Artist.......: Billy Talent
Album........: Deichbrand Festival
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Punk Rock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2017-09-15
Str.date.....: 2017-07-23
Quality......: 219kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://billytalent.com/
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1. Deichbrand Festival 29:18
Runtime 29:18
Size 45.96
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Canadian punk revival quartet Billy Talent formed in 1999 while the members of
the Streetsville, Ontario band were still in high school. Originally known as
Pezz, the quartet -- vocalist Ben Kowalewicz, guitarist Ian D'Sa, bassist Jon
Gallant, and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk -- had adopted a new moniker and were
making their way in Toronto with the self-released Watoosh! LP under their belt.
The Try Honesty EP followed in 2001; it led to strong local buzz, exposure
supporting larger touring acts, and an eventual demo deal with EMI. The band
entered the studio in early 2003 with producer Gavin Brown and emerged with its
eponymous debut in July, which was slated for a September release on Atlantic.
The group got the word out during that summer with a slot on Lollapalooza and a
series of dates with the Buzzcocks.
Before they knew it, Billy Talent had not only garnered an impressive following,
but also a slew of Juno (Best New Group, Group of the Year, and Album of the
Year) and MuchMusic (Best Video, Best Rock Video) awards to their name. The band
hit the studio in February 2005 to begin work on its sophomore offering.
Submitting to fan requests, the group re-released Pezz's Watoosh! that September
before the highly anticipated and explosive II appeared in June 2006. A handful
of festivals and U.K. dates were played prior to spending the rest of the summer
on the Warped Tour, and in 2007, they preserved a live performance in
Dⁿsseldorf, Germany on CD and DVD with 666 Live. Two years later, the band
released its third studio album, the aptly titled Billy III. The album found the
quartet incorporating some classic hard rock sounds into its punk approach.
In 2012, they released the album Dead Silence. Although it still retained the
band's punk urgency, Billy Talent hailed the recording as a kind of conceptual
break from their previous trilogy of albums, and several of its singles -- like
"Viking Death March" -- were rewarded with Juno nominations. Following the
release of the 2014 Hits anthology -- which featured a pair of new songs -- the
band regrouped and began to prepare material for its fifth studio album. Just
prior to entering the studio, drummer Aaron Solowoniuk made the difficult
decision to sit out the recording sessions while he continued his longstanding
battle with multiple sclerosis. Fellow Canadian Jordan Hastings (Alexisonfire)
was quickly recruited to play as Solowoniuk's studio stand-in, and in early 2016
the group completed work on Afraid of Heights, which was released that July.
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