Vancouver’s
NINJASPY, a trio of blood brothers that have created a metal fusion of hard, heavy, hook-laden music that runs the gamut of reggae, surf and more will be one of the headlining bands at this year’s
ARMSTRONG METAL FEST alongside Boston tech death / thrash titans
REVOCATION, Canadian 80’s thrash legends
AGGRESSION and Vancouver Whammy Award Best Local Metal Artist winner
GOLERS among many more from across Western Canada. The two day metal festival is being held on July 14th and 15th in Armstrong, BC at the Hassen Arena. Full fest details can be found at
http://armstrongmetalfest.ca.
NINJASPY comments:“It has been way too long since we had the honour of playing AMF. So long, but I will never forget that weekend. We have been telling and re-telling the stories ever since. Can’t wait to get back and get a few more battle scars partying with some of the best metal bands in the west.”
ARMSTRONG METALFEST 2017 Line-Up & Set Times:
Friday, July 14
SET TIMES – BAND
11:00am – 11:25am – DAHLMERS REALM (Edmonton, AB) (Broken Neck Radio People’s Choice Winner)
11:35am – 12:00pm – SPORE (Nelson, BC)
12:10pm – 12:35pm – THE AVULSION (Lethbridge, AB)
12:45pm – 1:10pm – SERAPHIC NIHILIST (Prince George, BC)
1:20pm – 1:45pm – ARKENFIRE (Kelowna, BC)
1:55pm – 2:20pm – ATROUS LEVIATHIAN (Victoria, BC)
2:30pm – 2:55pm – OSSIFIC (Winnipeg, MB)
3:05pm – 3:30pm – NOMAD (Enderby, BC)
3:40pm – 4:05pm – ZUCKUSS (Vancouver, BC)
4:15pm – 4:40pm – APOLLYON (Kelowna, BC)
4:50pm – 5:15pm – EXPAIN (Vancouver, BC)
5:25pm – 5:50pm – DROP DEAD FRED (Kelowna, BC)
6:00pm – 6:30pm – WMD (Calgary, AB)
6:40pm – 7:10pm – ANGELMAKER (Vancouver, BC)
7:20pm – 7:50pm – EXIT STRATEGY (Calgary, AB)
8:00pm 100 MAN SHOTGUN (Beer Event)
8:15pm – 8:50pm – ODINFIST (Armstrong, BC)
9:10pm – 9:55pm – XUL (Vernon, BC)
10:15pm – 11:00pm – NINJASPY (Vancouver, BC)
11:20pm – 12:20am – GOLERS (Vancouver, BC) (Vancouver Whammy Award Best Local Metal Artist winner)
Saturday, July 15
SET TIMES – BAND
11:00am – 11:25am – TRAIN BIGGER MONKEYS (Calgary, AB)
11:35am – 12:00pm – THE DRAGSTRIP DEVILS (Kelowna, BC)
12:10pm – 12:35pm – GATEKEEPER (Vancouver, BC)
12:45pm – 1:10pm – GARDENER (Vernon, BC)
1:20pm – 1:45pm – TALES OF THE TOMB (Edmonton, AB)
1:55pm – 2:20pm – CELL (Winnipeg, MB)
2:30pm – 3:00pm – CITIZEN RAGE (Calgary, AB)
3:10pm – 3:40pm – GLADIUS SKY (Vernon, BC)
3:50pm – 4:20pm – SLAGDUSTER (Grand Forks, BC)
4:30pm – 5:00pm – GALACTIC PEGASUS (Vancouver, BC)
5:10pm – 5:40pm – EYE OF HORUS (Edmonton, AB)
5:50pm – 6:25pm – DEAD QUIET (Vancouver, BC)
6:25pm – 6:50pm – TRASH WRESTLING EVENT
6:50pm – 7:30pm – TERRIFIER (Vancouver, BC)
7:30pm – 7:55pm – TRASH WRESTLING EVENT
7:55pm – 8:35pm – COCAINE MOUSTACHE (Vancouver, BC)
8:35pm – 9:00pm – TRASH WRESTLING EVENT
9:00pm – 9:45pm – PLANET EATER (Regina, SK)
10:10pm – 10:55pm – AGGRESSION (Vancouver, BC)
11:15pm – 12:15am – REVOCATION (Boston, MA)
NINJASPY‘s performance at the festival will be in support of their newly released full length “Spüken” produced by GGGarth Richardson (Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mudvayne, Gallows) and Ben Kaplan (Biffy Clyro, Atreyu, Haste The Day). “Spüken” features a culmination of nearly a decade of songs that have been narrowed down to an epic 10 track experience to demonstrate all their downbeats to breakdowns to their weaving of reggae, hardcore, metal and much more to follow their 2013 EP / graphic novel “No Kata” and 2007 debut “Pi Nature”.
Vocalist / guitarist Joel Parent comments:
“Spüken is the musical equivalent of a magician removing his own entrails. The guts just keep coming, like handkerchiefs from a sleeve, and its painful, colourful and cathartic all at once, in the same way that vomiting after hours of nausea is such a relief. The musical ideas that came together in this project span many years and come from many influences. Hearing them all together is a trip. There were a lot of hard times in the years while this record was being written and most, if not all of these songs are tied together by the search for something greater than oneself. Empowerment by going through ones pain, all this is woven into an album that is another spastic stylistic roller coaster not unlike our previous albums, but with smoother blending. From song to song there is a lot of variance, but within songs we have managed to take contrasting genres and combine them in more nuanced ways, with less hard cuts. This album is colourful, and the palette is dark.”
‘Spüken’ is available on the band’s online store, iTunes, CD Baby and Bandcamp.
Album Stream – https://ninjaspy.bandcamp.com/album/sp-ken-2
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