{"id":1509,"date":"2016-07-21T02:13:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T09:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ninjaspy.net\/?page_id=1509"},"modified":"2020-01-04T16:36:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T00:36:02","slug":"epk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ninjaspy.net\/main\/epk\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninjaspy EPK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ninjaspy.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ns_presspic_colour_logos.jpg\" width=\"680\" height=\"474\" \/><br \/>three blood brothers in a hook laden metal fusion fist fight to the death.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For fans of Gojira, Devin Townsend, Dillinger Escape Plan, System of a Down, Mike Patton, SikTh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Members:<br \/>Left: Tim Parent (Bass)<br \/>Center: Joel Parent (Guitar\/Vocals)<br \/>Right: Adam Parent (Drums)<\/p>\n<p>Management: Joel Parent &#8211;<a href=\"mailto:management@ninjaspy.net\">management@ninjaspy.net<\/a><br \/>Booking: Tim Parent &#8211;<a href=\"mailto:booking@ninjaspy.net\">booking@ninjaspy.net<\/a><br \/>Publicity: Jon Asher &#8211;<a href=\"mailto:ashermedia@gmail.com\">ashermedia@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>\u201cI am so scared of this\u2026but that\u2019s good.\u201d<br \/>\u2013 Bob Ezrin (Producer: Pink Floyd, Deftones, Peter Gabriel, KISS)<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u201cPay attention recording industry,<br \/>Ninjaspy is on the rise and the people\u2019s salvation is at hand.\u201d<br \/>&#8211; Absolute Underground Magazine<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;The album itself is a blend of Hardcore, Punk, Ska, Rock &amp; Metal,<br \/>a recipe for brilliance. I urge everyone to check out this band,<br \/>you may just re-evaluate your existence.&#8221;<br \/>&#8211; Infinitybasement (<em>\u03c0ature\u00a0<\/em>Album Review)<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">I\u2019ve never seen three guys set fire to a small show like these guys did; each member of this band is prodigiously talented, incredibly energetic, and let\u2019s just say it, straight up awesome.\u201d<br \/>&#8211; Noisography (Live Review Halifax 2011)<\/h5>\n<h5>\u201c<em>Sp\u00fcken<\/em> is a metal powerhouse, carefully crafted and expertly executed,<br \/>quite unlike any reggae-infused album you\u2019ve heard before.\u201d<br \/>&#8211; Target Audience (<em>Sp\u00fcken\u00a0<\/em>Album Review)<\/h5>\n<h3><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32B6xJBNHYs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<h3>Biography:<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ninjaspy, a trio of blood brothers, have been experimenting with metal fusion since 2006. Hard, heavy, hook laden music that runs the gamut of reggae, surf, metal and more make up the band\u2019s rule-breaking formula for notoriety. All this combined with an explosive and powerfully unhinged live show got Ninjaspy off the ground in a hurry. Not long after it\u2019s inception, the band teamed up with prolific producers <strong>GGGarth<\/strong> (Rage Against the Machine, Mudvayne, Gallows) and <strong>Ben Kaplan<\/strong> (Atreyu, Biffy Clyro, Shakira) to make their debut album <em>\u03c0ature (Pi Nature)<\/em> which was released in the Fall of 2007. From downbeat to breakdown, reggae, hardcore and much more were forcibly wed. Years of hard touring followed as Ninjaspy found their stride and honed their craft, bringing their genre-bending sound to as many ears as possible. This journey took the band across the continent to appear on festivals such as <strong>The Vans Warped Tour<\/strong> and <strong>Taste Of Chaos<\/strong> Festivals, and they have since shared the stage with many notable bands: <strong>Comeback Kid, Periphery, Bring Me The Horizon, Protest the Hero, Coheed &amp; Cambria <\/strong>and<strong> Cancer Bats<\/strong>, to name a few. Vocalist\/Guitarist Joel Parent, while on an unrelated visit to Japan studying martial arts in 2009, unexpectedly crossed paths with Hayato Taguchi of <strong>Zestone Records<\/strong>, based in Nagoya. The band signed with the label and released <em>\u03c0ature<\/em> in Japan in 2010. A tour of the main island followed alongside Zestone label mates Lost and California\u2019s <strong>Death By Stereo<\/strong>. Inspired by Japanese martial arts and culture, the band went on to conceive and release <em>Ninjaspy No Kata<\/em> in 2013, a seamless 10-minute composition that infuses reggae, hardcore and drum &amp; bass with lyrics that tell a story; a monologue in graphic novel form, meant to be read in real time with the music. <em>Ninjaspy No Kata<\/em> was released as an EP and graphic novel, and also as an animated video. In Spring 2014, Ninjaspy launched the \u201cJump Ya Bones\u201d Tour and Crowdfunding Campaign and raised $15,000 to fund a new full-length album. In November 2014, recording began for <em>Sp\u00fcken<\/em>, the culmination of nearly a decade of songs narrowed down to a only a handful of survivors. It was recorded and mixed sporadically over the next two years in Vancouver Canada, once again with <strong>GGGarth<\/strong> and <strong>Ben Kaplan<\/strong>. In Fall 2015, between recording sessions, the band filmed and recorded a live acoustic performance of a song that was to be included with full metal instrumentation on the new album. \u201cAzaria : Acoustic (Live)\u201d was released in Spring 2016 as a single and live video. It showed the true diversity of the band and their ability to take manic and intense music and make it tender and raw. By then tracking was all but complete for <em>Sp\u00fcken<\/em>, and the band hit the road hard in support of the first single, \u201cSpeak\u201d which was released August 26th, 2016 through <strong>Business Class Records (Nimbus Media)<\/strong> and <strong>Universal Music Canada<\/strong>. The official music video for \u201cSpeak\u201d premiered in cities across Western Canada in November and was released online December 1st, 2016. The long awaited full length album <em>Sp\u00fcken<\/em> was released worldwide in Spring 2017, and the band followed up the release with a Canadian headlining tour in early Summer. Eager and ecstatic fans across the continent turned up in droves to hear the new songs. After a Summer and Fall full of festivals and touring, Ninjaspy went on an indeterminate hiatus to take a much needed break after nearly 20 years of hard work. \u00a0The band has since reunited and is currently seeking management, labels, agents and publicists in all territories worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>three blood brothers in a hook laden metal fusion fist fight to the death. 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