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METZ – ” Strange Peace “

Posted: July 26, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Since releasing their self-titled debut record in 2012, which The New Yorker magazine called, “One of the year’s best albums…a punishing, noisy, exhilarating thing,” the Toronto-based 3-piece METZ have garnered international acclaim as one of the most electrifying and forceful live acts, touring widely and extensively, playing hundreds of shows each year around the world.

Now, Alex Edkins (guitar, vocals), along with Hayden Menzies (drums), and Chris Slorach (bass) are set to unleash their highly-anticipated third full-length album, Strange Peace, an emphatic but artful hammer swing to the status quo.

“The best punk isn’t an assault as much as it’s a challenge — to what’s normal, to what’s comfortable, or simply to what’s expected. Teetering on the edge of perpetual implosion,” NPR wrote in their glowing review of METZ’s 2015 second album, II.

Angular, ear-piercing and provocative. Imagine the clatter of early Sonic Youth brought up to warp speed.

METZ – ” Mr Plague “

Posted: April 19, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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METZ have a new animated video for the blistering Mr. Plague, taken from their 2017 album, Strange Peace.

As described by director, Shayne Ehman, the video examines: “…the crumbling remnants of civilisation…a broken justice system…a consumer wasteland… Was it all part of the plan?

The Toronto-based trio Metz have incorporated harmony into their heavy sound on their third full-length. They shift away from all-out abrasion, adding color to their eruptions. Metz haven’t turned into a pop band. They’ve actually done the opposite, incorporating harmony without going soft. The fact that so few heavy bands have been able to pull that off attests to how difficult it is. With Strange Peace, Metz make it sound easy.

‘Strange Peace’ (Release date: September 22, 2017)

METZ – ” Cellophane “

Posted: September 24, 2017 in MUSIC
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From their just released, Steve Albini-produced album Strange Peace’ (September 22nd via SubPop Records), Toronto noise punks Metz reveal the video to the record’s first single cut ‘Cellophane’.

Directed by Shayn Ehman, who describes the clip as a venture where “consciousness is split, and a world of contrast unfolds.” All customers who pre-order the LP version of ‘Strange Peace’ from the Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive the album on Loser Edition colored vinyl,

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPG2aQXeZoM

The band head to the UK later this year.
Live dates in November
22 London The Garage
23 Bristol The Fleece
24 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
25 Brighton The Haunt

METZ – ” Cellophane “

Posted: July 17, 2017 in MUSIC
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Two years after the release of II, Toronto power trio and professional ear bludgeoners METZ return this 2017 with “Cellophane” The first single to be unveiled from the noise rock outfit’s forthcoming third album, the Steve Alibini-produced Strange Peace, the song is an urgent, merciless crusher of the highest order. Featuring frontman Alex Edkins snarling with finesse atop a deafening swirl of screeching guitars and pummelling drums, “Cellophane” is to be cranked at nothing short of maximum volume.

‘Strange Peace’ (Release date: September 22, 2017)

All customers who pre-order the LP version of ‘Strange Peace’ from the Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive the album on Loser Edition colored vinyl