Live from the Pit: Spiter @ Piranha Bar – 05/26/2024

Spiter @ Piranha Barw/ Desolus, Shroud, MistwalkerMay 26th, 2024Dungeon Works ProductionsMontreal, Quebec, Canada I've been a fan of Spiter since the release of their first album, Bathe the Babe in Bats' Blood, which completely ripped my head off in a way that I wasn't expecting. I was stoked the first time I caught them live …

Live from the Pit: Apriliis Fest 2024

Apriliis Fest 2024w/ Fuck the Facts, Fuck Toute, Cell Press, Bhatt, Autre Part@ La Sala RosaApril 5th, 2024Montreal, Quebec, Canada Admittedly, Apriliis Fest is something that's a bit out of my wheelhouse when it comes to genre. Focusing more on noise rock and abrasive genres of that nature that are often considered a bit more …

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 …

EP Review: Typeface – Metaphysical Acupuncture

"Oceans rise, poor compromised, stolen land, reaped bare." Typeface - Metaphysical AcupunctureJune 22nd, 2023GrindcoreIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Full disclosure, I am personal friends with all the folks in this band, so take that for what you will going into this review. With that out of the way let me tell you that this release from …

EP Review: Anna Pest and Colin MacAndrew – A Moor Beneath the Cold Dead Sun

"A vision of the end to come. A moor beneath the cold dead sun." Anna Pest and Colin MacAndrew - A Moor Beneath the Cold Dead SunOctober 28th, 2022Progressive DeathcoreIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada I've been following the music of Montreal deathcore artist Anna Pest for a few years now. I greatly enjoyed her previous full …

Live from the Pit: KEN mode @ Turbo Haus – 11/07/2022

KEN mode @ Turbo HausW/ Frail Body, Cell Press, SkumstrikeNovember 7th, 2022 Disclaimer: I micro-dosed shrooms before going to this show. I've been following Manitoba experimental noise rockers KEN mode for about ten years now. I remember first reading about these guys on Heavy Blog is Heavy way back when I was a teenager and …

Live from the Pit: Spiter @ Turbo Haus – 09/16/2022

Spiter @ Turbo HausW/ Cell Press, Glowing Orb, GreberSeptember 16th, 2022 If you read my review of Spiter's debut record, Bathe the Babe in Bat's Blood, yesterday, you knew this was coming. Having become a massive fan of this band since that record dropped I knew I'd have to go see these guys at Turbo …