamie Haffenden on guitar and lead vocals, Will Tennant on drums, Myke Caouette on bass.

Their name is synonymous with their song-writing and attitude, where they are part of a pack, but still remain hungry and solitary, like a stray animal. Their 400-show track record over the years reveals their dedication to their craft having shared the stage with such bands as Fuck The Facts, Dog Fashion Disco, Adrenechrome, Downtown Brown, Scale The Summit, Polkadot Cadaver, Teethmarks and many more.

With four animal-themed EPs in tow (‘Sweet Whispers, Plagued Ears, The Undertoad, The Wild) and their new release called ‘Feral’ unleashed on January 22nd, 2016, the band is constantly working to create a continuously more mature and higher caliber sound. The group hunts and writes as a unit by drafting and evolving each song with each giving their own input.

Lyrics contend with themes such as: self-doubt, lack of self-worth, depression, anxiety, and the like. Like Animals continue to push the boundaries of the several genres which they base their experimental music on while committing to the best music they can produce.

Feral (4:30) [Free Download] [Youtube]

The Lions Share (4:00) [Video]

Lounge Lizard (4:26)

Caterwaul (3:15) [Video]

The Jungle Book of Love (3:31)
EP Length: 19:45

For more info, visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/likeanimals.

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0 NEWS: DOUBLE EXPERIENCE Preach Their Nerd Rock w/ More Ontario & Quebec Tour Dates

July 28, 2016
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DOUBLE EXPERIENCE Preach Their Nerd Rock w/ More Ontario & Quebec Tour Dates
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Play VooDoo RockFest This Fall!

New Album ‘Unsaved Progress’ Out Now!

Album Stream – Unsaved Progress – Listen here.
Music Video ‘So Fine’ – Watch here.
Music Video ‘The Glimmer Shot’ (tribute to video game ‘Destiny’) – Watch here.
Music Video – Weezer ‘Buddy Holly’ Cover Video – Watch here.

Ottawa’s DOUBLE EXPERIENCE are preaching their inner geek with more show dates this August and September in Ontario and Quebec that includes a performance at this year’s VooDoo Rockfest in Napanee, ON. The nerd rock trio is encouraging fans to come out the shows to have Pokemon-themed cocktails and Game Boy duels at their merch table. The dates are in support of their third studio album ‘Unsaved Progress’ released this past April, which the band recently returned from their fifth UK tour in promotion of.

Show Dates:
Aug 4 – Ottawa, ON @ Cafe Deckuf – info – Set Time: 9 PM / 19+
Aug 13 – Toronto, ON @ Bovine Sex Club – info – Set Time: 11 PM / 19+
Aug 24 – Ottawa, ON @ House of Targ – All Ages
Sept 17 – Pointe-Claire, QC @ Resto Bar – info
Sept 24 – Napanee, ON @ Voodoo Rockfest – info – Set Time – 5 PM

DOUBLE EXPERIENCE’s third studio album entitled “Unsaved Progress”was released on April 8th via their label Colfax Music. Taking the next step from their previous album – initially released exclusively on collectible trading cards, the band utilizes classic video-game inspired artwork and packaging. The album was brought to life with the help of Al Jacob and Kit Walters (HE IS LEGEND) at Warrior Sound in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Prior to the creation of “Unsaved Progress”, Double Experience were busy performing across 15 countries, playing everywhere from video game museums to tattoo conventions as well as showcases at Canadian Music Week and Indie Week Canada. Their adventures have been supported by international radio, festivals and television alike, culminating with an entire nerd-rock exposé and performance on Global TV in Canada.

Album orders are now available at the band’s merch store here. A deluxe edition of the album – boasting two unreleased songs, two acoustic remixes, merch discount codes, studio footage and a brand new trading card – is also available for the fastidious Double Experience collector.