{"id":378,"date":"2011-11-18T14:40:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T22:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=378"},"modified":"2012-05-04T22:34:52","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T05:34:52","slug":"dubais-first-ever-death-metal-band-nephelium-announce-show-dates-stream-ep-samples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2011\/11\/18\/dubais-first-ever-death-metal-band-nephelium-announce-show-dates-stream-ep-samples\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai’s First Ever Death Metal Band NEPHELIUM Announce Show Dates, Stream EP Samples"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Born from the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, Dubai’s first ever death metal\u00a0Nephelium<\/a><\/strong>, whom now reside in Toronto, Canada have announced their upcoming show dates in Ontario for December and January in the following cities in promotion of their EP\u00a0“Coils of Entropy”\u00a0<\/strong>set for release in early 2012.\u00a0<\/strong>Samples from the EP are presently streaming on the bands bandcamp page at the following link\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Show Dates:<\/p>\n

Dec 10, 2011 – London, ON – The Richmond Tavern *Free Show* w\/ Ataxia, Invitation to Die, Death Charger
\nDec 17, 2011 – Hamitlon, ON – TBA
\nJan 21, 2012 – Cambridge, ON – 515 Concert Club w\/ Fragile Existence, Serene Molestation, Xyphos, Dislabia, Rotting Entrails
\nJan 28, 2012 – Oshawa, ON – The Green Bottle w\/ Saprophyte and Wolvesskin<\/p>\n

Dubai may be known as a city rich in history, a business hub and the home of the tallest structure in the world, but it\u2019s also the birthplace of the first death metal band to come out of the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Dubai is where, in the late 1990s, guitarist Alex Zubair and drummer Alan Madhavan came together to form Nephelium, guided by the sole vision of a band comprised of equal parts complexity and brutality.<\/p>\n

Staying true to the roots of death metal, Nephelium was quick to forge ahead with experimentation, pulling in influences from metal and other genres.<\/p>\n

With the hope of spreading Nephelium\u2019s insidious gospel across the world, Zubair and Madhavan settled in Toronto, Canada where they completed the band\u2019s lineup and immediately began playing shows and tearing up local stages, which quickly led to opening slots for metal heavyweights Skinless and Deicide.<\/p>\n

Following a tumultuous journey spanning ten years, two continents and countless lineup changes, Nephelium is ready to once again give the death metal world a good shaking with the release of their debut album,\u00a0Coils of Entropy.<\/em><\/p>\n

The embodiment of Nephelium\u2019s journey to striking the perfect balance between technical death metal, old school metal and Arabian melodies,\u00a0Coils of Entropy\u00a0<\/em>is a six-track masterpiece set to breathe new life into today\u2019s dwindling death metal landscape.<\/p>\n

Nephelium \u2013 Coil of Entropy \u2013 2012
\n<\/strong>Official Release Date: TBA
\nR.I.Y.L. \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Cannibal Corpse, Death, Deicide, Vader, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Aeon, Nile, Kronos, Suffocation<\/p>\n

Tour Dates<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\"\"Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\"\"Reverbnation<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\"\"Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\"\"Youtube<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Myspace<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0| LoudTrax | iTunes<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s brutal, it\u2019s in your face, it\u2019s new but old, it\u2019s a must have in any metal heads library.\u201d \u2013\u00a0XplosiveMetal.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThese guys hit it on the head, they nailed it. Its brutal and complex and definitely in your face\u201d \u2013\u00a0MetalTitans.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA fast-moving blast wave of hot shrapnel, with brutally addictive rhythms, flashy guitar leads and solos\u201d \u2013\u00a0NoCleanSinging.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shared Stage w\/<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Deicide
\n\u2022 Augury
\n\u2022 Neuraxis
\n\u2022 Beneath The Massacre
\n\u2022 Crimson Shadows
\n\u2022 Starring Jane Leigh
\n\u2022 Blackguard
\n\u2022 Warmachine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Born from the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, Dubai’s first ever death metal\u00a0Nephelium, whom now reside in Toronto, Canada have announced their upcoming show dates in Ontario for December and January in the following cities in promotion of their EP\u00a0“Coils of Entropy”\u00a0set for release in early 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3542,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/3542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}