viernes, 18 de febrero de 2022

YSILIK RELEASE "EUNOIA"


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Artist: Ysilik

Release title: Eunoia

Label: Self-Released

Release Date: 26-03-2021

Format: CD, Digital

Genre: Progressive Technical Death Metal

Country: United States


For fans of Between the Buried and Me, The Faceless, The Black Dahlia Murder

Ysilik are a 4-piece progressive technical death metal band from Minneapolis, MN. The band was formed in 2018 from a collection of forward-thinking musical geeks who all just couldn't get enough of Between the Buried and Me, Top Gun Soundtrack and Carcass. Their unique brand of entertainment fuses profound lyrical content, video game-inspired riffs along with cutting edge drum and bass parts that take you on a journey far far away from the standard 4/4 time signature every other band puts you on when engaging with their music.

Ysilik have self-released and sold out all physical copies of their debut album 'Eunoia' and have topped 1000s of streams on Spotify with their first single 'Vanity Wounds'.

"American rash, sorry Ysilik, a death metal band. [They] make a death metal that we can call heavyweight by embellishing guitar craftsmanship with low-tempo but rhythmic parts, which shifts to slightly progressive and technical sides. The Meat and Thresher, which has plenty of sweep numbers and moments where the bass guitar stands out, is not a bad option to meet the band. Also, the name of the group is Ysilik!" - Metalperver

Currently, the band is working on a new album that they plan to release in 2023.

Recorded/Mixed/Mastered at Signaturetone Studios by Adam Tucker


Tracklist:

A Stranger To Myself

The Meat and Thresher

Paleblood

Laurentian Divided

Your Sorrow Pins You To This Place

Vanity Wounds

Reptile Intelligence

Midnight Hour


Line-up:

Paul Wallace Esch - Guitar

Aaron Lanik - Drums

Greg Feinberg - Bass

Chester Yourczek - Vocals


Follow:

Website: https://ysilik.com/

Bandcamp: https://ysilik.bandcamp.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ysilikmusic

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChWT3p6dt89JCE-PGzCeytQ

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5DyZU9cOFkXMRXFqN7QXcP?si=hnzA8CjARVyQQINeBWFyJg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ysilikmn

CAVEAT RELEASE VIDEO FOR "ALCHEMY"

 


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Progressive, aggressive, experimental, and melodic, Calgary, Canada's Caveat recently released their fourth studio album entitled "Alchemy" on February 11th. Not keeping fans waiting too long, they are excited to share their latest music video for the album's title track.

As one of the more proggier songs on the full-length, this track really showcases Amanda Marie Bourdon’s powerhouse voice as well as Matt Petti’s incredible bass performance. This song deals with addiction and how we are in search of the magic elixir (in so many cases alcohol) that will make us perceive a better version of ourselves, which in almost every case turns out to be the opposite.

"Alchemy travels into new territory for Caveat, with Amanda Marie Bourden taking on lead vocal duties for most of the song and showcasing some of Caveat’s most ambitious writing to date. With an almost soundtrack vibe of musically and dynamic nuances, Alchemy creates a progressive listening experience unlike any other you’ve ever heard from us. We are excited to bring Caveat’s new sound to both new and old audiences alike.” adds the band.

Watch "Alchemy" via its premiere on Spaceuntravel's YouTube channel - https://youtu.be/7AbAXHqgguk

Caveat has been making music together for the better part of two decades and in that time they have now put out five records (4 Albums, 1 EP). Their latest release “Alchemy” has been a few years in the making. This long-running band has made a name for themselves in the Canadian metal scene all the while refusing to be constricted to the genre rules and employing a vast array of influences and techniques in their music. Their new album "Alchemy" is no different as it keeps the listener on their toes as they experience this complex and detailed musical offering.

The band says that they have been getting steadily more progressive since 2004 when guitarist Joe Sikorski joined the fray. With him, he brought many possibilities in the realm of guitar harmonies and his virtuosic skills as a soloist. They continue to say that they definitely peaked as far as technical prowess on 2006’s Red, but the twin guitars, cross vocalization and wide variety of styles and songs have been a trademark of Caveat for almost 20 years. There is still innovation to be had though which they explain further:

“The creation of Alchemy has been one that has taken a few years to come to fruition, due to the stage and challenges of the modern world, but with that, we feel like the subject matter and music is more relevant than ever dealing with subjects such as addiction, the loss of a loved one, personal growth and even finding that light at the end of the tunnel. Being the band is now going on two decades of making music together, Alchemy is the first album putting newest member Amanda Marie Bourdon on lead vocal duties. She joined during the recording of our last album showing a glimpse of her vocal potential; this time around Amanda steps into the limelight as the main vocalist, which still sharing vocal duties with Greg Musgrave, but offering a new, fresh take on the Caveat sound taking the listener to uncharted territories that have turned out amazing.”

Once again, Caveat proves that they still have a trick up their sleeves and are fully prepared to give fans something new and enticing, yet familiar to enjoy. Heavily focused on personal experiences, the lyrics on “Alchemy” are both dark and light with switches in feeling and; mood ever-changing throughout the album.

Recommended for fans of Opeth, Cynic, and Devin Townsend, “Alchemy” is now available on the Caveatcalgary.bandcamp.com, Spotify, Apple Music.


Music Video - Infinite - https://youtu.be/9BwpTL6c4aU​



Track Listing:​

1. Silver (7:03)

2. Alchemy (7:08)

3. Infinite (6:44)

4. Black Mirror (7:06)

5. Ghost (8:35)

6. Until Dawn (5:55)

7. Zero Hour (7:21)

Album Length: 49:54


For more info:​

​Facebook.com/caveatcalgary​

Instagram.com/caveat_yyc​


About:

Caveat was formed in mid-2001 by founding members Greg Musgrave on guitar and vocals, Jawad Baloch on drums & Terry Baldwin on bass & backing vocals. Shortly afterward Casey Rogers was asked to join as the new drummer of Caveat. This lineup would go on to record and release the debut album ‘The Biggest Secret’, which they released on May 14th of 2003.

After supporting the album, Caveat decided to expand and recruited Joe Sikorski in 2004 to the second guitar, who had been playing with Thorazine since the mid-’90s.

During 2005 Caveat partnered up with Scarab Productions to record and release a self-titled EP, which ended up landing on numerous campus radio charts and found the band playing larger shows than ever before. After parting ways with Scarab Production in late 2006, the sound of the band evolved yet again, writing more progressive and technical sounding songs, resulting in their 2007 magnum opus full-length album entitled ‘Red’.

To release ‘Red’ Caveat partnered up with Toronto-based indie record label Cyclone Records. To the band’s delight, ‘Red’ was very well received in the metal community and the band played more than ever in & around Western Canada.

Just prior to the release of ‘Red’ several members would branch off and form the deathgrind side project Exit Strategy with Shane Hawco (ex-Thorazine). Exit Strategy quickly became popular in the Western Canadian extreme metal scene. In 2008, after a successful several-year run, Caveat would elect to go into indefinite hiatus to focus on Exit Strategy.

Five years later saw the brief reformation of the band when Calgary Metalfest organizer ‘Big’ Nate Reno asked Caveat to reform to play the inaugural festival in the summer of 2013, and the band obliged. Original bassist Terry Baldwin elected to not be involved with the reunion show, so Caveat turned to former Verbal Deception and current Illuminated Minerva bass player Matt Petti to handle bass duties for the Metalfest performance. After that short hiatus, the band officially reformed at the end of 2014 with Matt Petti replacing Terry Baldwin permanently on bass duties.

Songwriting began for a new album while playing a handful of shows and several metal festivals across western Canada. Recording began in May 2015 and the new album entitled ‘Consummation’ was released on June 24th, 2016. ‘Consummation’ was also a moment of further evolution of Caveat, as local musician Amanda Marie Bourden was asked to join the band as keyboard player and second lead vocalist. Amanda accepted the invitation, and her powerful vocals were featured throughout ‘Consummation’ providing a great contrast to Greg’s clean & brutal vocal attack.

In 2017 and 2018, writing commenced for the album and would feature new vocalist Amanda as more of the primary voice in the new material. This culminated into the most diverse ambitious collection of songs to date. Then in late 2019, recording began for the new album with both Joe and Casey handling main production duties this time. Production was completed in late 2020, but due to the Covid pandemic-related shutdowns, the band decided to shelve its release for the duration of 2021 as a result.

Now Caveat’s delayed fifth album, entitled ‘Alchemy’, is for release in early 2022, and once again Caveat promises to deliver a majestic metallic assault on the senses. Stay tuned and expect the unexpected.


Album and Live Band Line Up:

Amanda Marie Bourdon: Vocals & Keyboards

Greg Musgrave: Guitar & Vocals

Joe Sikorski: Guitars

Matt Petti: Bass

Casey Rogers: Drums

JUNKOWL RELEASE BRUTAL COVER OF AMY WINEHOUSE´S "BACK TO BLACK"


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Just because you're a hardcore band doesn't mean you can't indulge in music outside your genre's realm. As collective fans of Amy Winehouse, Montreal's JUNKOWL are paying homage to the artist with a heavy, harsh, and guttural cover music video for her song "Back To Black".

Vocalist Jesse Frechette explains further on the band's choice to cover an Amy Winehouse song.

"When we decided to record a cover song, we knew we wanted to go with one that wasn’t metal to begin with and really make it our own. We chose Amy Winehouse because her lyrical content is very dark and I’ve always admired her honest and extremely personal writing style. My mom is a really big fan, so growing up, I got to hear her a lot around the house and in the car, etc. And as soon as I started figuring out the lyrics, I was sucked in. She helped me discover that a song doesn’t necessarily have to be brutal musically to be heavy. It’s all about how it makes you feel and, in that regard, I would consider Amy’s music quite heavy. Back To Black was always my favourite tune of hers, and the other members of the band all liked the song as well. Outside of metal we don’t necessarily share that much common ground, so once we landed on a song that we all liked and that portrayed a dark edgy vibe, we were sold."


Watch JUNKOWL's video cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black" at https://youtu.be/3_xipxbdkXo​


Oozing with rock n' roll vibes, JUNKOWL is a slick combination of stoner riffs, hardcore energy, and groovy bass. Champions of the “En Route To Heavy Montreal”, which lead to them performing on Canada's largest metal festival Heavy Montreal in 2019, the quartet unleashed their debut album “Making Out With My Death” during June 2020.

The full length is a slow dark ride of heavy riffs; big dirty bass lines, in-your-face drums, and gut-wrenching screams telling tales of self-loathing, confusion, and intoxication. It's a solid album, something to enjoy with a few beers, smoke a joint, and bang your head off for 30 minutes.

For fans of Cancer Bats, Every Time I Die, and Underoath, “Making Out With My Death” is available on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music.


Music Videos:

Sickness Lives - https://youtu.be/g1wTNA8gzss​

Crawling Feet - https://youtu.be/Z4WjZyBdi8M


Track Listing:​

1. Snakecharmer

2. Quarantine Us All (2:27)

3. Shake Me

4. Dead Hooker (4:40)

5. Little Scum (4:54)

6. Crawling Up My Feet (3:46)

7. Sickness Lives

8. Relapse (3:39

9. Straitjacket

10. 10,000 Vultures

Album Length: 37:28


Junkowl is:

Jesse Frechette – Vocals

Dominic Labrie – Drums

Samuel Matte- Bass

Marco Larosa – Guitar


For more info:​

​http://www.junkowlmtl.com

​Facebook.com/junkowlband​

​Instagram.com/junkowl