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0 NEWS: Montreal Gets New Metal Music Store Opening ‘La Bête Noire Emporium’
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Montreal, QC – November 7, 2014
NEWS: Montreal Gets New Metal Music Store Opening ‘La Bête Noire Emporium’
There’s been a void in the city of Montreal’s music store market, especially for great quality metal music and merch. Observing that void and noticing the demand for the genre, especially in the Canadian Metal Capital that has birthed so many internationally acclaimed bands. La Bête Noire Emporium is proud to announce their grand opening on December 1st to Montreal metalheads and beyond with their physical store located at 6262 Plaza St. Hubert and online platform launching November 14th http://www.labetenoire.ca/ that will be selling both independent and major metal music on vinyl, CD, cassette plus merchandise, instrument accessories and much more!
La Bête Noire Emporium grand opening party will be Friday, November 14th at Katacombes with Your Last Wish, Bastards of Bodom (Montreal Children of Bodom tribute band), Sherkan Bakhra plus giveaways and many more surprises. In addition, there will be info booths from local metal community industry ranging from management, concert promoters, promotions, recording studios, instrument companies and more.
“I welcome you all to check out La Bête Noire Emporium De Musique, newly located at 6262 Plaza St. Hubert Montreal as of December 1st.
Join us on November 14th at Katacombes for the official launch of the shop. Featuring great local bands Your Last Wish, Bastards of Bodom, COB Tribute and Sherkhan Bakhra, as well as prizes and other contributors that help bring this scene together.
My goal with this shop is to have a home base for this wonderful scene and to be a staple that will help it grow. I am planting the seed and I hope to see it flourish alongside the musicians and music lovers for many years to come. La Bête Noire is Montreal’s community music store \m/.” comments La Bête Noire Emporium De Musique owner Krystal Koffin.
https://www.facebook.com/events/574208139351510/
Spectacle de lancement de la boutique La Bête Noire Emporium de musique à Montréal! Le magasin de musique communautaire underground à Montréal! Visitez notre page facebook pour plus de détails. Le site web sera en ligne bientôt!
La Bête Noire Emporium
www.labetenoire.ca
6262 Plaza St. Hubert, Montreal, QC
Joignez vous à nous pour une soirée de débauche et supporter la scène métal de Montréal \m/
Marchandise diverses sur place, prix à gagner et bien plus!
Plus de détails à venir.
COOP KATACOMBES
Porte: 8:00pm Show: 9:00pm
Billets: 8$ Porte: 10$
Les billets seront en vente à La Bête Noire Emporium et auprès des bands.
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This show is to support the new Music Store La Bête Noire Emporium De Musique in Montéal!
Montréal’s Underground Community Music Store! Here to serve all your underground music needs. Check out the facebook page for more info. The website will be up very shortly.
La Bête Noire Emporium
www.labetenoire.ca
6262 Plaza St. Hubert, Montreal, QC
Join us for a night of debauchery to support the Montréal Metal Scene \m/
There will be an array of entertainment, interesting oddities, give aways and much more!!
More details will be added.
COOP KATACOMBES
Doors: 8:00pm Show: 9:00pm
Tickets: 8$ Door: 10$
Tickets will be for sale at La Bête Noire Emporium & by the bands.
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Bands:
Your Last Wish ~ Montréal
Bastards of Bodom – Montreal’s COB Tribute
Sherkhan Bakhra ~ Montréal
Communauté de musique underground de Montréal:
Tout média, organisation de promo ou artiste de toute sorte souhaitant contribuer peuvent contacter Krystal Koffin (krystalkoffin@gmail.com)
If any media, promoting organization or artist of any kind wants to be a part of this community event please contact me at krystalkoffin@gmail.com.
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Koffin Productions Media
Dungeon Works Productions
Ondes Chocs
Québec-Métal
Asher Media Relations
Silver Wings Studios
Absolute Underground TV
Lex Guitares
Right Hook Microphones
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0 NEWS: Prog Power Metal VIATHYN Post New Lyric Video ‘The Coachman’; New Album Out ‘Cynosure’ + FREE Downloads
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Montreal, QC – October 23, 2014
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Prog Power Metal VIATHYN Post New Lyric Video ‘The Coachman’; New Album Out ‘Cynosure’ + FREE Downloads
Track Listing: Viathyn – Cynosure
1. Ageless Stranger – 7:13
2. The Coachman – 5:41
3. Edward Mordrake – 6:24
4. Shadows In Our Wake – 7:02
5. Countess of Discordia – 7:12
6. Time Will Take Us All – 7:01
7. Three Sheets To The Wind – 7:21
8. Albedo – 6:48
9. Cynosure – 9:35
Total Length: 01:04:20
Calgary, AB progressive power metal quartet VIATHYN have posted a new lyric video for their track ‘The Coachman’ from their new album ‘Cynosure’ released on October 7th.
To view the lyric video, please visit the following link here.
Produced by VIATHYN’s Tomislav Crnkovic plus mixed and mastered bySacha Laskow (Divinity, Every Hour Kills), ‘Cynosure’ features nine epic assaulting tracks with intense guitar shredding and infectious chants that blend prog thrash, melo-death and power metal influences. With VIATHYN‘s 2010 ‘The Peregrine Way’ debut album praised for its innovative song-writing and fresh comparison to today’s power metal, it was only a matter of time for guitarist Jacob Wright to launch into song-writing mode and compose a majority of the material that would be recorded for this second full-length. Even through hindrances such as studio closings, computer crashes, losing a jam space, and a flood, VIATHYN was able to record their second album between August 2012 and February 2014. With the addition of 7-string guitars, some growl vocals, and an evolving influence, Cynosure’s songs are faster, more technical, and heavier, while maintaining a constant melodic and progressive presence ready to be unleashed upon the world.
Full Album Stream – Cynosure – http://beatroute.ca/2014/10/02/curious-progpower-metallers-viathyn-revel-in-texture-depth-and-obscurity/
Album Order:
Bandcamp: http://viathyn.bandcamp.com/album/cynosure
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/cynosure/id915507803
Free Song Download – ‘The Coachman’: http://viathyn.bandcamp.com/track/the-coachman
Free Song Download – ‘Ageless Stranger’: http://viathyn.bandcamp.com/track/ageless-stranger-2
Youtube Medley Stream – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV3bMCIBbcA
Soundcloud Medley Stream – http://soundcloud.com/viathyn/cynosure-medley/
Viathyn – Mini – Doc – The Making of Cynosure – http://youtu.be/5XavVcQNd5s
Upcoming Show Dates:
December 5 – Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub w/ Dark Forest and Scythia.
For more info, please visit http://www.viathyn.com/
EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-viathyn-cynosure-2014-release-date-october-7-2014/
About:
A chance encounter at a local record store in Calgary, Alberta between guitarist Jacob Wright, who was just looking for work, and vocalist Tomislav Crnkovic, who happened to be an employee of said shop, resulted in a friendship that gradually led to the creation of progressive power metal outfit Viathyn in 2006 with a solidified live and recording line up in 2009.
Playing off the word ‘Leviathan’, the guys settled on ‘Viathyn’, which has no actual definition in the English language, but when referring to the band can be taken to mean ‘progressive, melodic, grandiose, innovative and emotional’.
Forgoing the strict rules and structure common to the genre, the four-piece is known for its ability to write songs that grow and progress naturally and shift tone unapologetically without falling victim to common tropes. Building on their first full-length album, 2010’s The Peregrine Way, Viathyn is now gearing up to unveil its second record, Cynosure produced by vocalist/guitarist Tomislav Crnkovic plus mixed and mastered by Sacha Laskow (Divinity, Every Hour Kills).
“The literal definition of ‘cynosure’ is a focal point or an object that serves to guide,” explains Wright. “Each track focuses upon a character that is either affected by or acts as an agent of chaos and the message we wanted to express is how small and insignificant our actions and petty squabbles are within the grand scale of the universe. It’s kind of a backwards way of trying to show that we as humans should be humble and respectful to each other!”
Cynosure promises to be faster, more technical and heavier than its predecessor while maintaining a constant melodic and progressive presence – can you handle it?
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“A pristine production and moody artwork round off a phenomenal album that takes the best of prog and power metal, adds some celtic influence, and an outstanding feeling for flow, dynamics and melodies that catapults both Viathyn and Cynosure into the uppermost echelons of the genre. At times reminding me of Danish masters Wuthering Heights, the Calgarians are putting bar high and any fan of prog power!” – Metal Observer
“An exploration of disillusion, discord, affliction, enlightenment, and grandeur as seen through nine different storytellers, Viathyn live for a more European-oriented montage of neo-classical runs, twin guitar harmonies, double bass fury, and the occasional mid-tempo transition that can be highly folk or Celtic influenced…Cynosure is proof again that our neighbors to the north can rival the best European acts going in this faithful, happy sub-genre.” – Dead Rhetoric
“From the galloping opener “Ageless Stranger” to the long, swirling, fist-pumping closer “Cynosure”, this album has everything a fan of power metal could want. Guitar solos to die for, pounding rhythm, riffs that stick in your head for days, and a vocalist that impresses you with every song. It is simply an awe inspiring album, on several levels of musicianship, storytelling, and even visually with artwork that is absolutely beautiful.” – Crown of Viserys
“An atmospheric metal album with grand vocal work and guitar structure.” – Headbang or GFTO
“Cynosure is an album with plenty to offer fans of the Progressive Power Metal sound, as VIATHYN have a great talent for making melodies and their songwriting abilities have enabled them to make an album full of long songs without getting boring.” – Metal Temple
“the songwriting is masterful and the songs are tight and fun” – The Blood Shed
“VIATHYN play majestic epic progressive power metal, with a tinge of folk metal, prog rock and with a slight sprinkling of thrash added to the mix for good measure” – All About The Rock
“Second on the album is “The Coachman”, which was released a few weeks ago. Hands down, my favorite song on this album. I always love a band that has a story-line within the song, and even from the start the lyrics are superb. Vocalist Tomislav Crnkovic has one of the smoothest and grooviest melodic lines I have heard from a Canadian band, he’s got the highs that can scare a cat – and he’s got a metal as fuck name.” – Morning Metal – CKCU 93.1 FM (Ottawa)
“Viathyn executes each song perfectly, on game and completely in your face. The production quality on this album is excellent, which I believe was done at Perfect Fifth Studios – one of Calgary’s premier metal recording studios…The songwriting on this album, especially this track (Cynosure), proves that this band pays attention to what they’re doing and how well they want to the overall vibe to leave on you.” – Ottawa Showbox
“Cynosure sees Viathyn move from a solid foundation to having released a mature batch of power metal songs that meet or exceed my (very high) expectations for front line power metal veterans like Labyrinth, Orden Ogan, and DGM. I give this album an extremely high recommendation to those that like heavy, fast power metal with extremely satisfying twists and quirks. The unparalleled lyricism: often dark, sometimes abstract, and always very vivid, is bound to appeal to progressive fans as well. You just can’t lose with this one.” – Black Wind Metal
“Viathyn advances the progressive elements of metal music gracefully articulating the acoustic canvas with intense rhythm, accentuated with electrical precision, weaving a spirited discography of ageless compositions.” – Metal Canvas – CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa)
“Canada’s Viathyn play a hybrid of melodic, heavy progressive metal with hints of classical elements thrown in for good measure.
“Cynosure” is an amalgamation of all the best elements taken from progressive metal, heavy metal, classical influences within their guitar leads and playing. Their clean vocals, with the occasional rough vocals on few of the songs definitely brings out this quartet’s total musical essence on their newest CD “Cynosure”. There is not one dull moment on this grandiose produced album (it sounds very big in the production and mix), which feels like you’re experiencing this band in a live setting. They’re a four-piece group, but certainly sound like a ten member band, with their whole slew of playing styles and varied musical influences.” – Explicitly Intense
“it becomes clear these are people who have not only mastered their instruments but also have a way above average sense of music.” – Lords of Metal
“Part of what makes “Cynosure” such an interesting listen is that it draws influence from a variety of sources.” – Skull Fracturing Metal
“Great melodies that will stay with you for days, impassioned vocals and excellent compositions (with most songs being in the seven minute range) along with a darker and more progressive sound than on their 2012 album, The Peregrine Way.” – Prog Metal Zone
“Canadian metallers Viathyn present another contagious and gripping proposition with new album Cynosure. Nine individual musical and creative emprises thick, the album presents a fruitful and colourful journey for ears and imagination. Every track is an intriguing and at times demanding proposition with more going on than can be taken in on initial unions. It is an attention wanting enticement though which roars with a melodic tenacity and strolls with muscular flirtation to give the richest rewards.” – Ring Master Review
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0 NEWS: Thrashers MUTANK Supporting Dayglo Abortions’ Montreal Show Date Sept. 20th @ Katacombes
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Download Album Lyrics – Mutank – M.E.C.H. Metal – 2014 | Download Album Cover
Press Photo – L to R: Liam Hinchey- Lead Guitar | Stephen Reynolds – Vocals and Bass | Ahmed Saad – Drums | Steven Breen – Rhythm Guitar | Photo Credit – Mihaela Petrescu
Thrashers MUTANK Supporting Dayglo Abortions’ Montreal Show Date Sept. 20th @ Katacombes
Wacken Metal Battle Canada champions MUTANK will be performing their first show in Montreal on September 20th supporting Dayglo Abortions since returning from Wacken Open Air.
“MUTANK’s 1st show back from Wacken! And we’re playing with DAYGLO ABORTIONS?!?!!! How awesome up is that? Wanna find out? Stop by Katacombes on Saturday, Sept. 20th and get some face tanked by what’s sure to be a crowd full of psychos.” comments vocalist/bassist Stephen Reynolds.
Event Details:
Saturday, Sept 20th
Katacombes, 1635 St. Laurent
The Barrel Heads
MUTANK
Cereal Killers – Montreal’s Green Jelly Tribute
Les Rektums
Shit Tax
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In additional news, MUTANK has written about their experience at the world’s greatest and most sacred metal festival Wacken Open Air on Bravewords.comwith exclusive live video of them thrashing their track ‘Running Reds’.
To read about and watch the live video, please visit the following link: “What Has 160,000 Feet And Headbangs For Three Days Straight? + Live Video ‘Running Reds’: http://bravewords.com/features/metal-battle-winners-mutank-write-about-trip-to-wacken-holy-land-what-has-160-000-feet-and-headbangs-for-three-days-straight
Mutank performed on July 30th on the WET Stage for the international Wacken Metal Battle after winning the Canadian Metal Battle, which had over 100 Canadian bands compete.
Their debut ‘M.E.C.H. Metal’ was released in early 2014 and is available as a pay what you want download on bandcamp http://mutankthrash.bandcamp.com/ plus audio cassette.
Music Video – The Heavy Hand of The Doomsday Clock’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNjbkeCtUjs
Upcoming Show Dates:
Sept 20 – Montreal, QC – Katacombes w/ Dayglo Abortions, Cereal Killers, Les Rektums, Shit Tax
For more info on Mutank, please visit the following links:
http://www.facebook.com/bonebrainsnotdemolishers
http://mutankthrash.bandcamp.com/
http://www.soundcloud.com/mutank-1
Album Stream – http://mutankthrash.bandcamp.com/album/m-e-c-h-metal
Track Listing: M.E.C.H. Metal
1. M.E.C.H Metal (2:04)
2. MUTANK (4:03)
3. Minions (3:49)
4. W.A.R. (1:57)
5. Heavy Hand of The Doomsday Clock (3:38)
6. No Spoils, No Mercy (2:48)
7. Corporate Child (2:35)
8. Thrashback In Time (4:02)
Total Time: 25:00
About:
Formed when three Newfoundlanders crossed paths in the Canadian heavy metal capital with Ahmed Saad who hails from the Middle East, the injection of music immediately began to flow through their veins and M.E.C.H. metal was soon born.
“It stands for Middle East Coast Heavy Metal; Our drummer being from the Middle East and the rest of the members being from the east coast of Canada,” explains Stephen Reynolds (bass, vocals). ‘Every single person in this band is a songwriter, so the songs come out with their own feel and develop naturally.’ continues Reynolds. ‘We don’t shackle ourselves to any kind of focused idea, which brings about a sort of honesty in the music not often found in metal.’
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