1995

Summer is almost over and love is in the air. After a 3 month show hiatus, we are glad to announce we'll be back in full swing soon. Lack of shows doesn't mean we haven't been busy... from life altering journeys and family vacations, weddings and hospital visits our summer has had its excitement. Most relevant to the music we are stoked to be releasing our new EP. Back in March our friend Mike Simpson from Godstopper asked us to record a couple tracks live off the floor for is radio show Superheavy Sounds. Since we had just released our album we didn't have any new tracks to record. So we said, "fuck it. Let's do some covers." 

6 months later we will be releasing our cover EP aptly titled “1995”. On Friday October 18th at the Izakaya Sushi House in Toronto we are lucky to be sharing the stage with Godstopper and Ayahuasca. Both awesome bands from Toronto will be also releasing new music for purchase. We will be recording live video of our set, so we would love to see some familiar faces and new ones of course. We promise to leave HAMMEREDHANDS in Brampton. 

new shit

We've been busy in camp HH lately. We spent some time in the studio creating a special something something that we hope to unleash soon. This weekend we have a couple shows. Kicking it off we play in Hamilton on Friday, April 26th in support of Bikini 's Bull in a China Shop weekend warrior tour. Rounding out the bill there will be Teleportoise and Gigantusk. Check out the facebook event page here. It should be a heavy night in the Hammer.

Saturday we are honored to play the birthday show of a fellow musician and great pal, Theo Kapodistrais. It is at the legendary Masonic Lodge in Streetsville. As well as being his birthday, Theo will be taking the stage one last time with Dance Electric (playing their "final" reunion). Also on the bill is another Mississauga power house, Wolfs. Other bands, WTCHS and Pretty Mouth guarantee this night will be awesome.  

We've made a bunch more t-shirts and may unleash a surprise. So come out and party! 

Bring your earplugs.

We got another great review done by the folks over at Echoes and Dust. You can read it here.

"Canada's Hammerhands call forth grim dark fury on Glaciers. This 6 songs, 66 minutes dark, dense epic of an album is filled to the brim with colossal slo-core sludge riffage, hardcore passion and post-metal sensibilities"

Glaciers review by Sludgelord

we'd like to thank Steve over at The Sludgelord blogspot for the great review of our album Glaciers. You can read it here and check out his rad blog for all your heavy needs. Be sure to check them out on facebook , and while you're at it, be sure to follow us as well.

PUREGRAINAUDIO.COM ALBUM REVIEW AND FREE DOWNLOAD

We were featured in PUREGRAINAUDIO.COM's New Audio section where they reviewed our album GLACIERS and are providing a free download of 'ANALYSIS PARALYSIS'.

"The Skinny: Mississauga, Ontario's Hammerhands brings you their latest epicness with a free download of the song "Analysis Paralysis". If you're wondering if Hammerhands is the right band for you, they claim to be "intended for fans" of Neurosis, The Melvins, Pelican, Swans, Boris, Isis, Sleep, Godflesh, Envy,' and Sunn O. The doom metal group features ex-members of The Love and Terror Cult and Dance Electric and in their music, Hammerhands takes the aggressive temperament of their contemporaries and presents it in a poetically charged arrangement that is both haunting and engaging. With such a layered atmosphere, it really translates well to their live show which is jarring and peculiar, not to mention hypnotic and apocalyptic.

Hammerhands' debut album is an unforgiving epic, aptly titled Glaciers. The album explores the coldness of the human condition in a matter-of-fact kind of way. The record contains long droning parts with slowed down crushing riffs, amongst eerie death-march drum beats. Glaciers is a definite must of fans of drudging, sludging kind of heavy metal. Judging by their debut, Hammerhands is definitely a band going somewhere."

Go here for the review and free download.

PELICANUS REVIEW OF PIRANHA BAR SET, MONTREAL, FEB21/13

PELECANUS.NET gave our set a rad review "en francais".  We promise to set up faster, next time.  

"L'Ontario était désormais à l'honneur avec deux groupes surprenants. Le premier à prendre place à la suite d'une attente ridiculement longue fut Hammerhands. Les balances de son n'en finissaient plus et l'heure se faisait déjà tardive. Heureusement, les quatre musiciens réussirent à atteindre la lourdeur escomptée après une pause de près de 45 minutes. Je n'en croyais pas mes yeux, ou plutôt mes oreilles, il était étonnant de ressentir une telle puissance sonore dans un endroit comme le Piranha Bar. Le technicien sonore semblait furieux de l'excès de décibels du groupe canadien. Je n'étais certainement pas celui qui allait en rajouter, j'adore la musique lorsqu'elle est exploitée à ses limites et Hammerhands a su nous mettre K-O. Les terribles riffs défonçaient nos crânes et le chanteur asiatique était étonnement puissant. Malgré sa mince silhouette, il me faisait penser à un maître de Kung-Fu qui maîtrise à merveille son art. Ses cris perturbateurs et ses rythmiques agressives donnaient le ton à cette musique massive. Un doom furieux nous était offert par Hammerhands, un grand professionnalisme et une vaste expérience se dégageaient des musiciens. Parions que vous en entendrez parler à nouveau et que leur première apparition à Montréal sera le commencement d'une série de plusieurs excursions mémorables."
 
Check out the review here.

GLACIERS available for Digital Stream and Download

Our Album GLACIERS is available in its entirety for digital stream for FREE or download for $1/track.

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Mini Tour Recap

Mini weekend tour with Godstopper was a blast. We played 3 great shows and met a bunch of rad people. We can't wait to hit the road again. More shows are in the works, so stay tuned for more info. Until then check out our Montreal set. 

HAMMERHANDS live in Montreal

HE WAS THE MAN, HE WAS THE END

Tonight features the last two tracks from our upcoming album, GLACIERS.  The first is the instrumental segue to the final collapse of this monolith - titled 'LASCIATE OGNE SPRERANZA, VOI CH’INTRATE', it is the overture to the behemoth that is 'EQUUS'.  Only few will make it through the entirety of this journey.

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ALL YOU HAVE ARE BAGS OF MEAT

Continuing on with our album preview we've put up track 4, "Meatbags", on our bandcamp. 

Less than 2 weeks until our CD release show/ mini tour with GODSTOPPER and we couldn't be more excited to get out on the road and share these songs with you. 

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Live Footage: Izakaya Sushi House

We are mid-way through our album preview and TWO WEEKS stand between you and our CD release.

Your patience has been rewarded. Here's live footage of our performance at Izakaya Sushi House to tie you over. Big thanks to Mark for the footage.

"Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom..."

THEIR TEARS WILL FLOOD THE LANDS

We are proud to unveil our title-track from our upcoming album, GLACIERS.

Listen.
 
You're welcome.

WE'RE ALL DROWNING

For those of you who were swept away by FLOODS last week, prepare to drown in ANALYSIS PARALYSIS - our second track preview from our upcoming album, GLACIERS.

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THESE ARE YOUR FLOODS

We are proud to release for your listening pleasure our first track from our upcoming album "GLACIERS".

So here it is, just the tip of the monstrosity to come. The song is called "FLOODS". Crank the bass. Crank the volume. Enjoy. 

Stay tuned for next week for track 2.

www.hammerhandstheband.bandcamp.com/track/floods

CD RELEASE, MINI-TOUR, ALBUM PREVIEW

GET STOKED.  Our Album 'GLACIERS' drops on February 21st, 2013.  In support of the album, we'll be heading out on a 3 day Mini-tour with Toronto Doom Purveyors, GODSTOPPER.

Feb 21 - Montreal, QC - Piranha Bar with Godstopper, Luther Higgs, TBA

Feb 22 - Sherbrooke, QC - Woodstock Bar with Godstopper, Comeatmebro, TBA

Feb 23 - Toronto, ON *HOMETOWN RELEASE* - Duffy's Tavern with Godstopper, The Great Sabatini, Wakeless

We will also be previewing a song a week, begining January 21st. Stay tuned for the Bandcamp link.

We couldn't be any happier to finally share the fruits of our labour.  Thank you all for your continued support.