Opening Ceremony on Friday June 11 at 6pm. Gallery exhibition open June 12 to June 19 from 11am to 8pm. Except Sunday June 19, gallery closes at 5pm.
Internationally renowned photographer Peter Beste and graphic artist Christophe Szpajdel will be featured in the first installation of Vancouver’s “Black”, The Black Metal Exhibition being held from June 11 - 19 at the Evergreen Cannabis Society (2868 West 4th Avenue).
Toronto, ON heavy metal trio BLACK ABSINTHE are surfacing from the basement to unleash new tunes from their debut album 'Early Signs of Denial' produced by Dave Baksh (Cross Dog, The Mahones) plus mixed and mastered by Frank Gryner (Rob Zombie- Hillbilly Deluxe). Set for release on May 13th, 2016, the album is the band's first professional recording to follow their three self recorded EPs Live At Coalition (2014), Noise Complaint (2014) and Augusta (2012).
Line Up - L-R - Stony Gingras - 5 String Bass / BU Vocals, Twan Holliday - 8 String Bass/Lead Vocals, Christopher James - Drums, Phil Henri - 6 String Guitar / BU Vocals (Photo Credit - Dean Mclean)
Double bassist attack SAINTS of DEATH (a name inspired by the Mexican folklore of Santa Muerte (Spanish for Holy Death)) are proud to announce they will be local support for PRONG's tour stop in Vancouver, BC on May 29th at VENUE presented by The Invisible. Event info can be found here. The joins the band's recent announcement of performing at this year's Armstrong Metal Fest 2016 taking place from July 15 - 16 in Armstrong, BC and includes a line up with Beyond Creation, Rivers of Nihil, The Zenith Passage, Archspire, Unleash The Archers and more! Full line up details can be found here.
Italian melodic death metal band Shantak has just launched album promo video!
Shantak is a Melodic Death Metal project born in Brescia, Lombardy (IT).
The founding members Matteo "Dreary" Spada and "Nicola "Chaerberus" Belotti start off the band in July 2013. They began as a black metal cover band.
August 2013: Integrated Federico "LeechFace" Albini and Simone "Mazza" Mazzardi.
After a few months from the foundation they began to write unpublished music.
September 2013: Played 4 songs on the stage of a party in Gardone Val Trompia.
October and November 2013: Changed lineup and integrated Luigi "Ildorac" Colucci at the guitars.
February 2014: Played 6 pieces on the stage of Circolo Colony in Brescia with Darkend and Confusion Gods.
April 2014: Recorded "Alpha for Awakening" demo at OmicronStudio di Invernici Francesco.
May 17th 2014: Released "Alpha for Awakening" demo.
June 18th 2014: Signed with Senseless Life Records
June 21th 2014: Played 7 songs on the stage of "Festa della musica Brescia" playing for the first time "The Disinterment" and "Standing on the Left Side of the River".
October 30th 2014: Played 7 songs on the stage of Circolo Colony with Malograno and Magenta Harvest (from Finland).
March 9th 2015: Signed with Sliptrick Records.
April 3rd 2015: Changed lineup and integrated Luca Abbattiscianni at the guitars.
Summer 2015: Changed lineup and re-intefrated Luigi Colucci at the guitars.
The third album unleashed by the Italian deathsters packs a punch of razor-edge assaults, pounding tempos and sorrowfully melodic hooks.
XX:The Rising Vengeance is the third incarnation of Dominance, following the first full length 'Anthems of Ancient Splendor' from 1999 and 'Echoes of Human Decay' released in 2009.
Brand new full length album featuring a new, re-forged line-up..new firepower to an already killing metal machine.
Lithuanian female fronted melodic epic metal band Berserker signs the deal with Sliptrick records!
Berserker is a melodic metal band from Vilnius, founded on the 7th of March, 2009. The name of the band is binded with viking era; Berserk (berserker) – is known from historic tales as a fearless scandinavian warrior. Bands songs also reflect inner and outer battles. Inner fights are personal emotions, mixed feelings. Outer fights are social injustice, industrialization, destruction of the wild nature.
Berserker vision – music, which combines epic melodies, apocalyptic lyrics, strong and expressive vocals to bring every listener to his own unearthly, magical, fantastic reality
Rome based Heavy/Stoner metal band Funeral Mantra has just launched new lyric video!
Funeral Mantra was born in October 2010 as a cover band. Just a bunch of friends playing Black Sabbath, Spiritual Beggars, Kyuss.
In the first 4 months of 2012 the band starts playing live as a Spiritual Beggars tribute. Venues are located in the Rome area [Closer, Jailbreak] as well as just outside Rome [Porky's, Dissesto Musicale].
In the spring of 2012 Adriano ZioNano, experienced drummer, joins Funeral Mantra. The sound becomes heavier and heavier.
In autumn 2012 G [guitar] leaves the band and is replaced by Roberto Randy, virtuous musician and a huge Randy Rhoads-Zakk Wylde fan. Once the band's become stable, original riffs finally begin giving life to heavy, fat tunes influenced by BLS, Black Sabbath, Orange Goblin, Sasquatch, The Sword, Kyuss, Down.
In February 2013 Daniele leaves the band, and Simone The Dude becomes the new singer. Funeral Mantra start playing their own material live and, in November 2013, they record the first 4-track studio demo.
In February 2014, Marco Karonte takes Adriano's place on drums. And the band finally finds its true and final lineup.
Funeral Mantra's sound is a solid, granitic heavy-stoner mix, with an old school and dynamic soul. The band's songs mostly revolve around introspection, death, afterlife, reincarnation and dreamy substance induced scenarios.
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And Harmony Dies can be defined as a sort of Black Metal moving towards all other metal nuances such as: Doom, Death, Thrash and Heavy with much suffering and agonizing lyrics.
Rome based Stoner/Doom metallers has just launched new lyric video!
Witches of Doom are a goth-stoner-doom band born in Rome in January 2013, when Federico Venditti –guitars-, DaniloPiludu –vocals- Jacopo Cartelli-bass- Andrea Budicin-drums- got together and started their own musical project in order to play a personalized mix of 80’s goth, 70’s hard rock blended with a 90’s sensibility that harks back to Type o’Negative and Moonspell among others.
The Roman ensemble started to write their own material and in just a few months the bulk of the debut album was already panned out. Witches of Doom want to play in front of an audience and in Spring 2013 they embark on a series of live dates within the Roman circuit where they will establish their name as one of the hottest bands in the Roman underground music scene.
In May 2013 the band finished arranging the ten tracks that will end up on their debut CD, “Obey” and in November they entered the Hombre Lobo Studios with Fabio Recchia as producer and sound engineer . The ten tracks recorded in those sessions represent a huge step forward, with defined arrangements thanks to the keyboard work of Fabio and Graziano “Eric”Corrado. The first names that spring to mind to give you an idea are Black Sabbath, Cult, Paradise,Lost, Sisters of Mercy and Depeche Mode.
Graziano “Eric”Corrado is now a full on member of the group who signed with Sliptrick Rec. soon after the band played many venues in Italy and embarked in their first tour in the Baltic countries, receiving lots of appraisal and good feedback.
The band filmed a video for the crowd pleaser U2 song New Years Day, featuring Paul Bento –ex Type O Negative and Carnivore- on lead guitar and produced by Fredrik Folkaiare from Unleashed.
The band has finished recording their second album due on May via Sliptrick Records.
