Discography Deep Dive: Baroness – Purple

"But good fortune never was shining on me, the way it shone on you." Baroness - PurpleDecember 18th, 2015Progressive Sludge Metal / Progressive RockAbraxan HymnsSavannah, Georgia, USA In 2012, following the horrible bus accident that Baroness encountered near Bath, England, two of the band's members, long time drummer and founding member Allen Blickle and bassist …

Discography Deep Dive: Baroness – Yellow and Green

"I took your advice and the requisite pills, and the forbidden pies from a white windowsill." Baroness - Yellow and GreenJuly 17th, 2012Progressive Sludge Metal / Progressive RockRelapse RecordsSavannah, Georgia, USA Having revisited the band's first two releases, Red Album and Blue Record, we come to the first album from the band that I wasn't …

EP Review: Carnage – Free at Last

"No importance held, never will, wait forever, suffer still." Carnage - Free at LastJuly 23rd, 2023Hardcore / Beatdown / PowerviolenceIndependently ReleasedSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada As far as capital H "Hardcore" goes, I've never been the biggest fan of the genre. I've been a fan of NYHC bands like Sick of it All and …

Discography Deep Dive: Baroness – Blue Record

"Now it's time for medication. Stallions on the eiderdown." Baroness - Blue RecordOctober 13th, 2009Progressive Sludge Metal / Progressive RockRelapse RecordsSavannah, Georgia, USA While Red Album may ultimately be my personal favourite of Baroness' discography, I have to admit that the first time I heard Blue Record it blew me the hell away. It feels …

EP Review: Knarl – Bad Luck

“I don’t give a fuck about what you have to say. It’s my fucking life. I live it my way.” Knarl – Bad LuckMay 5th, 2023Hardcore / PowerviolenceIndependently ReleasedSt. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Knarl are one of the bands at the forefront of the post-pandemic hardcore explosion that occurred in Newfoundland between 2021 and …

Discography Deep Dive: Baroness – Red Album

"Rays upon pinion, lay me down." Baroness - Red AlbumSeptember 4th, 2007Progressive Sludge Metal / Progressive RockRelapse RecordsSavannah, Georgia, USA Georgia seems to be a veritable birthing place for legendary sludge metal bands, having given purchase to such greats as Mastodon and Black Tusk, as well as Kylesa, which I covered on last month's Discography …

Album Review: Mistwalker – Oceanic Heritage

"What shall become of this island, another century down the road? Abandoned hopes and towns of ghosts, left scattered amidst the bones.” Mistwalker – Oceanic HeritageJune 24th, 2023Blackened Heavy MetalViridian RecordsGlovertown, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Mistwalker returns to the turbulent history of Newfoundland and Labrador on their 2023 full length album Oceanic Heritage. With this …

Album Review: Falter – Salt in the Soil

Falter – Salt in the SoilNovember 26th, 2023Black MetalIndependently ReleasedSt. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada In late 2023 St. John’s black metal alumnus Adam Sharr, perhaps best known for his position as vocalist of the blackened melodic death metal band Grenadier and as the sole creative force behind Nocturnal Prayer as well as the now …

Album Review: Bloody Keep – Rats of Black Death

Bloody Keep - Rats of Black DeathJanuary 17th, 2024Black MetalGrime Stone RecordsCalifornia, USA Don't let the hilarious cover art on this record fool you, Bloody Keep packs a punch and means business. This album is my first proper exposure to the solo project of one Abysmal Specter, though the project has been releasing music since …

Album Review: Lucifer – Lucifer V

"And so we begin, a slow dance in a crypt." Lucifer - Lucifer VJanuary 26th, 2024Occult Rock / Doom MetalNuclear Blast RecordsStockholm, Sweden I admittedly missed the last Lucifer record, presumably titled Lucifer IV, but the preceding record, Lucifer III, I was a pretty big fan of. The band has consistently offered a smorgasbord of …