#Quebec prog

[mistwalker-official]

‘Mouth of the World’ is a fantastic record, so it was an honour to share the stage with both Ashbreather and Serpentine Cerberus as they performed the whole thing live front to back at Piranha Bar a few weeks back.

[doomedandstoned]

SANDVEISS Sparks 3rd LP, ‘Standing In The Fire’

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

By Billy Goate

Album Art by Amanda Morley and Caroline Morin

We've been tracking Quebec City four-piece SANDVEISS since at least 2015, when they contributed a track to the compilation Doomed & Stoned in Canada and have featured them throughout the years on The Doomed & Stoned Show.

‘Standing In The Fire’ (2024), their latest, bobs and weaves different stylistic elements together for something that could be classified progressive heavy rock. What remains consistent and gives the band its signature sound is a bravado rhythms from drummer Dominic Gaumond, guitars that growl and a bass that bruises, fantastic atmospheric elements, and a certain metallic vocal sheen of frontman Luc Bourgeois.

I dig the opener with its pulsating sci-fi synth effects of opener "I'll Be Rising." It reminded me of scenes from Panos Cosmatos' 2010 surreal retro flick Beyond the Black Rainbow, and I'm sure producer Karl Daniel Lidén (Dozer, Greenleaf, Demon Cleaner) had a hand in it. Eventually it goes full-on with electrified crunchy guitar action. The energy is undeniable and could suit up comfortably with anything currently on Sirius FM and modern rock/metal charts, especially the chorus. As AI "art" is all the rage these days, it's refreshing to see the band turn their attention on human talent for the music video to this song (collage artist and album art contributor Amanda Morely).

"Standing In The Fire" is a song about our modern way of life. "No one knows where it's going, no one has control." The world Each generation inheriting the problems of technology and development run amok. "Confusion is eating your mind day by day, your anger consumed heart is now fading away." This was also one of the singles and a music video, and is a stage-maker for sure with rainy, dark rock spirit.

"Wait And See" is a rip-roaring rhino on the loose, with a rolicking heartbeat that brings emphasis to the words "we are running out of time." Meanwhile, "No Love Here" has a misty, mysterious air about it, the longest track of the record, with elements that dovetail well with Elder and Alice in Chains on a mixtape.

"Fade (Into The Night)" has a hard driving revolution, and I can easily imagine myself listening to this wheeling along a sparse I-5 returning from a show in Portland, windows rolled down, cold midnight air pouring in.

"Gone Away" is one of the most appealing songs of the album with a dynamic pulse that will capture you in its sway. It's classic Sandviess, especially at 2:29 when the chorus kicks in and we have those glorious guitar strains from Shawn Rice (ending with some glorious two-guitar harmonies at 4:32, as Luc Bourgeois joins the fray) .

Maxime Moisan's basswork is a standout on the relentless penultimate "These Cold Hands, and "Bleed Me Dry" is a fantastic close to the album, with its sinister sounding doom-touched opening and a vocal attack that gives me David Draiman (Disturbed) vibes, rhythms that intensify into groove territory, and a extended stretch of solo and dual guitars that really transports the listener into epic realms of imagination.

The new Sandveiss album Standing in the Fire comes out October 11th on Folivora Records, available for pre-order on vinyl, compact disc, and digital format (get it here). Stick it on a playlist with Mastodon, Baroness, Retronaut, and Greenleaf.

Standing in the Fire by SANDVEISS

SOME BUZZ

Heavy rock titans Sandveiss, from Quebec City, Canada, are proud to announce the release of their highly anticipated new album “Standing in the Fire”, which comes out on October 11th, 2024. This new release returns with their most ambitious and diverse album to date, it features eight powerful tracks that showcase the band's evolution and musical prowess. The band comments on the album:

“Five years after the release of our sophomore album “Saboteur”, we are stoked to finally present our new offering, “Standing in the Fire”. Musically, it showcases diversity but also, we hope, homogeneity and coherence. We draw from a wide range of influences, from metal to stoner rock, from prog to punk rock. While some are more apparent than others, they all play a key role in shaping our sound.”

The production of “Standing in the Fire” has a modern feel while still incorporating vintage sounds and instruments, and the mix by Karl Daniel Lidén (Greenleaf, Dozer, The Ocean Collective) adds depth, texture, and power to the album. Lyrically, the songs were mostly written in response to, or sometimes as a grim reflection on, human and social issues, including politics and environmental problems.

The band cites that they've pushed their boundaries on all sides. The heavy is heavier, the prog is proggier, and the catchy is catchier. They've allowed themselves to explore new territories while staying true to their core sound. They are recommended for fans of The Sword, Dozer, and Baroness.

Photo Credit: Paul Di Giacomo

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[stylized-corpse]

Coming up July 11th! I’m stoked to be bringing Sentiment Dissolve from London, Ontario to Traxide alongside the dissonant death metal of Ignominy and the sludge grind of Øbelisk!

My pals Baze and Little Giizis will also be selling art at this thing!

[charlott2n]

Hi Charlotte! Do you by any chance have song reccommendations in other languages?

yessss for the love of god listen to viens danser by fiori seguin!!!! very groovy song. quebec prog. also ひこうき from the fishmans 1999 live album! kill la by looprider awesome stoner metal. 山地情歌 by cold dew! ishoku-sokuhatsu by yonin bayashi! MIXED NUTS BY TOSHINOBU KUBOTA!!!!!! sni bong by dengue fever!! so there are a few :)

[weirdmageddon]

any dave music hcs? :) my playlist for him mostly consists of relatively popular rock music. besides wacky but awesome garageband beats, i personally think he’d be a rocknroll radio hits kinda guy, at least for pre-sburb dave, i don’t think he’d have as much freedom to really explore music the way he wants before then. some of my favorites for him are all mixed up (311), superman’s dead (our lady six), bound for the floor (local H), everything to everyone (everclear), inside out (eve 6) and birds (butthole surfers). i also think he’d like metal too! particularly nu metal. even if mixing music and rapping is an outlet for him, i see him relating to these types of songs a lot and maybe at the time when his #ironiccoolguy persona is most prevalent + affecting his interests/personality heavily, he’s embarrassed about admitting his popular favorites b/c it’s not cool to him to like what’s mainstream. but you know character arc! and besides when the earth explodes no music is really popular anymore LOL. btw i liked your davejade music posts ^_^ so i’m very curious if you have any thoughts for dave music on his own!

one of the first things we know about dave is “You like to rave about BANDS NO ONE'S EVER HEARD OF BUT YOU” but its never brought up again. so i can see him having a bit of a punky existence. but its pretty impossible to list bands that people havent heard about but him. it doesnt mean he can’t like known acts. pink floyd are one of the most well known music artists of all time but i think he would like it for instance

but of those known acts i know his ass does not listen to fallout boy or whatever

idk dave he strikes me as someone who listens to both brian eno and death grips but at the same time theres a lot of stuff i CANT see him listening to

i think he probably likes beastie boys. paul’s boutique (1989) is probably one of his top albums. deltron 3030 (2000) too. both experimental hiphop, paul’s boutique utilizing plunderphonics while deltron 3030 is a bit more epic and psychedelic.

i think both wouldve changed his life. paul’s boutique for for his pragmatic bent (sampling)

and deltron 3030 on the psychological / reflection / journey / listen and close your eyes rock opera side (“It is a rap opera concept album set in a dystopian year 3030. The album's story casts Del in the role of Deltron Zero, a disillusioned mech soldier and interplanetary computer prodigy rebelling against a 31st-century New World Order. In a world where evil oligarchs suppress both human rights and hip-hop, Del fights rap battles against a series of foes, becoming Galactic Rhyme Federation Champion. Del the Funky Homosapien's lyrics veer from serious social commentary to humor to epic sci-fi battles, while producer Dan the Automator creates an eerie and dense atmosphere.”)

come on man

nmesh dream sequins is another album i can see him listen to, the cream of the crop for experimental vaporwave (the type of slowing samples in vaporwave was a technique pioneered by dj screw who i think dave would also dig, as it essentially manipulates time and thats Cool). probably likes oneohtrix point never too, an experimental electronic artist who also took inspiration from screw

maybe a bit of biting tongues, one of my favorites. he couldve been led to it going down the eno hole. probably his favorite album being recharge (1989)

as for rock i’m pretty sure dave strikes me as a psychedelic / experimental rock type of dude. so yeah pink floyd is still on the table especially early with syd barrett (the piper at the gates of dawn (1967) and a saucer full of secrets (1968)). but i think he can like later after that (of COURSE he feels drawn to the song ‘time’ lol i bet he’d want to replicate the atmosphere of the song’s beginning in his own stuff). he likes this kinda sound. he i can definitely see him being a ween fan for sure, especially quebec (2003) or their satire art/prog rock album the mollusk (1997) —the latter of which i could see him bonding with jade over DEFINITELY just listen to the titular song — but really the whole discography. or a zappa fan. maybe a dip into metal if its experimental or funky like primus or zillatron (bootsy collins alias)

i have to mention that these are all bands i like to some degree because to know what they sound like and if they fit dave ive had to listen to them lol. but yeah so that could put some bias into it and theres surely more stuff he would listen to i dont know but heres a portion of what i see from where i am

the common denominator between all the music i talked about was that theyre experimental

[thatrickmcginnis]

VOIVOD Montreal 1989

Sometimes I forget how ambitious I was when I was young. I had sold a portrait or two from the film festival to the Village Voice in the fall of 1989 when Edna Suarez, their photo editor, called me from New York to ask how hard it would be for me to get to Montreal to shoot a band. I didn't tell her that it was no small trip given Canadian distances, but I wanted the job really badly, so I mumbled something about taking the train and got the assignment to photograph Voivod, a heavy metal band from Quebec who had just shifted from noisy thrash to a complex prog metal that would give birth to a whole subgenre. I got the phone number for the band's manager and arranged a day for the shoot, then got on the phone with VIA Rail. (Canada's Amtrak. Keep in mind this was the pre-internet world, and my only other option would have been going to a travel agent or down to Union Station to book a ticket, which I'd have to do anyway to pay for my fare once it was reserved.) I was on an overnight train from Toronto to Montreal - over eight hours in a coach seat, but thankfully they didn't charge for baggage, and I would be bringing most of my studio with me - two cameras, light stands and the ProFoto ProAcute 6 strobe kit I'd just bought with money I'd inherited after my mother had died.

Voivod are, in my opinion, one of a half dozen really original bands that have come out of Canada. (Also on that list: Simply Saucer, NoMeansNo, Death From Above 1979.) I'd liked them since early, abrasive records like Rrröööaaarrr, and wasn't the only one intrigued by their new, prog-ier direction, as they'd caught the attention of the music critics at the Village Voice enough to warrant a feature in their end-of-year Pazz & Jop poll, for which I was providing the photos. I arrived in Montreal early on a Saturday morning to find that the city had just been blanketed by a snowstorm. I hauled all my camera gear upstairs from the Gare Centrale to the dining room of the Queen Elizabeth hotel for breakfast, to wait for Voivod's manager. He showed up just as I was finishing, and helped me carry my gear to his car, and we set out for the band's rehearsal space in a big complex out in a Montreal industrial suburb. Everyone seemed baffled but flattered that a New York magazine would send a photographer all the way from Toronto for a photo shoot, but I scoped out the room - your standard stark cube in an old warehouse building, with windows high on one wall and egg cartons covering the other walls to provide cheap acoustic insulation.

I worked hard to deliver a lot of options from my photo shoot with Voivod in their Montreal rehearsal space. Thankfully I had the luxury of time and subject who were, most of the time, engaged with the task at hand. I also lit the hell out of it, using all three of the heads in my strobe kit to provide everything from flattering soft light, moody "horror movie" light from below, and hard light shooting almost directly into my Nikon F3 to make the lens flare. I had the band pose in the usual, full-length band shots, looming above me as I kneeled on the floor, and huddled together screaming their lungs out. But my most successful set-up was composed with my new Rolleiflex - the band lit from above against a backdrop of egg crates, looking up into the light as if they're about to be raptured, or abducted by friendly aliens. That was the one I was certain that Edna at the Village Voice would like the most, and I was right. (I'd prove it to you if I could find the tearsheets which, I fear, may be long lost.) I definitely lost money on the gig after paying for cabs to and from the train station, my ticket, and breakfast at the Queen Elizabeth. But I seemed to pass the test and continued to get work from Edna for several years, first at the Voice and then at the New York Times when she moved there. Voivod are still together, and released Morgöth Tales, their 16th record, last year. Sadly guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour died of colon cancer in 2005.

[eggoverlord]

It's been a bit. I mainly listen to music on my commutes to and from school, so I didn't listen to as much over the summer, but here is my list for summer, June through August

The Soul Children - The Soul Children - Soul

Remain in Light - Talking Heads (as preformed by a mostly cover band with the guitarist from talking heads I saw them live and they did really good also I have already listened to the original) - Post Punk

Animals - Pink Floyd (Covered by Colonial Claypool Flying Frog Brigade also already heard the original same story as previous one) - Prog Rock

Mouth to Mouth - Lipps Inc - Disco

PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Doom-ish Prog Metal. Basically, King Gizzard metal, it's very much them and you can tell (in a good way obviously)

Apollo XXI - Steve Lacy - Alternative R&B

Star Booty - Bitch Magnet - Like early early math rock, punk or grunge sounding almost

Light Of Worlds - Kool & The Gang - Funk

My Sound (1993-2004) - Dillininja - Jungle

G I R L - Pharrell Williams - R&B&Pop

The Origin Of My Depression - Uboa - Experimental Stuff I don't even know

Fresh - Sly & The Family Stone - Funk

Incunabula - Autechre - IDM

Phocus - VHS Head - Music made from VHS tapes (weird electronic shit)

Zen, or the Means Without Ends - Heaven Pierce Her - Yeah, this guy listens to Swans, how could you tell? But fr good music a lot of droning with some chill guitar

Isolation - Kali Uchis - R&B

To Smithereens - Gay Beast - Very Noisy Math Rock

Songs EP (Live In Chicago) - Piglet - Math Rock

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud - Miles Davis - Modal Jazz

Vespertine - Björk - Experimental Pop

The Beggar - Swans - Experimental Rock

Songs For The Terrestrially Challenged - Speaking Canaries - Math Rock

Grievances and Dead Malls - Nero's Day At Disneyland - Experimental Breakcore Shit

From Rotting Fantasylands - Nero's Day At Disneyland - Experimental Breakcore once more

Dream of an Endless Ocean - David Szymanski - Experimental Electronic with a lot of Classical Elements

Don Caballero 2 - Don Caballero - I've already listened to it also math rock

10,000 gecs - 1000 gecs - If you havent listen to the album you wont believe me but. Hyperpop with a shocking amount of nu metal of all things. It goes hard though. Also ska sometimes

Locked Into Phantasy - Laura Bousfield - Experimental Breakcore stuff

When The Pawn - Fiona Apple - Some Kind of Pop and/or Alternative

Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears - Pop of the very 80s variety

Attention Shoppers - Nero's Day At Disneyland - Experimental Breakcore

It Was Written - Nas - Gangsta Rap

A Go Go - John Scofield - Instrumental Funk

Surrender - The Chemical Brothers - Dance (which is one of the least creative genre names)

Ashes of the Wake - Lamb of God - Groove Metal

My War - Black Flag - Hardcore Punk with a bit of Mathy stuff

Anthology - Colour - Midwest Emo

The Blues - BB King - Blues

Celebrity Skin - Hole - Grunge

Something Else (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) - Cannonball Adderley - Hard Bop

Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder - RnB

100 One Says - 100 Onces - Mathy Rocky

Superunknown - Soundgarden - Grunge

"Bird" Symbols - Charlie Parker - Bop

Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet - Bop

Light as a Feather - Chick Corea and Return Forever - Jazz Fusion (re-listening)

Quebec - Ween - Experimental Psych Rock

[mistwalker-official]

Divinations from Quebec City followed our set at Poranha Bar last weekend. Their combination of progressive rock and stoner rock was ethereal and atmospheric.

[thefelixc]

A non-exhaustive list of artists/bands from Quebec that I would highly recommend

- Jean Leloup (pop rock/ folk rock) (especially the album Paradis City)

- Daniel Bélanger (pop/ prog rock) (one of the greats of Quebec's music scene)

- Patrick Watson (indie alternative (wikipedia describes it as a “blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock”)) ( i love him i love him i love him i love him)

- Godspeed You! Black Emperor (post rock / drone music) (Trippy 20 minutes long songs that sometimes make me shiver)

- The Planet Smashers (ska punk) (pretty groovy ska, that’s all)

- Karkwa (alternative rock, art rock) (Very good band, one of the best live performance I've ever seen)

- Louis-Jean Cormier (pop, indie rock) (Karkwa's singer, one of the first artists I listened too, still love him to this day)

- Leonard Cohen (folk rock) (one of the greats, the one who first sang hallelujah, voice so deep it's soul-melting(in his later years))

- Les Colocs (alternative rock ) (another one of the greats, could listen to some songs on loop for hours)

- Papagroove (afrobeat) (underrated band, highly recommend the album The Hunt)

- Les Cowboys Fringuants (folk/ country/ rock) (last, but not least! They wrote some (a lot) of bangers. The death of the singer last year caused widespread grief)

[theam-cjsw]

The AM: November 27, 2023

A quiet first hour (even by AM standards) of nostalgic ambient sounds leads into a mix of psychedelic jazz, jazzy psychedelia, and Quebec prog in hour two, and jangly tunes, vintage swoons, and oddball indie in hour three.

Enjoy!

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Spotify playlist (5-week rolling playlist)

Hour One:

C (Featuring the Voice of Fred Moten) Markus Floats • Fourth Album

Six Million Rivets Tommy Perman • The Resonant Viaduct

Lucky Rosemary Omni Gardens • Golden Pear

Nothing Lasts Forever Veryan • Reflections in a Wilderness

By Firelight, On Autumn Nights Hollie Kenniff, Helios • Single

All These Years Elskavon • Origins

Sky Eye Mount Maxwell • Littlefolk

It’s Been So Long Bristol Manor • The Other Side

Tropikalne wiatry Flaner Klespoza • Czarny kokos

Suzanne Tripping Balls and Seeing God untrained animals • UT8

Hour Two:

Birds of Paradise Yussef Dayes • Black Classical Music

Lunar Distance Sven Wunder • Late Again

Dawn Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge • Lonnie Liston Smith JID017

Silver Rain Leland Whitty • Anyhow

Elvis has left the building Pascal Comelade, The Limiñanas • Boom Boom

Son of Man Melody Fields, featuring Goat • 1991

Claire fontaine Contraction • La bourse ou la vie

Jos coeur (Fermeture) Contraction • La bourse ou la vie

DG-2 Doom Gong • Dream Behemoth

Chaos Magic Jaakko Eino Kalevi • Chaos Magic

Partir do alto / Animal sentimental Walter Franco • Revólver

Hour Three:

The Hypnotist MOONRIIVR • Vol. 1

La fille au rasoir Klara Kristin • Lullaby & Drum Machine

How Could You Let Me Go Various Artists, featuring Vashti Bunyan & Devendra Banhart • Light in the Attic & Friends

Death of Money Jolie Laide • Jolie Laide

Fontaine Allah-Las • Zuma 85

Catching Stars Centre El Muusa • Single

Flowers Peter Matthew Bauer • Flowers

Gemini Diamondtown • Future Plans

Earth People Astral Swans & Chad VanGaalen • Split EP

Anita En Attendant Ana • Principia

Station 01011 Yocto • Zepta Supernova

Love is a Sound Vinyl Williams • Aeterna

[stylized-corpse]

Coming up on Friday!

[saemund-ragnarson]

Metalhead! 🤘

[wiz-washcloth]

What are the 4 quebec prog bands

sloche, maneige, et cetera and uuuuh harmonium