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Rise For Order

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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"Rise For Order, Rip It Up"

Rise For Order, Rip It Up

November 20, 2009 | by Skope Staff

Rise For Order is a hard rock/metal group based in Toronto. Four members included are: Johnny Goltz on lead vocals, Trevor MacLeod on guitar, Mad Choyles on bass and Jorge Pereira on drums. It’s also worth noting that their producer, Steve Thompson, has worked with Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Korn and Soundgarden. The title of this album sums up the attitude and overall feel I experienced while listening to this record. This foursome actually got the name for the album from another source that said “they ripped it up” at a previous show. Besides ripping it up, Rise For Order is tearing it up and rockin’ it out on this full length debut release.
With elements of hard rock and heavy metal I picked up on, you get a real heavy dose of music here. This group plays with an aggressive amount of energy that comes across loud & clear. I even picked up on similarities in style to that of the heavy metal rock group, Distrubed. To be blunt, Rise For Order’s Rip It Up rocks fuckin’ hard! The CD actually features four previously released tracks from their 2007 self-titled EP. Buckle up and get ready for one intense audio thrill ride here!
The record starts up with a track titled “Weed and Hooker Spit” that offers up a cool ass beat and awesome guitar playing. Next up, “Paralyze”, can best be described as a musical explosion of power & might with hellacious reverb at the end. Song three, “Freeze Frame”, is metal all the way and definitely not your J Geils Band version. This song has plenty of angst and a whole lot of intensity. “Out of Control” has a heavy-hittin’, hard-rockin’ flow while “Cut To Size” could easily be a radio hit right now.
What I loved the most about this record was the overload of fierce energy being displayed by all four members. They are bringing to you a revved up sound that will buzz loud in your ear drums. Goltz’ vocal approach was powerful & exciting while MacLeod’s guitar playing was just kick-ass. Choyles added some solid bass lines and Pereira was definitely drum beat savvy. For more on this heavy rock band, Rise For Order and their new release, Rip It Up, SKOPE out www.myspace.com/rfomusic.
- Skope - Jimmy Rae


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Rise For Order (Self titled EP)
Rise For Order 'Rip it Up' - 2010

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According to their bios, most bands are “forged.” Which brings to mind documents and signatures. Well, let there be Rise For Order, a hard-rock demon that dragged itself up from the simmering magma of history, and did so with massive alien forceps.

As recently as 2009, RFO were a band in shambles. With a well-received debut EP under their collective belt, microphone fiend Johnny Goltz and the wonderfully guitarded Trevor MacLeod found themselves staring into the gaping maw of the void. But they had the guts to stare it down, and then to cross the threshold and emerge on the other side. With them now were Jason Kavanagh on bass, Ryan Tuer on keys and vocals, and Sasha Siegel on drums. Fully healed and sizzling like powerlines in the rain, Rise For Order began anew.

One thing that won’t change is the RFO Work Ethic™, a powerful DIY ethos that’s driven the band since 2006—in whatever incarnation—to perform as many as 100 shows a year up and down Ontario’s 401 Circuit, plus countless radio interviews along the way. RFO regularly play iconic Toronto venues like El Mocambo and Lee’s Palace, and once planned a series of gigs on the moon. But even an unrivalled work ethic can’t overcome impossible financial constraints. Instead, RFO released their first full-length, Rip It Up, and refined their all-out metal assault into a supercharged hard rock. They’ve shared stages with Bleeker Ridge, Die Mannequin and My Darkest Days, and were a 97.7 Hitz FM 2012 Rock Search Top 4 finalist.

But that’s not enough. 2012 will see RFO unveil a new EP, “What’s Left,” engineered by Steve Chahley (Wu-Tang Clan, K’naan, Neko Case) at Toronto’s DNA studios, plus a video for the single “Enemy.” The band recorded all the tracks and initial mixes at their studio in the Mimico Rehearsal Factory. The place feels like home. But like any passionate band, Rise For Order feel the irresistible pull of their true home, the stage, playing live, interacting with fans, unself-consciously rocking out.

No forgery here. Just authenticity. Save for maybe the massive alien forceps.