Check out the video above for a brief greeting from Halifax hip hop artist Classified.
Many thanks to Classified and the folks at Groundworks Lifestyle Marketing and Sony Music Canada for the very cool greeting you see above. For an interview we had with Classified a few weeks back, see here.
Uncooperative Death releases album
Halifax’s Uncooperative Death has released its self-titled debut album (CTLO Records). Formed in 2006, the band (Dan Cormier, Liam McLaughlin, Tristan Mailman and Paul Sarrazin) has been thrashing away since on the east coast.
Uncooperative Death’s debut features 11 tracks, including nine originals and two bonus tracks:
1. The Blame
2. Bloody Bathroom
3. Murderous Apotheosis
4. Let Me Bleed
5. Left Behind
6. Chew the Leg Off
7. Cavity
9. Ambivalent Disclosure
10. Murderous Apothacary – bonus
11. Solanum (Raunch Dressing Version) – bonus
Thy Flesh Consumed joins D5R
More metal news tonight as Nova Scotia record label Diminished Fifth Records has announced the signing of another east coast metal band – death grind group Thy Flesh Consumed.
The band will release its fourth album, Unrepentant, later this summer under the D5R banner.
“We are not only honoured but we are excited to be working with a band as focused and committed as Thy Flesh Consumed,” commented label owner Josh Hogan in a press release. “They need little introduction in the underground metal world and we hope this release will shed even more light on their already impressive career.”
The band is also pumped to be releasing its fourth album on the ever-growing metal label.
“Carrying the torch and lighting the way for east coast metal, Josh and D5R make the unimaginable very very possible. I am proud to be part of this movement, it truly is history in the making,” said vocalist Peter Mestre.
Formed in the fall of 2001, Thy Flesh Consumed evolved quickly into a serious band covering themes of animal rights, religion, socio-political issues, warfare and the environment.
The band is made up of Mestre, Gerald Smith, Dan Jamieson, Dave Burns and Ross Vickers.
Giant unleashed on the east
Moncton rockers Iron Giant, a 2009 ECMA winner for Loud Recording of the Year, has announced some upcoming Maritime tour dates that include performing on a boat as it floats across the Halifax Harbour during the 2009 Maritime Tattoo Festival VIP After Party as well as sharing the stage with the thrash masters Toxic Holocaust.
The boat cruise gig takes place Sunday, and you can find more details here.
The band’s other gigs include:
May 21 – Moncton, NB @ The Manhattan w/ Toxic Holocaust
May 22 – Halifax, NS @ Pavillion (All Ages) w/ Toxic Holocaust
May 22 – Halifax, NS @ Gus’s Pub w/ Toxic Holocaust
May 23 – Charlottetown, PEI @ Benevolent w/ Toxic Holocaust
May 24 – Fredericton, NB @ Nicky Zee’s w/ Iron Fist
