Hailed by the metal community as one of the best hard bands of this city due to their crossover of genres, harsh direct lyrics and experimentation, combined with fast guitars, deep bass and rapid drumming, the band is one of the best acts to see LIVE! Now they want to shock the community with this “IN your Face Video” for the song Salty Spread.

Boasting over a dozen TV screens, pool tables, and weekly meat draws, The Princeton Pub has more of a neighbourhood sports bar atmosphere than anything else. That is, until January 14, 2011, when the local rock & metal scene decided to come out and play… Friday nights’ line-up was pulled together in only 4 days and opened with a tremendous acoustic set from Chris Jones (guitarist & singer from Cottonmouth Jones @ www.cottonmouthjones.com ) and Joe Turner (www.myspace.com/joeturnerband ). They traded off on leading songs, casually blending Turner’s alternative & rock style with Jones’ rockabilly & punk influences. The half hour set, highlighted by Turner’s cover of U2’s “New Years Day”, closed with a solid duet punctuated by the trains rumbling outside.

This show was dedicated to the metal scene as we had Sinister Black as out special guests saying goodbye to the old year with a bang! The list pretty much says it all. The members of Sinister Black include Wayne Powell on the vocals and guitar, Gordzilla on the bass and Ron Pistell on the drums. These guys are very energetic and their style is not so much metal, it is a hybrid cross between punk and heavy rock, but you can also hear Sonic Youth as an influence, the result of the band is loud, fast and furious music.
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Being seasoned musicians the band was determined to take a different approach than they had in the past and make sure that playing music remained enjoyable. There is no point in stressing or complaining that you are not getting signed or making it big, that will ruin all of the enjoyment. It should be a party, not a stress fest. The “could have been, would have been, should have been” attitude was out the window and is not permitted. They certainly would welcome a deal if it came along but Sinister Black is interested in being original and writing music for enjoyment.

On May 15th VanMusic held its first metal show with Fuse Breaker, Magnus Rising and Sinister Black at Pat’s Pub.

Holy Metal!  What a show.  Fuse Breaker is a new band for guitar guru Chris Thomas, while this was Fuse Breaker’s second show it was Chris’ 179th.  Chris Thomas has got to be one of the premiere guitar players in the city, if you haven’t seen him live you should.  He puts every ounce of sweat into his guitar and releases intense crisp melodies as smoke rings rise  from his fingers.  …

This episode starts off as a prerecorded show as Oswaldo is traveling through Hungary and Budapest.
After about thirty minutes the show is interrupted with a special live metal report with Chris Thomas and Dave Schroeder from Fuse Breaker.
Chris plays a little live acoustic and we preview the new Fuse Breaker tracks along with some Red Ant Army, Sinister Black and Magnus Rising.

VanMusic is taking over Pat’s Pub on May 15th to bring you a kick ass Metal Show!
With 3 great Metal bands playing its sure to be a headbanger. Check them out here or click on there name to see there profile and hear there music. Can’t wait to see everyone there!
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Magnus Rising:
Magnus Rising started with an ad in a local university newspaper seeking a few guys to play heavy metal tunes together. Aaron, Matt, and Roger liked what they heard after the …

We started the show with the new album of Sonic Youth, The Eternal, the song was Antenna The from Spain the best Ska band in Europe, El vals del obrero from the CD of the same name. Los Furios from Vancouver with the song playing with fire. They are playing Saturday 27 at the Commodore Ballroom.
The heavy metal starts with Magnus Rising and Counting the numbers from their Cd of the same name counting the numbers.

ts not about murder, but these guys are very energetic so we have a high energy show. The Morning After Show takes place every Tuesday at 11:30 AM bringing you the best Independent music. Your Future Favourite song is here through CiTR.

Playlist sinister Black,

Scary Anti Christmas show with Wayne Powell, Remo from Sinister Black and Mark from the Get Down.

We started the show with the Boo Radleys from the Uk with Wake up Boo because it was a beautiful morning.

Sinister Black hit the scene hard early in 2006 playing their first gig at an all ages show in New Westminster at the carpenters hall. It was a television filming for the local music show Friday Night Revolution. This quickly spread word about the unique sounding band and their sound. Around the same time the band discovered every underground bands claim to fame,…myspace .. With a new myspace up and running the band gained friends and fans at a rapid pace.