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0 NEWS: VESPERIA Sign w/ Fatal Illness Management + Cross Canada Tour (April 4-24) w/ KALMAH
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VESPERIA Sign w/ Fatal Illness ManagementCross Canada Tour (April 4-24) w/ Finnish Masters KALMAH
L-R – Casey Elliott (Guitar), Morgan Rider (Vocals, Bass), Frankie Caracci (Guitar), Dylan Gowan (Drums)
After a hectic 2015, which included 3 tours, a new EP, a music video, an appearance at Wacken Open Air and being crowned the International Wacken Champions, Canada’s VESPERIA have rung in 2016 by signing a management agreement with California-based Fatal Illness Management.
Manager Eric Dow comments: “Fatal Illness Management is proud to add VESPERIA to our roster. Everyone involved in this partnership has great passion for this genre of music and we are very confident of the success we will have together. We have big plans in the works so be on the lookout for this epic onslaught.”
For more info on Fatal Illness Management, please visit the following link: https://www.facebook.com/fatalillnessmanagement
In additional news, VESPERIA will be supporting Finnish metal mastersKALMAH‘s 2016 cross Canada tour from April 4th – 24th (dates listed below) plus finishing up their recording of their new album to follow up to 2015’s ‘The Iron Tempests’ EP. The album is being recorded at Blue Sound & Music Studios in Toronto, Canada with engineer/ producer Russ Mackay (Mastodon, Iron Maiden, Styx) and will feature an array of famous Canadian guest musicians with the art created by Juno award-winning artist Hugh Syme (Rush, Nevermore, Dream Theater).
VESPERIA launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise over $5,000 to record the new album giving fans many special and unique perks for their contributions, including mead made by the band’s front man Morgan Rider, drinking horns, album pre-releases, the bands stage banners and much more! For all details on contributions, please visit the following link: https://www.indiegogo.com/at/new-vesperia-album
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0 NEWS: Ottawa Death Eaters …FROM THE DEEP Post Behind The Scenes Screaming Sample of ‘Forever’
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Montreal, QC – March 16, 2016
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Ottawa Death Eaters …FROM THE DEEP Post Behind The Scenes Screaming Sample of ‘Forever’
(L-R): Mike Birch (guitar), Jake Sparling (guitar), Dave Solomon (bass), Graham Cwinn (vocals), Nick Kaminski (drums) – Photo Credit: Luc Pigeault Photography
Song Stream – We Will All Be Trees
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fai71x4CQ
Bandcamp: http://fromthedeepband.bandcamp.com/track/we-will-all-be-trees
Ottawa, ON’s death eaters …FROM THE DEEP have posted a video sample of vocalist Graham Cwinn’s behind the scenes scream from their song ‘Forever’, which is set to be recorded on a future release. Their latest EP ‘The Absurd Horror’ was unleashed in July 2015 and can be heard at the following link here.
“this is an example of my sing scream technique in our song ‘Forever’. This is just one of the many vocal techniques used in our music.” comments vocalist Graham Cwinn.
To watch the short clip, please visit the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49ZQG7Gw4XE
Upcoming Show Dates:
March 25 – Ottawa, ON @ Rainbow Bistro (Brutal Battle Cuba) – Event info
About:
…From The Deep released their most terrifying piece to date ‘The Absurd Horror’ (July 2015), which is available on Bandcamp at https://fromthedeepband.bandcamp.com/. Featuring epics written about Greek myths and human survival, this is one band that will leave you with the feeling of being hopelessly lost on an unrelenting ocean, clinging to life.
For more info, please visit http://www.facebook.com/fromthedeepmetal.
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0 NEWS: GearGods Premiere MARTRIDEN Guitar Playthrough ‘Invisible Cities’ + FREE Track Download
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Montreal, QC – March 15, 2016
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GearGods Premiere MARTRIDEN Guitar Playthrough ‘Invisible Cities’ + FREE Track Download
Album Title Track ‘Cold And Silence’ Available For FREE Download
Producing blackened death metal with progressive and symphonic highlights that sound straight from the depths of hell. Denver, CO nightmare MARTRIDEN have teamed up with GearGods.net for the premiere of their guitar playthrough video for ‘Invisible Cities’ at the following link: http://geargods.net/playthrough/martriden-take-you-on-a-tour-of-invisible-cities-in-this-exclusive-guitar-playthrough/
The track is off their most recent album ‘Cold And Silence’ unleashed during November 2015 to follow their previous releases 2010’s ‘Encounter The Monolith’ and 2007’s ‘The Unsettling Dark’ (Candlelight Records).
The band has also made available the album’s title track for FREE download, which is one of seven off the full length that deals with each telling a story and theme about the insignificance of human life compared to the vast entirety of the universe.
FREE DOWNLOAD – ‘Cold And Silence’ – https://martriden.bandcamp.com/track/cold-and-the-silence
Album Order – https://martriden.bandcamp.com/album/cold-and-the-silence
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0 NEWS: RED SKIES Announce April Show Dates; Release Music Video ‘New Voice’; New Album Out ‘Iron Sun’
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Montreal, QC – March 15, 2016
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For fans of Parkway Drive, Tool, As I Lay Dying, Deftones, Meshuggah, Architects
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RED SKIES Announce Quebec April Show Dates; New Music Video ‘New Voice’
Left to right: Charles Legault (Lead Guitar) | Tevan Crooks (Bass) | Cody Dodds (Vocals) | Justin Furtado (Vocals/Rhythm Guitar) | Max Wilk (Drums/Piano) – Photo credit: David Afriat
From humble beginnings in 2012, Montreal, QC’s RED SKIES has come together to create a musical style of their own with nothing but their creativity to limit them. Unleashing their latest album 2015’s ‘Iron Sun’ plus recently premiering their their music video ‘New Voice’ via SkullsNBones.com, the band is proud to announce they will be performing a local show date on April 7th at Pirnaha Bar and April 22nd will be performing in Levis, QC at Bar Le Cluster.
Upcoming Dates:
April 22 – Levis, QC @ Bar Le Cluster – w/ Feels Like Home, Get The Shot & Hour of Defiance
To watch ‘New Voice’, please visit the following links: SkullsnBones.com| Youtube
Album Stream – https://redskies.bandcamp.com/album/iron-sun
About:
The end of a time and the beginnings of something greater; that is what Red Skies stands for and what its name means to the band members that make up its sound.
From humble beginnings in 2012, the group came together to create a musical style of their own with nothing but their creativity to limit them. Fast, catchy and heavy, their E.P. Identitas (2013) stands as a testament to their reputation as a staple of the Montreal music scene. In the short amount of time the band has been around, they already had the chance to share the stage with many established acts, including: Architects, Enter Shikari, The Acacia Strain, Stray From the Path, Volumes, Being as an Ocean, My Ticket Home, Amity Affliction, For the Fallen Dreams, Obey the Brave, Heartist, Smash Hit Combo, Your Memorial, The Plot in You, The Contortionist, Counterparts, Fit For An Autopsy, Intervals and many more.
In 2014, their hard work was recognized by a large panel of judges coming from all corners of the music industry (Evenko, Extensive Enterprises, The Gazette, Asher Media Relations, etc.) at the “En Route Vers Heavy MTL” contest, during which the band made it all the way to the finals at Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre, under overwhelming participation from the crowd and positive feedback from the judges.
Red Skies continues to push the limits of their identity and sound, striving to create a place for their art and a name for themselves. Their debut record “Iron Sun” (10/13/15) has already received many critical acclaims and keeps doing so as the band spreads their fresh new sound to the masses.
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0 NEWS: Loudwire Exclusive Album Premiere NECRONOMICON ‘Advent of The Human God’; Out via Season of Mist March 18th Europe/ March 25th North America
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Montreal, QC – March 14, 2016
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Loudwire Exclusive Album Premiere NECRONOMICON ‘Advent of The Human God’
New Album ‘Advent of The Human God’ via Season of Mist (March 18 EU/March 25 NA)
Special Event: April 2 – Montreal, QC @ Piranha Bar – CD Launch – Event info
Photo Credit – Myriam Francoeur
Music Video – Watch here.
Delivering a lethal dose of symphonic, blackened death, Montreal, QC metal masters NECRONOMICON are returning in 2016 with their latest offering‘Advent of The Human God’ set to be unleashed via Season of Mist on March 18th for Europe and March 25th for North America / rest of the world. The brutal assaulting soundtrack is the follow up to their previous SOM release 2013’s ‘Rise of The Elder Ones’. ‘Advent of the Human God’ seesNECRONOMICON at the height of their powers and is the veteran band’s definitive album to date with tracks like ‘The Golden Gods’, ‘Unification of the Four Pillars’, ‘Crown of Thorns’ and ‘I Bringer of Light’ that demonstrate how deadly their extreme metal can be. Album pre-order available at http://smarturl.it/NecronomShop
Teaming up with Loudwire, NECRONOMICON premiere the full stream of‘Advent of The Human God’ at the following link: http://loudwire.com/necronomicon-advent-of-the-human-god-exclusive-album-stream/
Vocalist Rob The Witch comments on the album:
“Humanity can challenge the imposed system that have been forced and imposed on us since birth. Most humans are forced into religion and politics, a system based on religion controlling what you think, how you should think and believe what is good or not accordingly to their rules. Laws have been made based on moral dictated by religions and with time applied in governments and politics. How long will mankind will stay a slave and refuse to embrace is own power to become one with the great all. We are part of the universal creation, we are one with all and all in one. We are gods, dark gods, and it is our duty to thin the herd.”
Rob “The Witch”: Vocals, Guitar
Mars: Bass
Rick: Drums
About:
With ‘Advent Of The Human God’, NECRONOMICON present themselves at a new height in their long lasting career, which began as early as 1988 with the founding of the band by guitarist and singer Rob “The Witch” Tremblay in the deep northern part of Canadian province Quebec, called the “Fjord of Saguenay”.
The Canadian veterans keep their tracks 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 of NECRONOMICON. 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.
NECRONOMICON 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 NECRONOMICON are more than ready for the next step with ‘Advent Of The Human God’. Lay back and enjoy the darkness!
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0 NEWS: HELSOTT Add New Guitarist Mike Pardi (Possessed/Draconis) + Date w/ LT’s Rhapsody, Primal Fear
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Montreal, QC – March 8, 2016
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American Pagan Metal HELSOTT Add New Guitarist Mike Pardi (Possessed/Draconis) + Show Date w/ LT’s Rhapsody, Primal Fear May 14th
Show Dates:
May 14 – San Diego @ Brick By Brick w/ Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody and Primal Fear – Event info
L-R Cooper Dustman – Drums, Mikey Muller – Bass, Eric Dow – Lead Vocals, David Walston – Lead Guitar, Mike Pardi – Guitar
Photographer Credit: Josiah Guile – Design Credit: Sara Ospina
American Pagan metal band HELSOTT is proud to announce the addition of new guitarist Mike Pardi (Possessed/Draconis) to their line up for both live and upcoming recording for their follow up to 2014’s debut album ‘Woven’, which Pardi was a special guest vocalist for the track ‘Cessation’ that can be heard at the following album stream link here.
“We are happy to have Mike join the fold. He has worked with us in the past and we feel his dark and heavy style will fit in perfectly with us plus supporting Lt’s Rhapsody and Primal Fear for their Southern CA show will be awesome! We have never shared the stage with either of those bands before so we are looking forward to tearing it up with them in San Diego!” comments vocalist Eric Dow.
Helsott will be local support for Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody and Primal Fear tour stop in San Diego on May 14th at Brick By Brick. Tickets available at www.Helsott.com.
- Helsott (5:10)
- Agamemnon (3:55)
- Axe, Shield and Battlefield (5:07)
- Painless Journey of Death (3:39)
- Cessation (5:42)
- The Sacking of Lindisfarne (11:52)
- Now His Fate (3:18)
- Eight Drunken Celts (5:17)
Album Length: 44:03
About:
American Pagan Metal? What does that mean? Americans pretending that they are Vikings?
No, Helsott is so much more than that. Lyrically, Helsott pay homage to all things pagan, not just Scandinavian Paganism. American Mythology, Scandinavian Mythology, Germanic Mythology, Ancient Egyptology, Celtic Mythology, Greek Mythology, and all things Heathen. Paganism was and still is relevant all around the world and is the main backdrop in the Theater of Helsott. Musically, if you threw Folk Metal, Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Thrash Metal, Classical Music and Rock n’ Roll into a smelting pot and poured its contents onto the world…that world would scream Helsott. Meaning “Fatal Illness” in Teutonic, Helsott have already carved a piece of the Metal World for them-selves and plan on carving deeper with their beautifully brutal, pagan themed brand of metal for years to come.
On a National level Helsótt has toured the US and Canada with Paganfest alongside Ensiferum, Tyr, Heidevolk, and Trollfest…for Rock The Nation USA. In 2015 Helsott toured the US in support of their album “Woven” twice. The first being a summer headlining tour and the second in support of Arkona and Heidevolk on the Pagan Rebellion tour.
On a local level Helsótt has supported national and international acts such as: Finntroll, Ensiferum, Moonsorrow, Opeth, Katatonia, Trollfest, Heidevolk, Turisas, Nile, Ex Deo, Dio’s Disciples, Tyr, Korpiklaani, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Nevermore, Barren Earth, Suidakra, Eluveitie, Arkona, Alestorm, Metsatöll, Kill Devil Hill, Carach Angren, Fear Factory, Rotting Christ, Epica, Death Angel, Hate, Kampfar, Vreid, Keep of Kalessin, D.R.I., Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, Necrophagia, 1349, Warbringer, Mayhem, Destruction, Heathen, Goatwhore, Possessed, Woods of Ypris, Decrepit Birth, Origin, Dillinger Escape Plan…and many more.
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0 NEWS: Bravewords Premiere ÉOHUM ‘Unmasking A World of Deceit’ (French Horn Black Metal); New EP ‘Ealdfaeder’ Out March 18th
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Montreal, QC – March 7, 2016
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Bravewords Premiere ÉOHUM ‘Unmasking A World of Deceit’ (French Horn Black Metal)
New EP ‘Ealdfaeder’ Out March 18th
Show Dates:
March 17 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar (CD Release Show) – Event info
Montreal black metallers Éohum have teamed up with Bravewords for the premiere of their third single ‘Unmasking A World of Deceit’ off their upcoming EP ‘Ealdfaeder’ set for release on March 18th.
Band founder and guitarist Jeremy Perkins comments:
“Unmasking A World of Deceit, this is the brutal blend of death and black with a great old school break for metal lovers, a signature for us now!
The EP was recorded at Chris Donaldson’s (Cryptopsy) “The Grid” with a special guest recording from drummer Simon Mackay of The Agonist on tracks 2-4-5 and features a line up with band founder Perkins on guitar along with the return of Annie Perreault on French horn/flute, guitarist Sylvain Dumont, vocalist Barrie Butler plus new comers bassist Cesar Franco and drummer Luca Belviso whom have been part of the line up for the last year. All are focused on the distinct grassroots of old school plus very heavy progression that has flourished since last year to give way to a distinct path, sound and image with each member sharing common ground on the message, beliefs and ideas behind Éohum.
To listen to ‘Unmasking A World of Deceit’, please visit the following link via Bravewords: http://bravewords.com/news/eohum-unmasking-the-world-of-deceit-premiere
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0 NEWS: RAPHEUMETS WELL Streaming New Track ‘Witch of Dark Spire’; New Album ‘The Exile’ March 18th
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Montreal, QC – March 4, 2016
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For fans of Fleshgod Apocalypse, Septic Flesh, Dimmu Borgir, Cattle Decapitation
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RAPHEUMETS WELL Streaming New Track ‘Witch of Dark Spire’
Sign w/ Test Your Metal Records For New Album ‘The Exile’ Due Out March 18th
The Exile – Promo Video – Watch here.
1. Resurrecting The Blood Gate (4:44) [NCS][Youtube]
2. The Blight of Sotath Shal (3:53)
3. The Epic of Darmak (4:59)
4. Crucible of Titans (4:14)
5. Resurgence (6:07)
6. Witch of Dark Spire (5:17)
7. The Exile (6:13)
8. Planetary Cenotaph (5:05)
Album Length: 40:37
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0 NEWS: Out Now! Montreal Power Metallers DEMISE OF THE CROWN Unleash Self-Title Debut
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Montreal, QC – March 4, 2016
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Out Now! Montreal Power Metallers DEMISE OF THE CROWN Unleash Self-Title Debut
Brandish your weapons and bare your teeth in the battle for new world order with Montreal’s power metal quintet, DEMISE OF THE CROWN. They run the gambit from melodic power metal to hard rock weaved together with soaring solos reminiscent of Eddie Van Halen with undertones of Yngwie Malmsteen. The band’s sound has developed from progressive to a heavy metal band that has a pop format structure to the music in order to lure people into the realm of metal. Through many years of playing music with different people in the Montreal scene and slowly forming the official line up in 2014. Each member have spent their time paying dues in the local community and have banded together with the same goal and vision for a band determined to shake the foundation of power metal.
Guitarist, Manuel Iradian writes all the music, then handed off to Kevin “Kevy Metal” (drummer) to dress up each song with his high-speed, galloping rhythms, finally, Darren Beadman crafts the anthemic lyrics rousing crowds to chant along with an anarchistic frenzy. Each song is rooted in all basic human emotions; anger, lust, depression, happiness, death and revenge.
Guitarist Manuel Iradian comments:
“We are proud to release our debut album. The tone of it is dark and melodic, has catchy choruses and face melting guitar solos. We would like to thank Kevin Jardine at Uplift Studios for doing a great job and being there for us in the rough times. This is only the beginning for the band as we are going back in the studio March 6th with producer extraordinaire Glen Robinson. So stay tuned and stay metal!”
To listen to the self-titled album, please visit the following link:
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