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Edmonton Black & Doom Fest BLACK MOURNING LIGHT 2017 Line Up Announced! Tickets On Sale Now!


Black Mourning Light Fest 2017 Line-Up w/ Blasphemy, Revenge, Rites of Thy Degringolade, Antichrist + more

Oct 13 / 14 – Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room  – Tickets On Sale Now!

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2017 Logo and Art by Sickness666
Main BML Logo by Christophe Szpajdel

Born out the hell storm of Edmonton, AB, black and doom metal festival Black Mourning Light presented by Crown of Viserys and GigFly.ca returns for its third installment. They have taken the meaning of extreme to new levels with this year’s 2017 edition hosted on October 13th and 14th at the Starlite Room. 

This year’s infernal ritual features legends BLASPHEMY (Vancouver, BC) and REVENGE (Edmonton, AB) headlining plus some of the most insane black metal and death metal acts to ever grace a stage with EVILHEART (Mexico), FORTRESS (Kalispell, MT), GRAVEHILL (Los Angeles, CA) and FUNERAL OF GOD (Canton, OH) plus a carnage of Western Canada acts that includes RITES OF THY DEGRINGOLADE (Edmonton, AB), ANTICHRIST (Vancouver, BC), XUL (Armstrong, BC), SORGUINAZIA (Edmonton, AB), SCYTHRA (Regina, SK) and GOATHAMMER (Saskatoon, SK).
BML organizer Dustin Ekman comments:

“This year we are taking Black Mourning Light to a new level of brutality, and I couldn’t be more honoured to have true legends in black metal on the festival. Revenge and Blasphemy are two of the biggest names in black metal and with them are some of the best bands in the world to create an absolutely killer lineup. This is a year to not be missed, that’s for sure.”

Tickets are available at the following Edmonton locations Starliteroom, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Rendezvous Pub and online at the following links:

One Day Ticket or Two Day Pass – https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1434131/ 

Tickets are $45 for one day, $75 for both days.
BML 2017 Line-Up & Set Times:

Friday, October 13th 

Blasphemy
Rites of Thy Degringolade
Fortress
Sorguinazia
Evilheart
Doors 5pm

Saturday, October 14th 

Revenge
Antichrist
Gravehill
Xul
Funeral of God
Scythra
Goathammer
Doors 4pm

About BML:

Black Mourning Light Metal Festival is the black metal and doom festival founded by Dustin Ekman of Crown of Viserys. Created to fill a void in Edmonton’s black and doom scene. After two successful years in 2015 and 2016, Black Mourning Light Festival returns for a 2017 edition. The 2017 onslaught will feature bands from across Canada and USA. Those that attended the 2015 inaugural ritual and the 2016 two day mayhem will not be disappointed by 2017, as they can expect a different while similar experience to those events.

Last year’s 2016 edition featured a line up of black, death and doom bands from across Canada plus the USA with UADA, Panzerfaust, Erimha, Helleborus, Idolatry, Display of Decay, Vile Insignia, Hive, Wormwitch, Norilsk, Cell, Holocaust Lord, Nachtterror, Dethgod, Ye Goat-Herd Gods and Hunted By Ravens.

For more info, please visit https://blackmourninglight.wordpress.com.

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Kent Alt-Hardcore Band COVE Unveil New Video SOLIS


Kent’s COVE​ mark their return by unleashing blistering new video SOLIS​ on an unsuspecting world. The track brims with energy and ear for detail, cementing the band as masters of cacophony who are set to make one hell of a dent in British heavy music.

The meaning of the song Solis is subjective to the listener, everyone in the band helped contribute to it and in a way we all have our own definition of what the song is about. To some it may hint at the idea of when one door closes another opens and to someone else it may point at something far more emotive, the loss of a loved one for example. We feel song values are compromised when the outright meaning is spelled out too easily, it’s like telling someone the end of a film before they’ve watched it. Our way of thinking is that the meaning is personal to the individual/individuals listening at that moment in time. We believe this gives the audience a way to have their own personal connection with a song and not be persuaded into what they should take from it

Recorded by Tom Keech (We Are The Ocean, Don Broco) in the midst of British winter at a studio that was undergoing construction, the icy and derelict surroundings helped to spawn the creation of SOLIS​. Having spent much of 2017 crafting new music, the track ​is a taster of things to come from COVE​. Comprising of vocalist Ben Shorten, bassist Charlie Smith, drummer Jack Bowdery and guitarists Ben Brazier & Pete Woolven, COVE released their debut effort We Were Once Lost in October of 2016. Widespread praise for the record fuelled a hefty touring schedule, including shows with Blood Youth, Create To Inspire and Holding Absence.

The band will also hit the road at the end of this month throughout August, with two date supporting Holding Absence:
 
7th Jul – The Ex, Corby
26th Jul – Black Heart, London
4th Aug – Forum, Tunbridge Wells (w/ Holding Absence)
5th Aug – The Booking Hall, Dover (w/ Holding Absence)
9th Aug – Sticky Mike’s, Brighton
10th Aug – Subside, Birmingham
11th Aug – O’RIleys, Hull
12th Aug – The Garage Attic, Glasgow
13th Aug – Santiagos, Leeds
1st Oct – Deadbolt Festival, Manchester
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Ohio legend DESTRUCTOR have returned with sharpened steel!


DESTRUCTOR “Decibel Casualties” – LIMITED VINYL BOX EDITION – Cover, Tracklist, releasedate: 4th August 2017

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The release date of the DESTRUCTOR album „Decibel Casualties“ on limited vinyl Box-edition is August 4th, 2017. The pre-order phase will start on July 14th, 2017 in Pure Steel Records webshop. The Box is limited to 100 copies. The Boxset includes: 1 Vinyl with Bonustrack (yellow), 1 CD “Decibel Casualties”, autographed Photocard, T-Shirt.

The two Metal titans Dave Overkill (v/g) and Matt Flammable (d) from the Ohio legend DESTRUCTOR have returned with sharpened steel! After the 2016 release, “Back in Bondage”, now the brand new album is ready!!

Via Pure Steel Records this year the flaming inferno “Decibel Casualties” will come and you have many reasons to be extremely excited about waiting for it. High Speed and energy like in their early twenties is the one and only basis for the guys. Nick Annihilator (g) and Tim Hammer (b) joined the legends and you can be sure that DESTRUCTOR sound more fresh than ever before.

In 2017 DESTRUCTORs “Decibel casualties” will bring the fire of true old school metal they have kept burning for more than 30 years! HEAVY METAL FOR LIFE, HEAVY METAL TIL DEATH!

The Album is coming soon in a limited Box Set Edition of 100 copies. The Boxset includes: Limited yellow Vinyl, CD, Autographed Photocard, T-Shirt.

TRACKLIST:
Side A
1. RESTORE CHAOS
2. KEEP THE FAITH
3. METAL SPIKE DEEP
4. WE ARE READY
Side B
5. THE LAST DAYS
6. FIREY WINDS
7. METAL TILL DEATH
8. IN HELL
9. SMASH YOUR SKULLS WITH POWER (Bonustrack)
Total Playing Time: 40:10 min

LINE-UP:
Dave Overkill – vocals, guitars
Tim Hammer – bass
Matt Flammable – drums
Nick Annihilator – guitars

www.facebook.com/DestructorMetal
www.myspace.com/maximumdestructor

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MAKE THEM SUFFER ANNOUNCE UK HEADLINE TOUR


NEW ALBUM ‘WORLDS APART’ RELEASED 28TH JULY VIA RISE RECORDS

Australia’s MAKE THEM SUFFER have announced a UK headline tour this October. The band release new album ‘Worlds Apart’ on the 28th July via Rise Records. It is available for pre-order here.

The band have also released a video for new song ‘Uncharted’ taken off the upcoming album. Which you can listen to HERE 

You can see them at the following dates:

23 October 2017 London Boston Music Rooms
24 October 2017 Manchester Rebellion
26 October 2017 Glasgow The Garage Attic
27 October 2017 Leeds Key Club
28 October 2017 Brighton Sticky Mike’s
29 October 2017 Bristol The Fleece
30 October 2017 Nottingham Rock City Basement

“Worlds Apart represents a new era for Make Them Suffer,” singer Sean Harmanis said. “We’ve taken risks in songwriting and production; this album is a reminder to ourselves that change and growth are good things. It’s tough to say so early, but I think Worlds Apart is an album that will be in your stereo for quite some time.”

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WORLDS APART TRACK LISTING

First Movement
Uncharted
Grinding Teeth
Vortex
Fireworks
Contact
Power Overwhelming
Midnight Run
Dead Plains
Save Yourself

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ESKIMO CALLBOY – release “MC Thunder” video taken from the album “The Scene”


For their new video for the song “MC Thunder” ESKIMO CALLBOY have a very special guest: They went on a little cruise though LA with Hand Of Blood:

You can still check out “The Scene feat. Fronz” under the following link: https://youtu.be/mVTxyZNV2IM
The video was directed and produced by the band themselves and isn’t just featuring a whole marching band, but also Chris ‘Fronz’ Fronzak from Attila.

Both songs are taken from the upcoming album, “The Scene”. Recorded and mixed at ESKIMO CALLBOY’s home studio, “The Scene” was then shipped off to Pitchback Studios for mastering with Aljoscha Sieg (Nasty, Any Given Day, We Butter The Bread With Butter…). Like most bands of the modern era, ESKIMO CALLBOY opted to record and mix their own music instead of hiring on a named producer. Their reasoning is simple: nobody is more passionate about music as the members of the band.

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SILVERSTEIN Stream New Song ‘WHIPLASH’


-NEW ALBUM ‘DEAD REFLECTION’ OUT 14TH JULY 2017 VIA RISE RECORDS
-UK TOUR FOR THIS WINTER WITH SUPPORT FROM HAIL THE SUN

Ontario,  Canada’s  post-hardcore  heavyweights, Silverstein have released a new song ‘Whiplash’ which is taken from recently announced new full length, Dead Reflection, due out July 14th via Rise Records. As well as announcing support for their upcoming UK tour from Hail The Sun.

Dead Reflection is Silverstein’s eighth full length,  a  feat  reached  by  very  few  bands,  especially  within  the  heavy  music world where youthful  fire and aggression  is often finite. Silverstein,  however, have  always  been  an  outlier,  and Dead  Reflection proves  that  the  band  still has plenty  of  fight left. The band  pushed themselves harder than ever  before resulting  in  an  album  the  takes  all  of Silverstein’s  strengths–pummeling  riffs, explosive  dynamic  shifts,  and  hugely  anthemic  choruses — and  ramps  up  the intensity,  demonstrating  exactly  why Silverstein remain  at  the  top  of  their game over 17 years into their career.

Silverstein have always managed to be completely comfortable in their own skin while never being afraid  to grow, however, the evolution from Ontario basement  shows to touring the world over and selling over a million records hasn’t  always  been  easy. Dead  Reflection finds Silverstein once  again fuelled by the darkest of times. After finishing a gruelling touring cycle in support of 2015’s I Am Alive In Everything I  Touch, vocalist Shane Told found himself at his  lowest  point. Told related, “I was not in a good place a  year ago. This record tells the story of how broken I was, how I found myself on a path of self-destruction, and how I had to fight to get my sanity and happiness back”.

The band are no strangers to utilising the hardest parts of life to power their creativity and Dead Reflection is undeniably as harrowing as it is cathartic, but for Silverstein there is no settling, no stopping, and they give nothing less than everything.

You can see Silverstein with support from Hail The Sun at the following date this winter:

Friday 8th December Southampton @ Talking Heads

Saturday 9th December  Brighton @ The Haunt

Sunday 10th December  Cardiff @ The Globe

Tuesday 12th December Glasgow @ G2

Wednesday 13th December  Newcastle @ Think Tank

Thursday 14th December  Manchester @ Sound Control

Friday 15th December  Huddersfield @ The Parish

Saturday 16th December  London @ Garage

Dead Reflection is available for preorder now.

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Dead Reflection is due out July 14th via Rise Records

Dead Reflection track list:

1. Last Looks

2. Retrograde

3. Lost Positives

4. Ghost

5. Aquamarine

6. Mirror Box

7. Demons

8. The Afterglow

9. Cut and Run

10. Secret’s Safe

11. Whiplash

12. Wake Up

Formed in 2000 in Burlington, ON Canada, Silverstein has become as close to a household name as you can get in the post-hardcore scene. The journey from Burlington to over 40 countries manifests itself in the sounds of eight full-length albums, countless EPs, and singles- though perhaps never more saliently than it is heard now. Some 1,760 shows, and over one million albums sold have yet to satiate the dynamic five piece, nor their eager listeners worldwide.

Silverstein is Shane Told (vocals), Paul Koehler (drums), Josh Bradford (guitar), Billy Hamilton (bass) and Paul-Marc Rousseau (guitar).

For Updates, Please Visit:

http://riserecords.com

http://www.silversteinmusic.com

https://www.facebook.com/silversteinmusic

http://instagram.com/silverstein

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