Albums
HELLYEAH – Welcome Home
7.5/10 Death and loss can be a real deal-breaker for any art-based entity. For any musical ensemble, it goes without saying that the death of a key formative member can be a make or break […]
Metal
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Gatecreeper – Deserted
Have you ever hoped that two things you love dearly would make a beautiful lovechild? Death-doom is that child, and full of hopes and dreams, it has birthed Deserted by Gatecreeper. Attachez vos tuques! A […]
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Steel Panther – Heavy Metal Rules
6/10 Heavy Metal Rules is the fifth album from comedic cock rockers Steel Panther. True to the band’s form, Heavy Metal Rules is a musical and lyrical exploration of the gnarliest of glam rock clichés. […]
Metal
Sabaton with HammerFall– Live at MTelus – October 30th, 2019 – Montreal, QC
The energy was palpable. The atmosphere was electric. Squadrons of power metal enthusiasts put their D&D quests on hold and marched to MTelus for a night of unrelenting power metal, vocal harmonies, and enough war references […]
Albums
For the Dead – Requiem: For the Dead EP
4/10 Bakersfield, California quintet For the Dead strive to be the next big name in modern metal by taking a page out of the 2000s metalcore playbook. Their debut EP Requiem: For the Dead can […]
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The Dark Silence of Death – The Dark Silence of Death
6/10 Mexican four-piece stoner rock band The Dark Silence of Death offer us their self-titled album, just in time for the spookiest time of the year, and also, the best time of the year. This […]
Albums
Among Cowards – Among Cowards (EP)
7.5/10 Travel down South of the border (and if you’re Canadian, do yourself a favour and skip the US entirely) to a lawless city of vice and danger—Tijuana, Mexico. A city overrun with drugs and […]
Metal
Amon Amarth with Grand Magus, At the Gates, and Arch Enemy – Live at MTelus – October 10th, 2019 – Montreal, QC
This past Thursday, October 10th was another Scandinavian metal night for me. More specifically, it was a night full of top-notch Swedish Metal bands. It was the first of two sold-out nights at MTelus, beloved […]
Albums
Haderach – Haderach
7/10 For those of you that know my musical tendencies, it’s a well-known fact that I have a propensity to listen to stoner rock, doom metal, and sludge. That’s why I danced for joy a […]
Albums
Grayscale Season – Everything Hurts
8.5/10 HOLY SHIT! That’s exactly what I thought after listening to Everything Hurts, the new album from the Swedish quartet Grayscale Season. If one were to provide background music to the rigorous, no-win Starfleet academy training exercise from […]