EP Review: Divine Bloodline – Kings of the Night

Divine Bloodline - Kings of the NightMarch 20th, 2024Folk Metal / Melodic Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Montreal seems to be a never-ending font of awesome bands that just keep getting churned up out of the underground to deliver badass riffery unto the masses. Divine Bloodline is the latest offering that I've been privy to …

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: 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 …

EP Review: Paratomb – Nocturnal Spirit Rituals

Paratomb - Nocturnal Spirit RitualsMarch 1st, 2024Blackened Death MetalIndependently ReleasedCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada When I covered the first Paratomb EP earlier this year, Ways of the Forlorn, I found it to be a release full of great riffage and ideas but also perhaps underwhelming in a few ways, mixing a few more elements of …

Demo Review: Lobotomite – Anatomy is Violence!

Lobotomite - Anatomy is Violence!January 26th, 2024Powerviolence / GrindcoreIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Lobotomite is a brand new project from bassist, vocalist, and audio engineer Julien Levesque and Øbelisk drummer Ousamah Yassin. Consisting of only bass, vocals, and drums, along with noise ambiance interspersed throughout, one might initially expect this initial offering from the project to …

An Interview with Braindown

Photo credit: Alexandre Bibeau Braindown is an old school death metal band originally based in Delson, Quebec, Canada, that is now based in Montreal. They have been active since 2016 and have released one full length album, 'A World to Forget'. First off, can you let our readers know who we’re talking to? We are …

Live from the Pit: Profanatica @ Piranha Bar – 03/01/2024

Profanatica @ Piranha Barw/ Nunslaughter, Tombs, AdultereMarch 1st, 2024Dungeon Works ProductionsMontreal, QC, Canada Similar to my recent review of an Author and Punisher show I saw in Quebec City, Profanatica is another band who I've been aware of for quite some time but haven't really taken the time to really delve into the discography of. …

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 …

Live from the Pit: Thantifaxath @ Cabaret Foufounes – 02/15/2024

Thantifaxath @ Cabaret Foufounesw/ Knoll, TypefaceFebruary 15th, 2024 Interestingly enough, when I first moved to Montreal way back in 2017, Thantifaxath were one of the first bands I saw live. It was 2018 at the now defunct Katacombes (R.I.P.) where they band performed alongside Cruciamentum and Phobocosm, an all around stacked bill of experimental and …