{"id":2755,"date":"2018-04-05T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T15:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/?p=2755"},"modified":"2018-04-05T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T15:29:11","slug":"gatekeeper-embarks-on-east-of-sun-live-assault-including-first-ever-keep-it-true-festival-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/04\/gatekeeper-embarks-on-east-of-sun-live-assault-including-first-ever-keep-it-true-festival-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"GATEKEEPER Embarks On \u2018East Of Sun\u2019 Live Assault, Including First-Ever \u2018Keep It True\u2019 Festival Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe anticipation for GATEKEEPER<\/strong>\u2019s first full-length album \u201cEast Of Sun\u201d<\/strong> grows by the day, with pre-orders going fast and some limited edition vinyl prints already sold-out. Such a response leads perfectly into the band\u2019s planned live show activities in support of the album, which started earlier this year and will run through the summer, including what should be a triumphant debut at Germany\u2019s Keep It True Festival<\/strong> on April 27, which also is the same day in which \u201cEast Of Sun\u201d<\/strong> will be released via Cruz Del Sur Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Comments guitarist\/founding member Geoff Blackwell<\/strong>: \u201cTwo of our members have played Keep It True<\/strong> in the past, but for me, this will be new territory and I’m extremely excited, needless to say. The Keep It True <\/strong>crowd is legendary in our niche so it’s hard not to have big expectations for the weekend. We want to get people moving, get them talking and we want to meet as many cool people as possible and make a bunch of new friends and fond memories. It’s gonna be great!<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to bring our A-game to that stage, just like we do every night,\u201d he continues. \u201cGATEKEEPER<\/strong> puts on a high-energy performance and the past two years of regular gigging have turned the band into a tightly wound, well-oiled heavy metal machine.\u201d<\/p>\n

GATEKEEPER<\/strong> should be heading into Keep It True<\/strong> and additional live shows with plenty of momentum based on the early response to \u201cEast Of Sun\u201d<\/strong>. The album, adorned with artwork from renowned British artist Duncan Storr<\/strong> (DARK FOREST<\/strong>, SKYCLAD<\/strong>), is being recognized as the veritable epic metal statement that it is, made all the more special considering GATEKEEPER<\/strong> was started as nothing more than a simple home studio project by Blackwell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s been a pleasant surprise to have this much early buzz and positive support,\u201d he says. \u201cThe first day of pre-orders left us completely stunned and I’m very happy with the response to our music video for \u2018Blade Of Cimmeria\u2019<\/strong>. I can’t wait to reveal the other cool things we’ve got in store for everyone. We still have a few weeks before the album is out and we are almost completely sold out of pre-order LPs, so I’d suggest folks snap those up really quick!\u201d<\/p>\n

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GATEKEEPER<\/strong> upcoming live shows:<\/p>\n

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April 20\u00a0\u2013 Char\u2019s Landing \u2013 Port Alberni, British Columbia<\/p>\n

April 21\u00a0– Logan’s Pub – Victoria, British Columbia<\/p>\n

April 27\u00a0\u2013 Keep It True Festival \u2013 Germany<\/p>\n

May 12\u00a0\u2013 Pat’s Pub \u2013 Vancouver, British Columbia<\/p>\n

June 9\u00a0\u2013 Decimate Metalfest \u2013 Calgary, Alberta<\/p>\n

June 10\u00a0\u2013 The Wolf \u2013 Maple Ridge, British Columbia<\/p>\n

June 30\u00a0\u2013 Munnin\u2019s Post \u2013 Kelowna, British Columbia<\/p>\n

July 14\u00a0\u2013 Armstrong Metal Fest \u2013 Armstrong, British Columbia<\/p>\n

August 04\u00a0– Shred The Loops Festival – Kamloops, British Columbia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The anticipation for GATEKEEPER\u2019s first full-length album \u201cEast Of Sun\u201d grows by the day, with pre-orders going fast and some limited edition vinyl prints already sold-out. Such a response leads perfectly into the band\u2019s planned live show activities in support of the album, which started earlier this year and will run through the summer, including what should be a triumphant debut at Germany\u2019s Keep It True Festival on April 27, which also is the same day in which \u201cEast Of Sun\u201d will be released via Cruz Del Sur Music.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1481],"tags":[1485,286,1484,1061],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2755"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2758,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755\/revisions\/2758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}