Venomous Maximus – No Warning
I had the chance to catch this Texas quartet at Milwaukee’s Days of the Doomed fest in 2013, where Venomous Maximus distinguished themselves as…
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Hard Charger + Satanarchist @ Coalition, Toronto on June 8, 2017
Countless bands blur the line between metal and punk so it makes sense to see a tour that showcases these two extreme genres together…
Faith No More – Angel Dust
Where would hard rock and heavy metal be today without Faith No More‘s 1992 classic Angel Dust? This question brings shivers to my fragile…
Ether – There is Nothing Left for Me Here
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Florida man gets divorced, writes sludge-metal record. OK, so maybe that headline didn’t make the news….
Dying Fetus – Wrong One To Fuck With
Catchy and brutal as ever Dying Fetus return to the forefront of brutal american death metal, a genre that they arguably ruled for nearly…
Ninjaspy – Spüken
Always a pleasure to review a band with an original sound and, really, they don’t come much more original than the memorably named Ninjaspy!…
Slagduster – Deadweight
I have heard a lot of original monikers for bands in my time, but Slagduster is one of the most original (it’s the name…
Origin – Unparalleled Universe
“Oh, wow” were literally the first two words out of my mouth when I hit play on this behemoth of bombast. Fans of Origin,…
Deity – Deity
With a name like Deity (which means ‘Godhead; the Supreme Being; a fabulous god or goddess, a divinity’), this band have a lot to…
Five Horse Johnson – Jake Leg Boogie
Five Horse Johnson, one of the best Clutch-adjacent (as in, this ain’t Clutch, but it’s Clutch-adjacent!) bands going, is back and burning beards with…