Thrash metal outfit from Quebec City, Canada.
Recognized in the late 80s as one of the cult Canada’s metal band, SOOTHSAYER broke the metal scene worldwide and obtained the respect of their peers.
Through their short career (1986 to 1990), SOOTHSAYER built an imposing waybill of live performances. Some of those live appearances include gigs along the likes of Nuclear Assault / Sacrifice / Aggression / Possessed / Kreator / Slaughter / DBC / Crumbsuckers and many more...
In october '86, SOOTHSAYER went into the studio to record their first demo entitled "To Be A Real Terrorist". The result consists of five songs of pure thrash metal, intensity at its roughest!
Back then, the climax of their young career was, undoubtedly, the release of their album "Have A Good Time". This LP, recorded in early 1989 but released in late 1990, has been made available to the public by the Californian independent label New Renaissance Records through their Colossal division and distributed by Restless Records. That album created a certain infatuation among the US radio colleges circuit. In addition, highly respected European publications, such as Kerrang and Metal Forces, qualified SOOTHSAYER as a band to seriously keep an eye on!
The band split up in 1990 and reformed in 2007 after 17 years of hiatus.
Galy Records just re-released the classic "To Be A Real Terrorist" 1986 demo including a 1987 live concert recorded at Le Spectrum in Montreal, Canada. All remastered by two members of the band in 2007. This is truly a jewel in the history of metal in Quebec; it’s quite honestly a must-have!
6 pages full color booklet with rare pictures, flyers and liner notes from among other Rob (Sacrifice), Brian (Wehrmacht), Dave (Slaughter), James Plotkin and more. Each order will come with a new sticker and an original 1987 pin of Soothsayer.
«Soothsayer's demo "To Be A Real Terrorist", is a 5 song non-stop speed orgy that just doesn't let up with it's unrelenting intensity!» (Borivoj Krgin's Violent Noize no.4/1987, now at Blabbermouth)
«Raw, Intense, fast, incredible! All easily sum up the precise greatness of one of the best bands yet to come from Canada! The vocals are one of the most energetic and intense I've heard in the longest!» (review from War&Pain fanzine vol.4/1989)
--- PROMO CLIP ---
Reunion Show at
«25 Ans de Métal Québecois»
September 1st 2007 Montreal's Club Soda
SOOTHSAYER's T-Shirts NOW available
$20 (shipping worldwide included)
--- Celebrities wearing the famous Soothsayer's t-shirt ---
Jeff Becerra of Possessed live in 1987
Ventor of Kreator on «Toxic Trace» promo clip 1988
THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT, AND THANKS FOR ALL THOSE YEARS WHEN WE CHASED DOWN YOUR REH AND LIVE GIGS LIKE LITTLE AUDIO TREASURES ONLY A FEW HAD A MAP TO FIND -
Thanks Soothsayer by the add xxx one of my favorite Canadian bands. I send you the link of a band that am a manager: www. myspace. com/gamorametalband Greetings from Euskal herria. Sebas
Hey Soothsayer , what's up! Thanks for your friendship and support. It really means a lot to us! Our new cd "Let There Be Blood" and "The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A" are out and should be in stores, at least that's what our record company told us. ha,ha. If you can't find it at your local stores, please ask them to order it. You can listen to some of the songs from the new album on our MySpace page. We hope you check it out! Buy it, download it, steal it ... just tell all your friends, send out a bulletin or a message to them and help us spread the word about our new album around the world.
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