Kaiser brings you ominous and aggressive symphonic Black Metal. Kaiser also brings you melancholic Gothic metal with film score like pieces. If you are one of these people that loves one and hates the other then tough luck. Kaiser does not subscribe to a pre existing Ideology nor does he feel the need to fit in to a given genre. On the contrary Kaiser is the creator of his own genre and he loves and hates what he pleases. He does not feel the need to conform to anybody's opinion. Kaiser cares for the environment. You shall not be Polluting, do not litter, keep a compost and use it, be considerate to animals, wildlife and Plants. Be considerate to your fellow human beings. Do not be a money grubbing Capitalist whose willingness to destroy things and stamp others in to the ground for his own selfish gains.

SOL 3, former heavyweights of Edmonton’s independent music scene have relocated to Vancouver and are poised to conquer Vancouver and beyond with their brand of well crafted, hook driven, guitar rock. Influenced by the great bands from every era in Rock n’ Roll history including the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Pixies, and U2, SOL 3 have evolved to create their own distinct and unique sound that pays tribute to all of the great Rockers of the past while maintaining a fresh and relevant sound for the modern age.
SOL 3 was first formed by song writing masterminds Blair Bellerose (guitars) and Lou Foley (vocals) in 1997. The two of them have in fact been writing together since 1991 and have developed an intuitive creative bond not heard since the early days of Jagger/Richards and Page/Plant. In 2004, SOL 3 recruited heavy hitter and long-time Vancouver musician Rick “Grizzly” Adams to play drums adding a new dimension of power to the band. Then in 2005, SOL 3 added ex Sarah McLachlan bassist and fellow Edmontonian Jeff Sawatzky on bass guitar.
SOL 3’s past accomplishments are many and include award nominations, radio exposure, and televised live performances. Their song Particles & Waves currently resides at number 8 on the New Music Canada charts and their song Manchu Picchu Cool is currently featured on the nationally distributed TEA volume 6 compilation CD.
SOL 3’s monster album, Ultrafade, is available now.
for further info contact Blair Bellerose.

•  GREAT INTRO!
•  Fans Scream for It
•  unexpected, but i like
•  Screaming Cheap Trick and Kiss
•  Gotta hear it live

A cello has found itself in my hands for eight years and apparently likes it there. They are (my hands) classically trained but also improvisational. I sing, play the guitar, and occasionally pick up whatever weird instrument I can including ukulele and erhu. The most interesting part of it is, I study Graphic Design. And I am part of a twinship, with my twin, Chloe. Anything else? Ah, music is a PASSION, not merely a hobby.

It started on a Sunday in 1981, in Budapest, Hungary. Then nothing much happened for 16 years, when, hit by the peaking britpop hysteria, I decided that I want to play the guitar.

The first band I joined - founded together with classmates, of course - didn't even have a name, and lasted for about 4 rehearsal sessions. The second one - later to be known as Bob Detroit (http://www.myspace.com/bobdetroit) - is proving much more resilient, although it is currently somewhat hybernated, with myself staying in Finland and the rest of the band in Hungary.

These songs - I know there's only one - update: TWO - so far, but others are coming - were recorded in a living room, using a Linux-powered laptop. I hope you'll like them.

newport @ freemail . hu

CHIWAWA's music can be labeled as alternative/pop/rock. The musicians' wide musical background however, constantly drives Chiwawa into prolific, rich and seductive territories. The heavy grooves and luscious melodies, topped by Laurie’s unforgettable, five octave range voice, define Chiwawa’s unmistakable sound.
The band is getting rave reviews and their growing fanbase is selling out shows.
On stage, Chiwawa electrifies as a duo as well as a full 4-5 piece band.

•  Interesting and Sexy
•  a little off beat
•  Totally Original
•  Talented
•  I love the bass lines...

"REACTIVE"

The debut album released December 15th on High Rip Music, by Mitch Burger. This album features 9 original songs written, performed, and produced completely on his own. To be released worldwide.
Mitch Burger is a singer/songwriter from the central New Jersey. Mitch Burger performs regularly thoughout New Jersey as bassist for Severed Hand and occasionally for the Bob Burger Band.

Some of Mitch's credits include:
Exit 109 - Why not 105? (1998) Guitars, vocals
Joe Vadala - Eleventh Hour (1999) Digital Editing
Eternity Void - Torrents of Devastation (2005) Bass, Digital Editing
Severed Hand - Keep your Wives Inside (2005) Bass, Vocals, Co-Producer
Severed Hand - The Seagram Sessions (2007) Bass, Vocals, Co-Producer
Mitch Burger - Reactive (to be released 2009 on High Rip Music) Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Producer, Recording and Mixing Engineer, Digital Editing

Original Music for Rest & Reflection featuring lush vocal melodies with instrumentation & natural ambience.

Vocal Melodies: Melissa Meadows
Instrumentation: Timothy Meadows

"Stand in my Way" is the result of Alliance's front man, Joey Polidori, and his will to pursue his passion.

The recording of "Stand in my Way" has attracted the talent that is Alliance. Drummer Brian Salinas, first hearing the title track "Stand in my Way" on Myspace, was more than eager to get behind Joey on stage once he had heard the song. After a few practices together, Brian invited his friend Dave Gillies to play guitar at one of the practices. Dave quickly took the the material shredding every bit as fast as Joey if not faster.

A bassist is is the last position open in Alliance. As for the fans, there will always be plenty of room for you to join the alliance at www.alliancetheband.com.

Alliance is a driving force in the world of progressive metal and will be so for years to come.

Shindai Lovers was given birth to in 2007 when four Los Angeles musicians came together to fill the gaping void that slowly developed year by year in the world of rock and roll. Bringing back the experience and feeling of taking part in a great musical journey, Shindai Lovers inundates the stage with unparalleled excitement not seen in the rock music scene in nearly two decades.

Coming soon...

Sun Setter Rising, self titled debut release inspired by islands and people out in the Pacific.
Trance-like, monotone vocals with simple riffs and occasional higher paced drumming creating a production that is basic and raw at best.

A side-project collaborating art and business. A friendly creation before hitting the industry hard.
Lyrics written in memory of some great islands, beaches, and people.
Music inspired by loner jams.
Images taken on various trips between 2004 & 2006. If you recognize the places then you my friend, have lived the life.

Special thanks to YOU for taking time to listen or view.

Released: March 12th 2009

Ok lets keep this short!

Guitarist John Barrett and Vocalist Dan Carver teamed up to create a band that played the music they wanted to hear, so after a year of writing songs they teamed up with drummer Russell Bradley and started putting together the songs in their entirety thus creating the newly released album "End Of The Line". The band has played gigs around the south impressing fans all over with their energy on stage and technical playing style.

Now, Back to the Jack....

Sugarblade was started in July 2004 when Miguel Staunton and Alec Brietzke first sat down together to jam out some songs. Both musicians had just come from broken bands and had been looking forward to doing an acoustic project to take a bit of a break. Realizing that the songs had real potential the duo decided to try the full-band approach once again. Recently coming out of a band herself, (Maverick recording artist, "Lillix"), Kim Urhahn seemed an ideal addition on drums. Soon after, Greg M., an old friend of Alec's, joined the trio on bass, thus completing the band. It became obvious after only a few live shows that Sugarblade had something special. The band gained a loyal following instantly and has been playing relentlessly to rave reviews and an ever-growing fanbase. The band released a 7-song EP entitled "Faux" in July of 2006, which has been selling steadily and exposing them to more and more fans. Several independent and college radio stations have recently added Sugarblade to their regular rotation and the band is poised to take their music to the highest level possible.
Sugarblade considers themselves a rock band with a hint of power-pop. The chemistry of this foursome lies in the fact that each member comes from a different musical background in terms of influences and styles. Take an instantly-recognizable vocalist with a style that is a blend of Morrisey, Muse, and Peter Gabriel. Add a guitarist heavily immersed in the glamrock and metal of the 80's, with a incredible knack for melody. Now add a rhythm section consisting of a rock-solid drummer with an ear for detail, and a metal bassist with a love for all music dark and angry. Combine those elements with great songwriting, a love for what they do and a sound all their own and you have Sugarblade.

•  like a classic
•  How to make a good...
•  Totally!
•  I love anything acoustic...
•  Acoustic Rock Ballad!

The Rooftops formed the end of December 2008 to early January 2009.

Since, they have begun recording material for their unsigned debut album.

Ryan McMahon grew up in Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, where he began playing in local bars on Vancouver Island at the age of 17, under the moniker “Citizen Strange.”

There, he befriended several promoters that allowed him opening support slots for bands coming through town such as Nickelback and Wide Mouth Mason, allowing him the opportunity to hone his craft alongside those already established.

In 2003, Ryan moved to Vancouver and began playing with two musicians who would become his best friends, Mike Rogerson (who produces all of Ryan’s material) and Dustin Young, both of whom still play guitars for him to this day. Together they formed the band, “Ryan McMahon & the Dirty Five,” along with drummer Jesse Smith and bassist Thomas Dowding, and the band toured throughout British Columbia and Alberta, but was never really afforded the opportunity to take it further.

Wanting change, and a more diversified sound, Ryan, Mike, and Dustin stuck together and headed to Baker Street Studios in North Vancouver, to begin work on what would become Ryan’s first solo album, “Better Days Gone By.” They recruited several friends throughout the music industry, including Hamish Thomson (the Hermit), Jon Frederiksen (the Hermit), Doug Elliott (the Odds), Pat Steward (Bryan Adams, Matthew Good, the Odds), Jesse Smith (Jeff Johnson, the Dirty Five), Thomas Dowding (the Dirty Five), and Craig Northey (the Odds).

The result? A 12-song rock n’roll roots album that showcases Ryan’s love for playing rough, honest music, which people of all walks can easily relate to.

With themes ranging from infidelities (“Liar”) to the music industry itself (“Song Says So”), “Better Days Gone By” is a well-rounded honest album that will surely communicate well in both the rock and acoustic formats.

Rye’s dynamic, genuine personality, combined with his unique emotional style will definitely offer fans of roots rock a true kindred spirit.

For a better tomorrow, vote Ryan McMahon.

Contact Information:
Geoff Goddard @ Fronstide Promotions - 604-648-2782
Ryan McMahon - 778-892-6974

www.ryanmcmahon.com
www.myspace.com/mcmahonryan

•  Like it lots
•  just found it again
•  This scratches my musical itch
•  A wonderful song!
•  Catchy

The Legend Of
Brigantine Ghost

Take heed, my friends, and listen to my tale:
An epic story far greater than most
About a ship, the best to ever sail
A vessel legends call “Brigantine Ghost”

Aboard the Ghost there stood a stalwart man
Enrobed in pants so tight the ladies stared
The bass guitar, his trade, rested in hand
A noisy beast to hear if listeners dared

His name was Alex, so the story goes
Of Portuguese and famed Irish descent
His comrade on the ship, with ring’ed nose
An earnest lad from Eastern Orient

They called him Russell, drums were what he played
His style, beset with offbeat flair and grace,
Was made much sweeter when he had the aid
Of playing with his friend Alex on bass

A grand duet they made, this hardy troupe
A rhythm section contested by few
And yet they lacked the makings of a group
That they could proudly call a winning crew

And so the lads put out a worldwide call
Across the seas, blue and aquamarine
Searching every port, both great and small
For hands to man the Ghostly Brigantine

Among the multitude of volunteers
Who tried in vain to make it on the Ghost
The crew came to a conclusion quite clear:
That only two were fit to take the post

The first, a swarthy man with vast appeal
Whose home lay near the Adriatic Sea
His talent surpassed only by his zeal:
Fond of parties and female company

Yes, Boris was his name; he played guitar
His driving melodies fit faultlessly
Yet one man still remained, a rising star:
A dapper chap named Curtis was the key

A man of Scottish blood and English style
A first-rate singer, renowned from coast to coast
A fearless front man, ever versatile:
Curtis took lead aboard Brigantine Ghost

And so the ship was set; the band rejoiced
The perfect crew to sail the Ghost afar
Russell on drums, Curtis: the leading voice
Alex on bass, Boris with lead guitar

This driven band has fair reason to boast
For they are bound to surpass one and all
These four young lads they call “Brigantine Ghost”
Set sail to rock a port near you this fall.

~end~

POTION 13, Independent band from Montreal, Quebec.

So much is happening, visit our official website at http://www.potion13.org to be up to date with all the action!

The band is: danielle langlois (vocals), brian harps (guitar), nathalie"naty"baril (bass), simon-pierre dube (drums).

Potion 13 started in the year 2002.. Our first album "porte-bonheur" (lucky charm) came out in november 2002. It was recorded at media musique studio in montreal. Since then:

65 appearences on tv of our show (recorded nov. 2005) at the metropolis.

More than 350 radio shows have played our songs. More than 350 websites host an artist page for our band, more than 350 host our mp3, so many have a link towards potion13.org, all that leaded to over 1,000,000 downloads of our mp3, all over the net, all over the globe.

Our songs were on more than 100 charts grabbing first position on many of them.

2 interviews on radio, one on radio-canada and one on cism.

An interview for urbaniatv on tv5 world, one on bande a part tv. Our music was featured on bikertv season 3.

We made the front page of revue on roule, les nouvelles de l'est and journal de rosemont.. More than 11 interviews (news papers, zines...) more than 15 supers reviews of our album porte-bonheur that is distributed in germany and also available in many montreal stores like freesonrock and on the net.

27 shows, one with the gala boxerock, in the sold-out metropolis, one at the molson park, where, 5,000 people were "quebecoitiser" celebrating the fete nationale de la st-jean, the freedom party, ...these shows attracted thousand of people. That made possible 4 supers nice reviews of our shows, one on quebecpop.com.

Thanks to all of you that helped us, from near or from far, in the rising of potion 13. We, sincerely, appreciate it!!!

Version francaise (sans accents...)

Potion 13, groupe independant de rock lourd quebecois!!!

Le groupe est compose de danielle langlois (voix), brian harps (guitare), nathalie"naty"baril (basse), simon-pierre dube (drums).

Le groupe commence en 2002. En novembre 2002 arrive la sortie de l'album porte-bonheur, enregistre au studio media musique a montreal. Depuis:

Plus de 65 apparitions a la television du spectacle (enregistre en nov.2005) au metropolis sur canal vox.

Plus de 350 emissions de radio ont joue nos chansons. Plus de 350 sites internet affichent une page d'artiste pour potion 13, plus de 350 hebergent nos mp3, une multitude affichent un lien vers potion13.org..., ce qui a decoule a plus de 1,000,000 de telechargements de nos mp3, un peu partout dans le monde.
Les chansons de potion 13 sont apparues sur plus de 200 palmares atteignant la position #1 sur plusieurs d'entre eux.

Une entrevue tele avec urbaniatv diffusee surtv5 monde (sept.2007), une avec bande a parttv. On peut entendre notre musique dans la saison 3 et 5 de bikertv.

2 entrevues radio, une a radio-canada et une a cism.

Le groupe a fait la une de la revue on roule, de les nouvelles de l est et du journal de rosemont.. Plus de 11 entrevues (journaux, zines...) et plus de 15 supers belles critiques de l' album porte-bonheur qui est distribue en allemagne et aussi disponible a montreal dans plusieurs magasins dont freesonrock et sur le net.

27 spectacles, dont un dans le cadre du gala boxerock, dans la salle comble du metropolis, un, au parc molson ou 5,000 personnes furent quebecoitisees dans le cadre de la fete nationale de la st-jean, le freedom party,...ces spectacles ont attire des millier de personnes, au grand plaisir de tous! ce qui a aussi permis 4 supers bonnes critiques de nos spectacles, dont une sur quebecpop.com.

Restez branche et partagez l'ascension notre groupe de rock lourd francophone independant sur la scene internationale!

BORROKA

Slightly Absurdist Neo Progressive Noise Rock

It's 2009, a meaningless year in the era of stressful and grumpy people who think of themselves as very important and have just lost the last grain of fun left in their remote controlled bodies. But thanks to whatever superpower you believe in, there are a few others left to build a great party. And Borroka proudly present itself as a member of these others. Slightly weird, slightly absurdist, without boundaries and, most importantly, with loads of fun. And what about you? Are you up for it? Are you with us on the crusade against the grumpier creatures that move around on the face of the earth? Come on then!

Borroka started in the beginning of 2009 as a collaboration between JJ Borroka and M. Frau. Two creative minds that felt locked up in the world of their existing bands, the touring and the many uninteresting people involved with those bands. Making music is great, but in a band you always have to think twice about crazy stuff. So the two needed something anonymous to do whatever they liked. And soon, more human beings were getting involved in the quest for fun and rock. A unique combination of American and Dutch musicians.

The first Borroka creation was a Sunday morning remake of the famous Motown slime ball hit "Never Been To Me" by Charlene. "Charlene the mean machine" was the perfect translation of what Borroka wanted. Rock music, without the serious and poetic lyrical themes, but with arrangements going just a wee bit over the edge. As always, it's hard to describe a genre, but this is coming close:

Throw Sonic Youth in a pretty big blender, turn it on, remove the lumpy parts, let it rest for a day or so, sculpt a nice Pixie out of it and finish it off with a Frank Zappa moustache.

Shortly after the Charlene thingy, Borroka sneaked into the studio to record their first official release: The Cedric B maxi single. 3 songs without any link between them. Cedric B himself starred in the Cedric B video as the embodiment of everything Borroka is not: Stuck in Society. The biggest achievement was the fun in the air, and that nobody felt pushed or stressed in anyway. Borroka sat down, played, pressed record and did whatever came in mind.

The grand question for the future was, is this possible on a larger scale? An album? Yes it was! "Siberian Tale" is the proof of that. This 9 track album is based on JJ Borroka’s essay A Siberian Tale which tells the story of an imaginary Siberian family. Again, the Borroka platoon invaded the studio, jammed the story in their brains, and started playing. The result was just what was to be expected: Slightly Absurdist Neo Progressive Noise Rock.

And now? We don't know. Maybe we become grumpy people. But that will be just as likely as Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Space Travel Agency will be a big success.

It all started a couple years ago. It was a bit strange to start getting airplay before I'd ever performed in front of an audience. Sure it was a little weird hearing my songs on the radio while I was still in the studio recording my EP. Yeah, it was quite surprising to know that the songs I was recording just for the sake of having a record of my own music were out there reaching others.

Still... we appreciate what falls in our lap.

Since that crazy year we've played all sorts of great shows.

Somehow I ended up playing bass on Sweet Misery... something to do with a last minute change and a 5 string.

So what? Oh... Sweet Misery features a line about a paramedic rushing to the - nevermind... you'll have to listen to the track.

Our first drummer is now a guitar player and sings in a punkish band. It's not as bad as when you find out your ex came out of the closet after they dumped you though.

Jonathan played bass. He's like a musician magnet. I think he gets propositioned by bands at every show we play. Now he's in Victoria. Chris Brock is taking a shot at the role.

We found our drummer on Craigs List of all things. I can't remember how much we got paid by his last band.

Mickael is the singer guy and guitar player. Someone recently told him he rocks it old school. He hasn't quite recovered from that yet.

Mike likes science, family, and a little ecclecticism.