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Mares of Thrace/ Spitfist/ Drunk Hussy @ Rancho Relaxo, Toronto ON, August 14, 2010

Mares of Thrace played last on the bill, and brought the night to a thunderous close. I am profoundly interested in the aesthetics of constraint and the way art can be produced by limitation. Mares of Thrace plug directly into this particular obsession. Consisting only of vocals, baritone guitar and drums, this two-woman force of…

September 2, 2010
Kataklysm – Heaven’s Venom

(Heaven’s Venom shows) there are still some new ideas in this Canadian northern hyperblast machine that keeps them at the top of the death metal pack

September 2, 2010
Hellbound Horror: I Spit On Your Grave (2010) Review

Adam Wills reviews the 2010 remake of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, which premiered at the Toronto After Dark Festival. It will be released in cinemas on October 15th.

September 1, 2010
Thou/ Moloch – Tears That Soak a Callous Heart split 12”

This record isn’t so much a split EP as it is a clash of the titans concerning those who revel and relish in the slow and painful.

August 31, 2010
Zed – The Invitation

A self-proclaimed “stoner metal” band from San Jose California, the quartet Zed has some of the elements you would expect: fuzz pedals, slow-rolling breakdowns, heavy bottom-end. They also have a crisp, commercial sheen that you could file under modern rock.

August 31, 2010
Votum – Metafiction

The amazing thing about this release is the drastic change from their debut; with some work put in by the listener they will be rewarded with such a intelligent laid back prog masterpiece. This new direction may put off some of the heavier progmetal fans out there but if you are willing to put in…

August 30, 2010
Exodus/ Holy Grail/ Bonded By Blood/ Fatality/ Black Elysium @ The Mod Club, Toronto ON, August 24, 2010

“Just as my energy level was reaching a crisis point, the audience’s had risen to a fever pitch, becoming positively explosive by the time Exodus took the stage. I made it about halfway through their 90-odd-minute set before throwing in the towel, but what I saw was absolutely spectacular. They are without a doubt a…

August 30, 2010
Black River – Black N’ Roll

What is it about black metal, and death metal, guys that makes them want to drop the corpse paint and put on a biker jacket? Black River aren’t the first side project formed by some guys who needed a break from their ‘day job’ band to just rock (see Chrome Division for example) but they…

August 27, 2010
Q&A with Author Corey Mitchell / Help Promote Metal…and Horror Films at the 2011 South by South West Music Fest

Laina Dawes interviews MetalSucks’ Cory Mitchell about his writing and SXSW 2011 Film Fest Panel Idea – and plugs a metal one too!

August 27, 2010
Unsane/ Today Is The Day/ Keelhaul/ Vilipend @ Sneaky Dees, Toronto ON, August 22, 2010

“What stood out for me was Steve Austin. Not only did the conservative persona I observed earlier in the evening quickly disappear and was replaced by an incredibly intense musician who howled -either in pain or in passion, I don’t know – but it was clear where one could be in awe and be incredibly…

August 27, 2010