Kingdom of Noise

I'm trying something new. Every so often I'll take what the last.fm generator makes for my collage, even though it's not ...

One of my biggest regrets in life was not going to see Bison BC play a living room show on my 30th birthday. Okay, maybe not but that wo...

I really should not have to explain why Cattle Decapitation's Monolith of Inhumanity is worthy of making #8 on this list. Monolith ...

I don't expect to take any heat for putting Pilgrim's Misery Wizard so high on my list but, I don't recall seeing it on an...

It's Cannibal fucking Corpse. Justification done. Fine, I'll write more. No one reading this can deny that Cannibal Corpse are...

I told you Witchcraft weren't my highest ranking Swedish retro-rockers this year! Horisont are a band I was unaware of prior to th...

I don't feel like Aeon get enough credit in the greater death metal scheme of things. Hopefully  Aeons Black  can change that. Ae...

Toronto's Cancer Bats have become a perennial entrant on my Top 40 lists. Dead Set On Living . As with Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bone...

This is my Album of Second Chances. The first time I listened to Redemption ( Metal Blade ) I don't think I made it past through the...

Montreal's Barn Burner are one of Canada's best young bands. On the their second album, Bangers II: Scum of the Earth ( Metal Bl...

When I talked about the Origin album I made note of its technicality coupled with its brutality. Phoenix Amongst The Ashes (Metal Blade) t...

In 2008, I named Twilight of the Thunder God Album Of The Year. So naturally I had high hopes for this year's Surtur Rising (Metal Bla...

Sometimes a band sneaks up on you. That band that didn't really get tons of press. So instead of you seeking out that band, you just hap...