SENATE is the newest dominant force in Canadian Metal.

Alongside such young, talented heavyweights as Despised Icon, Beneath The Massacre and Protest The Hero, SENATE are part of a suddenly thriving Canadian
metal scene ready to take the torch from legendary acts such as Cryptopsy and Kataklysm and carry it into the future on a global scale.

SENATE combine elements of Thrash, Black Metal, and Melodic Metal to forge an ultra-aggressive, hook- laden style of their own.

SENATE is comprised of five members: Matt Di Franco (Vocals), Jay Siebert (Lead Guitar), Jay Hudson (Rhythm Guitar), Colin Lernell (Bass) and Patrice Hamelin (Drums).
Patrice Hamelin is also a member of legendary Quebecois tech metal band Martyr.

SENATE's roots date back to 2003, but the band really became the complete unit it is today with the addition of Patrice as a permanent member in the summer of 2006.

On Dec 17 2006, SENATE independently released its full length debut album 'The Great Northern Scenekill'. The (self-financed) record was recorded at Silo Studio in Hamilton, ON with Producer Julius "Juice" Butty (Alexisonfire, Protest The Hero, Cancer Bats).

The album was mastered at Antfarm Studios in Denmark by Tue Madsen (Rob Halford, Lamb Of God, The Haunted).

The album contains eight sonic slabs of masterfully executed metal. Each track reveals the band's high level of depth, maturity and dedication to their craft, elements not typically associated with young bands on a debut record.

No quantizing or sound replacement was used in the creation of 'The Great Northern Scenekill'.


Senate has been featured in 'Metal Maniacs', 'Unrestrained!', and 'Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles' magazine, and has received generous amounts of airplay on several internet radio stations across North America.

Most recently, Canada's Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles votes Senate's album "The Great Northern Scenekill" #3 in the top 10 Indie/Demo releases of 2007!


Dec 2006- The Great Northern Scenekill (LP)

SENATE is currently number one in Canada on myspace.com Black Metal charts, number 5 on the Thrash Metal chart and number 8 on the overall Death Metal chart (Mar 14, 2007):
(http://topartists.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.topBands&genreID=51)

'Queen Of Sorrow' is receiving internet radio play on several stations and sites such as Audio Aggression (NYC), Metal Rage Radio (Detroit, MI), The Killswitch Stream (Seattle,WA), KWTF,PURE ROCK RADIO and ALL AROUND RADIO (http://www.kwtfworldwide.com/), Pure Grain Radio (Toronto, ON), Hard Beyond Driven (CKRG 89.9FM Toronto, ON).

SENATE has been number one on Hamilton college radio (Feb 6-Feb 20, 2007):
http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/cioi.cfm?intChartTypeID=6