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 …

Album Review: Spectral Voice – Sparagmos

"Swallowed into sleep of unknown deaths." Spectral Voice - SparagmosFebruary 9th, 2024Death / Doom MetalDark Descent RecordsDenver, Colorado, USA Spectral Voice are a name I've been aware of in the metal sphere for quite some time. Those from all across metal fandom's various corners have spoken highly of them to me, both the hipsters who …

Album Review: Cave Sermon – Divine Laughter

"My grotesque identity heals, some parts are cauterized, other parts are sewn together for the first time." Cave Sermon - Divine LaughterJanuary 18th, 2024Post Metal / Progressive / Dissonant Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMelbourne, Australia Cave Sermon is the one person extreme metal project of one Charlie Park from Melbourne, Australia, and its a project I only …

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 …

Album Review: Pestilength – Solar Clorex

Pestilength - Solar ClorexFebruary 16th, 2024Death Doom / Death MetalDebemur Morti ProductionsBasque Country, Spain I was only recently made aware of the existence of Spanish death metallers Pestilength through the recommendation of an online friend and decided to check them out based purely on the hilarity and awesomeness of the band's name alone. Upon researching …

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: Vitriol – Suffer and Become

"Lies will bleed from heaven's body as I chain its flesh to the night." Vitriol - Suffer and BecomeJanuary 26th, 2024Technical Death MetalCentury Media RecordsPortland, Oregon, USA I've always had a bit of a bone to pick with technical death metal. Once I got over the initial "omg this shit is unbelievable" phase of the …