Album Review: Necrot – Lifeless Birth

"I forgot to remember when my lobotomy happened." Necrot - Lifeless BirthApril 12th, 2024Death MetalTankcrimesOakland, California, USA Oakland, California death metal outfit Necrot are back with their third full length record, Lifeless Birth, and judging from the cover art this one is bound to be brutal as Hell itself unleashed. I've managed to catch Necrot …

Album Review: Darkthrone – It Beckons Us All…….

"Tremendously sturdy clout, sad eyes behold the untouchable." Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All.......April 26th, 2024Blackened Doom / Heavy MetalPeaceville RecordsKolbotn, Norway It's no secret to anybody who knows me well that Darkthrone is far and away one of my favourite bands of all time. Their career, as storied as it is, has seen so …

Album Review: Conifère – L’Imp​ô​t du Sang

Conifère - L'Imp​ô​t du SangApril 11th, 2024Black MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Don't let the stereotypes about Canada fool you. It's not always a frozen wasteland up here. As I'm writing this the weather has hit a solid 40 degrees outside during the first proper heat wave of the year. Air conditioners are running. People are …

Demo Review: Anéantix – D​é​mo

Anéantix - D​é​moJune 13th, 2024Stenchcore / Death Metal / Crust PunkIndependently ReleasedQuebec City, Quebec, Canada Anéantix is a brand new stenchcore band emerging from the depths of Quebec City's dank, encrusted underground. Featuring the likes of members from such killer QC acts as Saccage, Scare, and Bhatt, Anéantix was sure to be a solid new …

Album Review: Full of Hell – Coagulated Bliss

"Cancer cells mobilize, breathing fumes for decades." Full of Hell - Coagulated BlissApril 26th, 2024Grindcore / Experimental MetalClosed Casket ActivitiesOcean City, Maryland, USA Maryland grindcore outfit Full of Hell are back with their sixth full length album, Coagulated Bliss, and if anything is to be gleaned from the utterly striking and bizarre cover art, you're …

Film Review: Catwoman [2005]

"Cats come when they feel like it. Not when they're told." - Catwoman CatwomanDir. PitofJuly 19th, 2004SuperheroVillage Roadshow Pictures / Di Novi Pictures / Frantic FilmsMaple Shade Films / Catwoman FilmsWarner Bros. PicturesUnited States of America I know what you're thinking. Akhenaten, why for the love of all that's holy in this world would you …

Album Review: High on Fire – Cometh the Storm

"Our stomping of hooves kills with blood beating hearts of desire." High on Fire - Cometh the StormApril 19th, 2024Sludge Metal / Stoner MetalMNRK HeavyOakland, California, USA Oakland, California sludge and stoner metal trio High on Fire are back this year with their ninth full length record, Cometh the Storm. Coming six years after the …

Discography Deep Dive: The Ocean – Heliocentric

"And God said let there be lights." The Ocean - HeliocentricApril 12th, 2010Progressive MetalMetal Blade RecordsBerlin, Germany After the past week we finally come to the end of Discography Deep Dive as it relates to The Ocean with their fifth full length record, Heliocentric. Dropping in 2010, this album came out at the exact perfect …

EP Review: Motorwolf – Burnin’ Daze

Motorwolf - Burnin' DazeSeptember 20th, 2020Speed MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Motorwolf is one the most exciting newer acts to crop up in Montreal in recent memory. Originally hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, the recent expat to the metal capital of Canada Alys Stobbart is the sole person behind this project which has since evolved into …

EP Review: Burning Sanctum – Witche’s Abode

Burning Sanctum - Witche's AbodeOctober 13th, 2023Doom MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Emerging from the dark depths of the pandemic, Burning Sanctum is a relatively new band from Montreal, Quebec that, at least in part, rose from the ashes of the now defunct blackened doom metal outfit Ritual Master and the Brazilian thrash band Scatha. Featuring …