Tag: metal
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Exhumed – Death Revenge
Bay Area Death Metal veterans Exhumed have a new release coming out October 13th via Relapse Records. It’s entitled Death Revenge, and to put it in simplest terms, it’s brutal as fuck. What you know and appreciate (at least I have) is that Exhumed have always stayed pretty true to who they are, so you usually…
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Enslaved – E
Enslaved is back with another slab of weirdness that only they can conjure. The band has been at it for more than 25 years now; their name is etched on the black metal pantheon for eternity. But to just call a band like Enslaved ‘black metal’ is patently absurd in 2017. That’s fine – they…
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Panzer – Fatal Command
Comprising members of Destruction (bassist and vocalist Schmier), and ex-Accept members Herman Frank on guitars and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann, you would expect the quality of the music from Panzer to be high and it is. Their fine debut album ‘Send Them All To Hell’ was more thrash-orientated, whereas the new album, though it will still appeal…
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Enslaved – E
Of course, after so many years, the excitement is already there as soon as a new Enslaved release is announced. They continue to surprise though, and digging in to their fourteenth studio album, “E“, was nothing short of delightful. Just one track in – the below single, “Storm Son” – and new listeners will be…
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Municipal Waste – Slime & Punishment
This is music without scepticism; it is created with innocence as all good art should be. Municipal Waste are a band truly born out of time, weaned on a diet of beer, 80s music and films – they create their own version of what we now can see was creatively a great time. Lots of…
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Events You Don’t Want to Miss, Toronto – October 2017
After a long hiatus, we’re back with the absolute must-do’s in metal for Toronto. This month’s picks are once again brought to you by Danielle, your humble and always curious local fangirl. I look forward to seeing you out at one or all of these excellent gigs, and if you’ve got suggestions for something that’s…
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Prophets of Rage – Prophets of Rage
I’d like to start this review by saying that I won’t personally be sharing my specific political views or opinions. I’ll do my best not to make this overly political, but it’s impossible to divorce the music from the message with a band like Prophets of Rage. Anyone familiar with Rage Against the Machine or…
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BongCauldron – Binge
Hailing from the U.K. by way of the Ministry of Silly Names, this trio wears its Weedeater and Bongzilla influences on their sleeves—right down to their redneck nicknames. Corky, Jay and Biscuit of BongCauldron bring us eight tracks of downtuned heaviness on this, their debut album. Binge begins with the simply titled “Devil,” with a…
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Venom Inc – Ave
Venom are, after Black Sabbath and Motorhead, the third most influential band in the history of heavy metal. Thrash metal, speed metal ,death metal, black metal… all owe a huge debt to Venom. The first four Venom albums, especially the first two – ‘Welcome To Hell’ and ‘Black Metal’ – are stone cold classics. This is…
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Marduk / Incantation @ The Garrison, Toronto, 2 September 2017
Black and death metal form an unholy alliance to deliver evil to Toronto. The instigators in question are Marduk and Incantation, both acts at the forefront of their genres with pedigrees few can surpass. Swarms of black-clad metal heads take over The Garrison for a dose of darkness. Household death metallers Incantation need no introduction…