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Rapheumets Well (U.S.) Sinphobia (Italy)

Necrocosm (U.S.) Cloud Rat (U.S.; free albums)

plus: Begrime Exemious (Canada) Bushwhacker (Canada) and: Seattle area concert calendar for issues online, videos, humor and more see: www.fuglymaniacs.com

— Metal Bulletin Zine P.O. Box 1339 Lake Stevens WA 98258 USA Metal Bulletin Zine #1-20: (2006-2009): Wisconsin #21-26: (2009-2010): Texas #27(2010)--now; Washington state All album reviews, news, updates below are by MMB, unless stated otherwise. * Rapheumets Well It has been a while now since this North Carolina, U.S. band came to the attention of this publication through Twitter. At first, the music sounded interesting: symphonic-progressive extreme metal, with both extreme and melodic vocals. After listening to the band’s 2016 album The Exile it is more than clear that there is a tremendous amount of work that has gone into it. As you will read below, getting to this point in quality and skill has taken a long and winding road and lots of time, but once you learn a bit about the band and what they are all about, you’ll appreciate their objectives of creating something great. Give this interview a read and begin the exploration. By the way, metal friends in Canada, the say that they headed your way this summer. Congratulations on your album The Exile! It sounds like the accumulation of years of experience, knowledge and hard work. So, who is Rapheumets Well? Hello and this is Joshua "Nassaru" Ward, Drummer and co-writer for Rapheumets Well. Rapheumets Well consist of Jonathan Finney (bass), Tripp King (harsh vocals), Daniel Presnell (guitar), Hunter Ross (guitar), Annette Greene (operatic vocals and synths), and of course me though I am elected in narration. The band has had a long history, I myself have been in the same project for about sixteen years. We have been constantly reforging our sound to equate what is before you. Our

sound is a bit rare for this area, being in the South-Eastern U.S., so it has been tough getting a foot in the music scene. But we are finally getting some representation and we are absolutely happy with what has come to fruition.

Metal Archives shows Blue Man’s God as a predecessor of the current band. Was there no music released under Blue Man's God? Is Rapheumets Well a studio project or a band with plans to tour? Well, Rapheumet was born from the remnants of Blue Mans God. Too many people thought we were trying to be "Blue Mans Group" which actually was created after we constructed the name. I was around thirteen years old when the first primordial version of Blue Man's God was derived, so there have been a lot of stages in progress from then to now. Blue Man's God did create an album, but we dare not release that, ha! Rapheumets Well is absolute priority in regards to even our career decisions. It has been hard, though. I myself spent 8 years of college gaining a masters level education in alternative medicine and acupuncture. Other members are nurses, computer technicians, a pharmacy tech, and a business owner. We

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came to the realization that at the end of our lives we do not want to look back and think "Wow, I worked and now I am going to die." Test Your Metal Records has given us hope that a band from the "sticks" of North Carolina can succeed, thus giving hope to others in our area to succeed at their passion. We are going to Canada for our first tour in July and we are already eyeing Europe, Mexico, and Japan. Though we humbly will say we are still learning and working ever so hard. I personally log about 6-8 hours a day in working on music, PR, networking, researching, distribution, everything I can to help our project succeed.

I think that the album is ambitious. Today I am listening to your 2014 album Dimensions too. I have not heard your 2007 demo. Which members remain from that demo? Was there the same vision of your art back in 2007? Unfortunately, the right members were not present to make this happen throughout the years. Drugs, alcohol, personal differences, all distracted the original mission. You have five to six personal universes and when you blend them in the band room, it can be an erratic concoction for disaster. Every band goes through it, managing the social, personal, and business issues a band can develop. Recently, we did lose two founding members.

Due to personal reasons we departed. These are great people and Aaron Rogers still helps us with input (so in some ways, he is still part of the project). We gained two young members recently to help us complete "The Exile" and they have brought a magnitude of talent and revival to our music. Annette Greene is not only a vocalist and keyboardist, but an actress and she is using that talent to shape our visuals. From the 2007 demo, Jonathan Finney and I are the remaining members though we want to acknowledge the work and foundation building of the band that previous members have done. The album sounds like an album by capable artists. What things have made it possible to "arrive" finally at this sound? We, we are humble in saying that we are always working to get better and convey our mission. As you might have seen, we have a really elaborate story. We built a multiverse and added a plethora of properties and dramatic conflicts which give rise to our musical inspiration. We are storytellers. This has always been our mission. When I was young (as well as other members) I listened to bands like Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Acid Bath, Cradle of Filth, Opeth, Iron Maiden, and so on. Truthfully, I never envisioned the lyrics in which they written as the meaning of the music. I would imagine (while hearing the layers of symphonic sounds and brutal riffs) cosmic beings warring on each other; beings with immense powers that transcended human affairs. I have seen a world of oddities, giants, both archaic and futuristic. In this, we founded the visuals and mission in which our music conveys. You write exactly to the emotions of the present and in correlation with the ability you technical skills allow you. We were not mature enough in 2007 to write what we have produced recently. I would not go so far as to

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degrade it as it had meaning for that time. But we have been able to sculpt our techniques and vision a bit more since then. How many people in total do you have doing vocals on the album? There are extreme metal vocals, operatic vocals, melodic vocals. Tripp King is the lead vocals and he conveys the harsh sound that defines us as "extreme metal". I actually do the male clean vocals and our influences are not limited to metal but to classical music, ambience, jazz, and so forth. Annette Greene, being a renown chorus student (being featured in plays and community musical events) she came in and added our latest element of operatic vocals. To be honest, she came in (first time ever singing on a recording) and the very first track became what you hear as “Planetary Cenotaph.” So, it was exceedingly natural and was actually the easiest part of writing and recording. Now you have the album out, what is on your list of things to do? Tours, lots of tours. Our next mission is to convey the complexity of our mission which is our story. We spend a lot of time developing planets, species, and the story concepts. In this regard, we are musical storytellers and we invest a lot of time in this. We want to bring something more to our fans. We want to bring a complete package, and entire world for them to be able to spend ample time exploring. Eventually we want to turn it into something more rather it be a book or even a movie/video series. But one step at a time I would presume. We are already playing with ideas for the next album as we tend to be an entire album ahead of what we release. There is a ton of musical ideas floating so writing wise, we have more than enough to keep our fans engaged.

I can only imagine the late night hours of work involved in making the album. For those that understand it, what can they do to support your work in a real way? Simply engaging with us is support being through email of publicly expressing their joy for our music. Support can be as simple as purchasing our album. This helps not only keep some food on the table, but it is a moral boaster that helps us work even harder each album.

What other news do you have? We will be coming to Canada in July and that is exciting. We are looking at international shows as a lot of our fan base is in other countries. So we want to honor our fans by performing for them so that is our main mission currently. Grant Truesdell of Test Your Metal Records has given us a lot of support and hope as an aspiring metal act so there are no limitations to passion to make Rapheumets Well succeed. Thank you for having us and we are very appreciative! www.facebook.com/Rapheumetswell www.rapheumetswell.org THE END **

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NEWS: Sinphobia Awaken Bakerteam Records Release: 26 February 2016 Below you will find official information about the groove/extreme metal band Sinphobia from Italy. Their new album is already out. See this official info and bio to find out more about them. “Assault Your Fears!” is the “motto” that identifies Sinphobia, a band whose message is quite simple: fear, in all its forms, is the biggest limitation of mankind and needs to be overcome. In other words, people need to become masters of their own existence. The word "Sinphobia" combines two other words, "Phobia" ("Fear") and "Sin", the latter incorporating a double meaning, "without" ("sine" in Latin) and "with" (originating from Greek). Musically, Sinphobia can easily be described as a mix of modern American Death Metal and old school European Thrash Metal, and they do it on their own terms, with the right dose of energy, groove and captivating live performances. ‘Awaken’, Sinphobia's debut album, was released on February 26th and will be available in digital format only. BIOGRAPHY: The first embryo of the project dates back about to 2003 from ideas and compositions of the guitar player Vain, but the stage is reached only from the beginning of 2009. A year later, with the arrival of Alessandro 'Darkoniglio' on the bass guitar, the band is nally able to take their rst steps even outside of their city (Verona) until some experience in foreign countries. With the entry of Cristian 'Conso' on vocals, a couple of years later, nally arrived that ‘extra’ that had been lacking before.

Recently, the line up was completed with Francesco 'Falsi’ on drums and now Sinphobia are ready to continue the path, even more aggressive. ’Assault your Fears!!’ is the ‘motto’ wherewith the band is usual to sign itself and it’s the common thread between music, text and scene. The message is that Fear in all its forms is the only real bridle, so the band encourages all its listeners to face it and overcome it once and for all, to become masters of their own existence. Inside this concept comes also the name of the band which takes shape between the oldest languages of mankind, where fear PHOBIA is preceded by SIN, word by double meaning: the Latin ‘without’ (from 'sine') contrasted by the greek 'with 'or' set of’. The impact sound is a mixture of modern American death and old school thrash metal, with a typically Sinphobia’s taste which fuses energy and groove to give high involvement live performances. www.facebook.com/sinphobia/ **

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Necrocosm This death metal band from North Carolina, USA has their complete debut album available at Bandcamp and there you can hear it and support the band if you like what you hear. What will you hear? You’ll get an independent album of technical-melodic death metal called “Damnation Doctrine” and it’s no-nonsense straight dedication metal. Do you want headbanging metal from a band that thinks like you do? No hipster and no emo and no post punk going on here, just metal music the way that Doctor Rock ordered: “They've got the medicine you need. They've got the power, they've got the speed.” Stand up straight! Hi. How’s your band doing in North Carolina? We're doing pretty well here right now. Our debut album was released September last year, and we only pressed 100 CD's, but we sold them all in a few months and mostly to locals. We played our "biggest" show yet a couple weeks back, opening a one-off date in Raleigh for Napalm Death! Who is answering this interview? What are the origins of the band? I'm Kevin, founding guitarist and songwriter. Necrocosm started after our previous band folded in fall 2011. Our drummer Adam, ex-bassist Cisco, and myself remained, and we wanted to go in a darker, heavier direction than the previous band which was mainly modern thrash. At the time I didn't have any original material ready other than a couple riffs ha ha so I had to start writing some stuff quickly! We played just cover songs initially until the first song was completed, which became Force Fed Progeny. Later in 2012 the first 6 songs were ready, and we finally completed the lineup with Brent on rhythm guitar, and Zach on vocals. In summer of 2013 we played our first live show. Interestingly enough it was at the same club where we

played our last show in the old band! Where does your music come from? The first influences were the classic Gothenburg melodic death metal bands of the 90s. But over time we developed our sound a little bit more, and you can also hear elements of black metal, thrash, and some technical and brutal death elements in the newest songs. We just play what comes naturally to us. Hopefully people think that is kickass death metal.

How many recordings do you have? Where do you record your music? What should a new listener expect from Necrocosm? Damnation Doctrine is our debut full-length album. We recorded ten songs with the go-to metal producer in the area: Jamie King, at Basement Recording Studio in Winston-Salem, NC. You might be familiar with his excellent work on albums from BTBAM, Wretched, Abiotic, and many more. The recording spanned two weekend sessions in October 2014 and May 2015. The long wait in between sessions was due to the studio's schedule being blocked off by one or more of those big bands I listed above haha. Also, we originally

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set out to record just a 6 song ep. But it was sounding so damned good we figured it'd be better to do a full album instead. On Damnation Doctrine the listener can expect a relentlessly aggressive, modern, brutal, yet still melodic take on death metal performed by hard working guys doing it strictly for the love of it. No clean vocals, no breakdowns, no electronic elements. Nothing but 100% pure metal. You may stream the album or buy it and merch at Bandcamp. How did you become involved in a band in North Carolina? I picked up the guitar as a teenaged skate punker in the 90's haha. But I didn't take learning it seriously until the early 2000's when I had rediscovered my love for metal after being stationed in Japan for two years. I'm originally from South Florida, and after I left the military I tried to find people back home to jam with, but to no avail. It wasn't until a few months after I moved up to NC for work that I found a band to join. North Carolina has a small but loyal metal scene. We're by no means NYC or LA, but we hold our own. If you work hard and play good music the word will spread and your crowd will grow. What can metal supporters do to help your cause? Support means more than it ever has these days. Especially to small time unknown, unsigned bands like Necrocosm. The music industry is dying more each day. Luckily metal fans are more loyal and supportive compared to other genres. If you hear a band you like, go to a show! Yes, you can download everything for free on the Internet, but buy the cd and/or vinyl if you like what you hear. Pick up a shirt or two and most of all spread the word! It's tougher than ever to get the word out. There's many amazing bands out there

struggling without any support from record labels, but few people know about them. Will you be touring? No active plans yet for touring. We're not exactly in much demand anywhere outside Raleigh. But we did get a warm reception our first time in Virginia a couple months back. We try to play out locally at least once every one or two months. Even though the album just came out 7 months ago, we've already got 3+ new songs ready and we're anxious to complete writing the second album. Especially now that we have a new second lead guitarist in Joel, who replaced Brent earlier this year. He already delivered his first song and it's a banger. Some people have remarked that there are no financial rewards for metal bands in the music industry. Is that true for you? I'd say that is a very fair statement. Don't get us wrong, we didn't ever get into playing extreme metal for the money lol. But yes, the lack of financial support definitely has its effects on small unsigned struggling bands like us. And having to work the daily 9-5 leaves less time to focus on music. However, almost everyone but the biggest bands has the same struggle. Nonetheless we are ever dedicated to our craft because that is what we do. We take music extremely seriously; people can do 10000 other things than go to one of our shows. So in case they do decide to see us play, we're not going to waste their time or ours playing some half-assed wank metal. We want to deliver a performance that's going to blow their heads off! How does life in North Carolina shape your view of your music and also your lyrics? Playing extreme death metal, you can rightfully imagine we cover lyrical topics that often delve into themes of the fantastical, other worldly, sci-fi, anti religious, and anti

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human. People are mostly a disgusting, selfish, and inherently evil species, so we have unending lyrical inspiration from them. North Carolina so far hasn't played much into our lyrical inspiration, but the current governor looks like he wants to push his ignorant religious views onto the whole population (House Bill 2, and more) so that may change. Do you have other news? Look out for these kickass 360 degree performance videos coming soon from our opening set at the Napalm Death show! ReverbNation filmed us with this crazy 360 camera contraption. You can see WBS on YouTube right now, and the others hopefully soon. One of which is our newest, most technical song yet! www.necrocosm666.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/necrocosm www.twitter.com/necrocosm THE END ** Cloud Rat Cloud Rat is a "three-piece grindpunk ensemble from MI. Anti-oppression, anti-discrimination, pro-vegan." The Michigan, USA band says that they started in December 2009. Since that time they have made about a billion recordings, more or less. They have strong opinions about politics, grind and everything else and they can't stop writing songs about it. Excerpts of reviews at Metal Archives say things like the following: "The three piece, hailing from Michigan, USA not only play some of the most aggressive and violent grindcore out there, but they do so with a dark and harrowing sense of emotion, a real sincerity which is often missing from grindcore. It’s depressing and devastating in equal measure, and really needs to be heard to be believed. Singer Madison’s voice is simply insane. Her screams are absolutely

harrowing, they’re some of the most emotionally powerful I’ve heard in extreme music. Aggressive to the maximum, and really sincere. With extremely moving lyrics concerning abuse, depression, drug abuse and neglect, it’s obvious from the sheer vividness of the lyrics and their emotional delivery that the band have really been through some bad experiences – nothing this dark would have arisen, without coming from real, horrible experiences, this is especially shown on the powerful “Mouse Trap”, and “Sinkhole” which might just be the best grindcore track since Napalm Death’s Scum. The music itself is grindcore with a lot of hardcore influence. Without a bassist, the guitarist Rorik Brooks plays through multiple amps, and as such they still have a really full and powerful sound, and he delivers an incredible performance."

The band has a bunch of free/name-your-price recordings at Bandcamp. In case you don't believe that they have millions of recordings, this is the discography from Metal Archives:

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DISCOGRAPHY: Cloud Rat Full-length 2010 Cloud Rat / Xtra Vomit Split 2010 Cloud Rat / The Oily Menace / Wolbachia Split 2011 Live at Vaggie Fest 6/12/11 Live album 2011 Fever Dreams Compilation 2011 Cloud Rat / Autarkeia Split 2011 Cloud Rat / Republic of Dreams Split 2012 Moksha Full-length 2013 Blind River Compilation 2014 Cloud Rat / Orgullo Primitivo Split 2014 Qliphoth Full-length 2015 Cloud Rat / Drugs of Faith Split 2015 www.cloudrat.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/cloudratgrind/ ** NEWS: Begrime Exemious The Enslavement Conquest Dark Descent Records 4 March 2016 Extreme metal band Begrime Exemious has a new album that is already out. The album has stood out due to the attention to quality found on it. People have remarked that the production sounds great, and different from clinical computerized extreme metal and the album is also a slap in the face to all the "old school" bands that have shoddy production jobs in which you can't hear the music. How did Begrime Exemious manage this album? How did they do it? To learn more, below you will find a Metal Archives review of the album that shows the difference about the album. After that, you will find an excellent biography by the band. Take note of what this excerpt from Metal

Archives: "[T]he drum production, one of the hardest parts of mixing extreme metal well, is absolutely on point here and immediately stands out both for the variety of beats within a song, the sound-carrying fills that other founding member Lee Norland so effortlessly pounds out, and the sheer viciousness through which the powerful sounding drums carry the songs." The reviewer continued: "The drumming isn’t the only exceptional thing on record, though- Orthner’s powerful, reverbed-out rasp cuts over the mix, augmented at times by a lower growl that Thibaudeau throws over the lead vocals for a powerful layered effect. The riffs range from blistering thrash-influenced death metal to slower, groovier black/death to immaculate death/doom with interludes of Deathspell Omega-style swirling slow bits mixed in throughout (most noticeably on Subconscious Nemesis); for every few minutes of incredibly groovy headbanging blasting Angelcorpse riffs that we get there are another couple of Celtic Frost or Autopsy, and unlike a lot of somewhat similar bands, Begrime Exemious does a fantastic job of really changing up pacing and riffage to keep each song interesting."

Begrime Exemious formed in Edmonton, Canada in late 2005 with the intent of forging raging black/death metal. After executing demo recordings and performing their high energy live shows, the band signed with Dark Descent Records for the release of their debut

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LP, "Impending Funeral of Man". 2012 sees the band's second album, "Visions of the Scourge", along with an extensive tour of western Canada. Combining their black/death metal influences with a DIY crust punk attitude, Begrime Exemious have honed in on their signature sound as they continue to spread their filth across the world. BIOGRAPHY: Begrime Exemious were formed in the late parts of the year 2005 by guitarist B. Symic. He was soon joined by drummer L. Norland, guitarist P. Jansen, vocalist B. Leland, and bassist D. Orthner. This line up recorded a demo in 2006 as well as executed several live shows in their hometown of Edmonton, AB, Canada. P. Jansen left the band, and the second demo was recorded. Due to a shortage of a lead guitarist, D. Orthner played leads on the 2007 demo, which remained unreleased for several years. B. Leland parted ways with the band after that demo. B. Symic was also suffering from tendonitus, and decided to take over vocals as he still wanted to contribute to the band's maniac style of death/black metal. D. Orthner took over on guitars, A. Rintoul was recruited for bass, and finally B. Harbak came in as a second guitarist. This line up hit the stage again and shortly after, in summer 2008, recorded the "Set Ablaze the Kingdom of Abraham" EP, including an AUTOPSY cover. This EP as well as their notorious stage performance lead to a union between BEGRIME EXEMIOUS and DARK DESCENT RECORDS from the USA. The band entered the studio at the end of 2009 which resulted in their first full length, "Impending Funeral of Man" being released in 2010. After the release of the album, B. Symic parted ways with BEGRIME EXEMIOUS but B. Leland was available and joined up with the

band again. A. Rintoul also quit, so a session bassist was recruited to tour for the album. After tour, T. McClelland was recruited to fill up the bass situation, and B. Harbak left the band to persue a different musical path. The line up of Orthner, McClelland, and Norland started composing songs for their next record, just when singer Leland ran into some legal troubles. Unable to play live, the band spent the winter months of 2010 and 2011 writing and recording what was to become "Visions of the Scourge". Symic came in to lend his voice, and the record was complete. The band played some live shows throughout western Canada with J. Wroth on second guitar and Orthner handling both vocals and guitar.

At the end of 2011, Leland rejoined the fold, just in time for the 2007 demo he sang on was released as a split with fellow Canadians NUCLEARHAMMER, "Heretical Serpent Cult". Wroth was also replaced by F. Thibaudeau, just before the release of "Visions of the Scourge" and the subsequent supporting tour in West Canada.

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BEGRIME spent the fall/winter of 2012/2013 working on new material to be spread out on a couple releases - the "Primeval Sattelite" mLP (released August 2014 on Dark Descent Records), a tour tape featuring rerecording old songs (self released June 2014), and the "wasteland of Damnation" 7" EP (released August 2013 on Fuel Injected Records). Following these recording sessions, the band hit the road and saw themselves in the west coast of Canada/US as well as shows across the prairies to support the new and upcoming releases. Again, at the end of the year 2013, the band started composing material for the next full length and some tracks for an upcoming split 7". During the composition of this material, vocalist B. Leland parted ways and the vocal department was taken over by guitarist D. Orthner (as he had been taking over that duty on the road more often than not). Bassist T. McClelland also stepped down and his role was given back to the man he replaced - A. Rintoul. The recording and writing sessions included some rerecordings that were released on a new tour tape that included the "Wasteland" 7" tracks. The band hit the road once again, playing 10 dates in the midwest/east coast USA and select dates across Canada - the most extensive tour in the band's history at this point. "Primeval Sattelite" was finally released the summer of 2014. After a few hometown gigs, BEGRIME shut themselves into their jam space to finish crafting their thrid album. L. Norland had finished renovating his basement to include a small recording studio, which lead the band to record there during the winter and spring months of 2015. Following the recording of the album, the band embarked on a cross Canada tour, boasting 18 shows from coast to coast, in addition to some festival apperances

in western Canada. At the end of the year, the band had entered their 10th year of existence, and opted to play an Edmonton show in the new year to celebrate the milestone. Shortly after, "The Enslavement Conquest" was released on March 4th, 2016 by Dark Descent Records to critical acclaim. With several regional shows upcoming, BEGRIME has also planned a west coast US tour for later this summer. www.begrimeexemious.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/begrimeexemious/ ** NEWS: Bushwhacker The False Dilema Self-Release 5 March 2016

The crazy prog metal Canadians have a new album. Always a genre clusterchaos, the band just doesn't care about the limits or the rules. It's a roller coaster of music and don't forget to have a paper bag handy. You might need it. Below is a bunch of official

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information about how they are actually normal people, but don't believe that horsemanure. They ain't normal, they ain't regular, they cray cray. The official information says this is music for "fans of: Gojira, Kylesa, Enslaved, Death, Carcass, Isis, Mastodon, Tool." See what I mean? When do you see Death and Tool in the same sentence? Oh, well, let's roll out with it and let the chips fall where they may. OFFICIAL INFORMATION: In an era of over-classified genre taxonomies, it's a breath of fresh air to find a metal band that just makes music. Vancouver's Bushwhacker is one such. Their sound combines influences from many decades, from traditional death and black metal genres to 60s and 70s British prog and psychedelia, and even further to jazz and darker 1800s-era classical. The result is a complex and thoughtful arrangement that both challenges and pleases the ear, defying classification. Though Bushwhacker now resides permanently in Vancouver, the stark wilderness and mountainous landscapes of their Yukon homeland still shine through in the power and intensity of their music. Formed in Whitehorse in 2008, Bushwhacker began with four high school friends that shared a love of old-school thrash metal. With Geoff Woods on guitar and vocals, Cavan Egan on guitar and vocals, Sean Komaromi on drums and Keenan Dennehy on bass, the quartet began to write and perform original music. They released their self-titled debut in July 2011 and followed it with a tour through BC and Alberta that ended in Vancouver, their chosen new home. After settling in Vancouver, the band parted ways with Dennehy and brought in fellow Yukoner Rory O'Brien on bass and vocals in October 2012. With the addition of another composer and vocalist, Bushwhacker then began a new era of songwriting; inspired by

all the variety and opportunity the city had to offer, they began to explore new avenues and sounds.

August 2013 saw them in the studio at Rain City Recorders, putting the finishing touches on their newest work, a one-song, 20-minute EP called Fish Guy. A shining example of evolution done right, Fish Guy features all the passionate metal fury of their earlier works, while still boiling, now carefully honed into effective, driving riffs and passages, framed and punctuated by evocative, dexterous psychedelic breaks and solos. Classic thrash vocals have expanded into a medley of layered harmonies, eerie growls and epic choruses, carrying lyrics full of ancient nautical superstition. In 2014 the band again entered Rain City Recorders in Vancouver to record what would become a career high water mark in The False Dilemma. Engineered by Stu McKillop and Mark McKitrick, and mixed/mastered by McKillop, The False Dilemma is a profound slab of Heavy that drips of Black and Death Metal whilst delving deep into the realms of psychedelia, which sees the quartet evolving into a darker, fine-tuned machine of cynicism

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The False Dilemma will be released on March 5, 2016 through Bandcamp: www.bushwhackeryukon.bandcamp.com/album/the-false-dilemma www.facebook.com/BushwhackerYukon/ **

concert calendar Seattle area concert calendar by Metal Bulletin Zine (Washington state). If you know of other metal concerts in the area, please get in contact with Metal Bulletin Zine. May 8 Primal Fear, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, Substratum, Children of Seraph, Rhine at El Corazón, Seattle, WA May 8 Deicide, Season of Suffering, Devilation, A Flourishing Scourge, Antitheus at Studio Seven, Seattle May 10 Dying Fetus/The Acacia Strain/Jungle Rot/Black Crown Initiate/Reaping Asmodeia/Nylithia/System House 33/Twisted Heroes /Into The Flood at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA May 12 Skelator at the Central Saloon, Seattle, WA May 13 Sacrament Ov Impurity at 3rd Street House, Mt. Vernon, WA May 13 Pallbearer, Norska, Wounded Giant, Scriptures, Nox Velum at The Highline, Seattle, WA May 14 Pallbearer at Obsidian, Olympia, WA May 14 Dropdead, Magrudergrind, Yautja, The Drip at The Highline, Seattle, WA May 14 Something Metal 2 Year Anniversary: Fallen Angels, Helldorado Chasing, The Bullet and Above Ground at Tony V's Garage in Everett, WA May 15 Soulfly, Suffocation, Battlecross, Abnormality at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA May 16 Night Demon, Visigoth, Xoth at the

Highline, Seattle, WA May 17 Amon Amarth, Entombed AD, Exmortus at Showbox Market, Seattle, WA May 17 Pentagram at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA May 17 Destroy Judas, Dirty Kid Discount, Wilt, A Flourishing Scourge at The Highline, Seattle, WA May 19 Widower, Into The Storm, Ice Teeth, Dilapidation at The Highline, Seattle, WA May 23 Act Of Defiance, American Wrecking Company, Kill Closet at Tony V's Garage in Everett, WA May 24 Tengger Cavalry, The Devils of Loudun, Eye of Nix, Hexengeist at the Highline, Seattle, WA May 27 Anvil, Unleash the Archers, Graveshadow at El Corazón, Seattle WA May 27 Witchburn, Zero Down, Vial 8, Custom at Tony V's Garage in Everett, WA May 31 Corrosion of Conformity, Lamb of God at WAMU Theater, Seattle, WA June 2 Discharge, Eyehategod, Toxic Holocaust, Ringworm at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA June 4 Rotten Sound, Wilt, Mercy Ties, Scalafrea, MRSA at The Highline, Seattle, WA June 5 Iron Kingdom at Tony V's Garage in Everett, WA June 10 Armored Saint, Metal Church at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA June 11 Voivod, King Parrot at El Corazón - Seattle, WA June 14 American Wrecking Company at Studio Seven - Seattle, WA June 16 Washington Deathfest: Sarcalogos, Funeral Age,Primordial Atrocity,Dead Nexus,Fools Among Thieves at The Charleston, Bremerton, WA June 16 Taake, Young and in the Way, Wolvhammer at the Highline, Seattle, WA June 17 Aggression at Substation, Seattle June 17 Perdition Temple, Sempiternal Dusk, Ascended Dead at the Highline, Seattle, WA June 17 Queensryche at Silver Reef Casino,

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Ferndale,WA June 17 Venom Inc.; Necrophagia at Studio Seven - Seattle, WA June 18 Venom Inc.; Necrophagia at Shakedown, Bellingham, WA June 18 Obsidian, Rhine at Funhouse, Seattle, WA June 18 Aggression at The Charleston, Bremerton, WA June 19 Unaussprechlichen Kulten, Dire Omen, Drawn and Quartered, Dilapidation at The Highline, Seattle, WA June 26 Aggression at The Pin, Spokane, WA July 7 Wayfarer, Alda, With The End In Mind, Falls Of Rauros The Highline, Seattle, WA August 12-14 Migration Festival at the Capitol Theater in downtown Olympia, WA: Alaric, Auroch, The Body and Krieg collaborative performance, Christian Mistress, Dead to a Dying World, False, Fórn, Full of Hell, Hell (U.S.), Khemmis, Kowloon Walled City, Krallice, Magic Circle, Mizmor, Mournful Congregation, Mutilation Rites, Nightfell, Obsequiae, Pale Chalice, Panopticon, Thou, Vastum, Vhol, Yellow Eyes August 24 Sammy Hagar at The Tulalip Amphitheatre - Tulalip, WA September 17 Necronomicon, Marduk, Rotting Christ, Carach Angren at Studio Seven - Seattle, WA October 1 Def Leppard at Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Washington November 26 Dark Tranquillity, Swallow the Sun, Enforcer, Star Kill at El Corazón, Seattle, WA November 29 Sonata Arctica at El Corazón, Seattle, WA January 28 Blue Öyster Cult at Historic Everett Theatre, Everett, WA — metal programs (these are Pacific Times) Mosh Pit (Madison, WI): Monday night 9:30pm-12am WORT 89.9 fm www.wortfm.org

Sweet Nightmares (Houston, TX): Thursday night 9pm-12am KPFT 90.1 fm www.kpft.org Excuse All the Blood (Olympia, WA): Friday night 11pm-1am www.kaosradio.org Metal Shop (Seattle, WA): Saturday 11pm-3am KISW 99.9fm www.kisw.com — This zine is available at: www.issuu.com/metalbulletinzine