Album Review: Project: Roenwolfe – Project: Roenwolfe

"Boundless, you are who you are, so never you mind the hate of the blind and the false." Project: Roenwolfe - Project: RoenwolfeJune 2nd, 2023Progressive / Power MetalSyrup Moose RecordsAtlanta, Georgia / Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA I first discovered this band through following the group's guitarist Alicia Cordisco on Twitter. I was a fan of her …

EP Review: Kapitur – Covered in Dust

"Slumbering matter dissolving into mind and spirit." Kapitur - Covered in DustJuly 21st, 2023Atmospheric Doom MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Kapitur has been active in the Montreal music scene since 2022, and during that time they've certainly made an impact on me. Conjuring desolate sounds bathed in as much warmth and light as they are cold …

Album Review: Double Cross – Sliced of Life

"Fuck working overtime. Fuck working." Double Cross - Sliced of LifeNovember 10th, 2023Crossover / Thrash Metal / Hardcore PunkIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada I remember how disappointed I was when I found out that long-standing Montreal death metal band Crosstitution had split up. They were one of my favourite acts in the city at the time, …

Album Review: The Acacia Strain – Failure Will Follow

"Bodies writhe under the soil, not long for this mortal coil." The Acacia Strain - Failure Will FollowMay 12th, 2023Deathcore / Sludge MetalRise RecordsAlbany, New York, USA New York deathcore outfit The Acacia Strain are one of the longest running and consistently great outfits in the subgenre since its inception, at least according to me. …

Album Review: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – The Silver Cord

"Snout of a jackal and a tail of a snake, slithers and slinks through the desert, awake, gorges on moonbeams and bathes in quantum foam, unchallenged in the infinite unknown". King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - The Silver CordOctober 27th, 2023Progressive ElectronicaFlightless RecordsMelbourne, Australia The shock of all shocks: King Gizzard and the Lizard …

Album Review: Tomb Mold – The Enduring Spirit

"Every word primes the nerves. They dissolve our euphoric cluster. We are at each other's mercy, but what pushes you onwards?" Tomb Mold - The Enduring SpiritSeptember 15th, 2023Progressive Death Metal20 Buck SpinToronto, Ontario, Canada Canadian death metal heavyweights Tomb Mold are back with their fourth full length record since their formation in 2015. The …

EP Review: Twin Banshee – Rattle

"Crush me on this day, the way you wished for so long, deserve not a tear, forgiven 'cause you forgot." Twin Banshee - RattleAugust 31st, 2023Sludge MetalIndependently ReleasedHamilton, Ontario, Canada When it comes to sludge metal, you've got a couple of different schools at work. There's the crusty kind of sludge that veers on punk …

Album Review: Blister Sister – Geoconomy

"Fucked mind will get used to it." Blister Sister - GeoconomyJanuary 23rd, 2023Experimental / Post-PunkGeomorph RecordsMontreal, Quebec, Canada Coming back after the release of their first EP, 2022's Geomorph, this new offering from Montreal experimental weird-core quartet Blister Sister features a collection of tracks that fans of the band have no doubt already heard them …

Album Review: Marthe – Further in Evil

"Have you ever seen the heart of a serpent? On the desperate edge of my star-crossed faith?" Marthe - Further in EvilOctober 20th, 2023Black Metal / Doom MetalSouthern Lord RecordsBologna, Italy This release is the first effort from Italian one-woman metal band Marthe that I have heard. I first discovered this project through a sponsored …

Album Review: Nuclear Power Trio – Wet Ass Plutonium

Nuclear Power Trio - Wet Ass PlutoniumJuly 28th, 2023Jazz Fusion / Progressive MetalMetal Blade RecordsDenver, Colorado, USA I first encountered Nuclear Power Trio much earlier this year when I stumbled across their first EP, A Clear and Present Rager, which I enjoyed immensely. This instrumental power trio, as their name so aptly describes, features Greg …