Albums
Periphery – Periphery IV: HAIL STAN
8.5/10 What a thing of beauty it is, melting genres together, bringing into existence a fusion of ideas that seem to be different from each other, but work in harmony. What a lovely way to […]
Metal
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ENIME – Bleeding Out
7/10 Scot McFadyen’s 2007 documentary Global Metal confirmed what many fans of the genre already knew to be true; extreme music is a true worldwide pandemic. Modern technology has opened the global metal archives to any initiate […]
Albums
Chemical Way – Chilling Spree
8.5/10 In 2012, thrash crossover Chemical Way formed in Montreal with a sole intention: “only to make you mosh.” The first time I listened to their second album Chilling Spree which was released in July […]
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Suicide for a King – Ocean Within
4/10 Metalcore is a tricky little child of a creature. If you’re Unearth or Architects, you don’t have to beg much to get people moving, because that’s what good metalcore deserves and receives. Nevertheless, there’s […]
Albums
Accursed Spawn – The Virulent Host
9/10 No, Accursed Spawn is not the name of a Bloodborne boss (though it totally sounds like it could be). Instead, it’s the name of a five-piece Death Metal band from Ottawa, Ontario. But to […]
Albums
Lotek Cruiser – Lotek Cruiser
9/10 Straight outta Kitchener, Ontario, Lotek Cruiser is a sludge-metal squad of droogies that will bring gloomy doom stoner vibes straight to your gut. The release of their 2019 self-titled album is nothing more than […]
Albums
Ratpack – Mor
8/10 Mor is the second album from the Czechia-based metallic hardcore band Ratpack. The ten tracks have a fairly barebones production style that lends itself well to the emotional album. Despite not understanding a word […]
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Le Butcherettes – bi/MENTAL
5.5/10 Straight out of Mexico, Le Butcherettes came out with their fourth studio album bi/MENTAL, and it’s as artsy as you expected. This album was my first impression of the band and to be quite […]
Albums
Overkill – The Wings of War
6.5/10 You don’t know my friend Jeremy, but he’s the first thing I think of when I listen to Overkill. He wears Kiss undies and jumps off of cliffs regularly. He’s gotta have everything extreme […]
Albums
Whitechapel – The Valley
9.9/10 This job of mine can be tedious and nerve wracking sometimes, but fuck oh fuck does it pay off with reviews like this one. It’s been an arguable but typically unanimous opinion that Knoxville, […]