Festival Review: Fortress Festival 2024
As a young buck, I was never attracted to Black Metal more than when it was filled to the brim with inconceivable levels of…
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Metal Picks to check out this Bandcamp Friday – December 2, 2022
Just like that, we’re here in December wondering how on earth we’re going to choose the overall “albums of the year” of 2022. In…
Metal picks to check out this Bandcamp Friday – November 2022
Hello again, it’s another “Bandcamp Friday” out there – more details on this recurring series are on the Bandcamp blog. Anyway, once again here’s…
Bandcamp Friday Picks – October 2022
Well hello, it’s time again for Bandcamp Friday, where the folks over at Bandcamp completely waive their revenue share in order to offer more…
Dr. Laura Wiebe (11 January 1976 – 16 August 2022)
My friend Laura Wiebe passed away earlier this week. I met Laura around 1995 when she was in a gothic metal band Embrace and…
Events You Don’t Want to Miss, Toronto – March/April 2022
Con… certs? Live… mu-sic. Fun? What is all this, it’s been a hazy and awful two entire years without it here. I can hardly…
RAZOR, SACRIFICE and SLAUGHTER autograph signing this Saturday in Toronto
This Saturday night the fine folks at UXB Press have created a cool event happening at Sonic Boom Records in Toronto. They have arranged an autograph signing for their new Eve Of Darkness book, which will feature members of Razor, Sacrifice and Slaughter.
Serpents of Secrecy – Ave Vindicta
While Ave Vindicta is the band’s first album, Serpents of Secrecy are no strangers to the Maryland doom scene, featuring members of Sixty Watt…
Caskets Open – Concrete Realms of Pain
As one of Finland’s most legendary bands once sang, we really do have Doom Over the World nowadays. What started off with outfits like…
Forming the Void – Reverie
In some ways, Forming the Void got lucky. Their tour with Church of Misery ended in early March, about a week before the world…