Artistes
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The Hypothesis is a modern melodic death metal-act formed during deadly cold winter 2009 in Kouvola, Finland. Nowadays Helsinki-based band swears in the name ofheaviness, groove & catchy melodies, still not forgetting the technically played crunchy riffs.
The Hypothesis leader Juuso Turkki came up with the band’s name wanting to create an individual state of imagination.
In the year 2009 The Hypothesis recorded an EP carrying the name “Nightshade”. In January 2011 “Nightshade” -EP was followed by 2 singles “Weak Story” and “Shades To Escape”.
The Hypothesis had their first line-up changes when a drummer Rolf Pilve (Stratovarius) joined the band. With Rolf the band recorded their third single, Scarface.
Among succesfull releases The Hypothesis has conquered many famous festival-stages in Finland such as Nummirock and Qstock. The band qualified as a winner from Finland’s Wacken Metal Battle qualifiers in Qstock-festival.
The Hypothesis has also shared stages with melodic death & doom giants like Swallow The Sun, Scar Symmetry, Wolfheart & Before The Dawn.
In the fall 2012 The Hypothesis started fresh with entirely new line-up and locked themselves in the middle of a dark forest of in Viitasaari, Finland to record their debut-album 'Origin”. After almost four-year-silence The Hypothesis recruited the last new members from Finnish metal scene whom have contributed in bands like Naildown, Paradise Lost, Dimebad Beyond Forever, Dead Shape Figure, Codeon etc...
In 2016 After releasing their first music video “Eye For an Eye” The Hypothesis started their touring year with Wolfheart & Swallow The Sun.
The Hypothesis Origin -album has been released via Inverse Records worldwide 5th May 2016 and it is available in CD- version. Origin album is also available in Spotify, Itunes, Google Play and all other streaming and digital services.
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South Carolina based punk rock band, Invisible Neon started in April of 2017. Taking influences from a diverse group including Slipknot, State Champs, All Time Low, Pantera, Neck Deep, and so many more, this punk rock sound includes dangerous riffs with melodic gang vocals. Having signed with BlueJay Records, the quintet are set to release an EP in May.
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Memoriam are an Old School Death Metal band and maintain the standards set by previous bands that the members have played with, focusing on the themes of death, loss and war.
Initially Memoriam got together to play covers of songs that had influenced them throughout their careers within the Death Metal scene, however it soon became apparent that the new songs that they created were of a superior standard.
2016 proved to be a busy year for Memoriam, establishing themselves through the release of the Hellfire Demos
2017 saw Memoriam release the Hellfire Demos II in January followed by their hugely anticipated debut album 'For The Fallen' through Nuclear Blast Records in March. This was followed by 20 selected shows throughout Europe in that year.
In December 2017 Memoriam headed to RB studios to record the second album ' The silent Vigil' which is to be released through Nuclear Blast Records in March 2018.
2018 will be another great year for Memoriam a true celebration of life through Death Metal.
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4 Portsmouth gentlemen swinging between a punk rock dance party and a paranoia filled late night horror soundtrack listening session. The band was formed in April 2016, from current and ex-members of Deluxe Flamingos & Attack! Vipers!
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Sparse, minimalistic rock and roll dirges from Damien Moyal, frontman best known for his tenure in the hardcore punk band As Friends Rust.
Damien Done croons over bleak, droning numbers that crawl like molasses, while peppered with hints of blues and metal.
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LINE UP
Vorph - guitars, vocals
Xy - Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Samples
Makro - Guitars
Drop - Bass
BIOGRAPHYS A M A E L awakened on the 14th of July 1988 when brothers Xytraguptor and Vorphalack loaded their musical gear into an atomic bunker.
Rehearsing seven days a week, they soon recorded a couple of tracks and released their self- financed 7' «Medieval Prophecy» which infiltrated the underground scene through mail and small independant distributors.
Two years later, the duet moved to Geneva to record what would become S A M A E L's first album. Facing refusal from the established recordindustry, the brothers finally inked a deal with the freshly started label Osmose Production, which released «Worship Him» in April 1991. With the addition of Masmiseîm on bass, the band played shows in France, Germany, Holland, Poland, Russia and Switzerland before heading back to studio to record «Blood Ritual» . Their second album became the first collaboration with Waldemar Sorychta and their first release on the German ever-growing inprint Century Media.
«Ceremony Of Opposites» was released in February 1994. That album saw S A M A E L taking a turn in their approach of composition and sharing of duties. Xy got in charge of all the music while Vorph focused on the lyrical content. In order to perfom that new material on stage, the band recruited local goth legend Rodolph H to play the keyboards and be part of the line up for two consecutive years. Three European tours and a first US tour later, the band got back in the studio to record the mini-album «Rebellion» (1995) before getting back on the road to finish a tour that ended in Mexico City. This was also the last album with Rudolph as part of the band.
A new sound was slowly taking shape, and the band's line-up saw the addition of a second guitar player. Kaos joined the band and S A M A E L played eight shows in Europe where they performed for the first time live with a drummachine. Two new songs, «Shining Kingdom» and «My Saviour» introduced their upcoming album to the audience. «Passage» was released in August 1996.
After an extensive European headlining tour, the band hit the stage of the most notorious open air festivals of that era : Dynamo, Wacken, With Full Force and many more. Meanwhile, Xy worked on a classical interpretation of the album and released it on his own imprint under the name «Xytra´s Passage». In June 1998, the «Exodus» mini-album was released, giving the band a bit of time to focus on writing new material.In Montreux, Switzerland at the world famous Mountain Studios (which today is a Queen museum), S A M A E L recorded and mixed «Eternal» with late rock producer David Richard. That particular album took the band on a long journey. Two European and two US headlining tours with two different line-ups. Kaos left the band, and Makro entered the picture.
The band's performance at Summer Breeze Festival in Germany became the core of the first
S A M A E L DVD release, entitled «Black Trip ».Xy and Vorph experiment a bit with electronic music before coming back in full force with «Reign Of Light» (2004). Waldemar Sorychta co-produced the album with Xy, and for the first time the band used the services of Stefan Glaumann to mix an album. The same team worked on the following record «Solar Soul» (2007), released worlwide through Nuclear Blast Records.
In March 2009, S A M A E L took everyone by suprise with the release of «Above», a side project the band had in their drawers for a decade. Having some time between tours, Xy updated that project and went to Sweden to mix it with renowned metal producer Fredrik Nordström. The result being atypical, but yet challenging, it was decided to release it as the new S A M A E L album and sell it as a tribute to the band's early influences. Not everybody understood the concept and reason within that album, but it nevertheless took the band on an extensive tour through Europe and the Americas, ending with the band's biggest show to date at Rock al Parque in Bogota, Colombia.
«Antigod», later released as single/mini album, and «Soul Invictus», were the first songs to be played live before the release of «Lux Mundi» (2011). The album was once again recorded in Switzerland, and was mixed in England by infamous metal guru Russ Russel. The band made a strong statement with this album, by bulding a bridge over the 20+ years of the band´s existence, connecting all the sides, and personalities of the entity known as S A M A E L.
In 2014 Xy took a break from his work with the band and composed a piece of music for the city of Sion. The project known as «Sedunum» was recorded by an orchestra consisting of over 100 musicians, and played for two consecutive years throughout the summer as a light and sound spectacle surrounded by the two castles of Sion. Later that year, the band split with bass player Mas, who was replaced by longtime S A M A E L fan and former Sybreed member Drop.
In 2015, the band revisisted their album «Ceremony Of Opposites» and played the entire album live while touring Canada, Poland, Russia and playing some of the biggest European festivals.
In the spring of 2016, the band was back in the studio with Waldemar Sorychta, and in July they mixed their new album in Sweden with Sefan Glaumann. In January 2017, the band inked a worldwide deal with Napalm Records. «Angel Of Wrath» was the first song to be released as a download single in June, and it was followed by «Red Planet» and «Black Supremacy»
S A M A E L ´s new album «Hegemony» is relesed on Friday the 13th of October.
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Formed in 2012, French metallers Insolvency have spent the last five years furiously building a name and reputation for themselves across their homeland with their energetic metallic assault.
The band have appeared at various festivals across France and Luxembourg. Smashing stages with the likes of Napoleon, No Return, Smash it Combo, Melted Space, Atlantis chronicles, FRCTRD. In 2015, guitarist Bruno Blackstard was selected to play alongside Children of Bodom maestro Alexi Laiho in Helsinki during the 100guitarsfromhel Festival.
The band hit the studio in 2016 to record their debut album “Antagonism Of The Soul” in the UK with Jim Pinder and Carl Bown (Bullet For My Valentine, While She Sleeps, Machine Head). The result is a whirlwind of Blackstard & Valentin Gondouin’s elastic guitar work, soaring melodies and drummer Mickaël Tamario’s frantic assault; all pinned together by the double vocal barrage of Gondouin & bassist Pierre Challouet.
Having signed with French label Send The Wood, with their album being distributed through Seasons of Mist, with a stunning debut album in tow and a steadily growing tour schedule; Insolvency are gearing up for a busy eighteen months. Young, passionate and full of potential; Insolvency set to follow in the footsteps of countrymen Gojira in showing the world what the French metal scene has to offer.
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LINE UP
Jackson H. - Vocals
Yue H. - Guitar
Mark O. - Bass
Scott P. - Drums
BIOGRAPHYCryptic Enslavement were founded in the summer of 2013, With former band Reprisal Within coming to an end and a new chapter starting. Line up consist of Cody Evans on vocals, Yue He from Evilosity/Ravensun on Guitar, Kayle Hammel on bass and Scott Patterson on drums.
Over the first year we played countless numbers of local and out of town shows. Sharing the stage with such acts as Sinned, Ogroem, Crackwhore, Archspire and Fallujah.
In October 2014 we released our E.P. Ascension Of Abhorrence and 2015 saw the departure of vocalist Cody Evans and addition of Jackson Hargrove from local grindcore band Gravolence. With no time too spare we continued writing and performing shows in Vancouver and Victoria and our first ever open air experience at Farmageddon opening up for Death metal greats Incantation.
In 2016, Mark O. replaced Kayle H. and took over the bass duty; the same year June we played Armstrong Metal Fest and shared stage with Beyond Creation, Zenith Passage, Archspire as well as River of Nihil; and then in Sept we toured in Washington and Oregon States and performed at Sickness in September shared stage with Gorgasm and Lividity.
Summer 2017 we finally got to play Las Vegas Death Fest and very fortunately shared stages with many wicked brutal slamming bands and some of them are absolutely best of the best in brutal slamming death metal world. In addition, we just finished our upcoming full length album 'Perverse Hallucinatory Descent' at Raincity Recorders with great help from Mark and Stu. Now we are starting to look for a label/distribution to help us release this album. Sept. 2017 we will be back to Portland, OR to play Sickness in September metal festival again.
We are looking forward to play in your cities and keep writing new materials for you who support us and brutal slamming death metal.
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Sonic Prophecy was formed officially in 2008. They wanted to capture the excitement and sound of such bands as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Helloween, Hammerfall, and Kamelot while melding other musical styles, arriving at a sound all their own.
After the first year, some songs were written and the band played their first live shows, opening for the mighty Tyr and Alestorm on the Pagan Knights Tour in 2009. Later in that year the first demo was released with positive feedback. They followed that up with many more live performances including big opening gigs, this time for the classic bands Ratt, Cinderella, Accept, and Sabaton.
In mid-2010 Sonic Prophecy began the production of their debut album, “A Divine Act of War”, which was released independently in mid 2011, receiving great reviews and solidifying a sound undeniably their own. During this time period, the band did some regional touring throughout California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho which included headlining Power Metal festivals in both Denver and Las Vegas as well as having their music used in the television series “Rock n’ Lock”, a video game “Volgarr the Viking”, and the Danny Trejo movie “Vengeance”.
In early 2012 Sonic Prophecy began the writing process for their second full length album, “Apocalyptic Promenade”, which is scheduled to be released in early 2015. This album combines the melody and beauty of symphonic power metal while maintaining the crunch, drive and power of traditional metal. The album was mastered by Trevor Sadler at Mastermind Productions (Rush, Triumph, Nine Inch Nails, Live). Album highlights include power metal tracks Temple of the Sun and Born of Steel and Fire, traditional metal tracks Apocalyptic Promenade and The Warriors Heart, the power ballad track Fire Messiah, and the epic 12 minute track The Fist of God.
In January 2015 the band announced that were signed with Maple Metal Records. Apocalyptic Promenade was released on March 24th. The band will be touring in support of “Apocalyptic Promenade” and branch into new markets. The band will also begin the writing process for the next album.
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LINE UP Vince Hempstead - Vocals/Guitars
Mags - Drums/Backing Vocals
Jaeme Somerville - Bass Guitar BIOGRAPHY 'Valley of the King is lean and straight forward; all else is superfluous. Desolate Pathway exhibits a rare honesty and plays to their strengths.
-Terrorizer Magazine UK 2015-'Epic Doom Metal, at certain times the absolute Candlemass classic Epicus Doomicus Metallicus comes to mind, a gloomy atmosphere, soturnas melodies'
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United Defiance formed in 2004 in the East Bay of Northern California. The band has been a part of the ever changing punk scene ever since.
United Defiance stands for far more than just the members in the band. Individuality, politics, friends and family these are some of the things that help drive our influnces in music.
We do not see the need for competition with other bands, we raise our fist in support to you all.
We have been lucky enough to have played some of the best venues and with some of the best bands all over the west coast.