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PHILTOUGAS.CA
Musician, producer, guitar teacher
Photo credit : Krzych Miśkiewicz @ Magnetofon (Lodz, Poland)


News : New Funebrarum album out today, European Tour Dates announced
Via Bandcamp : ''New Jersey death metal veterans FUNEBRARUM have announced their long-awaited third full-length album, Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence, set for release on May 29th via Pulverised Records. Marking the band’s first new material in seven years, the record sees the revered underground outfit return with their most fully realized and crushing work to date, reaffirming their status as torchbearers of classic, doom-laden death metal steeped in the spirit of the
15 hours ago


News : Worm announces ''Total Possession Of America'' tour in June 2026
WORM's first headlining tour is set to start on June 2nd in Dallas. The band will be performing its new album NECROPALACE in its near entirety and will be supported by local acts across America. Jun 02: Dallas, TX - Club Dada Jun 03: Austin, TX - The Lost Well Jun 05: Mesa, AZ - The Nile Underground Jun 06: San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick Jun 07: Los Angeles, CA -The Teragram Ballroom Jun 09: Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall Jun 10: Denver, CO - Marquis Jun 12: Cudahy, WI
May 1


News : Exxûl & Zeicrydeus announce album launch shows April 11th & 25th
Via Exxûl : Our album launch will take place on April 11th at Le Petit Campus, Montréal, with support from Walk With Titans & Ültra Raptör ! More shows to come ! Via ZEICRYDEUS : ''On April 25th, ZEICRYDEUS will make its live debut 2 weeks after the Exxûl album launch. I haven't played a show as a bassist in 20 years, so I am excited. In order to showcase LA GRANDE HÉRÉSIE properly, I will be accompanied by a backing band of highly talented musicans from bands such as Exxû
Feb 19


Label news : Incandescence - Hors Temps Cassette out March 13th via TSO
Via TSO : ''To coincide with the release of Incandescence 's newest opus HORS TEMPS that comes out tomorrow via Profound Lore Records , TSO will be making a small batch of cassettes that can be pre-ordered via our distributor LoudTrax - The tapes will ship around March 13th which is on the same date the album launch show will take place in Montréal at Piranha Bar. Copies will also be available from the band at this show. Featuring acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Philippe Bo
Feb 18


News : Worm - Necropalace out now via Century Media.
Via the label : ''Over the past decade, Florida’s Worm has incessantly built upon their sonic palette of ‘Necromantic Black Doom’, with roots in nearly every worthy corner of extreme metal’s history - from the grandiose heights of ‘90s symphonic black metal to the emotional technicality of ‘80s shred metal. Now, four years since their last album “Foreverglade” (2021), the band has only grown more powerful, showcasing a level of songwriting that is beyond modern compare. For
Feb 13


Label News : DDT - In The Name Of God Pre-orders up via TSO
Listen here : https://productionstso.bandcamp.com/ D.D.T. was founded in 1979 by Pierre Tougas, Paul Tougas, François Tougas, Sylvain d'Arcy & Denis Côté. Known for their attitude, work ethic and hard-hitting riffs, D.D.T. were considered by many to be the first ever Québécois heavy metal band. The band went on to play countless shows and tours throughout the 80s with acts such as Voivod, Sword and Anvil, releasing a number of demos that earned them the title of Canadian Hea
Feb 6


Label News : Exxûl - Sealed Into None out on bandcamp - Pre-orders up via TSO
https://productionstso.bandcamp.com/ loudtrax.com/exxûl ''The TSO collective is proud to unveil SEALED INTO NONE, the debut album by the Dark Power Doom band EXXÛL. Blending the slow crushing tempos & theatrics of Epic Doom Metal, the faster tempos, soaring vocals and shredding guitars of US Style Power Metal as well as the darker aspects of Black metal, EXXÛL's atypical sound is completely their own. Originally founded in 2020 under the name of ''Crestfallen'', it took EXXÛ
Jan 15


Live Reports : First Fragment’s Return To Montréal by Extrememetalreality.com
In September 2025, extreme neoclassical band First Fragment announced that they would return to Québec with NecroticGoreBeast to perform two exclusive shows: one in Québec City at L’ANTI Bar & Spectacles and the other in Montréal at Les Foufounes Électriques, on December 18th and 19th. Obvurt opened the show in Québec City while Etherialist opened in Montréal. Not only were both shows highly anticipated, but it’s been almost three years since First Fragment has performed in t
Jan 9
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