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0 Wacken Metal Battle Canada Announces 2014 Battle Line Up! One Band To Rule Them All!

February 10, 2014
by Asher
· Wacken Metal Battle Canada

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Wacken Metal Battle Canada Announces 2014 Battle Line Up! One Band To Rule Them All!

One band will rule them all! After reviewing over 400 submissions, Wacken Metal Battle Canada is proud to announce its selection of 103 independent Canadian metal bands to participate in this year’s 2014 battle line up for Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. The bands will compete during the months of March, April and May in 22 qualifying rounds, 6 semi-finals, and an Alberta final along with the national final being held on June 7th in Toronto, ON at Opera House. One independent Canadian metal band will be chosen to represent the nation with highest honour at this year’s 2014 international battle at the world’s most prestigious metal festival Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany.

The finals will have the following representation and will be judged along with all other rounds by a panel of music industry representatives.

1 finalist from Vancouver, BC
1 finalist from Alberta (Calgary & Edmonton will face off in Alberta final)
2 finalists from Toronto, ON
1 finalist from Montreal, QC

Last year’s battle was witnessed to Toronto, ON’s epic power/death metal band Crimson Shadows not only winning the 2013 Canadian final but conquering the international final and performing in front of thousands unknown to their behemoth sound. (Video of that champion set can be viewed here.) The band joined a list of Canadian heavyweights such as Voivod, Exciter, Razor, Annihilator, Anvil, Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, 3 Inches of Bloods, Despised Icon and Danko Jones who have performed at the festival in years past.

Submissions were open from December 5, 2013 to January 31, 2014.

Rules: http://metalbattle.ca/rules.html

Wacken Metal Battle Canada Promo Video: http://youtu.be/gQcxqsxchkQ

For more info on Metal Battle Canada, please visit these links:

Official Website: http://www.metalbattle.ca

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetalBattleCanada

Twitter: @MetalBattleCAN

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/WackenMetalBattleCAN

For more info on Wacken Open Air, please visit http://www.wacken.com

Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2014 Line Up:

TORONTO

Sat, March 8 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. – Event Details – Ticket Link

The Parallax
Sovereign Council
Oneiromancy
Pariah
Psycho Mad Sally

Fri, March 14 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. – Event Details – Ticket Link

Our Covenant
Operus
Protokult
The Fiction In Folklore
Endemise

Fri, March 21 @ Rivoli, 334 Queen St W. – Event Details – Ticket Link

Burning The Day
The Curse Within
SludgeHammer
Empyrean Plague
My Hollow

Fri, March 28 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. – Event Details – Ticket Link

Beg For Mercy
Tsargrad
At Dawn’s Edge
Shattered Remains
Santuarium

Fri, April 4 @ Rivoli, 334 Queen St W. – Event Details – Ticket Link

Shotgun Cure
The Blackcloud Syndicate
Dawn Vally
Wretchedpain
FINAL TRIGGER (Special Guest Headliner)

Toronto – Semi-Finals:

Sat, April 26 @ Hard Luck, 772a Dundas St. W. – Event Details

Sat, May 3 @ Rivoli, 334 Queen St W. – Event Details

National Final:

Sat, June 7 @ Opera House, 735 Queen St E. – Event Details

MONTREAL

Sun, April 27 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent

NearGrey
Sudden Spawn
Fanachronic
Eclipse Prophecy

Thur, May 1 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent

Kruhl
Warsenal
Mutank
Chemical Way

Wed, May 14 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent

The Catalyst
Forbidden Sin
Ogenix
Evertrapped

Wed, May 21 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent

Hidden Pride
Dark Century
Tunguska Mammoth
Uriel

Montreal Semi-Final:

Wed, May 28 @ Katacombes, 1635 Boulevard Saint-Laurent

CALGARY

Sat, Jan 25 @ The D, 222 7 St S.W. – Event Details

Shark Infested Daughters

Krepitus – WINNER

Zipgun Wisdom

Dethgod

Druidus

Video – Calgary Battle One – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2_jT9elUI

Sat, March 8 @ Dicken’s Pub, 1000 9 Ave SW. – Event Details

Sat, March 22 @ The D, 222 7 St S.W. – Event Details

Sat, April 26 @ The D, 222 7 St S.W. – Event Details

Fri, May 2 @ The D, 222 7 St S.W. – Event Details

Calgary Semi-Final:

Sat, May 3 @ Lord Nelson’s Pub, 1020 8 Ave SW. – Event Details

Alberta Final:

Fri, May 23 @ Dicken’s Pub, 1000 9 Ave SW. – Event Details

EDMONTON

Wed, March 5 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW. – Event Details

Bring Us Your Dead
Immunize
Quietus
These Colors Don’t Run
With Malice

Wed, March 19 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW.

Black XIII
Death Assembly
Display of Decay
Samandriel
Arrival of Autumn

Wed, April 2 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW.

BLËED
Earth’s Ashes
Eye of Horus
Netherward
This is War

Wed, April 23 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW.

Death Toll Rising
Dieuponaday
Ides of Winter
Kryosphere

Edmonton Semi- Final:

Wed, May 7 @ Pawn Shop Live, 10551 82 Ave NW.

Alberta Final:

Fri, May 23 @ Dicken’s Pub, 1000 9 Ave SW., Calgary, AB – Event Details

VANCOUVER

Wed, March 5 @ Red Room Ultra Bar, 398 Richards St. – Event Details – Ticket Link

Wed, March 12 @ Fortune Sound Club, 147 E Pender St. – Event Details – Ticket Link

Wed, March 19 @ Red Room Ultra Bar, 398 Richards St. – Event Details – Ticket Link

Sun, March 30 @ Venue Night Club, 881 Granville St. – Event Details – Ticket Link

Vancouver Semi-Final:

Sat, May 3 @ Rickshaw Theatre, 254 E. Hastings St. – Event Details – Ticket Link

Special Guest Headliners: Mitochondrion and Aevangelist

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0 RockaRoll Webzine – Tribune – Tales

February 10, 2014
by Asher
· Uncategorized

RockaRoll Webzine – Tribune – Tales

0 Metal France – Deathpoint – Sinister

February 9, 2014
by Asher
· Deathpoint

http://www.metalfrance.net/chroniques-albums-metal/deathpoint-sinister

0 Technical Death Metal – Endless Chaos – Rejected Atrocity

February 7, 2014
by Asher
· Endless Chaos

http://technicaldeathmetal.com/archives/5048

0 #FreeMusicFriday – Endless Chaos – Sacrifical Ritual on PureGrainAudio.com

February 7, 2014
by Asher
· Endless Chaos

http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/endless-chaos-sacrificial-ritual-free-song-download

0 Vancouver’s KILL MATILDA Return With ‘#Punk#Zombie#RocknRoll’ EP + Cross Canada Tour

February 7, 2014
by Asher
· Kill Matilda

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R.I.Y.L: Hole, The Distillers, The Misfits, The Offspring, Paramore

Tour Dates | KillMatilda.com | Facebook | Twitter | Youtube

Reverbnation | Soundcloud | Instagram | Google +

Buy Links: iTunes | Bandcamp

EPK | Press Photo | Download EP Cover | Download Album Lyrics

Vancouver’s KILL MATILDA Return With ‘#Punk#Zombie#RocknRoll’ EP + Cross Canada Tour

L-R – Marcus Luk (Drums) – Mykel Exner (Bass) – Dusty Exner (Vocals/Guitar) (Photo Credit: Terryis Gane)

Kill Matilda just can’t sit still even when the odds are against them. From a tumor in a carotid artery to an Ectopic pregnancy, when a band is on an ass-kicking mission to Punk, Zombie and Rock n’ Roll, who can really blame them to ever stop?

“I have a guitar, I have a microphone. One week out of my hospital bed, I will meet you onstage.” Dusty Exner (vocalist/guitarist) – A Rocky Start, A Re-commitment – http://trailerparkdusty.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/a-rocky-start-a-recommitment/

Touring and moving around their native country of Canada relentlessly, Kill Matilda has called B.C., Quebec and Ontario home over the last few years, making it exceptionally clear that they mean business. As their journey continues, the band is gearing up once again to hit the road across the country from Vancouver to Montreal and settling in Toronto for a second time.

The zombie hunters will be on tour in promotion of their new release ‘#Punk#Zombie#Rocknroll’, a six song EP/ re-release featuring tracks from their 2011 full-length album ‘I Want Revenge’ with an acoustic rendition of ‘Geisha With A Switchblade’. The EP is set for official release on March 4th and will be accompanied by a comic book created by vocalist/guitarist Dusty Exner.

EP Stream – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4FivrTDNjqxrUg2TkQz_pg7LyFVyCM85

#Punk#Zombie#Rocknroll - EP Cover - High Res

Track Listing: #Punk#Zombie#RocknRoll

1. Pomegranate [Youtube]
2. I Want Revenge [Youtube]
3. Zombie Apocalypse [Youtube]
4. Law Abiding Citizen [Youtube]
5. PBJ [Youtube]
6. Geisha With A Switchblade (Acoustic) [Youtube]

Also in the plans for later this year, the band will be releasing their yet to be titled follow up EP produced by producer extraordinaire Garth Richardson.

“The amazing attention of Garth Richardson! Although this man has produced so many amazing albums and we’re not the only band getting some attention and love, he took the extra steps to personally engineer our new album, which is something he has not done in like, 10 years or something. That makes me feel very, very special.” says KM vocalist/guitarist Dusty Exner.

About KM:

The band is charged again with the task of clearing the nation of a spreading zombie epidemic after a life or death encounter one fateful night, Kill Matilda is rising to the challenge of zombie management. Specially trained to combat these unruly creatures, Kill Matilda is armed with two incomparable, indestructible, advantageous tools: With their bone-crushing music and front woman Dusty Exner’s famous cookies.

Showcasing the energy, power and adrenaline-soaked insanity Kill Matilda is famous for, anyone who chooses to tempt fate and not pick up ‘#Punk#Zombie#Rocknroll’ and ‘I Want Revenge’, or anyone who opts to not support KM’s zombiecide mission on the band’s upcoming cross-Canada tour, you’ve been warned – Kill Matilda may be coming for you next.

Upcoming Shows: (more dates to be announced)

http://artistdata.sonicbids.com/kill-matilda/shows/

Feb 28 – Abbotsford, BC @ Gators Pub – w/ Gnar Gnars, Hot Damn – Show Details

Mar 6- Vancouver, BC @ Railway Club – w/ Tickling Grandma, The Injectors

Mar 7 – Maple Ridge, BC @ The Wolf Bar

Mar 8 – Mission, BC @ The Zoo – w/ La Chinga, Random Dander, War Baby, Justice Against Monsters
Mar 11 – Kamloops, BC @ Cactus Jacks – w/Real McKenzies
Mar 13 – Vernon, BC @ The Green – IDES OF MARCH METALFEST – Show Details
Mar 14 – Williams Lake, BC @ Overlander Pub
Mar 15 – Prince George, BC @ TBA

Mar 18 – Hinton, AB @ Valley Zoo (Acoustic Show)

Mar 20 – Edmonton, AB @ Foundation Music w/ Reckless Rebels, Betty Sues A Tramp, Knuckledown – Show Details

Mar 21 – Edson, AB @ Fat Greasy’s Metal Lounge

Mar 24 – Siksika, AB @ Gordon Yellowfly Memorial Arbour

Mar 25 – Moose Jaw, SK @ 23 Main Street (Acoustic Show)

Mar 26 – Regina, SK @ The Exchange w/ Abandon All Ships, Skynet, Palisades, Collections – Show Details
Mar 27 – Winnipeg, MB @ TBA

Mar 28 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Black Pirates Pub
Mar 29 – TBA
Mar 30 – TBA

Apr 4 – Montreal, QC @ Katacombes w/ The Nailheads, Talk Sick, Ol School Johnny
Apr 5 – TBA

Apr 8 – Toronto, ON @ Bovine Sex Club (Punk Night!)

For more info, please visit these links:

www.KillMatilda.com

http://www.facebook.com/killmatilda/

http://twitter.com/KillMatilda

Music Video – She’s A Killer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUqS_hbgUDc

Music Video – Fault Lines – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YA0ZI-TkLo

EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-kill-matilda-punkzombierocknroll-2014/

0 #FreeMusicFriday – Mire – Limitless Pt. 2 on PuregrainAudio.com

February 7, 2014
by Asher
· Mire

http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/mire-limitless-pt-2-free-song-download

0 ALL ELSE FAILS Comments On Nomination Edmonton Music Award ‘Metal Recording of The Year’; Alberta Show Dates

February 7, 2014
by Asher
· All Else Fails

EP PROMOS CAN BE REQUESTED HERE

(R.I.Y.L. – Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Alexis On Fire, Cancer Bats, Five Finger Death Punch)

EPK | Press Photo

Tour Dates | AllElseFails.ca | Facebook | Youtube | Myspace

Reverbnation | CBC Radio 3 | Twitter | Sonicbids

Bandcamp iTunes CD Baby LoudTrax

ALL ELSE FAILS Comments On Nomination Edmonton Music Award ‘Metal Recording of The Year’; Alberta Show Dates

L-R – Barrett Klesko – Lead Vocals / Guitar | Seedy Mitchell – Bass/Backing Vocals | Ryan Biggs – Drums | Mike Sands – Guitar (Photo Credit – Fadeback Studios)

Announcing the return of drummer Ryan Biggs (2010, touring member 2011/2012) last month, All Else Fails is proud to announce more great news for 2014 with their nomination for ‘Metal Recording of The Year’ at this year’s Edmonton Music Awards.

“We are so excited and thankful to have been nominated for an Edmonton Music Award Metal Recording of the Year for our track ‘AntiMartyr’ from ‘Fucktropolis’. Big congrats to our friends who also got nominations as well at the awards (Death Toll Rising, Russ Dawson, and Thrill House). We are really proud of this recording and thank everyone that had a part in making it happen.” comments vocalist/ guitarist, Barrett Klesko.

Metal Recording Of The Year
All Else Fails “AntiMartyr”
Death Toll Rising “Malice Incarnate”
Dieuponaday “Enlighten”
Monarch Sky “Circles”
Villainizer “Twin Tower Two-Step”

Nominees List: http://2014edmontonmusicawards.blogspot.ca/2014/02/and-nominees-are.html

AEF released their latest EP ‘Fucktropolis’ on Suicidal Bride Records during summer 2013 and recently released their latest music video ‘A Most Unwanted Reprieve’.

“This new video is different for us because it’s all live footage filmed during our set at Loud as Hell Metal Fest in Drumheller, AB last summer and obviously the fans played a big part in how it came out. We are also debuting our new VEVO channel with this one. We’d like to wish all our fans a Merry Fucking Christmas from All Else Fails!” comments All Else Fails vocalist / guitarist and video director Barrett Klesko.

VEVO: http://www.vevo.com/watch/all-else-fails/a-most-unwanted-reprieve/QMGR31302965

Youtube: http://youtu.be/MpNxV-VE46Y

The fourth release since 2007 , ‘Fucktropolis’ is the follow up to the band’s 2012 release ‘The Oracle, What Was, Is And Could Have Been’ that received world wide praise from industry publications around the world along with their music video ‘This Burden of Life‘ added to rotation on Canada’s largest music channel Much Music, expanding their Canadian fan base dramatically.

Making their mark around the world for their aggressively dark brand of metal that is breaking the traditional ideals of their genre and drawing comparisons to bands like As I Lay Dying, All That Remains, Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God. All Else Fails infuses their music with a variety of elements that includes experimental, classical, synth lines, and spoken word sampling to accent a unique blend of heavy as hell screams and shiver inducing clean vocals.

Their high energy live show sets them apart from their peers and has garnered them appearances on numerous high level festivals over the years, including Van’s Warped tour, Boonstock and opening support slots for artists like Protest the Hero, Cancer Bats, Dayglo Abortions, 3 Inches of Blood, Fear Factory, Threat Signal, Decapitated, Suffocation, and Arise & Ruin.

Fucktropolis – Track Listing:

1. AntiMartyr

2. Better Left Undead [Free Download] [Youtube] [Music Video]

3. La Demencia Violenta

4. Obedience At The Altar of Sacrifice

5. A Most Unwanted Reprieve

Upcoming Show Dates:

March 1, 2014 – Whiskey Lounge & Night Club – Drumheller, AB w/ Maimed Wolf – Show Details

April 26, 2014 – The Vat – Red Deer, AB – w/ Ninjaspy

‘Fucktropolis’ can be purchased on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon and most online retailers.

BC – http://allelsefails.bandcamp.com/

iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/fucktropolis-ep/id670779779

Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/mp3-downloads/dp/B00DU197RI

Music Video – Better Left Undead – http://youtu.be/Msj1GgtJNbg

Music Video – This Burden of Life – http://youtu.be/9IOIWddofYE

Music Video – Obsidian Walls – http://youtu.be/MZ4PZuzQq_g

Music Video – Rebirth – http://youtu.be/BGov6ji_72s

For more info, please visit these links:

www.AllElseFails.ca

www.facebook.com/AllElseFailsCanada

Twitter: @allelsefailsca

http://allelsefails.bandcamp.com/

0 Love Hurts! Love Scars! Love Wounds! DEATHPOINT Gets Sinister With Anti-Valentine’s Day Show; New Music Music Video ‘Between The Lines’

February 6, 2014
by Asher
· Deathpoint

ALBUM PROMOS FOR MEDIA COVERAGE (ex. feature, interview, album review, airplay, etc.) CAN BE REQUESTED HERE

R.I.Y.L: As I Lay Dying, In Flames, Intandem, Nine Inch Nails, Periphery,
Soilwork, Stone Sour, Tesseract, Tool, Threat Signal

EPK | Press Photo

Tour Dates | Facebook | Reverbnation

Twitter | Youtube | Soundcloud | Instagram

Buy Links: Bandcamp | iTunes | Kill The 8 Merch

Album Lyrics – Deathpoint – Sinister – 2013 | Album Cover Download

Love Hurts! Love Scars! Love Wounds! DEATHPOINT Gets Sinister With Anti-Valentine’s Day Show; New Music Music Video ‘Between The Lines’

L-R = Brad Gold – Bass | Tom Emmans – Vocals | Tim Ross – Guitars – Photo Credit: Anna Sklavos

Love Hurts! Love Scars! Love Wounds as 1970’s hard rock band Nazareth would put it best! But when it comes to Deathpoint and an Anti-Valentine’s Day Show…

“What better way to say fuck Valentine’s day than being in the pit with your closest of friends and the closest of strangers. This holiday, spend it with Deathpoint – Love stinks, but the music doesn’t have to.” comments vocalist Tom Emmans.

Deathpoint will be performing an Anti-Valentine’s Day show on Feb 14th in Guelph, ON alongside Seducing Medusa, Killitorous (ex/current members of Blind Witness, Vital Remains, Immersed, The Kindred and Blessed By A Broken Heart), This Is Identity. The band is also scheduled to perform this weekend in London, ON on Feb 7th and Windsor, ON on Feb 8th in support of their latest album ‘Sinister’ and latest music video ‘Between The Lines’.

Music Video – Between The Lines: http://youtu.be/43mh1Dmputw (recommended if you like TV shows like Dexter, Criminal Minds and Nurse Jackie)

In additional news, Deathpoint announced guitarist Bill Elliot (Battlesoul), bassist Tiny Basstank (A Sin For A Prayer) and drummer Steve “The Animal” Mitchell (Burning the Day) to their touring line up.

Upcoming Shows:

Feb 7, 2014 – The APK – London, ON – Show Details

Feb 8, 2014 – Canadian Anglo Club – Windsor, ON – Show Details

Feb 14, 2014 – Red Papaya – Guelph, ON – Show Details

About: Deathpoint signed with Spread The Metal Records in April 2013 for distribution and released their sophomore album “Sinister” on October 1, 2013 debuting at #20 on CMJ Rock Radio charts. The band has been touring Ontario and Quebec aggressively and in early September 2013 the band performed at the Spread The Metal Festival in Toronto with Suffocation and Kittie among many others. Deathpoint will be pushing through Canadian tour dates in 2014, eager to not only experience the vastness of their home country but also do what they love the most –metal.

[Download Album Cover] |[Album Lyrics – Deathpoint – Sinister – 2013]

Album Stream: http://deathpoint.bandcamp.com/album/sinister

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/sinister/id664555324

Kill The 8 Merch – http://www.kt8merch.com/store/pages/21547

Track Listing: Deathpoint – Sinister
1. For Your Eyes Only 05:22
2. Between The Lines 03:53
3. Sinister 04:04
4. Sick, Sick, Sick 04:37
5. Remission 04:58
6. Entitled To Nothing 03:33
7. Condemned To Suffer 05:33
8. Lost Haven 04:19
9. Thirty Stitches 07:06

For more info, please visit these links:

Facebook.com/Deathpoint.metal

Twitter: @DeathpointMetal

Instagram: http://instagram.com/deathpointmetal#

Soundcloud.com/Deathpoint

EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-deathpoint-sinister-spread-the-metal-records-release-date-october-1-2013/

0 Death Toll Rising Comments On Edmonton Music Award Nomination For Metal Recording of The Year; Tour Dates w/ Kataklysm & Aborted

February 6, 2014
by Asher
· Death Toll Rising

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R.I.Y.L. = Carcass, Death, Strapping Young Lad, At The Gates, Bloodbath

EPK | Press Photo

Bandcamp | iTunes | CD Baby

Death Toll Rising Comments On Edmonton Music Award Nomination For Metal Recording of The Year; Tour Dates w/ Kataklysm & Aborted

L – R – Mike Puff (Bass), Tylor Dory (Guitar), Bryan Newbury (Drums), Jesse Berube (Vocals), Drew Copland (Guitar) – Photo Credit: Dana Zuk

Rising up the ladder of the Canadian metal scene with their latest album ‘Infection Legacy’ unleashed last October, Death Toll Rising won praise in 2013 from fans, metal publications, and support from Canadian Loud Charts (Highlight: #3 on December 2013 Top 20 Loud Charts – Canadian College Radio – (Earshot) & Highlight: #11 on November 2013 Top 20 Loud Charts – Canadian College Radio – (Earshot)). Now with an upcoming tour with Kataklysm and Aborted on select dates during the ‘Kill The Elite Tour’. The indie force is proud to announce hometown endorsement and nomination for ‘Metal Recording of The Year’ from the Edmonton Music Awards.

Drew Copland, guitarist for DTR comments:

“It is a great honour for us to be nominated for an Edmonton Music Award. We have been a part of this city’s music scene for over a decade now and we are proud to represent it alongside some other amazing bands! We would like to extend a huge high five to our local fanbase for always supporting us and sticking with us. It took some time to get Infection Legacy out there, but we poured our heart and soul into it, and just being nominated is very gratifying for us! “

Metal Recording Of The Year
All Else Fails “AntiMartyr”
Death Toll Rising “Malice Incarnate”
Dieuponaday “Enlighten”
Monarch Sky “Circles”
Villainizer “Twin Tower Two-Step”

Nominees List: http://2014edmontonmusicawards.blogspot.ca/2014/02/and-nominees-are.html

Death Toll Rising will be hitting the road in March for dates in Coaldale and Red Deer, Alberta followed after by select dates on the Kataklysm and Aborted ‘Kill The Elite Tour’ in April.

Mar 7 – Coaldale, AB – The Vent w/ Ides of Winter, Tramp Stamper – Event Details

Mar 8 – Red Deer, AB – The Vat w/ Demise Without Reason, Ides of Winter, Enemyus – Event Details

Apr 10 – Edmonton, AB – Pawn Shop – w/ Katakylsm, Aborted ‘Kill The Elite Tour’ – Event Details

Apr 11 – Calgary, AB – The Rebublik – w/ Katakylsm, Aborted ‘Kill The Elite Tour’ – Event Details

Apr 12 – Kamloops, BC – Columbo Lounge w/ Katakylsm, Aborted ‘Kill The Elite Tour’ – Event Details

Apr 13 – Vancouver, BC – The Rickshaw – w/ Katakylsm, Aborted ‘Kill The Elite Tour’ – Event Details

The band comments:

“We are absolutely pumped to be supporting Kataklysm and Aborted on select Western Canadian dates of the KILL THE ELITE spring tour 2014!! Both of these acts have been major influences on us over the last 10 years. We will be alongside Vancity’s stay tech masters, Archspire getting everyone primed to be wiped out by the headliners!”

About: Featuring a combination of death and thrash metal, the Edmonton-based band are known to devastate their audiences with their high octane performances that has lead them to share the stage over the years with high profile names such as Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, The Haunted, and Aborted (to name a few).

Originally formed in 2003 in Stony Plain, AB, Canada, Death Toll Rising have been grinding the Western Canadian metal scene steadily, gaining huge momentum over the last 3 years. New addition Tylor Dory on guitars has introduced a technical and progressive element to the band they have not had in the past. Add in the intense and relentless drumming provided by Bryan Newbury (recently recruited by Canadian prog/death powerhouse INTO ETERNITY), as well as the well-rounded rhythm provided by Drew Copland on guitar and Mike Puff on bass, and you get a monster that is only now being unleashed upon the masses with vocalist Jesse Berube topping things off with a combination of brutal death growls and Tomas Lindberg-esqe high shrieks, which will be plenty noticeable on their new album ‘Infection Legacy’.

Full album stream of ‘Infection Legacy’ can be listened on Beatroute Magazine here or Soundcloud here along with being purchased on Bandcamp here.

Track Listing: Infection Legacy

1. Infection Legacy [Youtube]
2. Judas Cradle
3. Scorched Earth Policy [Youtube]
4. Born To Defile
5. Malice Incarnate [Youtube] [Bandcamp]
6. Crack Open A Cold One
7. Slaughter To Survive
8. Revelation Despair
9. Septic Entity

For more info on Death Toll Rising, please visit the following links.

Official website: http://www.deathtollrising.net/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deathtollrising

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/deathtollrising

EPK: https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-death-toll-rising-infection-legacy-2013/

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