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| 2004-12-21 |  Hanker in the newest edition of BW&BK magazine!Get your hands on the latest edition of the Canadian metal magazine BW&BK (number 85). There is a full page article about Hanker. Megadeth, Phil Anselmo, James Labrie, Jon Oliva's Pain, Trans-Siberian Ochestra, Six Feet Under, Pig Destroyer, Incantation, Jag Panzer, Quo Vadis, Meshuggah, The Chasm, Sonata Artica and Unearth are also covered in this issue. |
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| 2004-11-21 | Bassist Denis Cossette leaves Hanker Since Denis Cossette has now left Hanker, we are looking for a new bass player. If you are really interested in joining Hanker, please send your name and other information (with picture if possible) by e-mail. There are no hard feelings about his leaving and the band is still very motivated and optimistic about the future. We wish the best of luck to Denis with his future projects. |
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| 2004-10-20 | Hanker in the newest edition of Sang Frais magazine! Try to get your hands on the latest edition of the excellent free Montreal magazine Sang Frais (fall 2004, number 15). Hanker makes the front cover with a picture of Pascal Cliche playing live! There is also a full page interview with Patrick Gravel just before the band left for Germany this summer, and finally a rave review of Web Of Faith. You can find this French language metal magazine at many locations like HMV at Place Laurier in Quebec City and Freeson Rock in Montreal. |
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| 2004-09-07 | Winners of the Hanker contest by The Metal Crypt Here are the 2 winners of the Hanker contest on The Metal Crypt Web site. Franz Steinhuber from Austria wins the Web Of Faith CD and Paul D. Batteiger from the U.S.A. wins the t-shirt. The question was: What label re-released In Our World and Snakes And Ladders on vinyl? The answer is Cult Metal Classics. Congratulations to the winners! Thanks to all those who participated, and to Hanker for making this contest possible. |
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| 2004-08-26 | Hanker contest by The Metal Crypt! There is a new contest to win the Hanker CD and |
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| 2004-08-14 | Newsletter #12 is now online! | ||
| 2004-08-13 |  Web Of Faith t-shirts now available!The new Hanker |
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| 2004-08-08 | Hanker contest by The Darkest Hours! There is a contest to win the new Hanker CD Web Of Faith on The Darkest Hours Web site. The question is: what are the titles of the 2 albums Hanker released before Web Of Faith? The contest ends on Sunday August 22, 2004. To participate, simply fill the form on The Darkest Hours Web site. Thanks to Fusion III and Skyscraper Music for this contest. |
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| 2004-08-03 | Web Of Faith record launch in Quebec City Here are the details about the record launch of Hanker's newest CD in Quebec City. It will be on Tuesday August 24, 2004 at  There will be a full listening session of the new album with footage of their recent trip in Germany. The band will be there to talk with their fans and to sign autographs. Web Of Faith CDs and
 Furthermore, Web Of Faith record launch in Montreal will be on Thursday September 16, 2004 at |
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| 2004-07-23 | Back from Germany! Hanker have just come back from their tremendous trip in Germany where they played at the Headbangers Open Air festival and at the Headbangers Ballroom in Hamburg. The band members informed me that they had a great time and met great true metal fans and bands! Hanker would like to thank all these people: Thomas Tegelhutter and his family, Jürgen Hegewald, Sascha, Todde and the guys of Ritual Steel, Vortex, Mario van Dooren, Barbara Preuß, Henk Bosma, Pierre Bégin, Manon Drouin, Steve Bégin, Nina Laflamme, Michel Renaud, the guys from The Capital of Metal, Paule Sasseville, Oliver Weinsheimer, Breaker, Intruder, Mac, Tenesse, Iris, Dick, Uwe, Marcel, les gars de Toulouse, Ivan, David, Willy, Andy and his girlfriend and all our European fans!!! Here are the set lists the band played at the 2 concerts: Headbangers Open Air festival 2004: I'd Like To Know, Bloodbath In Heaven, You Won't Live Eternally, Disturbing The Brain, Empower, The Age Of The Quick Fix, Face To Face, United We Stand, Divided We Fall, This Could Be Heaven. Headbangers Ballroom: Ad Patres, You Won't Live Eternally, The Age Of The Quick Fix, Disturbing The Brain, Let Me Out, Do Or Die, United We Stand, Divided We Fall, This Could Be Heaven, Hail To You. |
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| 2004-06-18 | Web Of Faith's cover art revealed!Web Of Faith's cover illustration created by David Faucher is now revealed! You can check it out in large format here. I have been informed that the album will be available through Fusion III in Canada and Caroline Distribution via Crash Music in the U.S.A. In Canada, the release date has been pushed back to August 15. The album will be available when Hanker will play in Europe next month. There will be more details soon about the distribution in Europe. Be sure that Web Of Faith will be easily available everywhere in North America and Europe thanks to Skyscraper Music, Hanker's new record company. I will add more details as soon as I get the information. Feel free to send us your comments about the cover art. |
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| 2004-05-28 | Web Of Faith's artwork completed! Web Of Faith entire artwork (booklet and cover) is now complete and the result is remarkable! It was created by the artist David Faucher under the supervision of the band. Web Of Faith should see the light of day next June. I will post updates as soon as I got it. |
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| 2004-04-23 | Web Of Faith tracklisting revealed! At last, here's the complete tracklisting of the upcoming Web Of Faith album. The 12 titles will appear in this order: 1- Empower (4:38); 2- Inside Me (3:35); 3- Stigmata (5:14); 4- Let Me Out (4:43); 5- Do Or Die (5:05); 6- Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (4:11); 7- The Search (4:44); 8- Under Cover Of Darkness (4:18); 9- Face To Face (6:23); 10- Point Of No Return (5:07); 11- The Huntsman (4:57); 12- Web Of Faith (7:34). The band is currently working on the cover art and Pascal informed me that they are thrilled by the first results! The album should be released in May. Stay tuned for more details! |
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| 2004-03-05 | Web Of Faith recording and mixing completed! Pascal, Patrick and producer |
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| 2004-02-16 | New album title revealed! Here is an extract from the latest Skyscraper Music newsletter:  Quebec Hanker live: 2004-03-27 - Montreal (Quebec), Canada (Club Soda) BCI 10th anniversary with Kataklysm, Martyr, Liva, Moonlyght & Soul Of Darkness. Details Source: Skyscraper Music - Newsletter (extract) - Winter 2004 |
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| 2004-02-12 | Studio report! Hanker are currently recording their fourth album at Studio Victor in Montreal. The band is working with excellent producer |
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| 2004-02-02 | Hanker enter studio! Good news: Yesterday, Hanker entered the studio to record their upcoming album in Montreal! Guitarist Patrick Gravel told me that the band plans to record 12 songs. More details coming very soon. |
