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 …

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: Øbelisk – The Architecture of Suffering

Øbelisk - The Architecture of SufferingJuly 30th, 2023Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada The folks who know me personally know that I've made it no secret that Øbelisk are easily one of my favourite bands in Montreal right now. They're also good personal friends of mine, which I understand may somewhat taint this review with bias, …

Live from the Pit: Devil Master @ Cabaret Foufounes – 11/03/2023

Devil Master @ Cabaret FoufounesW/ Fuming Mouth, Final Gasp, SkumstrikeNovember 3rd, 2023Extensive EnterpriseMontreal, Quebec, Canada Devil Master are one of the few bands who I will go out of my way to see every single time they come to Montreal. I saw them pre-pandemic twice, once with Obituary and Abbath, and another time with Power …

Live from the Pit: Haunt @ Piranha Bar – 09/10/2022

Haunt @ Piranha BarW/ Seven Sisters, Intranced, MistwalkerSeptember 10th, 2022 When I first started Mistwalker as a project all the way back in 2013 I never in a million years thought I'd one day be performing these stupid little songs on stage and opening for sick as fuck modern metal bands like Devil Master and …

Live from the Pit: Devil Master @ Bar Le Ritz PDB – 07/10/2022

Devil Master @ Bar Le Ritz PDBW/ The Lousy, Puffer, and MistwalkerJuly 10th, 2022 Philadelphia blackened punk outfit Devil Master have fast become one of my favourite bands in recent years. The way they seamlessly blend hardcore punk, surf music, black metal, goth rock and psychedelia together is unlike anything any other band in the …

Album Review: Darkthrone – Old Star

Darkthrone - Old Star May 31st, 2019 Blackened Heavy Metal Peaceville Records Kolbotn, Norway Old Star is the seventeenth full length record from legendary Norwegian black metal duo Darkthrone, who throughout their career have been known not only for a series of undeniably essential and influential black metal records in the genre's heyday in the early 90's, …