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  • Groovy Death INSURRECTION Presents New Album “Obsolescence”

     

    With over 20 years of annihilating fans across Canada and beyond, Gatineau, QC groovy and heavy-hitting death metal outfit INSURRECTION returns with their latest album "Obsolescence" on label Bam & Co. Heavy. Their first full-length in seven years, this fifth studio album represents a culmination of everything they’ve worked on over 2 decades, with both familiar (original) faces, as well as fresh blood in the lineup. Their music often addresses social and political themes through bilingual lyrics in both English and French.

    Throughout their existence, INSURRECTION has gained a notable reputation on stage throughout Canada with tours covering coast to coast, including performances at festivals such as Montebello Rockfest, Trois-Rivières Metalfest, and Decimate Metalfest along with sharing the stage with bands like Cannibal Corpse and the Black Dahlia Murder.

    The concept of “Obsolescence” is reflected throughout the album, and the band took things a step further by ending the record with a 3-song trilogy called The New Uprising. The trilogy which includes sub-themes of demagogy and elitism, as well as reflections on the death penalty, tells the cryptic story of a robotic uprising that is actually a metaphor for the rise of political extremism in the world.

    One easter egg that long-time INSURRECTION fans may notice is that, like many of their other albums, The Obsolescence starts with the final notes from their previous 2017 album, "Extraction".

    The band comments on "Obsolescence":

    "We think people are going to really enjoy the mix of the sound they’ve come to know and love alongside some new ingredients. 'Obsolescence' brings together both people who have been in the band for 20+ years, and people who have only recently joined. It gives the music both a familiar and a fresh sound that we’re really excited to share. Some songs are going to be immediate fan-favourites, and others we think are really going to grow on people. Ultimately, we want people to have fun. The band is sort of like an onion, in that there’s something immediate there that’s fun, catchy, and of course, heavy. But for people who want to keep peeling the layers back, they’ll find some unexpected harmonies, some lyrics with a deeper meaning to them. Admittedly a lot of people may also need to learn a second language (French or English) to actually understand all the lyrics. Ultimately, there’s something there for everyone. If you want to just rock out and have fun, you’ll enjoy our music. And if you want something that goes a bit deeper, you’ll also find that. "

    Recommended for fans of Misery Index, Testament, and Nevermore, "Obsolescence" will be available at the following links as of September 13th, 2024.

    CD and Vinyl album pre-order for “Obsolescence” is available at https://boutique.boiteamusique.ca/en/448-insurrection

     

    Show Dates:
    Sept 28 - Gatineau, QC - Le Minotaure
    Oct 11 - Sainte-Thérèse, Qc - Le Montecristo
    Oct 12- St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - La Boite (Festival Communion)
    Dec 6 - Drummondville, QC- Pub La Sainte-Paix

    Track Listing:
    1. Preprogrammed – (1:04)
    2. The Gathering – (4:47)
    3. Failures of the Flesh – (3:47)
    4. Le secret des dieux – (3:33)
    5. Némésis – (3:48)
    6. Hostile Takeover – (4:14)
    7. Obsession – (1:57)
    8. Charogne – (4:24)
    9. Initiate the End – (4:12)
    10. Obsolete – (5:30)
    11. Bless the Machine – (4:46)
    Album Length: 42:07

    More info: Facebook.com/BamAndCoHeavy | Insurrectionmetal.com

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  • STRIKER Unveils Music Video "Live To Fight Another Day" + Shredding North America Tour w/ Seven Kingdoms, Lutharo, Osyron

     

    Every day is a new day! And STRIKER has a new music video "Live To Fight Another Day" to announce their upcoming USA and Canada tour dates with Floridian power metallers SEVEN KINGDOMS, Hamilton, ON's melodic metallers LUTHARO and Calgary, AB's thunderous progressive symphonic metallers OSYRON whom will support select dates.

    Striker will kick off preliminary dates with a performance at ProgPower USA in Atlanta, GA on September 4th followed by Canadian shows with Lutharo in September, and then push things into full gear in November to start the "Shredding North America Tour" in Corpus Christi, TX on November 9th and wrap up the month-long tour in Orlando, FL on December 8th (dates listed below).

    "Live To Fight Another Day" is off the shred master's new album "ULTRAPOWER" produced with Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Tallah, King 810) released this past February. The band explains the track:

    "Originally this was just a regular Striker song. Tim had the idea that we should just try turning it into a synth-wave track. It fits like a glove. We’ve always been into Synthwave but never had the guts to do it ourselves. Until now! This is our first attempt at it and we are stoked about how it turned out. This one is another track about keeping it together and taking on life one day at a time."

    Watch the video for "Live To Fight Another Day" below.

    "ULTRAPOWER" is the seventh full-length from Striker and follows their Juno Award-winning self-released record "Play to Win" (2018) unleashed on their label Record Breaking Records.

    With the band writing material since 2018, "ULTRAPOWER" is a collection of Striker tinkering and exploring new avenues. From the album's opening track "Circle of Evil", a Malmsteen-esque metal banger about secret societies and the evil dealings behind closed doors to their previously released single "BEST of the BEST of the BEST" serving up some big riffs and hockey arena vocals to "Blood Magic", which might be one of Striker's most progressive songs, taking cues from bands like King Diamond, with its unconventional structure and punctuated guitar solos. From the band delving into their obsession for late 80s AOR and pop rock with "City Calling", an ode to 1987, and bands like Toto and Kenny Loggins with their hook-powered albums. To fans experiencing the band's first attempt at a synth-wave track with "Live To Fight Another Day", this new offering sees Striker making a shredding love letter to the hard-rocking era of guilty pleasures.

    The band comments on the album:

    "Starting with the album cover, we wanted the artwork to represent how we feel as a band right now. We are an engine that is fired up and ready to roll. We’re made of metal and our circuits gleam! The album itself is an amalgamation of 5 years of writing and exploring music. With influences from AOR to Speed Metal, Hardcore to Hair Metal, Steely Dan to Deathcore, you name it, it made its way into the album. In the end with the help of Josh Schroeder’s guiding hand, we melted it all together to present something uniquely Striker. Lyrically we’ve stuck to the Striker tradition of writing montage songs for movies that don’t exist, songs about our spiraling serfdom, and lyrics about the evils that lurk in the shadows."

    "ULTRAPOWER" is available at https://www.striker-metal.com/shop/ (CD, Vinyl, Digital)

    Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3SnIshu

    Tour Dates:
    Sept 4 - Center Stage - ProgPower USA - Atlanta, GA

    Striker, Lutharo
    Sept 11 - La Source de la Martinière - Quebec City, QC
    Sept 12 - Piranha Bar - Montreal, QC
    Sept 13 - Overflow Brewing Company - Ottawa, ON
    Sept 14 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON

    Shredding North America - Seven Kingdoms, Striker, Lutharo, Osyron 
    # = w/ Osyron
    Nov 9 – Boozers Rock Bar – Corpus Christi, TX
    Nov 10 – Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX
    Nov 11 – Haltom Theater – Haltom, TX
    Nov 12 – 89th Street – Oklahoma City, OK
    Nov 13 – Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
    Nov 14 – Vultures – Colorado Springs, CO
    Nov 16 – Last Exit Live – Mesa, AZ
    Nov 17 – Sinwave – Las Vegas, NV
    Nov 18 – Brick by Brick – San Diego, CA
    Nov 19 – Knucklehead – Los Angeles, CA
    Nov 20 – DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
    Nov 21 – Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
    Nov 22 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
    Nov 24 – Jackknife – Kelowna, BC
    Nov 25 – Dicken’s – Calgary, AB #
    Nov 26 – The Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB #
    Nov 27 – The Black Cat – Saskatoon, SK #
    Nov 28 – Sidestage – Winnipeg, MB #
    Nov 29 – TBA – St. Paul, MN
    Nov 30 – Reggie’s – Chicago, IL
    Dec 1 – Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
    Dec 3 – Meadows – Brooklyn, NY
    Dec 4 – Metro – Baltimore, MD
    Dec 5 – Hangar 1819 – Greensboro, NC
    Dec 6 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
    Dec 7 – The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
    Dec 8 – Conduit – Orlando, FL

    More info: Striker-metal.com

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  • Canadian Glam Metal GELATIN SKELATIN Have Some "Big Trouble" With New Album Out August 2024 + New Music Video "VHS"

     

    Canadian glam metal band GELATIN SKELATIN is pleased to announce the release of their new album “Big Trouble” this coming August 2024 via SRS/MVD Entertainment. The album contains nine tracks including the lead single / music video "VHS"a song that hearkens back to the summer of 89.

    "It makes the listener mentally revisit the days when going to the beach and requesting 80s hard rock on the radio was the way we spent our time. It was some of the best times of my life and I wanted to capture that feeling in song." says frontman/vocalist Brett Kelly.

    Also featured on the band's debut full-length are songs "Ship of Fools" and "Scream and Scream Again", written by Juno Award-winning singer Mike Trebilcock of Canadian band The Killjoys along with mastering by Harry Hess of Harem Scarem fame.

    Treating every show like an arena rock show, regardless of size, fans can always expect a lot of running around and lots of leather. The brainchild of Ottawa-based vocalist Brett Kelly. He is joined by guitarists Sebastien Thisdelle and Myles "Slam" Rourke (ex-Annihilator), bassist Billy Jessup and drummer Joel Agnew.

    "I had the idea to form an old-school glam metal band brimming for over a decade, and I finally decided to take the plunge around 5 years ago. This record is for the love of the retro glam experience. I want fans to remember the good old days when rock was fun and rock stars looked like rock stars. People who want that arena rock experience should get a kick out of us." adds Kelly.

    Recommended for fans of Kiss, Alice Cooper, Winger, and Warrant, Gelatin Skelatin's debut album “Big Trouble” is due out on August 9th, 2024 from SRS/MVD Entertainment and is available for pre-order at https://gelatinskelatin.com.

    Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3zlR7uX

    Show Dates:
    Aug 10 - Ottawa, ON - Brass Monkey
    Sept 13 - Brockville, ON - Rocking the River Party Cruise
    Sept 14 - Pembroke, ON - Legends at Finnigans
    Nov 8 - Ottawa, ON - Brass Monkey (opening for Trixter)

    Track Listing:
    1. VHS
    2. 80s Ladies
    3. Bad Alphabet
    4. Ship of Fools
    5. If You See Kay
    6. Last Call for Love
    7. Scream and Scream Again
    8. If You Can't Do What's Right (Do What's Left)
    9. That's Rock n Roll

    Live Band Line Up:
    Brett Kelly - Vocals
    Slam - Guitar
    Joel Agnew - Drums
    Billy Jessup - Bass
    Sebastien Thisdelle - Lead Guitar

    More Info - www.facebook.com/gelatinskelatin | www.instagram.com/gelatinskelatin

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  • Canada's THE APHELION Announce Prog Metal Opus Album “Nascence” And First Two Singles “Deserter” and “Flight”

    Hard-hitting progressive metal band, The Aphelion, from Ottawa, Canada proudly announces the release of their upcoming album “Nascence” coming out on August 9th, 2024, and have two music videos already out for the debut singles “Deserter” and “Flight”. The album is one half a pair, an enrapturing concept album that tells the story of a man’s descent into madness and his own mind in response to the mundanity and repetitiveness of the world around him. They dive into the singles:

    “‘Deserter’ was the obvious choice for a lead single; it’s a great cross-section of what the rest of the album has in store and a barnstormer of a tune from the first second to the last. The live reception to this song has always been big so we tried to capture that energy on the record. ‘Flight’ is by far the heaviest piece of music we’ve ever released, and one of our favourite live songs as well.”

    The album finale “Deserter” is a culmination of all of the sounds across this album, and features indulgent non-linear songwriting tied together with catchy choruses. The song pushes each member to their limit at one point or another across its runtime and features complex polymeters and incredibly fast passages. “Flight” is by far the heaviest song on the album, an homage to thrash metal and prog death giants such as Gojira. It moves at a near break-neck pace across its nearly seven-minute track time across blistering solos, thrashy riffs, and pummeling breakdowns.

    Since their formation in 2015, The Aphelion has built a reputation for their innovative sound, dramatic flair, and emotional depth. Their music is complex, with unexpected shifts in genre to create contrast and bring levity. The singles are available on YouTube and recommended for fans of Haken, Leprous, and Opeth.

    Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3wWgJOq

    ​Due out on August 9th, 2024, album pre-order for “Nascence” is available at https://theaphelionofficial.bandcamp.com.

    Track Listing:
    1. Prenascent (2:38)
    2. Nascence (6:55)
    3. The Seed of Doubt (5:26)
    4. Fragility (5:49)
    5. The Heavy Mist (5:31)
    6. Flight (6:48)
    7. The Interloper (6:36)
    8. Deserter (7:45)
    Album Length (47:28)

    More info: Theaphelionband.com

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