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Ravensire Sanktuary

Adore Ghostblood (Seattle)

in Everett, January 2nd

Zafakon (Puerto Rico) Calamity (P.R.)

Kill Closet (Washington state) + concert calendar www.fuglymaniacs.com (issues online, videos, …)

— 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. ** NEWS: Ravensire The Cycle Never Ends label: Cruz Del Sur Music release: 12 February 2016 The new year will begin with some good traditional heavy metal. Ravensire is big on the almighty riff, the riff that is all about the fist-raising, headbanging anthems of battle, mystery and myth. The album is not available yet, but for now, while we wait, here is some information about the band, its history and about the new album. * * Cruz De Sur Music welcomes on its roster Portuguese Epic Metal Heroes RAVENSIRE! RAVENSIRE’s sound is genuinely devoted to the likes of OMEN, old MANOWAR, and BROCAS HELM. Formed around 2010, RAVENSIRE have built a strong reputation in the European Underground Metal movement with their two previous albums Iron Will (2012) and We March Forward (2013). Both albums have been highly acclaimed by Epic Metal fans, giving the band the boost to improve even further the songwriting process on their third opus The Cycle Never Ends. From the cover artwork (strongly recalling John Buscema’s black and white art for the “Savage Sword of Conan” 70s comic - an appropriate reading to get along with Ravensire’s music!) to each one of the eight

songs, “The Cycle Never Ends” shows the band’s reaching maturity through an astonishing intense performance, leaving no place for weakness. Among more direct tracks such as the opener “Cromlech Revelations” and “Crosshaven” the album’s highlight is definitely the “White Pillars” trilogy, “a monumental epic piece connected to the history of Sintra, famed city not far from Lisbon. At the coastline, archaeologists dig the ruins of a watchtower built in the 16th century. Contemporary manuscripts mention that, at the time, ancient written stones had been found (part I, “Eternal Sun“). Under the ruins, they find the remains of a Moorish settlement, once subdued by the invading army of King Sigurd of Norway in the beginning of the 12th century (part II, “Blood and Gold”). Finally, among the stones of the Moorish walls, the archaeologists find Roman altars and stones belonging to an ancient temple dedicated to the Sun, the Moon and the Ocean (part III, “Temple at the End of the World”).

Definitely recommended for fans of OMEN and old MANOWAR! The Cycle Never Ends will be released on compact disc, vinyl and digital. Track List: 1 - Cromlech Revelations

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2 - Crosshaven 3 - Solitary Vagrant 4 - Procession of the Dead 5 - Trapped in Dreams 6 - White Pillars Trilogy: Part I - Eternal Sun 7 - While Pillars Trilogy: Part II - Blood and Gold 8 - White Pillars Trilogy: Part III - Temple at the End of the World Below is information from the band's bio: To pinpoint the exact moment RAVENSIRE started is an impossible task! Nuno Mordred (guitars) had been busy creating riffs and musical patterns for quite some time when the idea to join ranks with Rick (bass guitar) came over a few beers. But, unfortunately, conflicting schedules and turmoil in their personal lives brought things to a halt for a while. A few years later, Nuno Mordred was having some fun jamming with F (drums) who was playing guitar back then. Although these sessions were purely for fun (and had nothing to do with RAVENSIRE), Nuno Mordred talked with F about his and Rick's ideas for a band and what they were aiming for. F got so interested in the concept that he decided to start playing drums from scratch! So, with the spinal cord of RAVENSIRE already formed, it was time to develop consistency and get the beast rolling. It took some weeks to consolidate the backbone of the songs and to have fun while playing pure HEAVY METAL! During this time, Zé Gomes (vocals) and Zé RockHard (guitar) started hanging out at the rehearsals, and It didn't take long to realize that they were the ideal partners to finish RAVENSIRE's line up. Influenced by legends like IRON MAIDEN, old MANOWAR, MERCYFUL FATE, OMEN, BROCAS HELM, ALKATEYA, HEAVY LOAD (among many others) and contemporary heroes like

SLOUGH FEG, DOOMSWORD, SKULLVIEW, THE LAMP OF THOTH, to name a few, RAVENSIRE aims to deliver its Heavy Metal raw and passionate, the way it's meant to be! discography: Iron Will EP 2012 We March Forward Full-length 2013 Centaurean / Drawing the Sword Split 2013 The Cycle Never Ends Full-length 2016 www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/index.php/category/cruz-del-sur-releases/ravensire/ www.cruzdelsurmusic.com www.facebook.com/Ravensire hear the new music on YouTube at: RAVENSIRE - "Temple at the End of the World" (Cruz Del Sur Music) ** Sanktuary Winter's Doom release: 22 January 2016 independent Here in Washington state some people might have a hostile reaction to this thrash band and its name, but in their defense, this Canadian Sanktuary formed in 2007, a long, long time after 1992, when the old Seattle Sanctuary disbanded, and years before Nevermore imploded, leading to the Seattle Sanctuary reunion. These Canadian thrashers spell their name with the letter k, which might have seemed like a weird decision years ago, but it's looking like a good choice now, right?! According to Metal Archives, this band has an EP from 2008, an EP from 2010, a split from 2011, an album from 2013 and now this new album for 2016, of course. Headbangers into thrash and traditional heavy metal are probably the main audience for the new album, which sports a clear

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production. There are several reasons that the album deserves to be heard. The band’s experience has kicked into high gear at this point: the band plays at a headbanging pace, but their experience has evidently taught them that speed is not the most important thing; the song is. They play at a thrash pace (perhaps at a late 80s Bay Area big thrash pace; not super fast, but still uptempo, for sure), but you can detect the classic heavy metal songwriting influences shining through. Judas Priest, Motorhead, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Thin LIzzy/Iron Maiden melodies, so on and so forth. The band understands that most metal audiences will want to hear a band again if their ears hear something to remember. There are lots of other reasons to give Sanktuary some of your time and see if their music connects with you. Here are some other reasons. The drummer has thought about what makes good drumming in a song: find little things to spice up a song and give the song a distinctive vibe; the drumming avoids the typical auto pilot thrash mode of drumming. Another reason: the band has many good riffs made for headbanging, but they go further: they add melodies over the main rhythms because they know that it is not enough just to have a “good” riff (it’s not enough to play fast or heavy, either; only a mediocre mind thinks that play-on riffs are enough for a song). More reasons: the soloing; the bass guitar, which is audible, actually (not so common in metal). The vocals are somewhere between street thrash screaming and traditional singing. It’s not melodic per se, but it’s definitely not that irritating punk yelling that sounds so annoying. At times these vocals sound high pitched like early Bay Area thrash vocals, but at other times, they sound more controlled and more tuneful, within the context of the songs.

At any rate, if you would like to find out more about the band, here’s the official press information: *

* Power thrash champions SANKTUARY hail from the harsh and blisteringly cold of the deep far North of Canada's Yukon Territory situating themselves in the city of Whitehorse (pretty far north, like the Siberia of Canada eh!). They have been trekking across the country for the past 6 years to bring their fierce and dynamic high speed riffs, catchy hooks, and belted out lyrics to the metal crowds. A collective vision that began in high school with a group of like-minded teens fed up with the constraints of mainstream music who wanted to emulate the lifestyles of their favourite bands. Their straight-forward, no-bullshit attitudes shape their signature brand of heavy metal, which has lead them to release the full length, 2013's 'Something Fierce', which reached #19 on the national college radio loud charts, 2011's 'Tundrastruck' split with Nova Scotia’s Black Moor and Montreal's Metallian plus two EPs 2010's 'Black Magic' and 2009's self-titled.

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Members of the band write harmoniously, basing each song off of a key riff from either Alan Binger (vocals and guitar), Glen Emond (guitar), or Cole Hume (bass), and then Anders Grasholm (drums) works his magic on the rhythm of each tune. 2016 see the band's return with their sophomore album 'Winter's Doom' set for release on January 22nd, 2016. The album features seven killer high speed, breakneck thrash metal tracks inspired by the Yukon's far North they call home along with other issues such as politics, technology, etc.. "In the title track and album cover we portray ourselves as heavy metal warriors thriving in a habitat where most would perish instantaneously. That's our homeland, the Yukon," comments the band. www.facebook.com/sanktuarymetal ** Adore The short description of Adore on Bandcamp says: “One-woman black metal. Dsbm, cosmos/galactic, mythological, mystical, paranormal, historical song themes.” Metal Archives and Bandcamp both list two recordings so far for Adore: The “Infamy of the Black Legions” demo from 2013 and The “Wanderers of Oblivion” album from 2015. This music is for black metal supporters into one-person projects and for those that would like to learn more about the raw, homemade, chaotic black metal of Adore. *

* Facebook does not have much information about Adore. What is the history of Adore? Adore is a one-woman black metal project originally started up in southeastern Louisiana, but is now in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Adore, which was nameless when I started up in the early 2000's with my ex-husband who was a drummer, arose when my old band from southeastern Louisiana parted ways for educational reasons. A few of us moved to different cities to pursue postgraduate degrees. I had all these new songs I composed on guitar and my ex-husband and I started practicing them on his off time. Then I got really busy with my professional career and had no time for music. In late 2008, there was a major change and suddenly I had all of this time and was able to dedicate more time to music. My ex-husband and I also parted ways and I started creating all the aspects of the music on my own. Most of the music actually dates back from many years ago. Like many others, I've endured some really tragic events and that along with my love for some of the darkest music on earth are what finally inspired me to start screaming and doing black metal vocals and also inspired me to release some of this music. It was an outlet for dealing with my dark reality.

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Where do you see Adore in the future? I feel Adore is gradually growing and I'm progressing as a musician and composer. Although, I do think this project will remain in the underground where I intend for it to stay. I have so many different musical ideas, lyrical themes, and directions I want to take the music. It is always challenging narrowing down ideas and deciding which songs to include on releases. What will remain consistent is the music will always be dark, atmospheric, and depressive. How can people support your music? People can support Adore by purchasing or downloading my music from either Red Steam Inc or Bandcamp, liking my Facebook page to keep up with updates, new music, and merchandise, and also by spreading the word to like-minded metalheads who are into raw, obscure, underground, dark music. How would you describe your objectives? The objectives of Adore are to serve as an outlet for pinned up emotions and also to fulfill my eternal desire to create something that will be here long after I'm gone. I'm a strong believer that your art immortalizes you. I always try to inspire others to create and also admire those who choose to create and share their gifts/talents with the world. I also hope that the music connects with like-minded people out there who have that strong love and passion for black metal. I want my music and other dark music to continue to be discovered and enjoyed throughout time. Does Adore do live shows? Adore will never play live shows. It's a one-person project that I intend on keeping this way, no matter how tedious and challenging it may be. I will have a few guest vocalists from time to time on future releases like I have had in the past (Cernunnos of Hæresiarchs of

Dis and Grant Gordon). My song “Upon the Abysmal Threshold” was recently featured on a compilation by Black Metal Alliance called “Crushing Intolerance” Volume 3. There is also a video for it and many other Adore songs on Youtube.

I also have another project called Widowed Reverie that I created with my good Canadian friend Bianca Carpenter. We will release that album in the upcoming year or so. We have a few instrumental previews on Youtube that you can check out. Ultimately, I will continue creating music until I am physically unable to because it is my true passion. I thank you immensely for your interest and support of Adore, and I encourage you all to continue to support black metal bands and projects. Best wishes always! Hailz \m/ www.1adoremusic.bandcamp.com www.twitter.com/Shantell78 www.facebook.com/1adoremusic?_rdr=p www.blackmetalalliance.bandcamp.com/album/crushing-intolerance-volume-3 THE END **

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Ghostblood (Seattle) Ghostblood is a horror-comedy-themed thrash band and the debut “Blood from beyond the Grave” was released in September 2015. They have recently been defacing property and doing shows in the state of Washington. They are sworn enemies of hipsters, zombies and Dream Theater, but mostly Dream Theater. Adam (bass and screams) took a break from his zombie-hunting activities to answer these urgent medical and financial questions about the band. * * If Ghostblood wants to be rock stars, you will now proceed to explain the origins of Ghostblood. Do it. Do it now. HOLY SHIT, WE'RE BEING INTERVIEWED! This is more exciting than that time we learned that ghost blood is a perfectly viable substitute for mayonnaise - try it in tuna salad; you won't be able to tell the difference! Sorry. I got excited. This is Adam, bassist, vocalist, lyricist and songwriter of GHOSTBLOOD, and I am happy to answer your questions. GHOSTBLOOD has existed since the autumn of 2013, but Arlo (guitars) and I have been besties for many years, playing in bands and hanging around being dudes with each other. After a long dry spell, band-wise, during which we received not one free drink ticket between us, we decided to be proactive in our pursuit of free booze and start another band. So we posted the following ad on the Craigslist: "Drummer sought for metal band. Must be good at drums and not a douche. Cannibal-friendly a plus. Also we are mutant ghosts."

Within moments, Dave (drums) replied, claim that he met all of the criteria listed in the ad. He proved this a few days later by wowing us with his drumming prowess and eating a plate of human carpaccio between songs. It was love at first bite.

You made the terrible decision to record yourselves doing a metal music video for the song “Haunting the Swamp” and now the video is on YouTube and for some reason I can’t stop watching. It’s probably because of the fancy dancing and the awesome wrestling. The video shows that you and your friends should be in the Jackass movies. That is very kind of you to say! When we decided to make the video, there was a specific aesthetic that we set out to achieve; namely, that of an amateurish celebration of bad dancing and daytime drinking, shot on Arlo’s GoPro and my iPhone. I feel that we succeeded in this. We gathered our volunteers, which included Doug and Andy of Kömmand, Chris “Wilson

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Buttlips” from Defenestrator, my good friends from Bellingham, Bubba and Scott; Sam, who publishes The Sentinel, my lovely lady-friend China Rose, and my good buddy Mikiech, who plays in The Screaming Multitudes and is a very talented filmmaker (and therefore is responsible for every interesting shot in the video). Two acquaintances/fans, Ben and Tony, attempted to make the shoot, but were delayed by the vagaries of the King County transit system and showed up late. We gave them beer and managed to snag a shot of them air-humping in the parking lot, which made the final cut. We forgot a boombox or any other means of audio playback during the shoot, so it took several beers each before we were truly comfortable dancing to the deafening silence of no music. Once we got a few in us (beers, that is), though, things went more smoothly. By the end of the shoot we were all cold, sandy and wet (like your mom! –ZING-). I spent the evening editing, until realizing that I was using an older version of the song that we had recorded at a slightly faster tempo. After almost shooting my computer/myself, I took a break from editing. I resumed a couple days later, once I had regained my composure. How is your celebrity status in the rat-infested, trash-filled and polluted streets of stinky Seattle now? Do your high school enemies now realize that you are destined for fame and fortune?! All of our high school enemies are dead (they were all on the same plane). That being said, our celebrity status in Seattle is on par with that of any marginally known, unsigned, local extreme metal band; which is to say that people whom we have not met personally occasionally come to our shows, and I’ve been recognized as “the guy in GHOSTBLOOD” once. Come to think of it, that’s pretty damned good! Holy shit, we’re

basically famous! What is $ucce$$ for Ghostblood? Your band has played shows this year and surely the big cash is rolling in. Has Oprah or Stephen Colbert called you yet? Having started this band with the goal of receiving free drinks when we play shows, I would say that in many ways we have already reached our peak of success. That said, we also make modest amounts of cash from merch sales and door money. As far as album sales are concerned, we have sold close to 40 CDs (while our YouTube upload of the album has over 1000 views…apparently, people prefer things that are free). I don’t think Oprah has called us, but I did get a phone call from someone who said, “Eat shit, fuck-butt!” and then immediately hung up, so, I dunno…that could have been her, I guess. Humans that like thrash and that like burgers and beer would enjoy your music. Besides spending money on beer, how can these humans support your band? That is the most astute, comprehensive summary of our potential fanbase that I have ever heard; burger and beer-loving thrashers are more or less our target audience! We shirts for sale (in your choice of two lovely patterns), as well as buttons, which we typically give away for free, and we will be ordering patches soon. And YES, we have a Bandcamp page; go to ghostbloodmetal.bandcamp.com and buy the album, especially if you like burgers and beer! We also have a Facebook page, facebook.com/ghostbloodmetal, which is our main venue for updates and connecting with people and the best place to stay current with whatever bullshit we’re up to; smash that “like” button! Have your parents listened to the album and watched the video? Is this why they have

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disowned you? How many times a day do they tell you that you are one big disappointment and that they wish that you were never born? Our being disowned by our respective families has nothing to do with our music, and everything to with them being closed-minded about cannibalism. For them to tell us that we are disappointments, they would have to still be speaking to us from emotion.

How do you plan to survive 2016?! We plan to survive 2016 in much the same way we survived 2015: with hard work, determination, black sorcery, Machiavellian chicanery and high-powered firearms. We don’t have any specific goals, per se, but if everything goes according to plan, we’ll be recording another album sometime in 2016, making at least one more video, and hopefully playing shows in exotic, far-off locales, like Portland and Spokane. We’re booked for a festival in Bremerton at the end of April, so that’s a decent start as far as exotic destinations. Our other goals include learning to play our instruments, doing ten pushups (between all of us, not individually – we’re not circus strongmen) and eating lots of burritos. A wrestling match would be awesome! We’ll have one next practice; maybe you can interview me after I win the

title. What do you think about the idea of rock and roll during the night and fiesta during the day. It’s something that I have been thinking about for Ghostblood as a way of life. How can you make this happen? We here in GHOSTBLOOD respect all lifestyles, including rock-and-rolling all night and partying all day; personally we prefer adhering to this schedule: NOON - Wake up. 12:40p – Rock out 1:00p – Party 1:15p – Take break from partying to eat the dead 1:45p – Rock out 4:00p – Tickle fight 4:35p – Party 9:00p – Burritos/cake 9:15p – Rock out 11:50p – Party 5:00a – Pass out/die We’re pretty married to this schedule, to be perfectly honest, but you never know. What else would you like to mention about Ghostblood and your plan to conquer the world? If you like metal, and you like fun, then you will love GHOSTBLOOD. And if you don’t, then there’s something wrong with you. Once we conquer the world, we will assure our new subjects that there are no hard feelings by buying everyone a beer. SMASH, BURN AND EAT THE DEAD. www.ghostbloodmetal.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/ghostbloodmetal www.twitter.com/GHOSTBLOODMETAL phone: 206 948 8393 email: ghostbloodmetal@gmail.com THE END.

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January 2nd in Everett at Flight’s Pub Zafakon, Calamity, Kill Closet

Zafakon: "Death/Thrash Metal band based in San Juan, Puerto Rico that incorporates Groove elements, extreme vocals and an explosive stage presence."

Calamity: "Thrash Metal band from Caguas, Puerto Rico that brings old school sound incorporation, aggressive drum rhythms and harmonized guitar licks together to catch a performance not easily found, but highly recognizable."

Kill Closet: "7 piece metal band from just north of Seattle Wa."; "Metal, Deathcore, Thrash" Zafakon www.facebook.com/zafakon/timeline Calamity www.facebook.com/CalamityPR/?fref=ts Kill Closet www.facebook.com/KillCloset/timeline Flights Pub 7601 Evergreen Way, Everett, Washington 98203 www.facebook.com/Flights-Pub-235888056435979/

concert calendar Seattle region 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. January 17 Venom, Inc., Necrophagia at Neumos January 30 Nile at El Corazon January 31 at Studio Seven: Warbringer, Enforcer, Exmortus, Cauldron, Oxygen Destroyer February 6 Black Sabbath at Tacoma Dome - February 19 Fleshed Apocalypse at Studio Seven - Seattle, WA February 20 Skelator at Funhouse - Seattle, WA February 21 Coffins at Highline in Seattle March 5 Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Cryptopsy, Abysmal Dawn at El Corazón -

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Seattle, WA - March 6 Helloween at The Showbox March 7 Delain, Sonata Arctica, Nightwish at Showbox SoDo March 19 Slayer, Testament, Carcass at Paramount Theater - Seattle March 24 Y & T at Studio Seven Seattle April 1 Decibel Magazinel Tour ABBATH, High On Fire, Tribulation, Skeletonwitch at El Corazon - Seattle, WA April 11 Iron Maiden at Tacoma Dome April 23 D.R.I. at El Corazón May 1 Napalm Death at The Showbox - Seattle, WA May 08 Primal Fear, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody at El Corazon - Seattle, 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