Demo Review: Hedonist – Sepulchral Lacerations

Hedonist - Sepulchral LacerationsJune 10th, 2022Death MetalNeon Taste RecordsVictoria, British Columbia, Canada This demo popped across my feed in the past few weeks as I was endlessly scrolling through social media and so I decided to check it out. I wasn't familiar with the band, nor their label, nor the British Columbian extreme metal scene …

Album Review: Castle Rat – Into the Realm

"Six hundred million upturned eyes, none will be saved from worm and fly." Castle Rat - Into the RealmApril 12th, 2024Doom MetalKing Volume RecordsBrooklyn, New York, USA After much ado, the long anticipated debut full length record from Brooklyn-based fantastical doom metal quintet Castle Rat has finally arrived. This band had garnered attention from me …

Album Review: Bog Monkey – Hollow

Bog Monkey - HollowMarch 3rd, 2023Sludge / Stoner Metal / Noise RockIndependently ReleasedAtlanta, Georgia, USA I first discovered Bog Monkey when a friend of mind recommended them on Twitter, and I was immediately drawn in by the name of the band and the album cover. Come on, look at that. Does that album cover not …

Album Review: Horndal – Head Hammer Man

Horndal - Head Hammer ManApril 5th, 2024Progressive Sludge MetalProsthetic RecordsStockholm, Sweden Head Hammer Man is the third full length record from Swedish heavy metal outfit Horndal. Before this year I had never heard of this band, and it was thanks to my friend and bandmate Tyler who showed them to me that this album has …

Album Review: Vulture – Sentinels

"Where there's a whip, there is a way, succumb to the rhythm of our drill." Vulture - SentinelsApril 12th, 2024Thrash MetalMetal Blade RecordsDortmund, Germany I was first made aware of Vulture last year when I discovered their record Dealin' Death on a YouTube channel dedicated to the new wave of old school thrash metal, and …

An Interview with Seum

Seum are a three piece sludge metal / doom metal band formed by three musicians who moved to Canada from France and are currently based out of Montreal, Quebec. Firstly, can you introduce yourselves and tell our readers who we’re talking to?Piotr: Hi Greg, thanks for having us in Where Strides the Behemoth. We are …

Album Review: Cell Press – Cages

Cell Press - CagesMarch 8th, 2024Noise Rock / Sludge Metal / MathcoreIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Describing the music of Montreal noise rock quartet Cell Press has been admittedly quite difficult ever since I was first exposed to them a year or two back. The group combines elements of noise rock, sludge metal, grindcore, and mathcore …

Demo Review: Mistress – Demo

Mistress - DemoFebruary 22nd, 2024Doom MetalIndependently ReleasedBoston, Massachusetts, USA Mistress is a brand new doom metal project featuring members of the hardcore-infused death metal outfit Fuming Mouth and High Command. I was intrigued to check this out since elements of doom metal are already incorporated into Fuming Mouth's music, so I was curious to hear …

EP Review: Clayman – Enter: Clayman!

"Open wide! Open wide! Open wide! Open wide!" Clayman - Enter: ClaymanMarch 29th, 2024Noise Rock / Experimental PunkGeomorph RecordsMontreal, Quebec, Canada Arisen from the fine-grained soil, Clayman has arrived to deliver unchained sonic terror to the masses from the depths of the Doom Room. This new trio featuring the rhythm bombast of Zilbatar, the electroshock …

Album Review: Omnivide – A Tale of Fire

"Tearing my own flesh down to the bone, such pain to erase all I’ve ever known." Omnivide - A Tale of FireMarch 22nd, 2024Progressive / Technical / Symphonic Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMoncton, New Brunswick, Canada Moncton is perhaps an unlikely place to expect to hear the brand of music represented in the mainstream by such bands …