Kepi Ghoulie – Ramones In Love LP
Kepi Ghoulie Ramones In Love LP (Pirates Press Records) No matter how open-minded listeners might be, some albums are simply intent on challenging their…
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Grade 2 – Graveyard Island: Acoustic Sessions 12” EP
Grade 2 Graveyard Island: Acoustic Sessions 12” EP (Epitaph/Pirates Press Records) As someone wise once said, “Life is what happens while you’re making other…
Avatar @ The Ranch Roadhouse, Edmonton – May 31, 2019
A good heavy show was just what I needed to kick off the weekend after a few days of being stuck indoors with the…
Hawkwind – Road To Utopia
Years ago, whilst writing an article on Hawkwind’s seminal Warrior At The Edge Of Time, I asked my friend Crin of Godreah Records to sum…
Mirrors for Psychic Warfare – self-titled
Both Scott Kelly and Sanford Parker are pretty much pioneers of post-sludge. Kelly needs no introduction from his time with Neurosis, while Parker has…
Musk Ox – Woodfall
I’ve long been struck by the emotional heaviness that Nathanaël Larochette is able to wring from a single acoustic guitar. While Musk Ox’s genre…
Agalloch – The Serpent and the Sphere
From beginning to end this album is a wonder, combining moments of crushing heaviness with overwhelming beauty, and I found it a tall order…