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Local hard-rock band Revera release new single

Local hard-rock band Revera played their new single "Waste of Fire" at B Street Bar in Edmonton, AB. Hayden Carkner/The Griff The Edmonton-St. Albert-based band celebrated their release with a high-energy show in Edmonton’s Prince Rupert neighbourhood Edmonton-St. Albert bred and MacEwan student-fronted hard rock band Revera released a new single, Waste of Fire, in October. The song is mixed by English record producer Chris Sheldon, who’s worked with the likes of Foo Fighters, Pixies, and Radiohead. The song began, as many songs do: with a jam session. Despite already being well-versed in the grunge and “basement rock” genres, the band wanted to produce a track that was more polished, more professional, and immediately captured the...

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