6.5/10 Melancholy tends to be a familiar emotional port of call for the post-metal sub-genre. The combination of hypnotic, atmospheric sonic textures with a focus on emotional introspection leads many groups of this ilk down a wonderfully […]
8/10 Ask the average Joe Six Pack what they know about Swedish music, and you’ll probably be treated to a monumentally cringe-worthy rendition of “Dancing Queen.” It’s true that ABBA remain a global sensation, but Sweden’s […]
Everyone loves a good story. Beyond a simple conveyance of information— stories educate, entertain, and most importantly, inspire our imagination. While there are many types of stories and almost as many ways to tell them, […]
I’m afforded a huge privilege living in Montreal when to comes to live music. Beyond being a large, geographically well-positioned city, and thus a prime stop for most North American tours, Montreal boasts a robust […]
Death is, without question, the most powerful and pervasive theme throughout extreme music. While metal’s treatment of the subject frequently consists of anatomically precise depictions of creative vivisections or treatises promoting the total eradication of the human race, there […]
Prolonged membership to any particular genre of music fandom has a tendency to turn even the most enthusiastic devotee into joyless, jaded misanthropes. Think Comic Book Guy rocking a band t-shirt. It is a hellish existence; every […]
“Here man, you should probably listen to this” When Slayer announced in January 2018 that their upcoming global tour would be their last trek around this hunk of rock we call home, it triggered an important memory. […]
Synthwave is mad hot right now. While the subgenre’s retro-futuristic lovefest for 80’s pop culture has certainly amassed a healthy fan base since its conception in the early 2000s, a number of recent major movie and […]
At approximately 2:00am last Saturday morning, my body jarred me from sleep and announced, quite forcefully, that it had been stricken with an especially violent case of food poisoning. I’ll spare you the details, but […]
Hitting town one day after Halloween, the arrival of The North American Extinction Tour in Montreal could not have been more timely. Featuring a terrifyingly stacked line-up of bands that covered the entire gamut of sonic brutality, […]
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