Album Review: Vomit Forth – Seething Malevolence

"What's your pain tolerance?" Vomit Forth - Seething MalevolenceJuly 8th, 2022Death MetalCentury Media RecordsConnecticut, USA Seeing a colossally stacked live bill of death metal bands earlier this year at Bar Le Ritz PDB will stand out in my mind as one of the sickest shows I saw in all of 2022, and present on that …

Album Review: Grenadier – Trumpets Blare in Blazing Glory

Grenadier – Trumpets Blare in Blazing GloryJuly 8th, 2022Blackened / Melodic Death MetalDrakkar ProductionsMount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada As is typically the case when it comes to smaller local scenes, the demise of one band often means the rise of another, oftentimes more than one. Grenadier is a brand new blackened and / or melodic …

Album Review: Triskelyon – Downfall

Triskelyon – DownfallOctober 28th, 2022Power / Thrash MetalMoribund RecordsSt. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Newfoundland metal scene veteran Geoff Waye, perhaps best known for being the guitar player in the long-standing power metal outfit Category VI, as well as being one half of the raw black metal duo Artach, has seen fit to begin his own …

Album Review: Allagash – Dark Future

"Prepare for the dark future." Allagash – Dark FutureNovember 4th, 2022Speed MetalIndependently ReleasedSt. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada I have been a huge fan of Allagash ever since the release of their first self-titled record all the way back in 2016. Since then I’ve been obsessed with their brand of cold, melancholic, and epic speed metal …

EP Review: Øbelisk – Øbelisk

Øbelisk - ØbeliskNovember 19th, 2022Sludge / Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Full disclosure before we jump into this, I'm personal friends with the guys from Øbelisk and my own bands have played countless numbers of shows with them. I usually try to keep things as unbiased as possible when talking about the works of people …

Album Review: KEN mode – Null

"I'd like to congratulate you for buying into the exact same narrative as everyone else." KEN mode - NullSeptember 23rd, 2022Post / Noise / Avant-Garde MetalArtoffact RecordsWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Back in my fledgling metalhead days, when I was but a greenhorn exploring my way through the vast and uncharted wilderness of this genre, I found …

Album Review: Mares of Thrace – The Exile

Mares of Thrace - The ExileMarch 25th, 2022Post / Progressive / Sludge MetalSonic Unyon MusicCalgary, Alberta, Canada Calgary's Mares of Thrace are a band I've been aware of for quite some time now. The duo, which consists of Thérèse Lanz on vocals and guitars and Casey Rogers on bass and drums, has been active since …

Album Review: Clutch – Sunrise on Slaughter Beach

"Am I chaotic evil? Or lawfully good aligned?" Clutch - Sunrise on Slaughter BeachSeptember 16th, 2022Stoner / Blues RockWeathermaker MusicGermantown, Maryland, USA Maryland stoner rockers Clutch are a band that should need no introduction. With a discography as storied and magnificent as these guys', it should come as no surprise that they continue to put …

Album Review: Gutser – Spill Everything

"Lo behold, as foretold, the more we grow, the more we choke." Gutser - Spill EverythingApril 15th, 2022Crust Punk / Metalpunk / D-BeatIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada As one of the established pillars of Montreal's modern punk scene, Gutser have been around the block playing tons of shows and releasing killer music for a little over …

Album Review: Church of the Cosmic Skull – There is No Time

"One more step til the planets collide, one more step til the revolutionary suicide." Church of the Cosmic Skull - There is No TimeMay 13th, 2022Psychedelic / Progressive / Occult RockIndependently ReleasedNottingham, England, UK I've been a fan of Nottingham-based psychedelic occult rock band Church of the Cosmic Skull for some time now. Ever since …