tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73246494288661890462024-02-20T18:05:04.658-08:00e.V.'s ☠Underground☠☠5 HOURS OF SONIC SEDUCTION weekly on CKCU-FM, 93.1 www.ckcufm.com ☠Dianne Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17056814811960522858noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-10570752635417048752013-11-27T08:10:00.001-08:002013-11-27T08:20:09.473-08:00All Hail HIM: The 5th Annual HIMoin Overdose ShowHIM a.k.a. His Infernal Majesty, are a metal + hard rock band, based in Helsinki, Finland that began life in the early 1990's as a Black Sabbath cover band. Over time they developed a sound somewhere between goth and doom metal initially and later the doom sound incorporated more of a stoner metal edge. Love them or hate them, they are a major inspiration for e.V.'s Underground. The show's producer tripped over them and their vocalist while searching for a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=summer+wine&sm=3">Lee Hazlewood song, Summer Wine</a>, on Youtube. And the rest is history. So, every year, on (or near) the birthday of their frontman, as a nod to that formative inspiration, we have a show featuring almost nothing but HIM's music. They have an impressive back catalogue, so this isn't hard to do.
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What the heck is HIMOIN, you ask? Al alternative to HEROIN, that is legal and healthy. :) <P>
<a href="http://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/player.raw.html?id=14741">Mainline some, aurally, ON_DEMAND here</a>. direct from the Mothership, the Mighty 93.1<P>
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e.V., Queen of Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763839181199167371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-90871272916241795352013-11-20T10:04:00.002-08:002013-11-20T10:34:06.551-08:00SIG:AR:TYR / Paul Chain / HIM / Hannu Lepisto<H2>THIS WEEK'S FEATURED ARTISTS</H2>
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<H2>SIG:AR:TYR</H2>
Hailing from London, ON, <a href="http://www.sigartyr.com">SIG:AR:TYR</a> plays a dark atmospheric amalgam of pagan, folk & black metal, focusing on mainly acoustic guitar work and storytelling. <P>
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<H2>PAUL CHAIN</H2>
<a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chain">Paul Chain</a>, seminal guitarist & pioneer of Italian doom metal co-founded the occult rock outfit Death SS, with Steve Sylvester, then went on to do solo work and various after leaving Death SS for religious reasons.<P>
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<H2>H.I.M.</H2>
<a href="http://heartagram.com">HIM (a.k.a. His Infernal Majesty)</a> needs no introduction to regular listeners of e.V.'s Underground but for those who don't know them they veer between doom metal with heavy stoner metal influence and goth metal and goth rock. They strated life as a Black Sabbath cover band - so here they are covering Sabbath's Hand Of Doom." This show fesatures some live stuff they did on a German TV show back in 1998.<P>
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<H2>Hannu Lepisto</H2>
<a href="http://hannuofficial.info">Hannu Lepisto</a> is a Helsinki-based singer-songwriter, guitarist and drummer, writing across a number of genres, from pop to rock to country to folk. A good description would be a cross between Lou Reed, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen - if they could sing! Sometimes he sounds little like Jyrki Linnankivi with the 69 Eyes.<P>
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Rumours of Iconcrash's demise are unfounded according to the Finnish 5-piece darkwave electrorockers' frontman, Jaani Peuhu, who has just announced an upcoming solo project on <a href="http://www.jaanipeuhu.com/"><b>his new webpage</b></a>. From the videoblog he has posted, at least one song will feature <a href="http://www.kantelemusic.com/">kantele</a> Finland's national instrument, a type of zither.
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<a href="http://www.metalfromfinland.com/Iconcrash">Peuhu founded Iconcrash as a solo project,</a> according to the band's biography on Metal from Finland, releasing <b>Nude</b> in 2005. The band's latest release is <b>Inkeroinen</b> (2011).
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Iconcrash entered the competition to represent Finland for the 2012 Eurovision song contest (see interview below), placing in
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the top 6 finalists but failing to go further when Peuhu suffered a vocal setback due to a severe flu. Their Eurovision entry, "We Are The Night" was released as a single and charted in the Finnish top ten. It is also available as part of the <a href="http://www.recordshopx.com/artist/iconcrash/inkeroinen_special_edition/">'Inkeroinen' Special Edition CD. </a>
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<a href="http://www.iconcrash.com/">ICONCRASH Official Site</a><br />
<a href="http://www.jaanipeuhu.com/">Peuhu's Official Site</a><br />
<a href="http://www.escchat.com/news/iconcrash-%5Binterview%5D.29938/">Iconcrash Interview about Eurovision entry.</a>
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e.V., Queen of Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763839181199167371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-37728387923306535822012-08-28T12:23:00.001-07:002012-09-09T01:48:49.172-07:00Strange World - HIM's Upcoming Single<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When science now is sacred, who will save us from ourselves?"</i> - -Ké 'Strange World"</div>
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The single will be released September 21st, & the album on October 26th. The band heads to the studio in September with <b><a href="http://www.hiilihiilesmaa.com/">Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa</a></b> at the production helm, and <b><a href="http://timpalmer.com/">Tim Palmer</a></b> at the mixing boards for their next studio album, "Tears On Tape" which is slated for release in March of 2013. (hat tip to Luis Ullan for having Ke's original version on his favorites)</div>
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Lyrics to the single and the album track listing are posted below.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>'Strange World ' - </b><b>originally by Ké</b></span></h2>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Verse: </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Is this our last chance to say all we have to say?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hiding here inside ourselves we live our lives afraid</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">So close your eyes and just believe in everything your told</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cause in this land of great confusion it's easy to give up control</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chorus:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world - people talk and tell only lies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world - people kill an eye for an eye</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world - dream one-day we'll see the light</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world - believe and everything will be alright</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Verse:</span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">And this is the place where everything begins and ends again</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">No secrets left to find no seven deadly sins</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">This world that we have wasted has kept us very well</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">When science now is sacred who will save us from ourselves</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world - people talk and tell only lies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world - people kill an eye for an eye</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world - dream one-day we'll see the light</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world - believe and everything will be alright</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Verse:</span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world people talk sometimes I wonder why</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world people kill still no-one hears their cries</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world burn these thoughtless tears out of my eyes, eyes</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world people talk and tell only lies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world people kill an eye for an eye</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world dream one-day we'll see the light, ahh, ahh</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange world people kill and people hate and</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">People talk and people kill - and still I wonder wonder why, why</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(<a href="http://artists.letssingit.com/ke-lyrics-strange-world-vkbmlnn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lyric source: : LetsSingIt - Your favorite Music Community</a>) </span><br />
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TRACK LISTING
01 – “<b>Strange World</b>” (<b>Ké</b> cover)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">02 – “<b>Join Me In Death</b>“</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">03 – “<b>Heartkiller</b>“</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">04 – “<b>Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly</b>“</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">05 – “<b>The Kiss Of Dawn</b>” (Radio Edit)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">06 – “<b>The Funeral Of Hearts</b>” (Radio Edit)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">07 – “<b>Right Here In My Arms</b>” (Radio Edit)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">08 – “<b>Pretending</b>“</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">09 – “<b>Buried Alive By Love</b>” (Radio Edit)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">10 – “<b>Gone With The Sin</b>“</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">11 – “<b>Your Sweet Six Six Six</b>“</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">12 – “<b>The Sacrament</b>” (Radio Edit)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">13 – “<b>Wicked Game</b>” (<b>Chris Isaak</b> cover)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">14 – “<b>Killing Loneliness</b>“</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">15 – “<b>Bleed Well</b>” (Radio Edit)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">16 – “<b>In Joy And Sorrow</b>” (Radio Edit)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">17 – “<b>Poison Girl</b>“</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">18 – “<b>Scared To Death</b>“</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">19 – “<b>When Love And Death Embrace</b>” (Radio Edit)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">20 – “<b>Heartache Every Moment</b>“</span>
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e.V., Queen of Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763839181199167371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-86500098523562012002011-12-26T08:02:00.000-08:002011-12-26T08:02:02.511-08:00:-)<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FvqHODq7B58" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Dianne Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17056814811960522858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-46892468402721607672011-12-23T08:46:00.000-08:002011-12-23T16:18:46.067-08:00Obituary: David Gold (Woods of Ypres) 1980-2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVsm3Ej8X8N7_DicwbI4QUgT9rCvPqTSQiczb0-929xAaICcVousl-a6TsG9DetAm1mGjdXDNxl-l-e26a8R7vxhosHrZNOTdKR02Q_gDW93mFd3F-5f2V9Ci8ZACpnX4pxm7OpnNUJM/s1600/David3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689372072059594850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVsm3Ej8X8N7_DicwbI4QUgT9rCvPqTSQiczb0-929xAaICcVousl-a6TsG9DetAm1mGjdXDNxl-l-e26a8R7vxhosHrZNOTdKR02Q_gDW93mFd3F-5f2V9Ci8ZACpnX4pxm7OpnNUJM/s320/David3.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 232px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 319px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUhpVD6GhE2t9FQzrQBktHxraqlzXXCRPsE3AbGlPEOY-iXgJjkYhD3L_PHQjH0z5XAITMO8Uod5VBRni__THY5LwsgqB4x_CDUtsGMk0qZp_AsBvW1dNSMk-5iO4XQh3wrRn-HABOU8/s1600/DavidYprez2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689371965984678082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUhpVD6GhE2t9FQzrQBktHxraqlzXXCRPsE3AbGlPEOY-iXgJjkYhD3L_PHQjH0z5XAITMO8Uod5VBRni__THY5LwsgqB4x_CDUtsGMk0qZp_AsBvW1dNSMk-5iO4XQh3wrRn-HABOU8/s320/DavidYprez2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 165px;" /></a><br /><br />It is with a heavy heart that e.V.'s Underground reports that founder, frontman, principal songwriter & lyricist for blackened-doom metal masters "Woods of Ypres", has died as a result of a car accident, near Barrie, Ontario. He was 31. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHziRCmBIJSGcfkLPvGr6YccuR9jgefISviuD5T77HH9IKjkWE4EKzLGprHM_LBhKUS61H9NsyToN52fmQwr0jWnqjm9LNPgii76Mg-2xaquWmtirtillTUBaPmKPjGB1b9P_aHQ0cLZo/s1600/297086_10150338324840672_512430671_8617171_319842485_n.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689371819696509282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHziRCmBIJSGcfkLPvGr6YccuR9jgefISviuD5T77HH9IKjkWE4EKzLGprHM_LBhKUS61H9NsyToN52fmQwr0jWnqjm9LNPgii76Mg-2xaquWmtirtillTUBaPmKPjGB1b9P_aHQ0cLZo/s320/297086_10150338324840672_512430671_8617171_319842485_n.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 213px;" /></a><br /><br />The very talented Gold was pretty much of a modern day renaissance man - a multinstrumentalist (drums, guitar, vocals) and frontman, an accomplished lyricist, who ran his own independent record company, (Krankenuhaus), mixed his own albums, and who taught English in Korea and Kuwait for a spell to pay down debts he incurred making all but the upcoming album, "Grey Skies and Electric Light" (produced when Woods was finally picked up by Earache Records earlier this year). <P> <br /><br />on his own label:<br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZTnGAyfdNm0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />on Earache:<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QFfZYyOgjhM" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Outside of WoY, Gold was an accomplished drummer, drumming for the Korean death metal band Necramyth, for the Sault Ste, Marie based symphonic metal band "Gates of Winter" and was founder of, and drummer for, the Ontario Black Metal Preservation Society. He also drummed with the superb gothic metal band, l'Anguisette. <a href="http://windsorzene.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/worth-his-weight-in-gold/">You can read more about David from the man who he played with before he went off to start WoY, here</a>. He had one more side project, with bandmate Joel LaViolette<a href="http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/artists/THRAWSUNBLAT/"> the folk-ified black metal duo, Thrawsunblat.</a> <br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YjvEOFP3krY" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5Kl65wquTik" width="560"></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b2cG-sYrtJk" width="560"></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Zu3M6dsQsHI" width="560"></iframe><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PK_w7Pc7FBY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Gold exhibited a dark, wry sense of humour in his lyrics (check out Wet Leather), which have been compared to Type O Negative, as well as penning a blues song about going overseas to pay off debts (see below). Along with his regular twitter account, he maintained one for <a href="http://twitter.com/davidyprez"> David Yprez,</a> a tongue and cheek shot at gossip columnist accounts, where he took caustic Petez Hilton-like aim at Woods of Ypres, claiming "I hate that band!", and posting bad reviews and TMZ-esque pics. Woods of Ypres blogs were filled with his sense of humour.<br /><br />He was hard working, kind, and very well thought of by folks at CKCU (here at e.V.'s Underground and also <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crossing-Boredom/20707697288?sk=info">Crossing Boredom</a>) and he will be sorely missed. :-(<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOERQ4Pfwzw8DPs5bNvd7s7gF33Eh67QvSTqzG_SIzaXeASwQcn14E7o0A3qmi-C88hO60qV31_pI7ao0iih2fendLwp3wvhjZY530Pmm3Jj0x1qF216rgg8wINKdDSI3J1Yykh4PtX4/s1600/247036_10150218025463695_6636803694_7129101_7291185_n.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689374587001570818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOERQ4Pfwzw8DPs5bNvd7s7gF33Eh67QvSTqzG_SIzaXeASwQcn14E7o0A3qmi-C88hO60qV31_pI7ao0iih2fendLwp3wvhjZY530Pmm3Jj0x1qF216rgg8wINKdDSI3J1Yykh4PtX4/s320/247036_10150218025463695_6636803694_7129101_7291185_n.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 240px;" /></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iG1hvnFsbso" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wiwHKw_WWvQ" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FuZjFMHmZqY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>e.V., Queen of Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763839181199167371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-87354417845035601972011-12-17T20:26:00.000-08:002011-12-17T20:26:55.157-08:00'Meet the DJ's' blog & iBroadcast.tv channelThanks to Sam and Alex with Broadcast.tv for setting up the CKCU DJ's with a blog featuring 24/7 webcast feeds of our video show reels! <a href="http://ckcufm.blogspot.com/2011/12/evs-underground.html"> Here is the one for the show! </a>Dianne Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17056814811960522858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-24977301548819659532011-12-16T18:41:00.000-08:002011-12-20T05:57:37.052-08:00A Baker's Dozen + : Essential Albums & Tracks for 2011The Very Best of 2011, a lucky 13 of hot releases, in no particular order. This is what really got under my skin, in a good way, this year.<br /><br />Strong songwriting from Toronto's jawdropping goth metal act Syrynx, and their self titled EP featuring the astonishing vocals of 17 year old Mikki Straatsmaa, who is well on her way to kicking Amy Lee and Tarja's butts. And she has already fronted her own project Viveyenne since she was 13. <br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/m7OXL6i7o94" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Newly signed to Earache Records, and hailing from Sault Ste. Marie, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/woodsofypres">Woods of Ypres's blackened doom metal</a> odyssey, "The Green Album" is a grueling grim grind in terms of album length but absolutely worth the cathartic ride. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T9TvcAMENJE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />SIXX AM is the only band to have written 2 albums based around a book. It's the side project of Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba of Guns and Roses, and producer James Michael - and features a soaring guitar solo from Ashba that continues to give me goosebumps. Featuring dark carnival photography from Sixx, based on his photography book "This Is Gonna Hurt" and with a strong message of empowerment for souls on the margins of society - that it's OK to be different. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JzAv7K8BtN0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Delicious Danish power metal "Seven Thorns - "Return to the Past" - is non-fattening, so bears repeat listening. My favorite pick is Forest Majesty but this will have to do. <br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OIGXSeNTL7c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Canadian folk metal mavens Scythia and their sophomore offering "...Of Exile" is a tale of epic lyrics & epic playing, including the band's self-described "oboe of death". The rollicking, fun and exceedingly silly "Hobarth's Inn", features a goat at the very end. This isn't it but still a rousing track.<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JPZAeSV2wYs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Local (Ottawa) hard rockers smoke up the place with their sophomore self-titled EP "Down In Ashes" (EP) - Standout track: "The World Is Ending." A soundtrack like this could make the apocalypse much more palatable! <br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jwTx1myAzL0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Finnish singer-songwriter, Hannu Lepistö's 5-track solo EP "Run Away With Me" ranges from Americana to dark rock to the title track which he describes as 'hip-pop'. With a smoky bass-barirone sounding like a cross between Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Bruce Cockburn, Stan Rogers, Brad Roberts, with some Jyrki69 thrown in for good measure, and songwriting chops to match, this strong effort bears repeated listening, and got the producer so hooked she felt compelled to make him some videos. <br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/utSQzfSuiy0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Raising industry hackles by releasing their latest album on no less than The Pirate Bay, Italy's <a href="http://www.dopestarsinc.com/">Dope Stars, Inc.</a> are on the bleeding edge of the digital future, with their rock-solid melodic industrial metal album "Ultrawired", which that only grows better with repeated listening. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0__j1xdzboc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Impossibly infectious, punked-out track from Ottawa-based horror-balladeers Patron Saint of Plagues, from their 3rd album "Things Arn't What They Seem" Is this why they call their fans the Infected? <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/H84Fsr74uwc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />With vocals and vibe comparable to a combo of Michael Gira (Swans) and the late great Peter Steele (Type O Negative) and Carl McCoy (Fields of the Nephilim), Chris Compton's project Frostbite debuts with "Valentine and Other Stories of Hope", a dark gothic masterpiece, enjoyable even to the freethinking non-goth.<iframe width="100%" height="166" class="html5player" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20575928&show_artwork=true"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Wonderfully played and written, dark, heavy and satisfying, A Pale Horse Named Death's "And Death Will Follow Me" is the rock project of Sal Abruscato, ex-drummer with goth metal legends Type O Negative. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vGzPuMbSrZs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Turisas, are a Finnish folk metal outfit named for a sea monster, and famed for their cover of Boney M's Rasputin. "Stand Up And Fight" is an oddly orchestral but beautiful album, showing frontman Matthias "Warlord" Nygard's voice in glorious & powerful form. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b-B4hP-t85M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />UK hard rock/blues-rock outfit The Union have one hot sophomore sizzler, Siren's Song. Enjoy the stunning title cut. <br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tX14EGKsgmQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Kickass Cover of the Year goes to Chicago's industrial monsters Marazene Machine, and their hair-raising version of Motley Crue's "Live Wire". I like it better than the original! Modern and fresh. Crue's Tommy and Nikki gave it their blessing tweeting links to their followers. <br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nk7ruQeIjek" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />OK, so there's 13... <br /><br />but you really should also check out: <br /><br />Opeth, Sweden's progdeath metal masters, for their amazing album, Heritage.<br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TUG84pvU1Mg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />and Canada's <a href="http://AllElseFails.bandcamp.com">All Else Fails</a> who bring strongly written orchestral-inflected metal journey with prog. elements, for the thinking metalhead, with their solid "The Oracle: What Was, Is And Could Have Been".<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KnXP06ThUXc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>e.V., Queen of Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763839181199167371noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999345.1341061 -76.250852099999989 45.7089531 -75.1435341tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-68301455613775472372011-12-11T16:01:00.001-08:002011-12-11T16:02:43.312-08:00Brand new CKCU DJ blog spaceCheck out <a href="http://ckcufm.blogspot.com/2011/12/evs-underground.html">this media collaboration with the fine folks of iBroadcast.tv!</a>e.V., Queen of Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763839181199167371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-11311872387040542692011-07-21T06:50:00.001-07:002011-07-21T07:31:52.013-07:00Long Songs - Part 2Part 2 of the response to <a href="http://ckcu.blogspot.com/2011/07/long-songs-on-long-players-lps.html">CKCU's station manager's question about favorite long songs.</a><br /><br />Ottawa's Down In Ashes has 2 amazing songs over 7 minutes long - posting one here from their excellent debut album. You may want to check out their EP for the other one that springs to mind; it has a great groove even though it is called "The World Is Ending". ;) Doom metal legends Type O Negative share their sense of humour about a goth chick who just cannot get over her own vanity on Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare All) .<br /><br />As far as I can figure most Opeth songs top out at more than 7 minutes - their epic Black Rose Immortal is down at the bottom at 20 minutes long!<br /><br />Into The Open Sky - Down In Ashes<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/P2CKr14ckJ4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2CKr14ckJ4<br /><br />Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare All) - Type O Negative<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FBokRijl3Kk" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBokRijl3Kk<br /><br />Black Rose Immortal - Opeth<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ew59UJASWYA" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew59UJASWYAe.V., Queen of Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763839181199167371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-86211929690933874622011-07-21T06:49:00.000-07:002011-07-21T07:26:03.420-07:00Long Songs - Part 1In reply to <a href="http://ckcu.blogspot.com/2011/07/long-songs-on-long-players-lps.html">our station manager's query about what long songs you want to hear or like to play</a>...<br />some subspecies of metal are filled with long songs. Doom metal tunes regularly clock in at more than 7 minutes. Here are 3 favorite bands with loooong songs that have featured on e.V.'s Underground.<br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span><br /><br />Sleepwalking Past Hope - HIM<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9bVyzU8HwxM" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bVyzU8HwxM<br /><br /><br />The Alchemist - Witchcraft<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BUxeI7H4NLU" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAaZuq1crS4<br /><br /><br />I Long - Saturnus<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yzo82TGh-1k" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe>e.V., Queen of Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763839181199167371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-33400708111314259692011-06-24T12:30:00.000-07:002011-06-24T12:33:32.198-07:00Playlists Are Online & Searchable!You can find the playlists for the show on our website. <a href="http://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/58/info.html">Here is the link to this show!</a>e.V., Queen of Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763839181199167371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7324649428866189046.post-2072570082288561572008-09-26T03:50:00.001-07:002011-12-18T14:14:23.930-08:00From Hell(sinki) with Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Tuesday and Wednesday Sept 23r and 24th saw 2 excellent bands from Helsinki blow through Ottawa. Despite early attempts to snag an interview with the legendary heavy metal cellists of <a href="http://www.apocalyptica.com/">Apocalyptica</a>, neither I nor Dave Sarazin, our Program Manager heard diddlysquat back from the label nor their UK media guys. A friend who'd promised to snag me tix dawdled till they were all gone - the venue was small - Capital City Music Hall, and many of us were scratching our heads over the choice of place to play. But never fear - Thorn DID catch them and he will be giving listeners and me a the lowdown on how the show went down. <br />
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However, all is not lost... I did manage to catch a <a href="http://www.norther.net/">Norther</a>(N) wind, as Finnish melodic death metal masters Norther blistered through a tight 14-song set, at Maverick's Bar, in support of their new album, N. This was the band's first North American tour. 3 local bands opened for them. Comparisons with Children of Bodom are nonsense: Norther put CoB to utter shame. <br />
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Norther's members almost all play in other bands: guitarist Petri Lindroos with Viking metal band Ensiferum, second guitarists Kristian 'Kride' Ranta with Gashouse Garden, and drummer Heikki Saari, who is also with Force Majeur, and (live only) with Tuoni. <br />
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I interviewed bassist Jukka Koskinen, who also plays with folk metal group <a href="http://www.wintermadness.net/">Wintersun.</a> You'll be hearing that on an upcoming show!<br />
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<a href="http://www.myspace.com/norther">Norther's myspace page.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/apocalyptica">Apocalyptica''s myspace page.</a><br />
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