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Armstrong MetalFest Offer Free Digital Sampler For 2018 Line-Up
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Kelowna Now: Armstrong Metal Festival Co-founder reflects on a decade of metal - Video Interview here .
What first began as a backyard show has now grown into one of Western Canada's best mountain moshpits in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. Reaching its 10 year milestone, Armstrong MetalFest is now anchored as one of the largest gatherings of metalheads from across Western Canada and beyond. The 2018 line-up features over 30 bands with headliners KATAKLYS
In celebration of this year's event, Armstrong MetalFest is offering metalheads a FREE digital sampler of performing bands from the 2018 line-up.
White Noise and Black Metal BY CRAFT
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CRAFT return to strike terror once again with their long-awaited new album 'White Noise and Black Metal'. Their first new album in over seven years, 'White Noise and Black Metal' sees the notorious and highly influential Swedish black metal band reclaiming their throne as one of the most intimidating and caustic entities in the underground. A cold and calculated attack on hope and the light, CRAFT spew nihilism and negativity in its purest forms. 'White Noise and Black Metal' is a true manifesto of hostility, and a testament to the genre's most elite and uncompromising band!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mnm7p1q961tf5u7/CRAFT_-_White_Noise_and_Black_Metal.zip?dl=0
How to create a EPK - Electronic Press Kit
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here is an example of a well put together EPK http://www.arielsatticmusic.com/epk
How to create a EPK - Electronic Press Kit
Tips n Tricks
An electronic press kit is a must for anyone seeking exposure and publicity as an artist. You can send your electronic press kit to music industry professionals, clubs, media or anybody who might be interested in your work. EPK is your professional resume to the world.
Did you know that most EPKs end up being deleted? The main reason is either they are too fancy with too little information or are filled with too much useless information. The idea is to create an EPK that is simple and to the point. Here are some tips that will help you to create a good EPK.
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Make sure your EPK has the following elements: contact information, short biography, your pictures, quotes from people about your work, press coverage, gig or show information (if applicable) and links to your professional work (audio, video, images or texts).
Contact information: This should clearly state where can you be reached, your phone numbers, emails, postal address and link to your website (if you have one).
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Keep the biography short. Your biography should include where you are based and a brief sketch about your professional work. For musicians or bands, also include all band members and instruments that are played. Please do not make this long and do not bore your reader with details of your struggle or other irrelevant details.
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Provide links to your professional work: Links to your professional videos and audios or professional images for models, photographers, painters. Make sure that all links are working and are of good quality.
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Add professional pictures. Especially applicable to those who are rock bands or actor or models. Try to get a professional to shoot you and include 2-3 pictures in your EPK.
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Include a few quotes from other professionals in your field that have something positive to say about your work. Do not make the mistake of providing quotes from friends or family. If you are just starting out then try to get quotes from your teachers or professors.
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Include links to your press coverage (if any).
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Add any gig/tour/show information: Mention any past or upcoming gigs/tours or shows (paintings/photographers).
Via https://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Electronic-Press-Kit-(EPK)-That-Gets-Noticed
updated by @thebeast: 02/19/20 06:54:25AM
Wacken Metal Battle USA - 2018 MoshPit Sampler by Metal Battle USA
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updated by @thebeast: 07/20/21 06:51:10PM
Doomed & Stoned in South Africa by Doomed & Stoned
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I’ve been intrigued by the South African heavy music scene since I first stumbled upon Juggernaught’s music video, “Mountain Man” on YouTube seven years ago. Suffice it to say, I was fascinated by everything. I would go on to discover that South Africa has metal roots that stretch back to at least 1970, when a band called Suck, inspired by their discovery of Black Sabbath and this new heavy metal craze, recorded an amazing cover of "War Pigs."
I’m hardly alone in my intrigue for what the Zulu tongue calls simply “the land down south.” In a recent interview with Doomed & Stoned, Primitive Man’s Ethan McCarthy named South Africa as a destination of choice to take the band. South Africa blipped on the radar again when I encountered a project called Demons From The Dungeon Dimension, which led to a feature-length story on the heavy music scene there.
Fast forward to September 2017, when I stumbled upon The League of Doom, “a project hell bent on preserving, nurturing, and expanding the passion for metal’s orphan sub-genre, DOOM.” Naturally, I was delighted and did some digging, making acquaintances with promoter Justin Bedford and Tim Harbour from the band Mad God. Tim kindly volunteered to organize some of the acts in his... more
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released June 26, 2018
Thanks to Tim Harbour from Mad God and Johni Holiday from Ruff Majik for organizing the compilation and Lyle Van'Dango from Goat Throne for providing the album art.
