Kosm – Cosmonaut
Cosmonaut was released on 16th November, the day before my birthday, a time of reflection and change for the future, when I reflect on…
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Foghound – Awaken to Destroy
The third album from Maryland heavy rockers Foghound comes out under a cloud of tragedy, less than a year after their bass player, Rev….
Virgin Black – Requiem Pianissimo
Requiem – Pianissimo is both opening and resolution. This long-awaited release presents the first section of Virgin Black’s three-part requiem but it also brings…
Damnation Festival 2018
Damnation Festival 2018, November 3rd, Leeds, UK While the first weekend in November was hosting Guy Fawkes celebrations across the country, Leeds University had…
Deadbird – III: The Forest Within the Tree
I guess they’re back from the dead? Roughly 10 years since their last album, Arkansas outfit Deadbird, featuring a few guys from Rwake and…
Iomair – Iomair
One of the most important elements of music is sincerity, and Iomair have that in spades. Think of a folky Opeth and you aren’t…
We Hunt Buffalo – Head Smashed In
As a kid growing up in Calgary, I know I visited Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, in nearby Fort McLeod, at least once or twice. Pretty…
Suffocation @ Lee’s Palace, 24 October 2018
Death Chopping North American Tour: SUFFOCATION, CATTLE DECAPITATION, KRISIUN, SOREPTION The “Farewell Frank” tour went absolutely great in Toronto on October 24. Every single…
Space Sirens, Scientists and Princesses by Dean Conrad
Nowadays, women are rightly a central part of science fiction films, but it was not always so. In early science fiction films women were…
Sunrunner – Ancient Arts of Survival
Despite their Native American inspirations, Sunrunner have a lot in common with European power metal bands, in the sense that their music is melodic,…