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 …

Album Review: Dissimulator – Lower Form Resistance

"Yearn for fictive meaning surged through labour and toil." Dissimulator - Lower Form ResistanceJanuary 26th, 2024Technical Death / Thrash Metal20 Buck SpinMontreal, Quebec, Canada Montreal death thrashers Dissimulator are a new group that have emerged from the frozen northern wastes of Canada's metal capital, and really it should be no surprise that this city and …

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 …

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 …

EP Review: King Getorix – Terracotta Woods

"After a while your devious smile fools no one and no one cares." King Getorix – Terracotta WoodsJanuary 24th, 2020Progressive / Psychedelic RockIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada I still remember the first time I saw King Getorix live. They blew my fucking mind. In a live setting this three piece from Montreal can absolutely tear the roof …

Album Review: Oceanic – Trappist

Oceanic – TrappistJuly 6th, 2017Math Rock / Progressive RockIndependently ReleasedHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada I first discovered Oceanic (sometimes stylized as O(eani( when they’re being really jealous of Sunn O))) ) in 2014 when they opened for Protest the Hero at a show in Corner Brook. I was so blown away by the complexity and catchiness …

EP Review: Dendron – Glass Spire

Dendron - Glass SpireSeptember 16th, 2016Progressive MetalIndependently ReleasedSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Dendron is a new name in the Newfoundland metal community but its members are anything but. Drummer Nathan Tizzard and guitarist and vocalist Peter Burton are both former members of the defunct Mount Pearl progressive metal band Silent November. Similarly, bassist Connor …

EP Review: Murtenscythe – Vodyanoy

Murtenscythe - VodyanoyMarch 4th, 2023Progressive / Melodic Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada I have a strange relationship with Murtenscythe's music. Ages ago when I still lived in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador some friends of mine and I paid a visit to Fred's Records, the local record shop in the downtown area. While flipping through …

Album Review: Big Space – In Relation To

Big Space – In Relation ToOctober 22nd, 2021Jazz Fusion / Progressive RockIndependently ReleasedSt. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Big Space are St. John’s resident jazz fusion trio. Featuring Ian Murphy on bass, Ashley Chalmers on drums, and Grant King on guitars, these guys are a purely instrumental act who definitely know their way around a composition …

Akhenaten’s Best EPs of 2022

Did you think I was finished talking about 2022 just because I already released my list of best records for the year? Hah! I've fooled you! Full length albums are not all that matters under the sun. Extended plays also deserve some love, and so here we are to count the top five EPs I've …