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Judas Priest’s Steel God, Rob Halford, Declares
2025 Excessive Track Awards!
January 11, 2025
Watch the announcement right here !
Capital District’s very personal Excessive Track Awards are again and this 12 months might be larger and extra…EXTREME! Particular visitors from Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Overkill and lots of extra, descend upon Albany’s Empire Survive January eleventh to honor Capital District native musicians and recognize their previous years accomplishments.
“It makes me proud to peer such top caliber song veterans come into our fatherland and provide awards to those native musicians, a lot of which glance as much as presenters as their inspirations for purchasing into song first of all!” says Mike Valente, founding father of the Excessive Track Awards.
And it doesn’t prevent there. Native fatherland hero and two time Grammy Award Nominated Drummer, Jason Sour returns to the EMA’s to corral an All-Big name Jam that includes lots of the visitor presenters. See his publish right here .
Jason Bittner (Overkill, Shadows Fall, Class 7) receiving his Lifetime Fulfillment Award
You don’t need to fail to see the 2025 Excessive Track Awards, January eleventh at Empire Reside!
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The Excessive Track Awards is the fruits of Upstate Black and Blue Productions , RadioRadioX , 93.9 WABY , That Fuzzing Rock Display and 518Scene.com . 2025 marks the second one 12 months of this wonderful match, which celebrates all issues steel, punk and hardcore within the better 518 Capital Area of Upstate NY. The second one-annual EMAs might be held at Albany, NY’s Empire Reside — the house of steel, punk and hardcore in Upstate NY — on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Here’s your probability to turn reinforce for the underdogs and be part of the most important 518 match of the 12 months!
The balloting is now open!
Forged your vote at:
https://extrememusicawards.
We sat down with Mike Valente, co-founder of Excessive Track Awards (EMA’s), guitarist for NY’s steel crossover band, Brick By way of Brick and skill purchaser for Empire Reside, for some further perception on EMA’s.
Mike Valente (EMA Co-Founder) with Danny Shuler (Biohazard) at 2024 EMA’s
The place did the speculation for the EMA’s get started?
Mike Valente: The EMA’s started out of frustration. I used to be attending different awards presentations and discovered that heavy song NEVER will get its right kind accolades. The judges of the everyday award presentations are misinformed and out of contact. The genres are skewed, watered down and misrepresented. Even at The Grammy’s/Rock n Roll Corridor Of Popularity, and so forth….. Take into accout when Jethro Tull gained best possible Heavy Steel over fucking Metallica? Working example. So I mentioned fuck it…I’ll get started my very own Awards match with the folk I do know that in truth know one thing about heavy song. Albany has a wealthy historical past of hardcore and steel and sought after to carry it again house.
Ultimate years (2024 EMA’s) was once smartly attended and stacked with particular visitors. Let us know about it!
Mike : Ultimate 12 months’s EMA’s a ways exceeded our expectancies. Over 1,000 folks attended. It was once implausible. We had participants of Overkill, Exodus, ex Gadget Head/Vio-Lence, Agnostic Entrance, Murphy’s Legislation, Inner Bleeding amongst particular video shows from Rancid and Slayer.
We had over 20 other classes and over 60 bands from the native and regional house be nominated. A few of these bands have by no means been known for any fucking factor. It was once a really perfect environment of camaraderie with like-minded folks.
Vinnie Stigma and Mike Gallo (Agnostic Entrance) provide the Award for best possible Hardcore Band
What is going into making plans for an Award display just like the EMA’s?
Mike: It normally takes about 8-10 months to devise and get ready for. Such a lot of transferring portions. Bands are decided on via the general public starting 6 months previous to the development. We try to make annually larger and higher. A large number of time and endurance is needed to start out going in touch with celebrities to wait to offer the awards. Matching schedules is a key issue. Our sponsors assist us a really perfect handle assistance from monetary backing to carry best notch ability and manufacturing to the development.
Any plans to make the EMA’s a countrywide match?
Mike: We’re unsure at the moment if we will be able to move nationwide and past. We thought of it, however we need to give the 518 and surrounding spaces their due first. As soon as once more, the Albany scene this sort of wealthy historical past of heavy song. We have been proud to offer Bob Riley (Stigmata/Assassin’s Row) with a Lifetime Fulfillment Award and our very personal Jason Bittner (Shadow’s Fall, Overkill, Class 7) with the Maximum Influential Musician Award. Conserving it native assists in keeping it easy and related to our fatherland. Going larger approach larger budgets and some other town. Until we’ve got a significant financer, I don’t see this taking place immediately. If the hobby continues, then anything else is imaginable. There may be such a lot nice heavy song happening. We would like for our platform to develop to succeed in nationwide standing and past!
Bob Riley (Stigmata) receiving his lifetime success Award
There you could have it! Excessive Track Awards 2025, Saturday January 2025 to be held at Albany’s Empire Reside. If you need additional information the best way to become involved, you’ll be able to touch any individual of the organizers at: https://extrememusicawards.
