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Photo by: Renee Robyn Official press release: Currently in studio with famed producer Arnold Lanni, best known for his work with Our Lady Peace, Finger Eleven, and Simple Plan, Canadian rockers Van Halst have issued a studio update revealing that Bif Naked will be one of many special guest collaborations on their upcoming 2018 sophomore release to follow their award nominated debut album World Of…

Canada’s Van Halst have premiered the official music video for their song “Questions”. Vocalist Kami Van Halst comments: “‘Questions’ is a very important song for us. There is so much victim blaming in our society and we wanted to draw attention to this issue. My sister (Brittney Grabill) and I wrote this song in response to a series of sexual assaults that were happening in our home town. We…

VAN HALST joined by KITTIE guitarist TARA MCLEOD

Van Halst announce guitarist Tara McLeod (Kittie) will be joining their line up and performing her first show with the Canadian goth rock / metal band on November 20th in Toronto, ON supporting September Mourning at the Hosrseshoe Tavern. Full details here.

“We are super excited to have Tara joining the project. Not only is she a phenomenal guitar talent she is a remarkable person. We’re very…

Disciples Of The Watch – 64 Featuring Music from ENOID and VAN HALST

In this episode we’ll discuss current events, what’s Nate been listening to, independent music from Enoid and Van Halst, we’ll discuss some tidbits from the music-related podcast community in the Podcast Roundup, and we’ll wrap the show comparing our list to TeamRock’s rankings of Slayer’s albums from worst to best. https://dotwpod.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/64.mp3

Van Halst have a new lyric video out for their song “Questions”, taken from their record World Of Make Believe. Frontwoman Kami Van Halst says of the song: “I wrote Questions with my sister Brittney Grabill. This song deals with victim blaming and how the victims of sexual assault are often criticized and blamed for putting…

Official press release: Edmonton, AB’s Van Halso has been nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award for Metal/Hard Rock Artist of The Year for their March 2016 release World of Make Believe. The awards will be held in Regina, SK on October 13th. For more info, please visit the following link here. Vocalist Kim Van Halst comments: “We are so grateful to be nominated for Metal/Hard Rock Artist…

Music Interview: Audio Interview with Van Halst #edmonton #yeg #yegmetal @ashermedia @VanHalstBand

After all was said and done at the third round of the Wacken Metal Battles here in Edmonton, I had a really long talk with the opening band Van Halst. We talked about a lot of stuff, including their debut album, the formation of the band, and what it’s like to not jam in person for six months, then play a show with no problems, and many more topics. I’ve split this interview into three parts,…

Metalholic – VAN HALST Interview: Kami Van Halst lures you into her World of Make Believe

Hard rock and metal have often seen geographic explosions of talent and music movements; the L.A. hair metal era, the U.K. NWOBHM period, the Bay Area thrash movement, and the European death and German power metal scenes. You can even toss in the Seattle grunge era, and the Norwegian black metal period. While there has been some notable talent out of Canada over the years, it is only within the…