| mm/dd/year |
Latest
news |
| 08/18/08 |
Martyr
now on Facebook

|
| 06/17/08 |
Here's
an interview and live footage From our last Montreal Show at the Medley!
Enjoy!
Video interview:
http://hardtimes.ca/node/5774
Live @ Medley:
http://hardtimes.ca/node/5779
Print interview:
http://hardtimes.ca/node/3943
|
| 06/16/08 |
Canadian
Maritimes Mini-Tour 2008
June 27 :
Moncton, NB
June 28 : Halifax, NS
June 29 : day off : ferry to Newfoundland
June 30 : St-John's, TN (venue
updated)
July 1st : St-John's, TN (venue
updated) |
| 06/16/08 |
New
pictures of Martyr live
>
Jonquiere (04/19/08)
>
Quebec City (06/08/08)
>
Montreal (06/07/08)
Thanks to
Fred Laroche & "La Capitale du Metal"!
|
| 05/27/08 |
Pictures
of Maryland Deathfest VI...
Click
here to see the pictures of Martyr...
(These pictures copyright 2008 returntothepit.com)
|
| 05/08/08 |
Strigampire
confirmed to replace Senate
at the DVD release concert.
As stated
on Senate website: "Senate are saddened to announce the recent passing
of our guitarist Jay Hudson's father after a lengthy battle with illness.
We want to extend to him and his family our sincerest condolences.
Unfortunately
we will have to cancel our May 8th show in Trois-Rivieres, QC and our
May 18th show in Hamilton, ON to allow Hudson to take care of what he
has to. [...] Once again we apologize to everyone who was hoping to see
us at these dates and we hope to make it up to you sooner than later!" |
| 05/02/08 |
Dan
Mongrain with VOIVOD
VOIVOD, who
last performed live on July 30th, 2003 during OzzFest in Florida, will
return to the stage on June 22nd, 2008 as part of the Heavy
MTL Festival in Montreal.
The band
has issued an update regarding their upcoming live appearances."A
lot has happened since the band's last live appearance. The band had taken
time off to begin writing what would become the album Katorz.
In April
2005 while the new album was in progress, guitarist Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour
became ill before recording began and sadly died of colon cancer. It took
awhile to recover from the sudden passing of Denis before Michel 'Away'
Langevin, Denis 'Snake' Belanger and Jason 'Jasonic' Newsted could begin
to assemble the songs from the demos and create Katorz.
Discussions
of a tribute show and possible guitar players for it followed, yet it
just did not seem right to perform without Denis, but time does help heal
wounds and this summer Voivod feel it is time to perform the music Denis
helped create once more.
On June 22,
Voivod will perform in Montreal as part of the Heavy MTL festival and
July 26th, 2008 in Calgary for the Monsters
of Rock festival with original bass player Jean-Yves Theriault ('Blacky')
for the first time in 17 years. Dan Mongrain from the Quebec band Martyr,
a good friend of the band, will play guitar.
Songs from
the early catalogue will be the focus for these short festival sets. Jason
Newsted is still very much part of the Voivod family and is working with
the band on the new record (also constructed from the 2004 demos) along
with Jean-Yves Theriault and Eric Forrest. However, Newsted is unable
to perform live at this point.
Denis and
Michel are determined to play more shows in the future to celebrate Denis
'Piggy' D'Amour's legacy. Stay tuned."
INFO:
www.voivodfan.com
www.heavymtl.com
www.monstersofrockfestival.com
|
| 04/24/2008 |
|
| 04/08/2008 |
HAVOC
IN QUEBEC CITY DVD
AVAILABLE NOW with a free 12x18" Poster
Get
it now in the Merch section!

DVD
info: DVD 9, country code 0 NTSC, audio Dolby Digital Stereo, duration
187 minutes. Mixed & mastered by Pierre Remillard (THE END, CRYPTOPSY).
Special
guest: Jean-Yves 'Blacky' Thériault ex VOIVOD on ''Brain
Scan'' (VOIVOD cover) in the additional live songs section.
LIVE
CONCERT (72 minutes):
01. Lost in Sanity
02. Warp Zone
03. Havoc
04. Endless Vortex Towards Erasing Destiny
05. Perpetual Healing (Infinite Pain)
06. Speechless
07. Nameless, Faceless, Neverborn
08. Retry ? Abort ? Ignore ?
09. Feast of Vermin
10. Virtual Emotions
11. Nipsky
12. Ostrogoth
13. Carpe Diem
14. Hopeless Hopes
15. Prototype
BONUS FEATURES:
Documentary (57 minutes)
Recording sessions (33 minutes)
5 additional live songs (25 minutes) |
| 02/29/2008 |
HAVOC
IN QUEBEC CITY DVD schedule
The
DVD project is sent to duplication.
Release date will be announced in a few weeks. |
| 02/14/2008 |
HAVOC
IN QUEBEC CITY DVD schedule
Done:
- Concert editing
- Audio mixing and mastering
- Bonus songs selection
- Bonus footage selection
- Photos selections
- Interviews (band members and guests)
- Bonus features editing (documentary and extra footage)
- Subtitles translation
About to be completed in a few days:
- English subtitles integration
- DVD authoring (selection menus)
- Cover & DVD layout design
Release date
will be announced in a few weeks. |
| 12/31/2007 |
Patrice
on the two past tours with Despised
Icon...
As stated
by Alex Erian from Despised Icon in an interview for Way
too Loud web magazine:
"We’ve
got a fill-in drummer on this tour, Pat from Martyr. [...] Alex Pelletier
is missing out on this tour and the next one, so we have [...] Pat [Hamelin]
filling in on drums. Alex will jump back in with us on tour next year
in Europe.[...] We were afraid at first, because Pat had 1 audition and
2 jams, and then we left for a 2 month tour. It took a lot of guts and
a lot of preparation on his part, and we’re all really satisfied
in how everything is coming along."
N.B. Both
Despised Icon tours just ended. See their archived
show dates of November-December 2007 |
| 15/10/2007 |
Francois
on tour with Kataklysm...
As announced
on Kataklysm
website :
"Kataklysm will tour as direct support to Chimaira from November
until Xmas. [...]
Unfortunately, bassist Stephane Barbe will not be able to make the trek
on the Chimaira tour due to an important family obligation. He will rejoin
the band on the four last dates of the tour.
Kataklysm
will be utilizing the services of Francois Mongrain, bassplayer of tech
death metalers Martyr for the tour until Stephane can rejoin the band."
See
the live performance on Youtube 1,
2,
3
and 4
at Tucson, Arizona!)
(Tour
dates...)
KATAKLYSM
w/ CHIMAIRA, TERROR & THE END
Nov. 14
- Norfolk, VA - The Norva*
Nov. 15 - New York City, NY - The Blender Theatre*
Nov. 16 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock*
Nov. 17 - Williamsville, NY - Club Infinity*
Nov. 18 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts*
Nov. 19 - Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room*
Nov. 21 - Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick Centre*
Nov. 22 - Saskatoon, SK - Ryly's*
Nov. 23 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Ballroom*
Nov. 24 - Edmonton, AB - Dinwoodie Lounge*
Nov. 25 - Prince-George, BC - Sound Entertainment**
Nov. 26 - Vancouver, BC - Croation Cultural Centre*
Nov. 27 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon*
Nov. 28 - Bend, OR - The Domino Room*
Nov. 29 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's*
Nov. 30 - West Hollywood, CA - Key Club*
Dec. 01 - Pomona, CA - Glasshouse*
Dec. 02 - San Diego, CA - House Of Blues*
Dec. 04 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock*
Dec. 05 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater*
Dec. 06 - Tulsa, OK - The Otherside**
Dec. 07 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit*
Dec. 08 - Houston, TX - Meridian*
Dec. 09 - New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues
Dec. 10 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Dec. 11 - St. Petersburg, FL - State Theatre
Dec. 12 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
Dec. 13 - Jacksonville, FL - The Pit**
Dec. 14 - Jacksonville, NC - Hooligans
Dec. 15 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
Dec. 16 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
Dec. 18 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
Dec. 19 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda
Dec. 20 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
Dec. 21 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Small's Theatre
Dec. 22 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
* w/ Divine
Heresy
** Kataklysm only
(less) |
| 22/09/2007 |
We're
looking for live video footage of Martyr.
We invite
you to send us live footage of Martyr for the DVD bonus material purpose.
Everything will be evaluated.
Martyr
5580, Tour du Lac
Lac-a-la Tortue, Quebec
Canada G0X 1L0 |
| 22/09/2007 |

 |
| 22/08/2007 |
Martyr
at Maryland Deathfest!
MARTYR Confirmed
For Maryland
Deathfest VI
Next year’s
Maryland Deathfest VI - Complete Annihilation, will take place May 23rd
- 25th 2008 at the Sonar in Baltimore, MD.
Acts on the
bill are as follows: MARTYR, MONSTROSITY, DERANGED, IMPALED, SQUASH BOWELS,
FUCK…I’M DEAD, DISAVOWED, GADGET, SUBLIME CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION,
COFFINS, GHOUL, GRUESOME STUFF RELISH, THE DAY EVERYTHING BECAME NOTHING,
SLEEP TERROR, ENGORGED, THE ARSON PROJECT, AFGRUND, BEHOLD…THE ARCTOPUS,
INFECTED MALIGNITY, KEITZER, KALIBAS, DEFEATIST.
More info
soon available |
| 24/07/2007 |
Bass
tabs book out now! Get it in the merch section.

Drum book
will be available in a few month. |
| 07/07/2007 |
New
merchandise : Metal necklace, pin and keychain!
Fine quality
metal items available in silver color.
Cds are now available
in Germany and Europe through :

No Compromise onlile store - Germany
NO COMPROMISE, P.O.BOX 360528,
10975 BERLIN, GERMANY
http://nocompromise.ws/Martyr
|
| 06/07/2007 |
Special
offer - last chance to get the first Feeding the Abscess hoodie model.

USA : $37.00
usd / Canada : $35.00 cnd / World : $40.00 usd
Some items are permanently out of stock (old shirt models,
Warp Zone hat).
All items shown with red outlines are now only available in white.
New items will be available
soon! (metal wear, new hoodie model, girl clothes, stickers, books) |
| 06/07/2007 |
Feeding
the Abscess nominated at the GAMIQ in the Best metal/hardcore album
category
Alternate
indie music gala of Quebec
Vote
now!
"The
nomination
Vote will end Saturday June 30th 23h59. The
nominees announcement will be on Tuesday July 17th.
To win, we have to be nominated in the first round.
After that date, come back on the GAMIQ
website to vote for the winner.
Thanks for your support and good voting!"
(french
below)
Feeding the Abscess
en nomination au GAMIQ dans la catégorie meilleur album métal/hardcore
Gala de l'Alternative
Musicale Indépendante du Québec
Votez
maintenant!
"Vous
avez jusqu’au samedi 30 juin 23h59 pour le Vote
de nomination. Le dévoilement se fera le mardi 17
juillet.
Pour gagner, nous devons tout d'Abord être nominé
en première ronde.
Après cette date, vous serez réinvité à
voter sur le site de la
GAMIQ pour choisir le gagnant.
Merci
de nous supporter et bon vote!"
www.gamiq.ca
Survey
/ Sondage |
04/26/2007 |
-
Canadian
tour dates announced - posters in the concert
section
MARTYR/NEURAXIS
canada tour - May 2007
- Saturday
12 : Montreal, QC - Medley (w/quo vadis & Blinded by Faith) *Without
Neuraxis
- Thursday
17: Thunder Bay, ON - The Office
- Friday
18: Winnipeg, MB - The Zoo
- Saturday
19: Saskatoon, SK - The Bassment
- Sunday
20: Medicine Hat, AB - Moose Lodge Social Room
- Tuesday
22: Calgary, Ab - The Underground
- Wednesday
23: Emonton, AB - The Mead Hall
- Thursday
24: Prince George, BC - Sound Entertainment
- Friday
25: Vancouver, BC - Balmoral
- Saturday
26: Victoria, BC - Sugar Nightclub
- Sunday
27: Vancouver, BC (bonus concert)
- Monday
28: Lethbridge, AB - The Beverage Warehouse
- Wednesday
30: Regina, SK - The Distrikt
- New color T-shirts
available now : Warp Zone & Hopeless Hopes
 
 
|
04/09/2007 |
-
New guitar books from Feeding the Abscess out now!
- Work shirts are
back!

|
04/02/2007
|
DVD
Recording
April 6, 7h30 pm
IMPERIAL
de QUEBEC , 252 rue st-Joseph, Quebec City

Thanks
to Capitale du Metal
for the promotion.
The
DVD will be released on Galy
Records next Fall. |
03/03/2007
Updated on
03/12/2006 |
Contest
/ Concours
Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
concerts (Quebec,
Canada)
Winners
/ gagnants (ticket, cd, t-shirt):
Benoit Lavoie, Chicoutimi
Fredo Tremblay, Chicoutimi
Congratulations!
Félicitations!
www.metaluniverse.net
|
| 03/03/2007 |
Web
banner available
Copy-paste this code in
your HTML :
|
| 02/17/2007 |
Martyr
complete live show
Martyr at
Woodspunx 8 outdoor fest, Baie-St-Paul - video
(advertisement will precede)
|
| 02/11/2007 |
New
photos!
Check
it out! (multimedia section). |
| 02/10/2007 |
A
logo's journey: the little story behind Martyr logo
Check
it out! (multimedia section). |
| 01/22/2007 |
Paypal
online shopping available in the merchandise section!
With Paypal,
you can now easily get Martyr stuff with a Paypal account or credit card.
New stuff
available : Martyr zipper hoodies, New hats, beanies, patch and pins models.
|
| 01/04/2007 |
Happy
new year! Here are the last news
- Western Canadian tour : May 2007. Dates will be announced soon.
- Feeding
the Abscess tabs books are in the making
- Paypal online shop available soon.
- Concerts updated.
- Recent
reviews (more!):
Metal
Observer 10/10
Metal
Mayhem UK 9.5/10
Thrashocore
9/10 (French)
Violent Solutions16.5/20
(French)
Deadtide
webzine
ArcRyte
Online (Japanese and english reviews compilation page) |
| 28/12/2006 |
The following albums
will be on displays at special prices with some Combat Records album
too (Death, Exodus, Forbidden...) (limited time!)
(more...)
The following albums
will be on displays at special prices with some Combat Records album
too (Death, Exodus, Forbidden...) (limited time!)
Galy
releases :
ANONYMUS - Chapter Chaos Begins CD
AUGURY - Concealed CD
BLINDED BY FAITH - Under an Occult Sun CD
DESPISED ICON - Consumed by Your Poison CD
Ion Dissonance / Despised Icon - Demos 2002&2004 clear MCD split
MARTYR - Feeding The Abscess CD
MARTYR - Hopeless Hopes CD
NEURAXIS - Truth Beyond. CD
UNEXPECT - We Invaders MCD
Stores
:
(Halifax) Sam The Record Man 1656 Barrington St. Halifax NS
Audition Musik 94 rue Rouleau Rimouski PQ
D.R.I. Drummondville 104 Rue Marchand Drummondville PQ
Frequences (Granby) 202 Principale Granby PQ
Frequences Le Disquaire 502 Mondor Ave. St. Hyacinthe PQ
Galerie
Du Son 255, 3e Rue Est La Sarre PQ
Jell-o Musique 1055 Dupond Sud Alma PQ
Pirate Radio 5662 Sherbrooke West Montreal PQ
Polysons - Alma 585 Collard O. Alma PQ
Rock Station 241 Boul. D'anjou Chateauguay PQ
Musique
Du Faubourg 2005 623, rue St-Jean Quebec PQ
Soundcentral 182 Ste-Catherine Est. Montréal PQ
Speed City 428 Richmond Street London ON
Studio Turmel - Valleyfield 209 Victoria Valleyfield PQ
Le Coin De La Musique 930 Mille Iles Est Ste Thérèse PQ
(less) |
20/12/2006 |
Chicago
Powerfest 2007

Martyr will perform on April 21. (poster)
|
19/12/2006 |
Nice
reviews:
Skyline
Press 8.5/10
Metaleater
9/10
|
12/12/2006 |
Concerts
added for 2007
More will
be posted very soon
Exclaim! reviews:
Exclaim!
#1
Exclaim!
#2
|
| 12/10/2006 |
More
reviews:
Soul
killer (scroll down to Martyr entry)
Lambgoat
8/10
Pivotal
Rage LIGHT 5/5
L'avant-garde
radio website 5/5 (French)
Coming soon:
- Photo updates
- A logo's journey: the little story behind Martyr logo
|
| 11/29/2006 |
Here
are some recent reviews from...
Voir
4/5 (French)
Metal Review 666/666
Metal Universe 9.8/10 (French)
Hardcoresounds 4.5/5
Metal-archives 90%
Metal
world 9.9999999/10
(French) |
| 11/29/2006 |
First
bad review for Feeding the Abscess on www.blabbermouth.net
with a nice 6/10 
You like
our stuff and want to help us? Then go post
your opinion about it and give it a better rate!
As
Dan said on Myspace
"I don't get it since 60% of the user ratings are 10/10 and
almost 80% is higher than 8.
Most of the reviews of the new album are 9/10 and more."
Personnaly,
I find the score somewhat funny and think the album deserves a few more
listenings before giving such a judgement.
- Frank
& Martyr
(less) |
| 11/20/2006 |
Brain
Scan video with former Voivod bassist "Blacky"
(more...)
Brain
Scan video with former Voivod bassist "Blacky"
Jean-Yves
'Blacky' Theriault formely of Voivod join Martyr on stage at their cd
release show (November 11: Montreal, QC at the Medley) to perform Brain
Scan (Voivod cover, Dimension Hatröss album) in front of 900 fans.
Check out
a video
of the release party - Martyr performing Brain Scan Voivod cover
wirh former Voivod member Jean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault!
Blacky
also lay down the bass track in the studio for Brain Scan with Martyr,
the song can be found on their latest album Feeding
The Abscess.
- Feeding
The Abscess was release on Galy Records on October 31st in Canada (F.A.B
Distribution).
- The album
will be release in the US on February 27th (Lumberjack
Mordam Music Group)
(less) |
| 11/18/2006 |
Martyr
& Alcoholica
vocalist performing Blackened
at one of their gigs.
Patrice jamming with Ontarion's band Senate
: video1
/ video
2 |
| 11/16/2006 |
New
shirts and merch are in! Go get
a look!
Orders are possible through mail for now (Paypal transactions will be available
soon). |
| 11/14/2006 |
EUROPE - promotion:
Feeding
the Abscess (Paypal)
(Violent solutions (VS-webzine) & Galy records) |
| 11/12/2006 |
The release party at
the Medley was a blast! Thanks everyone!
(more...)
The release party at
the Medley was a blast! Thanks everyone!
We want to thank Marc-André
Paillé from the Medley
for his great help and support!!! Without him this show wouldn't have
been possible!!! Thanks also for the photo shots!!
Thanks also to the Medley, BCI, Eric Galy.
(french below)
Le lancement au
Medley a été incroyable! Merci à tous!
Un Énorme merci à Marc-André Paillé
du Medley pour son aide indispensable, sans
lui ce show n'aurait pas eu lieu!!! Merci aussi pour les photos!!
Merci également au Medley, à BCI et Galy.
Frank & Martyr
(less) |
| 11/04/2006 |
Layout
update for the official website.
(Me go sleep now... - Frank)
|
| 11/01/2006 |
Layout
updated for Myspace
page, Feeding the Abscess style.
|
| 10/31/2006 |
Album
release party : tickets through Ticketpro
available.
|
| 10/22/2006 |
-
Paypal links repaired for the online purchase of Feeding the Abscess.
- Myspace
link added on menu.
|
10/13/2006
Updated on
11/28/2006 |
Album preview
- In store - Galy Records order
(more...)
Album preview
- In store - Galy Records order
MARTYR
announce New Album Preview, Release Party In November
MARTYR's
new album, Feeding The Abscess, will be previewed
on Tuesday, November 7 at Montreal's Cafe Chaos.
The preview is scheduled to begin at 8 PM and the band will be present.
Entry is free (but is 18+) and metal tunes will be spun throughout
the night courtesy of DJ Neo.
Feeding
The Abscess will be available at Cafe Chaos, as will be tickets to
Martyr's album launch/album release party which takes place on November
11 at Le Medley, Montreal.
Tickets to the album launch can also be purchased through www.braveconcerts.com.
Feeding The Abscess is being released by Galy Records.
MARTYR
: Montreal In-Store On October 27
ANONYMUS
and MARTYR will be doing an in-store appearance at Montreal's Profusion
Direct (1843 Ontario Street East) from 6 PM to 8 PM on October 27.
The new albums by both bands (Martyr's Feeding The Abscess and Anonymus'
Chapter Chaos Begin) will be specially priced.
Promotion
: orders@galyrecords.com
/ www.galyrecords.com
-
Buy the new Martyr album FEEDING THE ABSCESS and receive a free sticker.
Also
available :
- MARTYR
– Warp Zone CD reissue w/ 4 bonus tracks.*
- MARTYR
– Hopeless Hopes CD reissue w/ 4 bonus tracks.*
*
For Canada = payment in canadian funds
Outside Canada = payment in US Funds
FEEDING
THE ABSCESS
|
(less) |
| 10/13/2006 |
Galy Records
is proud to announce the release of Martyr’s highly anticipated
third studio album, Feeding The Abscess.
(more...)
Galy Records
is proud to announce the release of Martyr’s highly anticipated
third studio album, Feeding The Abscess.
The new album
will contain nine enthralling songs full of technicality, intricacy and
sheer aggressiveness, built on complex song structures that only Martyr
are capable of performing. Feeding The Abscess was Recorded & Mixed
by Pierre Rémillard (Gorguts, The End, Cryptopsy) at Wild Studio
and will be Mastered by Alan Douches (Nile, Unearth, Mastodon) at West
West Side Music. A release date is set for October 31st. Demo tracks and
other unreleased tracks can be heard (not final version, low quality MP3)
at this location: www.myspace.com/martyrcanada
Martyr’s
back catalog will also be reissued through Galy Records. The Hopeless
Hopes album will be re-released with a stunning new booklet, while both
Hopeless Hopes and Warp Zone will be remastered by Yannick St-Amand
(Despised Icon, Beneath The Massacre) and will contain four bonus tracks.
Both reissues will be available on September 19th. The track listings
for the reissues are available for viewing at this location : www.galyrecords.com/file-martyr.html
(less) |
| 08/26/2006 |
New
concerts added
Schedule for the new album:
- Mixing and mastering: end of september.
- CD Layout design: September.
- New website design: early november.
- Guitars & bass recordings completed in july.
- Lyrics completed in the beginning of June.
- Vocals recorded in the beginning of July.
- Layout
updated for Myspace
page, Feeding the Abscess style: october.
|
| 07/21/2006 |
New
album release concert

|
| 01/23/2006 |
-
Pictures added : Gallery
for 2003-2005 and four new pics from the 2001
Canadian Tour.
- Fan art added (logo) in the multimédia / bonus
stuff section. |
| 01/20/2006 |
Drums
recording is done! You can take a look at the drum session photos here. |