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ARMSTRONG METALFEST Opens Up Band Submissions For 2025 Lineup! July 11-12 - Armstrong, BC, Canada "It's one of the premier festivals of its kind in Canada, showcasing the biggest names in local, national, and international heavy metal music." - Vancouver Sun ​ Watch the official video recap of AMF 2019 here . (video created by Mayne Brand Productions ) Armstrong MetalFest 2024 Spotify playlist Here . Western Canada's largest mountain mosh pit Armstrong MetalFest will be celebrating 15 years of bringing extreme metal music fans from across Canada and beyond to British Columbia's Okanagan Valley with their forthcoming 2025 lineup being held on July 11th-12th in Armstrong at the Hassen Arena. This 15th annual gathering of metalheads will once again witness two days of unforgettable moshing, headbanging, and camping. From iconic headliners to promising newcomers, the 2025 lineup is set to showcase the best of diverse metal genres, ensuring an electrifying experience...

Reminder - Band Submissions Deadline Oct 31st - DECIMATE METALFEST 2025 (Millet, AB) Join us for a Weekend of Live Music, Camping, Community, and Unstoppable Energy! June 13 - 14 - Millet, AB ​ After the resounding success of Decimate Metalfest 2024, the team behind one of Western Canada's most beloved metal gatherings is thrilled to announce the official dates for Decimate Metalfest 2025! Mark your calendars for June 13 & 14, 2025, when the Millet Agriplex in Millet, AB (approx 40 kilometres south of Edmonton) will once again come alive with bone-crushing performances, unforgettable memories, and the camaraderie that defines this annual metal family reunion. As we set our sights on 2025, performer submissions are now officially open for all types of performers! Decimate Metalfest continues to support a diverse array of talent, and we invite bands, DJs, drag performers, comedians, youth acts, magicians, and more to be part of this electrifying two-day festival. Whether you...

Bam & Co. Heavy - INSURRECTION Shows Off Their Grind Prowess In Playthrough Video For "Obsession" New Album "Obsolescence" Out Now! via Bam & Co. Heavy + Quebec Tour Dates ​ L-R - Jay Cross - Drums, Martin Samson - Bass, Stef Jomphe - Vocals, Mike Birch - Guitar, Antonin Perras-Foisy - Guitar Photo credit: Lisa Thompson and Darkmoon Studios Insurrection, the powerhouse metal band from Gatineau, Quebec, Canada is excited to release their guitar playthrough video for "Obsession", offering fans a closer look at the intricate musicianship that defines their sound. This track is part of their recently released album "Obsolescence", which came out on September 13, 2024, on the label Bam & Co. Heavy. They enthusiastically explain the single: "This one may be our favourite to jam. It's 2-ish minutes of grind or at least the type of grind we can still play 20 years into doing this. The lyrics are about being obsessed with perfection...

​LOUD AS HELL Open Air Festival Opens Band Submissions For 2025 Lineup! August 1st - 3rd - Camping & Extreme Music In Alberta's Badlands - Drumheller, AB ​ LAH 2024 Lineup Spotify Playlist – https://spoti.fi/3WwDCkh ​ Nestled in the badlands of Drumheller, AB, one of Canada's loudest decibel-breaking open-air extreme music events, LOUD AS HELL FESTIVAL announces band submissions for their 2025 lineup are now open from October 1st to 31st. Last year's festival had its most ferocious lineup with headliners Beyond Creation, Striker, Anciients, Green Jello, The Convalescence, Terrifier, Super Monster Party, and many more. This 13th annual festivities will be hosted from August 1st to 3rd, 2025, and will showcase some of the best Canadian and international talent to roar through the country's largest dinosaur badlands. Bands interested in applying to perform at LAHXII can submit at the following link - https://www.loudashell.ca/bands Since its inception in 2012, LOUD ...

Ophidian Memory Unleashes New Melodic Death Album "Carrion Lord" ​ Melodic death metal project Ophidian Memory, the brainchild of Blake Lamoureux, is set to release its latest album "Carrion Lord" on September 27th, 2024. Ophidian Memory, hailing from Des Moines, USA, is known for its innovative approach to metal, using melodic death metal as a foundation to incorporate elements of black metal, thrash, progressive metal, and metalcore. "Carrion Lord" continues this tradition, offering a heavier and more unrelenting sound compared to its predecessor "Our Shattered Garden". Lamoureux comments: "Carrion Lord is the most ambitious and brutal Ophidian Memory release to date. The lyrics portray themes of deception, sacrifice, undreamt horror, and war. Musically the death and black metal notches have been turned all the way up, while the progressive notch has been turned down greatly until late in the album, giving a reprieve to the listener for ...

Out Now! HELEVORN Release Dark And Gloomy New Doom Metal Album "Espectres" ​ L-R - JM Rubio - Bass, Sandro Vizcaino - Guitars, Pedro S Bonnin - Keys, Josep Brunet - Vocals, Alex Correa - Guitars Photo Credit - Tuco Martin Mallorca, Spain's renowned doom metal band Helevorn is now dropping their fifth studio album, "Espectres" which promises to deliver a gloomy, gothic, and doomy metal listening experience. Following significant line-up changes over the past three years, Helevorn has emerged stronger and more creative than ever. The band enlisted the talents of Sebastià Barceló (Trallery) for drum recordings, adding a new dynamic to their sound. This album represents a slight departure from Helevorn's previous work, with new guitarist Alex composing 60% of the material. Fans can expect the familiar atmospheric and emotional depth Helevorn is known for, but with a rawer, more technical edge. The band shares the details behind the album: "This album is b...

Canada's Newest Black/Death Metal Act GRAVEMASS' (ft. former members of Zimmers Hole, 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation) New Music Video "Slave To Pain" Is a Hint of Sinister Things To Come! ​ GraveMass L-R – Mayan Hate - Guitar, Destroyer of Souls - Drums, Lord Heathen - Vocals, Bowels of Hell - Bass, Murderer of Colonizers - Guitar Photo Credit – Whytewolf Photography Emerging from the depths of the Canadian West Coast metal scene, GraveMass is set to redefine extreme death metal and black metal with their fierce and unrelenting sound. Comprised of seasoned veterans from bands such as Zimmers Hole, West of Hell, The Golers, Punch Drunk, 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation, and more, GraveMass is a new force to be reckoned with in the Canadian metal landscape. GraveMass embodies the essence of sonic brutality with their sinister riffs, bone-crushing rhythms, and unholy vocals. Drawing inspiration from legends like Slayer, Venom, Morbid Angel, Watain, and Napalm Death, the ba...

THE RISEN DREAD Unleashes Their New Sinister Video "Betrayal" ​ L-R - William Ribeiro (Guitar) | Marco Feltrin (Vocal) | Mat Maher (Bass) ​ The Risen Dread is a metal band from Dublin, Ireland who have successfully established themselves as one of the country's most promising metal acts in recent years.​ With an EP and a full length already under their belts, they are going to be expanding their discography in the new year, which they tease now with the sinister single and music video "Betrayal". Guitarist William Ribeiro comments on the single: "Betrayal, even though I had some of those riffs for a while, is the first song we wrote after the drummer left. We wanted to do the opposite of what we did for our last album, we wanted this track to be straight to the point and not only fast, we wanted it to be aggressive and heavy, with headbanging riffs as well as moshpit parts. I think Betrayal summarizes the dread that rises again from within each band mem...

Gore House Prod. - Streaming Now! STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION Unleashes A Macabre New Album "Raptures of Psychopathy" ​ ​ Since their highly acclaimed debut album "Piles of Rotting Flesh", Stages Of Decomposition has been melting faces with their brand of sadistic, brutal death metal and touring consistently. They are ready to slay people sonically again with their new album "Raptures of Psychopathy", a composition that is conceptualized by all things horror and will cater to fans of all things obscene and extreme. The band shares their excitement: "We are beyond excited to finally have this long overdue full-length album out and ready for all our fan's listening pleasure. It has been a long and gruelling process to get all this done but we are proud to have completed everything just the way we wanted. Raptures of Psychopathy is an album to capture the minds of the psychotic as anything in life we as humans all can relate to in one way or another ...

NECRONOMICON EX MORTIS' Love Holiday Video "My Bloody Valentine" Brings Back The Gory Days of Slashers, Raw Death And Wailing Solos! ​ Formed out of the love for classic death metal, 80s shred worship, and creating gory lyrics about B-horror movies, Chicago's Necronomicon Ex Mortis unleashed two EPs in 2023, (Self-Titled - March 2023) and (Silver Bullet - August 2023). With roughly 69 fully written songs ready to go that are both terrifying and titillating, these horror fiends are previewing their first track of 2024 with a brutal tribute to Cupid. Named after the 1981 film, "My Bloody Valentine", takes you back to the gory glory days of slashers, early death metal, and screaming solos. The band is in full force delivering nothing short of a head-banging, neck-twisting, chest eviscerating bloody behemoth of a new tune. Check out the video for "My Bloody Valentine" at https://youtu.be/3d7KVqNypuw ​ Digital - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/necro...

VORAATH Fuses Extreme Metal With Brutal Sci-Fi/Horror In Debut "Vol 1. The Hymn of the Hunters" ​ Voraath - L-R - Tylor Kohl - Guitar, Paul McBride - Bass, Joshua Ward - Drums, Keys, Vocals, Studio Guitars, Chelsea Marrow - Vocals, Daniel Presnell - Guitar ​ A force has emerged from the cauldron of the Carolinas, USA — Voraath. The musicians in this otherworldly, extreme metal act weave together the twisted worlds of science fiction, horror, and death metal. Their complex riffs, entrancing solos, and captivating vocals tell dark, dread-filled stories, drawing their audiences into their terrifying vision. This year they will introduce their world and the lore within through their debut album "Vol 1: The Hymn of the Hunters" on June 17th, 2024, on Exitus Stratagem Records. The band shares their excitement as they release the album art, track list, and a promo video available now on YouTube: "This album is a dark whirlwind of emotions and an auditory odyssey. We...

OPIUM DEATH Explosive New Single "Vesuvius" Is A Deadly Death Metal Banger Debut Album "Genocidal Nemesis" Out April 2024 ​ L-R – Donald Nadzieja – Bass and Vocals, Luis Torres – Guitar, Dennis Blanke – Drums, Irvin Gonzalez – Guitar Photo Credit – Michael Gonzalez Chicago USA's Opium Death has a brutal new album coming out next month and those with thrash and death metal sensibilities should take note as "Genocidal Nemesis" delivers slick groove bass lines, heart rate-increasing riffs, and gritty vocals. Thus far they have released two singles "Genocidal Nemesis I: Fear" and "The Condemned" each exploring real-life concepts. This trend continues with the third single "Vesuvius", about the eruption, as the band explains: "Vesuvius is a review and representation of the famous disaster in Pompeii, the themes of self-demise present in the rest of the album do not really apply here. Musically it has this very nice ble...

The Fall Of Creation's "Philosophy of Being" Puts A Deadly Spin On Melodic Death Metal ​ The Fall Of Creation is a dynamic force in the realm of melodic death and groove metal, and they are set to mesmerize fans with their latest single "Philosophy of Being" presented with a music video that was filmed in a destroyed church - very symbolic against the backdrop of the song's negating lyrics. This release marks a pivotal moment in the band's evolution, as they channel the essence of a dream from their youth into a dynamic and heavy musical expression. They comment on the single: "Behold our sermon on the ruins of the old world. Our first single "Philosophy of Being" after four years of silence. We left to find ourselves, our style, and our character. And we found it. Now we are returning with renewed vigor. Exactly how we would like to be seen. From faceless to conceptual." "Philosophy of Being" is a sonic journey that seaml...

Pakistan's Death Metal Nightmare AZAAB Announces Canadian Tour In May With New Lineup ​ Azaab, the Islamabad-based death metal act, is thrilled to announce their upcoming Canadian tour in May 2024. The tour comes in the wake of significant lineup changes within the band, presenting a fresh chapter for Azaab. Following the departure of their original vocalist, who moved to Saudi Arabia for work, and their bassist preparing for relocation, Azaab faced the challenge of finding new members in the midst of a serious shortage of death metal musicians in Pakistan. Fortunately, through a connection from a common friend, the band discovered Hassan Munir, a talented vocalist, and Sid, a skilled bassist, both based in Toronto, Canada. The introduction marked the beginning of a new era for Azaab. They share their excitement for the upcoming tour: "After much planning and anticipation, we're excited to announce that we will be hitting the road across Canada this May! Canada seemed ...

XIPE TOTEC "TLAMIQUIH” (DeFox Records/Invincible Records 2021) The Prehispanic Death Metal duo has released a new album titled “Tlamiquih” (all things die), devastating Brutal Death Metal between ritual chants; memorable and devastating riffs accompanied by rainsticks, huehuetl, teponaztli and various flutes from ancient Mexico. A mythical and cavernous trip to the past, recalling the Nahua culture and the mythology of the ancient gods of the Mexican pantheon, therefore the prehispanic instruments, the nahuatl language, archeology and Metal are some of the elements that you will find in this full length… The album contains 10 songs and will be available worldwide on November 30, 2021 in the best stores iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Google Music, Youtube ... and many others. The band consists of Martin Martinez (Yatrogeny, Eclectic Spawn Miquian) who plays practically all instruments ... and Alejandro Camacho (Muknal, Cryptogeny, Mortal Plague) on vocals. Site: http://xipetotec....

Classic Thrashers Infrared Return With Impressive New Album "From the Black Swamp" + Video For Title Track New Album "From The Black Swamp" Out September 30th L-R: Mike Forbes (Bass, Backing Vocals), Armin Kamal (Guitar, Vocals), Alain Groulx (Drums, Backing Vocals), Kirk Gidley (Guitar, Backing Vocals) Photo Credit by : Carissa Broeren Ottawa's Infrared are a blast from the past with their genuine 80s sound. They first hit the Canadian metal scene in 1986 with their demo, but shortly after, went on a very long hiatus. In 2014, they reformed and since then have put out two full-lengths and an EP with another full-length "From the Black Swamp" on the horizon for this Autumn. The first single off this new album is the title track, a dark and classic tune that is themed in betrayal and abuse by those closest to you. The band further explains their epic song: "From the Black Swamp is a metal lover's delight. It has all...