First and foremost I want to extend my extreme gratitude and appreciation to all the help I had with the D5R merch booth at the 2nd Maritime Tattoo Festival. My appreciation goes out to my beautiful girl Christina, and all the other people which helped out over the weekend namely, John + Christina, Emily + Jason, Ribz + Katie, Blair, not to forget all the boys in IRON GIANT! Those fuckers destroyed Hell’s Kitchen on the first night of the festival and rocked the boat on the VIP Harbour Cruise the second night… leaving a mess of booze, blood, ink and broken glass in their paths. Also, over the weekend I was lucky enough to meet a ridiculous amount of cool people, awesome tattoo artists and get to see more fantastic art work then I could comprehend. I’d also like to thank the amazing M.C., Candy Palmater who was not only side-splittingly funny but also enjoyed my girlfriends cleavage as much as I do ;) and last, but certainly not least the reason the festival happens, Amber Thorpe with Adept Tattoos
For more info please check out the upcoming issue of HORNS HIGH which will have an article regarding the fest including some fantastic photos by none other than Sarah DeVenne.
In other news I am very, very happy (and overall just really fucking relieved) to announce that we have finally released, GALLACTUS – ‘Nine Mile Woods’ and are getting amped for their hometown CD Release Show which will be held in Moncton on Friday the 13th of June!
Nine Mile Woods is the highly anticipated follow up to 2004’s ‘Empire of the Eye’ (Independent) which generated praise from such viable sources as Metal Maniac’s and StonerRock.com. The new release, Nine Mile Woods is earth shaking collection of 11-songs which transcend various genres such as Stoner, Metal, Doom, and Rock and further helps push the boundaries of ones preconceptions of ‘Stoner-Rock’. The album has already generated praise in UNRESTRAINED MAGAZINE! (see the review below)
GALLACTUS
Nine Mile Woods (Diminished Fifth Records)
I’ve been following this Canadian stoner/doom/bong-hit rock’n’roll machine for many years now, hoping they’d be able to break out. They’re still working on it. While not as popular as bands like Cluth, Fu Manchu or Scissorfight (R.I.P.), Gallactus has always been able to deliver the goods. I’m digging the new tracks “The Doom”, “Scars of the Axehandle” (break out the bong!) and the title track. I’ll admit that past albums I’ve loved most of the work but some songs didn’t connect with one another and left me skipping tracks. Nine Mile Woods is easily their most inspired work to date, and album that finds the band hitting the right stride and writing the right songs to get noticed, while at the same time dishing out some awesome doom-filled stoner rock. Again, pass the bong, kids! A. Bromley -7.5-
So most of you readers know that we here at Diminished Fifth Records we like to do our part at Supporting Heavy Music in the region… after all our slogan is ‘Supporting East Coast Metal’. In addition to releasing albums and promoting the living shit out of them we also launched our very own Online Magazine, HORNS HIGH back in November of 2007. All the issues, thus far, have been a downloadable PDF file which you can download onto your computer and read at your convenience. Due to the support of the lovely folks at Music Nova Scotia and their Export Development Program we are pleased to announce that we are updating the format and layout of the website which will now show the latest issue online (With a page select on the left hand side so you can scroll through like a real mag) and we’ll still have the PDF Download option for all the previous issues… This way we can make the site more interactive! So now when you read through the newest issue of Horns High you’ll be able to do such awesome things as listen to the songs off the albums which are being reviewed! We’ve also got some big plans on building this site and the online mag… We have way more interviews (Including one this month with JOEY BELLADONNA!!!), more pics, more articles, plus some new features coming, like lessons for bass lessons, and tons more! So please help support us and keep this online mag growing and vibrant and visit us at: www.HORNSHIGH.ca
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