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Guitarist Jonathan Cummins formed Bionic after he left legendary A&M recording artists The Doughboys. They released their self-titled debut co-produced by Glen Robinson (The Ramones, Voivod) to critical acclaim. After years of touring across Canada, Europe and the States alongside such artists as Tricky Woo, Priestess, Nashville Pussy, Danko Jones and even Kiss, Bionic released their second album "Deliverance" to even greater praise. The shining review in the world's foremost metal magazine Kerrang! led to their sold out performance in what was their South By Southwest debut.

Known as one of Canada's hardest touring bands hasn't stopped the band members from pursuing equally acclaimed side projects including session work and live performances with The Besnard Lakes and Le Nombre as well as Jonathan's production work for Tricky Woo, Starvin Hungry and The Hot Springs.

Black Blood marks the third instalment in the Bionic discography and is by far their best and most aggressive moment yet.

Their new album sees them still breaking new ground with their own brutalizing mix of punk meets 70s rock with stabs of Devo and psychedelia while still keeping the explosive, juggernaut intensity that their live shows are renown for. Theyve enlisted the musical help from friends in the burgeoning Montreal musical community like Tricky Woo, The Besnard Lakes, A Silver Mt. Zion, Land Of Talk and even a marching band complete with cheerleaders.

Make no bones about it, Black Blood is as rocking as it gets but still manages to push the envelope and prove that loud rock music can still evolve out of the mire.



There are tracks that tear it up good and proper, Q Is There A TV In Heaven?... and Silver Jet Plane truly cut a dash with riffs piling in like carpet bombers, these songs could re-invigorate a corpse.Whilst some may question why the likes of BIONIC are on a Metal website, I'd say listen to Black Blood and you'll get your Fuck Off there and then. This has got bigger and hairier bollocks than most of the Gothic we review here. Just listen, get pissed and find a shag. - Metal Observer.com

This release does a more-than-able job of translating their live show,with songs that fall into classic-rock structures but also display the chunky precision of bands such as the Jesus Lizard, augmented by the bands overall tightness and the guitar antics.
This wont disappoint. - Eye Weekly

Bionic's mix of hot and raw hard rock, garage and punk has all the makings of being a sure thing when it comes to rocking a crowd. Black Blood is an outstanding disc full of some of the nastiest whiskey- and beer-chugging up-tempo rockers to rear their heads. Between all the high-quality rock going on here and singer Jonathan Cummins's wild growls and shrieks, Black Blood is just awesome. NNNN - Now Magazine

The perfect balance between progressive metal and ballsy punk rocknroll, each song features just enough nuances to make the air guitarist in everyone freak out and wonder how the fuck they pulled it off. - Exclaim!

True to its dark title, the new release on Montreal-based indie label Signed By Force is full of psych-rock effects, chugging riffs and explosive melodies. It's definitely a more cohesive work than anything Bionic's done in the past. - Chart Attack

Black Blood, Bionics third full-length recording, pushes blues-based rock into regions full of unexplored valleys and peaks, freeways, skylines and off-the-radar viewponts. In one word, its inventive, and not afraid to let it all come crashing through. - Beat Route

Bionics hard rock/metallist approach - weened on punk style blows the doors off the house with this much anticipated release. This may well be the best In yer face album of the year here in the great white north and Id say its about time. - Birdman Sound

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