Montreal extreme metallers CRYPTOPSY have been nominated
for "Favorite Metal Artist" as part of Canadian Music Week. Make
your METAL voice heard, and cast your vote by February 12

Vote here: http://entertainment1.sympatico.msn.ca/Music/indies




Release 1:

Metal Queen Management Canadian Music Week (CMW) Festival Showcase

Metal Queen Management is proud to announce being a part of Canadian
Music Week. Only a few management companies in the history of the
CMW Festival have been able to have such talent to own an entire
showcase all their own - in one night.

With owning all 4 sets of the 40-minute shows at the Vatikan, Metal
Queen Management has definitely grown within the last 3 years.

MQM's showcase for the night of Saturday, March 4th, 2006 at the
Vatikan features:

12am: Cryptopsy (Century Media Records) www.cryptopsy.net

11pm: Penetrator (Sonic Age Records) www.penetratorpower.com

10pm: Shatterpoint (Power Play Records) www.shatterpoint.net

9 pm: Warmachine (Nightmare Records) www.warmachineonline.com

MQM has coordinated 4 brilliant bands of artists under its
management in one showcase, also featuring MC Dave Blezard from
Z103.5 and Miss Barbra Fisch deejays the event.

These bands have underlined their position at the very top of the
musical genre.

CRYPTOPSY - PENETRATOR - SHATTERPOINT - WARMACHINE ARE INCOMPARABLE.

Sheer Entertainment all in a Saturday Night showcase!



Saturday, March 4
The Vatikan, 1032 Queen Street West, Toronto
Sellout is expected. Purchase your tickets in advance.
Tickets $15

Tickets Available at:
MQM Store: http://www.metalqueenmgmt.ca/catalog/index.php (free
shipping)
The Vatikan, 1032 Queen Street West, Toronto
Long & McQuade, 925 Bloor Street West, Toronto (see Jon Long for
tickets)

Release 2:



Montreal extreme CRYPTOPSY have been nominated for Favorite Metal
Artist as part of Canadian Music Week. The Indies, The 6th Annual
Independent Music Awards, will be hosted by the Trailer Park Boys,
and the awards will be presented at Toronto's The Docks on March 1st
at 7:00 PM. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster or www.CMW.net.

CRYPTOPSY perform at THE METAL QUEEN MANAGEMENT CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK
SHOWCASE on Saturday, March 4, 2005 at The Vatikan, 1032 Queen
Street West, Toronto at 12:00 a.m.

CRYPTOPSY launched into the international metal scene following
their Ungentle Exhumation demo release in 1992 and debut CD,
Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994). Quickly signed to Sweden's Wrong Again
Records (who also discovered In Flames and Arch Enemy), the band
issued the underground classic None So Vile (1996), which severely
outclassed peers and resulted in the band being cited as having
reinvigorated the style. Their intense energy and musical
superiority led to their Century Media international record deal and
also the American re-release of their previous two CDs. CRYPTOPSY
also released albums Whisper Supremacy (1998), And Then You'll Beg
(2000) and None So Live (2003).

Once Was Not was released in October 2005. An album representing the
band's power and versatility. Lighting the album's fuse is an
acoustic/electric guitar intro entitled "Luminum". Descending with
whirlwind intensity, "In The Kingdom…" embodies the entire CRYPTOPSY
experience: acid-jazz infused extreme technical metal, battle-honed
guitar riffs, strategically supportive and deadly effective bass
guitar, culminating in the omnipresent rhythmical onslaught from
drummer Flo Mounier. Once Was Not demonstrates the licentious
cohesion years of touring and performing has given CRYPTOPSY. Hear
why CRYPTOPSY are one of metal's defining acts and why they have
earned the nomination for Favorite Metal Artist.

CRYPTOPSY have toured across Europe, Canada, United Stated and Japan
and have sold an excess of 275,000 albums.

"Extreme metal champions, the planet's most technically proficient
and mind-jarring death metal band." (BW&BK)

www.cryptopsy.net

Release 3:


CRYPTOPSY Meet & Greet on Saturday March 4, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. to
3:00 p.m.



Steve's Music Store hosts a "Meet & Greet" of CRYPTOPSY members Lord
Worm, Eric Langlois, Alex Auburn, Chris Donaldson and Flo Mounier
(extreme drummer extraordinaire) on Saturday, March 4 from 1:00 pm.
to 3:00 p.m. in conjunction with The Metal Queen Management Canadian
Music Week Showcase.

Reinventing and redefining metal's boundaries, CRYPTOPSY, are
recognized worldwide for infusing extreme music with awe-inspiring
precision, rabidly dynamic rhythms, and mouth-foaming viciousness.
The band's viperous recordings and punishing live performance have
confirmed their place in music's elite.

Canada's CRYPTOPSY have toured the world and have 7 releases in
their discography. They come to Toronto hot off touring 30 days in
Europe.

Don't miss your chance to meet CRYPTOPSY at Steve's Music Store!

www.cryptopsy.net

Steve's Music Store

416 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON

(416) 593-8888

Release 4:

In conjunction with Pearl Canada and Sabian Cymbals, Long & McQuade
Musical Instruments is proud to present the new champion of extreme
metal drumming, Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy. This kicks off our `L&M
University' series of free in-store clinics. Flo will be up close
and personal with extreme drumming enthusiasts on Monday March 6 at
our Mississauga store, located at 900 Rathburn Road West in
Mississauga. Showtime is 7 PM. No admission charge!

Get there early!!!

Don't miss this rare opportunity to watch Flo demonstrate the speed,
finesse and astounding technique that has catapulted this extreme
drumming phenom, and Cryptopsy to the top!

Check out Flo's website …. www.flomounier.com

Cryptopsy – featuring Flo Mounier -- will also be performing at
The Metal Queen Management Canadian Music Week Showcase.
Saturday March 4th, 2006, at The Vatican, 1032 Queen St W., Toronto

Long & McQuade Musical Instruments
900 Rathburn Road West
Mississauga, ON
(905) 273-3939



Metal Queen Management
www.metalqueenmgmt.ca