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Stellar Riffs, Killer Solos, Extreme Vocals, Pounding Bass, Amazing Drumming.

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Hometown	Oakville, Canada
Genres	Metal, Heavy Rock
Band Members	Graham Stirrett - Lead Vocals/Guitars; Kyle "Tiny ... » more
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In the summer of 2011 A Sin For A Prayer burst on to the metal scene, surprising most with their live energy and fresh sound. In early 2010 Marc St. Laurent (guitars) and Graham Stirrett (guitars, lead vocals) recruited Kyle "TINY BASSTANK" Clark...

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Top 10 in Metal, October 2013

Top 10 in Metal, July 2013

Top 40 in Metal, December 2013

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A Sin For A Prayer – Complete Chaos Metal Festival by Published: August 16 - 22, 2012
With a two day festival celebrating everything metal happening this weekend, a wealth of talent comes from far and wide with a smattering of local, national and even north American metal bands converging in Hamilton. Two locally based bands, Abides and A Sin For A Prayer both release a CD each night as well. Marc St. Laurent (guitars) and Graham Stirrett (lead vocals, guitars) started ASFAP back in 2006 but the current line up with Kyle ‘Tiny Basstank’ Clark (bass) and Nick Davey (drums) have been playing together since June of last year but recently hooked up with Threat Signal lead vocalist Jon Howard to record their debut CD, Conception. “The band name is a representation of duality in life everywhere,” offers Stirrett. “Up, down. Left, right. Good, evil. Everyone has the ability to give all the love they have and also all the hate or anger. Beyond the band name you should know that A Sin For A Prayer will always deliver music that you cannot deny. “The band name doesn't necessarily adhere to the writing process, the music depicts the creativity of the band,” notes St. Laurent. “The name stands for what exists in our society, it’s basically backwards of the bible’s ‘a prayer for a sin’. Only to me it seems as though our band name only represents what we see and hear about everyday. “Hamilton is like our home,” assures Clark. “Out of the entire GTA we get the warmest welcome from the Burlington/ Hamilton area. Actually, I myself am an Oakvillian, Marc and Graham are Mississauganaughts and Nick is a Burlingtonian. Though I spend most of my free time in Burlington and Hamilton as I find the scene and the people are better out there — too many douches in Oakville for me.” A Sin For A Prayer is mammoth riff rock that usually rides off the rails into extreme metal territory and while only an EP, Conception stakes their claim in metal soundly. “We basically are all fed up with the millions of sub-genres of metal out there so we write music that we want to listen to, that we want to go see live,” says Clark. “And it does appear that many others want to hear it, too.” Clark recently caught word that Chaos Corp. Promotions, run and operated by Eric Camilleri, was organizing a two day metal festival in Hamilton, and he knew ASFAP had to be involved. “I saw that he was planning a big two day fest in August and I wanted in,” smiles Clark. “I chose to release the CD at the Complete Chaos Metal Fest because there is a greater chance of making new fans, and new fans mean more merch sold — all of our fans will be there regardless. And it’s also better for the scene. “The show is more of a celebration of the local scene, I mean if people will pay $150 plus to see heavy T.O. whats $22 to come see and support the local scene,” adds Clark. “It’s really good to feel the scene actually caring and helping each other again. The metal scene in Burlington and Hamilton is growing... every live music scene has had troubles the last 10 years actually getting people off the internet or away from video games and coming out to see live bands. I mean, who knows you could go to a show and see you next favourite band on stage before they are huge.” With twenty plus bands from a variety of strains of metal, the Chaos Metal Festival offers something for virtually any headbanger. With their new CD in hand, ASFAP hope to approach many a new fan. “Of course everyone should flock to the show,” says Clark. “Hell, metal fan or not you should come to the show and support the local scene, support the bands by buying the merch, and having a great time. I can’t say we put on the loudest or fastest show in the world, what I can say is that you won’t be disappointed when you come to see us play.” A Sin For A Prayer plays as part of the first annual Complete Chaos Metal Festival this Friday August 17 at the Underground with Depths of Hatred, Immersed, That Boy Ain’t Right, Misguided Aggression, Assassinate The Following, Deterrence and Lazerpiss. The metal fest continues Saturday August 18 with Beheading Of A King, Abide, Heavyweight Division, As Oceans Burn, Mulletcorpse, Belie My Burial and more. Tickets are $15 at the door.

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