EP Review: Motorwolf – Burnin’ Daze

Motorwolf - Burnin' DazeSeptember 20th, 2020Speed MetalIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada Motorwolf is one the most exciting newer acts to crop up in Montreal in recent memory. Originally hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, the recent expat to the metal capital of Canada Alys Stobbart is the sole person behind this project which has since evolved into …

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: B.A. Johnston @ L’Hemisphere Gauche- 03/30/2024

B.A. Johnston @ L'Hemisphere Gauchew/ Thunderkok, Basement DwellerMarch 30th, 2024Montreal, Quebec, Canada I was first introduced to B.A. Johnston last year when my band Ratpiss was on tour with another band from Hamilton, Twin Banshee. Of course, being from B.A.'s hometown, this crew well aware of his existence and had seen him perform multiple times …

Album Review: Vulture – Sentinels

"Where there's a whip, there is a way, succumb to the rhythm of our drill." Vulture - SentinelsApril 12th, 2024Thrash MetalMetal Blade RecordsDortmund, Germany I was first made aware of Vulture last year when I discovered their record Dealin' Death on a YouTube channel dedicated to the new wave of old school thrash metal, and …

Album Review: I am the Intimidator – I am the Intimidator

"I'll grab a slab of concrete and I'll cook it up and eat it like a real man." I am the Intimidator - I am the IntimidatorMarch 8th, 2024Speed / Thrash Metal / NWOTHMMiserable PyrePortland, Oregon, USA Never in a million years did I ever suspect myself of getting really into a NASCAR-themed heavy metal …

Album Review: Midnight – Hellish Expectations

"Why would I want you to die? So you could be free? Don't want to see you in hell, not next to me." Midnight - Hellish ExpectationsMarch 8th, 2024Blackened Heavy / Speed MetalMetal Blade RecordsCleveland, Ohio, USA Screaming back for more after the release of 2022's Let There Be Witchery, solo musician Athenar, under the …

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 …

Akhenaten’s Best EPs of 2023

While 2023 was full of tons of incredible full length releases, it was also a great year for EPs. I found myself digging through a cornucopia of excellent short form releases that came out, many of which are from right here in Montreal where I'm based. Read on to discover the top five extended plays …

Album Review: Evil – Possessed by Evil

Evil - Possessed by EvilFebruary 1st, 2021Blackened Thrash / Speed MetalNuclear War Now! ProductionsTokyo, Japan I took one goddamned look at this album art and decided almost instantaneously that I was going to love this album, and dammit I wasn't wrong. As soon as this record starts up with the opening track, "The Cycle of …

Live from the Pit: Exciter @ Foufounes Electriques – 10/19/2023

Exciter @ Foufounes Electriquesw/ Tower, and SamuraiOctober 19th, 2023Dungeon Works ProductionsMontreal, Quebec, Canada Exciter are a legendary Canadian heavy metal band, no doubt. One of the earliest groups purporting the style of speed metal that broke through the boundary into thrash early on in the 80's, their 1983 record Heavy Metal Maniac is a bona …