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0 VOIR Premiere The Rising Few’s New Music Video ‘Sinners On St. Laurent’ A Tribute To Montreal
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VOIR Premiere The Rising Few’s New Music Video ‘Sinners On St. Laurent’ A Tribute To Montreal
L-R – Isaac Gesse – Trumpet – Hubert Tremblay – Guitar – Harvey Bienaime – Drums – Karim Terouz – Vocals – Andrew Sudlow – Bass | Photo Credit – Laurent Cassis
Montreal, QC’s infectious rock band The Rising Few have teamed up with the city’s leading francophone weekly VOIR for the premiere of their new music video ‘Sinners On St. Laurent’, a tribute to the city’s most popular nightlife boulevard St. Laurent.
“‘Sinners On St. Laurent’ is really an observation of the new guy in town to the nightlife of Montreal,” says vocalist/guitarist Karim Terouz, “yet it’s written with a slight abstract touch to leave the space for the listener to relate to his/her own experiences. It depicts the colours and sultry details of the city’s nightlife.”
To view the video, please visit the following link: http://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-musicale/2014/01/16/primeur-video-the-rising-few-presente-sinners-on-st-laurent/
‘Sinners On St. Laurent’ is the title track from The Rising Few‘s forthcoming debut album March 25th and was produced by the great Glen Robinson known for his mixing and mastering credits on projects with Dave Grohl’s Probot, The Ramones, The Steve Miller Band, David Bowie, AC/DC, Gwar, Annihilator, Keith Richards, Queensryche, The Tea Party, The Headstones, Grim Skunk, Ringo Starr, The Beach Boys and many more over the course of his career.
To pre-order the album w/ choice of bonus prints signed by artist and vocalist Karim Terouz, please visit the following link: http://therisingfew.bandcamp.com/album/sinners-on-st-laurent
Track Listing: Sinners On St. Laurent
1. Sinners On St-Laurent (Radio Edit)
2. I Want You Now
3. The Start
4. Date In Montreal
5. Not This Time
6. Tomorrow’s Lullaby
7. Soleil
8. A Little Longer
Bonus Tracks:
Sinners On St-Laurent (Studio Version)*bonus
My Dying Days *bonus
Date Acoustic *bonus
The Start Acoustic *bonus
Tomorrow’s Lullaby (Acoustic Version) *bonus
About: The Rising Few was born when professional illustrator Karim Terouz left his hometown of Cairo at the age of 25, he not only made the ballsy decision to brace the blistering Canadian winters, he also chose to seek out a whole new career path in Montreal.
Turning to his true passion – music – Terouz began visiting every open mic night imaginable, which is how he came to discover Hubert Tremblay (Guitars) and Andrew Sudlow (Bass), the rest (Isaac Gesse on Trumpet and Harvey Bienaime on Drums) followed through to complete The Rising Few.
Fusing folk, blues, rock and pop, The Rising Few found their sound. One which showcases influences such Cat Stevens, The Tragically Hip and Bruce Springsteen, as well as Terouz’s Egyptian heritage with the band’s R&B / soul inspirations.
30 live shows later and a first place win at the LME showcase competition (http://www.landmarkevents.net) in which the band beat out 200+ others for top honours, the band is ready to indulge music fans in some “punchy Montreal soul” with their upcoming album ‘Sinners On St. Laurent’.
For more info, please visit the following links:
Official Website: http://www.therisingfew.com
0 BornBroken Set Release Date For Debut Album ‘The Healing Powers of Hate’; Streaming Single ‘Control’
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BornBroken Announce Official Release of Debut Album ‘The Healing Powers of Hate’; Streaming First Single ‘Control’ On SMNNews.com
From L-R: Simon Savard – Guitar | Jesus Salazar – Vocals | Tommy Vaillancourt – Bass | Mike Decker – Guitar | Jonathan Ménard – Drums
Through the sounds of beating skins, metal strings and broken chords, Canadian death thrashers BornBroken are proud to announce the official release of their debut album ‘The Healing Powers of Hate’ on Tuesday, June 4th. Featuring a brutal assault of 10 tracks, BornBroken plays out not only what life gives them but also what they want to give back: truth, integrity, perseverance, loyalty and faith in humanity’s struggle for equality. To listen to the band’s first single ‘Control’, please visit the following link on SMNNews.com here and to pre-order the incredibly designed physical copy (pic below), please visit http://bornbroken.bandcamp.com.
Guitarist Mike Decker comments:
“We are proud to finally be able to release “The Healing Powers of Hate” to the metal masses. It was a long time coming for us, spending numerous amounts of hours in the studio and production room creating and visualizing the concept. We wanted to be able to have the listener feel they were part of the storyline and not just listening to another metal band. We took every emotion we felt, put it to music, took our battle scars from past projects and made sure they would be honored through the sounds of BornBroken, “Hear the Cry, The Broken Shall Rise!””
Track Listing of Album:
1 – Can’t Quiet The Riot
2 – Old News
3 – Anger of The Day
4 – I Will Rise
5 – Control
6 – It Has Begun
7 – Birth of The Broken
8 – Bleed The Sky
9 – Reborn From The Ashes
10 – The Healing Powers of Hate
For more info, tour dates and updates on BornBroken, please visit these links.
http://bornbroken.bandcamp.com/
0 WACKEN METAL BATTLE COMES TO CANADA; ONE CANADIAN BAND TO RULE THEM ALL!
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WACKEN METAL BATTLE COMES TO CANADA; ONE CANADIAN BAND TO RULE THEM ALL!
The world’s most prestigious metal festival, Wacken Open Air, known for its elite line up of the globe’s best metal bands is bringing the largest metal contest on the planet to Canada. Wacken Metal Battle Canada will be recruiting one independent Canadian band to perform at this year’s highly celebrated gathering of metal heads in Wacken, Germany. Searching for the strongest contenders, Metal Battle Canada will showcase Canada’s premiere talents for one true champion to represent the nation with highest honor at the Wacken Open Air Festival.
Being held in Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC during the months of May and June, Canadian metal bands from across the country will challenge one another to join 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.
The W:O:A Metal Battle was founded in 2004 to encourage future generations of heavy metal and rock, as Wacken Open Air believes in supporting the future of metal music and its musicians.
Submissions for Metal Battle Canada can be completed via the online application at the following link below and will be open from Feb 18th to deadline on March 10th. (Please remember to select the city in which you would like to potentially compete.)
Metal Battle Canada application link – http://www.metalbattle.ca/apply.html
Promo Video – Wacken Metal Battle Canada
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Battling rounds for Metal Battle Canada will be held on the following dates:
TORONTO DATES:
QUALIFYING
April 28 – Rivoli – Toronto, ON
May 2 – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
May 5 – Rivoli – Toronto, ON
May 9 – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
May 12 – Rivoli – Toronto, ON
May 16 – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
SEMI-FINALS
May 24 – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
May 31 – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
June 7 – Rivoli – Toronto, ON
MONTREAL DATES:
QUALIFYING
May 9 – Katacombes – Montreal, QC
May 15 – Katacombes – Montreal, QC
May 22 – Katacombes – Montreal, QC
May 31 – Katacombes – Montreal, QC
MONTREAL SEMI-FINALS
June 7 – Katacombes – Montreal, QC*
* 2 MONTREAL BANDS MOVE TO FINALS – June 22 at Opera House, Toronto, ON
FINALS – METAL BATTLE CANADA
June 22 – Opera House, Toronto, ON
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 record deal and isn’t about to sign to a record label in the near future.
- Your band must be able to play a 30 minute set consisting of your own original material.
- PA, lighting, and sound engineer will be provided for all bands by Metal Battle Canada.
- 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.
- 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.
About Wacken:
Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With 80,000 festival visitors, and including personnel a total of roughly 86,000 attendees in 2011,[2] it attracts all kinds of metal music fans, such as fans of black metal, death metal, power metal, thrash metal, gothic metal, folk metal, and even metalcore, nu metal and hard rock from around the world.
The festival was first held in 1990 as a small event for local German bands. By 1998 the event had become the major festival on the European metal calendar and has included over 70 bands from all over Europe, North America and Australia. W:O:A is usually held at the beginning of August and lasts three days, during which the festival-goers camp on several large camping grounds surrounding the actual festival area. The 70 or more bands perform across four separate stages over the course of the event.
Since 2002, the Wacken Firefighters, the local volunteer fire department band, opens the festival.
The 2009 edition set a sales record when it sold out its 70,000 tickets by December 30, 2008, just 200 days prior to the festival. However, the 2012 edition broke this record; when it sold out on November 29th, 2011, 8 months before the opening of the festival with 75,000 tickets sold. The W:O:A 2012 took place with 137 bands, performing on seven stages.
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
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Wacken Metal Battle Débarque Au Canada; Un Seul Vainqueur Au Sommet Ultime
Le festival Métal le plus important au monde, Wacken Open Air, reconnu pour mettre à l’affiche les plus grands du Métal, annonce que le plus prestigieux concours Métal de la planète arrive au Canada. ‘Wacken Metal Battle Canada’ sélectionnera un groupe Canadien indépendant pour performer à l’édition 2013 du plus grand rassemblement de Métalleux à Wacken en Allemagne. Cherchant à recruter les meilleurs concurrents, ‘Metal Battle Canada’ présentera le talent Canadien pour couronner un champion ultime qui représentera honorablement notre pays au festival Wacken Open Air.
Ayant lieu à Toronto, ON et Montréal, QC durant les mois de mai et juin, les groupes de Métal Canadiens d’un bout à l’autre du pays rivaliseront pour joindre la liste des poids-lourds Canadiens comme Voivod, Exciter, Razor, Annihilator, Anvil, Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, 3 Inches of Blood, Despised Icon, et Danko Jones qui ont tous performé sur les scènes du festival dans le passé.
Le W:O:A Metal Battle Canada a vu le jour en 2004 dans le but d’encourager la relève de la scène Métal et Rock, car le Wacken Open Air supporte le futur du Métal et les générations à venir de ses musiciens.
Les soumissions pour Metal Battle Canada peuvent être compléter via le formulaire en ligne à l’addresse suivante ci-dessous. (SVP assurez-vous de sélectionner la ville dans laquelle vous aimeriez potentiellement compétitionner.)
Lien pour le formulaire d’application – http://www.metalbattle.ca/apply.html
Vidéo Promotionnel – Wacken Metal Battle Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQcxqsxchkQ
Les rondes de la compétition Metal Battle Canada auront lieu lors des dates ci-dessous:
TORONTO:
QUALIFICATIVES
28 avril – Rivoli – Toronto, ON
2 mai – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
5 mai- Rivoli – Toronto, ON
9 mai- Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
12 mai- Rivoli – Toronto, ON
16 mai- Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
DEMI-FINALES
24 mai – Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
31 mai- Hard Luck – Toronto, ON
7 juin- Rivoli – Toronto, ON
MONTRÉAL:
QUALIFICATIVES
9 mai- Katacombes – Montreal, QC
15 mai- Katacombes – Montreal, QC
22 mai- Katacombes – Montreal, QC
31 mai- Katacombes – Montreal, QC
DEMI-FINALES
7 juin – Katacombes – Montreal, QC*
* 2 groupes Montréalais s’avancent à la finale – 22 juin – Opera House, Toronto, ON
FINALE – METAL BATTLE CANADA
22 juin – Opera House, Toronto, ON
RÈGLEMENTS
Tous les groupes désirant participer à Metal Battle doivent lire les règlements et conditions. En soumettant votre application vous acceptez automatiquement ces règles et conditions.
- Votre groupe n’a pas de contrat avec une maison de disque et n’est pas en processus d’en signer un dans un futur proche.
- Votre groupe doit être en mesure de jouer une prestation de 30 minutes contenant entièrement du matériel original
- Système de son, lumières, et technicien de son seront fournis pour tous le groupes par Metal Battle Canada
- Les arrangements d’équipement (‘backline’) sont à déterminer
- Les groupes doivent apporter leurs propres instruments (guitares, basse, pièces pour la batterie, clavier, pédales, etc.), ainsi que leurs têtes d’amplificateurs.
- Pour réduire le temps de changement, les groupes avec un batteur gaucher doivent jouer en premier ou en dernier. Tous les groupes doivent suivre les directions données par le promoteur ou le régisseur.
- Aucun pré-enregistrement n’est permis. Tous les groupes doivent jouer en direct
- Un jury respecté de l’industrie de la musique décidera des gagnants chaque soir.
- Si un groupe dépasse son temps alloué pour la performance, leur son sera coupé.
L’horaire du concert sera annoncé quelques jours avant que l’événement ait lieu
À propos de Wacken :
Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) est un festival plein-air d’été de musique Heavy Métal. Le festival se déroule à chaque année dans la petite ville de Wacken en Schleswig-Holstein, dans le nord de l’Allemagne. En 2011, Wacken a accueilli 80,000 visiteurs, ainsi que 6,000 travailleurs et gens de l’industrie. Ce festival attire tout genre de fanatiques de musique Métal incluant les amateurs de ‘Black Métal’, ‘Death Métal’, ‘Power Métal’, ‘Thrash Métal’, ‘Gothic Métal’, ‘Folk Métal’, ‘Metalcore’, ‘Nu Métal’, et ‘Hard Rock’ de partout au monde.
C’est en 1990, avec un petit événement organisé pour des groupes locaux de musique Métal, que le festival Wacken a vu le jour. Dès 1998, l’événement était dèjà devenu le premier festival Métal du calendrier Européen avec plus de 70 groupes provenant d’Europe, d’Amérique du Nord, et d’Australie. W:O:A a habituellement lieu au début du mois d’août et dure trois jours. Les festivaliers s’installent sur plusieurs immenses sites de camping qui entourent les sites de l’événement. Il y a plus de 70 groupes qui performent sur quatre uniques scènes tout au long de l’événement.
Depuis 2002, le groupe local de pompiers volontaires ‘the Wacken Firefighters’ ouvre officiellement le festival.
L’édition 2009 a brisé des records de ventes; les 70,000 billets ont tous été vendus 200 jours avant le début du festival. Toutefois, l’édition 2012 a brisé ce dernier record en vendant 75,000 billets huit mois d’avance. Cette dernière édition de W:O:A nous a présenté 137 groupes qui ont performé sur sept différentes scènes.
Pour plus d’informations au sujet de Metal Battle Canada, veuillez visitez les liens suivants :
Site web officiel: http://www.metalbattle.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetalBattleCanada
Twitter: @MetalBattleCAN
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