The band was formed in 1999 and independently produced and recorded their first two albums, Nothing and Nowhere and Violet. Through both of these high-demand releases, as well as their highly acclaimed and beautifully atmospheric website, the band obtained a large and loyal fan base throughout the world. Due to their independent success, in 2005 they were approached by European record label Repo Records (followed shortly by Metropolis Records in North America) and the band began its steady climb to reaching a much wider audience with the 2007 release of the acclaimed and wildly popular Walking With Strangers.

Omega Crom is a thrash power metal band based out of Vancouver, B.C. Bringing to the stage progressive power metal and elements of aggressive death and thrash metal. Join them on their Summer Shred Tour

With a wicked sense of humor and an undying love for true metal, guitarist Jed Simon (Tenet, SYL) and bassist Byron Stroud (Fear Factory, SYL) pay homage to the genre by celebrating its eccentricities in their Canadian quartet, ZIMMERS HOLE. Rounded out by their certifiable vocalist The Heathen and long-time biggest fan Gene Hoglan (Dethklok, SYL) on drums, THE HOLE, as they are affectionately known by their loyal legion of miscreant followers, will reach worldwide audiences for the first time with their third full-length, When You Were Shouting At the Devil, We Were In League With Satan.

On May 24th Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead in a hotel near Urbandale, Iowa.

On May 24th Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead in a hotel near Urbandale, Iowa. He was 38. He is survived by his wife Brenna who is expecting their first child later this year. She and surviving members of the band who all appeared unmasked held an emotional news conference on Tuesday.
“He was kind of the person in the band that really wanted everybody in the band to always get along and just concentrate …

“After so many rehearsals and playing together we finally reached the pinnacle of our career, its a shame we have to ended after one concert” said one of the members. “We need to find another drummer and a singer who plays the guitar”. They don´t fall from trees you know.

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Gravis,  means “heavy” in Latin
Vancouver’s Gravis started life in the basement studio of longtime friends and roommates Colin Cryderman and John Arntsen a few kilometers outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. Playing and recording music together for several years, they put together a collection of original songs with the objective of playing them in front of a live audience. The only problem was that they needed a drummer that could provide and accompany the energy that the music so desperately required. Enter John Gottselig. After playing with John …

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Fuse Breaker was started by Guitarist Chris Thomas “Red Ant Army – Dielectric – Thomas/Thomson”.
In late 2009 after the break up of “Red Ant Army” in the fall of 2009 he hooked up with “Dan Thomson” who he had been doing work with his solo efforts “Thomas/Thomson”. The idea had been running rapid in Thomas’s brain to do something heavy again but smoother and sexier. Threw trial and error Fuse Breaker was born. With the addition of the hard hitting Dave Schroeder on Drums – This …

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AUDIOSTAGG was first formed in the summer of 1989 in Modesto, CA
Two friends influenced by the music they grew up with; primarily the British heavy rock scene- UFO, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest (and even The Baby’s) and other guitar and bass-driven heavies of the 1970’s and early 80’s. Greg Gould and Steve Niles were connected and driven by their shared passion for music, and as young teens they expressed their drive through pantomime on tennis rackets in their childhood bedrooms…and then taught themselves how to play the …

Rock ‘n’ roll, cathartic by nature and visceral by design, is the ideal medium for cleansing the soul, exorcising the blues and kicking out the jams. Beyond the Fall’s Jason Wilkinson knows this all too well.
As the Vancouver quintet’s founder, songwriter, singer and guitarist, Wilkinson crafted the title tune of the band’s debut five-song EP, “A Day in the Death Of,” in the wake of a particularly nasty breakup. “Writing is my diary,” he says. “When I write a song, it’s about something I’ve gone through in my life. That song is about the last big fight in a relationship, the one where you say everything you don’t mean. The one when you drop the bomb.”

When Oshawa Ontario based musician Chris Wilson recorded his 1st CD titled “Chris Wilson Lazy-Bones” Chris Wilson had done the whole project himself because at the time there was just no finding a band that would stay together long enough to accomplish. Because Chris Wilson was a one man band on his CD, he was given the name “The Chris Wilson Band” by all that know him and his songs. So that’s why when you see the members of the Chris Wilson Band, it is Chris.

It blends the sound of Grunge and Metal together to create a unique texture of music. It retains the heavy riff based structure of metal with the dirty chordal grandeur of Grunge.

Cobweb Society is an independent four piece punk/rock/metal band based in Vancouver, Canada.

In 2002, Cobweb Society was created in a 1971 VW bus named Daisy on a cross-country journey of Canada. After experiencing the country’s infamous winters on the road, vocalist Carly Moew and guitarist Jay Savy decided to return home to East Vancouver.

The band has built a dedicated international following since 2006 touring with Disturbed and Seether, as well as performing at international festivals Download and The Virgin Festival along side artists such as Tool, Metallica and 3 Doors Down. Fans around the world have connected with the song “Get Through This”, a true story of struggle and hope which has lead to a heavy following online where Art of Dying has topped the independent charts and developed a loyal fan base.

A kick ass band from Vancouver playing industrial metal, rock on!
Imagine Trent Reznor armwrestling James Hetfield, with Rob Zombie as referee….now you’ve got a good idea of the Edges of Seven sound. Simply put, a fusion of heavy rock and electronic influences plus one important element: “originality”.

Allow me to introduce The Red Threat, a band whose sole purpose is to defy this methodological norm and treat these words not as instructions, but as a lifestyle. Hailing from Sherwood Park Alberta with an average age of only 18 years old, The Red Threat seeks to convince anyone who will listen that they are musically mature beyond their years. Their eclectic collection of influences (both musical and social) is only superceeded by their relentless and undying devotion to continuously create and grow.