Author: Laura Wiebe
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A new year, more new (in) metal: 2017, part 1
While much of modern civilization seems to be imploding (or, perhaps, some destructiveness is becoming harder to not see), metal continues to evoke, chronicle, critique, ignore, and sometimes contribute to the chaos. There’s too much going on in metal these days to leave all our ‘best of’ and year-in-review lists to the end of the year. Here…
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Spring festing in Canada, metal style (part 1)
CEMR Metalfest April 6-9, 2017 Headliners: Plant Eater (Saskatchewan), Display of Decay (Alberta), Terrifier (BC) Presented by CEMR Metalfest and Voxx Promos S/T- Ep by Planet Eater – SK Dust of Existence by display of decayhttp://thesludgelord.blogspot.ca/2017/01/terrifier-album-premiere-canadian.html 420 Music & Arts Festival April 20-22, 2017 Headliners: WO FAT (Dallas, TX), ANCIIENTS (Vancouver), BLACK MASTIFF (Edmonton/Vancouver) Distortion,…
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Borealis – World of Silence MMXVII
It’s been nearly seven years since I reviewed an independently-released debut album from a power metal band out of Orangeville, Ontario. I liked the first Borealis record then, and unlike some of the other albums that briefly captured my attention over the years, World of Silence has stayed with me. I’m always happy for a…
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Darkwell takes on Metropolis with Moloch (2016)
Have a taste for gothic metal, science fiction and silent film? If so, you might want to check out the latest from Austria’s Darkwell. The album, entitled Moloch, looks back to Fritz Lang’s science fiction classic, Metropolis (1927) for inspiration. An early taste of the new material arrived last August with the video for lead…
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Darkwell: interview with Roland Wurzer
Alive and Stronger than Ever This interview was originally published in Unrestrained! magazine in 2005. Some bands seem to release an album every year or two, writing quickly, recording quickly, and in between spending months on end on the road. Although Austria’s Darkwell is nearly six years old and released their debut, Suspiria, close to…
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Hellbound Year End 2016: Collective Top 10
Hellbound’s End of Year Wrap Up: Part 10 Well, hell’s bells – 2016 was a hellride of a year, wasn’t it?! As the New Year comes creeping in with trepidation, the individual members of Team Hellbound take a look back at our favourites of the year, give our personal thoughts on the state of heavy metal in…
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Hellbound Year End 2016: Laura Wiebe
Hellbound’s End of Year Wrap Up: Part 9 Well, hell’s bells – 2016 was a hellride of a year, wasn’t it?! As the New Year comes creeping in with trepidation, the individual members of Team Hellbound take a look back at our favourites of the year, give our personal thoughts on the state of heavy metal in 2016,…
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Blood Ceremony at Dark Carnival Shocktail Party – Hamilton ON, July 9, 2016
We were excited to hear that Rue Morgue would be holding a Dark Carnival Expo in Hamilton this year. We were even more excited to hear that Toronto’s Blood Ceremony would be performing at the Expo’s evening Shocktail Party event. The patio of This Ain’t Hollywood was well-populated when we first arrived but inside seemed a bit…
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Dark Carnival Expo – Hamilton ON, July 9-10, 2016
A horror convention in Hamilton? Sign us up! Thanks to Rue Morgue magazine, Hamilton ON played host to two days of horror madness and mayhem this summer in the form of the Dark Carnival Expo. Actually, things were more in the line of horrific delights than madness and mayhem, but these could be easily imagined. A Friday…
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ANNIHILATOR, EXCITER, RAZOR & SACRIFICE lined up for Calgary Metalfest
The fifth annual Calgary Metalfest takes place September 14-17, 2016, culminating in an arena show loaded with classic Canadian thrash. This might not be news to you – tickets went on sale back in May. But as the countdown ticks on, you might be due for a welcome reminder. A kick-off party gets things going…