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  • Saint Vitus – Lillie: F-65

    Saint Vitus – Lillie: F-65

    As much as I’m digging this record, I’d hate to give it a perfect 10 for being so agonizingly, cockteasingly short. But, y’know, it’s pretty damn close. If you ever enjoyed the Wino era of Vitus, you will definitely dig this.

  • An open love letter to Teresa Roncon – by Jay H. Gorania

    Jay H. Gorania confesses his never-ending admiration for former Much Music metal VJ Teresa Roncon

  • Toronto is Doomed? Not anytime soon!

    Last weekend, I was in Ottawa for the All That Is Heavy II doomfest, a six-band shindig featuring Blood Ceremony, Iron Man and Revelation, to name a few. This was the second notable doom-metal festival in Canada over the past few years, after Montreal is Doomed in December 2010, which happened to be Pagan Altar’s…

  • Castle – Blacklands

    Castle – Blacklands

    Album number two from this Bay Area female-fronted doom trio. Funeral doom this is not—eight tracks spanning less than 36 minutes. From the upbeat (if none too uplifting) chugs and gleaming instro passages of the opener “Ever Hunter” through the piercing, haunted wails and jagged riffing of “Corpse Candles,” this is not your slogging bog-band…

  • Metallic Taste Of Blood – Metallic Taste Of Blood

    Metallic Taste Of Blood – Metallic Taste Of Blood

    If you crave intelligent, forward thinking, original and downright unsettling music than the self-titled effort by Metallic Taste Of Blood should satisfy your every need. This is sheer musical bliss. Utterly breathtaking!

  • Cattle Decapitation – Monolith of Inhumanity

    Cattle Decapitation – Monolith of Inhumanity

    Monolith of Inhumanity is the most notable of Cattle Decapitation’s releases so far, and its more progressive passages suggest possible future additions to the band’s traditional approach to things. They’re additions that I would be happy to see the band build on as they continue their climb up to broader recognizability and an increasingly unique…

  • Napalm Death – Utilitarian

    Napalm Death – Utilitarian

    So, there’s a new Napalm Death album that’s absolutely incredible? That’s about as surprising as the possibility of death and taxes.

  • Agruss – Morok

    Agruss – Morok

    If you are into Black Metal and especially something with an atmospheric and ambient edge to it, definitely get this album; it will be well worth it.

  • Paganfest Tour @ Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC, April 8, 2012

    Paganfest Tour @ Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC, April 8, 2012

    “Although I did see the inaugural version of Paganfest, I’ve missed the rest throughout the past few years due to whatever reason. Sometimes the tour date didn’t come quite close enough and sometimes it was a job issue. But with the lineup for this year’s show being pretty awesome and the measly one hour drive…

  • Steve Earles’ Book Reviews – April/May 2012 edition

    Steve Earles’ Book Reviews – April/May 2012 edition

    Another edition of thought-provoking book reviews from our Irish based correspondent Steve Earles. Please enjoy!