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0 Loud As Hell Announce 2018 Line Up w/ Fit For An Autopsy, Archspire, Into Eternity, Ninjspy and more! Aug 3-5 – Drumheller, AB @ Dinosaur Downs Stampede Grounds – Social Media Hashtag #LAH7

April 16, 2018
by Asher
· Loud As Hell Festival · Music News

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Montreal, QC – April 16, 2018

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Loud As Hell Announce 2018 Line Up w/ Fit For An Autopsy, Archspire, Into Eternity Ninjaspy and more!

Aug 3-5 – Drumheller, AB @ Dinosaur Downs Stampede Grounds

Social Media Hashtag #LAH7

Western Canada’s decibel breaking heavy metal festival LOUD AS HELL announce their 2018 line up featuring headliners New Jersey’s deathcore titans FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, Vancouver tech death giants ARCHSPIRE, Regina’s progressive melo-death masters INTO ETERNITY plus many more to rage across the Dinosaur Downs Stampede Grounds of Drumheller, AB from August 3rd to 5th.

LAH Festival co-organizer Geoff Bourrie comments:

“We have worked really hard to put together what we feel will be the best Loud As Hell yet! We have many of the heaviest and hardest bands from around Western Canada and then cap it all off with New Jersey’s Fit For An Autopsy, which will bring Loud As Hell to the next level! You will not want to miss this.”

The last two years of the festival has sold out and headbangers from across country and beyond are urged to get their tickets now. All weekend passes includes camping on the Dinosaur Downs Stampede Grounds.

Weekend Passes are available at the following link: https://www.loudashell.com/tickets

The 2018 edition will see LOUD AS HELL celebrating its seventh consecutive year presented by Semchuk Productions, Jurassic Ink Custom Tattoo, Prairie Fire Events, and Asher Media Relations. LAH always work their hardest to deliver the best lineup in the West ready to melt your face off. Featuring over 40 bands from across Western Canada and beyond, you won’t want to miss any of it. And don’t forget about their freak shows, burlesque dancers, clinics, vendors and dinosaurs!

Loud As Hell 2018 Line Up:

Thursday, August 2nd LAH Kick Off Party @ Neighbours Corner Pub
Concrete Funeral (Calgary, AB)
World War Waiting (Calgary, AB)
Benevolent Like Quietus (Calgary, AB)

Friday, August 3rd @ Dinosaur Downs Stampede Grounds
Vantera (Vancouver, BC)
Ninjaspy (Port Coquitlam, BC)
Stab Twist Pull (Calgary, AB)
Burning Effigy (Calgary, AB)
Tessitura (Edmonton, AB)
Hammerdrone (Calgary, AB)
Red Cain (Calgary, AB)

Saturday, August 4th @ Dinosaur Downs Stampede Grounds
Into Eternity (Regina, SK)
West Of Hell (Vancouver, BC)
Greybeard (Calgary, AB)
Neck Of The Woods (Vancouver, BC)
Hazzerd (Calgary, AB)
Revenger (Vancouver, BC)
Black Friday (Edmonton, AB)
Cell (Winnipeg, MB)
Culled (Edmonton, AB)
Citizen Rage (Calgary, AB)
Juliet Ruin (Edmonton, AB)
Grizzlyhawk (Humboldt, SK)
Irradiation (Kelowna, BC)
ChaosBeing (Calgary, AB)
Widows Peak (Calgary, AB)

Sunday, August 5th @ Dinosaur Downs Stampede Grounds
Fit For An Autopsy (New Jersey, USA)
Archspire (Vancouver, BC)
Eye Of Horus (Edmonton, AB)
Inverted Serenity (Winnipeg, MB)
Arrival Of Autumn (Grande Prairie, AB)
Odinfist (Armstrong, BC)
Orchestry (Vancouver, BC)
Galactic Pegasus (Vancouver, BC)
Detherous (Calgary, AB)
The Myopia Condition (Red Deer, AB)
Breaking The Silent (Edmonton, AB)
Throne Of The Dead (Prince George, BC)
The Rekkening (Vancouver, BC/Montreal, QC)
Dethgod (Morley, AB)
Illyrian (Calgary, AB)

For more info, please visit these links:

Official Website: http://www.loudashell.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LoudAsHellFestival
Official Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1771794379782302/
Twitter: @LoudAsHellFest
Instagram: @LoudAsHellFestival
Social Media Hashtag #LAH7

Live Videos from LAH 2017:
Battlecross – Live Video @ Loud As Hell 2017 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKlNiy8KYgE
Planet Eater – Live Video @ Loud As Hell 2017 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNhAScv4Sz8
More live videos @ SlimBzTV Youtube Channel http://www.youtube.com/SlimBzTV

WCMFA:

Armstrong MetalFest
Calgary Metalfest
Days of The Dead
Loud As Hell
Metalocalypstick
Metallion
ShrEdmonton

Sponsors / Partners:

Asher Media Relations
Jurassic Ink
Hazardous Material
Metal Heads United
Neighbours Corner Pub
PureGrainAudio
PureRockRadio
Prairie Fire Events
SANE Clothing
Voxx Promos

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0 EPK – KOSM – Cosmonaut (LP) (2018)

February 12, 2018
by Asher
· EPKs · KOSM

KOSM – Cosmonaut (LP) (2018)

For fans of Tool, Mastodon, Gojira, The Agonist, Jinjer

Release Date: November 16, 2018

Distribution: Distro Kid

“KOSM delivers the goods while touching bases in the same ballpark as TOOL, MASTODON and PERIPHERY, (they’ve previously covered Mastodons “Blood and Thunder”) with an emphasis on plenty of space rock intermissions” – Powerplay Magazine

“Remember when Mastodon were special, circa Leviathan, Blood Mountain and Crack The Skye, before that vision was lost? […] Well, Kosm are like Mastodon in those days.” – Hellbound.ca

“KOSM does a solid job of mixing technicality, mood and groove. […] They’re a well versed band with all kinds of moods and changes engaging your ears every split second.” – Technical Music Review

“Vancouver’s KOSM kick the door in with Cosmonaut, their monstrous full-length debut. Brace yourself for a satisfying trip through an exciting mountain range of cascading, meaty riffs, swelling rises and heady drops, all led by the powerful, soaring vocals of the dynamic Jessie Grace. ” – Beatroute BC

“KOSM cite Tool, Gojira and Mastodon as three of their main influences, and all three can be heard loud and clear on their new album, Cosmonaut. The technical, progressive musicianship of Tool meets the crushing grooves and rhythmic vocals of Gojira, and Mastodon’s ear for riffy, thunderous prog are all present on Cosmonaut, which features some of the most technical metal I’ve heard this year outside of, you know, technical death metal. ” – Decibel Magazine

“Lovecraftian progressive metal is on the table for Kosm’s debut. While bands like Mastodon and Tool come to mind in the way that the guitars are maneuvering around, limiting the band in that manner downplays what they are trying to do. There are so many different textures and flavors along the way it is really hard to get a grasp on what best defines them. But that’s perfectly okay, and keeps Cosmonaut interesting for its 66-minute runtime. The concept to it all keeps it on the rails while exploring a variety of emotions and levels of heaviness (including some that aren’t so heavy). There’s loads of potential here for the band to experiment with in future offerings. ” – Dead Rhetoric

“KOSM definitely show enough potential with this release to be a band that should be on your scopes.” – Noizze UK

KOSM – Cosmonaut (2018)

[Download Album Cover]
[Download Album Lyrics]

Track Listing:
1. Space Mead (6:07)
2. Cosmonaut (5:27)
3. Colossus (6:38)
4. Wolves Upon The Throne (5:46)
5. The Esoteric Order (6:23)
6. Farseer (6:40)
7. Ancient Heart (5:23)
8. Fiefdom In The Sky (2:15)
9. Omnipresence (4:36)
10. Monarch (7:16)
11. Umbrakinesis (5:23)
12. Wza – Y’ei (4:20)
Album Length: 1:06:21

Album Credits:

– All songs performed by Jessie Grace, Mike Slater, Michael Mastracci, Erik Leonhard, Sterling Paterson
– All songs written by Jessie Grace, Mike Slater, Michael Mastracci, Erik Leonhard, Sterling Paterson
– Produced, mixed, and mastered by Mike Slater
– Album Artwork by Jessie Grace

Available on: iTunes, Bandcamp, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon Music, Tidal, Deezer

Album & Live Line Up:

Jessie Grace (Vocals)

Mike Slater (Guitar)

Michael Mastracci (Bass),

Erik Leonhard (Guitar)

Sterling Paterson (Drums)

L-R – Jessie Grace – Vocals, Mike Slater – Guitar, Erik Leonhard – Guitar, Michael ‘Pastrami’ Mastracci – Bass, Sterling Paterson – Drums

Photo credit – Justin Forster

KOSM is a progressive metal band hailing from Vancouver BC, Canada. Combining influences from Mastodon, Tool and Gojira; their sound is dynamic and unquestionably lethal. Since their induction in 2016, they have been making their mark in Vancouver’s metal scene as an absolute force to be reckoned with.

The origin of the band starts with Mike Slater (guitars) and Erik Leonhard (guitars) as a casual project, and they were quickly joined by Jessie Grace (vocals), Sterling Paterson (drums) and Michael Mastracci (bass) for some jolly cooperation. Swiftly, like hunters, they took off from there and released two singles; including the well received “Ancient Heart” music video. Familiar to members of the progressive metal covenant, and playing with themes from the H.P. Lovecraft and Bloodborne universes; KOSM is quite unique and authentically its own being. Their next release “Cosmonaut” is an LP loosely based on the Lovecraftian myth of Cthulhu and each song is meant to walk the listener through a story from beginning to end.

With even more material in the world and future albums planned, KOSM summons you to join them on this journey full of experimental and progressive metal.

Shared Stage w/:
Sirenia, Threat Signal, Ninjaspy, Anarcheon, Obsidian, Giants Arise, Gross Misconduct

Tour and Festivals
2018 – Wacken Metal Battle Canada (round 1) – Vancouver BC
2018 – Metalocalypstick Festival – Lone Butte, BC
2018 – Metallion Festival – Vanderhoof, BC
2018 – Rickshaw – Vancouver, BC w/ Sirenia

0 NEWS: Shemonic Metal ANARCHEON Announce Western Canadian Tour Dates

August 2, 2017
by Asher
· Anarcheon · Music News

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Montreal, QC – August 2, 2017

For fans of In Flames (Early), Unearth, Jinjer

fans of In Flames (Early), Unearth, Jinjer

Shemonic Metal ANARCHEON Announce Western Canadian Tour Dates

L-R = Guitar – Clayton Bach, Vocals – Kaija Kinney, Bass – Sylvain Maltais, Drums – Steve Richardo

Photo Credit – Shane Lange – Factory Worker Media

Formed in 2015, ANARCHEON has been stealing the hearts and souls of fans in the Vancouver area and beyond since their inception. A powerhouse of shemonic screams, catchy riffs and energetic heavy bass leads, the quartet will be embarking on a Western Canadian tour that will kick off in Vancouver, BC on August 24th and wrap up in Prince George, BC on September 2nd plus will include a show date in Kamloops on August 26th supporting Montreal’s internationally renowned extreme metallers THE AGONIST (Napalm Records).

Vocalist Kaija Kinney comments:

“We’re looking forward to connecting with audiences on this tour, we like to bring great energy, get everyone involved in the pit and atmosphere. We got new music to play off our upcoming EP and album that we can’t wait to perform live!”

ANARCHEON are touring in support of their upcoming debut EP set for release in October, which the band will follow up with a full album that they are currently in studio recording. The band’s latest single “Super Nova” was released this past April to follow their 2016 self-titled demo. ANARCHEON is fronted by vocalist Kaija Kinney, founder of Metalocalypstick Fest, the BC metal fest celebrating women in metal, along with guitarist Clayton Bach, bassist Sylvain Maltais and drummer Steve “Machine” Richardo (ex-Messiah, ex-Green Jellÿ).

Song Stream – “Super Nova” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZKwQXXHdt0

Free Download of all ANARCHEON tracks – https://soundcloud.com/anarcheon-band/

ANARCHEON – Western Canada Tour Dates:
Aug 24 – Vancouver, BC – Pub 340
Aug 25 – Kelowna, BC – Munnin’s Post
Aug 26 – Kamloops, BC – The Dirty Jersey w/ The Agonist – info
Aug 27 – Calgary, AB – Distortion
Aug 29 – Lethbridge, AB – The Smokehouse
Aug 30 – Edmonton, AB – The Brixx
Aug 31 – Grand Prairie, AB – Better Than Fred’s
Sept 2 – Prince George, BC – The Legion

For more info:

www.facebook.com/anarcheonband
Instagram- @anarcheonband

EPK – http://wp.me/pciNW-awj

About:

Vancouver, BC’s ANARCHEON was formed in 2015 and features vocalist Kaija Kinney, founder of Metalocalypstick Fest, the BC metal fest celebrating women in metal, along with guitarist Clayton Bach, bassist Sylvain Maltais and drummer Steve “Machine” Richardo (ex-Messiah, ex-Green Jellÿ). With a band name playing off the word Anarchy, ANARCHEON is more of a Frankenstein of their various influences. Demonstrating shemonic screams, catchy riffs and energetic heavy bass leads, the band has unleashed a three track demo and single “Super Nova”, which is will be followed by an EP in October 2017 and full length album for 2018.

Vocalist Kaija Kinney comments:

“The EP has many different types of lyrics but to summarize I would say its about coming clean and empowering yourself as a true genuine person with a lot of life struggles with depression. You will also hear the evolution of our sound mostly reflects on the different guitar players we’ve had with a slightly darker twist now with bass heavy Iron Maiden type leads.”

All tracks previously released by ANARCHEON are available for free download via their Soundcloud here.

ANARCHEON has shared the stage with multiple bands from the Western Canadian metal scene and beyond such as Nervosa (Napalm Records), Mortillery (Napalm Records, Scythia, Van Halst, Dead Asylum and more.

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“first executive officers of sonic extremity, meting out judicious servings of melody and enmity.” – Factory Worker Media

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0 NEWS: DIVINITY Posts New Lyric Video “DMT” ft.Bjorn Strid of Soilwork + New Album Out Now “The Immortalist”

June 22, 2017
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· Divinity · Music News

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Montreal, QC – June 22, 2017

For fans of Soilwork, Extol, Textures, Revocation

DIVINITY Posts New Lyric Video “DMT” ft.Bjorn Strid of Soilwork

New Album Out Now “The Immortalist”

Calgary, AB progressive death metal band DIVINITY have posted a new lyric video for their track “DMT”, which features Bjorn Strid of Soilwork and is off theirnew album “The Immortalist” that was unleashed on May 26th.

The band comments on track:

“We are very proud of this track. Not only does it have some of our best songwriting, but it also has guest vocals by one of our biggest influences Bjorn ‘Speed’ Strid of Soilwork! When we sent him the rough demo of the song along with our lyrics and he sent back amazing vocal tracks within a few days that didn’t even need any edits. We were blown away with his abilities and could not be happier with how it turned out! We also got word from Bjorn that he thinks it sounds fantastic too!”

Lyric Video – “DMT” ft.Bjorn Strid of Soilwork – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6aQ9eRtQO4

Album Stream – https://soundcloud.com/divinitymetal/sets/the-immortalist

“The Immortalist” is a culmination of 5 years of hard work and dedication to DIVINITY‘s craft. The album features 12 tracks that include their two previous EP releases “The Immortalist, Pt. 1 – Awestruck” and “The Immortalist, Pt. 2 –Momentum” with their 3rd EP “The Immortalist Pt. 3 – Conqueror” now completed to finish off the trilogy series as one huge full length album. All the tracks on the album are re-mixed and re-mastered by the talented Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy, The Grid Productions) to make the songs more cohesive and work as a full-length experience. This album also features Bjorn ‘Speed’ Strid of Soilwork on vocals for the song ‘D.M.T.’.

Album order available on Divinity.ca, iTunes or Amazon plus an exclusive digipak CD available on their website for those who like to support the band directly. The digipak CD contains a 24-page booklet that showcases this entire concept giving fans way a full physical experience to the story, songs, lyrics, and visual aspect of the new album.

1. Manhunt (4:25)
2. Atlas (4:42)
3. Hallowed Earth (6:04)
4. DMT (7:36)
5. PsyWar (6:36)
6. Distorted Mesh (3:48)
7. The Dead Speak From Behind (7:05)
8. Lucid Creator (4:52)
9. The Reckoning (4:24)
10. All Seeing Eyes (5:40)
11. Momentum (5:21)
12. Conqueror (7:20)
Album Length: 1:07:56

DIVINITY is:
Sean Jenkins – Vocals
Jeff Waite – Vocals
James Duncan – Guitars
Brett Duncan – Drums
Keith Branston – Bass

About:

Divinity, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, started in 1997 and began playing live shows in 1999. In 2001, the band released its first EP album called “Intensify” which received a lot of local (Canadian) praise after sending in a couple songs to BWBK’s ‘Knuckletrack’ CD sampler. A music video was released for the song “World of Pain” in 2003 and the band played local shows building its show experience.

Fast forward to 2007, Divinity independently releases their first full-length album called “Allegory” and is picked up by Nuclear Blast Records just 3 months after the independent release. Obviously, this was a major turning point for the band!

In 2008, Divinity took on its first major tour by joining the Summer Slaughter Canada tour. This gave them the opportunity to connect to high-calibre booking agents and other acts such as Dying Fetus, Whitechapel, and Necrophagist.

In 2009, Divinity spent it’s time creating their 2nd full-length album, called “The Singularity” which was released under Candlelight Records with a very positive response from numerous reviewers and listeners.

Since the release of The Singularity, Divinity has toured Canada numerous times over and has received massive support and praise from around the world.

The band is currently releasing a trilogy EP concept album now turned into a full-length LP, called ‘The Immortalist’ available May 26th, 2017 at all digital music stores and as a special limited run CD Digipak.

For more info, please visit www.Divinity.ca.

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“Divinity are an insanely talented band who’ve just released an amazing album that just isn’t getting the attention it deserves. I was listening to the full album yesterday on my iPod… and “fucking wow” is still about all I can come up with. It’s complex, it’s progressive, it’s deep, it’s brutal, it’s shreddy, it’s hooky, it’s artsy… it’s everything you (I) want a metal record to be. Every musician in the band is top-notch, including vocalist Sean Jenkins with whom I’m especially impressed (this from a guy who ordinarily doesn’t focus on vocals).” – Metalsucks.net

“Canada’s metal wizards Divinity have just released a vibrant, explosive video for “Lay In The Bed You’ve Made,” from the band’s Candlelight Records debut The Singularity.” – Guitar World

“DIVINITY: F*CKING WOW…Divinity definitely make my balls quiver.” – Metalsucks.net

“Technical death metal fans will find Divinity to be a hybrid of several genres that all have a hand in formulating the band’s sonic reverence. From soft piano to sky-raising clean vocals, every attempt is made to show that monotony and predictability is not in Divinity’s DNA.” – Metal Underground

“Divinity is easily among Canada’s elite bands (along with Into Eternity for example) that have that the new ‘Western Canadian’ sound that morphs Death, Thrash, Prog and crazy chops into one sweet package.” – Metal-Rules

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0 NEWS: Decibel Mag Premiere: Thrash Champions MUTANK Return With New Demolisher “P.O.P.U.L.O.U.S.”

May 25, 2017
by Asher
· Music News · MUTANK

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Montreal, QC – May 25, 2017

For fans of D.R.I., Suicidal Tendencies, Havok, Megadeth

Decibel Mag Premiere: Thrash Champions MUTANK Return With New Demolisher “P.O.P.U.L.O.U.S.”

New EP “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” Out June 16th via Boonsdale Records

Canadian Tour w/ Annihilator, Mason

(Photo Credit: Katherine Dydyk)

L-R – Ahmed Daas – Drums, Chris Nasty – Guitar, Costa Skoulikas – Guitar, Stephen Reynolds – Vocals/Bass

Montreal thrash champions MUTANK return with a new EP “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” due out June 16th via Boonsdale Records plus will be embarking on their first ever cross Canada tour with legends ANNIHILATOR (dates listed below). The new EP from the 2014 Wacken Metal Battle Canada winners is short, but sweet to follow their debut cassette EP “M.E.C.H. Metal” and is a taste of what’s to come from the band’s full length planned to be unleashed later this year. The five track demolisher “W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T.” was produced with Topon Das (Fuck The Facts) and is a step up from what people have heard from MUTANK thus far.

Vocalist/bassist Stephen Reynolds comments:

“Someone is gonna hurt their neck listening to this…This upcoming EP ‘W.H.A.T.S.T.H.A.T’ sort of started as a joke. I just thought it would be funny to force an acronym for ‘what’s that?’ and I came up with ‘We Have Alottta Thrash Songs That Have Abbreviate Titles’. From there we came up with the concept of an EP with a bunch of forced acronym titles. The EP itself was written somewhat conceptually with the individual songs being very short thrash songs that come together to make one longer progressive thrash track, which harkens back to the title since we don’t even know what it is! We have a ton of new material in the works as well, people can expect new stuff sooner rather than later!”

MUTANK‘s first single off the EP, “P.O.P.U.L.O.U.S” is exclusively streaming now with an interview on Decibel Magazine at the following link: http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2017/5/25/track-premiere-introductory-interview-saying-hello-to-mutank

EP Pre-Order here.

Live video MUTANK at Wacken 2014 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQrLaG8BPL4

Track Listing:
1. L.I.F.E. (1:01)
2. I.D.I.O.T. (2:06)
3. P.O.P.U.L.O.U.S. (1:40)
4. F.O.G. (1:33)
5. D.E.A.T.H. (3:50)
EP Length: 10:17

EP line-up:
Stephen Reynolds – Vocals/Bass
Ahmed Daas – Drums
Costa Skoulikas – Guitar
Lee Whiskey – Guitar

Live line-up:
Stephen Reynolds – Vocals/Bass
Ahmed Daas – Drums
Costa Skoulikas – Guitar
Chris Nasty – Guitar

Ripping Through Canada Tour w/ Annihilator, Mason
June 13 – Victoria, BC – Distrikt Nightclub
June 15 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
June 16 – Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub
June 17 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
June 18 – Saskatoon, SK – Saskatoon Event Center
June 19 – Regina, SK – The Exchange
June 20 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theater
June 23 – Waterloo, ON – Maxwells
June 24 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
June 26 – Ottawa, ON – The Brass Monkey
June 28 – Quebec City, QC – L’Anti
June 29 – Montreal, QC – Café Campus
June 30 – Cornwall, ON – The House
July 1 – Cornwall, ON – The House

For More Info:

http://www.facebook.com/bonebrainsnotdemolishers
https://twitter.com/MUTANK
EPK – http://wp.me/pciNW-9F1

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“they play good-natured thrash a la Overkill and Exodus… perfectly serviceable and enjoyable, definitely more effective when they are playing fast.” – Decibel Mag

“MUTANK is like a Coffee Crisp bar: crunchy as hell, and without any gooey center.” – Bucket List Music Reviews

“their hybrid thrash, traditional, speed metal makes for a great heavy experience” – We Love Metal

“WAR is a vicious sonic attack… [M.E.C.H. Metal] it’s a ferocious delight.” – Powerplay Magazine UK

“Fans of old school speed metal and more metallically oriented crossover thrash should check out the compact and intense 25-minute speedbomb that is “M.E.C.H. Metal”.” – Metal Music Archives

“I personally think [M.E.C.H. Metal] could be contender for best album of the year!”- High Speed Hangover

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0 NEWS: CORPSE HOARDER Win 2017 Wacken Metal Battle USA Final

May 23, 2017
by Asher
· Music News · Wacken Metal Battle USA

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Montreal, QC – May 23, 2017

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CORPSE HOARDER Win Wacken Metal Battle USA Final

To Play At Wacken Open Air 2017

Winner: Corpse Hoarder – Wacken Metal Battle USA 2017

It was a battle of the best from the Philadelphia and Boston areas for the first ever Wacken Metal Battle USA to send one American band to play at this year’s Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany as part of the festival’s international Metal Battle competition. The final four came down to Corpse Hoarder (Philadelphia), Goblet (Boston), Power Theory (Philadelphia) and Upheaval (Boston) for one to play the stage at Wacken. Bringing their blasts of metal ranging from power, black, death, thrash and a mixture of more, the first ever Wacken Metal Battle USA champion was crowned to Corpse Hoarder who brought an exciting, energetic set of their blend of groove death grind metal that the judges could not deny being presented to the Wacken stage.

The Wacken Metal Battle USA final was held in Philadelphia on May 20th at the Whiskey Tango.

Wacken Metal Battle USA Finalists
Corpse Hoarder (Philadelphia) – https://corpsehoarder.bandcamp.com/ – WINNER
Goblet (Boston) – http://goblet2.bandcamp.com/
POWER THEORY (Philadelphia) – http://www.sentinelmusic75.wix.com/powertheoryand
Upheaval (Boston) – http://upheavalboston.bandcamp.com/

Wacken Metal Battle USA will be returning for 2018 with an announcement of participating cities and submissions.
Please follow them at http://www.metalbattlusa.com and https://www.facebook.com/metalbattleusa/.

About:
For over a decade at the world’s largest outdoor metal festival Wacken Open Air, independent metal bands from around the globe have been performing in front of thousands and competing against one another for one to be crowned champion of the world along with winning multiple prizes (prizes info). For the first time ever, Wacken Metal Battle USA is coming to America for its inaugural year and will be hosting qualifying rounds in various cities. The national champion of those battles will perform at the 2017 festival taking place from August 3rd – 5th. Please watch the following video trailer to see all the metal fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_xjt8Qp3TE

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How it works:

Each city will hold their qualifying rounds plus city finals, selecting the top band to move forward to the national final (city and date to be determined) with one being selected to perform at the 28th edition of Wacken Open Air. All bands will be judged during battle rounds by respected local music industry.

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

Official Website: http://www.metalbattlusa.com

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

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/metalbattleusa

For more info on international battle, please visit: http://www.metal-battle.com

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

RULES:

All bands, that wish to participate in the Metal Battle, must read the following rules and guidelines. Bands who send in an application automatically agree to the rules and terms.

Your band doesn’t have a deal and isn’t about to sign to a label in the near future.
Your band can easily play a 25 minute set consisting of your own songs. (No Covers). Full set performance time is 25 mins.
PA, lighting, and sound engineer will be provided for all bands.
Backline arrangements TBA.
The bands must bring their own instruments such as guitars, bass, drum breakables, keyboards and effect pedals and may also bring and use their own guitar amps.
To keep the changeover times as short as possible, bands with left handed drummers will play as first or last band. All bands have to follow the directions given by the promoters or stage manager.
Semi playback is not allowed. All bands must play live. Background orchestrations are ok as long as all vocals, guitars and bass are live. Intros / interludes are also ok.
Jury of respected music industry folk will decide the winners each night.

If a band overruns its allotted performance-time, then the band-members should be aware of the fact that in this case their sound will be faded out. The running order for the concert will be released a few days before the event takes place.

Please note:
Travel for the winning band to go to Germany is at their own expense and accommodations at the festival will be in the form of camping in the VIP area.
Full professional back line will be provided for performance.

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0 EPK – Protosequence – Biophagous (EP) (2017)

May 18, 2017
by Asher
· Protosequence

Protosequence – Biophagous (EP)

For Fans of Abiotic, early- Fallujah, The Faceless

Release Date: August 18, 2017

Contacts: Manager – Cara Ashbey – cara@odessamusicmgmt.com

Publicist – Jon Asher – ashermedia(@)gmail.com

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“Edmonton’s Protosequence perform an agile balancing act on the new song “Shepherd” we’re bringing you from their forthcoming EP, Biophagus, a high-wire performance that deftly straddles a stylistic divide without ever losing their path forward.” No Clean Singing

“In the vein of bands like All Shall Perish & Born of Osiris, Protosequence kick proceedings off with the furiously tech riffing of Parasitic, a wild & untamed slab of death metal. That is until a surprising tempo change that brings in some keyboards & more classic metal sounding guitar solo. It’s a damn strong start, one that leaves you wondering just what more Biophagous has to offer.” – Games, Braaaiiins And A Headbanging Life

“Protosequence is an act of quality over quantity. I get seriously lost in their music, be it through a spine-damaging headbanging session (“DFL”) or stretch of melodic introspection (“Shepherd”). Biophagous offers up another nice showcase of the band’s skill across a variety of substyles and paces.” – Metal Trenches

“Biophagus is of another caliber, every aspect of it is flawless, and will not only be in my playlist but should be in everyone else’s as well. Whatever you do, do not sleep on this band. Make sure you pick up Biophagus when it releases August 18th! ” – Blood Rock Media

“Incorporating elements from deathcore, technical death metal, and, yes, even djent, Protosequence manages to maintain the listener’s interest while developing an identity that is not only unique to Canada, but to the world. ” – It Djents

“Traversing between djent and technical progressive metal” – Somberlane

“You can compare Protosequence to as many modern metal bands as you want but they’re deserve being called more than “just another scene band”. “Schizophrene’ is more than solid and the new EP will be worth the wait on this showing. Cracking modern tech-death.” – This Noise Is Ours

“This EP is bursting with technical hooks and ripping solos that take more than a few cues from the technical death metal camp. In fact, if we consider a spectrum between these genres, I would say that Schizophrene falls closer to groups like The Zenith Passage than Whitechapel. Also, mad props for the seemless shifts between melodic and harsh riffs while maintaining aggression in the vocals.” – Metal Trenches (EP Review Schizophrene)

“Musically speaking, they share as much in common with Periphery as they do with Lost Soul. While there will be some who are turned off by the noise gates and the disparity of the chunky lows and the sharp highs, I think it’s one of the band’s biggest strengths. It represents the merging of two very technical subgenres and presents each of them in the context of the other. It’s kind of a hard thing to explain without listening; check out “Guardian” and follow it up with “Darkness Weeps” for the best illustration of this dichotomy.” – Toilet ov Hell (EP Review Schizophrene)

Biophagous EP
Release Date: August 18, 2017

[Download EP Cover]
[Download EP Lyrics]

Track Listing:
1. Parasitic (4:42)
2. DFL (3:42)
3. Shepherd (5:02)
4. The Hate Subsides (4:08)
EP Length: 17:35

EP Credits:
– Guitars tracked by Tylor Dory
– Pre-production drums with Peter Zawalski
– Piano on ‘Parasitic’ written and recorded by Tylor Dory
– Guest Vocals on ‘DFL’ by Diaro Irvine
– Bass written by Ryan Schaffler
– Vocals and drums recorded by Greg Wright at Hillbilly Wizard Sound
– Editing, Mixing and Mastering by Chris Foster at First Strike Recordings
– Artwork and CD layout design by Erskine Designs
– Band Photo by Ryan Wiesner at Trivium Photography

EP Line Up:
Ryan Schaffler (Bass)
Kyle Hunter (Guitar)
Joseph McKee (Vocals)
Logan Vars (Drums)
Dylan Parker (Guitar and Vocals)

Live Band Line Up:
Dylan Parker – Guitar Vocals
Logan Vars Drums
Josh Hahn – Vocals
Jacob Teeple – Bass

Discography:
2016 – Schizophrene (EP)

Shared Stage with:
Protest The Hero, Kataklysm, Ne Obliviscaris, Black Crown Initiate, Archspire, The Schoenberg Automaton, Our Last Crusade, Death Toll Rising, Tylor Dory Trio, The Noumenon, Plaguebringer, Tides of Kharon, W.M.D., Apollyon, The Faceless, Angelmaker

Festivals:
2017 – Metallion
2015 – Breakdown For Break-fest 2015

L-R: Dylan Parker – Guitar, Vocals, Logan Vars – Drums, Josh Hahn – Vocals, Jacob Teeple – Bass

Photo-credit: Ryan Wiesner @ Trivium Photography

Protosequence was formed in the spring of 2014 by 5 guys who shared the same goal: create an array of songs that reflected each of them personally. As autumn approached that year, the band started to play in Edmonton, as well as Central and Southern Alberta. Releasing their debut 4 song EP “Schizophrene” in January of 2016, they quickly established a name for themselves in the Edmonton and area metal scene. Bassist Ryan Schaffler left the band in early 2017, with Jacob Teeple filling the vacancy seamlessly. After taking to the road, completing a 10 day tour of Western Canada in June, they hit the studio and released their sophomore 4 song EP “Biophagous” in August of 2017. 2018 saw Protosequence solidify and expand their following around Western Canada. Playing Armstrong and Metallion Festival, touring through BC, as well as sharing the stage with touring acts like The Faceless, Angelmaker, Ingested, Signs of the Swarm, Bodysnatcher, and others. In August, vocalist Joe McKee announced his retirement from Protosequence, with guitarist Kyle Hunter following suit a few weeks later. Protosequence quickly added Josh Hahn to the mix on vocals after seeing him perform with his previous band, Seraphic Nihilist. Shortly after Metallion Festival, the band convinced him to move from Prince George, BC, to the motherland: Edmonton, Alberta. With no luck finding a replacement guitarist, the band pressed on into writing mode.

0 NEWS: Sweden’s KREHATED Unleash New Video ‘Awaken Ignorance’; New Album Out ”The Venomous Mind’ via Zombie Shark Records

March 16, 2017
by Asher
· Music News · Zombie Shark Records

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – March 16, 2017

Sweden’s KREHATED Unleash New Video ‘Awaken Ignorance’

New Album Out ”The Venomous Mind’ via Zombie Shark Records

Stockholm, Sweden’s KREHATED have released a powerful new music video for the song “Awaken Ignorance” taken from their latest full-length album, ‘The Venomous Mind’. The video was directed and produced by David Andersson, Dennis Andersson & Johan Hallman. The lead actor portrayed in the video is Andreas Vrenning.

The video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSNrslXR1IkKrehated recently inked a deal with Zombie Shark Records, the new label founded by Noah “Shark” Robertson, (Motograter, Ex-The Browning). The band wields a devastatingly heavy, groove-oriented sound that is reminiscent of nu-metal-era bands such as Chimaira, Slipknot, Korn, Machine Head, Pantera, and Sepultura.

The band recorded their feature full-length album ‘The Venomous Mind’ at JV Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. It was mixed and mastered by Christian Svedin (The Unguided, Vildhjarta, Imminence). The artwork was created by Tomas Lacke; with additional artwork and logos provided by Gustavo Sazes and Henrik Englund (Scarpoint, Amaranthe). The song “The Parasite” features a guest appearance from Richard Sjunnesson (The Unguided, Ex-Sonic Syndicate).

“We all have demons inside our heads. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how wealthy you are or how sane you seem to be. Everyone has been through rough times at some point in their lives and then carried around the aftermath… demons or venom in their minds. ‘The Venomous Mind’ is all about that. Our inner demons. Our inner fears. Our infected minds. The world of today is a disgusting place at times. This world brought us this hate. This world created us. We are the KREHATED.”

FULL ALBUM PREVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2e9oOd2xTo

Tracklist:

01. Venenum Introrsum

02. Our Fallen Ideals

03. Awaken Ignorance

04. My Venom Inside

05. The Parasite feat. Richard Sjunnesson

06. Scum

07. Stay Away (From Me)

08. The Floods

09. Final Farewell

10. Triumph In Terror

11. Needle

12. Rip It Up

13. Faceless Memory

‘The Venomous Mind’ is available wherever music is sold and via Zombie Shark Records at www.zombiesharkrecords.com

KREHATED IS:

JOHAN VRENNING – Vocals

JONAS VILANDER – Guitars, Vocals
CHRISTOFER BROWN – Guitars

TOBIAS VRENNING – Bass

ANDREAS THUNELL – Drums

LINKS:

FACEBOOK – http://www.facebook.com/krehated

ITUNES – https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/kr...

SPOTIFY – https://open.spotify.com/artist/28HKd...

AMAZON – https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...

GOOGLE PLAY – https://play.google.com/store/music/a...

WEBSITE – http://www.krehated.com

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0 NEWS: Canadian Metal Legends ANNIHILATOR Announce First Canadian Tour In Over 20 Years!

March 15, 2017
by Asher
· Annihilator · Music News

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Montreal, QC – March 15, 2017

Canadian Metal Legends ANNIHILATOR Announce First Canadian Tour In Over 20 Years!

Wacken Metal Battle & Long & McQuade PROUDLY PRESENT:

‘Ripping Through Canada Summer 2017 Tour’

Support On All Dates: MASON (Australia) + MUTANK (Montreal, QC)

‘Ripping Through Canada Summer 2017 Tour’ (more dates coming)

June 13 – Victoria, BC – Distrikt Nightclub
June 15 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
June 16 – Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub
June 17 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
June 18 – Saskatoon, SK – Saskatoon Event Center
June 19 – Regina, SK – The Exchange
June 20 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theater
June 23 – Waterloo, ON – Maxwells
June 24 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
June 26 – Ottawa, ON – The Brass Monkey
June 28 – Quebec City, QC – L’Anti
June 29 – Montreal, QC – Café Campus
June 30 – Cornwall, ON – The House
July 1 – Cornwall, ON – The House

(L to R): Rich Hinks (Bass), Jeff Waters (Vocals/Guitar), Aaron Homma (Guitar), Fabio Alessandrini (Drums)
Photo Credit – Jasmina Vrcko

Canada’s ANNIHILATOR is the lifework of guitarist Jeff Waters. Founded in 1984, the band took the metal scene by storm with their debut 1989 release “Alice In Hell”, upped the ante with 1990’s “Never, Neverland” and has continued a non-stop career-pattern of releasing records and touring with many of the biggest bands in the metal genre (mostly all outside North America), ever since; cementing ANNIHILATOR as the biggest-selling metal act in Canada’s history.

After 18 months of touring for the band’s latest album “Suicide Society” (nominated for a 2017 Juno Award in the Metal / Hard Rock Album of The Year category), the band is currently finishing up their 16^th studio release and is getting ready to headline not only the mighty WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival in Germany (Aug 3), but hit the road for their first Canadian tour since 1993.

The tour will see the band kick off their first date in Victoria, BC on June 13th and travel east wrapping up the tour in Cornwall, ON July 1st during Canada day weekend festivities. This is very big news for Canadian metal fans, both young and “older” whom have been waiting for an ANNIHILATOR tour to return to Canadian soil for over 20 years!

Support on this tour comes from Australia’s MASON whom was ANNIHILATOR’s support in Europe last year & from Montreal, QC thrashers MUTANK who won the acclaimed Wacken Metal Battle Canada contest in 2014 and have also performed at Wacken Open Air.

The band’s founder, Jeff Waters (and guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer, engineer, mix engineer, mastering engineer, manager, etc.) was asked how it feels to be “back” touring his home country:

“I have always enjoyed flying the flag for one of the nicest countries and people in the world, despite having very little support from the industry here to play and releasing CDs in Canada. It sure is an honor to be nominated for a Juno, after all these years, and to have the opportunity to tour this great and metal land! It will be some of our best-ever shows this summer. We look forward to meeting the metal fans and to show them what the rest of the world has seen us do every year for decades. It’s about time, eh?!”

ANNIHILATOR has given the metal world a sound that is one of the clearest, most-tasteful mixtures of huge, metal riffs with the idea of the perfect song and some legendary solo shredding as the icing on the cake. Jeff Waters and ANNIHILATOR have been a major influence on countless well-known metal acts and musicians around the world. In fact, countless, successful non-metal acts & musicians cite Waters and Co. as an influence in their careers.

Track Listing:
1. Suicide Society (3:50)
2. My Revenge (5:06)
3. Snap (4:54)
4. Creepin’ Again (4:16)
5. Narcotic Avenue (5:19)
6. The One You Serve (5:45)
7. Break, Enter (5:47)
8. Death Scent (5:11)
9. Every Minute (5:00)
Total Length: 45:08

ANNIHILATOR is signed to “UDR RECORDS”

ANNIHILATOR:

Rich Hinks (Bass), Jeff Waters (Vocals/Guitar), Aaron Homma (Guitar), Fabio Alessandrini (Drums)

Album Stream – https://soundcloud.com/annihilator/sets/suicide-society-1

Suicide Society – Video EPK – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mcVCdP667Q

Music Video – Suicide Society – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDDdAugQZxs

Music Video – Snap – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHR_pi9x8fg

For More Info:

https://www.annihilatormetal.com
Press Photo – http://wp.me/aciNW-9Jm

Short Bio:

ANNIHILATOR is led by founding member Jeff Waters. The band, to date has 15 studio albums and numerous other releases. Waters is the guitarist, vocalist, studio bassist & writer for ANNIHILATOR as well as a studio owner, producer, engineer and mix & mastering engineer. Jeff Waters formed the band back in 1984 in Ottawa, Canada, with singer John Bates. Current touring members are Jeff Waters (vocals & guitar), Rich Hinks (bass), Aaron Homma (guitar), Fabio Alessandrini (drums).

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0 NEWS: New Noise Mag Premiere Ottawa’s TRIGON ‘Nightmare’, A Tribute To Freddy Krueger; Debut Album ‘Fed Up’ Out March 24th

March 2, 2017
by Asher
· Music News · Trigon

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NEWS RELEASE

Montreal, QC – March 3, 2017

For Fans of Volbeat, Offspring, Metallica, Greenday, Misfits

New Noise Mag Premiere Ottawa’s TRIGON ‘Nightmare’, A Tribute To Freddy Krueger

Debut Album ‘Fed Up’ Out March 24th

Ottawa, ON’s TRIGON will be releasing their 11 track debut album ‘Fed Up’ produced by the band with Anders Drerup and due out on March 24th. The band is inspired by artists as diverse as Volbeat, Crobot, David Wilcox, System of A Down, Nirvana, Megadeth, Black Sabbath and Slayer, yet already they have forged their own unique sound.

Their first single ‘Talk To Me’ was released this past February and now the band has another for fans, especially those who are fans of horror and the ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ movies.

Teaming up with New Noise Magazine, TRIGON are premiering their frightening single ‘Nightmare’ in tribute to the haunting talents of Freddy Kreuger.

“One night while we were having practice, Gus the guitarist came up with this crazy riff that actually sounded like a nightmare. If you were alive in the 80s, there was this one crazy movie that was terrifying everyone… that’s right Nightmare on Elm Street. So Trigon dedicated this song to the legend Freddy Krueger and his debauchery on Elm Street. Listen carefully as we perform a short bio about Frederick Charles Krueger! Sweet dreams!” says vocalist / bassist Emanuel Viau.

Let your ‘Nightmare’ begin at the following link: http://newnoisemagazine.com/song-premiere-trigon-nightmare/

TRIGON‘s debut album ‘Fed Up’ will be available on iTunes, Spotify, Bandcamp and all major online retailers.

Show Dates:
March 25 – Le Labyrinthe – Ottawa, ON – info (CD Release show)

1. Intro (0:20)
2. Talk To Me (4:17)
3. Addiction (5:37)
4. Weak Mistake (3:46)
5. Jaded (4:38)
6. Obsessed (4:58)
7. Apocalypse (3:33)
8. Mother (4:55)
9. Your Life (4:43)
10. Seven (5:17)
11. Nightmare (5:41)
Album Length: 47:49

For More Info:
http://www.trigonband.com/
https://www.reverbnation.com/trigon6
https://www.facebook.com/Trigonmusic/
EPK – http://wp.me/pciNW-9we

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