Tag: Jazz

  • The Night Watch – s/t

    Hellbound Metal: “The Night Watch have released a challenging debut, one which initially did not work for me. Though not all the tracks stand out, it’s with repeated listens that it becomes apparent to me that the album is an exciting piece of avant-garde metal/post-rock/insert label here.”

  • 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!

  • Helmet / Intronaut @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto ON, Oct 17, 2010

    “I wondered though, if anyone else was visibly shocked when (Page) Hamilton entered the stage. He was not only thin, he was gaunt. If it wasn’t for his deft guitar playing and strong, clear and commanding voice, I would have expected him to crumple onto the floor at any second.” Laina Dawes caught up with…

  • Interview with Phil Freeman, Author of Sound Levels: Profiles In American Music, 2002-2009

    “Metal is hard,” says Freeman. “It’s difficult, rigorous music but it’s not treated as such. These are guys who are on the level as symphony players on their respective instruments. These are guys who went into their bedrooms at age 10 and didn’t come out until age 20, but because they have long hair and…