Damnation’s Hammer – Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres
It’s a rare thing in this day and age to hear a band with such a strong identity and musical senses, and with such…
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Cruickshank – self-titled
This new Ontario noise rock band is made up of local metal scene veterans, dudes who’ve done time in outfits like Teethmarks and Greber….
Concrete Funeral – Ultimum Judicium
Concrete Funeral are excellent musicians but I would say what really makes ‘Ultimum Judicium’ work is the chemistry between the band members – they…
Raven – Over The Top! The Neat Albums 1981-1984
4 CD Clamshell Boxset Raven, like Venom are an important band, and for many years an underrated part of the history of heavy metal. Indeed,…
Clinic – Wheeltappers and Shunters LP
Speaking as a father, I can tell you that a lot of things can change in seven years – in fact, it’s entirely possible…
Leather Lung – Lonesome, On’ry and Evil
While the Waylon Jennings reference in the title of this seven-song, 27-minute EP is what caught my attention, outlaw country this is not. Rather,…
Tomb Mold – Planetary Clairvoyance
Introspective, hideous, irresistible filth. It’s really hard to sit and write about how good the new Tomb Mold is, but it’s worth a try. …
Waingro – III
The third album from Vancouver trio Waingro might be the missing link between Bison and Baptists, with shades of Red Fang and Saint Vitus…
Crypt Sermon – The Ruins of Fading Light
Crypt Sermon’s 2015 debut, Out of the Garden, was a pretty solid piece of epic doom. Seeing them perform twice at U.S. festivals since…
Lux & Ivy’s Good For Nothin’ Tunes: The Wild, the Weird and the Wang Dang Doodlin’
Various artists: a double CD featuring 50 classic slices of madcap vinyl as enthused over by The Cramps’ Lux and Ivy You’d expect a…