Recently signed to Thorny Bleeder Records, SPECIAL OPS (http://www.myspace.com/opsmission), Hard Alternative Rock band out of Montreal QC come charging out of the gate to assault your senses right from the first chord struck! With the release of their third album “Through the Heart of the Infidel”, the band garnered industry attention early with nominations for Best Rock Song at the Toronto Exclusive Magazine Awards and winning Best Metal Song for “Anger is Creeping” at the New Music Awards in Barrie ON (http://www.newmusicfest.ca/awards/).

Special Ops music has found its way onto several soundtracks including “Sid’s Cycle Show” airing on Global, Men TV, Showcase Action and Spike, CTV’s “Whistler”, MTV’s “N” and CBC’s “Rock Your World”. They have a feature article in the December 2009 issue of Portal Magazine alongside bands like Switchfoot and the Johnstones (http://www.theportalmagazine.com/issues/december2009/index.html), bringing them even wider national attention.

Tyrant is a project that attempts to create a presence that is more than just music. They are interested in exploring all avenues of art and how it interacts with their music. Tyrant is about life and love and art and music and stories. Tyrant is an attempt to be sonically, visually, intellectually and spiritually engaging.