Völur Ancestors

Published Jun 05, 2017

On their debut record, Disir, Toronto-based folk and doom metal band Völur explored the idea of the feminine divine via long, pulsing ambien...

Whores. Gold

Published Oct 28, 2016

There are lots of different ways that heavy music can be heavy. It can be aggressive, or brutal, or mean; it can be horrifying or sadistic o...

Dangers The Bend in the Break

Published Oct 17, 2016

For all of their driving ambition and DIY relentlessness, hardcore punk monsters Dangers have put out precious few full-length records; The...

Anciients Voice of the Void

Published Oct 17, 2016

The problem with progressive metal is that it is either transcendent or insufferable, and the line between these two extremes can be razor-t...

Epica The Holographic Principle

Published Sep 30, 2016

So Epica finally saw The Matrix, and it blew their fucking minds, you guys.   The Holographic Principle is a concept record that revolves...

Oathbreaker Rheia

Published Sep 28, 2016

Belgian metallic hardcore outfit Oathbreaker have always struggled deliciously against the shackles of the genre they operate within, prefer...

Forteresse Thèmes pour la Rébellion

Published Jun 22, 2016

Black metal is an inherently rebellious genre: against organized religion, against dominant hegemony, against the sanctity of life itself. R...

Weedeater / Author & Punisher / Today Is the Day / Sierra Hard Luck Bar, Toronto ON, May 20

Published May 21, 2016

Kitchener's progressive stoner metal doomsters Sierra kicked off the festivities at the Hard Luck Bar, and impressed everyone with the quali...

Kvelertak Nattesferd

Published May 11, 2016

For all their extraordinary success, Norway's eclectic hybrid metal experimenters Kvelertak have found themselves under a great deal of aest...

Grindmother Started As a Meme, Now She's Here to Kick Your Ass with 'Age of Destruction'

Published May 09, 2016

Sometimes memes turn into to something more than bits of internet ephemera. Sometimes there's some genuinely good art behind the initial sho...

Gary Numan: Android in La La Land Directed by Steve Read and Rob Alexander

Published Apr 29, 2016

Gary Numan: Android in La La Land isn't about music, but about the internal and relational landscape of the person behind it. The film follo...

Grindmother Age of Destruction

Published Apr 29, 2016

The origin story of Grindmother has rather more to do with memes that the average band's creation: Corrupt Leaders member Rain Forest invite...

Lord Mantis NTW (Nice Teeth Whore)

Published Apr 27, 2016

It's hard to get a handle on what the fuck exactly Lord Mantis think they're doing. After the release of the band's last record, the musical...

Behemoth / Myrkur Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, April 26

Published Apr 27, 2016

Solo black metal projects are strange, nebulous creations, the product of one person's creative imagination but also the culmination of a gr...

Beastwars The Death of All Things

Published Apr 22, 2016

When they released their self-titled debut in 2011, New Zealand sludge lovers Beastwars began an epic trilogy of post-apocalyptic concept al...

Kvelertak / Torche / Wild Throne Opera House, Toronto ON, April 20

Published Apr 21, 2016

Despite the fact that the crowd was still sparse at the Opera House when they took the stage, Wild Throne put on a vibrant and high-energy s...

Napalm Death / The Melvins / Melt Banana The Opera House, Toronto ON, April 19

Published Apr 20, 2016

The lineup outside the Opera House was still snaking around the building when Japanese noise demons Melt Banana took the stage, and inside t...

The Body Make "the Grossest Pop" on 'No One Deserves Happiness'

Published Mar 18, 2016

As time marches on, something seemingly impossible is happening: the Body are getting weirder, as evidenced by their new album No One Deserv...

The Body No One Deserves Happiness

Published Mar 16, 2016

It was Julia Kristeva who first explored the idea of abjection, in her book The Powers of Horror, referring to the specific feeling of revul...

Xibalba Ah Tza!

Published Mar 01, 2016

Mayan black metal band Xibalba, also known as Xibalba Itzaes (and not to be confused with California-based extreme metal band Xibalba, thoug...