51Red Dawn Self Inflikted StangalaGenre: Technical Death Metal Genre: Melodic Death Metal Genre: Doom/Stoner Metal with CelticOrigin: Rennes, France Origin: Toulouse, France elementsLabel: Finisterian Dead End Label: Unsigned/Independent Origin: Kemper, FranceRed Dawn is a death metal quartet Self Inflikted is a melodic death metal Label: Finisterian Dead Endbased in Rennes, France formed in quartet formed in 2011. On January 1st, Stangala is a unique doom/stoner met-2013. With influences like The Faceless, the band independently released their al band incorporating Celtic elementsNecrophagist, Decapitated, Aborted 2nd EP titled ‘L’Echec’. that utilizes a saxophone. And it’s doneor Gorod, the band evolves in a mix of ‘L’Echec’ tracklist: so tastefully. All lyrics are in Breton is abrutality and technicity. Their lastest 1. L’échec (Feat Sophian, guitar solo) Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language.album ‘Algorithm Of Destruction’ was 2. Requiem (Feat. Tao, guitar solo) Reminiscent of psych rock, black metalreleased May 27th, 2016. Full of intri- 3. Just Fuck! (Feat. Ben from EveRRise) and traditional Celtic music, Stangala’scate blistering heavy riffs! 4. Spit My Hate tunes are set to take you for a very spe-Currently the band is working on a new 5. This Is Self Inflikted (Medley piano, cial trip through hazy worlds inhabitedfull-length. by Quentin) by mystical creatures from the Breton‘Algorithm Of Destruction’ tracklist: Websites: folklore. Born in Kemper in 2007, the1. Introduction selfinflikted.bandcamp.com/ band to date has released 2 full-lengths2. Cracked Clock www.facebook.com/Selfinfliktedofficial/ and a psyched-up split album “Kreiz-3. Hate Breizh Sessions“ with fellow druids4. Strange Dreams Stonebirds in 2012. Their latest album5. Looking Through The Eye Of God ‘Klañv’ is a dark, enraged and wildly6. Alter Ego original musical statement released7. Algorithm Of Destruction with Finisterian Dead End in March8. Fall Of Curtain 2016.9. Infinity Of Time ‘Klañv’ tracklist:Watch the official lyric video for ‘Hate’ 1. Bigoudened an Diaoul: Orinoù here www.youtube.com/watch?v=C- 2. Hent loar 1CEzSaMrIA 3. Lutuned an noz Websites: 4. Klañv reddawnband.bandcamp.com 5. N’eus ket dremmwel hiviz www.facebook.com/reddawnband/ 6. Jan 7. Marv int ar martoloded 8. An Ankoù hag ar vor Websites: stangala.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/Stanga- la-117154354982445/
52 Do you have a suggestion for the next country to explore? Previous countries explored: Brazil - Issue #12 Apr/May/Jun 2017 Australia - Issue #11 Jan/Feb/Mar 2017 Tell us your suggestions, message us on Facebook or email us at mimeta- [email protected] Lurker YugalGenre: Atmospheric Black Metal Genre: Thrash/Groove MetalOrigin: Strasbourg, France Origin: Brittany, FranceLabel: Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Produc- Label: Unsigned/Independenttions / Moonstudio Records Yugal is a thrash/groove metal quintetTime Lurker is a one man atmospheric that’s sprinkled with oriental melodies.black metal project from Strasbourg, Their first full-length ‘Chaos and Har-France formed in 2014. The self-titled mony’ was independently releaseddebut full-length was released June 2nd, October 2016.2017. ‘Chaos and Harmony’ tracklist:‘Time Lurker’ tracklist: 1. Khamsin 1. Rupture 2. Once upon a Lie2. Judgment 3. Heavy Mental 3. Ethereal Hands 4. From This Day I Will Rise 4. Reborn 5. Dogma 5. No Way Out from Mankind 6. Illusion of Time 6. Passage 7. Interlude7. Whispering from Space 8. Silence Is Golden Websites: 9. Lost Mind timelurker.bandcamp.com/ 10. Chaos and Harmonywww.facebook.com/timelurker/ Websites: yugal.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/Yugalofficial
53 NEW MICHIGAN METAL RELEASES Is your metal band based in Michigan? Help us keep Michigan metalheads updated on all things Michigan Metal related and email us about your upcoming shows/tours, album releases, music videos, and new member announcements. [email protected]: DragsawAlbum: The More Things ChangeGenre: Sludge/Groove/Thrash MetalLabel: Independent/UnsignedRelease Date: June 21st, 2017Reverbnation: www.reverbnation.com/dragsaw UPCOMING LOCAL RELEASES- After The Minor - The Decadence... The Decay” - TBA Does your band have a new or upcoming album?- All Ends Black - TBA Tell us about it and email the details to:- Delusional Parasitosis - 4 way split with BLEEDING, [email protected], & Dissevered coming July 2017 on NewStandard Elite- Past Tense - TBA- Recorruptor - TBA
54Seven Things Musicians Do In The Wrong Order By T. HessTo grow a successful music career you *Your ability to work hard on a consis- When you work with a music careerneed to understand: tent basis mentor, you are investing into your*The right steps to take to become suc- *Your ability to persevere future (not merely spending money).cessful in the music industry. *Your mindset for business Mentoring helps you make tons more*How to take each step in the best, *How well you can sell music to your money than what you invest into it.easiest and most effective way to get the existing fans This is how:results you want. *You no longer have to guess when it*What order to take the steps in, so you Mistake #2: Only Focusing On Mas- comes to how you should grow yourcan build your career most quickly. tering Your Instrument And Neglect- career. You save tons of time and moneyA lot of musicians do the correct things, ing Your Career working with an experienced mentorbut at the wrong time (and in the wrong Tons of musicians are afraid of growing than you would simply guessing aboutorder). The try to build their music their careers because they don’t think what to do next.careers while basing many of their de- their musical skills are good enough. *You find out the best way to promotecisions on fear, incorrect assumptions They feel like they need to master their yourself and your music. This gives youand tips from amateur musicians rather instrument completely before they can a massive advantage when workingthan proven professionals. even think about getting into the music with/without a music company.The following music career mistakes industry. *You discover how to create opportu-make achieving success in this industry 1. It takes a lot more than musical talent nities in your music career without anyvery difficult: to grow a career in this industry. When outside help. This makes your career you spend all your spare time practic- very stable and secure, while giving youMistake #1: Contacting Music Com- ing your instrument, you lose time you complete control over how much suc-panies Too Soon To Try To Get A could be spending to work on growing cess you want to have.Record Deal other areas of your career. Disclaimer: You might be aware that IA lot of musicians want a recording 2. There’s no such thing as completely have a music career mentoring programcontract, but only a small percentage of mastering a musical instrument, be- to help musicians become successful.them really know what music compa- cause you will always find new things to So maybe you believe everything abovenies are looking for. These companies improve. was written just so you will join it. Thisinvest tons of money into musicians You need to get started growing your is only partially correct. Of course, Isimilar to how people put their money career when your musical skills are want to help musicians like you suc-into a stock on the market. around an intermediate level or above. ceed. However, the benefits of workingYou have to give these companies 100% Continue getting better musically while with a mentor can’t be denied whetherproof that their investment will pay off developing your music career at the you work with me or not.for many years to come. When you can same time.do this, music companies feel comfort- Mistake #4: Not Training Yourself Toable investing in your career because Mistake #3: Waiting Too Long To Find Have The Right Mindset At The Startthey believe it will help them earn mon- A Music Career Mentor Of Your Music Careerey. When you contact them too soon, The majority of musicians do not have The way you think determines how farbefore you can provide proof of your any training for how to achieve success you get in the music industry. Havepotential to help them succeed, you are in the music business, because: a poor mindset, and you will neversimply wasting your time. 1. They don’t know that music career achieve great success.You don’t have to have massive ac- mentoring exists. Fact: your mindset consists of muchcomplishments before you can contact 2. They don’t have enough ambition to more than simply thinking with a pos-them, but you do need to make sure pursue success in this business. itive attitude. When you train yourselfthat a company can completely trust in: with a success-oriented mindset, you*Your desire to achieve big things train yourself to:
*Push through in the face of challenges 55 10 Ways to Generatewhere others would give up. More Buzz for Your*Turn problems into massive opportu- Mistake #7: Planning Your Music Musicnities for success. Career From The Start Instead Of The*Do the hard work other musicians End By David Andrew Wiebedon’t do, so you can achieve the bigresults most musicians never get it. You need to plan your music career by Recently, I’ve had some questionsTo do these things you have to train thinking from the end and working around how to generate buzz for one’syour mindset from the very beginning your way backwards. Think about what music.of your career and build a solid founda- your highest goal is and the final step There are probably thousands of ways totion from which to expand. you must take before you achieve it, do this, but that probably seems over- then work backwards from there. This whelming.Mistake #5: Not Building Up A Local gives you the precise path you need to So, here I’ve put together a list of 10Following Of Fans take to get there. things you can do to get people talkingMusic companies are way more inter- about and sharing your music.ested in musicians who have a huge The majority of musicians don’t do this. 1. Get your fans to talk about itlocal following than those who have a The try to plan out the steps they have You can make as much noise as youmoderate internet following. It’s harder to take from where they are. This is a want. At the end of the day, it won’t beto grow a loyal fanbase in your local good way to get stuck and not achieve as much noise as the collective yell oftown than to attract thousands of peo- the things you want. your tribe.ple all over the world to check out your Get your fans involved in spreading theonline videos/channel/etc. Plus, it’s very An experienced music career mentor word about your music in any capacity.difficult to fake a local following versus shows you how to design a strategy to 2. Feature someone known on a singlehaving a lot of likes on Facebook (for reach your musical goals as fast as pos- It doesn’t have to be Justin Bieber orexample). sible. Selena Gomez. Just find someone es- tablished in your genre that’s willing toMistake #6: Waiting Too Long To Get Get the music business training neces- sing or play on a single.Freedom Of Time And Money sary to become successful. 3. Get radio airplayLet’s face it: you need to have freedom Sign up with Radio Airplay and getto be able to accept certain opportuni- About The Author: some free spins immediately.ties in your music career as they present Tom Hess is a recording artist, com- 4. Take a stance on an issuethemselves. This means you need both poser and a touring musician. Tom also Don’t do anything that would be off-time and money. mentors and coaches musicians world- brand or off-character.Too many musicians don’t consider this wide to make it in the music industry. But if there’s something you can getuntil it is much too late. They spend the Go to his musician development site to behind, be more vocal about it. You’llmajority of their time working at nor- get free music industry advice and learn begin to attract those who resonate withmal day jobs while keeping their music more about the music industry. you.career as a side hobby. 5. Guest blogThe majority of day jobs require you to Article Source: https://EzineArticles. Find relevant industry blogs you couldspend full time hours working every com/expert/T._Hess/369989 submit articles to. Create great contentweek. This makes it nearly impossible to others want to read and link back togrow a music career and make money your website.at it. Many musicians get stuck at theirjobs and never end up going into music.Get back control over your time andmoney as soon as you can (by startingearly in your music career). 6. Cross promote Connect with local creatives - photog- raphers, painters, authors, designers,
56and the like. give you the opportunity to make some months if you want influential bloggersFind a way to collaborate on a project money too. to cover it.together. The marketing muscle of two 9. Uncover niche opportunities Can’t seem to find reliable informa-is always greater than one. One of the most successful singles I’ve tion on music entrepreneurship? Don’t7. Get interviewed on podcasts released in the last year or so is “City know where to go to stay updated withPodcasts continue to grow in popularity Lights”. This is because it fits into the the latest news and developments?as audio consumption on smart devices “synthwave” genre. David Andrew Wiebe is the founder ofgoes up. 80s instrumental music has been com- The Music Entrepreneur HQ, a site thatFind relevant podcasts on iTunes and ing back in the form of synthwave or features great original content that willthen reach out to them and see if they’d retrowave for a while now, so being a get you results.be willing to interview you on their part of the movement (and positioning Find out more about Music Dom-show. myself as relevant) has had its benefits. ination Formula here: http://www.8. Get your fans to use your music in 10. Get reviewed musicentrepreneurhq.com/online-mu-their YouTube videos Hype Machine is an aggregator for sic-domination-formula/If your music distributor collects You- blogs that review music. Find some Article Source: https://EzineArticles.Tube royalties on your behalf, people relevant blogs, review their submission com/expert/David_Andrew_Wie-using your music in their videos is a guidelines, and then send your music to be/1709017good thing. them to be reviewed.Not only will this create buzz, it might Generally, I’ve found your music shouldn’t be any older than threeFinding Your Voice As A Musician no-wizardry that promises to make you stand out from the By Morris Raymond crowd. There was a time when the technology available to musicians was the introduction of electricity to musicalIt can be argued that the most frustrating experience that instruments, and these advances led to some of the mostan up and coming musician can have is being able to define celebrated music of all time. Think further into the realm oftheir signature sound/voice. After all, you are just one piece, classical music and opera. Nothing but the pure expression ofa cog, in the machine that is the world of music through the sound coupled with masterfully composed works were need-ages. No matter how much knowledge you acquire or how ed. Sure, creativity & ingenuity are also important ways tomuch time to invest in fine-tuning your craft, you sometimes gain inspiration, but it may be time to take a lesson from thisyou feel as though it’s all for nothing at all. A parallel, in simplicity with your own music at times.terms of artistic frustration, would be that of writer’s block. Finally, one thing a musician can do to find his/her voice isIf there is one thing a musician must do in their journey to to stop listening to everything for a bit here and there. Thisfind his/her voice is that they need to separate the idea of is hard to do as musicians use their ear as their most vitalstardom from doing it for the love of music. Musicians are tools when expanding their sonic appreciation. This habit,always striving to achieve some level of success while being however, can have consequences because musicians get intoartistic, and this is dicey territory. One might say that be- their own heads. They begin to doubt their own abilities,ing artistic and expressing one’s self through their music is and worst yet, they begin to compare their abilities to others‘enough’, but that doesn’t pay the bills. Even if a musician is & wonder why they aren’t as good. At times of great artisticable to readily share their art with the world, they find that frustration, you need to depend on yourself the most, andthe reception of said art isn’t what they thought it might be. being mired in self-doubt will do you no good.Validation as a musician can be all-encompassing. Just look Remember that finding your voice as a musician is, at itsat the various guitar-based video games that use crowd noise most elemental, finding a way to express who you are as a(positive and negative) to push the working musician to new person. Drown out the noise, and trust in yourself.levels of stardom. You need to understand the road to the top Article Source: https://EzineArticles.com/expert/Morris_is a tough one. Raymond/2323165Technology is all around us, and with that technology comesthe inherent need to invest our time & energy into the tech-
57 Michigan Metal Underground Annual Sampler 2016 Volume Three Released: December 17, 2016 FREE DOWNLOAD COMES AVAILABLE AT:https://michiganmetalunderground.bandcamp.com/releases Track Listing: 1. Bog Wraith - “Visceral Rage” 2. Past Tense - “Let The Sin Begin” (Radio Version) 3. 61 Miles To Hell - “Everything Less” 4. The Revenant - “Witching Hour Scripture” 5. Tyrant - “Dead Sacrament” 6. M-102 - “Time To Wake Up” 7. Nagazi - “Rebuilt2Kill” 8. Septafoil - “Septafiend” 9. Legend Scroll - “Nethel Fields” 10. Announce The Apocalypse - “Ruins” 11. Centenary - “Malignant Winds”
58 Now Accepting Submissions for Annual Sampler Vol. 4! MMU is now accepting submissions for Michigan Metal Underground Annual Sampler 2017 Volume 4! Email track/s to be considered to [email protected] with ‘Annual Sampler’ in the subject line. All bands that get put on the sampler will also get a feature in a companion bonus issue. If you are chosen you will be contacted. Please include: Genre, CD artwork (if applicable), band logo, band photo, bio, list of members, lyrics (optional) and where the track was recorded. DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1st, 2017.E-ZINE SUBMISSION DEADLINESThe following are submission deadlines for future e-zine issues.Beginning 2017 deadlines will change to 6 days prior to the 1st day of each quarter.Issue #14 OCT/NOV/DEC 2017 - Submission Deadline: September 25th, 2017 Release Date: October 2nd, 2017Issue #15 JAN/FEB/MAR 2018 - Submission Deadline: December 27th, 2017 Release Date: January 2nd, 2018Issue #16 APR/MAY/JUN 2018 - Submission Deadline: March 26th, 2018 Release Date: April 2nd, 2018Issue #17 JUL/AUG/SEP 2018 - Submission Deadline: June 25th, 2017 Release Date: July 2nd, 2017All flyers in this issue have been gathered by submitted emails and an extensive search online.Published by Michigan Metal Underground 2017, Compiled and Edited by Dave Jaber.
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