Album Review: Tzompantli – Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force

Tzompantli - Beating the Drums of Ancestral ForceMay 17th, 2024Death / Doom Metal20 Buck SpinPomona, California, USA I've been aware of Tzompantli for a hot minute but it wasn't until the release of their sophomore album, Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force, that I really decided to delve into this band. This may be some …

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 …

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: Insade – Human Obsession

Insade - Human ObsessionJanuary 4th, 2024Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Montreal death metal upstarts Insade have returned with their second full length album, Human Obsession. Following their debut record, Ready for Hell, which was released in 2022, and which I liked quite a bit, I was excited to hear the new material this Quebec quartet …

EP Review: Paratomb – Ways of the Forlorn

Paratomb - Ways of the FallenJuly 14th, 2023Blackened Death Metal / Groove MetalIndependently ReleasedCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Charlottetown is one of the smallest cities in Canada, found within the smallest of the provinces, Prince Edward Island, yet even in such an isolated location extreme music finds a way to bubble to the surface. Such …

Discography Deep Dive: Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage

"I owe myself life." Gojira - L'Enfant SauvageJune 26th, 2012Progressive Death Metal / Groove MetalRoadrunner RecordsOndres, France And so we come to the final installment of Discography Deep Dive here at Where Strides the Behemoth as it pertains to the oeuvre of French death metal masterminds Gojira. The band's fifth record, L'Enfant Sauvage, released in …

Discography Deep Dive: Gojira – The Way of All Flesh

"Plastic bag in the sea!" Gojira - The Way of All FleshOctober 13th, 2008Progressive Death MetalListenable RecordsOndres, France Look, perhaps I'm biased because this was the first record from Gojira that I ever heard, and it was my introduction to the band as I was getting into the more extreme side of metal. That said …

Discography Deep Dive: Gojira – From Mars to Sirius

"Now I can see the whales, looming out of the dark, like arrows in the sky, I can't believe my eyes." Gojira - From Mars to SiriusSeptember 27th, 2005Progressive Death MetalListenable RecordsOndres, France So we have come to From Mars to Sirius, an album that received no end of love and lauding from the metal …

Discography Deep Dive: Gojira – The Link

"In our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us, by the awful grace of god." Gojira - The LinkApril 18th, 2003Progressive Death MetalBoycott RecordsOndres, Frances While Terra Incognita might have had all of the necessary building blocks for Gojira to build their sound from the ground up, there was something about that album …

Discography Deep Dive: Gojira – Terra Incognita

"Now take the path, don't ever lose your time. Just watch the lights you have inside." Gojira - Terra IncognitaMarch 19th, 2001Progressive Death MetalGabriel EditionsOndres, France We return to Discography Deep Dive after a multi-month hiatus, and this time around I decided I wanted to cover one of the most prolific and perhaps important metal …