Toronto Metal Prog-Rockers CONFLICTED Nominees for “Best Metal” & Full-Length CD being Recorded & more news!

Toronto, ON (July 21, 2010) - Groove, impact and amazement is what Toronto’s CONFLICTED bring to the table and to the stage. Having been named “Toronto’s Premier Progressive Metal Band”, CONFLICTED have no problem living up to this title.

CONFLICTED is currently recording their debut full length CD in Hamilton at Platinum Entertainment with executive producer Mark Brewer. The band is focusing on a full-length power-loaded CD of 10 songs entitled “Never Be Tamed”. The CD will feature fan favourites, and some songs that have yet to be heard! CONFLICTED fans are eagerly awaiting this newest piece of the catalogue.

Read Mark Brewer’s review of the band & recording process on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/note.php?note_id=133622900006110&id=829478605&ref=mf
or read the text here: http://metalqueenmgmt.blogspot.com/2010/07/conflicted-in-studio-report-by-mark.html

Track Listing:
1. Never Be Tamed
2. Victor(ia)
3. Fallen
4. Hand of God
5. Stay
6. Alive
7. Heat Me Up
8. I Wish. I Remember
9. Torment
10. Release

CONFLICTED have been nominated in the “Best Metal” category of The Toronto Independent Music Awards and are featured on The Toronto Independent Music’s Compilation CD. The compilation CD will be distributed FREE to all attendees of The Toronto Independent Music Awards being held on Friday, July 23 at The Phoenix Concert Theatre. Please come out and support this event. Doors at 6:30. 19+ Tickets at http://www.torontoima.com/
$10 in advance $15 at door

CONFLICTED is very excited to be featured on Rockband Network! Their song “Victor(ia)” will be the first song CONFLICTED will be releasing for XBOX 360. Other systems and songs will follow. Once “Never Be Tamed” is complete, CONFLICTED will be shipping off Victor(ia) to Rockband Network.
The band is also pleased to announce the addition of John “Bone” Scheffel on bass. Bone adds a whole new dimension to CONFLICTED’s live sound with his subsonic sound and musicality.

Media Link:
CONFLICTED EPK
http://www.sonicbids.com/conflicted

CONFLICTED Official Website
http://www.conflicted.ca/

Preview CONFLICTED music at
http://www.reverbnation.com/conflicted

CONFLICTED on My Space
http://www.myspace.com/conflictedcanada

Join CONFLICTED Facebook Fan Forum
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=56858991404&ref=nf

For further information, please contact:
Metal Queen Management
info@metalqueenmgmt.ca
http://www.metalqueenmgmt.ca/

Conflicted in the Studio - Report by Mark Brewer, Executive Producer

Written by Mark Brewer, Platinum Entertainment

If you like metal and prog mixed together, you are going to love Conflicted. This Toronto based band is currently recording their first full length CD with me. The association came about after the band played a show on Imagefm.ca recently. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised during the webcast, so much that I offered to record their CD. I am the Executive Producer on this project.

The current line-up consists of Jason Orton on Vox (studio bass-studio keys), Mark Owen on Guitar (studio keys), Corey Stoll on the skins, coupled with their new bass player Bone doing live shows. The band is currently seeking a new keyboard player. If you like Saga, Judas Priest and other prog/metal tunes you will be into these guys bigtime. The music is for a better word, brilliant! Tight, catchy and dramatic. Every song tells a story, unlike some other bands of today. Jason Orton is a 4 octive singer. Actually the term 4 octive might be an understatement. I am not talking about the piercing screamer. This is a guy that can bring the goods in the higher ranges, inserting emotion and precision in his vocal delivery. This is a rare comodity. Anyone can scream on stage. Jason can sing! Hide those precious crystal glasses near this guy as they would shatter from his vocal delivery. Corey Stoll whom affectionatley I call the human metronome is one hell of a drummer. With many years of experience behind his Pearl Masters kit. He is facinating to watch both in the studio and on stage. Hey you...have you ever seen a band that is great but has a crappy drummer? It really drags the rest of the band down into abyss. Corey on the other hand really amps up the energy with his tight, hard hitting playing. Mark Owen, the guitarist from Conflicted (I call him the axe master) which might be a major under-rating. If you know Conflicted, you will know that the guitar licks and riffs in their music is precise, methotical and a real treat to listen to. Mark puts his all into the music and it shows in the live stage showsand in the up-coming recording. He just doesnt stand there like some players. He's into his craft. Mark has been called one of the best indie guitar players in Canada. I tend to agree with that statement, as I have seen the evidence first hand both in the studio and live.

Some of you might be curious about how the recording is going here at Imagefm.ca? Pro is the only word that comes to mind! Pictured here is Corey Stoll on the last day of drum tracking. Corey and I spent a few weeks in sporatic sessions laying down the drum tracks to this long awaited 10 song CD. Corey is a great guy with a firm attention to detail. When you hear this recording, you will know exactly what I am talking about.

Corey's kit is pristine sounding. It is pictured here in the Imagefm.ca tracking studio.

Jason Orton is not only a killer vocalist, he is also a very talented bass player. He is pictured here with Mark Owen in the Imagefm.ca master control room. Jason has a unique taste for Rickenbacker basses. This is his third Rickenbacker. Jason has tracked all of the bass tracks for the upcoming CD. A little inside scoop folks......Most of the bass tracks laid down by Jason were either the first or second take! The bass sounds are incredible and will cut through nicely. For those that know what a Rickenbacker sounds like, you will definately notice this in the recording. I love it!

Mark Owen digs great guitar gear, namely Marshall cabs, heads and his life long love for Fender Stratocaster axes, for which he has done his own mods on. Pictured is his recording setup in the Imagefm.ca studio. if you have a chance to actually get close enough to his strats you will notice that the necks on all of his axes are custom. If you can see them at a show take a good look!

One of many of Mark Owen's Stratocaster's....To date the Conflicted CD directory on our recording pc has 50 gigabytes contained in it! This is going to be one killer CD! Please stay tuned for further updates on this remarkable recording.

Mark Brewer
Executive Producer for Imagefm.ca,
Platinum Entertainment Production Inc.
http://www.imagefm.ca (SOCAN member)
Direct email djm.imagefm@live.ca
Booking email contact@imagefm.ca