Comeback Kid et Obey the Brave présenté par The WellDone Productions
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Comeback Kid et Obey the Brave présenté par The WellDone Productions

Événement en personne
7 septembre 2019
19h30 – 23h30 / Entrée: 18h30

80, rue Albert, Granby, QC, Canada
Pour plus d'information à propos de cet événement, veuillez contacter The WellDone Productions à scharland@thewelldoneproductions.com.

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The WellDone Productions est fier de présenter un line-up de feu le samedi 7 septembre à l'Escale de Granby. Venez encourager la scène locale et découvrir dès 19h30, l'excellent groupe hardcore, SOUTHBOUND. Par la suite, pour ceux qui ne les connaissent pas encore, un des meilleurs groupe émergeant de la scène Hardcore du Québec, BOUNDARIES. Ensuite, nous vous proposons 2 groupes issues des ligues majeures, 2 groupes qui n'ont plus besoin de présentations. OBEY THE BRAVE et COMEBACK KID qui promettent de tout arracher et de vous faire vivre une fin de soirée inoubliable.

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The WellDone Productions est fier de présenter un line-up de feu le samedi 7 septembre à l'Escale de Granby. Venez encourager la scène locale et découvrir dès 19h30, l'excellent groupe hardcore, SOUTHBOUND. Par la suite, pour ceux qui ne les connaissent pas encore, un des meilleurs groupe émergeant de la scène Hardcore du Québec, BOUNDARIES. Ensuite, nous vous proposons 2 groupes issues des ligues majeures, 2 groupes qui n'ont plus besoin de présentations. OBEY THE BRAVE et COMEBACK KID qui promettent de tout arracher et de vous faire vivre une fin de soirée inoubliable.

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Comeback Kid

Complacency kills creativity, and nobody seems to know that better than Comeback Kid. Outsider, the long-running hardcore outfit’s latest LP, showcases that in spades. Capturing the all-out intensity of the band’s riotous live shows, it’s as urgent and unrelenting as anything they’ve done in the past. And yet while many of their peers consider sonic evolution an enemy of their scene, Comeback Kid has built a career on progression and evolution, continually expanding their now-signature sound while never compromising its integrity. “We’re a hardcore band, but we don’t feel like we belong to any particular sect of that,” states frontman Andrew Neufeld, speaking on behalf of bandmates Jeremy Hiebert (guitar), Stu Ross (guitar), Ron Friesen (bass), and Loren Legare (drums). “We don’t want to be limited in any sense, and prefer to work on our own terms.” Indeed, over the course of their career, they’ve covered a lot of territory – both musically and literally. Comeback Kid first united in 2000 and dropped their debut LP, Turn It Around, in 2003. Its follow-up, 2005’s Wake the Dead, further cemented the band’s foundation of energetic, punk-propelled hardcore. With the departure of original vocalist Scott Wade, Neufeld moved from guitar to lead vocals ahead of 2007’s Broadcasting... More recent releases like Symptoms + Cures and 2014’s Die Knowing find the band incorporating a wider array of elements and influences into their combustible sonic concoction. Outsider – Comeback Kid’s sixth full-length and first on the iconic Nuclear Blast Records (New Damage Records in Canada) – represents the pinnacle of that progress to date, simultaneously pushing new boundaries while returning to the in-your-face immediacy of their first releases. “It’s always been about refining what we do and incorporating new things,” Neufeld affirms. “This time around, we were really focused on songs that we knew would connect from the stage.” To that point, “Surrender Control” is essentially a clinic in inciting a riotous moshpit with an anthemic chorus while “Absolute” injects some thrash metal into more familiar CBK staples of call-and-response gang vocals and a punishing outro breakdown. They’re as furious as anything in the band’s back catalogue and effective foils to more ambitious offerings like “Hell of a Scene,” which combines blazing blast beats in the verses with an infections melodic hardcore chorus, and the more hard rock-centric “Consumed the Vision.” Neufeld’s voice is as powerful and piercing as ever while also pushing into new, often more melodic territory. That’s fitting considering the wide breadth of topics he tackles in his lyrics, from the plight of innovative thinkers to a world ripe with distractions from meaningful interactions to wrestling with personal demons, however they might materialize. Of course, these 13 tracks will be volatile in the live environment. As longtime road warriors who are strangers to nowhere, Comeback Kid is sure to continue conquering new corners of the world. “We’ve always prided ourselves on trying to reach as many places as possible,” Neufeld offers, and their still-swelling crowds everywhere from Southeast Asia to South America to mainland Europe are proof of that. They’ve performed at virtually every major heavy music festival and shared the stage with a who’s who of their peers across virtually every genre that seeps into their ever-evolving sound. After six LPs, an EP, two live albums, and countless shows over the course of 15-plus years, Comeback Kid still takes pride in pushing sonic boundaries and bringing their riotous live show across new borders. “We still feel lucky to be a part of this,” Neufeld says assuredly. “It’s bigger than us and we have no intentions of slowing down or standing still.” www.comeback-kid.com

Obey The Brave

Alex Erian - Vocals John Campbell - Guitar Terrence McAuley - Guitar Cory Wilson - Bass Stevie Morotti – Drums In the years since the phrase, “that which does not kill us makes us stronger” was first attributed to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, it’s become something of a tired cliché. But to an underground band like OBEY THE BRAVE, relentlessly touring the world’s clubs, against obstacles great and small, the maxim still carries the weight of reality. Like the best of the heavy metallic hardcore bands in rock music history, OBEY THE BRAVE embodies Nietzsche’s stark sentiments with furious musical determination. OBEY THE BRAVE churns out anthems of empowerment born of adversity. It’s the songs that embolden the spirit and exorcise personal demons, whether in the pit or on a day’s commute. Songs like “Raise Your Voice,” “Full Circle,” and “Get Real” are quintessential metalcore bangers. Mad Season, the band’s diverse and defiant third album, arrives after the most turbulent period of the group’s career. Yet as vocalist Alex Erian puts it with appropriately blunt eloquence: “We’re back stronger than ever.” Since forming just a handful of years ago in their native Canada, OBEY THE BRAVE has toured the world alongside fellow modern metalcore genre standard bearers like The Amity Affliction, Whitechapel, Blessthefall, Chelsea Grin, Emmure, All Shall Perish, We Came As Romans, and Miss May I, forging meaningful relationships with each audience, show after show. A series of hardships and obstacles followed the release of the group’s well-received sophomore album, Salvation (2014), which built upon the early promise Young Blood (2012). Both are albums full of raw crunch, sincere attitude, metallic bite, and unadulterated adrenaline. The group weathered two lineup changes, a string of bad luck with an overseas promoter, and a series of false starts in the studio before finally emerging with Mad Season, the band’s most focused, ambitious, and urgently visceral album thus far. Songs like “Drama,” “The Distance,” and “Rest in Peace” (one of two Mad Season songs delivered entirely in the band’s native French) are packed with power derived as much from real life emotion as huge power chords. Named for the tumultuous period of its creation, Mad Season is a truly collaborative effort musically and lyrically. Joining shortly into the touring cycle for Salvation, Terrence McAuley (guitar) and Cory Wilson (bass) gelled instantly with original members Erian, John Campbell (guitar), and Stevie Morotti (drums). McAuley also served as co-producer, alongside engineer and mixer Dean Hadjichristou, who has worked with Obey The Brave’s fellow Canadians Protest The Hero and labelmates Parkway Drive. When it came time to record vocals, Erian reunited with longtime collaborator Antoine Lussier, whose Ion Dissonance bandmate, Kevin McCaughey, guests on “The Distance.” “RIP” features French Canadian rap group Loud Lary Ajust, capturing the party element the band often brings in the live setting. “Drama” boasts a guest appearance from Steve Marois of Erian’s other band the semi-recently reformed deathcore pioneers Despised Icon. “I grew up in the death metal scene but Obey The Brave has always been my outlet to explore other aspects of my musical roots and passions,” Erian explains. “Now that Despised Icon is back, I have that outlet for really heavy extreme music, so I can explore with Obey The Brave even more now.” Mad Season demonstrates a true artistic evolution for the band. Part of that progression includes the introduction of singing vocals alongside the genre’s traditional screaming. This isn’t “emo” crooning, however; it’s much more akin to the raspy declarations of Rise Against and old-school punk. “We stepped out of our comfort zone with this record,” Erian says. “We didn’t want to put out the same record three times in a row. I spent an entire year trying to perfect my singing. There’s still a lot of screaming on the album, but it was really important for me artistically to try something different and give it my all. It’s very exciting to try to reinvent yourself.” A mission statement of sorts for OBEY THE BRAVE is right there in the title track: “We all want it / it’s our passion / we’re all lost in the right direction.” “Sometimes when you’re facing these obstacles, you’re like, ‘why am I still here? Why am I doing this in the first place? Should I get back to the regular nine-to-five and try to get some security?’” Erian confesses. “But this is who I am. This is what I do. This is who we are. We just can’t help ourselves. That’s why ‘though we may feel ‘lost,’ we are lost in the right direction.” Ultimately each and every step along the way for OBEY THE BRAVE has been worth it, because indeed, “that which does not kill us…” Or to quote another fitting well-known proverb: “nothing ventured, nothing gained.” “In a weird twisted way I’m thankful for everything it took to get this record made because it all tested our commitment to the band and we’re still here, you know, we’re still swinging,” says Erian. “The bottom line is, we put so much of ourselves into Mad Season and the music speaks for itself.” www.obeythebrave.com

Boundaries

Entertaining, hard-hitting, refreshing, those are just a few words that could be used to describe the Swiss Army Knife of a band that is Boundaries. Since their formation in 2014, the five piece from Quebec City has independently released one ep and one full length album. Succeeding each of those releases, they have been building a solid following by playing countless shows throughout Eastern Canada. Moreover, shortly after having partnered up with Tandem Management Co, Boundaries went on to export their music overseas supporting Deez Nuts (AUS) and Trash Talk (USA) on a full European tour. Upon coming home from that tour, the band is more focused and energized than ever and is hard at work on new material that will undoubtedly help propel them to the next level. www.boundarieshc.com/?fbclid=IwAR1jQs6a7CRUCyblVCNH_qZfo1cKrTVbpLYsrL2qM_5q2Ck4-nrcknOC5nU

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