Senate / BTM show review in Exclaim! magazine.
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Beneath the Massacre / Nephelium / Starring Janet Leigh / Senate The Casbah, Hamilton ON January 9 By Sean Palmerston A Wednesday night in early January is not exactly ideal timing for a metal show in the Hammer, but this proved to be much better than anticipated. Having impressed many with their Great Northern Scenekill debut, locals Senate have become an even more formidable live unit since the addition of ace bassist Colin Lernell. Despite not practicing together for nearly three months, the quintet definitely won over the crowd with their Swedish death metal style. Toronto tech-core quintet Starring Janet Leigh had a tougher time. While their MySpace page shows an abundance of great ideas, the translation to the stage isn't quite there yet, though vocalist Matt Nimmo's vocal range was definitely impressive. Toronto's Nephelium made their Hamilton debut next, but unfortunately due to an incredibly long set-up and an overzealous sound guy, they played to about half the audience they should have. About four songs in, vocalist Boyan Guerdjikov asked where everybody went, and had he been standing in the crowd, he'd have realised they were all outside trying to save their hearing for the headliners. It was an unfortunate oversight since the band did a smashing job playing primal death metal reminiscent of both Suffocation and Decapitated. It is amazing what a year has done for the musical maturation of Montreal's Beneath the Massacre. In 2006, they were an admirable, if somewhat tepid band that didn't have the chops to pull off their studio material onstage, but fast-forward 14 months and that same band have turned into a ferocious beast, able to hold their own with the most technical metal bands around. Concentrating on their Mechanics of Dysfunction full-length, the quartet ripped through a blistering set that proved they are on their way up. Vocalist Elliot Desgagnes has turned into an excellent front-man and the band were razor-sharp throughout. The last year on the road has

Review by Jill Mikkelson- December 2007 Exclaim! Magazine

Senate
The Great Northern Scenekill

It is a rare feat for a band to release a record that sounds this good, not only musically but especially production-wise, without the connections and cash that come with signing to a label. With members from Threat Signal and Martyr, and hailing from both Ontario and Quebec, the hidden gem that is The Great Northern Scenekill offers an invigorating twist in the ever-eclectic Canadian underground. Senate draw influence from the European melody meets thrash stylising of bands like Darkane but incorporate a distinct North American edge along the lines of the Black Dahlia Murder, without the pseudo-black metal and tendency towards generics. Though some songs are needlessly long, the repetition isn’t mind numbing simply because it offers you another chance to absorb the awesome. Having already attracted a decent amount of hype from Canadian metal magazines, as well as a good deal of attention on their myspace page, it’s only a matter of time before they take their place alongside Canada’s other world class metal acts. (Independent)

Facebook now offers band profiles something along the lines of myspace. I set one up and you can check it out here.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6582178628

The songs will have to wait a few days for approval but if you're on Facebook, add us and it'll be another we can keep people updated on Senate happenings.

*Senate*

That's right, issue #108 of BraveWords & Bloody Knuckles is out and they put our album  "The Great Northern Scenekill" as #3 in the top 10 demo/indie releases of 2007!

1. Redeemer - 4 song EP 2. Divinity - Allegory #3. Senate - The Great Northern Scenekill 4. The Ottoman Empire - Way Of The Blade 5. Ledyard - Demo 2007 6. Black Kreek - Power Of Reality 7. Cryogen - This Nightmare 8. Discrete - Absent Of Light 9. The Downward Candidate - Distort & Confuse 10. Remain - Died A Hero

Facebook now offers band profiles something along the lines of myspace. I set one up and you can check it out here.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6582178628

The songs will have to wait a few days for approval but if you're on Facebook, add us and it'll be another we can keep people updated on Senate happenings.

*Senate*

SHOW N°179 24/01/2008 20H / 22H www.radioquartz.be

ROCK YOUR BRAIN

PLAYLIST 20H / 21H

THE CULT DIRTY LITTLE ROCKSTAR-BORN INTO THIS
SENATE VICTORIOUS HATRED-DECOUVERTE
SILVERDOLLAR UNLEASH HELL-EVIL NEVER SLEEPS
TREIBHAUS KODEX-DECOUVERTE
RIEFENSTAHL ES IST VORBEI-INSTINKT
NECROMANTIA ORDER OF THE BLACK SPHINX-DECOUVERTE
AFFLICTION DARK SIDE OF CREATION-EXECUTION IS NECESSARY
SENATE QUEEN OF SORROW-DECOUVERTE
ZEROZONIC ***-SINGLE
TREIBHAUS RETTER-DECOUVERTE
BONE TO RUST WAR-SINGLE
NECROMANTIA FOR THE ELDER MAGI...-DECOUVERTE

21H / 22H

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